18: The little girl has no way to repay this kindness.

"Susu, what are you saying?"

"We watched you grow up... we were like brothers and sisters with your parents... don't say such foolish things."

"Uncle knows you feel wronged... but this was all Lu Tianzheng's idea... we are all people of the Shenyou Stronghold, we must be united."

The crowd grew anxious.

Originally, they hadn't taken Jiang Susu seriously. Even after learning of Lu Tianzheng and his daughter's plot, they felt at most a sliver of regret.

But after seeing Chen Qingxuan's strength, Jiang Susu's attitude... could determine their life or death.

They no longer dared to ignore the Little Girl.

"Alright, I'll listen to you."

Chen Qingxuan gave her a gentle smile.

Daring to love and daring to hate—this was truly the future Eastern Land Mystic Maiden.

Once his voice fell, he no longer hesitated. Holding Jiang Susu with one hand and pulling out the divine phoenix sword stuck in Lu Tianzheng with the other, he turned into a god of slaughter and charged at the remnants of the Shenyou Stronghold;

"Young Master, Young Master, spare our lives."

"Just now, we were also forced by Lu Tianzheng's tyranny; we had no choice... we didn't really want to be your enemy."

Regardless of how they apologized, begged for mercy, or sold their misery, the sword in Chen Qingxuan's hand remained sharp all the way.

Everyone knew that if Chen Qingxuan wasn't strong enough, if he didn't have the divine phoenix sword with him... these people would never have shown any mercy to him or Jiang Susu.

Since they chose to gamble with their lives, they had to bear the price of failure and death!

To be strong enough but afraid to kill enemies—how was that different from a eunuch visiting a brothel?

"..."

Jiang Susu also held Chen Qingxuan tightly;

Witnessing him as if possessed by a god of slaughter, with flesh and blood intertwining in the air, the young girl was not afraid. Instead, she felt a warmth filling her up;

Brother was doing this for her!

Ding—

[Given that the Host protected the talent Jiang Susu and eliminated evil, you have gained one <Money-Power Trade> Opportunity.]

[Congratulations to the Host. You can spend one hundred thousand purple crystal coins to obtain the <Profound Pupil Divine Art> from the Void Realm. Would you like to use this Opportunity?]

[Friendly reminder: the Profound Pupil Divine Art is the most suitable Cultivation Technique for cultivating the <Nine Profound Pupils>. It can help the possessor of the Profound Pupils clear the path to the Dao, reach the Peak directly, and increase the probability of cultivating the Profound Pupils to Perfection.]

"Profound Pupil Divine Art... isn't this Susu's core Cultivation Technique in the future?"

Chen Qingxuan was stunned.

According to the normal progression, it would take decades for Jiang Susu to obtain this technique through her own efforts and step onto the path of true invincibility.

Now, for only one hundred thousand purple crystal coins, he could obtain this Opportunity decades in advance?

Chen Qingxuan was delighted.

Without any hesitation, he used the trade Opportunity. After all, to him, money was the most insignificant price.

Moreover, the benefits he would gain from Jiang Susu growing up earlier were not something money could compare to.

What a great Money-Power Trade!

Chen Qingxuan had money, and the System had power... it was simply a match made in heaven.

But put another way, if Chen Qingxuan didn't have money, it seemed he wouldn't be able to leverage that power... As expected, most of the time, power still serves money;

Only money can mobilize the resources of power.

After obtaining the technique, Chen Qingxuan didn't give it to Jiang Susu immediately. Instead, he first dealt with the remnants of the Shenyou Stronghold, not forgetting to search the bodies while they were still warm... Although he wasn't short on money, even a small fly is still meat.

After a round of looting, he obtained many Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, weapons, and other spoils of war. He fed the swords directly to the divine phoenix sword to help it grow.

After finishing all this.

Only then did Chen Qingxuan lead Jiang Susu away. However, they didn't really leave; instead, they found a secluded corner to hide and observe the quiet Shenyou Stronghold;

As a transmigrator, he naturally had the mindset that "carefulness makes the ship sail for ten thousand years."

This reminded him of a method used after a massacre to detect if there were any survivors hiding—the Human Radar Method!

The method was quite wicked, and a bit hard on the waist.

"Brother... are you bleeding?" Jiang Susu squatted beside Chen Qingxuan, pointing at the webbing of his right hand.

"It's nothing." Chen Qingxuan took a look, pulled out a bottle of Spirit Medicine, and applied it simply. With his current strength, using the divine phoenix sword inevitably caused backlash and injury;

But having a sword in hand was better than not having one!

"Brother... if you want to gouge out my eyes... can you leave me one?" Jiang Susu lifted her small face and asked out of the blue.

"Hmm?"

Chen Qingxuan turned to look at her and couldn't help but give a bitter smile. "What are you thinking? I'm not like those bad people. Why would I gouge out your eyes?"

"Didn't you save me... for my eyes?"

"..."

Facing the girl's pitiful expression, Chen Qingxuan didn't waste words. With a flicker of his Divine Thought, a strange light surfaced in his eyes,

"Look, I also have the Nine Profound Pupils... there's no need to steal yours."

"Huh?"

Jiang Susu widened her beautiful eyes in disbelief;

Then she revealed a bright smile. Perhaps it was because she believed Chen Qingxuan wouldn't gouge out her eyes, or perhaps because Chen Qingxuan also had the Nine Profound Pupils, making her feel the surprise of finding one of her own kind.

Jiang Susu asked nervously, "So Brother saved me... because someone wanted to gouge out your eyes before too?"

"Hmm? Something like that!"

Chen Qingxuan's eyes shifted, and he didn't refute her.

"Brother, Susu wants to go with you." Jiang Susu suddenly grabbed his sleeve. "Susu wants to be with Brother forever... Susu can work, can serve Brother... okay, Brother?"

"Of course!"

Hearing her call him "Brother" in her sweet, childish voice, Chen Qingxuan's heart nearly melted.

As for Jiang Susu's request, he just treated it as a simple promise; after all, everyone has their own destination.

Ever since his Dao Heart was struck by Huang Qingxue, even though he was handsome and talented, Chen Qingxuan no longer had the confidence that a single act of rescue could make Jiang Susu devoted to him forever;

Perhaps when they reached a suitable place, the Little Girl would naturally not want to stay with him anymore.

Chen Qingxuan didn't ask much of his talents, nor did he view them as his slaves. As long as they could provide him with cultivation effects, he would help them to the best of his ability;

It was more like a partnership.

Little did he know;

This single promise was not just a sentence in Jiang Susu's heart. Instead, it was like a seed taking root and sprouting, enough to change her personality for a lifetime.

"Great... Susu likes Brother so much!"

Jiang Susu threw herself into Chen Qingxuan's arms without warning.

"Cough!"

Chen Qingxuan was so startled his body jolted.

Wait, what...?

Before he could speak, Jiang Susu said hesitantly, "Brother saved Susu... Susu doesn't know how to repay Brother."

Chen Qingxuan chuckled, "I don't need you to repay me... hmm... if you really want to repay me, then just Cultivate well."

"No, I must repay you!" Jiang Susu's small face was full of seriousness, and she even gave an example, "Mother said that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring. Brother saved my life... but Susu has no way to repay it."

"..."

Seeing the Little Girl frowning because she was troubled over how to repay him, Chen Qingxuan was caught between laughter and tears;

He was quite moved!

But the next moment, he didn't dare move. Jiang Susu lifted her blushing little face and said out of the blue,

"When Susu grows up... I'll be Brother's wife."