I’m Writing a Diary in a Fantasy World — I Really Am Not a 'Cao Thief'!

Although the rewards Shui Qianrou was currently obtaining from the diary replica were not very useful to her personally,

and she had yet to see the long-anticipated highest-tier reward,

this did not hinder her desire to contribute—to do what she could to help Chu Ge.

After all, regarding the Dao Manifestation Ring that Chu Ge had given her that day,

besides gratitude, an indescribable, ineffable feeling had also quietly taken root in her heart.

The faintly ambiguous scene from that day still occasionally surfaced in her mind even now.

And later, when she learned from the group chat that the one in her hands was actually the first ring Chu Ge had ever given away,

although she said nothing on the surface and only claimed it was a coincidence,

deep down she was overjoyed—so happy for several consecutive days that she could hardly contain herself.

Her fondness for the Dao-Manifestation Ring only grew stronger as well.

So much so that the feelings she harbored toward Chu Ge quietly deepened during those days of blissful joy.

[Dantai Jinglian:] It's time for us to do something for our junior nephew as well. After all, we can't just keep taking benefits from him for free, can we?

[Dantai Jinglian:] There will likely be quite a few similar matters in the future. Right now, our junior nephew has no trusted subordinates under him, so we must provide some assistance.

[Dantai Jinglian:] This time, what our junior nephew wants to investigate is the Su Family of Wangjian City. The key target is a man named Su Mo. Qinghui, you are a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land—I've already dispatched people on my side. This time, it will be handled jointly by both our forces.

[Su Lingyuan:] I don't get to help at all? I can notify my family too! Our Su Family is very powerful! Speaking of which, what a coincidence—this Su Mo even shares my surname.

[Su Lingyuan:] Wait! Could it be that the Su Family where Su Mo is from is actually a branch that split off from my ancestors?! I need to go ask!

[Lu Fuyao:] …Senior Sister, aren't you being a bit overly dramatic? It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

[Lu Tingni:] Yeah, there are tons of people with the surname Su in this world. I remember that just in the region where our Lu Family is located, there are several prominent Su clans.

[Dantai Jinglian:] Uh… Lingyuan's guess actually isn't impossible. After all, the Su Family she belongs to is a Supreme-level clan.

[Dantai Jinglian:] As for the Su families that Tingni mentioned, they might very well be branch lineages that split off from Lingyuan's ancestors too.

[Lu Fuyao:] …We apologize for interrupting.

[Lu Tingni:] …We apologize for interrupting.

[Su Lingyuan:] Hehe, it's not as amazing as Martial-Aunt makes it sound!

[Zhao Qinghui:] The Su Family of Wangjian City? That does sound a bit familiar. I'll go check it out now—if there's any news, I'll inform everyone.

[Lu Fuyao:] Sorry, the two of us don't hold high status in our family. It seems we can't be of much help…

[Lu Tingni:] It's all because of those greedy, power-hungry fools in the family who've turned it into this mess! Once I gain enough strength, I'll beat every last one of them into submission!

[Dantai Jinglian:] Hehe, it's fine. The people on my side and at Qinghui's place will be more than enough.

[Dantai Jinglian:] Also, Tingni, I very much agree with your thoughts. Those who show no ambition and only know how to fight internally are indeed tumors of a clan. Beating them up would be far too lenient—my suggestion is to simply slaughter them all in one sweep. A clean solution.

[Dantai Jinglian:] That way, the two of you sisters could be just like me—holding transcendent status within the entire clan. When you say one, no one would dare say two.

[Dantai Xuanyin:] Aunt… fine, what you say is indeed true. The rise of our family really did begin only after you purged the entire clan.

Even the usually silent Dantai Xuanyin was forced to surface, unable to resist speaking up. She wanted to refute it—but could not find a single point to argue against.

Because ever since Dantai Jinglian rose to prominence and purged the entire Dantai Family inside and out in a massacre that left rivers of blood,

aside from a period of reduced population, everything had since developed in a positive direction.

In just a few short decades, the family not only recovered the vitality it had lost in that slaughter, but even showed signs of surpassing its former peak.

[Lu Tingni:] Um… Martial-Aunt, you seem… a bit too extreme.