Chapter 1 - Leaving The Mountain

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"Little Jiahao, you should always remember master's caution and consistently place it at the back of your mind that vengeance is never too late. Your life comes first, and you'll always be able to avenge yourself later when you are powerful enough." 

"Master…" Hearing his master repeat the same phrases for the umpteenth time that day, Li Jiahao felt helpless. 

He couldn't comprehend why his usual shameless master was acting peculiar today. 

"How many times do you want to remind me of this, master? I said I've heard. Moreover, I'm too sweet and kind to offend people, so why will people harm me to the extent that I'd need to seek revenge?" 

"You…" the old man sitting on a small boulder before Li Jiahao, who was dressed in a white robe immediately spat, and the melancholic atmosphere he had managed to build disappeared. "Then there is no longer a kind person in this world if you, little brat, even dare to claim yourself as one." 

Li Jiahao, "_" 

'You always think I'm someone who likes offending everybody just like you," he mumbled behind his breath, but he quickly laughed awkwardly when he felt his master's glare on himself. 

"Master, I've heard all your cautions and instructions, can I leave now?" 

As soon as Li Jiahao asked this question, his eyes brightened, and he felt excited. 

After nineteen years of being taken to the mountain by his master, Li Jiahao was finally going to descend today. 

If not for his master, he'd have long run-off before daybreak. 

He had been waiting for this day to come ever since all his sisters descended the mountain, leaving him alone with their shameless master who knew nothing other than to bully him and roam around, stealing other people's wine and chicken. 

Knowing his disciple's thoughts, the old man sighed internally and felt downcast again. 

He really didn't want his last disciple to also leave, but he understood that he had no control over this, as this was bound to happen sooner or later. 

Thinking about this, the old man suddenly turned his head and picked up a rustic box beside him. Here," he pushed it into Li Jiahao's embrace. 

"Huh…" Li Jiahao was dumbstruck, then he gazed blankly at his master, then at the rustic box. "Are you really giving me a parting gift?" 

"Just take it." The old man said arrogantly, pride filling his eyes. 

He, however, became furious the next moment when he heard what his spoiled disciple uttered. "Wow! Such a stingy and miserly master even knows how to give a gift; no wonder I felt that it was going to rain today despite already passing the season." 

"You…" the old man's eyes became filled with rage, causing him to spit heavily with anger. "Get you're a$$ out of my mountain now before I offer you to Granny Ren as a medicinal boy." 

"What?" 

Li Jiahao was scared to death when he heard this, and then the image of himself as the scary Ghost Granny Ren's medicinal boy crossed his mind. 

"I… I will be leaving now, old man." Li Jiahao rushed to his feet and said. 

With that, he scurried into his cave, carried a backpack sewn from the strips of bamboo, and backed it. 

With that, he swaggered out again. "Old man, I'm leaving now." 

"Just leave already," the old man shushed him away as though he was chasing a fly, but Li Jiahao wasn't furious; instead, he laughed excitedly. 

"I will go, old man. Just make sure you aren't beaten to death by the time I return. Also, you should try as much as you can to avoid stealing other people's wine and chicken; I will bring you unlimited when I…" 

"Hum…" Li Jiahao wasn't able to finish his words when he saw his master's glare. 

He immediately covered his butt, as he knew that his master was definitely going to kick it next, which despite it being the fastest as it would definitely land him down the mountain, it wasn't the best. 

"Bye, old man," Li Jiahao cried out and rushed away. 

Seeing his favorite and most talented disciple leave, the furious look on the old man's face vanished and what took over was unwillingness and forlorn. 

It was like one was seeing their last born leaving for another country, knowing that they wouldn't meet again until a long time. 

"Take care, little Jiahao," he mumbled to himself. 

Just at this moment, the old man shivered, and a scared look appeared on his face. 

At the same time, the mountain suddenly shook hard, and then thunder rumbled in the sky, followed by that was a fierce voice. "Old jerk! Get you're a$$ over here now and be punished! How dare you steal the medicinal wine I was going to use for pills?" 

The old man immediately swallowed hard when he heard this, then his gaze went to a wine jug beside him.

Instantly and without hesitation, the old man picked up the jug and fled. 

No sooner had he disappeared than a scary-looking woman, who resembled someone who hadn't bathed and taken care of herself in years appeared, and then she glared ferociously at everywhere before crowing at like a tiger whose child at been killed. "Old bastard! Let me not see you again, or else! I shall poison you to death by myself!"

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"Even daring to steal from the Old Ghost. Old man, you are really daring. I just warned you not to get yourself beaten to death, and here you are, already planning it for yourself."

After recovering from the Old Ghost Granny Ren's roar, Li Jiahao swallowed hard and decided not to take his time again, knowing that the unreasonable old ghost would definitely take the anger she had for his master out on himself if she were to sense his presence. 

Without any hesitancy, a long sword appeared in Li Jiahao's hand, then throwing it out, it got suspended in the air while a distinct blue glow covered it. 

Jumping up, Li Jiahao landed square on the sword, and with a single mental command from him, the sword shot forward. 

"City! Here I come!" Forgetting about himself and not wanting to let the Old Granny know about his presence, Li Jiahao cried out excitedly, his scream echoing in the mountain.