242: Jiang Xiaoqi's extraordinary abilities

"Uncle! I've known how to do it for a long time. I'm really powerful now. No one can catch me. I can go play wherever I want. If I weren't afraid of being scolded by Mom, I would have gone to find you to play!"

These words thoroughly startled Jiang Ye. "You're only nine years old! You are not allowed to go anywhere! Otherwise, I'll lock you up for good!"

"I haven't gone anywhere! I just play at home, and sometimes I go out on the street with my older brothers and sisters. They say I'm too young and won't let me go anywhere by myself. I only sneak out to the street by myself occasionally, but I only go to places they've taken me before."

Jiang Ye said, "You've got quite the nerve! If Dad and Mom found out, it would be a disaster!"

Jiang Xiaoqi put on an adorable, pitiful look and said, "They don't know. Please, I beg you! Don't tell them. I'm very good. I only go to places my brothers and sisters have taken me."

Jiang Ye was getting a bit frantic. "I must be crazy! What if you got lost? So, what other abilities do you have?"

"I only know some magic arts. I don't know how to fight. Uncle said he'll teach me to Cultivate martial arts when I'm older."

"You just said no one can catch you?"

Jiang Xiaoqi laughed proudly, "Hee hee hee! That's right. Even you, Brother, can't catch me."

"What if I do catch you?"

"If you can't catch me, then let Sister-in-Law take me out to play on the street, okay?"

Jiang Ye sat up and said, "Alright. If I can't catch you, I'll let your sister-in-Law take you out to play. Get ready. You run first!"

Jiang Xiaoqi shook her little head. "No need to run. You can't catch me."

"Huh?" Whoosh! Jiang Ye swiftly reached for her little hand. However, a scene that shocked him appeared.

The Jiang Xiaoqi before him seemed to have turned into a projection. No matter how he tried to grab her, his hand passed right through!

"See? You can't catch me! Hee hee hee!!"

Jiang Ye was greatly astonished. "Holy! This seems like your Brother Xiao Feng's Cultivation Technique."

"It's not! Uncle said the magic art he taught me is different from everyone else's. I just have to think about it."

"Just by thinking? Then change back and let me see."

Jiang Xiaoqi placed her little hand on his shoulder and said, "Changed back!"

Jiang Ye immediately grabbed her little hand and said, "Try to run away and let me see?" As soon as he finished speaking, his hand felt as if it were grabbing an image again, and Jiang Xiaoqi retreated.

"See! As long as I want to, no one can catch me."

Jiang Ye and Wu Linglong exchanged a glance, both very surprised. "This ability of yours is Heaven-Defying! Can you teach it to me, Brother?"

Jiang Xiaoqi shook her little head again. "Uncle said no one else can learn it except me. He left something on me when I was little. I forgot! Um... I think that's what he said."

"This... My heavens! If I had this ability, who would I fear? No, I have to go find him."

Jiang Xiaoqi whined, "I don't care. I want Sister-in-Law to take me out to play on the street."

Wu Linglong laughed and said, "Alright, alright, alright! Sister-in-Law will get up, freshen up, and then go out with you, okay?"

"Hee hee hee! Hurry, hurry!" Jiang Xiaoqi laughed happily.

Not long after, Jiang Ye also got up and went to find Yan Kui, explaining his purpose.

Yan Kui said disdainfully, "Heh, don't even think about it. Xiao Qi's ability is a kind of Law power involving spatial displacement. I planted a seed of spatial power on her when she was one year old, and it has been growing with her ever since. If you want to learn it, you can only come with me to the Divine Realm. It's impossible on this continent."

"Then why didn't you plant that spatial power seed on me?" Jiang Ye asked.

"I wasn't that close to you back then. I just wanted you to Cultivate quickly to help me escape my predicament! When you first brought Xiao Qi to see me, she reminded me of my own daughter when she was little. On a whim, I ended up planting it on her in three separate sessions."

"Sigh! If I had this ability, I wouldn't be afraid of a damn thing! No one could kill me."

Yan Kui laughed, "Heh heh heh, focus on your cultivation! Stop thinking about these unorthodox shortcuts all the time."

Jiang Ye was speechless. This Heaven-Defying method is called an unorthodox shortcut?

On the Street

Jiang Xiaoqi pulled Wu Linglong to a tavern. As soon as the shopkeeper saw her, he laughed and said, "Heh heh heh, Xiao Qi, sneaking out to play again? I don't sell wine to children here. You need an adult from your family to come."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaoqi immediately put on a fiercely cute expression. "Hmph! Who said I sneaked out? I came out with my sister-in-Law. I want to buy the best wine you have here."

"Oh? This is your sister-in-Law?"

Wu Linglong nodded to the shopkeeper, then said to Jiang Xiaoqi, "Xiao Qi, what do you want to buy wine for?"

"I want to buy it for Uncle. He never wants to sell it to me. Sister-in-Law, you buy it for me," Jiang Xiaoqi said indignantly.

"Heh heh heh, alright then. Sister-in-Law will buy it for you."

People on the street who recognized Jiang Xiaoqi were all whispering. That stunningly beautiful woman was actually her sister-in-Law. Everyone believed that Jiang Ye, the number one figure in the Southern Region, had returned. The news spread instantly.

By the next day, it had spread throughout the entire Southern Region, startling all the major powers. Everyone was speculating about what level his strength had reached.

On the third day after Jiang Ye returned home, he began visiting all the Southern Region forces related to him.

Wu Linglong really wanted to Cultivate the technique Yan Kui had given her, but she basically had no time, day or night. During the day, the Jiang Family members kept their new daughter-in-Law busy chatting. At night, when she was with Jiang Ye, she didn't want to Cultivate alone. Both of them were enthusiasts of Dual Cultivation!

Soon, half a month passed. Jiang Ye was living quite comfortably at home, often playing with his younger siblings. Wu Linglong was also adapting more and more to her identity as a Jiang Family daughter-in-Law, enjoying the family atmosphere.

At this time, an uninvited guest arrived, looking for Jiang Ye.

In a living room

"Have you been having too much fun at home and forgotten about the Secret Realm matter?"

Jiang Ye laughed, "Heh heh heh! Not at all, not at all. There are still two days left! What's the hurry? Are you all prepared?"

"Right now, everyone from the Forbidden Ground is waiting for you to announce the location of the Secret Realm. So, where should I tell them to gather?"

"The Southern Region, Seven Absolutes City!"

"Alright then. I'll notify them tomorrow."

Jiang Ye said, "Let me ask you a question. What's the strength of the most powerful expert in the Su Family from the Forbidden Ground?"

"Huh?" Lü Tan was taken aback. "Why are you asking that?"

"I have some grievances to settle with them."

Lü Tan was somewhat shocked. "No way! How did they offend you? Huh?? Could it be that all the people the Wu Family and Su Family previously sent to prepare to enter the Secret Realm were wiped out by you?"

"They came here, probably intending to take my family hostage to force my compliance, control the Secret Realm's location, and then negotiate with you all. Who would have thought their cleverness would backfire? They all stayed here permanently!"

Lü Tan was greatly alarmed and looked at him with a cautious gaze. "The Su Family sent a Xuan Emperor Realm Ninth Stage expert. How did you kill him?"

"You don't need to worry about that. Just tell me, what is the highest Realm in their Su Family?"

"Profound Transformation Realm Eighth Stage!" Lü Tan said.

Jiang Ye was stunned. "Holy crap! That high of a Realm?"

"Otherwise, why are all those people from the Forbidden Grounds so arrogant when they come over here!"

"I haven't seen you acting that way."

Lü Tan smiled faintly. "Heh, my ambitions don't lie within the Forbidden Grounds. Although their strength is relatively strong compared to here, that's all there is to it! I want to stand out in the Forbidden Land Genius Selection Tournament two months from now and then join a force from the Super Profound Domain."