My Mysterious Left Hand

Chapter 92 Taking on Apprentices

"Don't be afraid, your brother isn't a bad person."

Li Chen, trying to appear friendly, asked with a smile, "Where are your parents?"

The little girl hesitated for a moment before answering in a weak voice, "Daddy was eaten by a monster, and Mommy went to work—"

Li Chen frowned slightly and asked again, "Then why are you here alone?"

"I—I'm hungry—" The little girl looked down at her feet.

These words seemed to have touched something, and Li Chen couldn't help but think of his past.

If it weren't for the help from my neighbors in Mango Village, I probably wouldn't have grown up at all.

"Shall I take you to find your mother?" he suddenly said.

The little girl was startled, then looked at Li Chen warily: "Are you trying to kidnap Xixi?"

Li Chen: "————"

You're only four years old, is it normal for you to be so wary?

Just then, a woman pushing a breakfast cart ran towards them quickly, her face filled with anxiety: "Xixi—Xixi, are you alright?"

Clearly, the commotion here eventually alerted people in the distance.

"Mother----"

The little girl was overjoyed and ran over immediately.

Li Chen opened his Time-Space Divine Eyes and looked at the woman.

Xin Zhirou, 27 years old, a mortal, possesses an unawakened Five Elements Sacred Body.

Another unawakened Five Elements Sacred Body?

Li Chen was somewhat surprised.

However, Xin Zhirou didn't have any special identity, nor was she being targeted by anything.

At this moment, law enforcement officers appeared in the distance, and the number of onlookers also increased.

With a thought, Li Chen conjured up a mist that enveloped himself and Xin Zhirou and her daughter.

Xin Zhirou and her daughter, who had just embraced, were immediately horrified to discover that their surroundings had changed.

The once somewhat dilapidated long street has disappeared and been transformed into a luxuriously decorated living room.

That's right, we're already inside the garden villa of Chenxiao Mountain.

"You—who are you?" Xin Zhirou quickly spotted Li Chen, who was also in the living room.

"Ms. Xin, don't be nervous, I mean no harm."

Li Chen smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself. I am Li Chen, a teacher at Yanhuang Academy."

"You know me? Wait—Yanhuang Academy?"

Xin Zhirou was taken aback, then asked somewhat uncertainly, "Is it that Yanhuang Academy that's been all over the internet lately?"

"If there were only one Yanhuang Academy on the entire Earth, that would be the one you're thinking of."

Li Chen smiled and said, "I found out that your daughter was being targeted by some special beings, so I helped her out."

I heard from your daughter that your husband was eaten by a monster, is that true? Could you tell me about your family situation?

"Did you save Xixi?" The little girl, Yao Ruoxi, looked at Li Chen in surprise.

This little girl seems to be much smarter than most of her peers, and she has a great attitude.

Xin Zhirou, too, looked at Li Chen with surprise and uncertainty.

"Come with me."

Li Chen smiled slightly, pushed open the room door, and walked towards the computer desk.

Xin Zhirou didn't dare to go in, and stood nervously at the door with her daughter in tow.

However, this is enough to see the interior of the room.

Upon entering the room, Li Chen immediately noticed the information on the computer screen.

[Mission "Rescue the Innocent Little Girl" Completed.]

[Gained: Rescuer Experience Points +100.]

[Gained: Special status "Favored by Time and Space" (weak) — Grants a slight boost to luck and enhanced perception in actions involving time and space.]

[Gain: Yao Ruoxi's gratitude (can be converted into 100 experience points).]

[Note: You have successfully intervened in and altered a "predetermined future fragment." This fragment involved minor spacetime disturbances and anomalous energy contamination, which have now been corrected. The fate of those saved has been deflected.]

Li Chen's brows twitched slightly. He closed the interface without making a sound, then moved the mouse and quickly found a video playback.

It was a scene of stick figures saving a little girl named Yao Ruoxi.

This video looks like surveillance footage; most people wouldn't even realize it's actually a game cutscene.

Xin Zhirou, standing at the doorway, saw the video footage, and especially when she saw the large black mist hand, her face turned pale: "It's that monster—"

Li Chen turned around to look.

Xin Zhirou explained with a look of fear on her face, "My husband was killed by a monster made of gray mist."

Li Chen suddenly realized.

Because the final rescue time was very short, the video finished playing quickly.

He continued to fabricate a story without changing his expression: "I've been tracking that monster, and it was just a coincidence that I saved your daughter this time. But it's fate that we met. It must be hard for you to raise a child alone, right? If you'd like, you can stay and help me take care of the garden outside. I can give you a monthly salary of 100,000."

This woman also has a special physique, so her talent for cultivation is obviously not bad.

However, what he really had his eye on was the other party's daughter; he was very interested in the so-called Old God.

After all, it's very simple for him to create powerful individuals.

100,000 a month?

Xin Zhirou felt her heart clench violently; she had never seen so much money in her life.

However, she didn't agree immediately. Instead, she cautiously asked, "You just said you're a teacher at Yanhuang Academy. Could you—could you prove that?"

Li Chen didn't mind the other party's wariness. He smiled slightly and directly teleported the mother and daughter to a high altitude near the teaching building, hundreds of kilometers away.

"This is the teaching building area of ​​Yanhuang Academy. I'll take you to see the principal."

He glanced at the mother and daughter who were clinging tightly together, perhaps because of their fear of heights, then took out his teacher's certificate and dialed Principal Qin Xiaotian's number.

"Teacher Li Chen? Is there something you need?"

Qin Xiaotian answered the call quickly.

"I'm above the teaching building, and I need to speak with the principal about something. If it's convenient, could you please come up here?" Li Chen said.

"Okay, just a moment."

The communication was disconnected.

Li Chen put away the communication card and said to Xin Zhirou and her daughter, "The principal will be up soon. Don't worry, you won't fall."

"Flying—do gods really exist?" Xin Zhirou felt her worldview had been turned upside down.

Although she had seen monsters before, she had never seen a cultivator.

immortal?

Li Chen smiled slightly and offered no explanation.

Just then, a streak of light flew down from below, and it was none other than Qin Xiaotian.

Upon approaching, Qin Xiaotian first glanced suspiciously at Xin Zhirou and her daughter before turning to Li Chen: "Teacher Li Chen, is there a problem?"

"This is Xin Zhirou and her daughter Yao Ruoxi. I hope the principal can make an exception and give them a chance to enroll."

"Li Chen got straight to the point."

Xin Zhirou looked at Li Chen in surprise again. She was surprised that Li Chen knew their names and that of the mother and daughter. She was also surprised that Li Chen wanted them to study here.

But what merit or ability do we two possess?

After all, this is a legendary cultivation academy; she wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.

At this moment, she even wondered if this teacher, Li Chen, had taken a liking to her.

Qin Xiaotian looked at Li Chen with surprise and subconsciously asked, "Can you give me a reason?"

He had already decided that he would agree to Li Chen's request, no matter how far-fetched the reason was.

Because of the changes in the forty students last night, the higher-ups issued new instructions, telling him to keep Li Chen calm. As long as Li Chen didn't do anything treasonous, any conditions could be negotiated.

"This Xin Zhirou possesses an unawakened Five Elements Sacred Body," Li Chen said.

He did not disclose anything about the little girl, Yao Ruoxi.

"The Five Elements Sacred Body?"

Qin Xiaotian's eyes widened as he looked at Xin Zhirou in surprise.

"Me? The Five Elements Sacred Body?" Xin Zhirou was completely bewildered.

The little girl, Xixi, looked completely bewildered and couldn't understand what the three adults were saying.

Qin Xiaotian felt that Li Chen wouldn't try to fool him with something so outrageous.

He took a deep breath and said, "Approved. What are your plans? Will you let them join your class as well?"

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Li Chen looked at Xin Zhirou.

Xin Zhirou hesitated for a moment, then, suppressing her fear of heights, asked in a low voice, "Can Xixi cultivate too?"

"Of course, I will personally take her as my disciple," Li Chen replied.