Protector Disciples might seem rather pitiful at first glance, practically no different from Servant Disciples who served tea, poured water, and handled odd jobs for the Saintess.
But in reality, that wasn't the case.
Although they did indeed have to handle all sorts of matters for Qi Zixiao, they also took turns in six groups, so they could still cultivate for most of the time.
Besides, which person who could become a Saintess wasn't a heaven-blessed prodigy, with luck blazing like a rainbow?!
Following the Saintess naturally brought all sorts of benefits...
Moreover, even as Protector Disciples, their status and position were far higher than those of ordinary Inner Sect Disciples, so the post was highly coveted.
Chen Cheng and the others had gone to great lengths to become Protector Disciples back then.
But now, the Saintess wanted to test us?
Could it be that she was angered because our cultivation was too slow?
If that was the case, wouldn't those whose cultivation insights weren't written well enough risk being kicked out of the ranks of the Protector Disciples?
Hiss!!!
Once they thought of that, Chen Cheng and Zhou Yining, who were on duty this month, instantly felt their scalps go numb...
They had to finish as quickly as possible, and there absolutely couldn't be any mistakes.
They immediately made their decision. At the same time, they sent word to the other ten Protector Disciples who were cultivating at that moment.
Then, the twelve Protector Disciples belonging to the Saintess busied themselves.
Inside the room, Lin Fan lay on the bed with one leg crossed over the other, leisurely and at ease.
"Sure enough, most of the time, I'm clever as hell."
"With this method, wouldn't I be able to get something for nothing? I can obtain their cultivation insights, methods of controlling True Essence, and so on. By then, I'll be half a cultivator myself~"
"Life is sweet."
The more he thought about it, the happier he became.
Staying in the room all the time was boring?
It was indeed quite boring, but what else could he do? Meals had to be eaten one bite at a time, and roads had to be walked one step at a time. Being too reckless could easily lead to trouble.
When it was time to lie low, he still had to lie low.
At the same time, in the modern world, Qi Zixiao got into a taxi.
Feeling the interior space of the car, which was completely different from a bus, Qi Zixiao wasn't very surprised anymore. She was merely more curious about how exactly this automobile operated.
Wouldn't it be nice if some could be built in the Purple Mansion Holy Land?
"Where to?"
When the passenger remained silent for so long, the driver looked utterly bewildered.
"Swan Lake."
Qi Zixiao came to her senses and stated her destination.
She planned to try cultivating the Waterflow Body at Swan Lake.
Before long, they arrived at Swan Lake. It was her first time trying to scan a code, and when she discovered that a simple beep let her get off, she couldn't help thinking of many things.
"So it's this simple?"
"Then if I wanted to buy clothes..."
Qi Zixiao shook her head and temporarily cast those thoughts aside before strolling along the shore of Swan Lake.
Swan Lake was an artificial lake in C City. No swans actually lived there, and it was bordered by woods, its waters clear.
There were quite a few people fishing by the lakeside.
Qi Zixiao watched for a while but had no intention of joining them.
Then...
She climbed onto the railing.
"Holy crap!?"
One of the fishermen spotted Qi Zixiao and couldn't help shouting, "Hey, buddy, what are you doing?!"
The fishermen beside him all looked over.
"Swimming?"
"You're going swimming without taking off your clothes?!"
"Damn, he's going to kill himself!"
They all panicked, tossing aside their fishing rods and running over while continuously trying to dissuade her.
"Little brother, life goes wrong nine times out of ten, but as long as you're alive, there'll be tomorrow and a beautiful future!"
"Don't be impulsive, whatever it is, let your big brothers help you think of a solution..."
"Come down first, then we can talk..."
They sprinted over. The distance was around two hundred meters, and they had nearly covered half of it.
However...
Qi Zixiao glanced back at them, somewhat puzzled.
Why were these people shouting and making such a fuss? Who were they talking about?
Someone was going to kill himself?
Seeing Qi Zixiao look back, the fishermen became even more frantic, but Qi Zixiao merely furrowed her brows slightly.
"If I'm going to kill myself, then so be it. Cultivation is more important."
She decided not to delay any longer. Turning around, she leaped...
"Ah!!!"
Splash...
In the eyes of the many fishermen, a perfectly fine young man vanished in an instant, sinking straight beneath the surface without even struggling.
"Fuck!!!"
"That decisive?!"
"He's truly given up on life, hasn't he?!"
"What do we do? Who's a good swimmer? Go down and save him!"
"For fuck's sake, call the police!"
"You call them. I'll go down first!"
There were plenty of kindhearted people...
Amid the panic and shouting, someone called the police, while others began stripping off their clothes and preparing to climb over the railing and enter the water to save him.
In hardly any time at all, three people had jumped in with three splashes.
However, they searched underwater for nearly a minute and still didn't see even a trace of him!
"Damn it, where is he?!"
"Could he have sunk to the bottom of the lake?!"
"Fuck, I heard the bottom of this lake is dozens of meters deep..."
"It's been almost two minutes since he jumped in, and he still hasn't surfaced. I'm afraid..."
Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.
In their eyes, that young man was surely dead...
For an ordinary person, holding their breath for a minute was already impressive. Two minutes? Unless they had undergone professional training, not many people could do it.
In other words, that young man was most likely dead.
"Don't give up. Try again!"
Someone encouraged them...
The three people disregarded everything and dove down again, but once more, they found nothing...
Splash, splash...
They slapped at the water, their expressions extremely ugly.
On the shore, one of the fishermen looked solemn. "Brothers, come up first. Looks like that young man really was determined to die..."
"Come up first. Even if we find him now, he's basically beyond saving. Let's wait for the police..."
Before long, the police arrived.
After learning what had happened and pulling up the nearby surveillance footage, they confirmed that someone had indeed jumped into the lake to end his life. They immediately began organizing personnel for a "rescue."
It was called a rescue, but everyone knew that "recovering the body" would be more accurate.
Then the salvage boat arrived, and so did the ambulance.
Whether it was merely symbolic or out of humanitarian concern, at least everything that needed to be there had arrived.
The salvage operation began...
However, they searched for half a day and still found nothing.
The police were utterly baffled!
"Where is the person? Alive, we need to see him alive; dead, we need to see the body, right?"
"That's strange... Why can't we haul him up?"
"He probably sank to the bottom. The salvage boat couldn't possibly search every part of the lake so quickly. What a pity, losing such a young man."
"Yeah. All right, let the ambulance go back first. Even if we haul him up now, he'd have been cold for ages..."
"We'll stay here and keep watch. It's only an artificial lake—I refuse to believe we can't fish him out!!!"
On the surface of the lake, the salvage boat was working feverishly.
At the bottom of the lake, Qi Zixiao controlled Lin Fan's body and sat cross-legged. He was already as still as a statue, without a trace of breath, allowing the water to wash over him and the fish to brush against him.
Suddenly.
A net swept over and directly covered him!
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