Chapter 1444: Born a Slave

Speaking of this topic, Bai Xian'er fell into silence, her face showing an expression Ye Zhangqing had never seen before.

After gradually getting to know Bai Xian'er, Ye Zhangqing also came to understand her personality.

How to put it, Bai Xian'er's personality matches her appearance, both lively and quirky.

When she smiles, those two little tiger teeth are especially eye-catching.

On the surface, there's no way to tell that Bai Xian'er is a powerful Emperor Sovereign.

It's rare to see Bai Xian'er silent or troubled, let alone now with this complex expression.

Although Ye Zhangqing was curious, he didn't press further; it's someone else's secret, they don't want to say it, and Ye Zhangqing won't force them to speak.

He took a sip of tea; this enlightenment tea is not bad, it was given to him by Yun Xiantai, supposedly purchased earlier in another world.

Just as Ye Zhangqing was about to get up and leave, Bai Xian'er suddenly spoke.

"Actually... I've lived in the Demon Realm since I can remember."

"Huh???"

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing turned his head to look at her—living in the Demon Realm since childhood? But Bai Xian'er isn't a demon.

Without paying attention to Ye Zhangqing's gaze, Bai Xian'er continued speaking.

"My parents are slaves of the demons; I don't know when they were brought to the Demon Realm, and I was born there."

"And because my parents are slaves, as their daughter I naturally became a slave as well."

"The place where our family lives is a spirit vein in the Demon Realm, and our family is responsible for helping the demons mine spirit ore."

"Demons naturally also rely on spirit stones for cultivation, but because of their innate bloodline, once spirit power enters their bodies it directly transforms into demonic power."

"Bai Xian'er slowly recounted her past, things she had never told anyone before."

"Even when she was at the Medicine King Pavilion, she never mentioned it; Medicine Cloud Peak and Feng Ming didn't know either."

"Having lived in the Demon Realm since childhood, Bai Xian'er's youth could be described as having endured all kinds of hardship."

"While others were still ignorant and clueless, Bai Xian'er already had to bear complex labor."

"At that time she was young and couldn't enter the spirit vein, but the demons didn't care; they assigned her other tasks."

"Moreover, beatings and scoldings were commonplace."

"She still remembers several times when she almost got beaten to death by the demons."

"Her parents felt sorry for her, and they too were beaten black and blue by the demons."

"Later, as she grew older, Bai Xian'er's parents secretly began teaching her cultivation, and it seemed they had been plotting something since then."

"At first Bai Xian'er didn't know, but later she realized her parents were doing this so she could escape the Demon Realm."

"They had given up hope, yet they couldn't imagine what it would be like for their daughter to spend her whole life in the Demon Realm."

"Therefore, no matter the cost, they had to send Bai Xian'er away, to let her break free from the prison that had confined her since birth."

"Later her parents succeeded, and Bai Xian'er, together with another sister, managed to escape the Demon Realm with their help."

"Under the demons' noses, her father actually inscribed a teleportation array, and through it they succeeded in sending them out of the Demon Realm."

"Bai Xian'er's parents were no ordinary people; both were Great Saint powerhouses, their cultivation having reached Great Saint Perfection."

"Furthermore, her father was also a Formation Master."

"To let Bai Xian'er leave, her parents paid with their lives."

"On the night before they left, Bai Xian'er clearly remembered her mother earnestly instructing her on many matters."

"She also passed on her cultivation methods and martial arts, urging Bai Xian'er to train diligently and not be lazy."

"Finally, her mother repeatedly told Bai Xian'er to live well."

"After escaping the Demon Realm, Bai Xian'er was sent by the teleportation array into the Wújìn Xīnghǎi."

"Two little girls with hardly any cultivation, stranded in the Wújìn Xīnghǎi— the outcome was obvious: certain death."

"But perhaps we were lucky; we were soon rescued by a passing group of people."

"They brought me and my sister to the Heiyun Realm."

"At first, I was curious about everything, and I could eat my fill every day; back then I felt truly happy."

"But later, they began teaching us cultivation and combat."

"They made the same batch of children fight each other, just to turn us cold-blooded and ruthless."

"After that, it was just completing various missions, assassinating all kinds of people."

"As I grew older and my cultivation increased, I gradually realized I seemed to have moved from one prison into another."

"I escaped the Demon Realm, yet they ended up holding me under tight control."

"Even now I remember that the phrase I heard most back then was: become the sharpest sword."

"My parents clearly wanted me to live well and be free, but reality seems otherwise."

"So during one mission I escaped."

But the assassin they had painstakingly trained—how could they possibly let Bai Xian'er go so easily?

Thus, after escaping, Bai Xian'er faced the enemy's frantic pursuit.

Those former comrades, those once acquainted, now all became her pursuers.

They spared no means, using every method imaginable, just to slay Bai Xian'er.

During her flight, Bai Xian'er herself couldn't recall how long she had fled or how many worlds she had passed through.

How many life-and-death crises she encountered, and how she persisted step by step.

All she knew was that it felt like every morning when she opened her eyes, she stood on the brink of life and death, never knowing when she'd encounter her former comrades' pursuit.

Bai Xian'er ran and fought all the way, and precisely because of this experience, her cultivation and combat power rose rapidly.

"For a person, death is indeed the greatest motivation."

"Faced with death, if one wants to survive, one can only strive relentlessly, exert all one's strength, and grasp at that last sliver of hope with the final breath."

Because if you don't work hard, the final result waiting for you is to be killed, death.

And as cultivation advances, with combat strength continually improving, the number of assassins slain by Bai Xianer's hand keeps growing.

In the end, Bai Xianer broke through Shèngjìng, broke through Cultivation: Great Saint, and even broke through to Great Emperor before the opponent gradually gave up the pursuit.

Once Yun Xiantai entered the Emperor Sovereign realm, the opponent then gave up.

And Bai Xianer never joined any other faction; because of these experiences, she has no fondness for any faction.

Joining the Medicine King Pavilion is merely a matter of offering tribute; one can leave at any time, each taking what they need.

In truth, Ye Zhangqing and his companions are perhaps the first place Bai Xianer willingly joined.

They asked for no resources, discussed no conditions; perhaps at first it was because of Ye Zhangqing's cooking, but after getting along over time, Bai Xianer realized she had unknowingly gradually blended into the group.