But Junior Sister, You Are Different

"Junior Disciple Sister, I understand you still have some questions."

"Are you wondering why your Senior Disciples and Sisters are cheering you on like this?"

"It's because this is the 'inheritance' of our Gui Xi Sect."

Of course, this "inheritance" was established today and could be revoked depending on the situation.

"We are merely passing on the 'conviction' we held when we walked this path ourselves."

"We want you to understand that on this lonely path of seeking the Dao, you are not alone."

"The entire sect is your strongest backing!"

"Now, do you understand?"

Lin Qingfeng spread his arms wide, as if embracing the entire world, his black robe fluttering slightly in the wind.

At this moment, the light and shadow fell just right, making the Senior Disciple Brother appear truly great and noble.

Su Ling'er: "..."

I understand!

I really, really understand!

You're all torturing me, you're all my death sentence!

"The entire sect is my backing"?

Can't you make the eyes of the Senior Disciples and Sisters behind you a little more lively?

Can't you make them look like normal people?!

"The entire sect is my backing"?

Are you afraid I won't run fast enough, so the whole sect will come after me and catch me to make me into a "human-shaped flying sword," right?

Does this Mo have any conscience left?!

This sect is hopeless!!!

Su Ling'er took a deep breath and put on a look of sudden enlightenment again:

"Senior Disciple Brother, I... I understand everything!

You're all doing this for my own good, I'm truly... truly very touched!"

When will you group of flies finally buzz off?!

And so, the Senior Disciple Brother and Junior Disciple Sister, along with a group of idle disciples, finally arrived at the medicinal field.

Seeing this new task, the Junior Disciple Sister's tense nerves relaxed slightly.

It was certainly better than facing endless falling leaves and a water vat that could never be filled.

She looked towards the medicinal field and saw several figures that were not sect disciples, but some spirit beasts.

Several sturdy spirit beasts, resembling wild boars, were pulling plows and diligently working in the fields.

Where they passed, the soil was neatly turned and then smoothed over by itself.

Beside the medicinal field, only one water monkey, holding a blade of grass in its mouth, watched over the wild boars plowing the field, preventing any lazy spirit beast from slacking off.

It was only then that she truly saw how the Gui Xi Sect drove spirit beasts to cultivate their medicinal fields.

Last time, she had only caught a glimpse of some spirit beasts in the medicinal field without noticing what they were doing.

Now she could see clearly.

However, Su Ling'er's steps halted.

She looked down at the task of tilling the medicinal field on the jade slip, then at her own hands, and felt a heavy stone in her chest, suffocating her.

Why were they all using spirit beasts to till the medicinal field?

But she herself had to do it personally?

In their eyes, was she no different from these spirit beasts?

She was a Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator, after all!

After pondering for a moment, she understood.

That's right!

It must be like this!

This was all connected, one step after another, just like everything else the sect had done before.

First, they made her will gradually numb through endless repetitive labor;

Then, they sent her to the place where these spirit beasts were working to complete tasks.

This was to make disciples with cultivation know their place!

No matter how strong their cultivation, they were merely tools that the sect could discard at will.

Their status was no different from these enslaved spirit beasts.

It's just that those looked like beasts, while they were humans.

And so, step by step, new disciples were gradually tamed into the likeness of spirit servants who could only obey their masters, leaving them with no sense of self.

Even when their overseers weren't around, they could voluntarily play the role of supervisors, overseeing lower-ranking laborers to serve the sect.

She felt like that water monkey tasked with watching the wild boars.

No, the water monkey should be like Senior Disciple Brother right now.

And she herself was just one of the wild boars plowing the fields.

Heavens above!

This sect's methods of manipulating people were truly sinister!

If she hadn't been so perceptive.

If she hadn't been an undercover agent sent by Qing Xu Temple.

If she had just been a simple junior disciple eager to join an Immortal Sect, she would have likely been completely tamed by this Demonic Sect without even realizing it!

What other darkness lies hidden behind this Demonic Sect?

And how many truths are there that cannot see the light of day?

"Junior Disciple Sister."

A voice sounded from behind her. Lin Qingfeng had once again appeared behind her without warning.

This voice sent a cold sweat down Junior Disciple Sister's spine once more.

Senior Disciple Brother, why has this bad habit of yours resurfaced?

Can't you stop popping out from behind people?!

Junior Disciple Sister felt a sense of helplessness.

For some reason, Senior Disciple Brother seemed to particularly enjoy appearing behind her suddenly.

She couldn't understand it.

As expected, the thoughts of Evil Cultivators of the Demonic Dao were this strange and illogical.

Lin Qingfeng stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the spirit servants, his face showing no hint of emotion.

"You're thinking, why can they use spirit servants to do the work while you have to do everything yourself?"

Of course, I know!

This is your Demonic Sect's stratagem, a method of psychological control used on new disciples like us, step by step!

But she still put on a facade, saying, "This disciple is dull-witted, please enlighten me, Senior Brother."

Lin Qingfeng gazed at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, sighing inwardly.

There's nothing I can do, little sister.

Those are the private property of the disciples after they spent money. They bought them with spirit stones, and the produce belongs to them.

Using spirit servants can get the work done, but it doesn't add Contribution Points to the sect. It's all player-produced and player-consumed, used to harvest Spiritual Grass and spirit plants.

This is a sect mission, and you need to till the sect's public field.

Furthermore, the mission stipulates that you cannot use spirit servants to gain Contribution Points, nor can you use external help. You must do it yourself, with your own hardworking hands.

Otherwise, how are you going to reach the 500,000 Contribution Points?

How will our sect prosper?

Sigh, forget it, forget it.

I'll have to rely on dependable Senior Disciple Brother here to spin this in a way that makes you wholeheartedly agree and feel refreshed as you head off to work.

Afterward, he found a very suitable angle and looked up at the sky again, hands behind his back.

At the same time, he cleared his throat, a look of compassion appearing on his face.

"You only see the surface, but not the root."

"They use spirit servants to cultivate for 'personal gain,' and the fruits of their labor belong to themselves."

"This is a minor path; though not wrong, its scope is small."

"But Junior Disciple Sister, you are different."

"What you are turning with your own hands is the sect's 'public field.'

Every drop of sweat you shed is pouring your heart and soul into the foundation of the sect.

The Spiritual Grass here will eventually be transformed into pills and bestowed upon every meritorious member of the sect."

"They seek the 'lesser self,' while you practice the path of the 'greater self'."

"The difference between these, Junior Disciple Sister, you are so intelligent, you must understand the implications, right?"

"You can rest assured, the sect will not treat you unfairly!"

Just finish this job quickly.

When you see the rewards afterward, I'm sure you won't be so dejected anymore!