[Nothing much to do today, so let's see what's new in the sect. I think I spotted the fifth elder's name, so...]
That familiar inner voice rang out, and everyone throughout the Southern Spirit Sect instinctively raised their heads, whether they were flying through the sky, running along the ground, or meditating inside caves.
Meanwhile, the eldest senior brother using Sword Flight nearly missed his footing.
The fifth elder was his master. If all his master's embarrassing stories got out, the old man would have no face left to save.
"Junior sister!" Li Bai swung his sword around and, with a helpless air, rode his dark-gold Glazed Glass Sword down to the foot of the mountain.
"Junior sister, it's already past seven, and the tournament is about to begin. What are you still doing down here? Hop on. I'll give you a ride."
Lan Yue, who had been looking down and secretly picking a spirit flower, jolted all over and hurriedly hid the flower in her sleeve.
At the sight of her eldest senior brother, she waved delightedly. "Senior brother, wait for me! I'm coming!"
[Senior brother really is such a good person! How did he know I still haven't learned Sword Flight after practicing for three whole months?]
Her voice brimmed with heartfelt gratitude.
[But I absolutely won't tell anyone that I got up at five because I can't use Sword Flight, and still haven't made it to the Martial Arena!]
Lan Yue puffed out her chest and clenched her fists. This concerned her dignity as an insignificant cannon-fodder character!
Her head could roll, her blood could flow, but her dignity could never go!
Even cannon fodder in a cultivation novel had its dignity!
Only Li Bai's mouth twitched atop the Glazed Glass Sword. Junior sister, once you shout about it in your head, the whole mountain will know you haven't learned Sword Flight in three months.
And she was absolutely not going to tell anyone? By now, probably everyone knew except her master, who was in sealed seclusion.
Standing blissfully atop the luxurious Glazed Glass Sword, Lan Yue had no idea. She even remembered to sneak the spirit flower deeper into her sleeve before opening the Three Realms Gossip System again.
Yes, she had a Three Realms Gossip System. Nor was she a native of this world-she was a modern woman who had transmigrated here.
The night before she transmigrated, all of Weibo had crashed. The sweet scent of juicy gossip had spread everywhere, and she had darted about like a zha badger in a melon patch, beside herself with excitement. She had stayed awake the entire night, devouring one sweet melon of gossip after another.
Then she had suddenly dropped dead that very night. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a lengthy cultivation novel and become an utterly unremarkable cannon-fodder character in the Southern Spirit Sect.
Ah, life was unpredictable-a big sausage wrapped around a little sausage. Who could have imagined she would actually transmigrate?
Fortunately, her system delivered. It might only be a Three Realms Gossip System, but as long as she kept consuming gossip, she could gain cultivation!
This cheat was practically tailor-made for her! She was hopeless at everything else, but nobody enjoyed devouring gossip more than she did!
In the Chinese entertainment fandom, they called her the Gossip God!
Ah, there was nothing particularly bad about transmigrating. It was just that she had missed the last enormous scoop that night, leaving her with a lifelong regret.
Now that had been a spectacle! Two actresses had spent all that time tearing into each other, each accusing the other of being the mistress. And guess what? The real affair partner wasn't either of them-it was a male celebrity!
Hehe, charging straight ahead into a man!
Yet just as the reveal was coming, she had suddenly dropped dead! Dropped dead!
If she hadn't already arrived in the cultivation world, Lan Yue felt she could have been angry enough to come back to life!
Enough of that, enough of that. Better to keep feasting on the cultivation world's gossip! It might be different from Chinese entertainment gossip, but it was just as sweet!
The system was a little wooden, though. Otherwise, how much fun would it be for a girl and her system to feast on gossip together?
Ahead of Lan Yue, her eldest senior brother let out a huge sigh of relief. His junior sister's attention had finally shifted away from his master. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to face the old man when he returned.
Just then, the fifth elder's authoritative voice sounded in Li Bai's ear. "Little Bai, you did well. When you return, I'll reward you with another spirit artifact."
Li Bai couldn't help grinning at that. All his painstaking efforts to stop his junior sister from broadcasting her thoughts hadn't been in vain. This trip to the foot of the mountain had truly been worth it!
Just what was that immortal artifact his junior sister had obtained? How could it know so many private matters?
To think there was an immortal artifact in this world that loved prying into other people's privacy so much. What an oddity.
Fortunately, it was in his junior sister's hands. Had it fallen into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, the entire cultivation world would have been finished.
Yet Li Bai had barely had time to enjoy his relief before that familiar inner voice sounded again.
[Is the Martial Arena really this far away? We've been using Sword Flight for ages. If I'd walked there, wouldn't both my legs have given out?]
[Since I have nothing to do while riding the Glazed Glass Sword, I might as well use this time to feast on some gossip.]
Lan Yue had only just opened the latest update in the gossip system when the Glazed Glass Sword shuddered beneath her feet. She grabbed the senior brother in front of her, her little heart pounding with fright.
[Holy shit, holy shit, that scared me to death! Senior brother's driving is a little shaky! So I'm not the only one who's terrible at Sword Flight. He looks so dashing, but who knew he was just barely holding it together?]
Li Bai, whose reputation had just been slandered: "..."
Among the disciples who had entered the sect in his year, he had achieved Qi Induction on the very first day and learned Sword Flight on the second!
His speed had caused a sensation throughout the sect back then. His master had even come to blows with the other elders, finally securing him as a disciple only after losing quite a few strands of his beard.
How was he bad at Sword Flight? How was he barely holding it together?
Ahem. At most, his junior sister's thoughts had startled him and caused a minor mishap.
[I've spent all morning fussing about and haven't had a single bite of gossip. No, I have to take a look! Even senior brother's shaky driving can't stop me!]
[Where was I just now? Oh, right, the fifth elder.]
[Speaking of which, what exactly happened to the fifth elder? Let me take a look. Huh? That beard that makes him look like such a transcendent immortal is actually something he secretly glues on himself! I never would have guessed!]
Lan Yue was so shocked that she failed to notice her eldest senior brother give a violent shudder ahead of her.
Then the two of them standing on the Glazed Glass Sword plummeted from the sky like a meteor streaking across the heavens.
[Holy shit, help, help! I'm going to die, I'm going to die~~~]
[Senior brother! This isn't shaky driving-he's got a death wish!]
[I'm dead, dead, dead! I'm going to transmigrate back! Great God of Transmigration, bless me! Please let me go back and devour that last scoop! I promise I'll burn incense for you every single day from now on!]
Her terrified voice spread throughout the sect. Apart from a few ancestors in sealed seclusion, everyone, spirit beasts included, couldn't help looking toward the Martial Arena.
The Southern Spirit Sect had a dedicated Spirit Beast Peak where all sorts of spirit beasts were raised. As those terrified cries rang out overhead, even these beasts grew agitated, all trying to charge outside.
Just then, a streak of white silk shot across the sky.
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