[In the Video.]
The little girl hadn't finished speaking when she was hurriedly pulled back by a young woman.
"Girl! You must not be disrespectful to the immortal!"
Seeing her always gentle mother now wearing a stern expression, the little girl pouted, full of grievance.
"Mother, I just wanted to give Immortal Lady some candy…"
Saying this, the little girl opened her palm, revealing a piece of candy whose wrapper was already wrinkled.
The woman was stunned, and the sternness in her eyes gradually softened. She squatted down and gently said, "Good girl, Immortal Lady is different from us. She might not like eating…"
"No, she will~"
A gentle voice came from beside the two. Hearing it, the mother and daughter turned their heads.
They saw the one called "Immortal", Van, already squatting in front of the little girl, her red pupils full of gentleness.
She lightly held the little girl's hand and softly said, "Little friend, actually, the so-called immortals you speak of are no different from humans. So-called immortals are merely humans with stronger power, that's all."
She looked around at the reverent gazes and continued, "There's no such thing as someone being more noble than another between us. Look, I also like eating candy~"
Saying this, she carefully took the wrinkled candy from the little girl's hand, gently unwrapped it, and put it into her mouth.
"So sweet! Thank you, little friend~"
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[Aw I died again, Van Three-Year-Old Van is just too cute]
[Regardless of male or female, Van always retains that kindness in her heart]
[If we told the villagers now that the person in front of them is the very culprit who punches Destiny and kicks the World Serpent, they definitely wouldn't believe it]
———
[Back to the Video.]
Van's attitude made the watching villagers subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.
Seeing the little girl's spirits restored, Van smiled and stood up, casually putting the candy wrapper she had torn into her pocket.
At this moment, the crowd automatically parted, and an elderly man with white hair came over. After clearly seeing Van's face, the old man tremblingly grabbed her wrist, excitedly saying, "Looks like! Looks way too much like! Just like the painting of the Immortal Ji Xuanyuan enshrined in the ancestral hall, carved from the same mold!"
Then, the old man turned and loudly announced to the crowd, "Fellow villagers, everyone look at me! I have an announcement to make!"
The old man's call caused the surrounding villagers to all look in his direction.
Such a grand scene made Van a bit embarrassed.
'Ah! Isn't it just a welcome ceremony? Is it really necessary to be this formal~' Though Van thought so in her heart, her wildly lifted lips still betrayed her.
She could already envision the scene of the villagers shouting "Welcome Immortal Ji Xuanyuan!"
Thinking of this, Van instinctively puffed out her nonexistent chest, ready to welcome this grand moment.
Who knew, the old man suddenly changed the subject and said, "From my observation, this fairy must be the beloved daughter of Immortal Ji Xuanyuan…and Immortal Ji Xuanyuan!"
"Hah???"
The old man's words froze Van's smile on her face, and she almost choked on the candy in her mouth.
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[In the Real World.]
[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter!]
[That confused look on Three-Year-Old Van's face is too funny]
[Sansui, What happened to 'the three-year period is up, welcome the return of Immortal Ji Xuanyuan!']
———
[At the same time, in Van's Apartment.]
When the plot reached this point, Van instantly felt three sharp gazes shoot toward him.
He didn't even need to think to know who the three people were. But Van also felt really wronged in his heart.
Although the Herrscher of Knowledge in the video was created using his and Fu Hua's DNA… In reality, nothing ever happened between him and Fu Hua.
Clearly, nothing happened, yet he had to bear the consequences. This was too much.
Thinking of this, Van despaired in his heart and muttered to himself, 'If I had known this would happen, then I should have just back then…'
"Cough cough!"
A sudden coughing sound pulled Van's thoughts back to reality. Hearing the sound, Van turned and saw Himeko gently looking at him.
"Van, I already asked you before, but I'm still very curious, why did you choose to use you and Fu Hua's DNA to create the Herrscher?"
'Because under the conditions at the time, only the two of us had high Honkai resistance!' Van shouted this in his heart.
But he knew, if he really said that, the three women present would definitely not be satisfied.
So Van simply decided to go all in and said, "It was all that bastard Otto's doing!"
Sure enough, when Van blamed it on Otto, he could visibly see the expressions of the three women present soften slightly.
Looks like they also thought, no matter how outrageous something was, as long as someone told them, "It was Otto's doing," they'd feel it made sense.
After successfully shifting the blame to Otto, Van let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
Then he subconsciously looked at Fu Hua, who was sitting to the side.
Although Fu Hua still wore a calm and indifferent expression, Van thought there was a faint trace of a smile at the corner of her lips.
———
[Back to the Video.]
Just as Van was about to tell the villagers that she wasn't the child of immortals, but the actual Immortal herself, a sudden commotion broke out from within the crowd.
Immediately after, a wounded man stumbled in.
"Not… not good!" the man's voice carried fear. "A bunch of monsters suddenly appeared in the forest behind the mountain!"
The man's words were like a stone dropped into a lake, and fear rippled outward instantly.
"Ever since Immortals Ji Xuanyuan and Ji Xuanyuan suppressed the Nine Nether Demons together, it's been peaceful here for so many years… how come monsters are suddenly appearing again?"
"I heard the outside world is already overrun by demons… Could it be they've already spread to our area?"
"Then what should we do?"
"Wait… could this be the reason why the Immortal came?"
"The old tales say Immortals never appear without cause. Maybe she foresaw our misfortune and came specifically to save us…"
"You're right, with an Immortal here, the monster disaster will be resolved quickly!"
Though the villagers tried to speak quietly, every word still reached Van's ears clearly.
She instinctively turned to look at the village chief beside her, and saw that the old man's face was already extremely grim.
Thinking of this, Van stepped up to the chief's side and took the initiative to say, "Leave this matter to me."
The old man was extremely moved upon hearing this and was about to kneel in thanks, but Van quickly stopped him.
After leaving the village, Van followed the injured man's description and headed into the forest behind the mountain.
As expected, she found traces of Honkai beasts. In a matter of moments, she wiped out the group of Honkai beasts.
But afterward, Van noticed a problem.
Logically speaking, Honkai typically only arises in highly developed technological areas. But this little mountain village, completely cut off from the outside world, didn't seem like a place where Honkai would appear.
Moreover, based on her observations, these Honkai beasts were no more than a day old.
So this meant…
'Could it be someone is deliberately spreading Honkai here and creating Honkai beasts?!'
Thinking of this, a flash of anger appeared in Van's eyes.
Not to mention this village was a place she had once stayed in, just based on how simple and kind the villagers were, she wouldn't allow them to be harmed.
"Just wait. If I find out who's deliberately creating Honkai beast, I'll twist your head right off!"
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