A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

Just as the system said, all you need to do is cut it hard!

My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror, and all my deeds are righteous. What is there that cannot be revealed?

......

Lin Xiu could instantly master anything that was rewarded by the system.

Therefore, Lin Xiu quickly learned the Dao Fruit Manifestation Technique and began experimenting with its effects.

Before long, the Wheel Sea Dao Palace within Lin Xiu's body roared, and his body shimmered with light. A stream of light flew out from Lin Xiu's body and eventually transformed into the appearance of a boy who was about five or six years old and had a delicate, beautiful appearance.

"This is me as a child, or more accurately, me as a child with special effects added."

Lin Xiu looked at himself in the bronze mirror. The "Little Lin Xiu" he had created using the Dao Fruit Manifestation Technique was enveloped in a faint golden halo, making him look like a celestial child descending to earth.

"As expected of me, I was already this handsome when I was a kid!"

Under normal circumstances, Lin Xiu would never say such narcissistic things. However, in his Dao Fruit state, Lin Xiu's mind was as clear as a mirror, and he was naturally close to the Dao. Whatever his thoughts were, he would say them immediately.

However, since Lin Xiu wasn't thinking much at the time, he didn't realize that something was wrong with him.

Xiao Lin Xiu found his state quite novel. He tried to circulate his divine power, and a faint light flickered at his fingertips, which was even more concentrated and swift than usual.

To his surprise, when he tried to deduce the fragments of the Daoist scriptures, the previously obscure passages suddenly became clear, and the patterns of the Great Dao flowing between heaven and earth seemed to become clearer.

"Born close to the Dao, destined to attain it! This Immortal Venerable will be invincible under heaven!"

Xiao Linxiu was secretly delighted and tried to throw another punch. The wind from the punch was so strong that it faintly brought with it the sound of wind and thunder, and its power far exceeded the limits that his current size should have.

......

The little girl was playing with a rag doll when she suddenly saw Lin Xiu grow to be the same size as her. Her big, dark eyes widened instantly, and then burst into a light of surprise.

"Did Brother Lin Xiu become like this so he could play games with Nannan?"

"Brother Lin Xiu, shall we play games together? I've wanted to play games with you for so long!"

The little girl skipped and hopped around Lin Xiu, curiously reaching out her little hand to touch the halo around him.

The moment the little girl touched him, the golden aura around Lin Xiu vanished like a bubble, but Lin Xiu didn't notice anything unusual at the time.

"Playing games? Sure, sure!"

Osamu Kobayashi nodded vigorously and immediately began playing happily with the little girl.

The two had a great time in the spacious room.

When playing hide-and-seek, Xiaolin Xiu moved with lightning speed, leaving behind afterimages.

When Lin Xiu was building a pillow castle, his fingertips moved slightly, and the plush toys automatically arranged themselves into a shape that a child could not build.

However, the main event has to be playing house.

While playing, Lin Xiu actually took the initiative to play some kind of house game with the little girl, asking her to play the mother and him to play the father.

The two used teacups as bowls and pieces of cloth as dishes, having a great time.

Just as the little girl was handing a cup of "tea" to her "father," Xiaolin Xiu, and saying in her childish voice, "Mommy made this tea, Daddy, drink it quickly,"

"Creak" sound.

The door to the room was pushed open, and a graceful and slender figure walked in; it was Weiwei, who had returned from her trip.

Chapter 30 Sister Nan, No! (Second Update)

Upon seeing the scene inside, Weiwei froze on the spot, her hand holding the fruit plate suspended in mid-air, her bright, ethereal eyes filled with astonishment.

She just came to inform Lin Xiu that she had completed the task he assigned.

Who would have thought that we would see such a scene!

The usually unfathomable Lin Xiu had transformed into a rosy-cheeked little boy, innocently playing house with the little girl!

What's going on? Isn't this going a bit too far?

Weiwei was shocked and didn't know what to do for a moment.

.......

However, while Weiwei was still in shock, Lin Xiu had an accident first.

Weiwei's sudden intrusion distracted Xiaolin Xiu. In that moment of distraction, he lost his balance, stumbled, and threw the teacup to the ground.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, the teacup shattered, and the sharp shards instantly cut Lin Xiu's delicate fingers, from which a few drops of bright red blood immediately seeped out.

Xiao Lin Xiu winced in pain, looked down at the wound on his finger, and was shocked again.

"Holy crap! Where is my unparalleled physical body?"

Xiao Linxiu was shocked to realize that his proud Ancient Sacred Body had disappeared while the Dao Fruit was manifesting!

To be precise, it's normal for physical defenses to disappear. Even someone as strong as the Empress would get injured and bleed, wouldn't she?

However, in his Dao Fruit state, Lin Xiu couldn't think of that much for the time being.

"Oh no! Brother Lin Xiu is bleeding!"

When the little girl saw the blood droplets on Lin Xiu's fingers, her face turned deathly pale, and her big eyes instantly filled with tears.

The next second, the little girl grabbed Xiaolin Xiu's injured finger:

"I remember Brother Lin Xiu said that if you bleed, you should suck it clean, and it won't hurt anymore!" With that, the little girl put Lin Xiu's bleeding finger into her soft little mouth without hesitation.

[When did I say such a thing?] Just as Lin Xiu was thinking this, he felt a strong suction coming from the little girl's mouth.

This suction force went straight to the source. Xiao Linxiu felt that the essence and Dao principles in his body were like a flood that had burst its banks, rushing wildly to his fingertips and being swallowed up by Xiao Nannan!

"No! Sister Nan, please don't!"

A sense of alarm arose in Xiaolin Xiu's heart. He tried to pull his finger back, but found that the suction force was so strong that his Dao Fruit body was completely unable to break free.

In just a few breaths, his figure became as transparent as paper.

Finally, with a soft "poof", Lin Xiu's Dao Fruit body completely disintegrated, turning into a dim stream of light that instantly disappeared into Lin Xiu's main body, who was sitting cross-legged beside him.

As the light returned, Lin Xiu, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly shuddered. His face turned as pale as paper, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. An unprecedented feeling of weakness swept over his entire body, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness and did not even have the strength to lift his hand.

[What domineering devouring power! It completely drained me dry!]

Moreover, it didn't just absorb divine power; it also extracted my very essence!

Lin Xiu felt that his life wheel was shattered, his lifespan had been reduced by more than 90%, and a lot of white hair had grown on his head.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would basically be waiting to die in this situation.

However, Lin Xiu was never an ordinary cultivator!

[Output Target: Daoist Essence.]

Output power: 10%.

The Daoist space flickered, and the primal power of the Daoist self continuously poured into Lin Xiu, repairing his broken primal essence.

"Great, it works!"

Lin Xiu continued to "eat himself," and unlike eating others, eating himself had absolutely no side effects!

In just a dozen breaths, Lin Xiu's essence was restored to more than 50%, his white hair turned black again, and his damaged life wheel was mostly repaired.

[Next, once the cooldown of the Daoist Rhyme Space copy is over, and another Daoist Rhyme Self is copied, everything will be restored to normal.]

Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and finally sat up in bed, looking at Xiao Nannan and Weiwei beside him.

.......

In the brief moment that Lin Xiu was sitting cross-legged to repair himself, the little girl was already pale with fright, her big eyes filled with tears.

Seeing that Lin Xiu had finally recovered, the little girl rushed to his side, clutching his clothes tightly with her small hands, her voice trembling with tears:

"Brother Lin Xiu... are you alright? I didn't mean to. I just wanted to stop the bleeding..."

At this moment, Vivi finally managed to recover from her initial extreme shock.

Watching Lin Xiu's miraculous transformation from looking old to young again in an instant, and from extremely weak to gradually becoming stronger, Weiwei's heart was already filled with turbulent waves.

She strode forward, her eyes filled with a complex mix of concern and disbelief. Her cherry lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to ask something, but didn't know where to begin.

Seeing their worried expressions, Lin Xiu smiled helplessly and gently ruffled the little girl's soft hair.

"Don't cry, baby. I'm fine now. It's not your fault, it was my own carelessness."

After comforting the tearful little girl, Lin Xiu turned his gaze to Weiwei, nodded slightly to indicate that he was alright, and then his gaze turned solemnly to the place where the Dao Fruit body had just dissipated.

It turned out that at this moment, where his Dao Fruit body disappeared, there was a strange wisp of blood floating in mid-air!

This drop of blood was an extremely pure red, within which seemed to swirl galaxies and the birth and death of Daoist runes, emanating a peculiar celestial aura, clearly not ordinary blood.

With a thought, Lin Xiu imprinted this wisp of blood into his Dao space.

【Title: The Daoist Aura of "Ruthless Immortal Blood (Fifth Incarnation)"】

[Description: A wisp of the Daoist essence of the ruthless Great Emperor, who cultivated to his fifth incarnation and embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world. Holding this essence allows one to manifest a trace of the power of the ruthless Great Emperor's immortal blood.]

[Special Effect: If a sufficient amount of immortal blood and Daoist essence is manifested, it can bring the dead back to life, heal flesh and bones, and also help people achieve longevity and comprehend the Great Dao.]

Beside the Daoist aura of the Ruthless Immortal Blood was a Daoist aura that Lin Xiu had previously copied from the little girl.

【Title: The Daoist Rhyme of "The Ruthless Man's Dao Fruit"】

[Description: This is a wisp of true essence manifested in the mortal world by the Ruthless Great Emperor's supreme Dao Fruit, carrying the essence of the Empress's lifelong Daoist arts and the ultimate mystery of becoming an immortal in the mortal world. After using this Dao essence, one can perceive the origin of the Ruthless Great Emperor's secret techniques. The Devouring Heaven Demon Art, the Myriad Transformations Sacred Technique, and the Power of Flying Immortals are all as clear as the lines on one's palm, making cultivation and comprehension twice as effective, directly pointing to the core of the Ruthless Great Dao.]

[Special Effect: When practicing this Daoist technique, in the event of a life-or-death emergency, it may attract the attention of the Empress, and may even provoke her intervention.]

The little girl's Daoist aura is extremely special. From the time he copied the Daoist aura until now, Lin Xiu has never materialized the little girl's Daoist aura.

......

As an additional illusory figure of an empress appeared in the Daoist space, accompanied by the illusory figure of the Great Accomplished Holy Body, Lin Xiu quickly understood.

[This blood is... the immortal blood of a ruthless person?!]

[However, why did a wisp of immortal blood manifest after absorbing my essence? Could this be a mechanism inherent to the little girl?]

Or is it that Da Nannan is watching me? Is this wisp of immortal blood her way of repaying me for draining me dry?

It shouldn't be that bad...