After entering the village the villagers all ran to hide in their homes. The incident that had happened where Ah Chun beat Li Feng Gou and then beat Li Chen Bao's father to death was well ingrained into their minds. That terrifying pressure they had to endure while watching such a bloody scene caused their outlook of Ah Chun to turn to one of fear. They did not dare get near such a little devil in fear that they would be next. So as soon as they saw that she was entering the village, word had spread and all the villagers ran to hide as soon as they got word.
Ah Chun did not notice any of this she was only thinking about the hot bath she was going to take as soon as she got home. Although she did bathe while in the forest, but it was always a river or a small pond where the water was very cold. So now that she was home she really wanted to take a hot bath.
When they entered the courtyard, the first thing Ah Chun did was rush inside to start preparing a bath. Mei Liling could only watch on as Ah Chun's figure disappeared into the house. Mei Liling turned to Yu Yan. "Go ahead and follow that silly girl. The two of you can take a bath together. "
"Yes, Elder Mei." Being from the same sect as Yu Yan and receiving an order from an elder, Yu Yan immediately followed after Ah Chun.
"Make sure that daughter of mine does not break anything! We still have to live here for a few more months!" Mei Liling was afraid that Ah Chun would not control her strength again and make another hole in the house. She remembered when she went to talk to the Village Chief about getting someone to repair the house. The people he sent overlooked at Mei Liling like she was some kind of monster. But they did all the work in one night. Mei Liling was surprised and when she went to offer a word of thanks they ran from her before any words could pass her lips. But this was to be expected, of course, these people were just common martial practitioners. Dealing with an immortal cultivator was like an ant trying to fight a tiger.
In the house, Ah Chun was preparing her bath when Yu Yan walked in to help. The two girls chatted away until the bath was ready. They sank into the hot bath something that they have not had in months. And before they knew it, the two had fallen asleep. Mei Liling noticed that the two had not come out for a long time now so she went in to take a look. The room was no longer steamy from the bath. She walked in to find both girls asleep in the tub. Ah Chun was sitting in Yu Yan's lap with Yu Yan's arms draped over Ah Chun. seeing this scene you would think that these two were actually blood-related sisters.
Mei Liling had contacted the Sect and had Yu Yan's information passed over to her. Mei Liling found out that Yu Yan was picked up from an orphanage where she was found to have mystic spiritual roots. And was mainly raised in the sect as an outer disciple. She had never caused trouble in the sect and always cultivated earnestly. After seeing this report Mei Liling knew that Yu Yan would not cause harm to her daughter.
"Girls wake up or you will catch a cold." Mei Liling said knocking the two of them on the head.
Night came and Mei Liling pulled Ah Chun into the alchemy room to ask about what happened during her stay in the forest. She mainly wanted to find out why Ah Chun was releasing so much killing intent at all times. She heard from Yu Yan that Ah Chun always seemed to have a bit of a killing intent aura emanating from her person ever since they first met. It was after they had entered the tomb that the killing intent became even stronger and frightening.
In the alchemy room lit by glow stones set on top of a three-prong holder in the shape of a dragon's claw. The scent of herbs could be smelled in the air. There was a desk that curved around between two walls each wall had a set of shelves on them that contained Mei Liling's herbs. Ah Chun missed this smell while she was out in the forest the past six months. Since Mei Liling had come to live in this house as her new mother Mei Liling would spend a lot of time here when she was not training Ah Chun. Ah Chun had fond memories of sitting here watching Mei Liling make pills with alchemy.
Mei Liling sat in her chair and looked at Ah Chun and asked her to take a seat. Ah Chun sat on a cushion next Mei Liling in silence. Ah Chun was thinking that she might have done something bad so at this moment and time she was sitting in the lotus position with her head lowered waiting to be scolded.
"Tell me everything that happened while you were out in the forest from start to finish do not leave anything out." Mei Liling had a serious expression on her face. She knew that Ah Chun picked up a strange sword from the tomb that Ah Chun and Yu Yan explored.
"Well, it started with..." Ah Chun slowly told her Mei Liling everything that had happened. From the first demonic beast, she had slain to making lightning wolves into mounts.
When she got to the tomb she explained how she had found a sword at the top of the platform. She rolled up her sleeve and showed the black dragon tattoo on her right arm. Mei Liling, in turn, had her summon the sword. As normal the black dragon tattoo turned into a stream of black light as it slowly formed in front of Ah Chun starting from the tip and making its way towards the hilt. Once the sword was out it exerted a tremendous aura of killing intent directed at Mei Liling. Mei Liling was surprised as she could feel the heaviness of the pressure the sword was directing towards her.
"Cut it out don't be mean to my Mother!" Ah Chun yelled when she saw what was happening. Ah Chun's words made the sword quickly withdraw its killing intent as if it was never there, to begin with.
Ah Chun explained that when she first put her hands on the sword she heard words inside her head that said: "Slaughter of Time. KILL... KILL… KILL..." and after that, she felt oppressed by the killing intent that it emitted and almost went insane. It took a lot for her to repress those insane thoughts and keep control of her will. After that, she was then impaled by the sword but afterward her wound fully healed and she felt a connection with the sword.
After hearing Ah Chun's explanation Mei Liling shocked to hear the last part, but now she knew what had happened. The connection between a cultivator and a sword would be established only when one formed their sword heart. This meant that Ah Chun already learned the first level of the Dao of the Sword! Her daughter was just too amazing! Only a Dao Root cultivator was able to learn the daos. This meant that there was a strong will within the sword that imparted her with the first level of Dao of the Sword. Which would explain why Ah Chun was releasing such killing intent without realizing it. Instead of explaining to Ah Chun that she was releasing a large amount of killing intent, Mei Liling decided it would work to protect Ah Chun more if Ah Chun did not know. Mei Liling decided to tell Yu Yan not to say anything as well.
"Sounds like Chun'er had been through a lot during your six months training in the forest. Mother is proud that you have had many experiences this is exactly what Mother was hoping for when Chun'er ventured into the forest on your own. Soon we will be leaving this village. If there is anything Chun'er needs to settle before leaving make sure to do it now. " Mei Liling gave Ah Chun a warm smile. She had really missed her daughter. The entire time they were apart she was always hoping she would come back safely.
"Chun'er is ready to go at any time. So whenever Mother is ready we can leave." Ah Chun got up from her seat and gave Mei Liling a hug.
Ah Chun's birth mother was not buried when she died. In this village, the rule was that when someone died the body was burnt in order to keep the dead from being dug up by demonic beasts. There was once a graveyard in this village a long time ago but during one of the beast waves, the demonic beasts had dug up and ate all the dead bodies in the graveyard. So in order to keep that from happening again, the village chief decided to just have the bodies cremated to avoid desecration of the graves again.
A month passed and Mei Liling was finally finished getting her own things together. This was the day that Ah Chun would be finally leaving this village forever. To make it so that the house that she lived in for years would always be hers, Ah Chun leveled it to the ground without a second thought. The village chief when watching this scene had a twisted look on his face since he would now have to build a new house in order to do anything with that section of land. He also knew that Ah Chun did this on out of spite and could not help but curse her in his heart. But he could not say anything out loud because it would just be seeking his own death.