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In an instant, countless pieces of information flooded into Lin Zhenzhen's brain.

Because this is a cultivation world, and its setting is completely different from the worlds she has encountered before, it is a bit difficult for her to accept it.

She rubbed her aching temples and struggled to her feet.

A woman in green suddenly rushed out from the side and helped her up.

"Sister, are you alright?"

Lin Zhenzhen had just looked up at her and hadn't even had a chance to speak when the person started talking to herself.

"Don't worry, although I, Chen Shu, am a concubine's daughter and have a useless spiritual root, I am not the kind of person who flatters the powerful and schemes to please them. Today, although I have entered the Heavenly Crane Sect, it is only because the young sect leader appreciates my diligence and has given me a place to learn something and pass the time."

"Sister, you are exceptionally talented and have been betrothed to the young sect leader since childhood, so your bond is naturally deep. You should focus your energy on diligent cultivation and break through to the third level of Spirit Master as soon as possible."

She spoke with sincerity, but Lin Zhenzhen still caught the fleeting hint of mockery in her eyes.

Chen Shu, the female protagonist of this small world, is a typical "trash-to-riches" character. She appears to be useless with a useless spiritual root, but in reality, she possesses a chaotic spiritual root that appears only once every hundred years.

The body that Lin Zhenzhen transmigrated into belonged to was Chen Shu's half-sister and the eldest daughter of the Chen family in Yunlong Kingdom.

Lingzhen herself possessed the rare dual spiritual roots of water and wood, and at the young age of thirteen, she broke through to the first stage of the Spirit Master realm.

Her mother was from a prestigious family in the capital, yet she insisted on marrying the head of the Chen family.

Linghuan died young due to illness she developed during the birth of Lingzhen. However, she had already found a safe haven for her child, and Lingzhen was betrothed to Xuanyuan Zhao, the only son of the Xuanyuan family, when he was three years old.

The Xuanyuan family holds an unparalleled position throughout the entire Xuantian Continent, and Xuanyuan Zhao is the most talented of his generation, having already reached the fifth level of the Spirit Emperor realm at the young age of twenty.

Lingzhen harbored feelings of inferiority, and in order to be worthy of her future husband, she devoted herself to cultivation.

On the day she broke through to the Spirit Master level, she went to find Xuan Yuan Zhao with great joy, but she accidentally stumbled upon the servants of the Xuan Yuan family discussing her, saying that she had mediocre talent and was not worthy of their young master.

She was originally a genius envied by others, a rare talent in the eyes of her teachers, but in their mouths she became so worthless.

At first, Lingzhen would complain to Xuanyuan Zhao, but no matter what she said, he always had the same indifferent expression, and the sentence he said to her most often was: I will marry you, don't be willful.

Willful, yes, in his eyes Lingzhen was just throwing a childish tantrum. He didn't care about her feelings at all.

In Xuanyuan Zhao's world, there is only one thing he truly cares about: becoming stronger.

Love and romance were laughable and boring to him; in his view, only the weak needed such trivial emotions.

If it weren't for the agreement between their parents, he wouldn't have wasted any time saying a single word to Lingzhen.

Xuan Yuanzhao's indifference was like a knife, wounding Ling Zhen all over. Gradually, she stopped confiding in him and instead learned to play the role of a proper and sensible woman.

Later, Lingzhen's cultivation hit a bottleneck, and she remained stuck at the third level of the Spirit Master realm for several years without making any progress. Outsiders began to look at her with increasingly strange eyes.

Amidst the ridicule and sarcasm of others, Lingzhen became increasingly insecure. She began to give up on herself, no longer focusing on cultivation, but instead spending all her time on jealousy and rivalry.

[Is this the man I'm trying to seduce? An egomaniac?]

Lin Zhenzhen made no attempt to hide her scrutinizing gaze.

Xuanyuan Zhao frowned more and more deeply as he looked into the woman's blatant gaze.

"Yes, Junior Sister Chen Shu is just a useless spiritual root, she won't pose any threat to you. Instead of cultivating properly, she only knows how to scheme all day long."

Others had long disapproved of Lingzhen's actions and stood up to speak for Chen Shu.

“Young Sect Master, look, Chen Shu only spilled a little tea on her table, and Ling Zhen has already done such a cruel thing to his own sister.”

The man ripped open Chen Shu's sleeve, revealing her battered arm.

"The old sect master is in seclusion. We ask the young sect master to take charge of the overall situation. According to the rules and regulations of the Tianhe Sect, deliberately making things difficult for fellow disciples should be punished with fifty strokes of the cane."

In an instant, several people stepped out of the line and bowed in unison to petition.

Chen Shu lowered her head, concealing the corners of her mouth that were turned up, but she still pretended to plead for Ling Zhen.

"I was born into a lowly family, so it doesn't matter. Please, Young Sect Master, spare my elder sister this time."

The man finally moved, his hawk-like eyes sweeping over everyone below before finally settling on that stubborn figure.

Xuanyuan Zhao's lips moved slightly, but his voice remained calm and composed.

“Lingzhen, as a disciple of the Heavenly Crane Sect, has repeatedly violated the sect’s rules and regulations, and should indeed be punished.”

He paused, his fingers, hidden beneath his black robe, twitched slightly, forming a hand seal, and a lotus flower shimmering with golden light slowly rose.

“Lingzhen, we are engaged. The Xuanyuan family head has a rule that husband and wife are of one body. If you make a mistake, I will also bear the responsibility.”

After speaking, he took up his hand and slammed the lotus flower heavily into his chest.

"It's the Golden Lotus Seal! The young sect master actually destroyed half of his spiritual veins. Although he can recover in less than half a month, why did he have to do this?"

"Sigh, you know perfectly well that the young sect leader would never allow himself to make even the slightest mistake."

Lin Zhenzhen looked at the man's face, which had suddenly turned pale, and her bad impression of him had just lessened a bit when she heard him continue speaking.

“As my fiancée, you should also accept the punishment of being devoured by the Golden Lotus Seal, according to the clan rules.”

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