Murim's Weakest Princess-Chapter 220: Reborn

After three long months, the season changed, and Doctor Yun finally gave Anji clearance to move around independently in moderation. The weather had now become warmer, and the first thing Anji wanted to do was talk to her father.

The surgery proved to be a major success. However, there was something more surprising that none of the elders could anticipate. Even Yan Ping found Anji’s new constitution fascinating. The girl could be said to be the first cultivator to be reborn from the risky surgery. It was not all smooth-sailing. However, Anji’s will to survive and her innate enlightenment created a path nobody previously thought was possible.

"It’s possibly your unique path to sagehood," Yan Ping concluded.

Much like the other elders who assisted with her surgery, most of them did not follow the traditional proven route to sagehood. Like many sages who ascended, they had very unique cultivation methods. Anji was no different.

According to Elder Kun, Anji subconsciously rewrote and modified her new seals to assimilate them with her golden core. As soon as the last spiritual operation was completed and all twelve meridian paths were rewritten, something happened to Anji’s pre-existing seals. Not even Yan Ping understood how that happened. Elder Meng had a theory about the Celestial Root foundation causing the new seals to sync with Yan Ping’s seal on top of Zhao Mingfeng’s initial seals to create a new harmony. Although Zhao Mingfeng’s seals were still tightly suppressing Anji’s cultivation level, Anji still made a significant jump overnight. She was very close to reaching the Refined Core stage now, and Yan Ping suspected Anji’s true cultivation level might have already surpassed the Transcendent stage.

"Your job is to rest and recover," Zhao Mingfeng told his daughter sternly. "Listen to your shifu and elders. That surgery was difficult not only for you, but for them. I’ll visit soon before you enter isolated training."

Unable to refute, Anji nodded obediently and promised not to skip any meals or naps. Doctor Yun and Gu Ying were very meticulous when it came to her health. She could not even secretly train even if she wanted to. Not even Grandpa Jin would allow her to do any secret training. The only activities Anji was allowed were accompanied walks and reading books when she wasn’t napping.

It was strange. Ever since the last surgery concluded, Anji found herself behaving similarly to enlightened core cultivators. Aunt Wine was worried when Anji did not regain the appetite she had lost earlier. Even Doctor Yun could not understand why Anji ate and slept very little. The girl seemed very energetic despite her poor habits. However, even after multiple rounds of checkups, the doctor had no idea what was happening. It was Senior Researcher Mo who discovered how Anji’s new constitution allowed her to transform the naturally absorbed nature energy into her new meridians to convert them into pure qi. However, as she could not fully use her sealed golden core, she still required a minimal amount of sustenance and rest to build back her cells and grow.

Looking forward to her father’s visit, Anji thanked him once more.

"Father, thank you for agreeing to let me undergo the surgery. Anji was not a filial daughter for making you worry. But I’m fine now! I will be able to grow up strong and healthy like everyone else. Elder Quan is teaching me some basic apothecary skills. We’re currently trying to create a new type of nutrition-packed fasting pill that could last decades. It could come in handy for the war against the demonic cult."

It was as Anji mentioned. While Anji and the Mystical Qilin Sect were busy with the surgery, everyone else had geared up and taken a more aggressive frontline position in the war against the demonic cultivators.

In the last season, not only have the operations of the demonic cult spread. It was becoming trickier for them to gather intelligence about their movements. Hong Nian Niang and Zhao Mingshen had to temporarily work separately to cover more ground. Bai Dajin also went missing in action. Nobody has heard any news about the White Tiger Sect leader for at least two months now. However, Zhao Mingshen found traces that proved the man was still alive. It wasn’t that hard seeing how he left destruction wherever he went, leaving behind his signature sabre slashes in the ruins as proof wherever he destroyed a demonic camp. Nobody knew why the powerful martial artist suddenly decided to go rogue and go rampant independently. Yet, Anji was thankful for the traces he left behind. At least her third brother’s shifu was still alive and doing well.

"Don’t worry too much about what happens outside," Zhao Mingfeng advised his clever daughter. "Focus on your progress. Your shifu told me that you intend to attempt the successor’s training before you turn ten. Don’t be in a hurry to do that. Take all the time you need. There has never been an incident of the Mystical Qilin Sect taking in such a young successor. You don’t need to rush. Some successors can take even a hundred years to prepare before they attempt it."

Although it was true, Anji still sulked a little. Her shifu refused to give her permission to attempt the successor’s training until she had mastered energy control with her new meridians. Getting used to the new energy flows inside of her was harder than before. Without any gates to limit her flow of energy, Anji found it exceedingly difficult to isolate energy signatures.

Seeing the deep frown on such a young girl, Zhao Mingfeng chuckled. Anji bore a strong resemblance to his wife whenever she was serious. Zhao Wanting often did this back when they were dating as well. However, as a father, he only wanted Anji to enjoy a peaceful childhood. Of his four children, the other three had grown up too quickly. Anji was his youngest and the one he wished would grow up without knowing the burden of duty. Alas, the heavens did not allow even his children to escape the footsteps of his heroic duties.

"Take all the time you need," he smiled, wishing he could pat her head and hug the frown away. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

It was rare for Yan Ping to allow them to use the long-distance transmission device for visual replication as well. It had a time limit, and their communication would soon end. Before it ended, there was still one last important thing to say.

"Don’t be in a hurry to grow up, my silly daughter. Father will always be here for you, so take all the time you need. I love you."

Tearing up at the same words her father had sent her off with, Anji nodded and promised not to rush her training process.

"I love you too, father. Please tell mother, sister and my brothers I love and miss them very much as well. The surgery went well. The seal will dissolve over time as my cultivation base increases, so nothing bad will happen now. I’m very healthy now!"

Smiling and waving up until the last moments of their rare visual call, Zhao Mingfeng held back tears. Thank goodness the gamble paid off. The heaviness in his heart was finally lifted. His baby girl will live to be an old woman.

He owed this debt to Yan Ping once more.