[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take":3,"chapter-if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-12":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Will Not Reject Me, I Wish to Bow and Take You as My Adoptive Father",{"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},2276739,4454,"Chapter 12: Chapter Eleven: This Is Cheating, I Refuse to Accept (New Book Released, Urgently Seeking Collection)","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-12",12,"\u003Cp>Actually, Lord of the Soil Zou Qing didn’t much want to deal with the “Western Shu Barbarian General.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Green Pine Daoist Acolyte was watching him, seemingly waiting for an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This servant acted out of personal selfishness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the Green Pine Daoist Acolyte’s ruthless methods, Zou Qing dared not lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before Sha Man Yu appeared, the Sha Man never revered the gods... they didn’t worship the true deities; they worshipped the spirits of the Liusha River.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Guan Huchen, “For example, the blue carp spirit that devoured dozens of Western Shu iron cavalry last night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen suddenly understood, “That Sha Long wasn’t just wandering aimlessly—he was being chased desperately, and in despair, he intended to drag Zhu Tong and the others down with him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zou Qing continued, “A few years ago, after Sha Man Yu gained some prestige, she stopped the Sha Man chieftains from continuing their river demon sacrifices; she urged the Sha Man to cultivate the spirit shrine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She had that kind of prestige? The Sha Man all call her Jia Nao Feng.” Guan Huchen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she relied only on prestige, Sha Man Yu would have accomplished nothing. She is extremely clever, extremely cunning—deceiving with false words, instilling fear, offering bribes; she has manipulated the entire dune region in the palm of her tiny hand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This servant once served as Minister of Eastern Shu, entered the imperial capital Xianyang, and possesses no lack of experience or insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I dare say, even in Xianyang City, Sha Man Yu ranks among the top one in ten thousand talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her deeds are too numerous; I’ll only state the final outcome now: the Sha Man call her Jia Nao Feng, yet virtually everything she set out to do, she accomplished.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen said, “You forcibly kept her to have her help you rebuild the spirit shrine? As a Land God, you should be able to appear to her in dreams—or to other barbarians—no need to repeatedly descend in person to play the demon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sha Man Yu has extraordinary talent; her soul is exceptionally resilient and compacted, yet my divine power is insufficient to enter her consciousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The other barbarians are exceptionally stupid, lacking spiritual sensitivity, unable to comprehend the divine edicts I wish to convey.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In short, if Sha Man Yu had vanished years ago, the spirit shrine would have quickly fallen into ruin, and the incense offerings would have ceased first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zou Qing looked at the Green Pine Daoist Acolyte, his tone utterly earnest, “But for the sake of Great Qin, I still painted her Shadow Divine Map and delivered her information to the Spirit Official.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Pine Daoist Acolyte’s face showed no expression, but internally he sneered: I’ve been watching Sha Man Yu all along—how dare you refuse? Besides, the spirit shrine has stood for years; the Sha Man have grown accustomed to worshiping. Sha Man Yu is no longer important to you... you think she’s unimportant, but once you hand over the Shadow Divine Map and betray her, the incense backlash will strike immediately—you’ll realize the danger, then immediately want to betray Great Qin and secretly hide her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The daylight is bright now; you’re a yin spirit, you cannot remain visible for long.” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This servant departs.” The Land God hurriedly bowed, then began to spiral downward into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Pine Daoist Acolyte snorted coldly, his gaze sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zou Qing froze in place, his voice bitter, “Sha Man Yu is by the dune, to the east—you’ll see long, wide ditches. The upper layer is Ruoshui, the lower layer stores rainwater.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Counting from north to south, in the middle of the forty-seventh ditch, she hides inside a clamshell.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhumm~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen immediately activated his Thousand-Li Eyes, gazing toward the location the Land God described.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, found her!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They found her, yet Guan Huchen’s face filled with frustration and confusion: “Yesterday I noticed those ditches and glanced over them—there was no clamshell or Sha Man Yu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zou Qing lowered his head, looking listless, whispering softly, “If you try again tonight, you should be able to see her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All afternoon she hid deep in the Liusha River, seven or eight zhang beneath the surface.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When dusk fell, she feared the river spirits, dragged the clamshell back quietly, swam along the ditch to the shore, saw you hadn’t left, and sank again to the ditch’s bottom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That ditch is two or three zhang deep—ordinary people could never find her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So she’s been hiding beneath the Liusha River...” Guan Huchen frowned, “She isn’t afraid of Ruoshui? Seven or eight zhang deep—even in freshwater, ordinary people can’t last long.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He searched all afternoon; she stayed submerged the whole time, still holding her breath now—could this really be an ordinary person without internal qi cultivation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sha Man Yu is desperate for transcendent immortal power; she couldn’t find any sages or Daoist paths, so the only extraordinary thing around her was the Ruoshui of the Liusha River—she’s been tormenting herself in the river daily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ask the Sha Man—they say since she was a child, she’s been practicing fistwork and staff techniques, kicking, jumping, somersaulting, tiger leaps, wrestling, shouting and playing in the Ruoshui...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sha Man think she’s Jia Nao Feng; she claims she’s cultivating the ‘Ruoshui True Art.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In truth, she doesn’t even know the most basic breathing techniques.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps her talent is extraordinary—after soaking in Ruoshui for so long, she not only never fell ill, but developed exceptional swimming ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not even half a day submerged in the river—she once went three days and three nights without food or water, entirely submerged at the ditch’s bottom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen’s expression changed drastically: “This isn’t normal! Sha Man Yu must have a serious problem—she’s possibly a half-demon, a hybrid of fish demon and Sha Man, at minimum possessing water demon blood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Pine Daoist Acolyte said calmly, “When I was five, I could sit in meditation beneath a lake, circulating true qi through internal breath.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not just three days and three nights—if I’ve severed my need for food, I could stay down forever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But she doesn’t know martial arts, and the Liusha River isn’t a lake—three thousand Ruoshui cannot be subdued without great divine power.” Guan Huchen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an ordinary lake, he could hold his breath for three or five days easily; the Liusha River? He’d never tried—and wouldn’t dare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Pine Daoist Acolyte pondered, “Sha Man Yu is clever—perhaps she independently discovered internal breathing... but that’s unimportant. The world has never lacked extraordinary individuals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that we’ve found her, go immediately and bring her to the dune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen bowed to the Green Pine Daoist Acolyte; the Crimson Smoke Steed carried him off in a blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Green Pine Daoist Acolyte smiled, activated the Earth-Divination Technique; a flash of yellow light, and he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two depart, the Land God Zou Qing suddenly felt an overwhelming, uncontrollable urge: to move Sha Man Yu away before Guan Huchen arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it incense devotion influencing me—or the dragon qi...? I never imagined the Sha Qiu Kingdom truly bred dragon qi. Regret! Hatred! Great Qin is too tyrannical, the Emperor too cruel—he grants not the slightest chance to any foreign people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not to Sha Qiu Kingdom, nor to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was Minister of Eastern Shu—began studying at age two, writing poetry at five, spent thirty years studying classics, well-read and brilliant; even the Emperor summoned me to the Wenhui Pavilion to revise laws. I devoted my life to service, earned merit and toil, and finally qualified as a backup for the Lord of the City God of Ganzhou in Lu State—only to have the position stolen by a servant of Princess Jia Shang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, a City God, was dismissed by Princess Jia Shang with a mere ‘Xin Mo No.’ Land God of Western Sands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How infuriating, how infuriating~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Had I properly assumed the City God post back then, I wouldn’t be in this predicament now... ah, but Lu State has fallen—perhaps all City Gods have perished? Sigh... the path of spirits and gods is hard, too hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s over!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu wailed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When faint vibrations rapidly approached from afar, she awoke from her “meditation.” The intruder came too fast—by the time she listened closely, the vibrations had become distinct hoofbeats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—A rider was galloping toward her direction, at great speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she formed this thought, Guan Huchen raised his right hand and barked, “Bound Immortal Rope!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grand name, yet it was still the same “Snake Flame Whip.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin fire serpent shot from his sleeve, like a true spirit snake, coiled once midair, then plunged into the Ruoshui Ditch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssss~~” A cloud of steam erupted; the bright red whip rapidly dimmed, and when its flames and red glow vanished, it revealed a milky-white serpent whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whip was leather, covered in scales the size of thumbnail tips, resembling a real white snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Bound Immortal Rope” was still the Snake Flame Whip—but its function had indeed changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously a fire whip for striking enemies, now it truly became the “Bound Immortal Rope”: like a spirit snake, it slithered to the ditch’s bottom, precisely located the table-sized clamshell, and wrapped around it dozens of times, binding it tightly, its tail still held in Guan Huchen’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rise!” Guan Huchen gave a slight flick of his right wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!” A great splash erupted; the clamshell flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing, didn’t greet whoever was inside, simply lifted the clamshell, turned his horse, and galloped toward the dune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Riding a horse... not a Liusha River demon—those black-armored knights.” Xiao Yu remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hid beneath the water, inside a clamshell—how did they find me? They came straight here, with such clear, precise intent...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t understand, but guessed it must involve miracle power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, they’d used some kind of “cheat”—immortal technique or divine power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All her desperate struggles to survive couldn’t match an opponent who was a cheater!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve cultivated such great divine power—why bother targeting a little Sha Man like me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope it’s just some armored knight with great divine sense who accidentally scanned the ditch’s bottom and found the clamshell—not that they’re specifically targeting me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But when they open the clamshell, what should I say? Be sincere? Deceive? Or...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still mentally planning when the clamshell was slammed onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, Sha Man Yu has been brought.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu was horrified: Sha Man Yu... that’s her? They truly came specifically for her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the case of killing the “Qi-Force Immortal” been exposed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a mere cavalry sergeant—why would a “Daoist”... why was he a Daoist?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Splash splash splash~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Bound Immortal Rope” retracted into Guan Huchen’s sleeve; the clamshell was forcefully pried open, its clear water spilling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight was blinding; Xiao Yu blinked several times, then saw a rosy, childlike face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist... brother, you’re really beautiful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Xiao Yu realized: the “Daoist” was this child in Daoist robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was only twelve or thirteen, even though his baby-fat round face looked utterly harmless, seeing him made her skin crawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that same instant, Xiao Yu entered “Drama Mode.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Calling him “brother,” praising his beauty—don’t have ill intentions toward me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu truly didn’t want to reach the final step: spit out the poison needle hidden under her tongue to ambush this person; then stab herself with another poison needle—dead on contact—next life, be careful, be born in the Central Lands, never be a barbarian again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, you’re Xiao Yu? I’m Daoist Qing Song, greetings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Song smiled with innocent purity, bowed to the person inside the clamshell, addressing her not as “Sha Man Yu” as before, but with the warmer “Xiao Yu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daoist Qing Song, hello!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not immediately attacking was good; Xiao Yu relaxed slightly, yet her vigilance toward the child-faced Daoist reached its peak—what did he want? Why capture her? How did he find her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Green Pine Daoist Acolyte didn’t even glance at her a second time—he turned and walked toward the armored knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Guan, I leave this to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To me?\" Guan Huchen blinked in confusion, quickly chasing after him and asking anxiously: \"How will the Daoist intend to deal with Sha Man Yu? This humble officer is dull and does not understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2067,"2026-06-20T00:29:13.334Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","71e8c33df629a8f44cb14f2de842d1b44c3c64665da6b626eb6cef683bd59cca","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-13","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-11",840,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-cover.jpg"]