Crazy-Gossiping-c2

Chapter 2

When the Sect Leader left, he never returned, leaving many disciples with a sense of uncertainty and curiosity about his whereabouts and the situation there.

Only the one who caused it all had no idea.

Ning Xu lazily glanced at the sky. When she first arrived, the sky was still dark with stars hanging high, but now the sun was fully up, and the promised basic cultivation class had yet to begin. Although the basics were dry and difficult to understand, it was still better than waiting around doing nothing. She asked the Melon-Eating System, “How come he’s been gone so long? Could it be…”

Everyone quickly perked up, eager to hear what came next. Could it be something important? Don’t leave them hanging!

Ning Xu waited for a moment before nonchalantly saying, “Did he flip?”

Flip? What does that mean? Flip where?

A word flashed in the minds of the disciples—toilet?

No, no, that was a powerful cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage, not some ordinary mortal!

Anyone could flip, but the Sect Leader definitely couldn’t! Wait, he had already cultivated to the point of abstaining from food, so how could he suddenly need to pee? Flipping had nothing to do with him!

While her fellow disciples muttered, Ning Xu was already chatting with the Melon-Eating System.

[He himself didn’t flip. If by flip you mean a crash, then yes, his cheap son definitely crashed, and the atmosphere at the scene was quite tense.] Although the Melon-Eating System used the word “tense,” its tone didn’t seem to match the gravity of the situation.

Clearly, the system was enjoying the drama.

Ning Xu felt a bit more interested, as the sun climbed higher and there was nothing to do. At least she was luckier than her fellow disciples, who were left idle—she could still relax by eating melon seeds and passing the time.

“Oh? You know?”

[Of course.]

Although she didn’t know why the Sect Leader’s son crashed now instead of earlier, she didn’t mind. Ning Xu didn’t care much.

Perhaps the Sect Leader had suddenly become sharp enough to detect something was off with his cheap son, uncovering the truth that had been hidden for 800 years? After all, he was a Divine Transformation master, a powerful figure in the cultivation world. If this truth continued to be concealed, it would be hard to explain.

From the response of the Melon-Eating System, Ning Xu sensed something interesting. “Seems like you can even livestream? Come on, why don’t you share the live broadcast with me?”

The system teased her, [Not yet, I’ll tell you the good news and the bad news first. Which one do you want to hear?]

Ning Xu shrugged, “Bad news first.”

[The bad news is that eating melon seeds also requires spiritual energy.]

Ning Xu blinked, “Huh? Spiritual energy? What does that mean?”

[It means what it says. Don’t you feel a bit more tired than before?]

Upon careful observation, Ning Xu realized that she did feel a little tired. So, while eating melon seeds, her body’s spiritual energy was being drained?

[Although you’ve already gathered spiritual energy, you don’t have much in your body. Once it’s used up, I could lose connection with you at any time.]

Ning Xu was taken aback, “Huh? Oh, then hurry up and tell me the good news.” This bad news really was bad—she had to cultivate more just to enjoy eating melon seeds? Otherwise, she wouldn’t even be able to eat melon?

The Melon-Eating System replied, [The good news is that after you establish your foundation, the melon-eating scenes will play live in your mind.]

Ning Xu: ???

Live broadcast?!

“Oh, like watching a TV show?”

[Exactly.]

This was amazing! Which little genius came up with this idea?

The Melon-Eating System, truly an otherworldly being, could broadcast directly into her mind?

At first, Ning Xu hadn’t been eager to cultivate, mainly because she had just crossed over and hadn’t really immersed herself in this world. As an outsider, she felt disconnected, like floating in space. In short, she hadn’t fully integrated into this world yet.

But after hearing this good news, she became excited.

Wasn’t this even more thrilling than watching a drama?

Though the disciples didn’t know what a TV was, they could understand the idea behind Ning Xu’s words. It meant that, even if she was in another place, she could still see what was happening elsewhere?

What exactly was this Melon-Eating System?

Why was it so extraordinary?

For this good news, Ning Xu was thoroughly satisfied. “Then let’s keep eating melon seeds.”

[Alright, alright.]

[When the Sect Leader went to find his cheap son, the son was in the back mountains having fun, cough, the Sect Leader went crazy. Normally, by this time, the Sect Leader was busy and never noticed his son liked to have fun. He always thought his son was diligently practicing swordsmanship without a moment’s rest.]

[Today, the son was accompanied by a disciple of the Sect Leader.]

Ning Xu: “Huh? Huh? Huh?”

A disciple and a cheap son…

This was getting spicy.

Ning Xu asked, “Looks like he’s been kept in the dark about a lot of things? Did the cheap son deceive him all along?” From the looks of it, the Sect Leader being kept in the dark for 800 years wasn’t a coincidence. How could he not know what his own son was up to? The Sect Leader must have been very easy to fool.

Other disciples: Can we even listen to this?! Also, is it really okay to talk about a Divine Transformation expert like that?

[And then… the rest is coming…]

At this point, the Melon-Eating System started to stutter.

Ning Xu asked, “What’s wrong?”

[Sorry… your… spiritual energy is almost… gone.]

Ning Xu had started to recover part of the original body’s memories and realized her spiritual energy was indeed running low. Without hesitation, she took out a low-grade spirit stone from her storage bag and absorbed it in the way her memories instructed. Sure enough, as her spiritual energy recovered, the system’s stuttering stopped.

Ning Xu said, “You’re a spiritual energy-hungry machine, aren’t you?” She’d only been eating melon seeds for a short time, and her energy was almost depleted.

The system didn’t reply but continued to share the drama. [The cheap son started to make excuses, saying he was momentarily bewitched by beauty. But the Sect Leader didn’t listen to a word, directly taking his son’s blood for a paternity test.]

Ning Xu almost regretted not having melon seeds or soda. If she had them, she’d be even happier. Now, without melon seeds, the joy was only half as much, but still, it was melon, so she couldn’t complain too much.

—

Back in the mountains, the scene was in chaos.

The cheap son of the Sect Leader slapped away the beauty beside him. When he saw his heart’s blood being taken, he panicked, “Dad, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly taking my blood?”

Heart’s blood was different from other blood. Losing a drop of it meant a cultivator would need years to recover.

Losing even a drop of heart’s blood was a serious matter, even for a Divine Transformation cultivator.

The Sect Leader looked deeply at his cheap son, then also took out his own heart’s blood.

The next second, his eyes widened as he looked at the two drops of heart’s blood that couldn’t merge. After staring blankly for a long time, he suddenly burst out laughing. As he laughed, tears began to fall from his eyes.

He had thought of himself as wise all his life, but it turned out he had been played for a fool by everyone.

The Sect Leader turned to his cheap son.

They had been together for a full 800 years. Not eight days, not eight years, but 800 years.

He had raised him with great care, always fearing he wouldn’t raise him well.

His cheap son’s spiritual root wasn’t outstanding, just a very poor four-element root.

To help him reach the Nascent Soul stage, the Sect Leader had sacrificed everything!

In order to get the Nascent Soul Pill, he even sought out an eighth-grade alchemist!

And now? A child with a four-element root, whom he’d nurtured and fattened with resources, had managed to reach Nascent Soul! And he only found out today that he had been raising someone else’s child! So where was his real child? Had they disappeared, or had they been swapped?

With this thought, the Sect Leader raised his hand and unleashed a surge of true energy.

Before his cheap son could react, his cultivation was completely destroyed!

The Sect Leader said, “I won’t kill you.”

“But the cultivation you gained through me, I’m taking it back.”

The cheap son’s eyes nearly popped out. “How did you know?!” He had managed to hide this for 800 years—why had it suddenly been exposed? Where did he go wrong?

The Sect Leader’s voice was calm but carried a dangerous edge. “We’ll slowly settle the debt between you and your real father. Right now, I only have one question for you—”

“My child, where are they now?”

Seeing that things had come to a head, the cheap son stopped pretending. He nonchalantly said, “How would I know? Probably long gone.” He had never respected this cheap father, always speaking in a slippery manner.

At that moment, the Sect Leader, still holding on to his bloodline, had overlooked it, but now, he showed no mercy.

With another strike, the cheap son spit out a mouthful of blood!

Nearby, the Sect Leader’s disciples instinctively took a few steps back, their faces full of terror.

The cheap son now realized that the man before him was no longer the foolish father who had favored him but a Divine Transformation expert who could easily flip the world upside down!

“I really don’t know!”

“Even if you beat me to death, I still don’t know!”

The Sect Leader sealed his cheap son’s mouth and called for the Deputy Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall. With his hand behind his back and a cold expression, he said, “Take him away.”

The Deputy Hall Master was confused. Wasn’t this the Sect Leader’s real son? What had he done to make the Sect Leader go so far as to break ties with his own flesh and blood?

She glanced at the Sect Leader’s disciples, who were disheveled and terrified. Had they been caught in the act?

Was it possible that the Sect Leader had taken an interest in his own disciple, only to find out his disciple was involved with his biological son?

In a fit of rage, had the Sect Leader decided to teach his son a lesson?

This was not impossible.

In the cultivation world, fathers and sons had clashed over a beauty before.

Still, the Deputy Hall Master thought she had figured it out.

She touched her smooth chin and said after a moment of contemplation, “Well, I’ll lock him up for now.”

“Mm.”

Nearby, the Sect Leader’s fifth-ranked disciple looked utterly shocked.

What was going on?

His senior brother wasn’t the Sect Leader’s real son?

But… his senior brother was already 800 years old!

How had he not discovered this in all these years? Why had it been exposed today?

—

Ning Xu, who had been enjoying the live melon-eating broadcast the whole time, squinted her eyes in satisfaction. If it weren’t for the situation, she would’ve clapped right there.

“The Sect Leader is finally not a fool anymore. Congratulations, congratulations!”

The Sect Leader, who had just teleported to the scene in mere seconds: …

Talking bad about someone behind their back, and they hear it? Well done.

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Note:

“翻” is translated as “flip” because it figuratively means a sudden or unexpected failure or reversal, like something “flipping” from good to bad. In this context, it conveys the idea of a situation going wrong or failing, which is often expressed as “flip” in English slang (e.g., “flip the car” for a crash or failure).