A Guide to the Little Chirper's Failed Shakedown

Life as a yao isn't easy, so she cheated her way into human form.

After eavesdropping on a hundred conversations, the little bird felt confident enough to take human form.

She was no longer the same little bird as before. From now on, call her Niohuru Jiujiu, or, for short, Jiu Hulu!

There was a bit of a problem with her transformation. She was only as tall as an adult's leg, and she stumbled when she walked.

So what! She'd prepared everything in advance. Her shakedown manual (crossed out), otherwise known as her care guide, was all ready. Nothing could go wrong!

Clutching her token of recognition, she marched along at a defiant pace of thirty centimeters per step and charged into Wanjian Sect, sweeping through (and melting the hearts of) its graceful, long-legged immortals. She announced solemnly:

"Jiu, I have a token. I'll marry you in return!"

Her round catlike eyes widened, and her babyish voice rang out.

Everyone in Wanjian Sect looked at each other. Wait, who had gone and gotten themselves tangled up in a love affair outside?

As everyone wondered, a certain little bird took tiny steps and flung herself into the arms of a certain senior brother, crying indignantly, "You have to take responsibility for me, jiu!"

The senior brother in question: "..."

Everyone leaned back in alarm. Wait, didn't they remember that their senior brother practiced the Heartless Dao...?

Everyone knew that the Heartless Dao had no graduating class, only repeat students and students retaking the course. Looks like Senior Brother had a bright future ahead of him.

Jiang Lingzhou was a gifted young man whose cultivation had always gone smoothly, without a single bottleneck. So why had he developed a heart demon?

Perhaps it was when his second junior brother insisted on forging a sword in the shape of a spatula, then stir-fried castor beans and poisoned the entire sect.

Or when his third junior brother devoted himself to being the lapdog of a junior sister from the neighboring sect, got swindled out of his money and heart, and still refused to learn his lesson.

Or when his fourth junior sister spent ten years nurturing her sword heart, only for the sword spirit to suddenly turn into a flashy man who was afraid of dying...

There were so many incidents that he couldn't even keep count.

As if things weren't bad enough, just when several of his disciples were having problems, their master, Venerable Lingxiao, fled in the middle of the night.

He left behind a single line: "To keep the little brats from turning on their master, I'm running for it. From now on, your lessons are in the hands of my good disciple Lingzhou."

Jiang Lingzhou was so enraged his eyes nearly bulged, and his heart demon surged. Just as he was about to ask to be expelled from the sect, a fiancee dropped from the sky, carrying his master's token.

It was Venerable Lingxiao's life-bound magical artifact, which never left his side until his death. His fiancee was his master's final decree.

For his master's sake, Jiang Lingzhou decided to try raising her first. After dealing with several previous cases, he believed he had plenty of experience raising children.

He never dreamed that his fiancee, who was also his junior sister, would...

Note: The heroine will get a new name. I'm still racking my brains over it.

The hero's heart demon: A lifetime of cleverness, yet he can't teach his junior brothers and sisters. A full-blown heart demon.

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