Xuanling Sect, Mingxin Peak.
This place is one of the most spiritually rich areas in the entire Xuanling Sect. The vast mountaintop is filled with fragrant spiritual plants and immortal herbs, and there is the continuous sound of bubbling spring water emerging from the ground.
These springs all converge into the pond in front of the wooden hut, where the sound of flowing water hitting the bluestones is like lively music, refreshing the spirit.
In the center of the pond, a girl dressed in plain robes is soaking.
Centered around her, the clear water of the entire pond ripples in circles, as if following some pattern.
After a while, she slowly opened her eyes.
“Using spiritual water for cleansing can only achieve this effect,” the Great Elder Xuan Miao muttered to himself.
It has been some time since Shui Qiu was brought back from the outside. These days, she has been trying to find ways to completely restore Shui Qiu’s Pure Water Physique.
Such a promising seedling, if found before officially embarking on the path of cultivation, would naturally be best.
Cultivating the wrong techniques in the wrong place has a far more serious impact on her than it seems.
“It’s enough, come out,” Xuan Miao said to the girl in the water.
“Yes, Master,” the girl with blue eyes stepped out of the pond, and the spiritual water around her formed white mist, making her look like a water sprite.
“Qi Refining seventh grade,” Elder Xuan Miao stroked her chin, “The progress is decent, but if the characteristics of the Pure Water Physique could be fully utilized, the level should be much higher.”
Advancing two grades in such a short time would be a shocking achievement in any sect. However, from Elder Xuan Miao’s attitude, it seems that her expectations for Shui Qiu were much higher.
“Master…”
After spending these days together, Shui Qiu had already figured out her master’s personality. Aside from being forgetful, she was actually quite kind.
“I’ve been in closed-door cultivation for more than ten days, can I…”
“Hmm?” Xuan Miao glanced at her disciple, “What do you want to do?”
“Can I,” Shui Qiu’s face flushed red, “go see Sister Tang? I haven’t properly thanked her yet. Without her, I might not have had the chance to come to Xuanling Sect, nor the opportunity to serve you, Master…”
“It’s her again,” the Grand Elder couldn’t help but complain, “You mention her name ten times a day by my side. Who is more important to you, me, your master, or your Sister Tang?”
“Of course, Master is the most important!” Shui Qiu nodded vigorously like a pecking chick, “But Sister Tang is also very important… Master~!”
The girl looked up with her bright, watery eyes, pleading in a soft and sweet tone.
“I’m afraid it won’t be long before I’m only second in your heart,” Elder Xuan Miao said with a mix of laughter and tears, waving his hand, “Alright, alright, I’ll let you go. There’s a matter that needs someone to handle it with you, she’ll do.”
“Thank you, Master!”
After receiving the Grand Elder’s permission, Shui Qiu’s face immediately beamed with a radiant smile, and she skipped down the mountain.
She could see Sister Tang again!
How delightful!
…
What a headache!
In the training field, Tang Xin couldn’t help but sigh.
It had been a few days since the battle with the disciples of Liuyan Mountain, and the day for the Xuanling Sect disciples’ competition was drawing closer. Yet, she hadn’t completed any of the main storyline objectives.
The third one was manageable; accumulating ten thousand persecution points could be done gradually. But there was no progress on the first two objectives.
Getting Su Ling, that stubborn girl, to shyly snuggle in her arms?
That seemed unrealistic, didn’t it?
Getting Shui Qiu to say “I hate Sister Tang the most”? This one seemed a bit easier, but the prerequisite was to see her, right?
Elder Xuan Miao had been in seclusion with Shui Qiu, and she couldn’t deliberately disturb them. How could she complete the objective without meeting her?
The only good news was that since defeating Yan Xiao, the disciples of Xuanling Sect seemed to have changed their view of her somewhat.
“Actually, aside from her fondness for tormenting others, Senior Sister Tang doesn’t really have any other major flaws…”
This could be considered the first step towards “not wanting to be a villain”… right?
“Hehe, I got my favorite cotton candy again…”
While Tang Xin was feeling troubled, a young girl in the bloom of youth, holding cotton candy, passed by her.
Without a second thought, the Chief Senior Sister snatched the cotton candy from the little girl’s hand.
The little girl stood there, stunned.
“I didn’t eat candied haws this time, did I?”
She said timidly.
“I’ve told you before, eating sweets is bad for your teeth, and isn’t cotton candy even sweeter?” Tang Xin took a bite and continued, “So, I still have to confiscate it.”
“…”
Persecution points +33…
Watching the little girl walk away in tears, while eating the tooth-achingly sweet cotton candy, Tang Xin continued to ponder how to achieve the main storyline’s objectives.
“Senior Sister—”
Su Ling, that silly girl, temporarily set aside the issue of how to make Shui Qiu’s favorability towards her drop to zero.
But speaking of which, how exactly should one determine if the favorability is zero?
“Senior Sister,” as she was deep in thought, a pair of mountains… no, a cute face suddenly appeared before her, “Senior Sister Tang Xin!”
“It’s you…” Tang Xin mused for a moment, then said, “Big-chested girl.”
Shui Qiu was taken aback, seemingly unaware that the nickname referred to her.
“It’s been a few days,” she unabashedly scrutinized the girl’s impressive upper body, a smirk forming on her lips, “How come you seem to be getting bigger?”
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to poke at your sore spot!
I just wanted to be a good person!
Tang Xin observed the blue-eyed girl’s reaction, and at the same time, the system panel provided key information.
[Current Favorability (Percentage): 99]
This… isn’t this just a point shy of a perfect score? You’re just keeping one point to avoid arrogance, right?
Sigh, but after saying something like that, her favorability towards me should drop quite a bit, right?
“Um,” Shui Qiu looked down at her clothes that were stretched tight, supported them with her hands, and with an innocent face, she looked up at her and asked, “Senior sister, do you like them big? Or small?”
[Current Favorability: 99]
“I like…”
Tang Xin gritted her teeth, struggled painfully, and then reluctantly answered.
“Small… ones!”
“But senior sister’s are quite big too,” Shui Qiu said with a blush, “Although senior sister doesn’t like big ones, thinking that I’m almost the same as senior sister gives me a sense of closeness… like we belong to the same group?”
[Current Favorability: 99.9]
Huh? Can it really work like that?
The same move can’t be used three times, right?
“I don’t like breasts bigger than mine!”
Tang Xin cursed her dishonest self inwardly while she spoke.
“But when we slept in the same room before, senior sister, while you were massaging mine… you also said ‘This is so nice’ and ‘Is this the touch of justice?’ and things like that…”
“What! Did I really do that? Damn it, why did I do it while I was asleep!”
“Cough cough, senior sister, your true thoughts are showing…”
