Chapter 103: The One Hundred and Third Day of Slacking Off
“Okay, okay, Senior Sister Wen, I understand everything.” Long Musheng nodded solemnly. “I absolutely won’t leak a word to anyone about what Senior Sister Wen has done.”
“No, I don’t think you understand…” Wen Ying shook her head helplessly. “Everything Lin Yu did has nothing to do with me; I wasn’t the one who told him to do it…”
“Oh, right, right!” After hearing Wen Ying’s words, Long Musheng seemed to have a sudden epiphany and quickly covered his mouth.
After checking the surroundings again, Long Musheng put his hand down and bowed to Wen Ying once more: “Senior Sister Wen is right to remind me; this place isn’t safe, I shouldn’t have spoken too much.”
It was all his fault; after confirming Senior Sister Wen was the one who helped him, he got too excited. Seeing Lin Yu leave and no one else around, he rushed to thank Senior Sister Wen.
Shifu was right… he was too easily influenced by emotions. His temper needed changing.
But… he didn’t expect Senior Sister Wen to notice this weakness in his character and remind him so tactfully…
At this moment, Long Musheng finally understood why Feng Sixuan admired Senior Sister Wen so much.
A hermit hiding in the city; facing so much gossip yet remaining composed and impassive—this was exactly what he should learn!
“Long Musheng, that’s not what I meant…”
Wen Ying naturally heard Long Musheng’s inner voice. This praise… even she, the person involved, couldn’t have imagined it!
She was really, very simply, just slacking off…
“Senior Sister Wen, I understand; we shouldn’t stay here long.” Long Musheng nodded, trying to look calm. “Anyway, thank you, Senior Sister Wen. When there is an opportunity in the future, I will come to repay Senior Sister.”
With that, Long Musheng channeled his qi into his feet and quickly sped away into the distance.
Wen Ying: “…”
As someone who had counterattacked more than fifty times, this was the first time Wen Ying felt what it was like to be unable to explain herself.
The hardest thing to prove wasn’t how good she was, but that she… wasn’t that good.
Wen Ying truly knew nothing about what Long Musheng said regarding the Zhangmen wanting to harm him.
Admittedly, according to Xu Mofeng’s original plan, he intended to harm everyone in the Trial of Immortals, but in any case, it wouldn’t be right now as Long Musheng claimed.
However, thanks to the mind-reading just now, Wen Ying had a rough idea.
It turned out that after Long Musheng was kicked out of the sect yesterday, he met a begging old man on the road. Perhaps out of empathy, he gave the old man the last of his dry rations.
As everyone knows, strange old men appearing on the road are definitely hermits hiding their light.
This old man was naturally no exception.
This old man was Long Musheng’s current “Shifu.”
The old man was running out of time, so last night, the “Shifu” transferred his lifetime of cultivation to Long Musheng and left behind several secret manuals before passing away.
Overnight, Long Musheng’s cultivation grew directly from Yi rank to Wu rank.
No matter how many times she saw this plot, Wen Ying felt it was ridiculous.
…This shouldn’t be called a cultivation upgrade novel.
It should be called a cheat-code cultivation novel.
The Xun Xian Sect’s grand array was nothing to Long Musheng.
After setting up a cenotaph for his master, Long Musheng hurried back to the Xun Xian Sect overnight.
He wanted to find out exactly who had framed him.
Unexpectedly, upon his return in the middle of the night, he discovered a huge secret.
The Zhangmen he had always respected, Xu Mofeng, actually sneaked into his dwelling at midnight.
That’s right, Xu Mofeng didn’t know about Long Musheng being expelled.
Because Xu Mofeng had been busy with the Trial of Immortals recently, Lin Yu used another method to expel Long Musheng—explaining the matter to Ru Song. After discussion between the Shizu (Grandmaster) and the five elders, they could make a decision equivalent to the Zhangmen‘s authority.
This was the “visitor” Wen Ying mentioned earlier regarding the expulsion.
That night, Ru Song hadn’t had time to inform Xu Mofeng.
Not having investigated the truth fully, Long Musheng used a spell left by his master to create an illusion identical to himself.
Soon, Long Musheng learned the whole truth.
Xu Mofeng… was actually using a strange silk thread to absorb his True Qi!
And he showed no mercy.
For a cultivator, losing all True Qi meant death.
The Zhangmen actually wanted him dead!
His master’s death and the true face of the Zhangmen he had always respected left Long Musheng’s mind in chaos.
At that moment, he felt the whole world was untrustworthy.
Just then, he thought of Lin Yu expelling him from the sect.
Since staying in the sect meant danger, then…
The person who expelled him meant well!
Yes, everything has two sides. There are bad people, but there are also good people.
That was why Long Musheng appeared so excitedly today.
Not just because Senior Sister Wen saved him, but… Senior Sister Wen gave him the last hope and light in this world.
She even gave him a reminder similar to his master’s dying words…
This high hat she was wearing was truly… too high.
Wen Ying scratched her head, truly embarrassed.
In the end, she just slacked off, was lazy, and didn’t do the mission…
What to do now?
Find Long Musheng and explain? But given his current emotional state, he probably wouldn’t believe anything she said anyway.
Moreover, it was lunch time now.
No one can stop a foodie from eating.
Whatever, deal with it later.
If she never saw Long Musheng again, letting him keep a sliver of hope for the world wouldn’t be a bad thing.
If one loses hope in the entire world, the final outcome is “blackening” (turning evil).
So-called blackening is just a result that bystanders find exciting, but is actually infinitely painful for the person involved.
Humans are social animals; how happy can a life without any hope be?
Wen Ying first returned to her cave dwelling and gave Xiao Sunsun’s portion of food to the hard-working Xiao Sunsun, then returned to her disciple room in the Xun Xian Sect and gave Xiao Hei’s portion to Xiao Hei.
“Meow meow?”
When Xiao Hei saw the two portions of food Wen Ying took out from her sleeve, he meowed nervously.
Xiao Hei said: “Why are there only two portions?”
No way, no way, did he do something bad recently to make the Master angry? So the Master didn’t bring his food back?
Hearing Xiao Hei’s subconscious words, Wen Ying fell silent for a moment.
After a pause, she answered, “…We only have one cat and one person.”
Oh right!
Xiao Hei patted his cat head.
Shen Linfeng isn’t here now!
So that means… he can turn back into human form and feast?
“Meow?” Xiao Hei looked at Wen Ying hopefully.
“En, you can.” Wen Ying nodded.
Xiao Hei happily transformed into human form. Being able to sit at the table and use chopsticks again made the food taste extra delicious.
“But, Master, with one person missing in this room, it feels a bit lonely… especially when you go out, Master. Before, at least there was someone in the room to keep me company, even if he couldn’t speak… Master, I was stuck inside that broken stone for so long before, I really hate the feeling of being alone…” Xiao Hei chatted with Wen Ying while eating the delicious food.
Finally able to eat at the same table as his Master and speak human language, Xiao Hei naturally couldn’t help but talk a bit more.
Wen Ying’s hand, in the middle of eating, paused.
Is that so…
Even Xiao Hei…
Wen Ying turned and looked around the room.
Perhaps after three people staying in this room for so long, without Shen Linfeng, Wen Ying also felt it was a bit empty…
Although usually Shen Linfeng didn’t say a word, just standing there obediently, unknowingly, Wen Ying seemed to have gotten used to the existence of this “little male concubine.”
Maybe… one day, would Shen Linfeng return?
“In that case, from now on, you follow me.” Wen Ying turned back and said to Xiao Hei.
“Really? Thank you, Master~” Xiao Hei was so happy he almost wagged a tail.
“But, keep your cat form. No causing trouble.” Wen Ying resumed using her chopsticks.
“Mm-hmm!” Xiao Hei agreed readily.
…
After lunch, Wen Ying took Xiao Hei in cat form to the competition grounds.
Before Wen Ying arrived, the grounds were already quite lively.
Because rumors about her had already spread by word of mouth among the audience.
Naturally, these were rumors related to Long Musheng’s expulsion.
The only thing that surprised Wen Ying was that the source of the rumors this time wasn’t the war correspondent Li Xiangyue.
Before this match with Xu Huang, Xu Huang naturally hoped the matter of Long Musheng being kicked out would blow up. Previously, she had used Wen Meng’s injury as groundwork, and adding the malicious expulsion of Long Musheng to win, this time the “serious injury” would naturally not be doubted by anyone.
At that time, she would be the phoenix rising from the ashes, reborn in fire. And Wen Ying, this woman who repeatedly ruined her plans, would be ruined and doomed eternally!
But what was outside Xu Huang’s expectation was Li Xiangyue.
A day had passed, yet she hadn’t published the matter of Long Musheng’s expulsion in the “Xun Xian Sect Tabloid.”
Helpless, Xu Huang had to use the Puppet Silk’s power again to spread the rumors before her match began.
If possible, Xu Huang actually didn’t want to use the Puppet Silk’s power again.
She simply didn’t trust that old man.
But… success was right in front of her; she couldn’t fall short at the last moment.
With Wen Ying’s appearance, the rumors intensified.
“I didn’t expect Wen Ying to be so vicious… truly unscrupulous just to win.”
“Looking at it this way, the match with Junior Sister Wen Meng must have been her using tricks to seriously injure Junior Sister.”
“More than that, maybe the previous matches were all…”
“Ah? No way! I even prayed to her…” The speaker quickly covered their mouth.
Although there were one or two rumors accusing Lin Yu of failing to distinguish right from wrong, the people discussing it were few and far between. Probably because compared to the celebrity Wen Ying, Lin Yu couldn’t attract everyone’s attention, or perhaps because Lin Yu held a high position and high cultivation, so they didn’t dare discuss him recklessly.
“I think Wen Ying isn’t that kind of person.” A dissenting voice came from the crowd.
The Xun Xian Sect disciples turned to look, only to see a man they had never seen before.
Everyone scoffed and didn’t pay much attention, turning back to continue their gossip.
“That’s right! Senior Sister Wen would never do such a thing!” Lu Xiaojie had endured for a long time, but since Senior Sister Wen said not to reveal his identity, he hadn’t dared to speak much. Now that someone finally spoke up, Lu Xiaojie didn’t need to endure anymore and retorted loudly.
Everyone knew Lu Xiaojie had a very good relationship with Wen Ying, so naturally, no one cared about his words.
“Hmm?” The person who spoke earlier turned to look at Lu Xiaojie.
At this moment, the match officially began.
Wen Ying and Xu Huang walked onto the stage simultaneously.
Before coming on stage, Xu Huang had covered herself in talismans.
This was her carefully prepared talisman array. She only needed to activate it with True Qi to create the illusion of a shattered Dantian.
Whether probing for qi pulsation or checking the pulse, she would appear as if her Dantian was truly destroyed.
Phoenix rising from ashes, reborn in fire. Dantian destroyed then miraculously recovered, plus a surge in power… by then, everyone would think she was the chosen daughter of heaven, destined to stand at the peak.
All she had to do next was wait for the moment.
To prevent Wen Ying from doing those strange things again like before, Xu Huang spent three days researching three hundred different postures for being hit in the Dantian, detailed enough that even if Wen Ying just raised her hand to scratch an itch, or didn’t come, or fled at the start, Xu Huang could guarantee her Dantian would be accurately hit by Wen Ying.
This time, it was absolutely foolproof.
Because Xu Huang only had this one chance.
She had prepared too much before; succeed or die trying!
Wen Ying listened to Xu Huang, who appeared very calm on the surface, rambling on internally, and had only one feeling—
“Match, start!”
Before the announcer’s voice even fell, Wen Ying appeared in front of Xu Huang with incredible speed.
No one knew when she had prepared, but by the time everyone noticed, they saw Wen Ying punching Xu Huang’s Dantian.
The force was so strong that even the spectating disciples could feel the residual power of that move.
Xu Huang’s eyes went wide.
She… she never expected…
Wen Ying chuckled lightly by Xu Huang’s ear, whispering, “As you wish.”
This time, before Xu Huang could react, she felt herself flying out, hitting the stone pillar beside the stage with a “Boom” at extremely high speed.
“Pfft.” Xu Huang spat out a mouthful of blood, sliding weakly to the ground.
And the stone pillar snapped in half, toppling to the side!
Wen Ying clapped her hands.
That’s right, her feeling was—
Xu Huang really thinks too much.
Actually, she didn’t need to prepare at all. Just shattering a Dantian? This, Wen Ying knew how to do.
Author’s Note: Hehe, wrote a little extra today. I don’t understand why “force” (baoli) is a censored word, and even using a separator still gets censored… is it a glitch?
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