Crazy-Gossiping-c9

Chapter 9

Xu Shixing has dual spiritual roots. While he’s not as talented as those with a single spiritual root, he is still considered accomplished at a young age.

This is also the first time he has been called a “Dog Bastard.”

Normally, he would have retorted immediately. But thinking about the spiritual stones that Ning Xu had been given, he barely controlled his emotions and, lowering his voice, said, “Ning Xu, I’ve waited for you for an entire day and night, but you never came to find me.” Although he was bothered by the fact that she had recently gotten close to a Pure Heart Cultivator, he knew that now wasn’t the right time to bring it up.

In the past, if he played the pitiful card, no matter what he had done, “Ning Xu” would have forgiven him immediately.

Unfortunately, he didn’t know that the “Ning Xu” before him was no longer the same. The Ning Xu who was infinitely tolerant of him had, in her despair, actively given up her life, leaving the rest of her days to a newcomer.

For the former Ning Xu, Xu Shixing had been her everything.

But he had abandoned her, choosing someone else instead.

Even in her final moments, she held no resentment toward him.

She even retained her kindness when she chose to let go.

When Xu Shixing played the pity card, the Melon-Eating System sneered, 【As if you were the one waiting for him.】

【Did you make him wait? Did you make him wait? Did you make him wait?】

【He was the one rushing to wait for you, who can he blame?】

【If there’s anyone to blame, it’s him!】

Ning Xu: …

The Melon-Eating System really never lets up when it’s right.

Fortunately, no one but her could hear its voice.

Otherwise, with the way it complains, who knows how many people it would offend.

Ning Xu casually said, “I understand. If there’s nothing else, could you please leave?”

Xu Shixing was being driven away for the first time by Ning Xu. Embarrassed and angry, he blurted out, “What? It hasn’t even been a month since we broke up, and you’re already impatient with me? You won’t even spare me some spiritual stones?”

“I was just about to ask, that…” The Pure Heart Cultivator had yet to finish his sentence when Xu Shixing was silenced by the Sect Leader, who had been secretly listening from the shadows.

“Ah… ah…”

Xu Shixing could only make duck-like noises.

Ning Xu quickly slipped away.

That was scary. Xu Shixing, the former fiancé of the original owner, probably had some mental disorder, right?

Otherwise, how could he be speaking normally one moment and suddenly seem like he was having a fit?

It was genuinely quite intimidating.

But to Ning Xu, Xu Shixing was just a stranger, so she didn’t take this little episode to heart. As for whether Xu Shixing really had a mental breakdown, why should she care?

The Melon-Eating System didn’t care either.


—

After Ning Xu and the Melon-Eating System left, the Sect Leader slowly revealed himself.

He coldly looked at Xu Shixing and asked, “What were you about to say?”

Once the restriction on Xu Shixing was lifted, he first bowed to the Sect Leader before replying, “Sect Leader, my former fiancée has encountered a strange phenomenon. Because of this strange occurrence, my former fiancée seems different from before.

This strange phenomenon may affect her mind and decisions, and in the worst case, it could even endanger the sect. I ask that the Sect Leader investigate.”

Upon hearing this, the Sect Leader snorted.

He flicked his broad sleeve and looked down at Xu Shixing from a high vantage point. “Considering that you didn’t cause significant harm to the sect, I’ll punish you with one year at the Reflection Cliff.”

Xu Shixing: ???

He was confused. “Sect Leader, may I ask what wrong I’ve committed?” Why was he being sent to the Reflection Cliff all of a sudden?

The Sect Leader didn’t even spare him an extra glance.

Such a gifted dual spiritual root disciple, yet he couldn’t even notice that his former fiancée had been replaced. Truly, he was as slow as could be!

A person like this should be sent to the Reflection Cliff to clear his head!


—

Ning Xu had no idea that Xu Shixing had been punished by the Sect Leader.

If she had known, she probably would have said, “Well done.”

The next morning, Ning Xu arrived at the square as usual, right on time.

This was her third day after crossing over.

And her third day of attending early classes.

For the past two days, she had been getting by with a single Pill of Qi Cultivation.

But today, as soon as she arrived, the Pure Heart Cultivator came over with buns he had steamed himself.

His eyes were bright, like they were filled with sunlight, sparkling.

He held out a porcelain bowl and introduced, “Ning Daoist, these are meat buns made from spirit beast meat. Would you like to try?”

Yesterday, the Melon-Eating System hadn’t said anything, but now, she realized that the young man in front of her really did resemble a cute Pure Heart Cultivator, especially the kind that would secretly peek around.

She replied happily, “Sure.”

As soon as she took the buns, the Cultivator congratulated her, “Congratulations, Daoist, you’ve reached Qi Cultivation level one.”

Ning Xu: ???

She had reached Qi Cultivation level one already?

The Melon-Eating System lazily said, 【What else did you expect? You know, the best way to break through is to use up all the spiritual energy, then replenish it, then use it up again, and replenish it. But because this method is so extreme, very few people have the perseverance to use it.】

【But you’re different.】

【Just count how many times you’ve used up all your spiritual energy these past few days.】

Ning Xu: …

So, the Melon-Eating System has this effect?

After all, eating melon really consumes a lot of spiritual energy. Once her spiritual energy runs out, the system starts lagging.

In order to keep eating melon, she had to replenish her spiritual energy.

Going back and forth like this, she had effortlessly gone from just channeling energy to reaching Qi Cultivation level one.

Ning Xu smiled, “Thank you, your skills have definitely improved since yesterday.”

Hearing her words, the light in the Pure Heart Cultivator’s eyes grew brighter.

Ning Xu wasn’t just being polite.

The Cultivator’s skills had really improved, and the improvement was obvious to the naked eye.

This kind of progress speed could only mean one thing—he was truly a descendant of a great food deity, with immense potential!

After finishing three meat buns, today’s teaching elder—Wu Chichun—arrived.

As soon as he entered the square, he explained, “The Sect Leader has been busy recently and cannot attend personally, so I’ll be teaching in his stead. I’m Wu Chichun, the Peak Master of the Artifact Peak.”

The disciples all called out in unison, “Peak Master Wu.”

Just as they finished, they heard a familiar voice they had grown so used to in recent days.

“Oh, so this is what Peak Master Wu looks like. No wonder he got taken away by the female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect.”


After this sentence, another voice quickly followed.

This voice was also one of their old acquaintances.

The Melon-Eating System excitedly said, 【Right? Right? This face, this voice, this figure, it’s really capable of fighting, it’s just that the cultivation is too low, so not very capable of fighting.】

Wu Chichun:……

Although it was the truth, hearing it still felt particularly heart-wrenching.

Knowing that the Sect Leader was planning to improve his teaching methods and had been too busy recently to teach the new disciples, Wu Chichun didn’t know what came over him, but he immediately volunteered to take on the job.

At that time, his fellow disciples had confirmed with him more than once, asking if he really wanted to become the teaching elder?

After thinking it over, he still decided to do it.

He knew what might happen after he became the teacher, and he was mentally prepared.

He knew very well that his story had already spread across much of the sect, and he had become the topic of many people’s conversations. But he believed that a cultivator’s path is to defy the heavens, and no matter what happened in the past, what mattered was the future.

He had been imprisoned for a hundred years, and he had been joined in cultivation for a hundred years. That was a fact, and he could not deny it.

But his path of cultivation was still ongoing.

As a cultivator in the middle stage of the Divine Transformation realm, his lifespan was still very long, at least a thousand years.

The events of the past hundred years were merely a small interlude in his life.

If he were to despair and feel ashamed to face people because of this, then what was the point of cultivating the Dao? What great achievements could he make?

The female cultivator from Hehuan Sect should not become his inner demon, and she would not become his inner demon.

Thinking of this, Wu Chichun felt that his mind had cleared, and an endless sense of ambition surged in his heart.

The Melon-Eating System said his cultivation was too low, so he couldn’t fight much.

Fine, then he would strive to become a cultivator whose cultivation was strong enough to fight! That way, he wouldn’t have wasted the hardships he endured over the past hundred years!


—

Wu Chichun’s teaching method was completely different from the Sect Leader’s.

His lessons were more accessible and easier for the disciples to understand.

By the third day after her arrival, Ning Xu finally started to feel like a student.

She couldn’t help but communicate with the Melon-Eating System, “He teaches pretty well.” At least, she could easily understand him.

The Sect Leader’s teachings earlier had almost made her doubt herself. Before she transmigrated, she had been a university student at a prestigious school. She couldn’t have become illiterate as soon as she crossed over, could she?

Thankfully, her intelligence wasn’t the problem—it was the Sect Leader’s teaching method.

Upon hearing Ning Xu’s words, the Melon-Eating System quickly replied, 【Right?】

【He’s different from the Sect Leader. He was born ordinary and had no help from his family. He has come this far all on his own.】

【When he first joined, he spent a long time seriously studying the basics of cultivation, and he understood them thoroughly, which is why he’s able to teach this subject well.】

【He’s a very diligent cultivator. His only flaw is his bad luck and lack of resources.】

【If he had the Sect Leader’s background, his achievements would definitely be much higher than they are now.】

After hearing this, Ning Xu was a bit surprised. “You seem to really admire him.”

The Melon-Eating System didn’t hesitate and replied, 【Of course.】

Ning Xu couldn’t help but gossip, “Do you like him?”

The Melon-Eating System clicked its tongue, 【I like handsome people. I like them all.】

【As an inorganic lifeform, my liking is probably not the same as yours.】

【But yes, I do admire him.】

【I admire anyone or anything that’s positive and striving.】

Ning Xu thought for a moment and replied.

“After going through everything, has his Dao heart been affected?”

【No, maybe at first it was.】

【When he returned to the sect yesterday, it was obvious that he hadn’t adjusted his mindset yet, and his Dao heart was a bit unstable.】

【But today, he has already adjusted.】

One could only say, as expected of someone who has cultivated to the Divine Transformation realm, his Dao heart was much firmer than an ordinary disciple’s.


—

Wu Chichun never expected to hear such words.

It turned out that he was being recognized.

He smiled freely.

This smile was like a dazzling meteor, fleeting but leaving a deep impression in the hearts of the disciples.

The Melon-Eating System clicked its tongue, 【This face really is capable of fighting, what a pity for that Hehuan Sect female cultivator.】

Ning Xu, “……”

【So, why can’t my host take advantage of this? If we had crossed over a hundred years earlier, there wouldn’t be any trouble with that Hehuan Sect female cultivator!】

Ning Xu, “Huh?”

“No, I don’t need it, thanks.”

The Melon-Eating System quickly changed its tune, 【Alright, it’s an old thing now. It’s normal that you wouldn’t like it. Even a hundred years ago, he would have been quite old.】

Wu Chichun:……

Wait, didn’t the Melon-Eating System just praise him? Why is it calling him an old thing now?

One could only say, you never know what the Melon-Eating System is thinking. Even if you try to guess, you won’t get it right.


—

After today’s basic cultivation class, Ning Xu once again received an invitation for lunch from the food cultivators.

She hesitated, “Wouldn’t this be too much trouble?”

The food cultivators hurriedly said, “No, no, we welcome fellow Daoists anytime!”

“Exactly! We just joined, and you’re the first one who appreciates our cooking skills.”

“Fellow Daoist, I’ve developed a new dish today. Please give it a try.”

Ning Xu, “Okay, okay.”

After arriving at the food cultivators’ mountain, Ning Xu patiently waited for lunch to be served.

The air slowly filled with the fragrance of the dishes.

Though it smelled delicious, she still missed sunflower seeds and cola.

What should she do? She was craving snacks.

The Melon-Eating System casually said, 【Isn’t this simple? Have Pure Heart Cultivator make it for you.】

Ning Xu gasped, “Can he make it?”

【Cola might be a bit difficult, but with his skills, he can definitely make a low-tier version for you.】

【As for sunflower seeds, that’s no challenge at all, is it?】

Just then, Pure Heart Cultivator happened to walk by Ning Xu.

She thought for a moment, then waved at him.

Upon seeing her gesture, Pure Heart Cultivator quickly walked over.

“Hello, fellow Daoist.”

Ning Xu hurriedly said, “Hello.”

Pure Heart Cultivator asked, “Is there anything you’d like to eat, fellow Daoist?”

Ning Xu didn’t expect Pure Heart Cultivator to be so proactive. Without her saying anything, he directly asked for her.

She nodded and told him what she wanted to eat.

Pure Heart Cultivator thought for two seconds and quickly responded, “Sure, but I’ll need to experiment a bit. It might take until tomorrow for you to taste it.”

Ning Xu was a little surprised, “It’s fine, actually I’m not in a hurry.”

“Alright!”

The Melon-Eating System leisurely said, 【See? Wasn’t that simple?】

Ning Xu once again praised the Melon-Eating System for its foresight.

Building a good relationship with the food cultivators in advance was really necessary!

If everything goes as planned, she might be able to snack on sunflower seeds and drink cola tomorrow!

Ning Xu quietly waited for lunch.

She hadn’t been resting for long when the Melon-Eating System suddenly started cackling.

Ning Xu asked, “What’s going on? Is there more gossip?”

The Melon-Eating System chuckled, 【It’s… exciting…】

Ning Xu quickly asked, “What’s exciting?”

Well, the system was out of energy again.

This time, there were no further updates!

Looks like not being busy won’t work.

Being a Qi Refining cultivator really is inconvenient. Once she builds her foundation, she’ll definitely snack to her heart’s content!