Chapter 100
Chapter 100: Insolent, Who Are You Calling Mute?
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“Well, well, if it isn’t Senior Sister Su? What brings you here delivering things to Muyu? Could it be you have ulterior motives?”
Luo Chenxi stared directly at the bowl of steaming white porridge in Su Wanqing’s hands, her eyes full of provocative teasing.
Although Su Wanqing was already a Golden Core stage cultivator, far surpassing Luo Chenxi in cultivation level.
But Qinglan Sect had always had strict rules forbidding private fights between fellow disciples, which gave Luo Chenxi the audacity to act so fearlessly.
“Hmph, and you’re any different?”
Su Wanqing merely glanced indifferently at the string of candied hawthorns covered in crystalline sugar coating in Luo Chenxi’s hands, her tone as calm as an undisturbed lake, as if she didn’t take the other’s provocation to heart at all.
But it was precisely this calmness that made the fire in Luo Chenxi’s heart flare up.
“As a senior sister, if you can’t even take care of a junior sister properly, naturally it should be up to me!”
She stepped forward half a pace, raising her voice slightly.
Seeing Luo Chenxi bringing up old grievances again, Su Wanqing’s face remained expressionless, only slowly replying:
“Muyu has me to look after her, no need for Junior Sister Luo to worry~”
Though her words were light, the emphasis on “junior sister” was deliberately heavy, as if quietly reminding the other of their difference in seniority.
“You…” Luo Chenxi was about to retort.
“Enough! What’s all this arguing about so early in the morning? Can’t you be quiet?”
Accompanied by a clear, annoyed scolding, Lin Muyu suddenly pushed open the wooden door, her usually cute face now written with impatience.
These two had practically turned her place into a battlefield, for a whole month now, every single day!
Su Wanqing always came running over under the banner of “senior sisters should care more for junior sisters.”
Luo Chenxi also visited daily using the excuse of “good friends should be inseparable.”
But whenever these two met, there was bound to be a war of words.
At first, the two still showed some consideration for her feelings, restraining themselves somewhat during arguments.
But as the quarrels became more frequent, they became increasingly unrestrained, able to draw swords at each other’s throats with just a few words.
“Muyu, you must not have had breakfast yet, right? This is lotus seed and lily porridge I specially prepared this morning, drink it while it’s hot.”
Upon seeing Lin Muyu, Su Wanqing immediately filtered out Luo Chenxi’s existence.
Her previously cold eyes instantly sparkled with anticipation as she pushed the porridge bowl forward.
Seeing her like this, Luo Chenxi naturally wouldn’t be outdone, quickly holding up the candied hawthorns in front of Lin Muyu:
“Muyu, try this! Freshly coated candied hawthorns, much more delicious than that bland white porridge!”
“Who eats candied hawthorns first thing in the morning? Porridge is what nourishes the stomach.”
Su Wanqing couldn’t help but frown and retort upon hearing this.
“Muyu isn’t an ordinary mortal, why would she need to nourish her stomach? As long as it tastes good, isn’t that enough?”
Luo Chenxi lifted her chin slightly, her tone carrying some disdain.
Seeing the two about to start arguing again, Lin Muyu quickly took the candied hawthorns with one hand and the porridge bowl with the other, retreating toward the door while saying:
“Alright, alright, I’ll accept both of these. You two should head back now.”
She accepted them so readily because she’d learned from experience.
The first time she encountered this situation, the inexperienced Lin Muyu thought she didn’t like owing favors to others, so she accepted neither.
What happened then?
Those two surrounded her chattering for an entire day, finally throwing out the century-old dilemma of “choose between me and her,” which nearly drove her crazy.
She really couldn’t understand why these two, who were clearly both female leads in the story, had nothing better to do all day.
Why didn’t they go pester that male lead guy!
Speaking of which, that male lead seemed to have… fled long ago out of guilt?
The door slammed shut with a “bang,” separating the two outside.
Su Wanqing and Luo Chenxi looked at each other, both flashing a hint of barely perceptible smugness in their eyes.
Su Wanqing thought to herself: Although today I didn’t spend extra time with Muyu as planned, successfully preventing Luo Chenxi from getting close to her could also be considered achieving the goal.
Luo Chenxi snorted inwardly: Hehe, I’ve disrupted Su Wanqing’s little scheme again. My early morning trip here wasn’t wasted. Want to get the advantage of being close? No way!
Afterward, both felt they had won this round and turned to leave with pleasant moods.
Inside the door, Lin Muyu looked at the porridge and candied hawthorns in her hands and sighed helplessly.
She then gave the porridge to Xiaotao and the candied hawthorns to Xiaomu.
She felt she needed to find something to do. If she continued being surrounded by these two arguing every day, she’d eventually have a nervous breakdown.
“How about… going down the mountain for training missions? I could also visit Xiaoyun while I’m at it,” she murmured to herself.
Thanks to the ultra-high concentration of spiritual energy in Xiaotao’s space, even just sleeping allowed her to cultivate unconsciously. In just one month, she had already reached the peak of Qi Refining.
But precisely because her progress was too rapid, rushing from beginner to peak of Qi Refining stage within two months.
She felt her cultivation was quite unstable and should pause to solidify her foundation.
During this break, she could take on some missions down the mountain to earn points while visiting that adorable cat girl Xiaoyun, killing two birds with one stone.
“Plus, Foundation Establishment pills also need to be exchanged with points.”
She touched her chin, making up her mind.
Foundation Establishment pills could be considered precious items in the cultivation world. Many rogue cultivators remained stuck at Qi Refining stage their entire lives simply because they lacked such a pill.
Qinglan Sect’s Foundation Establishment pill production was equally limited, so the sect ruled they couldn’t be purchased directly with spirit stones, only exchanged with points.
After all, these things were priceless treasures throughout the entire cultivation world.
Actually, not just Foundation Establishment pills, almost everything in the cultivation world that could improve cultivation was similarly sought after.
Including… special cultivation materials like herself.
Cough cough, so she absolutely couldn’t expose herself.
However, Qinglan Sect was relatively generous to its own disciples, making Foundation Establishment pills somewhat easier to obtain.
Every Qi Refining stage disciple could exchange their first Foundation Establishment pill at a 90% discount — that is, 100 points.
But if they wanted to exchange a second one, it would cost 1,000 points.
Sect missions were graded by level. F-rank missions awarded 1 to 10 points.
E-rank missions awarded 10 to 100 points.
Logically, Qi Refining stage disciples only needed to complete one or two E-rank missions to accumulate enough points for their first Foundation Establishment pill, this was Qinglan Sect’s benefit to its disciples.
But if one’s talent was insufficient and they failed their first Foundation Establishment breakthrough despite having the pill’s assistance.
Not only would subsequent breakthroughs become more difficult, but the required points would also multiply.
However, with Lin Muyu’s talent, she wasn’t worried about this.
Actually, Su Wanqing had previously wanted to give her several hundred points, but she had politely declined.
She always felt that if she accepted such a favor without earning it, she might have to repay it with her body in the future…
After making her decision, Lin Muyu’s first thought was to tell Xiao Bai.
Having Xiao Bai accompany her would make mountain training much safer.
Just then, a ball of snow-white fur suddenly appeared out of thin air before her, followed by a young but somewhat world-weary female voice:
“Little brat, I need to leave for a while…”
Lin Muyu was first startled, then ignored the strange address of “little brat” and asked in surprise:
“Xiao Bai, so you’re not mute after all?”
“Insolent, who are you calling mute?”