Chapter 3: The Black Lotus in Desperate Need of Redemption is Like a Huge Cluster of Small Suns...

Chapter Three

Does "doubles exercise" mean doing a complete set of calisthenics with this junior brother?

She can!

Compared to previous tasks, this task, though frustrating, was surprisingly friendly. I hope the system will continue to assign her tasks like this in the future.

Rong Yan perked up and walked over to Jiang Yuliu's side in a few steps, standing side by side with him like a well-behaved middle school student.

"Stretching exercises, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!"

We're back, and all the familiar memories are back.

Rong Yan felt as if she were not in the secluded forest, but on the playground of her middle school. After finishing this exercise during the long break, she could go hand in hand with her best friend to the convenience store to buy a drink before returning to the classroom for class.

Rong Yan's eyes welled up with tears, deeply moved.

Shi Liuying was quite shocked to see Rong Yan and Jiang Yuliu doing exercises together.

Especially after seeing Rong Yan's expression, she felt a sense of awe.

Senior sister is indeed worthy of being called senior sister; she can comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth with just a set of martial arts skills!

The senior sister's gaze towards this outer sect senior brother was clearly filled with disgust. Why would she still cultivate with him?

Shi Liuying looked at Rong Yan carefully; she was very beautiful.

He looked at Jiang Yuliu again, then frowned and looked away—he looked extremely lewd.

Even if he performed a set of righteous kung fu, it still couldn't change his sleazy nature.

Would my senior sister like someone like that? Of course not.

Then there is only one possibility: this set of techniques is truly mysterious!

Shi Liuying moved slowly to Rong Yan's side and, following Rong Yan's example, began to do the third set of national middle school broadcast gymnastics.

Shi Liuying: It feels so good to cultivate with my senior sister. It makes me feel like my youth is dancing.

Rong Yan watched Su Liuying's actions, wanted to laugh but held it in, and started to grip the ground with Su Liuying's toes.

Not telling the junior female student what radio calisthenics is is also a form of kindness.

Fortunately, this exercise doesn't take long.

It was all over, and Rong Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Liuying's eyes lit up as she tugged at Rong Yan's sleeve: "Senior sister is amazing! She has such incredible skills. I feel I have benefited greatly from training with her."

I benefited greatly from radio calisthenics?

Rong Yan was a little embarrassed but could only accept the praise and play along: "Junior Sister is also very quick to understand..."

A weak voice came from the grass: "Who can take care of me... I think I'm... a little dead..."

Rong Yan and Shi Liuying looked at Jiang Yuliu together.

After finishing his morning exercises, he collapsed in a pile of dry grass, his skin red and his eyes glazed over.

Jiang Yuliu looked at Rong Yan with a pitiful expression, almost pleading, "Senior sister, could you... help me..."

Shi Liuying: "Is he perhaps a little... possessed by cultivation, to the point of demonic possession?"

The system promptly reminded Rong Yan: [His cultivation has gone wrong, causing his yang energy to become excessively hot. You need to approach him proactively and use your own cooling energy to guide him through the first chapter of the *Sunflower Manual*.]

Rong Yan smiled maliciously: "Yes, he made a mistake in his cultivation. But this is also a great opportunity."

Rong Yan pointed her finger at the green spiritual energy enveloped in lightning: "Junior sister, watch carefully, this is Qi sensing. After drawing Qi into the body, it is stored in the dantian and then mobilized to the meridians."

"The spiritual energy generated can be used to control external supernatural powers, manipulate objects, or use basic spells."

"His spiritual energy has become disordered in his dantian. Once it is straightened out, his cultivation level can be raised by one stage."

Yes, it's just that I've gone from a minor early stage of Foundation Establishment to a minor mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Shi Liuying looked at the light on Rong Yan's finger: "Can Senior Sister's spiritual energy have a healing effect?"

"My element is wood, which can be used for both attack and healing."

However, her spiritual energy is not simply limited to the gentle wood element.

The lewd man who forced her in the book's plot should also taste the bitterness of failing his mission and being struck by lightning.

Shi Liuying released the spiritual energy from her fingertips, heading straight for Jiang Yuliu's dantian.

The green-purple light rushed out aggressively, and in an instant, Jiang Yuliu's legs straightened.

How strange, why is there no pain in the tingling sensation, and why does a bone-chilling cold surge through his body?

"It's so cold, senior sister, it's so cold..."

Even now, Jiang Yuliu was still looking at Rong Yan with an alluring gaze.

Rong Yan felt disgusted: "Aren't you hot? Let me cool you down."

Jiang Yuliu lay on the ground, looking at Rong Yan like an ant.

She stood aloof, her face cold and indifferent, her long dress trailing on the ground, her lips bright red, looking just like a ghost.

Ghost cultivator, ghost cultivator...

Yes, how could he forget that Rong Yan is a ghost cultivator? How could he dare to let a ghost cultivator's spiritual energy enter his body?

Jiang Yuliu's hair and eyebrows were covered in frost, his consciousness was hazy, and his vision was blurred.

The impression of Rong Yan as a woman of captivating charm, someone who could be enjoyed by thousands, gradually faded from my mind.

The bone-chilling coldness constantly reminded him that Rong Yan was a ghost cultivator, a powerful one, and one he could not afford to offend.

The clearer his understanding of Rong Yan's ghost cultivation became, the more he wanted to escape.

They are worlds apart. How dare he, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, provoke an inner sect senior sister?

The chill did not linger in Jiang Yuliu's body for long. The moment Rong Yan dispelled the chill, Jiang Yuliu breathed a sigh of relief, didn't even look at Rong Yan, and scrambled away as if a ghost was chasing him.

Shi Liuying asked in a daze, "Is he cured now?"

Rong Yanyan's red lips curled into a sarcastic smile: "It seems his illness is completely cured."

Shi Liuying frowned: "He's really rude. He didn't even thank you for saving his life."

"There's no need for thanks. I'll be grateful if he never appears in front of me again."

Shi Liuying clearly saw the disgust in Rong Yan's eyes.

Senior sister, I really hate Jiang Yuliu.

But if you dislike him, why did you accept his invitation after seeing the paper crane he gave you?

The master and elders never leave their homes, and the senior sister's actions and wishes are always contradictory. There must be a youngest junior sister in the sect.

Shi Liuying scratched her head: Is this really a legitimate sect?

Congratulations, host, on completing your first mission!

[Receive the reward: the cultivation manual "Qi Refining from Beginner to Expert"]

Rong Yan, who had already passed the Qi Refining stage two hundred years ago...

The system is really mechanical and inhuman. In order to resist the tedious tasks, she worked hard to cultivate, but the system could not detect her efforts in cultivation at all.

The system probably thought the task was so simple that anyone who had just transmigrated could complete it, so after she completed the task for the first time, it gave her a beginner's guide to cultivation.

"Senior sister, where are we going now?" Although her cultivation with her senior sister had ended, Shi Liuying was like a little chick who still wanted to follow her mother hen.

Rong Yan looked at Shi Liuying and took in the light in her eyes—a vibrant, newly-advanced native of the cultivation world.

Thinking that her master and elders all ignored her, Rong Yan felt a pang of pity.

Poor little thing.

"Here, take this." Rong Yan waved her hand and took out the system's reward, placing it in front of Shi Liuying.

"You are at the Qi Refining stage, this book is suitable for your cultivation."

Rong Yan raised the corners of her alluring eyes, signaling her to continue.

Shi Liuying was stunned to receive a secret manual simply for being a powerful figure's leg accessory.

She stood there stunned for a moment, like a frightened hamster, then rubbed her hands on her light blue disciple robe like an otter rubbing its face, and finally solemnly accepted it: "Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Her eyes sparkled, and she promised, moved, "I will work hard to cultivate!"

She will definitely show her senior how much progress she has made and live up to her senior's advice.

Looking at Shi Liuying's series of bewildered reactions, Rong Yan felt that even though she had been tormented by the system, her aged heart had become much younger.

A smile played on her lips as she closed her eyes contentedly, thinking back to the days before she became a wicked woman.

"Practice diligently, I believe in you," Rong Yan encouraged.

Shi Liuying nodded vigorously.

"Come on, I'll take you back to your cabin."

Rong Yan summoned her sparkling sword again.

Shi Liuying was somewhat disappointed that her senior sister was no longer guiding her, but with the secret manual and the means to cultivate, she also had her own things to do.

Shi Liuying mounted Rong Yan's sword and secretly resolved to cultivate diligently and learn everything in the book as soon as possible.

Rong Yan thoughtfully escorted Su Liuying to the door of the cabin: "See you next time, junior sister."

Then, with a "whoosh," she dashed away with her sword.

"Are all masters so quick to come and go?" Shi Liuying watched with envy as Rong Yan's ethereal figure quickly disappeared.

She must become as capable as her senior sister in the future.

Rong Yan felt refreshed while on the sword.

The air was so fragrant without any evil men around. I don't know if it was a system malfunction or just good luck today, but from the mountain to the outer gate, and even when I was sending my junior sister off, I didn't encounter anyone randomly trying to chat me up.

In the past, those clingy gazes and randomly appearing flirtations were practically everywhere.

Perhaps the system was indeed attacked by a virus and has been completely changed.

Rong Yan thought to herself in a rather pleasant mood.

This good mood lasted until she returned to her cave.

Outside the shimmering pavilion, clouds and mist swirled, and in the hazy distance, the figures of several female disciples could be seen appearing and disappearing.

Rong Yan stopped smiling.

That bastard Chong Cang, instead of leading his junior disciples in cultivation, runs to her place to avoid trouble.

A female disciple, mustering her courage, approached Rong Yan hesitantly: "Senior Sister, could you please pass this on to Elder Chong Cang for me..."

She quickly added, "Elder Chongcang grew up amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and was forced to cultivate extraordinary skills, which caused him to lose his sense of taste. I just wanted to try and see if I could let him taste the flavor of food again?"

Rong Yan looked at her, a gentle and harmless little sun.

She used her divine sense to look around and saw a huge cluster of sunflowers hidden in the smoke.

A note from the author:

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