Crazy-Gossiping-c3

Chapter 3

The Sect Master eagerly rushed over, actually intending to inquire about his biological child. However, upon arriving, he sensed something. Asking this question might lead to extremely undesirable consequences.

Thus, he ultimately chose to remain silent.

Back then, he had a sudden spiritual revelation and confirmed that he still had bloodline descendants in the world.

Coincidentally, at that time, a relative from his family’s third generation brought him a child, claiming that this infant was his biological son. As for the child’s birth mother, they didn’t know a thing about her.

According to the relative, this person had found the child when leaving home, with a note in the swaddling saying it was his child. After confirming the bloodline was intact, he began raising the child with great care. Who would have thought…

At this point, it was pointless to think too much.

The Sect Master casually glanced in the direction of Ning Xu, noticing that her spiritual energy was nearly exhausted, which made him suspect something.

【Host… Host… spiritual energy… not enough… used up.】

Ning Xu:…

She was at a loss for words.

“You know I am an outer disciple with three spiritual roots, right?” A disciple with no future in the eyes of others due to having a waste spiritual root.

In the original owner’s storage bag, there was only one measly low-grade spirit stone.

Just now, she had used up this only low-grade spirit stone to watch the gossip. To get more spirit stones, aside from the monthly allowance, she would have to take on missions. But since she had just begun cultivating, the missions available to her would likely be few. Even if there were some, it might not be her turn.

After all, these simpler missions were highly sought after, targets of fierce competition.

Ning Xu touched her chin. “Do you have any quick ways to farm spirit stones?”

The Melon-Eating System responded without hesitation, 【Of course, there are plenty of ways, but even if there are, you can’t use them right now!】 Your cultivation is too low, nothing will work.

What?

She can farm spirit stones? And do it quickly?

And the Melon-Eating System said there were plenty of ways?

What ways? They all wanted to know!

The melon-eating crowd mentally shouted in unison: Can you share?

Please!

Ning Xu, “???”

So, she could have had a treasure trove but was stuck with her cultivation level, unable to make use of it?

Ning Xu wasn’t ready to give up. “Come on, tell me what they are.”

Her fellow disciples: Yeah, yeah, tell us first! Let’s see if it’s worth it, or if it’s just nonsense. Let’s verify if these methods work.

Even the Sect Master was a little intrigued.

Even though their sect, the Questioning Heart Sect, was among the top ten sects in the world, ranking seventh, they wouldn’t say they had enough spirit stones.

Not only their sect, but even the top-ranking super sect, Xuantian Sect, would never claim to have enough.

The bigger the sect, the more disciples there were, which meant greater expenses. Even though the Xuantian Sect looked glorious with numerous talents and geniuses, standing at the peak of the cultivation world for many years, the Sect Master probably spent every day worrying about spirit stones.

Spirit stones were never enough, no matter what.

The Melon-Eating System sighed, 【Told you, it’s useless. You might as well focus on improving your cultivation and elevate your sect, or ascend on your own.】

Ning Xu’s attention was on what was happening in front, subconsciously ignoring the last two sentences. Come on, she had three spiritual roots. “If you don’t want to say it, fine.”

After speaking, she slowly realized what the Melon-Eating System had said was correct.

If she couldn’t get a large amount of spirit stones right now, it might be better for her to remain unaware. Otherwise, if she kept obsessing over those spirit stones, she probably wouldn’t be able to focus on anything important.

The disciples couldn’t help but scream internally.

Elevate the whole sect?

If anyone else had said this, they definitely wouldn’t have believed it.

But it was the Melon-Eating System saying it.

It knew secrets even the Sect Master didn’t know, so maybe helping the sect soar wasn’t as hard as it seemed?

The disciples weren’t so sure.

However, the idea of elevating the entire sect felt too distant. Not to mention other things, Ning Xu’s cultivation was a huge issue.

A newly initiated disciple elevating the entire sect?

No, no, no. Let’s take small steps.

They weren’t expecting miracles, just more melon-eating opportunities.

While the disciples were thinking away, the Sect Master coughed lightly. After successfully drawing the attention of everyone, he casually spoke, “Today, I have urgent matters to attend to, which caused a delay in your lessons.”

The disciples hurriedly bowed and said it was fine.

Of course, they had to say it was fine.

What else could they say?

Would they tell him, “Sect Master, how do you feel knowing your son isn’t actually your son?”

Or perhaps, “Sect Master, you wasted our precious cultivation time and made us wait all morning, how do we explain our loss?”

Did they want to die?

Also, they accidentally learned a secret about the Sect Master. Were they going to be silenced?

After all, this was the transformation master!

Was it really fine for them to know such sensitive information?

The Sect Master cleared his throat again, “As an apology, all disciples present today will receive a few spirit stones as compensation.”

What? Did they hear that right?

All disciples present were stunned by the announcement.

What does this mean? Not only did they hear gossip from the Sect Master, but they also got spirit stones as compensation?

How could such good fortune exist in this world? Maybe more good things would come their way!

As a new disciple, Ning Xu naturally also received the spirit stone compensation.

The moment she received the storage bag, she eagerly inserted her spiritual sense to check how many spirit stones the Sect Master had given them. There was no way around it; she was currently so poor she didn’t even have a low-grade spirit stone on hand.

No spirit stones was normal.

After all, the original owner had only just become a disciple.

Ning Xu didn’t have high hopes. With so many disciples, the compensation per person couldn’t be much. Even the Sect Master wouldn’t be that generous.

But when she checked, she was shocked.

Inside the storage bag were ten high-grade spirit stones!

Her first reaction was—The Sect Master must have given her the wrong one.

She immediately shared this with the Melon-Eating System. “What’s going on? Why are there ten high-grade spirit stones? Did he have a mood swing and mess up? Surely he didn’t give every disciple ten high-grade spirit stones, right? That’s an enormous amount.”

Was the Sect Master really this wealthy?

The other disciples who only received three low-grade spirit stones:…

Enough already.

Stop saying it.

Though Ning Xu received ten high-grade spirit stones and the others only got three low-grade ones, no disciple was jealous.

They all thought Ning Xu deserved it. The disparity was obvious, and all the disciples noticed the Sect Master’s favoritism…

But they didn’t have the ability to complain.

If the Melon-Eating System hadn’t revealed the truth, the Sect Master might have been deceived for even longer. How many spirit stones did the Sect Master spend on that useless son of his?

After eight hundred years…

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Better not think about it.

The Sect Master, whose vision and mind had been questioned:…

If it weren’t for the fear of Ning Xu noticing something unusual, he would have given far more than just ten high-grade spirit stones.

But a voice inside him reminded him not to let Ning Xu know that her conversations with the system were audible to him.

Not wanting to raise Ning Xu’s suspicion, he decided that ten high-grade spirit stones were the most appropriate gift.

One high-grade spirit stone was equivalent to ten thousand low-grade ones, which should be enough for Ning Xu for now.

Once her spiritual energy was replenished, maybe the Melon-Eating System could share some new gossip, and he could finally learn about his biological child. No matter how he looked at it, ten spirit stones was still too little, and he would need to give more as compensation when the opportunity arose.

After handing out the compensation, the Sect Master immediately chose to escape.

After seeing the Sect Master leave, the Melon-Eating System casually said, 【Who cares about him?】

【His vision and brain aren’t functioning, isn’t that just fortunate for you?】

Ning Xu sharply noticed that a few of her fellow disciples had sneakily glanced at her.

They didn’t mean any harm.

Their gazes were more out of surprise and admiration.

But what were they surprised and impressed by?

Ning Xu couldn’t figure it out and didn’t feel like trying to.

She slowly asked, “So, I keep these spirit stones?”

The Melon-Eating System responded nonchalantly, 【What else? Are you going to return them?】

【Forget it, he’s already left. Plus, he’s a transformation master. Even if he knows he gave the wrong compensation, he probably won’t have the nerve to ask for them back. Doesn’t he care about face?】

【Just take them. Once they’re in your hands, they’re yours.】

Ning Xu, “That’s true, I’ll take them then.”

Who would have thought that on the first day of attending the early class, she would receive such a large sum?

As Ning Xu made her way back along the same path, her fellow disciples exchanged knowing glances. No one mentioned what they had heard or learned, but from the expressions, they knew they were all in the same boat.

When they returned to the back mountain, the Sect Master summoned a few new disciples and some older ones.

After questioning, the Sect Master had a clear understanding.

Only the disciples who attended the early class had heard Ning Xu and the Melon-Eating System’s conversation. The others were completely unaware.

So, was the early class special, or did the conversation between Ning Xu and the system have a limited range?

The Sect Master leaned toward the latter.

As for whether it was true, one test would tell.

While Ning Xu chatted casually with the Melon-Eating System and leisurely made her way back, the road wasn’t hard to walk with the system’s company.

As she reached her residence, she noticed a stranger standing in front of her house.

A young male cultivator.

Although Ning Xu had received part of the original owner’s memories, they were incomplete. She vaguely recognized the person but couldn’t remember how he was related to her current body.

However—

She didn’t remember, so what?

She still had the Melon-Eating System! If she couldn’t recall this person’s identity, it meant he wasn’t important.

Ning Xu casually asked, “Do you know who this is?”

The Melon-Eating System lazily replied, 【Of course.】

Before Ning Xu could ask who exactly this person was, the system slowly added, 【This is your useless, good-for-nothing ex-fiancé who couldn’t even make a few coins. He was finally coaxed away by someone else and stopped pestering you.】

The suddenly insulted ex-fiancé: ??? What the hell?