My Chat Group Is Full of Helpless Heroines

Chu Lu straightened his collar, wiped the blood from his hands, then smiled at the corpse of the Seven Profound Sect Leader on the ground. "Master, it seems this disciple still surpassed you."

Then he looked toward the door. "You two peeking outside, it's time to come in."

As soon as he spoke, two Seven Profound Sect disciples entered. Looking at the corpse on the ground, they wore complicated expressions.

"You have two paths now." Chu Lu looked at them. "First, support me as the Seven Profound Sect Leader, then drag that corpse out and bury it. Second, avenge him, then be killed by me."

Anger flashed in one disciple's eyes. He said in a low voice, "Third Senior Brother, you've gone too far. Yes, Master was indeed in the wrong..."

Pfft.

The disciple's eyes suddenly widened.

At some unknown moment, a dart had appeared in his neck.

Blood sprayed out, and he fell dead.

Chu Lu took out a second dart and looked at the other disciple. The latter trembled violently and immediately dropped to his knees. "Greetings, Sect Leader!"

"Very good. Drag both corpses out."

"Yes!"

The corpses were gone, but the room still reeked of blood.

Chu Lu did not care. He had long grown accustomed to the scent and sat down without changing expression.

In truth, Chu Lu had not been this kind of person from the beginning.

Seven years ago, when he had just transmigrated here, he still carried the civilized sensibilities and clear-eyed foolishness of a college student from the modern world. After arriving in this world of immortals and martial arts, he had worked hard to be a good person, integrate into society, and use his advanced perspective to seek business opportunities. He planned to first build up a family fortune, then seek a chance to embark on the immortal path.

Yet after his career flourished, he was framed by petty people jealous of him, thrown into prison, and subjected to endless suffering. To prove his innocence, he spent every last coin searching for evidence, witnesses, and legal fixers. But he had not expected that those petty people had long colluded with the authorities. Everything he did was meaningless.

In the end, he remained imprisoned for two years before being released.

When he came out, things had changed beyond recognition, and he had fallen into becoming a beggar.

But that was not the end. The other beggars discovered that he was naturally handsome and secretly planned to take his ass. That day, he tossed and turned in anxious unrest before finally deciding to flee to a ruined temple outside the city and hide for the night.

But he could hide for a moment, not for a lifetime. So he spent another night tossing and turning in anxious unrest. Finally, one night, he returned to the city, stole a knife from a butcher's home, then went to the City God Temple where the beggars gathered and killed them all.

It was on that day, standing amid the crisscrossing corpses, that Chu Lu suddenly awakened.

He had lived the first half of his life all wrong. Conduct business honestly? Greet people with smiles? Make harmony bring wealth? Talk about evidence? Talk about law?

Wrong. Wrong, all wrong!

The simplest way to solve a problem was to kill the person creating it!

So he killed that petty man, killed the county magistrate, then went on to kill unscrupulous merchants, bandits, hypocrites, playboys, scum, hooligans, bullies, fellow disciples, and the Seven Profound Sect Leader who had deliberately taught him a severely flawed cultivation technique in order to harm him.

He had killed his way to this day.

"But today, I can finally rest for a while." Chu Lu rubbed his forehead, exhaustion showing on his face.

The Seven Profound Sect Leader had been at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, while Chu Lu was merely at the Late Qi Condensation Stage. To make up for the enormous gap in strength, he had no choice but to pour all his effort into unorthodox methods.

On one hand, he secretly practiced the Heartless Sword Technique and Life-Taking Dart to strengthen himself. On the other, he secretly poisoned his target and investigated the Sect Leader's weaknesses.

On the surface, he also had to cultivate diligently and risk his life for him. His schedule had been brutally demanding.

Even Chu Lu was beginning to find it unbearable.

"Let's see what those idiots in the Chat Group are talking about." As Chu Lu spoke, a smile rose to his face. Then a virtual light screen resembling a chatroom appeared before him.

Yes, Chu Lu had a Chat Group.

This thing was a system he had only awakened recently. There were currently seven people in the Chat Group, all natives of other worlds, and they all seemed to be cultivating.

When he had first learned of this, Chu Lu had been thrilled. He thought he could exchange cultivation techniques and resources with them, spurring each other's growth. These group members had also been quite friendly and eagerly uploaded their cultivation techniques.

But after downloading them, Chu Lu discovered they were all gibberish, and the system gave him a notification.

Transcoding Function not activated. Unable to read cultivation techniques from other worlds.

Yet Chu Lu had found no clue as to how to activate this Transcoding Function, even now.

Even so, the system still provided considerable emotional value.

The group members were idiots one after another. Every one of them was talented, and they spoke so pleasantly. Chu Lu loved this place beyond measure. After fighting openly and secretly in this cruel world, reading their chat logs left his body and mind much more at ease.

As Chu Lu scrolled through the chat logs, he discovered they were roleplaying the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. But as the story progressed, the Weaver Girl reported him to the authorities, and the constables came to arrest the Cowherd and convicted him of hooliganism.

Chu Lu: "??"

Just as Chu Lu marveled at the broadness of his group members' thinking, a system message suddenly popped up in the Chat Group.

Chat Group Notification: Luo Qingdie joined the Chat Group.

"Eh? A newcomer." Chu Lu was mildly surprised and immediately pulled the chat log to the bottom.

Luo Qingdie: "Um, hello, everyone?"

Hua Honglian: "Welcome, newcomer."

Xu Liniang: "Welcome, newcomer."

Zhu Shanlin: "Welcome, newcomer."

Liu Ruyue: "Welcome, newcomer."

Seeing this, Chu Lu followed the crowd and sent a "Welcome, newcomer."

Although the newcomer was somewhat reserved at first, after chatting for a while, she gradually relaxed. Then her idiotic nature emerged as well, and she quickly hit it off with the group members.

Then, at that moment, Luo Qingdie suddenly sent a message.

Luo Qingdie: "Well, actually, I've run into some trouble right now. I hope you sisters can give me some advice."

Hua Honglian: "No problem. We're all friends, so I'll definitely give it my all."

Xu Liniang: "Are we beating up the mistress? It's beating up the mistress, right? Please, you have to tell me it's beating up the mistress!"

Zhu Shanlin: "You've found the right person. I'm super good at screwing people over!"

Liu Ruyue: "Go on."

After sending a few messages of thanks, Luo Qingdie began getting to the point. "Actually, I was recently slandered by a disciple who had just joined the sect. She said I stole her family heirloom jade pendant. I can't defend myself no matter what I say. What should I do?"

Hearing this topic, Chu Lu could not help recalling his own experiences, and his spirits immediately rose. But he did not join the conversation. After all, he had lurked for so long that he was somewhat unaccustomed to speaking.

But soon afterward, he discovered that the atmosphere in the Chat Group seemed a little strange.

Hua Honglian: "Hiss, hiss, being slandered..."

Xu Liniang: "Well, I'm more skilled at beating up the mistress..."

Zhu Shanlin: "This seems a bit difficult..."

Liu Ruyue: "Pick another one."

Chu Lu: "?"

—No, weren't you being too perfunctory? You gave up before even asking for the details?

At this moment, Hua Honglian asked again, "By the way, what kind of person is this new disciple?"

Luo Qingdie: "Her name is Liu Yan'er. She likes wearing pink, and no matter what she does, she always looks enchantingly seductive. She loves acting cute too. The disciples in the sect lose their souls after she gives them one glance. She's also a bad person. I didn't want to accept her at first because her aptitude was insufficient, but she spread rumors behind my back, saying I was jealous of her beauty and that was why I refused to accept her. To prove my innocence, I had no choice but to take her in."

Hua Honglian: "Ah, this... she sounds like a vixen."

Xu Liniang: "She's definitely a vixen."

Zhu Shanlin: "A textbook vixen."

Liu Ruyue: "Same."

Chu Lu: "?"

—What was a vixen?

Luo Qingdie: "So, sisters, do you have any ideas?"

Hua Honglian: "..."

Xu Liniang: "..."

Zhu Shanlin: "..."

Liu Ruyue: "..."

Hua Honglian: "How about just letting it go? Take one step back and the sea and sky will open wide."

Xu Liniang: "I'm not very good at beating up vixens."

Zhu Shanlin: "Dear, I suggest avoiding her."

Liu Ruyue: "She's a vixen. You can't beat her."

Chu Lu: "?"

—What exactly was this vixen?!

Luo Qingdie sent a crying emoji. "No, I can't back down."

"Why?" everyone asked together.

Chu Lu was also very curious.

But Luo Qingdie did not answer immediately. The chatroom showed that she was typing, but she seemed to be struggling with her answer. After a long while, her message finally appeared.

Luo Qingdie: "Well... to be honest with you, I was actually reborn."

Chu Lu: "What!?"

Hua Honglian: "Oh."

Xu Liniang: "Okay."

Zhu Shanlin: "Mm."

Liu Ruyue: "Read."

Chu Lu: "??"

—Wait, why were you reacting so calmly? She was reborn!

Chu Lu sent a message asking about it, only to be fiercely scolded by them and told not to interrupt and to continue listening to Luo Qingdie. Chu Lu could only hold it in.

"In my previous life, my master, my senior brother, my disciple, and everyone from top to bottom in the sect accused me. I tried to use spells like the Mind Reading Technique to make her tell the truth, but the moment she started sobbing, it became me using demonic arts to force her into telling lies. I could not defend myself, so I could only grit my teeth and admit it was my fault."

Luo Qingdie began recounting the entire sequence of events.

"But later, I discovered that this was actually a test. Once the slander succeeded, she became increasingly ruthless in dealing with me. First, she seduced my disciple and took all the pills and resources I had given him. I was furious and went to question her. Yet she tearfully said that my disciple had given them to her willingly and it had nothing to do with her. My disciple even took an outsider's side and cursed me as an old hag meddling in other people's business. They were his pills, and he could give them to whoever he wanted."

"Then she seduced my senior brother and tricked him into demanding my Spiritual Treasure, saying it was needed to nourish her body. I refused to give it to him, and my senior brother pointed at my face and cursed me viciously. He said I was selfish and unwilling to help a fellow disciple, then forcibly seized my Spiritual Treasure."

"Next, she seduced my master and had him come take the Spiritual Plants I had painstakingly tended. I was afraid this time, so I directly brought out one-tenth of them and wanted them to leave quickly. Yet Liu Yan'er said it was too little. My master flew into a rage and, ignoring my attempts to stop him, charged into my medicinal garden, swept away every single Spiritual Plant in one go, took my best Pill Furnace as well, and even made me go help him tend the fire."

"But even that did not satisfy her. In the end, she finally set her sights on my body and wanted to transplant the Phoenix Bone in me. This time, I refused no matter what. They had no choice but to give up."

"But afterward, they actually used the Disciplinary Hall's Immortal Locking Array to trap me, then beat me until I was severely injured. Then my disciple assisted, my senior brother held me down, and my master personally acted. While cursing me as selfish, vile, and shameless, they dug out my Phoenix Bone, Dao foundation, and spiritual roots, then implanted them all into Liu Yan'er."

"I was immediately at death's door. After recovering, I had lost all cultivation and become a mortal. Then they said that something like me was unqualified to remain in the sect and drove me away. I struggled and scraped through the mortal world for many years, was betrayed several more times, and only barely managed to settle down. Then Master and the others appeared again."

"It turned out Liu Yan'er had never felt at ease. She feared I would rise again after defeat, so she begged Master and the others to act once more and uproot me completely."

"Then I was reborn."

"Now there are only two days left until she falsely accuses me of stealing."

After this long account ended, the atmosphere in the Chat Group changed completely.

Hua Honglian: "Sister, you had it so awful."

Xu Liniang: "Wuwuwu."

Zhu Shanlin: "Too much, this is too much!"

Liu Ruyue: "Tears."

Luo Qingdie: "Sisters, do you understand how I feel?"

Hua Honglian: "I understand. I understand too well."

Xu Liniang: "No, I can't stop crying."

Zhu Shanlin: "Don't remember. Don't remember. Don't remember."

Liu Ruyue: "Waterfall tears."

After that, they began frantically spamming crying emojis until they filled the entire screen.

Chu Lu's blood pressure also soared as he watched.

Only those who had experienced the same pain could truly empathize with one another.

How were Luo Qingdie's experiences any different from Chu Lu's own past?

This world simply would not let good people live!

So Chu Lu typed passionately: "Beasts! A pack of beasts! Everyone around you is a beast! I'm going to kill them!"

Luo Qingdie: "Thank you. I feel much better."

"Feeling better isn't nearly enough." Chu Lu continued typing. "We still need to solve the problem. Don't worry, we'll definitely help you. We absolutely won't let you suffer like you did in your previous life again."

"Thank you, but what should I do?"

Chu Lu stroked his chin in thought. He felt that in such a difficult situation, they first needed to understand as much as possible before they could devise targeted countermeasures. So he asked, "What is your current cultivation?"

Luo Qingdie: "Mahayana Stage."

"I see." With a troubled expression, Chu Lu muttered to himself, "That cultivation is indeed weak..."

"Wait, what cultivation level did you say!?" Chu Lu roared.

"Mahayana Stage."

Chu Lu froze for a moment, then shook his head violently. "Wait, wait, wait, there must be some misunderstanding here."

So he asked again, "Then what cultivation levels are your master, senior brother, disciple, and that vixen?"

"Currently, Liu Yan'er is at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. My disciple is at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, my senior brother is at the Spirit Transformation Early Stage, and my master is at the Tribulation Transcendence Early Stage."

"Then is the gap in strength between them and you large?"

"It's fairly large, I suppose." Luo Qingdie said, "I'm the only Mahayana Stage cultivator in this world. I was also born with a Phoenix Bone, a Heavenly Dao Foundation, top-grade spiritual roots, and trained in the Endless Sea. I'm considered the Number One Cultivator Under Heaven."

"In other words, they are no match for you at all. The gap between you is greater than that between ants and elephants? You could kill them all with one finger?" Chu Lu asked.

"More or less."

Chu Lu: "..."

"Then fight back alreadyyyyyyyyyyy!"