Jiu Mu put on that new linen dress for her cousin that she couldn't bear to wear, and with the help of the clan members, buried her.

Since then, she began to live on food from hundreds of families.

The tougher the environment, the closer the community tends to be, to better withstand natural and man-made disasters and survive.

Like Jiu Mu, an orphan who could do some farm work within her ability, the clan members spontaneously found work for her and gave her food without the clan leader needing to say anything.

Thus, relying on a mouthful of vegetables here and a sip of porridge there, Jiu Mu, who had no closer blood relatives to rely on, grew up slowly like this.

Her cousin's legacy to her was like a distant dream. She fantasized about awakening as a demon cultivator, able to summon storms, move mountains, fill seas, and kill the demon leader, allowing the entire clan to live days free of hunger and humiliation.

But Jiu Mu could only fantasize.

After all, in the entire clan, for hundreds of years, not one cultivator had emerged. How to awaken, and what to do after awakening, everyone knew nothing.

"Therefore, when I first showed the ability, my thoughts and the clan members' thoughts were the same; we all thought I was too tired during the day and sleepwalking at night.

Sometimes when waking up, I found myself at the foot of the mountain on the east of the village, sometimes in the fields to the west, even I didn't realize, I had actually awakened the space ability."

Jiu Mu squeezed out a very faint smile and explained: "For ordinary people to become cultivators, they must check whether they have a spirit root and receive cultivation techniques in order to breathe and store spiritual power. However, demon cultivators are more like demon beasts, they don't need cultivation techniques, they can absorb and store magic power within their bodies with just a breath.

Each demon cultivator has their own innate ability, capable of using magic power within a small range, but to further improve, one must learn cultivation techniques and comprehend cultivation.

After becoming a demon cultivator, due to storing magic power within the body, whether it's physical strength or appearance, it will gradually differ greatly from ordinary demon races. So, very quickly, the clan members realized there was a real demon cultivator in the village!

Everyone was very happy, feeling that life finally held hope. Including myself, at that time also full of hope, thinking that becoming a demon cultivator meant I could do anything I wanted.

The still wise and aged clan leader had foresight, he told the clan members to strictly keep it a secret, not to leak a word, otherwise if that demon leader ruling over us knew, he would strike first to eliminate me as a hidden threat.

Then the clan leader arranged a farewell feast for me.

He said, I needed to leave that small mountain valley and venture out, to have a chance to become stronger. When I became very powerful, I would return to kill the demon leader to avenge my parents and clan members, and then be a kind demon cultivator and treat ordinary demon races well…"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan looked at her with eyes full of empathy.

Until now, she had only cultivated to the fourth layer of the Demon Spirit Realm, unable to perform the space technique's killing skill, fearing the path of revenge would not be so easy.

Indeed, Jiu Mu continued after a moment of silence: "That year I was nine, suddenly becoming the hope of the clan, feeling both anxious and excited. That was when I just managed to grasp a little bit of space transmission ability, able to steal things within a certain range."

Steal? How to steal?

Glancing at his own skills, Jiang Yuanxin thought why hadn't he learned it?

"Actually it was at that time my body still couldn't traverse space, but my hand could." She blushed slightly and demonstrated, "Like this, able to peek through the space crevice, and then reach a hand in…"

As she spoke, Jiu Mu extended her hand and grabbed into the void in front, taking the listening wind bottle placed on the opposite table.

Jiang Yuan instantly widened his eyes, "You could grab things from a distance just after awakening?"

"After all, it's an innate ability, indeed quite unique." She nodded, continuing: "But back then, couldn't take things this big, items that were small but heavy couldn't be taken either, maybe lacking enough magic power to traverse space.

I originally thought of going to the demon leader to steal some valuables, so everyone could live good lives; or simply wait for him to sleep, and stab him with a knife from afar!

But was stopped by the clan leader, he said that demon leader was very powerful, ordinary swords couldn't do anything. Plus I was young and weak, without absolute confidence I must not take risks."

He's a reliable good clan leader, Jiang Yuan thought, for a little girl of just nine years old, having such a wise elder guiding her, could avoid many detours.

Jiu Mu looked at the red braised fish lips on the table, softly said: "Although listened to the clan leader's words, but only listened to half. I quietly snuck over, dared not peek at the demon leader but found the kitchen and warehouse, steal one item then another to recover strength.

Thinking back now, at that time was really naive, didn't know what was good or valuable. One glance at those golden and shiny pretty things, got attracted thinking they were the best, actually they were just some worthless little trinkets.

However, I still got quite a few good things to treat the clan members—the cold dishes from the demon leader's kitchen.

That was the most lavish feast ever had in our village, steamed the cold dishes hot again, never seen before gold-rimmed plates, brightly colored fragrant meat, among which I liked that red braised fish lips the most.

One bite was soft, rich, salty, and fresh, I grew up so big, for the first time knew there was such delicious food in the world!"

She was immersed in the memories, her face carried a faint smile, "Actually, thinking carefully, the taste of that red braised fish lips was absolutely not even one ten-thousandth as good as this plate cooked by Sir."