The Crow.
A thief with a 100% chance of success.
Frightened by the nickname, Zen has few friends.
Out of the 10 people he met, 9 of them would definitely be his enemies, while the remaining 1 had a 90% chance of becoming a stranger he didn't even know their name.
Living in pursuit is definitely not a fun way of life, so Zen is always careful not to reveal information about himself.
Zen always keeps his appearance very well.
On the outside, he looked like a good person with a sincere smile.
He is not so handsome, but quite masculine.
He wasn't difficult to approach, but he always kept his distance between himself and others.
However, who would have thought that he, The Crow, would cultivate a desire to have romantic relationship with other?
And it was not another ordinary person, but his own disciple.
"Master..."
Zen did admit that the snow-white face of his disciple, who blushed and begged him, was indeed very beautiful and charming.
However, he could only sigh.
Is this what so-called "love"?
***
It all started when he took a little girl who lost her family to bandits.
A girl named Zhongmei.
Witnessing the death of her family in front of her eyes had deeply damaged the little girl's heart.
Her face was always expressionless and empty.
She also looked so fragile.
It was as if the slightest touch would destroy her completely.
Zen felt sorry, but he had no intention of poking any further into the little girl's heart.
Zen took the girl on his journey.
He gave her food, drink, clothes, and many other things that a child of her age needed.
Then, Zen taught her how to cultivate.
Zen encountered a surprise as he examined Zhongmei's spiritual root.
"Mutated spiritual root?"
Zhongmei turned out to have an Ice elemental mutated spiritual root.
Not only that, but her physique also seems to be quite unique and has a fairly high affinity with the ice element.
"Genius".
A single word echoed in Zen's mind.
Who would have thought that the random little girl he picked up turned out to be such a genius.
Zen decided to train Zhongmei fully ever since he discovered it.
And sure enough, Zhongmei's cultivation speed was extremely fast.
In less than 3 months since Zen designed a cultivation art specifically for her and also provided her with meditation technique and martial technique, Zhongmei managed to form her Spirit body; complete the First Realm and enter the Second Realm.
Not only that, within 1 year later, Zhongmei even managed to give her Blood energy a little Spiritual energy; turning it into Qi Blood.
Even Zen was stunned by Zhongmei's cultivation speed.
It is beyond imagination.
Zen began to wonder.
Could it be that Zhongmei was the chosen child of heaven?
On the other hand, along with the growth of her cultivation, Zhongmei's mind also seemed to have become stronger and stronger.
Zen don't know since when, but her old trauma has been forgotten by her.
She was cheerful again.
It calmed Zen a lot, but Zhongmei grew very close to Zen afterwards.
At first, Zhongmei often asked Zen to pamper her.
She sat on Zen's lap.
She asked Zen to dry her hair.
And she liked it most when Zen praised her.
Unknowingly, their relationship has changed to be like father and daughter.
Zen didn't mind it until, his true identity was finally revealed.
Zhongmei, seemingly adoring her Master very much, often spread the word about Zen's greatness.
Among them, Zen's hidden reputation as "The Crow" is also widespread.
Even if Zen tried, he wouldn't be able to stop his identity from being known at this stage.
As a result, a tense life to be pursued by enemies here and there befell Zen.
Realizing her mistake, Zhongmei became very sad.
Zhongmei feels so sad that she almost sacrifices herself when the enemy finds their hiding place, but Zen stops her and explains that he is not too angry with her about it.
Their relationship became close again, but Zhongmei went further.
She declares her love for Zen!
"Master has always taken good care of me... I... I love you so much, Master! I want to become your Dao Companion and accompany Master along the path to immortality!"
At that time, Zhongmei was already about 30 years old.
From an ordinary human point of view, Zhongmei was already a mature woman.
But from the point of view of Cultivators, in particular, Zen, who had lived for over 500 years, Zhongmei was still just a child.
Zhongmei's appearance at that moment was also just to look like a 16-17 years old girl.
She was still very young.
Far from Zen's ideal taste.
Zen even considered her to be his own daughter all along, so the obstacle between them was quite large.
However, Zhongmei seemed to have been determined since that day.
She did not give in to the first rejection, and continuously declared her love for Zen.
Anytime, and anywhere!
Even when they were surrounded by dozens of cultivators, Zhongmei would occasionally shout her love to Zen.
This not only confused Zen, but also their enemies.
In the end, even the hardest rock will be hollowed out under the tireless efforts of water droplets.
Zen finally accepted Zhongmei's love, albeit with mixed thoughts.
Zhongmei was so happy that her mood became very good throughout the year.
***
However, their happiness ran into trouble by the time Zhongmei reached 50 years old, when she was in the final stage of the second Realm, when Zhongmei began to gather materials to forge her Spiritual Weapon...
Suddenly, Zhongmei lost consciousness when she was meditating under Zen supervision.
A strong cold Qi enveloped Zhongmei's body at that moment.
The cold Qi was so powerful that it was able to make Zen's hand covered in snow dew after touching Zhongmei.
Keep in mind that at that time, Zen had already reached the Fifth Realm. He was a Spiritual King, but the cold Qi that enveloped Zhongmei's body was capable of exerting such an effect on Zen.
Obviously, this cold Qi was extremely abnormal.
Zhongmei only lost consciousness, but it took 3 days for her to wake up.
And when she woke up, Zhongmei began to change.
Simply put, Zhongmei became more stupid. And if it is explained specifically about her stupidity, Zhongmei becomes no longer able to "learn from mistakes".
Maybe calling her idiot is more appropriate.
It was as if her brain had frozen due to the cold Qi.
Their relationship remains the same, but Zen begins to focus on recognizing Zhongmei's illness, then looking for a cure, as well as finding a way or something about this decease that attack Zhongmei.
Zen was not incapable of accepting the current Zhongmei.
In fact, Zhongmei's stupid side is quite cute for Zen.
However, Zen knew this situation was quite dangerous for Zhongmei, especially considering how many enemies had ill intentions towards them.
Zen covered his and Zhongmei's footprints under the veil of civilization that began to change rapidly as time went by.
Zen focused on finding a way to cure Zhongmei.
Zen had even abandoned his routine cultivation for the sake of this matter.
Although his feelings were complicated at first, he could now confidently say that he loved this little girl.
If possible, he wants his lover to return to being her former self.
***
Some time later.
In Paris.
Zhongmei, in a plain white T-shirt and long jeans, walked openly curiously through the bustling streets of the city.
Her long hair fluttered in the wind every time she turned her head to look at the view of the city and people.
Zhongmei read the piece of paper Zen had given her.
She seriously read what was written there.
"Go to the bakery and buy some bread... Some... Some... How much some?"
She was confused, but she immediately smiled at the lines of words underneath.
"'Just show this memo to the seller,' as expected of My Master!"
Under the writing left by Zen, there are words in French that Zhongmei does not recognize.
Smiling contentedly, she started walking around in search of a shop similar to a bakery.
"Bakery~ bakery~..."
Her steps were light, like a little girl on a playground.
At that moment, an arm grabbed her shoulder in the crowd.
***
In an ordinary apartment in the middle of the city.
Stacks of scrolls can be found in the front of Zen.
Sighing, Zen took a sip of his cup of Spiritual tea.
Until now, Zen still couldn't find any relevant information about Zhongmei's illness.
The only progress in his research came from the regular checks on Zhongmei's body condition that he did every day.
Other than that, he didn't find anything even after reading a lot of ancient literature.
"Could it be that this is a unique special case that only happened to Zhongmei?" Zen pondered.
The possibility is not small.
From the routine checks he conducted, Zen found that Zhongmei's current condition had something to do with the constitution and the way Zhongmei cultivated.
Zhongmei's constitution is very unique.
She has a very high affinity with the Ice Element, but she also has above-average physical abilities; her high affinity for the ice element should make her a frontline pioneer, but with her incredible physical abilities, she has no problem being on the front lines and oppressing the enemy.
As a result, in order to maximize Zhongmei's unique characteristics, Zen spent a lot of time designing a Cultivation art specifically for her.
This Cultivation art would focus her cultivation on cultivating of the ice element, as well as maximizing her physical development.
However, Zen didn't want Zhongmei, his first love, to be a muscular girl, so he designed for the muscles in Zhongmei's body to be compressed during the period of thin muscles.
So, even though Zhongmei's body defense was lacking when compared to other melee fighters, she still possessed tremendous physical strength. In addition, the skin also remains smooth and beautiful! How perfect!
Zen named the Cultivation art he gave to Zhongmei as [Snowy Gigant art].
Now, though, maybe Zen made a mistake.
Snowy Gigant art and Zhongmei's unique body constitution left a strange resonant trail within that girl's body and soul; inflicted an effect that now attacks Zhongmei.
Even if Zen tried to replace Zhongmei's Cultivation art now, it would be too late.
This Cultivation art was already too attached to Zhongmei to become too risky to replace it by force.
Moreover, this issue is also not very urgent.
Zhongmei strangely became more stupid, but that didn't diminish Zen's love for her.
When Zen thought about it, he subconsciously smiled.
"That girl, will she manage to get the bread?"
While Zen was imagining the scene of Zhongmei panicking in front of the baker, a faint explosion of Spiritual energy extended around.
"-!?"
What surprised Zen was that he felt a trace of Zhongmei's Qi Blood in it as well.
The teacup in Zen's hand fell and broke on the floor.
Zen was no longer to be found at that time.