Full Time Servant

What technique it is only differs in time spent, and perhaps only in the earlier path. In the later path, maybe you'll need much less than others...

Since it's the same, regarding the girl's internal cultivation method, choosing Clear Jade Technique instead of Mo family mental methods definitely had reasons. This had to do with the girl's fate.

"These were all taught to me by Xiaoyao. The Mo family won't let me learn any Mo family martial arts, or rather, won't let me touch martial arts, because I'm a Heavenly Fiend Lone Star. The stronger I become, the greater disasters I might bring to the Mo family." the girl said faintly, very calmly, as if she had no feelings about this - no sadness, no hatred either.

Such an expression was what made the Young Miss feel most afraid, because this meant this girl had no feelings for the Mo family at all. She even wanted the girl to hate a little - that way at least the Mo family would exist in her heart.

The Young Miss hoped this was her misperception, but future events proved her guess.

A family that never gave her warmth, a family that abandoned her in such a place, a family that feared her strength and restricted her - how could she have feelings for them? That she didn't hate was already quite good.

The girl had hated before, but several years ago she had figured it out. She no longer hated, and the one who helped her figure it out was none other than Xiaoyao.

"Xiaoyao... how does he know these things? He seems to not even have broken through basic skills..." The Young Miss was shocked this time. Even though she was used to all sorts of surprises regarding Xiaoyao, she was equally surprised by this news.

The Young Miss knew Xiaoyao's abilities and knew he was cultivating martial arts, but he was still practicing basic skills.

"Could it be that this kid is deceiving me? He already broke through basic skills long ago?"

In the Young Miss's understanding, which also represented most people's habitual thinking, to teach others martial arts, one must definitely be highly skilled in martial arts - at minimum higher than the level of those martial arts.

However, obviously this thinking had a small misconception - those who could teach others didn't necessarily have to know it themselves.

"He hasn't broken through basic skills, but this doesn't mean he can't teach. He's studied and observed, so he can teach me." The girl looked at the Young Miss strangely, her eyes seeming to say: What's the problem with this? Why do you think not breaking through means he can't teach?

"This... hehe, I forgot. Right, how does he know the Clear Jade Technique? Although this circulates outside, not many people can get transcripts - it requires a lot of money to buy." The Young Miss asked.

"I don't know about this. I only know he can teach me." The girl shook her head and replied.

"...Then I'll ask him later. Forget it, I won't ask. This kid knows so many things - asking about each one would exhaust me to death! Right, why hasn't he broken through basic skills? According to his aptitude, he shouldn't remain here. Could he want to build a stronger foundation? But this seems too long - the gains don't justify the losses." After abandoning this question, the Young Miss threw out another.

The Young Miss also cared about this question. She felt Xiaoyao wasn't stupid. If he were, how could he have so many talents and skills? Being able to know so much showed his aptitude wasn't low and might even be very high - unbelievably high.

Yet such a person kept practicing basic skills. If he didn't have cultivation obstacles, then he must want to strengthen his foundation to break through more easily later.

But there was still that saying - this was a balance problem of gains and losses. If Xiaoyao was strengthening his foundation, the Young Miss thought this was counterproductive.

"No, he really can't break through, because he..."

Regarding the reason Xiaoyao remained at the basic skills stage, the girl knew some, because at that time she almost thought she would lose Xiaoyao.

Just as the girl was about to explain this reason, suddenly something happened that interrupted her, leaving the Young Miss to only speculate for a long time without understanding.

This matter wasn't because of Xiaoyao - he didn't want this known so he would stop it. The one stopping the girl from revealing the reason was Cousin Young Master who had returned.

The girl and Young Miss seemed to have forgotten about Cousin Young Master. This Cousin Young Master had just gone to find people and had a high probability of returning.

Why say high probability instead of certainty? The reason was simple - the girl had a very special existence. If knowledgeable people knew they were coming to see this girl, they definitely wouldn't come and would also stop Cousin Young Master, explaining to him.

At that time, Cousin Young Master naturally wouldn't return either.

Since Cousin Young Master had returned, the witness he brought must also be an uninformed person. At the same time, this person had to have certain authority in the Mo family. Such people seemed quite rare too.

"Little Uncle..."

The Young Miss saw the person Cousin Young Master brought and showed some unnatural expression on her face, then called out.

Little Uncle?!

The girl looked toward that person, her face full of confusion, and said to the Young Miss: "His name is this?"

Little Uncle - in a Mo family clan like this, especially since the Young Miss's grandfather had quite a few offspring, there would definitely exist such a "Little Uncle" figure.

Speaking of the Young Miss's Little Uncle appearing, this wouldn't make the girl feel strange or confused. It's just this Little Uncle was a bit special - he looked about the same age as the Young Miss, possibly even younger.

How could such a Little Uncle not make someone completely unaware of the situation suspect whether "Little Uncle" was his name rather than a form of uncle-generation address?

"No, he's our Little Uncle. Don't doubt it - his age is even a bit younger than mine. He's grandfather's son born after sixty..." the Young Miss said.

"..." The girl raised her head slightly, thought for a while, seemingly trying to figure out this issue.

Actually it was just that simple. In some large families, such things often happened - siblings differed by a generation in age, with the eldest's children being older than the youngest.

Of course, though this was heard of and quite common, having it before oneself would still feel somewhat strange.

"Oh, girl Mo Yu, you're here too..." Little Uncle put on the airs of an elder.

"Damn. What are you pretending to be." The Young Miss kicked the posturing Little Uncle flying with one foot.

"...Is he really your Little Uncle?"

Didn't you just say he was Little Uncle? How come now you look completely unlike you're treating an uncle?

"Yes, but I've never treated him as Little Uncle, because he's followed me since childhood like a little tagalong brother." The Young Miss said, revealing the reason.

These two were close in age and likely spent time together as children. Since the Young Miss was older, that Little Uncle naturally became the little brother.

Cousin Young Master frowned slightly. He felt having Little Uncle as witness seemed somewhat inappropriate, but the current situation could only be like this.

Having Little Uncle as witness wasn't Cousin Young Master's own idea, but Little Uncle had volunteered. At that time, he happened to be encountered by Little Uncle, and after explaining the situation, Little Uncle immediately excitedly took on this witness role.

Cousin Young Master thought then that since he just needed a witness, it didn't matter. Though Little Uncle was young, he had this qualification.

"Damn, Mo Yu, give me some face, okay? There are outsiders here." Little Uncle got up, patted dust off his body, with no intention of retaliation, only innocent pitifulness.

"What outsiders? Do you consider your cousin an outsider?" The Young Miss looked toward Cousin Young Master and said to Little Uncle.

"No, although Lin Yi is an outsider by surname and not in the genealogy, there's not much difference. We've always treated him as family." Little Uncle said very directly. These words seemed to slightly provoke Cousin Young Master Lin Yi, because his least favorite terms were "outsider by surname" and "genealogy."

"Then that's it - no outsiders here." The Young Miss said with a smile.

"No outsiders? Then who is she? Why have I never seen her?" Little Uncle pointed at the girl and asked. This question was also what Lin Yi wanted to know - he only knew she was someone abandoned.

"She's Seventh Sister, Mo Ling." The Young Miss replied, while the girl just glanced toward the inside, seemingly wanting to see what Xiaoyao was doing. She wasn't very interested in the people outside.

"Mo Ling? Your Seventh Sister, didn't she die long ago?" Little Uncle asked directly without thinking.

Regarding Mo Ling's existence, both Little Uncle and Cousin Young Master knew of it, but like others, they all thought Mo Ling was dead - killed together when her parents were murdered.

At that time, everyone only said her parents were killed without mentioning her, so naturally they assumed she was also killed.

"A few days ago I thought so too, until I learned certain things." The Young Miss said.

"Since she didn't die, why didn't we all know? Also, why live in this broken place? Could it be specially arranged to protect her?" Little Uncle was very confused. He naturally assumed such arrangements were to prevent her parents' enemies from pursuing her too.

"No, it's because of our Great Master - your father, my grandfather. He felt Seventh Sister's birth characters conflicted with his, and following Divine Calculator's arrangements, he's always had Seventh Sister live here." The Young Miss had no intention of beating around the bush and directly revealed the reason.

"No way! My old man is very superstitious about these things, but I didn't expect it would reach this degree - even imprisoning his own granddaughter... Hey, something's not right. Why not just drive her out directly?" Little Uncle raised a very key question.

(End of Chapter)