[{"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-25":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},2276752,4454,"Chapter 25: Tiger Soul Seven Kill","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>To be honest, Xiao Yu’s current status and situation are still too awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still doesn’t understand why Guan Huchen took her as his adopted daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The safest course right now is to remain as low-key and quiet as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the Guan family places her, she will quietly stay there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouldn’t act too outlandish, let alone reveal any “ambition” in martial cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, martial cultivation enhances strength—enhancing strength is ambition!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her “Big Annihilation Dad” hit a bottleneck—the Purple Mansion’s deduction has completely stalled, unable to progress further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday she ate roasted chicken, gnawed on pork knuckles, and drank three vats of Bone-Strengthening Soup—all for one purpose: digesting the food to provide energy for the Purple Mansion’s deduction of “a method to kill Qianliyan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s been Bai  Guan Huchen as her adoptive father for several days now; she should’ve already deduced “a method to annihilate Qianliyan.” But during the march across the wasteland, food was scarce, and she needed the “Immortal-Filling Pill” for nutrition to survive, leaving no energy to devote to “Big Annihilation Dad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she’s arrived at the Guan residence, food is abundant and freely available, and there’s even Bone-Strengthening Soup—this “premium” item (though it’s not actually premium)—so of course she must overindulge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Purple Mansion’s deduction remains stuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qianliyan is a great divine power; to kill it, mere physical strength forged by “broadcast calisthenics” is far from enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, when facing the “Gangqi master” Ge Qing, ordinary physical strength was already insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needs martial arts manuals—preferably cultivation techniques—to train both martial arts and Daoist arts, enhancing her own strength while providing the Purple Mansion with data related to miracle energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppose the method to kill Qianliyan involves projecting Gangqi three zhang outward and circulating Zhenyuan in a certain way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiao Yu knows no martial arts, has no Gangqi or Zhenyuan—what should she do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet “Big Annihilation Dad” will never propose a “kill-dad plan” she cannot execute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every “kill-dad method” deduced by the Purple Mansion is immediately executable by her, and perfectly suited to her current condition—or rather, the Purple Mansion has customized the “kill-dad method” based on her existing traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, there are countless ways to kill a person, but only one is most suitable for a specific individual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “kill-dad method” deduced by the Purple Mansion is precisely the one best suited for Xiao Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the Purple Mansion’s deduction has stalled, it means a mere mortal cannot kill Qianliyan Guan Huchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must find a way to trigger a qualitative transformation in her own power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power transformation doesn’t necessarily require cultivation or martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppose a celestial deity suddenly takes pity on her and gives her an immortal pill; after consuming it, she gains a body strong enough to subdue dragons and tame tigers—even if she still knows no martial arts or Daoist arts, she’d have the means to kill Guan Huchen, and the Purple Mansion’s deduction could resume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial arts and Daoist arts are simply the easiest ways to enhance strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhong Shu, don’t trouble yourself—Xiao Yu isn’t ungrateful; I’m not asking for any divine martial scripture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, Xiao Yu once saw Zhang’s son, Lai Ge, use breath-regulation methods to toughen his sinews and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could be like him, that would be enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Guan Zhong’s troubled expression, Xiao Yu explained tactfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lai Ge is Zhang Lai, the son of the Guan family’s herbal shop owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because of him that Xiao Yu learned about Bone-Strengthening Soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Yu, that kind of half-baked skill isn’t suitable for you,” Guan Zhong explained. “Zhang Lai’s boy practices Iron Armor Fist—he hardens his fists harder than stone, turns his upper body’s flesh into a thick, broad iron armor; his lower legs become two iron pillars capable of bearing a thousand jin of force.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention you’re a Guan family daughter with a bright future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a girl from an ordinary family wouldn’t turn herself into a monster eight chi tall, eight chi around the waist, with shoulders four chi wide and two-and-a-half chi thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight chi tall and eight chi around the waist isn’t a square, but it’s still terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with a back width of four chi and a body thickness of two-and-a-half chi—she’d be a true muscle beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If her muscle-beast body also gained the divine effects of Nine-Turn Golden Body or Eight-Nine Mystic Art, Xiao Yu might consider training, thinking: “First boost strength to survive and preserve dignity, then reshape my form after becoming immortal.” But Iron Armor Fist is clearly common trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muscle-beast body with combat power equivalent to a six-level trash—total loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiao Yu lost in thought, Guan Zhong added: “I’ve been ordered by the Master to go out on errands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I return tonight, I’ll ask the Master if there’s any suitable cultivation method for you, how about that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Zhong Shu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This outcome isn’t what Xiao Yu most hoped for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she wanted to approach Guan Huchen, she’d go herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came to Guan Zhong only to request the most basic breath-regulation method to satisfy “Big Annihilation Dad’s” deduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And common breath-regulation methods would least likely arouse Guan Huchen’s suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she deduces “a method to kill Guan Huchen,” she’ll have the confidence to face any of his schemes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all she needs is a “beginner’s village manual” like “Changchun Gong” or “Wuxing Jue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she loots the gold coins from that old bastard Guan Huchen, she’ll naturally find better options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh, Xiao Yu doesn’t know about the “Little Li Fei Plan,” but she’s already awakened to the reality of facing “the Most Evil Guan Huchen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing “the Most Evil Guan Huchen,” one must destroy Dad for the greater good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Zhong worked until sunset before barely gathering the materials Guan Huchen needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the Guan herbal shop, he hadn’t even time for a hot cup of tea before moving the items to the East Garden study and recounting his encounter with Xiao Yu to Huchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her desire to cultivate and strengthen herself doesn’t surprise me at all,” Huchen chuckled. “She’s sharp—she knows I took her as my daughter for ulterior motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fears an uncertain future and is desperate to control her own fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s good—no wonder I chose her as my ‘Little Li Fei.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without this drive, how could she survive in the tiger-and-wolf nest of Xianyang Palace?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s sharp; winning her heart is difficult. Master, you’d better be honest with her and teach her the Guan family’s core cultivation method,” Guan Zhong reasoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huchen shook his head. “Our Guan family’s ‘Tiger Soul Seven Kill’ is indeed an elite martial art—a secret technique bought from the Ghost Envoys of the Netherworld, nearly bearing the mark of ‘mystic art.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When perfected, it sweeps through armies and terrifies spirits and demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve only mastered five blades so far, yet I dominate Yingxiang Prefecture and rank ninth on the ‘Shudong War God List,’ and I’ve crushed enemies across the Thirty-Six Nations battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a divine art is priceless, yet I have no hesitation in teaching it to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I took her as my daughter for ulterior motives, once she enters the Guan household and calls me ‘Adoptive Father,’ what’s a mere elite martial art to withhold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this killing art is useless to a ‘Li Fei’—it’s pure waste of time and energy; if she can’t control her killing aura, she might even offend the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to read more books, temper her barbaric nature, and cultivate scholarly grace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master is right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Zhong fully agreed with Huchen’s words: “Your plan for Miss Yu isn’t to plunge her into the martial world or send her to war—training such a violent, bloody art would indeed do more harm than good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to choose a feminine cultivation method focused on beauty, complexion, and health.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huchen shook his head and smiled: “Do you know the Emperor has reigned for two hundred and fifty-six years?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Zhong replied: “I don’t know the exact number two hundred and fifty-six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I know the Emperor isn’t ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary humans live a hundred years at most; eighty is already a blessing. The Emperor, however, is nearly immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s said that in the Central Kingdom, there were once emperors who ruled for ten thousand years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huchen’s gaze grew distant, his tone soft: “The Emperor doesn’t live this long by birth—he owes it to Daoist arts and divine medicines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Emperor has Daoist arts and divine medicines, how could his concubines be limited to a hundred-year lifespan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I know, the Emperor’s mother, Empress Dowager Zhao, is still alive—and she looks like a girl of twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yu’er enters Xianyang Palace, she’ll have access to immortal methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, I’ll be the one begging her for favors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, no matter how powerful a martial or Daoist scripture, it can only elevate one to the rank of Human Immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human Immortals can overturn seas and rivers, yet they remain mortals—limited lifespan, unregistered in the Heavenly Rolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal methods are the real high-end stuff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal methods...” Guan Zhong’s eyes gleamed with longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he quickly snapped back, his gaze sharp: “Master, you’ve misunderstood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there’s a world of difference between martial scriptures and immortal methods, the more you satisfy Miss Yu’s wishes, the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just came from the wild frontier—perhaps she has innate wisdom, but her experience is still shallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her right now, a martial scripture is a dream object; giving her one is a tremendous favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if ‘Tiger Soul Seven Kill’ harms her, teach it to her first, then explain the pros and cons—it will surely benefit you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Huchen stared, then pointed at Guan Zhong and burst into laughter: “Good old Zhong—you understand human nature better than I do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master possesses great wisdom; I have only petty cleverness,” Guan Zhong chuckled respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Xiao Yu returned to her “boudoir” and had her maid Xia Zhi teach her to read and write.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huchen came over, stood silently beside her, his face always wearing satisfaction, occasionally nodding gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—No wonder she’s innately wise; her reading speed is dozens of times faster than mine when I first learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she’d studied it in a past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yu’er, I heard from Zhong that you want to cultivate immortal martial arts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu put down her brush and said softly: “I dare not dream of immortal martial arts—just give me a method without side effects, like Lai Ge’s, to lay a foundation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, don’t say ‘dream.’” Huchen shook his head. “Lai Ge is just a servant’s son with mediocre talent. You’re my daughter—if you’re to cultivate, you must learn the best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu’s heart stirred with doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this adoptive father lying to test her—or is his plan so vast, so profitable, that even a divine scripture is expendable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, I know nothing about immortal martial arts—I have zero foundation, can’t even tell good methods from bad ones,” she laughed bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huchen nodded, pulled over a chair, and sat across from her, ready for a long chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can you show the giver’s great kindness if you don’t clarify the value of the gift?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Huchen first waved his hand, driving the maids Xia Zhi and Yong Xue out of the courtyard gate, then activated his Thousand-Mile Eyes to scan the surroundings thoroughly, ensuring full security before speaking: “The orthodox cultivation methods of this world can essentially be summarized into four types: Immortal Daoist methods, extraordinary arts, martial arts secrets, and divine techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Daoist methods, as the name suggests, lead directly to immortality upon successful cultivation—the most promising and powerful path of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knows the immortals are desirable, yet the path to immortality is distant and elusive; ordinary people rarely have access to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If given any choice, I believe every martial artist would choose to cultivate the Immortal Dao.” Xiang Huchen sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yu asked in confusion: “Isn’t Master Qingsong practicing Immortal Daoist methods? He said he came from a Daoist palace—surely there are many Daoists there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingsong belongs to the Taiyi Dao’s Zhengyang Palace; Daoism has many sects, and Zhengyang Palace is part of the Taiyi Dao lineage...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Huchen’s expression was strained—this was nearly all he knew about Qingsong and Daoism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for Daoism in the Central Kingdom, I know very little myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though admitting his ignorance was embarrassing, he still chose to speak the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he simply couldn’t fabricate a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he could, it wouldn’t matter—now he’d fooled “Little Li Fei,” but once she reached the Great Qin, she’d understand everything herself.\u003C\u002Fp>",2104,"2026-06-20T00:29:13.334Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f8d28e8fa8c176aa03f884f4e0ca25b1fc73190a7bd1a883b2d2ca1c68f71021","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-26","if-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-chapter-24",840,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-will-not-reject-me-i-wish-to-bow-and-take-cover.jpg"]