Once you attain enlightenment without flaw, you can alter your destiny. If you can achieve the status of a Master or a member of the Martial Sect, you may indeed control your fate.

"Miss."

As the two fell silent, a person approached and bowed to Xiao Hong:

"The master requests your presence."

"Alright!"

Xiao Hong stood up, nervously clasping her hands, her palms already slick with sweat.

......

She pushed the door open.

In the room, aside from the patient on the bed, only a beautiful woman sat beside him. All other caretakers and doctors were nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Hong’s heart raced. She instinctively tidied her clothes, regretting not having dressed up properly beforehand.

Now, dressed so casually, would people look down on her?

"Zixi."

"?" Xiao Hong was taken aback, realizing that the other person was calling her, and quickly nodded:

"That’s me."

"Where’s your sister?" The person on the bed took off the oxygen mask, revealing a wrinkled, pale face. His eyes looked complex.

"My sister..." Xiao Hong’s eyelids twitched as she slowly lowered her head:

"She’s dead."

The room fell silent.

The patient closed his eyes, silent tears rolled down his cheeks. After a long moment, he took a deep breath and said:

"I give you two choices."

He struggled to raise a finger and said:

"I’ll give you a billion in cash, plus shares in a company that yield millions in annual dividends, allowing you to live comfortably."

"But!"

"You can never come here again, nor tell anyone about your connection to me. You must completely forget about today’s events."

"I can guarantee that no one will trouble you!"

"Why?" Xiao Hong looked up, surprised:

"What exactly is our relationship?"

A billion in cash, shares that bring in millions every year, that would be tempting for almost anyone.

Especially for someone like her, who had been wandering all these years.

Yet Xiao Hong was tempted for only a moment before frowning, filled with doubts and a sense of frustration.

"The second choice."

The patient didn’t answer and continued:

"You inherit everything from me, become immensely wealthy, and wield unimaginable power, your every word and deed influencing many."

"But,"

"many troubles will find you."

"You will become a focal point and attract many evil people who will stop at nothing to kill you!"

"You are just a young girl, the chances of surviving are slim."

The room stayed silent.

After a long time.

Xiao Hong finally spoke in a muffled voice:

"Who exactly are you?"

"You should be able to guess." The patient looked at her with complex emotions:

"I am your father!"

"Wang Qi of the Wang Family!"

"Father?" Xiao Hong’s lips twitched as she continued to ask:

"The Wang Family should be quite powerful, right? Why have you ended up like this? Why did you throw my sister and me out of the house back then?"

"It’s a long story!"

Wang Qi lay on the bed, his eyes vacant as he stared at the ceiling, only after a while slowly said:

"In my youth, I made many mistakes..."

His voice was slow, his expression distant, as if time rewound decades to when he was young and full of vigor.

"Later."

"I offended someone the Wang Family could not afford to offend!"

"To prevent you three from falling into their hands, I had your mother take you and your sister to flee and hide."

"As for me..."

He shook his head lightly and said:

"I ended up like this!"

"So that’s how it was." Xiao Hong’s body tensed, she lowered her head and laughed bitterly:

"Do you want to know what happened afterward?"

"What?" Wang Qi asked.

"Later..."

Xiao Hong’s laughter was strange, almost with a sob:

"To ensure we survived, my mother left us at an orphanage, then led the pursuers away, dying in a ditch."

"Back then, I was too young to remember, but my sister remembered."

She shrugged and said:

"My sister witnessed our mother’s body being dragged away but didn’t dare make a sound, not even daring to go over and acknowledge it. She was only six then."

"And then..."

"My sister went mad and chose to commit suicide when I turned six."

"Beep beep..."

The equipment by the bedside emitted a shrill scream, Wang Qi on the bed trembled, his breaths labored, as the woman beside him hastily reattached the oxygen mask.

"I will never forget my sister’s expression when she died!"

Xiao Hong looked up, her eyes red:

"For her, death was a release, the only way to return to our mother’s side, but it left me alone in this world."

"It was you!"

She stared at Wang Qi, speaking slowly:

"It was you who harmed my mother!"

"It was you who killed my sister!"

"Beep beep..."

The machine emitted an ear-piercing screech.

"Enough!"

The woman’s face darkened, she spoke angrily in a low voice:

"Stop talking!"

"Why shouldn’t I speak?" Xiao Hong raised an eyebrow, sneering as she spoke:

"If he did it, why can’t I speak of it?"

"You impudent brat!"

The woman’s voice grew severe:

"Do you know where you are? There is no place for your antics here!"

"Of course, I know." Xiao Hong took a step forward, speaking slowly:

"This is my home!"

"I am that man’s only daughter on the bed, once he dies, everything here is mine, and you... you are the outsider."

The woman froze in disbelief as she looked at Xiao Hong.

In that short moment, the shy, fearful, awkward little girl had transformed into a raging leopardess.

Her appearance changed, exuding an aura of brazen sharpness, and the gleam in her eyes sent a chill through the woman’s heart.

"No wonder you’re my daughter."

Wang Qi’s voice was hoarse, laughing strangely:

"To become the master here, you must bear the cause and effect tied to me."

"I’m not interested in your burdens." Xiao Hong replied coldly:

"I just want to know who killed my mother! Who killed my sister!"

"Him!"

"That damned person!"

Xiao Hong’s heart wavered.

Strange Appearance Moon, the face of unprecedented value, this kind of person often follows killing, stepping over corpses, if not falling halfway, otherwise certain to face myriad schemes.

So it was true...

But what of it?

Xiao Hong’s expression hardened:

As long as I can avenge them, I’m willing to do anything!

"You’re still young, you can’t handle him yet." Wang Qi shook his head:

"You lack experience; you probably haven’t seen real blood. But no worries, I still have some time, and I can teach you."

"Now..."

"Start with the simplest things."

"You have enemies, right?"

Xiao Hong’s heart stirred.

"I do!"

Cheng Da!

Miao Zi!