Chapter 2: The Second Day of Slacking (Revised)
【Mission Failed.】
Four gray words appeared before Wen Ying, but she didn’t even bother to look.
So it failed. Honestly, what did she care about those paltry rewards? Her points were overflowing, her levels were maxed out, and the completion rate… ha.
Whatever.
Wen Ying didn’t know how long Fu Shuangxue and the beast had been fighting.
All she knew was that she had already littered the ground with sunflower seed husks, and they still hadn’t finished.
So boring. While she claimed to be watching a show, Wen Ying was mostly just eating sunflower seeds. After all, it was a show she had seen over fifty times, the moves exactly the same each time, so there wasn’t much point in watching.
Wen Ying finished another handful of seeds, stretched, and loosened her muscles.
Perhaps because the seeds were so fragrant, they always attracted small mosquitoes and insects, forcing Wen Ying to swat bugs while she ate.
The deep mountains and old forests weren’t ideal. But judging by the time, it should be almost over.
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard the ferocious beast roar in anger, finally knocking Fu Shuangxue to the ground.
Fu Shuangxue spat out a mouthful of blood, supporting himself with his sword, but ultimately, he passed out from blood loss.
“Senior Brother Fu——!” Xu Tongtong let out a heart-wrenching scream, running to Fu Shuangxue’s side, trying to wake him.
However, Fu Shuangxue didn’t react at all.
Likely from shock and exhaustion, Xu Tongtong finally collapsed, falling onto Fu Shuangxue.
Of course, Fu Shuangxue was a once-in-a-generation genius. While he eventually fainted from fighting a high-level ferocious beast beyond his level, the beast was also severely injured and unable to attack further.
According to the usual plot, the beast should retreat at this point and go home to heal its wounds.
However, after taking two steps back, the beast’s eyes suddenly lit up, gazing greedily at Wen Ying… and the sunflower seeds in her hand.
Wen Ying couldn’t understand.
Were her roasted sunflower seeds really that fragrant? Not only small mosquitoes and insects, but now even a big tiger wanted to eat them.
Indeed, her cooking skill was maxed out, but it was just roasted sunflower seeds. Could there really be such a big difference?
Saliva began to drip from the beast’s mouth, drop by drop…
Finally, it couldn’t take it anymore, and with a roar, it pounced towards Wen Ying—
However, mid-air, it suddenly froze.
Someone had bound the beast with a binding spell.
Even without looking, Wen Ying knew who it was.
It was Xun Xian Sect’s Enforcement Elder, but since he wasn’t the male lead in any of the stories, he didn’t have a name, purely a background tool.
Wen Ying remembered, this background character was quite young-looking.
Wen Ying casually stamped her foot, and the sunflower seed husks on the ground turned to fine dust, becoming fertilizer absorbed into the soil.
As a good citizen, Wen Ying couldn’t litter, and she had to dispose of the waste. In-situ burial, green and healthy.
“Don’t be afraid, little friend…” A young man emerged from behind the beast. It was the Enforcement Elder.
In previous loops, the Enforcement Elder had also appeared at this moment.
But there were some differences.
In all previous loops, the Enforcement Elder had been a silent background character, nothing but a face and no personality. But this time, he actually had lines!
Wen Ying finally showed some interest.
It seemed that because of her slacking off and eating sunflower seeds, the beast hadn’t run, leading to the Enforcement Elder subduing it.
In countless previous loops, Wen Ying had focused on completing the task, but she had never tried what would happen if she failed…
Now it seemed interesting.
A spark of interest flashed in Wen Ying’s eyes, and she had some ideas.
However, there was another thing that Wen Ying couldn’t ignore.
That was—
The Enforcement Elder’s eyes kept glancing at the sunflower seeds in her hand.
Wen Ying pondered for a moment, and grabbed another handful from the bag: “How about I give you some?”
“No, no need…” The elder waved his hand, but his body honestly swallowed his saliva.
“Sigh.” Wen Ying sighed and handed the seeds to him. “Why don’t you just take them?”
Just some sunflower seeds…
Wen Ying didn’t know whether to say that the world was incredibly fantastical, or the system’s level-up setting was incredibly realistic.
“Then… I won’t be polite…” Greed finally won out, and the elder took the seeds, carefully storing them in his pouch. “Thank you for your generosity, little friend. I will repay you in the future.”
No one could resist any dish made by someone with the highest level of culinary arts, just as no cultivator could resist the temptation of top-tier alchemical artifacts.
Even ascetics who had reached the stage of abstaining from food, if they still had a taste for food, couldn’t resist.
Wen Ying, worthy of being the daughter of the prestigious Wen family of cultivators, had obtained such treasures.
This was worth repaying?
Repaying for what, a handful of peanuts?
As expected of an elder, so polite.
“No, no need.” Wen Ying quickly waved her hand. She had to be polite, too.
“Ahem.” The Enforcement Elder cleared his throat, regaining his composure. “Such a ferocious beast appearing in this trial was our oversight. Let’s take the two injured disciples back to the sect for treatment. As for the rest…”
The Enforcement Elder looked at Wen Ying, who had “fortunately not been injured because he stopped the beast,” and asked, “Are you planning to continue the trial, or return to the sect with us to rest?”
Wen Ying answered without hesitation: “Return.”
There were too many mosquitoes and insects in the mountains. The sect was much better.
“Good.” The Enforcement Elder nodded.
It seemed that although the ferocious beast hadn’t attacked Wen Ying, she was still frightened.
The Enforcement Elder made a very “reasonable” deduction.
He had heard that Wen Ying’s cultivation level was relatively low among her peers, and it was already remarkable that she remained calm until now.
…
The Enforcement Elder took the injured Xu Tongtong and Fu Shuangxue back for treatment. As for the uninjured Wen Ying, she returned to her room.
Wen Ying was Lin Yu Zunzhe’s direct disciple, so her residence was in Lin Yu Zunzhe’s courtyard.
Lin Yu Zunzhe was currently in seclusion, not in the courtyard.
Wen Ying lived alone in the large courtyard, quite comfortably.
Counting the days, this comfortable life wouldn’t last much longer.
The day Lin Yu Zunzhe left seclusion was the day his white moonlight, Rong Hua Xianzi, would return.
For an ordinary supporting character, she wouldn’t have such a complex plot. And the reason Lin Yu had a white moonlight was because—
He was also the male lead!
That’s right, in this world, Xu Tongtong and Fu Shuangxue weren’t the only male and female leads.
Because of the bug in the broken system that brought Wen Ying here, every time she transmigrated, another story would be added to this world.
And in every story, Wen Ying was the second female lead.