All I could think to myself as I lay there on the floor of the slave market was that I must have the absolute worst luck in the whole entire world.

This is worse than any nightmare EVER!

How could this happen? I was literally just sitting in front of my TV and watching my favorite danmei adaptation, munching on that cursed cup of noodles, and then, BAM!

I ended up here, totally screwed.

If I ever got a chance, I was SO going to strangle this stupid xianxia system. It was going to beg me for mercy!

There was just one problem: I had no idea how to strangle the xianxia system.

So for now, I'd just have to deal with this nightmare.

As I gave up at last and allowed those oaf slavers to hoist me up and drag me back to the stairs to the platform, a voice suddenly called out nearby:

"What are you doing with that girl?"

Light, quick footsteps approached. Suddenly, a beautiful lady appeared in front of me. And when I say beautiful, I mean BEAUTIFUL! She was like a freaking goddess!

She had long, wavy black hair, smooth pale skin, and bright red lips. She was dressed in all-black silken robes with bright red accents, red jewelry, and red shoes. And that red lipstick was perfectly done.

I could hardly look away. Her black and red-themed look was stunning.

"Hello." She smiled kindly down at me, bending down so we were eye-to-eye. "My name is Lady Du."

I stared back at this beautiful goddess-woman. She had a powerful aura; she had to be a high-level cultivator.

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The lady reached out a hand and smoothed my matted hair.

"You're in a lot of pain." As she rubbed my head, the pain in my body suddenly started to dissipate. I relaxed. "Take a deep breath."

I did. Suddenly, I felt so much better—like all that pain had never even happened!

The slavers on either side of me stood astonished. This lady did that so casually — she must be a super-high-level cultivator! Shit! They were in big trouble now.

Lady Du stared at the frozen-stiff slavers, who were too scared to even move.

"What are you doing to this girl?" she repeated, her voice cold as ice.

I watched in awe as this awesome scene unfolded before me.

Lady Du bent down to me again, and I saw her face in full. She really was incomparably beautiful, with piercing red eyes, flowing black hair, and a serious expression. I could practically feel the aura of power flowing from her body.

"We—we were—just about to go and get lunch!" one of the idiots behind me stammered.

"Yeah, that's right! See ya!"

The slavers ran off in a heartbeat. Lady Du didn't say anything, even though she could have probably killed them on the spot.

Lady Du turned to me.

"I will adopt you."

...Adopt me?

ADOPT me?

This beautiful, hot, awesome, powerful goddess lady wanted to...ADOPT ME?! A dirty, bruised, starving little beggar child about to be sold as a slave?

This was just too much. After all the chaos and bad luck I'd had so far, I started to cry. Hot tears streamed down my face as I nodded my head furiously.

Lady Du smiled warmly down at me and put her hand on my head, performing some technique on my body! I was confused at first, but then, as I started to feel lighter and looked down, I realized — I was clean! All the dirt, blood, and grime all over me had disappeared, as well as those hideous bruises and cuts.

"You are quite a brave girl."

Lady Du smiled at me warmly, as if she were my real mother.

"Brave?" I frowned. "Me?"

Lady Du laughed a laugh that was somehow even more beautiful than her face. "Yes, you. You have been through hardship. Look; even your face is brave." She pulled a bronze mirror from her pocket and opened it to face me. "Do you see?"

I stared in the mirror.

Was that...me?!

No WAY!

I felt my face, and the girl in the mirror felt her cheek. I blinked twice, and the girl blinked twice. Shit! It WAS me! I was...

Really beautiful! This eight-year-old girl's body could grow up to be a stunning beauty some day, heh!

I guess all that dirt, grime, and blood were covering up this awesome face.

Hmm. Maybe my luck wasn't so bad after all.

This body was actually pretty great except for being weak, and I'd been saved by a beautiful lady who wanted to adopt me.

Things...were looking up in this xianxia world.

Un-fuck you, xianxia system. For now.