Chapter 1: Do Nothing Except Take a Dump
"Junior Brother, Yun Luo is still inside."
"Don't be scared, maybe she's already dead."
"What if she's not dead..."
"Isn't that more exciting?"
"..."
Separated by a wall, Yun Luo rolled her eyes speechlessly. This Thought Reflection Cliff was actually a rendezvous sanctuary for sect disciples.
After being thrown in for half a month, what she had seen and heard surpassed countless films.
Unbearable sounds assaulted her eardrums, yet they couldn't distract from the agonizing pain in her dantian.
Half a month ago.
She was accused of stealing a sect's treasured item, caught red-handed.
Without any investigation, her Master, Duan Ya, immediately crippled her spiritual root.
She was thrown onto Thought Reflection Cliff to fend for herself.
There was no food or water, only the "wild mandarin ducks" to provide her with spiritual sustenance.
Now, she felt like someone searching for plot in an adult novel, wanting to skip all the explicit parts.
The sounds behind the stone wall grew more intense, a kind of reckless madness.
It made her want to destroy the world.
Yun Luo mustered all her strength and let out a groundhog's scream.
The commotion stopped abruptly. The man grunted from her yell, and the woman exclaimed:
"Junior Brother, you actually..."
Yun Luo hated that she understood too much.
A rustling sound ensued, and soon, a man and a woman appeared in the cave.
The man was tall and handsome, the woman delicate and slender.
It was her Junior Brother, Lin Ting, and Third Senior Sister, Gu Wei.
Yun Luo looked at Lin Ting's face, her eyes darkening.
Her current predicament was all thanks to this person.
She had originally been a wage slave in modern times.
On a normal weekend, she participated in an event at a scenic spot, climbing mountains and collecting water bottles to exchange for medals.
Perhaps she hadn't rested well the night before after reading two "delicious" long posts meticulously crafted by her close friend.
As she bent down to pick up a bottle, her vision went black, and she accidentally fell off a cliff.
When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the cultivation world as an eight-year-old orphan due to war.
While fleeing the conflict, she was spotted by a scout from the Heavenly Star Sect and became an outer sect disciple.
She used to wear bedsheets as a fairy costume as a child, never expecting to truly cultivate immortals one day.
In order to wear a beautiful dress and perform a "Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers" one day, she cultivated diligently, working harder than an old ox.
Her talent was mediocre, just a middle-grade wood spiritual root, but through hard work, by the age of twelve, she was already a Foundation Establishment expert. It was terrifying.
Seeing that she only took four years to go from Qi Induction to Foundation Establishment, Duan Ya thought she was an extraordinary person and took her as an inner sect disciple.
From then on, she cultivated under Duan Ya. He wasn't particularly close to her, but he was responsible.
Until a year later, Duan Ya struck it lucky and found Lin Ting, who possessed a top-grade wood spiritual root, from goodness knows where.
Lin Ting was like a top student from Qingbei University mistakenly entering a junior college, receiving everyone's adoration.
Although he only started cultivating at twenty, he went from Qi Induction to Foundation Establishment in two years.
At that time, Yun Luo had been stuck in the early stage of Foundation Establishment for three years, with no progress whatsoever.
Thus, among Duan Ya's five direct disciples, she became the lowest.
She got the last pick of sect supplies and did all the dirty and tiring work.
Even when she finally obtained some heavenly materials and earthly treasures, they were snatched away by them through various means...
The cultivation world was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. Leaving the sect without the ability to protect herself was not a good choice.
To avoid direct confrontation with them, Yun Luo kept her distance.
She would secretly use any good items she obtained outside.
However, Lin Ting did not intend to let her off.
Because she refused his request for dual cultivation, Lin Ting actually stole a sect treasured item—a Heavenly Grade, Second-Rank Purple Jade Lotus—to frame her.
The Heavenly Grade Purple Jade Lotus could help cultivators improve their spiritual root quality.
So, when the Purple Jade Lotus was found in her room, no one suspected a thing.
After all, she was petty and jealous of Lin Ting.
It was reasonable for her to want to improve her Spiritual Root and snatch his favor.
"Yun Luo, now you know jealousy. Wouldn't it have been better if you'd agreed to me earlier?"
Lin Ting squatted in front of Yun Luo, his expression as confident as ever.
Yun Luo rolled her eyes.
"What am I jealous of? Jealous that Senior Sister could take those few hits from you?"
"Third Senior Sister, it must have been hard for you to pretend so well."
As she spoke, Lin Ting and Gu Wei's expressions were varied.
The former was annoyed, while the latter's expression was quite intriguing.
Lin Ting felt he had lost face.
"Yun Luo, don't think I don't know. You're only saying this to get my attention."
In his opinion, Yun Luo's previous refusal was just a tactic to make him pursue her more.
Who would refuse a Daoist Companion with a Superior Spiritual Root?
"Junior Brother, you're so smart, you know how to appraise tea."
Gu Wei covered her mouth and chimed in.
"I told you long ago, women like her who hang out with male disciples all day are the most scheming. She says she doesn't like you, but she still got jealous and interrupted us."
"Good thing you followed me and cultivated a pair of Fiery Eyes of Truth, so she couldn't fool you."
Yun Luo sneered, "So I've been calling you the wrong name all along. I shouldn't have called you Third Senior Sister, but Third Senior Brother."
"It seems I misunderstood. Since you're a man, then what Lin Ting was doing earlier wasn't with you, but with XX."
"But I'll give you a piece of advice: XX is a one-way street. Don't use it for anything other than taking a dump."
The two of them were so enraged they were spewing smoke from their orifices.
"Junior Brother, look at her." Gu Wei stomped her foot aggrievedly.
Lin Ting trembled all over.
"Are you even a girl? Why do you speak so vulgarly?"
"Why can't I speak vulgarly?"
Yun Luo leaned against the wall, malice radiating from her.
"Third Senior Sister, Lin Ting stole the Purple Jade Lotus, it was for you, wasn't it? Tell me, if Duan Ya finds out, what will he do to you?"
Duan Ya regarded Lin Ting as his most prized possession. Fearing that Lin Ting would be delayed in his cultivation by romance, he forbade any female disciple from having close contact with him.
Once, a female disciple confessed to Lin Ting. The next day, that disciple fell off a cliff. By the time she was found, she had already been eaten by a demon beast.
Gu Wei shivered at her words and looked pleadingly at Lin Ting for help.
Her talent was inferior to Yun Luo's, and she would be in deep trouble if their Master found out.
Lin Ting had also gotten carried away with his arrogance. Yun Luo's reminder made his face turn ugly.
Yun Luo looked forward to his reaction.
She had said it deliberately, just to provoke Lin Ting.
Staying in the Heavenly Star Sect, she would die sooner or later.
The quiet room at Thought Reflection Cliff was close to the cliff edge. If Lin Ting wanted to kill her without leaving a trace, he could only push her into the abyss.
She had bought a self-protection talisman on the black market, which could reduce external damage.
If she fell off the cliff, she might have a slim chance of survival.
If she lost the gamble, it didn't matter. It was just death.
It was better than staying and being tormented.
As expected, Lin Ting did not hesitate, his face turning grim.
"If she dies, won't no one know?"
A ruthless glint flashed in Gu Wei's eyes, but she was also somewhat afraid.
Her intentions were impure, but she had never killed anyone before.
"But Master said to just lock her up here..."
"She lost her Spiritual Root and committed suicide out of despair. What does that have to do with us? Senior Sister, don't worry, you don't have to do it yourself."
Hearing this, Gu Wei said no more, watching as Lin Ting dragged Yun Luo to the edge of the cliff.
Before acting, he still wanted to touch Yun Luo's face.
"Senior Sister, oh Senior Sister, I actually like you quite a bit. How about you..."
Yun Luo slapped him.
"Kill me if you want, don't be so wishy-washy."
This was the first time Lin Ting had been slapped, and it was in front of an outsider.
Enraged, the sliver of pity he felt vanished.
"Senior Sister, you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. Then don't blame me for being heartless."
With that, he applied a little more force. Yun Luo, like a kite with a broken string, plummeted into the boundless Sea of Clouds.
The female lead will become strong quickly after repairing all her Spiritual Roots. She'll lay low before Nascent Soul, and be a bit of a low-key Golden Core, but she won't tolerate being wronged.
Quan Jie, who contributes his Primal Yang, is pure. The impure ones are part of the play. He loves the female lead but cannot have her, and cannot get what he desires.
The cultivation realms in this book, from low to high: Qi Induction, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Crossing. Qi Refining is divided into nine layers. The rest are divided into early, middle, late, and Grand Perfection stages.
Spiritual Root grades: Heaven Grade, High Grade, Middle Grade, Inferior Grade.
Spirit Plant ranks, from high to low: Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, Unranked. Each rank is divided into nine grades.
Further settings will be introduced separately later.
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