Villain's Self-Cultivation

The next day, 10:00 a.m.

Su Tianqing groggily sat up in bed and rubbed her sleepy eyes.

Like most college students with no morning classes, Su Tianqing believed that as long as she was not hungry, there was absolutely no reason to get out of bed. She had lazed in bed until now.

"Yaaawn—"

Fox Fox yawned. A pair of bare little feet emerged from the edge of the covers, searching around for a while before slipping into her slippers. Her tail hung low behind her as she slowly shuffled out of the bedroom.

So tired.

It felt as though every bit of strength had been drained from her body.

It was not until she had washed up and made herself a cup of milk that Su Tianqing finally shook off the fatigue of sleeping in and forced herself to perk up.

Villainous Fox Fox! Fully revived!

"Ding-dong~"

As she sat at the dining table eating breakfast, the sound from her phone drew Su Tianqing's attention.

The screen showed a notification from the video platform informing her that her follower count had reached one thousand.

"That was pretty fast," Su Tianqing muttered.

Last night, she had tried opening a livestream room with an anonymous account.

She had originally wanted to pool everyone's wisdom and use the crowd's ideas to think up ways to pick fights and countermeasures. Who knew that they were all just there for the fun? Hardly anyone seriously gave it any thought.

Su Tianqing glanced at the notes in her memo app.

[Hang Hyacinth from a pull-up bar and whip her]

[Summon a tentacle monster in the middle of the street to bind Hyacinth]

[Livestream interactions with Hyacinth]

Things like that.

It might have been unfair to say every single one was outrageously insane, but if she picked nine out of ten, one would definitely slip through the net.

Su Tianqing's eye twitched wildly for a while. Silently, she took a screenshot of the memo and began composing a post.

"Good morning, Fox Fox~ Did everyone sleep well?"

"Everyone was so enthusiastic last night, but these methods are just way too difficult! If I carried out every single one, Miss Hyacinth would probably collapse before Fox Fox did~"

"So Fox Fox can only pick a few plans from them. As for which ones exactly..."

"Please look forward to Fox Fox's latest video~"

Once she finished editing, she tapped send.

As she watched the number of comments and likes visibly climb, a mischievous smile rose uncontrollably to Fox Fox's lips.

As long as she recorded the bullet comments, used the memo app to make it look like she had been paying close attention, then deliberately made a post, her followers would definitely feel as though they had "been noticed."

Turning passersby into fledgling fanatics was just that simple.

Still, she really had picked out several initially workable ideas from the memo. With a few adjustments and toned-down intensity, she could make several pretty good plans.

It felt like searching everywhere for citations while writing a paper, then altering them to lower the plagiarism rate.

As she thought, Su Tianqing opened WeChat and glanced at the freshman group chat with its 99+ messages.

"Hyacinth's video has been reuploaded."

"I saw it. It's actually still the full uncut version."

"Hurry up and watch it. It'll be gone by tomorrow."

"+1"

Naturally, there were also comments attacking her and defending Hyacinth, but they were swiftly drowned out by waves of people urging everyone to download the video while they could.

It seemed people preferred seeing Miss Hyacinth get knocked down a peg. Su Tianqing thought.

Her slender finger tapped on a friend with a cat avatar. After hesitating for a few seconds, Su Tianqing typed out a message.

"Good morning, Little Fish. Are you up yet?"

Keeping in touch was the absolute prerequisite for maintaining a relationship! This was part of the cat-petting plan!

But the other person did not reply for a long time.

"It's already this late. If you're still not up, you're a lazy kitty!"

After sending that, Su Tianqing decided not to disturb the other girl's lazy sleep any further. She simply cleared away her breakfast plate and milk cup, then fished the Codex out of her magical space and opened the task page.

The college student's lazy morning was over! Now it was time for the villain magical girl to work!

[Daily Task 1: Motivation]

[The magical girls are still tired today. Cause a little destruction to cheer her up]

[Reward: 100 Divine Codex Stones]

Oh? What an interesting task.

Just looking at this daily task filled Su Tianqing with endless inspiration.

Ever since she had played around with fake time-stop last time, Miss Hyacinth had been dispirited for an entire day without making a move. Yesterday's daily task had even directly become taking a day off.

Yet she was still so depressed today that even the Codex could not stand watching anymore. It had directly assigned Su Tianqing a destructive task to spur and urge her back on her feet.

Cause destruction? That was what Villainous Fox Fox did best.

Su Tianqing lowered her gaze.

[Daily Task 2: Publish a New Video]

[A new video can raise the villain magical girl's visibility. The more, the better]

[Reward: 100 Divine Codex Stones]

That was easy. She just needed to casually record a video while she was out causing trouble later.

The little fox was in a wonderful mood.

What task could be easier and more convenient than today's? Yesterday's slacking-off task did not count.

Su Tianqing had already flipped to the shop page to check the newly unlocked Fox Fox Miaomiao Gadgets.

Today's expected income was 200. Added to her 500 savings, it was just enough to afford the new item:

[Monster Enhancement Potion S: 700 Divine Codex Stones]

[A reusable monster enhancement potion that grants a monster all-around improvements and one customizable summoning ability]

A divine artifact!

Its price put it among the most expensive Divine Codex Stone items so far, but that price of 700 matched its reusable nature and its "customizable" summoning ability. It perfectly suited her current needs!

Decided. Once she finished today's tasks, she would buy it. It would definitely make things much more convenient in the future.

When she flipped back to the task page, a line of text quietly appeared at the bottom and caught Su Tianqing's eye.

[Task: Expansion]

[Develop a new official magical girl, 0/1]

[There are too few magical girls in Rongcheng. Expanding their numbers will better advance the path of villainy]

[Reward: 500 Divine Codex Stones]

...What was this supposed to be?

Su Tianqing was dumbfounded by the task.

Develop what? An official magical girl?

Was she a villain or a hero, exactly?

Closing the Codex, Golden Fox stared blankly at the clothes on the balcony that had yet to dry. For the first time, she felt a little lost about her role as a villain.

But upon careful thought, the task was rather interesting.

Miss Hyacinth was powerful, but picking fights with her too often would eventually get boring. Having someone else share the burden of her firepower would be pretty nice too.

Not to mention that it could unlock entirely new inspiration and ideas for her, making her methods of picking fights even more varied.

A sly smile spread across Fox Fox's lips.

Very well, she had to do this task!

She opened the task page and carefully confirmed the requirements, then flipped to the task target page and looked at the several newly added names below.

"List of magical girl candidates... Oh my, there's even such a convenient feature?" Fox Fox muttered to herself.

First was Hyacinth. Her description had been marked with a line: [Recently feeling very tired and has decided to rest for a while], making a scheming smile appear on Su Tianqing's face.

Feeling tired and wanting to rest? Sorry, but you could not rest just yet, Miss Hyacinth.

Next was an unfamiliar girl.

[Hua Ling]

[19 years old, Rongcheng Third College of Arts and Sciences]

[A reclusive literary girl]

[Magical Girl Aptitude: 97%]

Clap!

Fox Fox lightly clapped her hands.

Not only was her aptitude extremely high, but she was the same age and attended the same school as Hyacinth. She was even a literary girl!

Decided! She would choose her!