Zhu Yu's consciousness entered a field of white light.
In the vast, white world, there was only a floating screen.
“Do you want to enter the game world?”
“Yes/No”
Yes, yes, yes!
I've been waiting for ages!
When he clicked the confirmation button, the image on the screen began to change.
“The so-called Beautiful Life Game is where players assume different identities to guide and cultivate the Heavenly Destined Daughters, each endowed with different missions.”
“After completing the game, players can receive generous rewards and enjoy a beautiful life.”
Understood, got it.
But can this make him stronger?
What he lacked now wasn't emotional value, but strength!
“For each Heavenly Destined Daughter's storyline completed, players will receive corresponding rewards.”
“Either cultivation, or cultivation methods, or treasures…”
The conversation came back to him.
Zhu Yu sat up straight.
He absolutely loved playing this.
“Do you want to enter the storyline of the first Heavenly Destined Daughter?”
Yes!
With the option confirmed, subtitles emerged like an ink wash painting—
“In the late Great Qian Dynasty, the world was in chaos, demons ran rampant, and the human dao declined…”
Looking at the crude background, Zhu Yu immediately felt bored.
Was this Beautiful Life Game just pulling him into a white room to watch a PPT?
At least include an image; it was even more perfunctory than his group assignments in his previous life.
“…In the chaos, the Su clan, who guarded Shuo Province, was almost completely wiped out, with only an orphaned girl escaping into the mountains…”
The screen darkened.
Zhu Yu waited for the next part of the story, but instead, a mission message popped up:
“Mission Activated—Rescue the young girl named Su Jinxue and guide her onto the path of a Sword Cultivator.”
“Completing the mission will grant corresponding rewards.”
Rescue the young girl Su Jinxue?
Su Jinxue…
This name sounds so familiar…
Where had he seen it?
Great Qian…
Su clan of Shuo Province…
Hiss…
Zhu Yu remembered.
The founding ancestor of the Li Mountain Sword Sect, the oldest and most prominent Sword Cultivator sect in the world today, was named Su Jinxue!
It is said that after the collapse of the first unified dynasty, the “Great Qian Dynasty,” in an era when humanity's luck was waning, it was this exceptionally talented Sword Saint who emerged, her long sword causing rivers of demon blood to flow.
Later, she even established the first Sword Dao sect in the world, teaching its disciples to take the extermination of demons as their responsibility.
But Su Jinxue was already a figure from eight hundred years ago.
How could the system choose her as a game NPC?
And it directly locked onto her teenage years.
However, the evaluation of Heavenly Destined Daughter was indeed fitting.
A Little girl who lost both parents in a chaotic world.
Instead of dying in the deep mountains, she grew to become the world's number one Sword Saint.
Strength and destiny were both indispensable.
Sword Saint Su was highly revered by people in later generations, and there were many shrines dedicated to her.
Zhu Yu had visited one once, praying for her to bless him with a Sword Cultivator talent or something.
The result, of course, was nothing.
He didn't expect to be able to see her as a young girl one day.
Even if it was in a game.
New text popped up on the screen:
“Cultivation matching…”
“Player's cultivation has been enhanced to the Sword Domain Realm of Sword Dao.”
Immediately, an unprecedentedly powerful force surged from Zhu Yu's limbs and bones.
He exhaled a turbid breath.
He felt terrifyingly strong all of a sudden.
With a thought, countless sharp sword lights surrounded him!
“Sword Domain Realm…”
The Seven Realms of Sword Cultivation:
Sword Embryo, Sword Qi, Sword Aura, Sword Domain, Sword Soul, Heavenly Sword, and Saint Ascension!
Sword Domain ranked fourth.
Upon entering this realm, within a hundred zhang, a sword array would form naturally!
Such a realm, even in the present world, could be considered a strong figure.
If his real self had this strength, he should be able to make Xuan Ying sit down calmly and communicate with him.
“Scene loading…”
“Loading map…”
“Loading resources and characters…”
“Loading complete.”
“Initiating deployment.”
“May the player have good luck.”
Wishing him luck?
This system is surprisingly kind.
When the loading icon on the screen froze, with a “buzz,” white light flashed explosively.
Zhu Yu covered his stinging eyes.
When he opened them again, he had instantly moved into a deep mountain.
Is this the mountain where Su Jinxue is hiding?
It wouldn't happen to be called Li Mountain, would it?
Zhu Yu surveyed his surroundings.
The mountain wind howled, and heavy snow fell.
As expected of the system, the simulation effect is amazing!
This is what you call immersive!
If conditions allowed, Zhu Yu really wanted to soar on his sword and roam freely in this game world!
He hadn't left his home—or even his bed—for a long time!
But the mission was paramount.
The urgent task was to find Su Jinxue.
The system provided no map, nor any guidance.
He could only spread his senses and search the entire mountain for Su Jinxue's location.
Fortunately, he didn't have to search for too long.
In his perception, a Little girl whose vitality was like a flickering candle in the wind was wielding a sword, confronting a beast by a small lake.
That should be Su Jinxue.
Having located the young girl, Zhu Yu immediately flew towards her.
…
By the icy lake.
The ragged Little girl held a broken sword, staring intently at the one-legged lone wolf.
The biting cold wind whipped ice shards against her face.
Su Jinxue felt her heartbeat drown out the howling wind.
She had been hungry for three days.
There wasn't much to eat in the mountains during winter.
It was even difficult to start a fire.
Frozen and starving…
Relying on wild fruits and ice for three days, she finally encountered a lone wolf that had strayed from its pack.
And it was an old wolf with a lame leg.
Although it was skin and bones, it was enough for her to survive.
However, a cornered beast still fights.
No matter how old a wolf was, its claws and teeth were still deadly.
With her current physical strength, it was impossible to kill it without getting hurt…
She could only trade injury for life.
A fierce glint flashed in Su Jinxue's eyes.
She tightened her grip on the broken sword and slowly approached the lame old wolf.
The old wolf bared its fangs and growled, its intact front leg pawing at the accumulated snow.
In the snow-covered mountain forest.
Two “cornered beasts” struggling on the brink of death fought desperately for survival.
By the time Zhu Yu arrived at the lakeside, the battle had already ended.
Su Jinxue's broken sword had pierced the old wolf's neck.
Blood gushed out, staining the snow red.
She herself was covered in wounds, her left arm a bloody mess.
But the frail Little girl did not immediately lose consciousness from her severe injuries.
She tore off strips of cloth, biting them with her teeth to wrap around her wound again and again.
She was a ruthless person!
Zhu Yu clicked his tongue in amazement.
The future Sword Saint was indeed extraordinary!
To have such ferocity at such a young age!
It was a pity she was too weak.
The battle with the old wolf had exhausted her dwindling energy, and this crude bandaging method could not heal her wounds.
If no one came to her rescue, Su Jinxue would not survive until sunset.
This was where the game's adaptation came in.
The real Sword Saint Su would certainly not have been so down and out.
Zhu Yu composed himself and landed in front of Su Jinxue on his sword.
The heavily wounded Su Jinxue painstakingly pulled out her broken sword.
Her consciousness was gradually sinking into darkness, so much so that she didn't notice Zhu Yu descending from the sky.
Can't… die here…
She told herself.
She had promised her parents…
Must… must survive…
She grasped the sword hilt, but no longer had the strength to pull it out.
Su Jinxue fell backward.
The moment before she lost consciousness, her pupils reflected a figure enveloped in white light…
Zhu Yu caught the falling Little girl.
He looked down at her.
Is this Sword Saint Su?
Thin and small, covered in dirt, her hair matted.
She had barely any flesh on her, and she felt as light as a cloud when he picked her up.
She was as destitute as a beggar.
He wondered if the real Sword Saint Su had also gone through such hardships in her childhood.
Protecting her heart meridian with spiritual energy, Zhu Yu found a mountain cave to treat her injuries.
