Chapter 29: Slacking Off Day 29
Although Elder Mo Ru had an eccentric personality and a harsh tone, Wen Ying wasn’t annoyed.
What he said was correct; Wen Ying had nothing to be annoyed about.
She had skipped morning class and been late in the afternoon; the teacher being angry was perfectly normal.
It’s just that, as a bad student, Wen Ying had never had any intention of being a good student.
She was a good citizen, but she would also continue to be a bad student who frequently skipped class and, even when attending, would resolutely refuse to study properly.
Wen Ying wouldn’t be bound by the rules and regulations of the Xunxian Sect. She even slacked off on missions, let alone these.
She did feel a little sorry for the teacher, so Wen Ying willingly accepted Elder Mo Ru’s reprimand.
“Elder, I’ve never considered myself superior as Lin Yu’s former disciple; on the contrary, I feel quite inferior,” Wen Ying first seriously answered the latter half of Elder Mo Ru’s sentence, then nodded sincerely. “As for the first half of your reprimand, Elder, I think you’re right. I did miss class and was late.”
A stand-in in a white moonlight story wouldn’t be anything other than inferior!
When Wen Ying arrived, all the disciples were already present, so Wen Ying’s words were naturally heard clearly by the disciples below.
The disciples didn’t react much to the latter half of Wen Ying’s sentence, but they were buzzing about the first half.
“She was expelled from Lin Yu’s sect; how dare she say that?”
“It’s just sour grapes; hasn’t she always been like this?”
The disciple who bought the leftover food was also among them, frowning without saying a word.
He naturally recognized that the person being discussed was the senior sister whose leftover food he had wanted to buy.
This matter was already embarrassing enough, but he always thought the senior sister was a good person, and he had convinced himself countless times before barely suppressing his embarrassment. But now…
Why did it seem like the senior sister had a terrible character, from the mouths of other disciples?
After a long time, the leftover food disciple’s brow relaxed.
No, the strategy guide said to believe what you want to believe, not what others say.
He still believed that the senior sister was a good person.
But when Elder Mo Ru heard Wen Ying’s words, his expression softened considerably.
Wen Ying could somewhat guess the reason.
In the previous fifty-plus reincarnations, although Elder Mo Ru was only a background character, he was a well-known figure among the disciples, and Wen Ying understood the circumstances.
Elder Mo Ru’s strength wasn’t bad, but his personality was too reclusive, and his popularity was extremely poor, causing him to remain in a neither high nor low position. Although he was of the same generation as Lin Yu, Lin Yu had become a Venerable, while he couldn’t even make it into the top five elders.
He had always been jealous of Lin Yu, so he naturally wouldn’t have any good feelings towards Wen Ying, his former direct disciple.
However, hearing these words from Wen Ying, he couldn’t help but feel secretly pleased, and his tone naturally became much better.
“Although your attitude in admitting your mistake is good, the mistake has already been made and cannot be unpunished.” Elder Mo Ru flicked his wide sleeves. “You shall be punished…by being the test subject for the disciples’ talismans today.”
It turned out that what Elder Mo Ru was teaching today was talisman drawing.
Wen Ying vaguely remembered that Elder Mo Ru was mainly a body cultivator, but now it seemed that he was an all-around cultivator.
The punishment wasn’t light, nor was it heavy.
It was said that during talisman drawing classes, because the disciples all drew poorly, frequently turning “levitation talismans” into “fart talismans,” and “immobilization talismans” into “whole-body convulsion talismans,” although Elder Mo Ru was present, the disciples who were the targets wouldn’t be in any life-threatening danger, but it was extremely embarrassing, a truly mortifying situation, so no one wanted to be the target of the talismans, and eight times out of ten, Elder Mo Ru would personally demonstrate.
Using this as punishment for Wen Ying was both appropriate and solved a problem for Elder Mo Ru himself.
“Okay.” Wen Ying nodded in agreement.
She should receive the appropriate punishment for doing wrong; Wen Ying only worried about one thing.
With her current talisman cultivation level, the disciples’ talismans, whether “levitation talismans” or “fart talismans,” probably wouldn’t work.
“Alright, come in.” Mo Ru gestured to Wen Ying.
Wen Ying stepped into the square, but the familiar task bar appeared before her eyes.
【”Fake Eldest Daughter Novel’s Second Female Lead” Task 1: Do not mock the female lead, Feng Sixuan, during cultivation!】
Feng Sixuan, the female lead of the fake eldest daughter novel, was also one of the new disciples who entered with the disciple who bought the leftover food.
Indeed, although Wen Ying was the fake eldest daughter who was mistakenly brought up by the Wen family, she was also the real eldest daughter who was mistakenly brought up by the He Lan family.
The He Lan and Wen families were two equally renowned immortal cultivation families in the immortal cultivation world.
This logic was impeccable. Because the Wen family mistakenly brought up Wen Ying, the He Lan family could only bring up a fake eldest daughter.
Upon entering the Xunxian Sect, Feng Sixuan learned that she was not a daughter of the He Lan family, so she reverted to her original surname – Feng.
This sounds like a typical domineering female lead!
Wen Ying dismissed the task bar.
At this moment, the system’s identity was questionable, so Wen Ying naturally—
Wouldn’t care about these lousy tasks set by the system!
Originally, Task 1 took place in Lin Yu’s courtyard. Because Elder Mo Ru had something to do, Lin Yu taught the class instead, so Wen Ying and the disciples cultivated together for the afternoon.
During this time, to highlight the refreshing reversal of Feng Sixuan, the domineering female lead, Wen Ying, the tool-like second female lead, would heavily mock her before Feng Sixuan made her move. After that, Feng Sixuan would shine publicly, slapping Wen Ying’s face.
Wen Ying estimated that she might actually succeed in this task.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t slacking enough; the key was that the task was too easy; Wen Ying simply didn’t bother to scold Feng Sixuan.
She just wanted to slack off, not be mentally ill.
At worst, she would simply make another cabinet and continue to store the dusty items.
“Ahem. Disciples, today, we will learn a talisman called—the ‘Sweet-Smelling Breath Talisman’.”
The first sentence Elder Mo Ru said when he began his lecture shocked Wen Ying.
This sweet-smelling breath…is it the sweet-smelling breath Wen Ying thought of?
It shouldn’t be.
Wen Ying immediately rejected her thoughts.
That interpretation was from internet slang from Wen Ying’s previous world. In this world, it should be understood literally.
Therefore, if interpreted purely literally…
Wen Ying guessed that this should be a talisman for fresh breath?
Sweet-smelling breath, making the breath sweet-smelling.
“This talisman was created by a high-level cultivator. It looks simple but is actually profound and unpredictable,” Elder Mo Ru continued.
Yes, it must be for fresh breath.
Perhaps it could utilize fresh breath to filter out internal impurities, beneficial for cultivation, hence profound and unpredictable…
However, Wen Ying was halfway through her thoughts when she was stunned by Elder Mo Ru’s next words.
“If the cultivator’s strength is insufficient, this talisman will only result in the person being cursed at, and the greater the difference in cultivation between the caster and the target, the less harsh the curses will be,” Elder Mo Ru solemnly and earnestly imparted to the disciples. “But a high-level cultivator wouldn’t create such a useless and boring talisman. Only those who truly grasp the essence of this talisman will understand that it can achieve the effect of subduing the enemy without fighting!”
It really was…the “sweet-smelling breath” Wen Ying thought of!
Wen Ying sincerely felt that buying leftover food wasn’t as absurd as this.
Author’s Note:
Everyone is welcome to guess how to subdue the enemy without fighting!