Slacking off in Cultivation, Greedy for Money and Lustful

"Let's compete!" Stubborn as ever, Ping Qingyun was ready to begin immediately.

"Eldest senior brother, stop bullying our junior brother," Ling Xian said gently.

Ping Qingyun looked at her. Her usually delicate, pitiful face was now a bedraggled mess, even a little ugly. He looked away and said, "We have to compete this time, or you'll say I didn't dare!"

"Junior sister Su Ying, tell me, what are the stakes?"

"Junior brother, what would you like to win?" Su Ying left the decision to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu had no interest in these children's games. Whether they won or lost had nothing to do with him.

But when he saw Su Ying's smile, he changed his mind. He might as well win a round for her. After all, her peaceful days would soon be over.

"Anything is fine, senior sister," Chu Yu said.

"All right. I remember you have a red fox spirit beast, senior brother. If we win, how about giving it to our junior brother?" Su Ying asked.

Ping Qingyun's expression changed. She actually had her eye on his spirit beast, Seven-Tailed Fox?

But knowing he would not lose, he agreed. "Fine. And if you lose?"

"I won't lose. If I really do, take whatever you want, senior brother." Su Ying smiled and added inwardly:

Anyway, my Spatial Ring can duplicate things endlessly. Take whatever you like. I have as much as you could want.

Chu Yu's Violet Eyes darkened slightly. It seemed she had quite a few treasures on her.

The competition officially began.

Someone had spread word of their wager, and now disciples crowded the doorway. Someone had even opened a betting pool outside, with odds of two to ten.

Su Ying's side was at ten.

But she had no time to bother with that now. She concentrated on guiding Chu Yu through the pill refinement.

Chu Yu had actually wanted to toss all the medicinal ingredients into the Alchemy Furnace at once. Seeing how nervous she was, he thought it over and added them bit by bit, just as she instructed.

Refining the pills would take roughly the time it took an incense stick to burn.

More than half that time had passed when Ping Qingyun finished. As the pills flew out of his Pill Furnace, the disciples at the doorway erupted. "Holy crap! Three fourth-level Concentration Pills! Eldest senior brother really is amazing!"

Su Ying looked up and saw four pills. She frowned. Honestly, she was already surprised that Chu Yu could control the alchemical flame so well, but she had not held out much hope.

Worried that he might get distracted and blow up the furnace, she reassured him quietly, "Ignore him. Calm your mind and focus on refining your own pills."

Host, can we win? Caught up in the atmosphere, even the system grew nervous.

How would I know? Su Ying was speechless. All she could do now was her best.

The incense stick was almost spent, yet Chu Yu's Pill Furnace still showed no sign of releasing any pills. Ping Qingyun felt victory was assured, and his confidence swelled. "Junior sister, junior brother, why don't you just call it quits? If you can't refine them, stop trying. Our junior brother only just joined us, so there's no shame in losing. Besides, it wouldn't be good if you accidentally blew up this Pinduoduo-Brand Alchemy Furnace."

Su Ying shot him a fierce glare. Why does he run his mouth so much? I want to sew it shut with a needle and thread.

Host, so do I, the system said, itching to act.

"Junior sister, surrendering at the right time gives our junior brother a way out," Ping Qingyun said cheerfully, his tone and posture proclaiming him the victor.

Suddenly, the disciples at the doorway grew restless.

"Heavens, what's that?" someone shouted.

More voices followed. "That's a pill phenomenon!"

"My heavens, it really is a pill phenomenon! Our junior brother actually produced a pill phenomenon while refining pills! Once those pills emerge, they'll be at least fifth-tier!"

"Our junior brother is unbelievably gifted! Just what you'd expect from a genius with a tenth-level spiritual root!"

"Oh no, at this rate, even if he produces just one pill, we'll lose! Is it too late to bet on senior sister Su Ying?"

"Stop talking! They're coming out!"

Ping Qingyun stared, dumbstruck, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. That really was a pill phenomenon!

Mist swirled in the air, with a Mist Beast faintly visible within it, bounding about playfully...

Bang! Bang! Two deafening blasts rang out. The pill phenomenon vanished, and five sixth-tier Miasma-Breaking Pills flew out of the Alchemy Furnace.

Su Ying immediately picked up a bottle to catch them.

"Five sixth-level pills!" someone at the doorway exclaimed.

Su Ying shook the bottle before her. "Junior brother Chu Yu has refined five sixth-tier Miasma-Breaking Pills. Take one, and you can dispel any miasma in this world."

The crowd erupted, wanting to cry but unable to shed a tear.

They had lost...

Ping Qingyun also sank to the floor, his face filled with disbelief.

Ling Xian gave the person beside her a conflicted glance, then approached Chu Yu with a smile. "Junior brother Chu Yu, congratulations on winning. You're incredible."

Chu Yu watched the filthy woman edging closer and closer to him. Always a clean freak, he could not help ducking behind Su Ying.

"Junior sister," Su Ying said unhappily, "why haven't you gone to clean yourself up? Your face is pitch-black. You've frightened our junior brother."

Ling Xian's face alternated between green and white, but no one could see it beneath the ash.

She covered her face and ran off.

Su Ying pressed the little bottle into Chu Yu's hand and looked toward Ping Qingyun. "Eldest senior brother, sorry for the trouble, but please deliver the red fox spirit beast to our junior brother's courtyard and complete the ownership transfer ritual."

Just as she finished speaking, the system chimed in: Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. You have earned fifty points.

Even happier now, Su Ying put away the Alchemy Furnace. "Junior brother, let's go."

"Yes, senior sister." Chu Yu obediently followed behind her.

Su Ying walked past the crowd to the doorway, then stopped and looked at the disciple running the betting pool. "Senior brother, you made quite a bit, didn't you?"

"Just a little business, just a little business." The senior brother cheerfully hugged his money pouch.

Su Ying held out her hand. "I was counting just now. Only one person bet on us winning. Senior brother, you used me and eldest senior brother to win all those Spirit Coins. Shouldn't you give me a share?"

"How much do you want, junior sister?" the senior brother running the pool asked cautiously.

"Half." Su Ying carried out her robbery with a bright smile.

"That's far too much!" he exclaimed. "Junior sister, this is robbery!"

"You only won that much because of me. Can't you give me half?" Su Ying blinked pitifully. "The medicinal ingredients our junior brother used just now cost me a fair bit. Senior brother, surely you can't keep all the benefits while leaving me to shoulder the losses?"

The senior brother running the betting pool felt he was about to be robbed.

What losses?

Those pills would definitely fetch a good price!

She shouldn't take him for a fool.

"Senior brother, if you won't pay, I'll have no choice but to go crying to Master. You know this is the sort of behavior Master hates most," Su Ying said lightly.

"I'll pay! I'll pay!" With a mournful face, the senior brother handed half his winnings to Su Ying.

"Thank you, senior brother. Junior brother, let's go."

Su Ying left with Chu Yu, thoroughly pleased with herself.

Host, you're committing robbery... the system sighed. Look around the Cultivation Sect. Who else is like you, slacking off in cultivation, greedy for money and lustful?