Level Max Villainous Second Female Lead, Just Wants to Slack Off CHAPTER 28
Chapter 28: Slacking Off Day 28
When Wen Ying returned to the dining hall, Fu Shuangxue and Xu Tongtong were asking the disciples one by one not to say “disgusting” anymore, diligently fulfilling their promise to Wang Gou Dan.
And the disciples, seeing Fu Shuangxue’s face, all agreed. Saying one less “disgusting” wasn’t a difficult task.
What they were more worried about was the future of their meals.
Although the disciples didn’t want to live under the deception of the soul-seduction technique, they also didn’t want to only eat these obviously inedible meals in the future…
When people are helpless, they often place their hopes on ethereal deities. Even for cultivators, this is true.
So, the disciples remembered the previous Examination God.
It’s said that when despair strikes, a god will descend. During the previous trial, the Examination God had suddenly appeared. Now, the disciples had no food to eat, perhaps…a Culinary God would appear?
Especially the disciples who had received the Examination God’s help in the last trial, silently prayed in their hearts.
Self-reliance is better than relying on others; praying to gods and Buddhas is just relying on others.
Wen Ying scoffed, but then paused slightly.
No, wasn’t she supposed to be unable to hear the thoughts of background characters?
Forget it, forget it. The mysteries are too numerous to solve; let’s find that disciple first.
Wen Ying searched around, but the disciple was nowhere to be seen in the dining hall.
Probably, having no food and regaining their wits, they had gone back embarrassed.
Fine, anyway, Wen Ying knew this person. As a demoted inner sect disciple, she would attend the inner sect disciples’ afternoon training and would surely meet them.
Leaving the dining hall, Wen Ying felt the outside air was incredibly fresh.
“Meow~ Meow meow~!”
Xiao Hei, at Wen Ying’s feet, let out soft meows, reminding Wen Ying that she still had a spirit pet.
Calling it a spirit pet wasn’t accurate. In this world, the spirit pets of true cultivators were either tamed and bound by contract, or marked with a contract talisman from the spirit pet egg stage, then nurtured with true qi. Once the contract was established, the pet must obey the owner’s commands.
Wen Ying and Xiao Hei had never established a contract; at most, it was a…pet.
Xiao Hei insisted on following, and Wen Ying liked to pet the cat and knead its paws occasionally, a mutual benefit?
Xiao Hei said—
“Master, there’s actually such disgusting food in this world!! You’re actually going to be someone’s master, the master of someone who cooks so badly?!”
Wen Ying looked at Xiao Hei with interest: “Didn’t your previous master like being someone’s master?”
She was always very interested in Xiao Hei’s “master.”
“Of course!” Xiao Hei raised its head, pacing gracefully back and forth. “You, Master, are the creator of Culinary Cultivation. Countless people are vying to ask you to be their master. You specifically concealed your identity and hid everywhere…hehe, but Xiao Hei understands you, Master. You just used hiding as an excuse to travel and explore the world…”
So, Xiao Hei’s master was actually the powerful cultivator who independently developed Culinary Cultivation, as Fu Shuangxue had mentioned.
Thinking about it…Xiao Hei’s master is really unlike me.
As someone who didn’t skip class or drop out of school, didn’t meet any CEOs at work, and whose superiors weren’t handsome, an ordinary person with a mediocre and unremarkable life, how could I possibly create such a shocking thing.
“What about you? Did you learn your skills from your master?” Wen Ying curiously asked.
“Of course not! You, Master, don’t take disciples, so you’ve never been my master! It’s just that you never hid anything from me, Master, and I’ve always followed you. Plus, I’m talented and intelligent, and learned by osmosis.” Xiao Hei stopped, baring its teeth at Wen Ying and meowing.
Wen Ying raised her eyebrows.
Even as a cat, it was still a troublemaker.
Wen Ying disdainfully asked Xiao Hei: “So…you’re a genius?”
“Um…how can you not say so?” Xiao Hei shyly turned its head, rubbing its head against its fur, meowing a few times.
Wen Ying: “…”
Seeing as its posture was really cute, fine, she wouldn’t slap it away.
It must be said that for cats, cuteness is really a shield against all errors.
Sigh, what to do? Of course, she could only forgive it.
If Xiao Hei was telling the truth, it hadn’t been affected by the intelligence-reducing technique, so there was an explanation.
Wang Gou Dan had used the intelligence-reducing technique in the food, and only Culinary Cultivators with a higher rank could see through it.
Xiao Hei’s master was the founder of Culinary Cultivation, so their Culinary Cultivation rank would not be low, and it might even be full rank, like her. Xiao Hei learned by osmosis, so reaching a high rank wouldn’t be difficult.
【Mission…successful?】
Perhaps because it was away from the dining hall filled with the aura of the intelligence-reducing technique, the system’s minimal intelligence finally returned to normal.
Unfortunately, because its intelligence had just been zero, it didn’t know what had happened at all.
【Host, I’m sorry, because just now…I don’t know what happened either. Suddenly, it was like I fell asleep, and I have no memory at all…Should I just count the mission as a success?】
【No, count it as a failure.】
A successful mission would involve rewards, and the cabinet was already full.
【Ah? Oh…okay…】Although the system didn’t understand, the host said so, so that’s what it would do.
【Don’t go yet, do me a favor.】Wen Ying stopped the system.
【The system is happy to serve you!】The system’s voice sounded happy, obviously it hadn’t been used by Wen Ying for a long time. Now that Wen Ying had asked it for help, it obviously gave it a great sense of accomplishment.
【Smell the floral scent in the air, what kind of flower is it? I feel like this scent is problematic.】Wen Ying said seriously and nonsensically.
【Okay, I’ll smell it…】
Wen Ying vaguely heard it sniff, but then stopped.
【Haha, Host, what are you joking about? I’m just a system in your mind, how can I smell anything? Should I analyze the components of the surrounding air for you?】
【Okay. Analyze it.】
Wen Ying didn’t say much.
Wen Ying was, of course, testing the system.
After all, the system’s intelligence was very low, so it was easy to test.
It could indeed smell.
…
During the lunch break, Wen Ying returned to her cave and made a bowl of plain noodles with scallions for herself and Xiao Hei, to compensate for not having lunch in the dining hall.
Wen Ying also specially made an extra bowl, intending to use it to bribe the disciple later. The disciple didn’t have lunch, and almost bought second-hand food because of the intelligence-reducing technique, so their mood wouldn’t be very good.
During meals, proper entertainment was essential.
So, Wen Ying took out the book “Transmigration: I’m the Master’s Heartthrob” from the bookshelf. She had already read to the last volume, only half a volume away from the ending.
When the plain noodles were finished, only a few thin pages remained in Wen Ying’s hands. Wen Ying knew the time was almost up, but compared to the optional group training and the imminent ending – finishing the ending was more important!
Wen Ying worked hard, quickly turning to the end.
The moment she finished the last page, Wen Ying felt as uncomfortable as if she had eaten Wang Gou Dan’s food.
The bizarre male and female leads were finally about to be together, when the female lead suddenly had bleeding gums, and finally died of blood loss.
That’s right, she died!!
Although it was described very beautifully, something like dying in the male lead’s arms, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, smiling and saying her final farewell to the male lead, making the male lead forget her…
In the end, the male lead never married, saying he would see the world’s beauty with the female lead’s eyes.
There were too many flaws, Wen Ying didn’t even know where to begin.
The female lead wasn’t blind; according to the timeline of the previous chapters, she lived for eighty years, if not a hundred, hadn’t she seen enough?!
Also, it’s a cliché and bloody story, can’t we stop with the bittersweet aesthetics!!
Moreover, dying from bleeding gums, apart from being absurd, it’s not aesthetically pleasing at all!!!
Wen Ying deeply regretted it.
This was worse than cultivating.
Wen Ying gritted her teeth and threw down the broken book, and the next moment, she teleported to the vicinity of the cultivation site.
When she entered the cultivation square, she arrived almost right on time.
“Wen Ying! You missed morning training, and you’re late again in the afternoon. Are you still acting like you’re a high-ranking direct disciple of Venerable Lin Yu?” The elder giving the lecture today was Elder Mo Ru, known for his strictness.
Elder Mo Ru’s personality was notoriously bad, unlike the easily angered sword cultivator, he was quite eccentric.
In countless previous reincarnations, Wen Ying had never participated in the inner sect disciples’ activities, and Elder Mo Ru was just one of the background characters.
Now, it was a new character unlocked, and Wen Ying was quite interested.
Author’s Note:
“As uncomfortable as if she had eaten Wang Gou Dan’s food” translated as – like eating shit.
