"Six Sequences..."

Looking at the words on the note, Yun You couldn't help but ask, "Are there only this many sequences for an Apprentice Death God?"

"Not really."

Jing shook his head, explaining, "There are a few more sequences, but because there's too little information and almost no samples, I didn't mention them on the note."

"If you're lucky enough to encounter them in the future, you could complete this chart."

"Oh... got it."

Yun You replied softly.

She rubbed the note, thought for a moment, then looked up and asked, "So Old Jin, what sequence are you in? And what rank?"

"As a student, I should at least be qualified to know this, right?"

"..."

Jing rarely fell silent.

After a while, he answered softly, "My sequence is a bit complicated, I can't explain it in a short time, and even if I did, you wouldn't understand."

"As for the rank..."

He took off his glove, pointed to the dim mark on his wrist, and asked back, "If I said I have no rank, or that it's rank 0, would you believe it?"

"Believe my foot."

Yun You replied grumpily, "At your level, you don't have a rank?"

"Do I look that foolish in your eyes? Not even bothering to make up a simple reason?"

"But whatever, it's clear you don't want to say... so there's no point in asking further. Let's just leave it that way... Rank 0 is Rank 0."

"When I go to the ranking later, I'll just put you as Rank 0, it won't embarrass a rookie like me anyway."

Looking at Yun You's face, full of annoyance... yet without any disrespectful actions, Jing chuckled and put down the teacup, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration.

"Let's talk about something else."

He took the opportunity to change the subject.

"Your act of killing the Mad Spirit was quite decisive; without enormous determination, it couldn't have been done."

"So, as your mentor, I'm a bit curious... why my kind-hearted little disciple was so ruthless."

"Kind-hearted?"

Upon hearing this evaluation, Yun You choked, nearly spitting out the tea she just drank.

"Uncle, how did you come to that conclusion?"

The little girl wiped the sweat off her forehead, and said somewhat speechlessly, "I've smashed that Mad Spirit to pieces, isn't that extreme enough?"

"But you didn't harm the civilians that came out with you, nor did you clear their corpses."

Jing smiled and refilled the girl's cup, retorting, "From that perspective, you are definitely not a bad guy in the traditional sense."

"That's also why I'm willing to take you as my apprentice... Apprentice Death Gods who enjoy wanton killing are all too common; no matter how talented they are, they're not worth paying attention to."

"And kid, you, however, can always maintain a basic humanity; that's quite rare."

"Yet from the situation at the scene, you were indeed ruthless towards the Mad Spirit, so I want to know... what did you go through to hate the Mad Spirit so much... to hate Apprentice Death Gods."

Upon hearing these words, the calm on Yun You's face slowly faded away.

Why did she hate Apprentice Death Gods?

It should have been something she could answer without hesitation.

But for some reason, once she opened her mouth, the torrent of words got stuck in her throat, unable to come out...

Her eyes gradually blurred, her memory also returned to a year ago... back to the home she would never forget...

Yun You's family was not wealthy.

Her father, Yun Jiang, was a worker in a large corporation, and her mother Jiu Xiang ran a roadside stall; their income was very little, just enough to barely make ends meet for a family of three.

Yet the couple had very sunny personalities; they were the kind to find joy in adversity and try to create as much happiness for their child as possible.

They didn't have money, so they'd figure out a way to collect metal parts from alleyways, assemble them into windmill toys, selling some and leaving the best for Yun You.

They couldn't afford cream cakes from the factory, so they would make handmade egg cakes, pairing it with fragrant sauce made from vanilla to create an egg cake tower for Yun You that was no less than any cake.

People at the bottom had no place in amusement parks; Father Yun Jiang would collect cardboard and bricks, and cooperate with the rag dolls Mother Jiu Xiang found, to build a large cardboard park in an abandoned soccer field downstairs, happily playing with Yun You...

Yun You grew up in endless love.

Her parents couldn't give her a childhood of abundance in attire and food, but by demonstration, they made the little girl into a lively and kind child.

The young Yun You was famous for being well-behaved.

Like her mother, she would go out to pick up discarded metal scraps, turning them into beautiful handicrafts to exchange for money to support the family.

She was also willing to help vulnerable groups in the community, telling stories and making toys for left-behind children... doing housework for widowed elders, helping them bask in the sun.

At that time, no one in the community disliked this child, just as no one disliked the couple Yun Jiang and Jiu Xiang.

She was like a warm little sun, using her warm heart to dispel as much of the cold as possible in the Nest City.

"When Dad and Mom earn money, we'll send our Youyou to school."

"This way, our Youyou can leave the slums in the future and live in a better place."

"But Youyou must remember, when we are living well, never forget... there are still many people living in difficulty."

"If the future Youyou has surplus capacity... can change others' destinies... then try to help them... for a clean life is always a priceless treasure."

The couple often taught Yun You this way, and the girl remembered their words deeply.

She longed for the day to come when she could realize her dreams...

However, the arrival of Apprentice Death Gods shattered her dreams... destroyed everything she had.

On September 5, 2075, Yun You would always remember this date.

On that day, a massive Death Domain event occurred in Nest City No. 3.

The scope of this event was so large that it covered half the Nest City, including the street where Yun You's family lived.

But fortunately, the Death Domain did not directly cover the girl's home; it only expanded to the buildings near her house.

Logically... nothing should have happened to their home.

Apprentice Death Gods would only deal with things within the Death Domain, not implicate the vicinity...

Things should have been that way.

Yet on that day, something went awry.

After exterminating all the Death Domains, the Apprentice Death Gods suddenly turned their spears around, and started mass-cleansing the entire street's citizens under the pretext of "residents near the Death Domain have been infected by Death Domain's power."

What an absurd reason... Even if the residents were truly infected, wouldn't they check them one by one?

No, they had no patience for that.

It was much easier to kill them all than to check them one by one.

They were willing to target people just to save that tiny bit of effort.

And then... a one-sided massacre began.

Yun You watched with her own eyes as her beloved father had his throat crushed by Apprentice Death Gods and was tossed into a pile of corpses like trash to be burned.

Her mother, with hands that hadn't done heavy labor in her life, tightly grasped the Apprentice Death God's sword, all to draw the Death God's attention, in hopes of the hidden Yun You in the wall crevice not being discovered.

"Live on... Youyou... my Youyou..."

"Live on..."

These were Jiu Xiang's last words before passing, and the last time Yun You ever heard her mother's voice in her life.

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