Chapter 94: The Ninety-Fourth Day of Slacking Off
Wen Ying’s cultivation could absolutely not be higher than Wen Meng’s; this was a fact known to everyone.
But Wen Ying had injured Wen Meng to such an extent…
Recalling Wen Ying’s various moves just now, the more they thought about it, the weirder it felt.
Wen Meng had suddenly collapsed with all her ligaments torn without Wen Ying even touching her.
Moreover, their own behaviors—after reacting, they felt it was incredibly bizarre.
Was this… mind control? But how could Wen Ying have such high cultivation to control the minds of even the elders!
Wen Ying must have used some dirty trick! Like drug control… or something similar.
It was just that Wen Ying’s methods were too sophisticated and hidden too well. Under the eyes of everyone… no one could spot the flaw!
Before, everyone only thought Wen Ying was arrogant and domineering, bullying others with her power. Now it seemed…
With such meticulous methods, was she really this vicious-hearted?!
Xu Huang listened to the rustling sounds of discussion rising around her, and the smile on the corner of her mouth widened a bit.
This was exactly what she wanted.
Last time when Wen Ying fought Mu Xiaoxiao, it wasn’t achieved due to an accident. Now, she had finally brought her plan back on track.
It wasn’t in vain that she had asked Xu Mofeng to change the original match schedule.
Rumors, prejudice… the sharp weapons that once hurt her, now, she could finally hold them firmly in her own hands.
Just like the sentence she heard when she was a child, how did it go…
The dragon-slaying youth eventually becomes the evil dragon.
Having seen enough, Xu Huang hid her smile, flicked her sleeves, and turned to leave.
Luo Yun was a medical cultivator. Under Luo Yun’s treatment, Wen Meng’s face gradually calmed down.
But Wen Meng’s injuries were too severe. Even if Elder Nang Ge treated her, recovery would absolutely not happen overnight.
Even… whether she could be fully cured remained unknown.
Since that day, Luo Yun had been cultivating hard, whether in medicine or poison techniques.
But… it was still far from enough.
Power that was too weak couldn’t protect anyone.
Luo Yun clenched her fists at her sides and lowered her eyes.
Before, she had accepted too much of Wen Meng’s protection, but now…
She still couldn’t help with anything.
Even at this moment, with Wen Meng injured so heavily, she couldn’t even definitively judge whether it was Wen Ying, the opponent, who did it…
She picked up Wen Meng and glanced at Wen Ying.
“Wen Ying, regardless of whether you did this or not, I, Luo Yun, will definitely make that person pay!” Although Luo Yun looked angry, she was also determined.
After speaking, Luo Yun channeled qi into her feet and carried Wen Meng towards Elder Nang Ge’s place.
Wen Ying could somewhat understand Luo Yun’s suspicion and anger towards her.
After all, for someone whose favorability rating with her was -100, not immediately concluding that she had deliberately laid a vicious hand was already showing some brains.
[Mission Failed…]
[Host, although your series of missions succeeded, your favorability with Luo Yun has dropped to -110, and the mission for the second female lead in the True Daughter novel has also failed…]
Oh, it only dropped by 10? That was much less than Wen Ying expected.
It seemed Luo Yun was indeed only suspicious about Wen Meng’s injury, not certain.
previously, Wen Ying had been absorbed in completing tasks and merely avoided antagonizing Luo Yun on the surface, but she didn’t know her deeply. She only knew she was a good friend of Wen Meng, straightforward, and often stood up for Wen Meng.
Today was the first time Wen Ying learned a little about Luo Yun and Wen Meng’s past from hearing her inner thoughts.
As Wen Ying said before, the people in this world were not paper cutouts; they were all real.
It was normal for their personalities and thoughts not to be so thin.
What Wen Ying found troublesome now wasn’t the matter with Luo Yun.
But—
“Wen Meng has lost the ability to move. Wen Ying wins this match,” Xu Mofeng announced the final result.
This time, Xu Mofeng wasn’t inwardly displeased and reluctant to announce it like before.
It no longer mattered whether Wen Ying won or lost now.
Xu Huang had promised him that she would definitely defeat Wen Ying in the end.
This was the condition for Xu Mofeng to help her change the order of the matches.
Xu Mofeng didn’t have other thoughts. It was purely that if he saw Wen Ying win in the end, he would just feel uncomfortable!
Sigh.
Xu Mofeng probably didn’t know that he wasn’t the only one feeling uncomfortable.
Wen Ying sighed helplessly.
They say winning is hard, but why was it harder for her, who wanted to throw the match, than winning!
If this continued…
After two more matches, the final winner would be decided.
At this point, just two matches away, it seemed like winning or losing didn’t make much difference—originally, Wen Ying just thought it would be troublesome to fight again after winning, but now, with so many lice, she didn’t feel the itch anymore; two more times wouldn’t matter.
Even so, but—
Wen Ying really, really didn’t want to win!
Because…
The prize for the winner was a bed.
A double bed, two meters long and two meters wide! And it was a jade bed, which was not only incredibly uncomfortable to sleep on but also took up a huge amount of space!
What was worse was that this thing recognized its owner!
Whether Wen Ying wanted to sell it or throw it away, the next day, this bed would return to her side perfectly intact.
All of Wen Ying’s items were inherited. So, through the previous fifty-one reincarnations, Wen Ying had won fifty times, so…
She had obtained fifty large beds.
She couldn’t throw them away, so she could only stuff them in her cave abode to take up space.
In Wen Ying’s current cave abode, there was a room specifically for stuffing these fifty big broken beds!!
She really didn’t want another piece of junk taking up space!!!
Wen Ying let out a long breath to calm herself down.
No, no, she had to stay calm.
To not burden her cave abode, to not add another large piece of junk, there were still two chances. Wen Ying had to seize them.
…
After visiting the dining hall at noon, Wen Ying finally had some free time and went to Elder Mo Ru’s place to inquire about the Single Dog Pill.
Of course, Wen Ying wouldn’t reveal too much; she simply posed as a student asking a teacher a question, raising her doubts with an “ask if you don’t understand” attitude.
Elder Mo Ru was indeed a good teacher. Seeing Wen Ying so eager to learn, his face showed relief.
He explained the refining process of this pill and its effects to Wen Ying in detail, and even provided Wen Ying with a finished pill.
Just before leaving, Wen Ying asked one more question.
“Elder Mo Ru, such as the Foul-Mouthed Talisman, the Single Dog Pill… such powerful talismans and pills, I wonder where Elder learned them? This disciple is dull and had never heard of these names before!”
Wen Ying had found this strange long ago.
Whether it was her having reincarnated over fifty times or her cultivation in various fields being maxed out, in any case, there shouldn’t be things she knew nothing about.
Before, she just thought it was amusing and let it pass. But now, since this “Single Dog Pill” might not be that simple, Wen Ying asked about her doubts together.
“Speaking of this…” Mentioning this, Elder Mo Ru’s gaze became distant, seeming to reminisce about the past. “That was when I was young. I was originally just a body cultivator. To temper my will, I often went to hang upside down by a cliff…”
Wen Ying gave Elder Mo Ru a thumbs-up in her heart.
Elder Mo Ru really showed no mercy to himself…
At this moment, Wen Ying seemed to understand why Elder Mo Ru was rumored to be the strictest elder.
Compared to his requirements for himself, the requirements for the disciples were considered light…
“However, that day, someone directly slapped the cliff I was hanging from into breaking… I fell down the cliff… Because of my position, I didn’t see that person’s face, and to this day I don’t even know who that person was.”
Fell down a cliff?
Could it be…
According to the general law of falling off cliffs, Wen Ying seemed to vaguely guess the follow-up.
“Fortunately, there was an expert under the cliff. I was saved by that expert. Afterwards, that expert taught me many profound spells, covering almost every field. Among them were these talismans and pills.”
Wen Ying: “…”
Sure enough, falling off a cliff means not dying; the law of fortuitous encounters appeared!
Recalling those times, Elder Mo Ru still had a smile on his face: “I will never forget the first sentence that expert said to me…”
“What was it?” Wen Ying asked curiously.
“He said, ‘Great, finally someone can test these messy things I blindly created!'” Elder Mo Ru fell into memory, a faint joy in his tone. “An expert is an expert, so humble, and he even regarded me as an heir.”
Wen Ying: “…”
Wen Ying felt that the meaning of what that person said was probably not what Elder Mo Ru understood…
That “expert” simply wanted to test those strange inventions on Elder Mo Ru!
Obviously, Elder Mo Ru interpreted the “test” in this sentence as letting him try these spells.
It had to be said, the power of the idol filter was very strong.
“However, the damage to my body from the fall was irreversible.” Elder Mo Ru sighed at this point, a hint of sadness in his eyes. “So, after I came back from the cliff, I became a miscellaneous cultivator. Master said I could no longer continue on the path of body cultivation, so I was no longer his disciple…”
No wonder.
Elder Mo Ru was not weak, yet he always ranked below the five great elders; so that was why.
Of course, personality… might also be a reason.
“Thank you, Elder Mo Ru.” Wen Ying bade farewell to Elder Mo Ru very gratefully.
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