Chapter 5: My Life Only Needs an Older Brother

【You start reorganizing Forest Sword Peak. A female disciple from the Alchemy Hall of Forest Sword Peak, who stepped into the hall with her left foot first, is punished by you to work as a fire stoker for three months.】

【The other disciples are so scared that they tremble, and from then on, they all step into the hall with their right foot.】

【You immerse yourself in cultivation and welcome the first New Year after joining the Heavenly Sword Sect. You choose to stay in your cultivation cave and spend it with your sister, Xu Moli. You cook an extremely lavish meal.】

【The girl is very happy, eating bite after bite without stopping.】

The winter world is full of desolation.

Leaves fall, flowers wither, and the once lush mountain forest is left with bare branches swaying in the cold wind, accumulating layers of snow, gradually turning pure white.

Xu Xi doesn’t really like winter.

Especially after entering the simulation world.

During the five years living in Blackstone City, Xu Xi’s income was meager, and just sustaining food for himself and his sister took all his energy.

Naturally, the two siblings couldn’t afford charcoal for warmth.

Back then, Xu Xi had to go out of the city every day to pick up coal dust from the road or gather scattered branches to bring home and barely light a small fire.

Xu Xi still remembers clearly.

In those days of flying snow and tiny ice crystals entering his lungs with each breath.

Every day, a small figure would curl up, shivering in the cold wind, persevering to squat at the wooden house door, waiting for Xu Xi.

And when Xu Xi returned, she would rub her small hands together, warmly covering Xu Xi’s frostbitten cheeks, smiling to welcome him home.

The cold wind remains biting.

Unchanged.

But every day during that time, Xu Xi would receive temporary warmth, allowing him to keep moving forward.

Now, with Xu Xi joining the Heavenly Sword Sect as a Heavenly Spiritual Root and having an independently functioning cultivation cave, he no longer needs to worry about the cold wind’s intrusion.

But looking at the flying snow outside, he still gets lost in memories of past hardships.

“Elder Brother!”

The lively voice of the girl interrupts Xu Xi’s reminiscence.

“I’m here, what’s up?”

“If Elder Brother doesn’t eat soon, the food will get cold.”

The 6-year-old Xu Moli pretends to be serious, wagging her little finger to lecture: “You can’t do this, you have to eat while it’s hot.”

Xu Xi is slightly stunned, then smiles: “Alright.”

Chopsticks cross.

Tacitly serving each other dishes.

Before spring arrives, the cold winter is indeed hard to endure, but huddling together for warmth, they can always wait for the spring light to come.

【You and your sister spend a warm New Year together】

【At the turn of the old and new year, you inhale pure Qi to condense a perfect Dao Foundation, setting the fastest Foundation Establishment record in the Heavenly Sword Sect, becoming a Foundation Establishment Cultivator】

【You receive a reward from your master, Li Wanshou, obtaining a top-grade Flying Sword and a matching Defensive Magical Artifact】

【You don’t forget your past promise, and after obtaining the Flying Sword, you take your sister on a Sword Flight. Afterwards, you ask her how she feels, and she replies that flying with you is very happy】

【Winter passes, spring comes, and everything revives】

【As a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, you take on more responsibilities within the sect. To prevent your sister from getting bored and to consider her future, you send Xu Moli to school】

【On the first day of school, she looks at you with teary eyes, mistakenly thinking you are abandoning her, but fortunately, the misunderstanding is resolved】

【After some time, your sister learns a lot at school, naturally intelligent and quick-witted, which makes you feel relieved. The only concern is that she seems a bit reclusive, not making friends with peers】

【You worry about your sister’s future life】

“Elder Brother, is life long?”

“Very long, very long.”

“Elder Brother, is life short?”

“Very short, very short.”

“Huh, how can it be both long and short? It feels so strange.”

“That’s just how life is.”

The girl is puzzled, frowning for a long time, then gives her own answer: “Life is so troublesome, Mo Li just wants to be with Elder Brother, no need for friends.”

【The girl has her own standards, and you can’t do anything but let her be】

【Time flies, and you and the girl spend year after year in the Heavenly Sword Sect, becoming even closer】

【In the seventh year of transmigration, you are 13, your cultivation breaks through again, the girl is 7, finishing all school courses in a year】

【In the eighth year of transmigration, you are 14, breaking through to mid-Foundation Establishment, wielding the Withered Vine Sword to kill a False Core Expert beyond your level, some prematurely crown you with the title of Golden Core Master, but you remain unfazed】

【The girl is 8, starting to help you with the chores of Forest Sword Peak, her cute appearance endearing her to all the disciples of Forest Sword Peak】

【In the ninth year of transmigration, you are 15, truly growing up, shedding your past childish appearance, receiving praise from elders and juniors wherever you go, you suppress the rising stars of the demonic path, becoming a rising star of the righteous path】

【The girl is 9, without cultivation talent, she decides to help you manage Forest Sword Peak, she does it, and does it well】

【In the tenth year of transmigration, you are 16, the girl is 10】

Years pass by.

Days get better bit by bit.

Xu Xi is very satisfied with this life.

He can continuously grow stronger, improving his simulation life reward evaluation, and also take good care of Xu Moli, letting this child live a better life.

Even though he knows this is a false simulation world.

But the experiences between people, and the emotions derived from them, are real.

So.

Xu Xi wants to make the girl’s life as good as possible.

“Time flies so fast…”

“In the blink of an eye, it’s the tenth year, Mo Li’s tenth birthday is here.”

“It feels like picking her up during the famine escape happened just yesterday.”

In the tenth year of the simulation world.

Xu Xi is 16.

He looks up at the sun in the sky, filled with emotion, flying on his sword towards his cultivation cave, ready to give his lovely sister a birthday gift.

Everything is beautiful, everything is smooth.

It should have been like this.

“Is it… Elder Brother…?”

“Mo Li is in so much pain…”

Xu Xi enters the cave, not seeing the cute figure that always waits for him as usual.

Walking a few more steps, he finds the girl lying on the ground.

Her face is very pale.

Blood flows from the corner of her mouth, dyeing her lips a sinister red.

It looks very bad, it looks very dangerous, it looks like it can’t be ignored.

“Mo Li!”, rushing to the girl’s side at the fastest speed, Xu Xi takes out all the healing items he has, trying everything to save the girl.

Fortunately.

This works.

After half an hour of unconsciousness, the 10-year-old Xu Moli slowly wakes up.

She looks weakly at Xu Xi, forcing a smile, her voice faint: “Mo Li knew… Elder Brother… Elder Brother would definitely come to save Mo Li.”

“So Mo Li kept waiting…”

“Great, Mo Li finally waited…”