[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ancestor-the-times-have-changed":3,"chapter-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-634":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ancestor, the Times Have Changed",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2299956,4498,"Chapter 634: It Really Is a Cheat Code!","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-634",634,"\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distant sky was gloomy, a drifting veil of mist rendering the entire Jianzong Sect hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Jianzong Shanmen, cold wind howled, carrying a bone-chilling chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mmm… ah~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu yawned, stretched lazily, then turned her head toward Zhao Ruohan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got nothing to do back home anyway—why not stay a couple more days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.” Zhao Ruohan shook her head. “The spiritual plant seeds Master Jianzu gave me align perfectly with my innate spiritual ability—I need to return and study them quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyao Yanyang Tree…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discovering the high compatibility between the seed and her innate ability, she had checked the Spiritual Network last night and messaged Ye Zhiwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both yielded nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had considered asking her mother and father, but decided against disturbing them so late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? You still think you can surpass me?” Chi Jiu Yu chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Zhao really never gives up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I grow this Chiyao Yanyang Tree, I’ll definitely block your sword strike.” Zhao Ruohan said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu snorted: “By the time you grow that tree, my sword strike won’t be just like yesterday’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Xuanzhu Guo Tree had been nurtured for so long and still looked the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, her auntie was ridiculous—seeing Little Zhao couldn’t beat her, she just outright gave her a cheat…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the number one prodigy of all realms, the youngest Soul Transformation since ancient times, her pressure is enormous, okay!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough—let’s drop this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Little Zhao constantly defies her superiors and tries to defeat the number one prodigy of all realms…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside of that, they still get along quite well!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come visit Jianzong again sometime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One defeat doesn’t mean anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t abandon her desire to challenge Chi Jiu Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re welcome to come find me at Taishang Daozong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will, I will!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhao Ruohan turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost forgot.” Chi Jiu Yu pulled out an exquisitely carved cold jade lunch box. “Could you please deliver this to Sister Yang Shuang of the Fu Jian Line?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruohan paused, glanced at the jade box she was handed, and felt a strange unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had long suspected something odd about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu called her “Little Zhao,” called Ye Zhiwei “Little Ye,” yet insisted on addressing Yang Shuang of the Fu Jian Line as “Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you call her that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean, why?” Chi Jiu Yu looked baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s Little Zhao asking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By your usual habit, shouldn’t you call her ‘Little Yang’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?” Chi Jiu Yu scratched her head. “Didn’t she take good care of me during our time studying at Taishang Daozong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, she could clearly sense that Sister Yang Shuang was one tier more “mature” than her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, “mature” meant not just age, but psychological depth too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In plain terms, she felt Sister Yang Shuang was older than her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, there were plenty of such people in Jianzong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their seniority was lower than hers, their old-fashioned demeanor made her feel awkward calling them by name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She usually just addressed them by their titles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bluish-gold sword: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old-fashioned” isn’t used like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever—there are people here now; I’ll remind her later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruohan thought for a moment, then said seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve taken good care of you too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft—who cares about that?” Chi Jiu Yu waved her hand dismissively. “You’re not seriously asking me to call you ‘Sister,’ are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re dreaming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Ruohan: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu never said anything nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out and took the jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were fish fillets and precious spiritual materials previously generously provided by Xu Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade box itself was valuable, but compared to its contents, it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’m off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhao Ruohan shot upward as a streak of light, heading toward the opposite teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Jiu Yu watched her go until she vanished from sight, then yawned and floated lazily back to her cave on her sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evening fell, the sun sinking westward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After multiple long-distance teleportation arrays, Zhao Ruohan successfully returned to Taishang Daozong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t head straight to her cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she first went to Kongtian Island, home of the Fu Jian Line, to deliver Chi Jiu Yu’s gift to Yang Shuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as she stepped onto the island…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery shifted abruptly—when her vision cleared again, she found herself inside a small pavilion beside the island’s central plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Qianqian sat inside, brush in hand, a freshly completed talisman resting on the table before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quyin Talisman—one of the most basic talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dispels weak wandering spirits and removes yin energy clinging to a cultivator’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, it’s only used in low-end amusement park haunted houses, since setting up a dedicated array is too costly, while quyin talismans are cheap and effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lower-level cultivators carry them when visiting haunted houses to protect visitors from the demonic yin energy within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why come to me right after returning?” Hong Qianqian put down her brush. “You got me a gift?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I do have a gift, but it’s not for you, Qianqian-jie.” Zhao Ruohan paused, then explained. “Chi Jiu Yu asked me to deliver it to Yang Shuang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out the jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yang Shuang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Qianqian waved her hand—the jade box floated gently from Zhao Ruohan’s grasp and landed in hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s unlucky—the little girl you’re talking about is still in seclusion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the founder of Taishang Daozong’s Fu Jian Line, she remembered every member of her lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So as soon as Zhao Ruohan mentioned it, she knew exactly who she meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leave it with me—I’ll give it to her when she emerges.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she glanced inside the jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That one glance made her raise an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“High-grade materials! Jiu Yu really went all out this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These levels of spiritual materials…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them were surely courtesy gifts from the Sword Sovereign or Jianzu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then thank you, Qianqian-jie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No trouble at all.” Hong Qianqian leaned back. “You went to Jianzong to spar with Jiu Yu—how’d it go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I lost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long did it take her to win?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?! That can’t be right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing wasn’t surprising—but losing in one sword…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless Jiu Yu cheated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It really was one sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1049,"2026-06-20T06:44:15.330Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","26df08ce1374a8b08cba3ce34089e9b175b53304e8ba9442c1efdef7e1b7152e","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-635","ancestor-the-times-have-changed-chapter-633",648,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fancestor-the-times-have-changed-cover.jpg"]