Chapter 2 Rebirth (Part Two) Qingxing accepts the challenge, and the streets are filled with turmoil. ...
Qingxing was just a bit indifferent, but she knew that the visitor was up to no good.
Besides, this guy named Su Lin in front of her has been causing her trouble for three lifetimes.
Having begged in the mortal world for over a decade, she had seen all sorts of demons and monsters. This Senior Brother Su Lin… Although Qingxing didn't know why he disliked her so much, she felt from the bottom of her heart that he wasn't very smart.
They belong to the type who want to do bad things but lack the intelligence to do anything but act foolishly.
Qingxing didn't care what others said and treated this person like air. Occasionally, if they bumped into each other, as long as he didn't cause trouble, Qingxing wouldn't even give him a glance. But Su Lin couldn't stay idle. Every time, he would come over and pretend to care for her, while secretly coming up with all sorts of crooked ideas.
Qingxing didn't care, treating it as just a pastime, and always responded coldly. But this back and forth changed the way the other disciples perceived it.
Apart from the parties involved, everyone in Qi Yunfeng felt that the sect leader's disciple, Su Lin, was in love with Qing Xing, but unfortunately, he was unmoved by her feelings. As a result, Su Lin's love turned into hatred, and he began to make things difficult for Qing Xing at every turn.
For example, right now, Su Lin is pestering Qingxing, saying nonsensical things, which has attracted a lot of onlookers.
"Senior brother, if you don't have anything important to do," Qingxing interrupted Su Lin, "then let me go get some food."
"You eat..."
Su Lin pointed to the pile of breakfast on the table and said sarcastically, "I say, Junior Sister Qingxing, you eat so much, but I haven't seen you do anything for Taihua Mountain."
"Um."
Qingxing responded indifferently and turned to leave.
She felt that Su Lin was right, after all, she had never attended any sect competitions, spring hunts, or autumn hunts in any of her lifetimes.
Su Lin felt like he'd punched cotton, finding it very unsatisfying. He stepped forward to stop Qingxing, but suddenly heard the sound of air breaking behind him.
He turned around and saw a small, teardrop-shaped book spirit shouting as it flew rapidly toward him, heading straight for his face.
"Yahoo!"
With a loud "thud," it slammed heavily onto Su Lin's forehead.
Su Lin suddenly felt dizzy and overwhelmed by pain. He lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Hmph! You should consider the Book Spirit before you hit your master, right? Don't you even know who her Book Spirit is before you dare to cause trouble?"
The culprit, Guda, pouted and bounced back to Qingxing's side.
"Uh..." Qingxing looked at Su Lin lying on the ground, unsure whether to help him up or not, and could only say, "I'm sorry."
The onlookers got excited, thinking: This is going to be interesting.
Almost everyone in Qi Yunfeng knew that Su Lin was flamboyant and extremely concerned with his image. Qingxing's book spirit bumping into him in public was like rubbing his face in the dirt; he would never let it go.
Sure enough, Su Lin recovered his senses in the next moment. He struggled to get up from the ground, his cheeks flushed, his eyes wide with anger, and pointed his finger at Qing Xing: "You!"
After all, it was her own book spirit who hit her, so Qingxing felt a little guilty and had no choice but to face Su Lin's angry gaze. She thought that even if he asked for spirit stones as compensation, she would accept it.
But in Su Lin's eyes, this expressionless face turned into a provocation.
“You!” he pointed again.
Guda perched on Qingxing's shoulder and rolled its eyes arrogantly.
"You just wait!"
After uttering these harsh words, Su Lin covered his forehead, turned around, and strode away.
Qingxing:......
Gudako: "That's it? You dare to cause trouble?"
The onlookers glanced disdainfully at Su Lin's retreating figure, then dispersed on their own, each with a look of regret on their faces.
I thought he might do something drastic!
After this incident, Qingxing could no longer stay in the kitchen. She took a cloth, packed up all the food on the table, and carried it back to Tingyu Garden.
It's no wonder Su Lin was jealous. Jiu Qu Chen had always been extremely generous to this free-range disciple. Among the disciples who lived together, Qing Xing, who had a private room and a garden, stood out.
Finding the house too stuffy, Qingxing simply laid out a mat on the stone table in the garden and ate her packed breakfast with Guda.
Being a book spirit, Guda isn't quite the same as a human; it doesn't actually chew things up like a human does. It simply floats in front of the food, absorbing its aroma bit by bit.
The contents naturally lost their flavor after being ingested. Qingxing, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, sat aside and waited, inhaling one and then eating one.
Only after finishing the last chestnut cake did Guda let out a satisfied burp, pat its belly contentedly, lie down on the stone table, and utter a sigh:
"Sigh, after spending so many years in the Heavenly Book, I can finally experience some of the realities of life!"
"Were you locked up inside for a long time?"
Qingxing couldn't eat all the pastries. She was wrapping up all the food, thinking that she wouldn't have to go to the kitchen at noon.
Gudako opened his eyes and looked at the clouds flowing in the sky: "That's right, I've been in the Heavenly Book since I was born, which is probably... one or two thousand years."
It had just finished eating, and the "fleshy" face hadn't yet shrunk back. Qingxing couldn't resist reaching out and poking it; it felt just as good as it had in the morning.
Guda glared at her: "What are you doing! Show some respect! By age, I'm from your ancestor's generation!"
Qingxing withdrew her hand: "Okay."
After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "Human history is only two thousand years old, yet you've been in the book for so long... Who created that wordless book?"
“The Creator God.” Gudako was lost in memories. “Although this world is a picture book, it has existed independently since its birth, freed from the constraints of the original work. In order to maintain the order of the Heavenly Dao, the Creator God wrote a wordless book.”
Qingxing seemed to be deep in thought: "So, the Heavenly Book is not the same as a drawing book?"
"Of course not!" Guda glanced at her. "The existence of the Heavenly Book is to maintain and correct the balance of the Heavenly Dao."
"I only know the general plot framework of the world. The original book didn't have any villains, only some minor demons and monsters for the protagonist to level up and fall in love with..."
Upon hearing this, Qingxing pondered for a moment. It seemed that the villain was generated autonomously after the comic book existed independently.
Gudako muttered under her breath, her resentment palpable, "I wonder which bastard is behind this, having nothing better to do than try to destroy the world."
"Okay, now can you tell me why you chose me?"
Qingxing was a little curious, though she wouldn't think anything of it even if Gudako didn't want to say.
"Oh dear, I already said it's going to take a long time to tell." Gudako's eyes darted around, and she suddenly changed the subject, "Let me tell you who the main character is first!"
"The male lead is named Xie Yuzhou, and the female lead is named Shen Wan. They are both disciples of the Taihua Mountain Sect Leader, your junior brothers and sisters! How about it, does it feel familiar?"
After thinking for a while, Qingxing honestly replied, "No."
It's really not her fault. Her master, Jiuquchen, is too lazy, and as a result, she only knows how to stay in Tingyu Garden all day long, never stepping out of the gate. If you really want to investigate, Qingxing can only barely name a few elders, let alone disciples.
Gudako surprisingly accepted this fact and decided to take a roundabout approach: "It's alright. If I remember correctly, the various sects are about to hold their trials, right?"
"right."
Qingxing nodded. The so-called trial is a martial arts competition held every ten years in a training ground set up by various sects for their disciples to compete. Only one person will be the ultimate winner, who will be crowned with the title of "Celestial Champion" and become famous throughout the land.
Therefore, the martial arts arena became a place for many young cultivators to prove their Dao.
Taihua Mountain has always valued fairness and impartiality. Before the trial begins, the Taihua Sect Leader will conduct an inner sect test, and only the top six will be eligible to participate.
Guda jumped up from the stone table and looked at Qingxing seriously: "In such a highly anticipated competition, the male and female protagonists will definitely be present. Master Qingxing, you must give up your lazy life, participate in the inner sect test, and strive to qualify for the trial!"
“Okay,” Qingxing readily agreed, “but there’s one problem.”
"I haven't chosen a major yet."
"What?!" Guda exclaimed in surprise, her voice changing as she looked Qingxing up and down. "If I remember correctly, this is your third year at Mount Taihua, isn't it?!"
Even if you take away the year you did odd jobs, you still have two years left. Surely you can still choose a department!
"Um……"
Qingxing didn't know what to say. After Jiuquchen took her in as a disciple, he simply let her grow up freely. Any good things she acquired were immediately given to Tingyu Garden; as for cultivation...
When she performed the apprenticeship ceremony, Jiu Qu Chen only said one sentence: "Disciple, your teacher's talent is not good, and I am afraid that I will be a burden to you. The path of cultivation is long and you will have to rely on yourself in the future."
She heard this sentence three times, and she did it for three lifetimes.
It is said that there are golden houses in books. Without a master to guide her, Qingxing's only way to cultivate herself is to read books.
Over the years, with nothing to do, she would often go to the library to browse. Sometimes, when she came across something that interested her, she would try it out. As a result, Qingxing stumbled and struggled to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and learned a little bit of various types of magic.
"It's not that we know nothing."
Qingxing spoke weakly, her words sounding somewhat pale and powerless.
"Hmph!" Guda scoffed upon hearing this, "This Jiuquchen is unworthy of being a teacher!"
Achoo!
In Biyue Yunju, Jiuquchen leaned against the bed and rubbed his nose in puzzlement.
It's not even cold outside, is it? Is someone talking badly about him?
"Ring ring ring".
A message talisman suddenly appeared in front of him, interrupting his thoughts.
Jiu Qu Chen remained expressionless and did not accept the talisman immediately. Only when the talisman turned bright red and began to tremble violently did he slowly reach out and lightly tap the surface of the paper.
"All elders are requested to come to the Qiyun Peak Council Hall at Shenshi (3-5 PM) today to discuss matters related to the inner sect test."
"I'm not an elder."
Jiu Qu Chen muttered something under his breath, but the talisman seemed to understand him and immediately added, "Including Jiu Qu Chen, you must arrive on time."
As soon as he finished speaking, the talisman lost its spiritual power and burned fiercely in the air, leaving not even a trace of ash.
Jiu Quchen felt quite resentful, thinking that he hadn't been of any use in the past and had only made himself disliked. The elders would probably accuse him of "neglecting his duties" and "lacking ambition" again.
He sighed, picked up his tattered clothes, and decided to tidy himself up.
Just then, a white shadow darted past the window and nearly hit her head.
Jiu Quchen didn't pay any attention, thinking it was just another egret raised by some disciple, and didn't bother to check it.
The next moment, another egret flew by, even faster, shouting loudly as it flew: "Su Lin, the seventeenth disciple under the sect leader, requests to fight Qing Xing, a disciple of the Jiuquchen Sect! Su Lin, the seventeenth disciple under the sect leader, requests to fight Qing Xing, a disciple of the Jiuquchen Sect!"
Dust from Jiuqu: ?
He turned his head and glanced at the egrets flying around in disarray.
Who volunteered to fight? His apprentice? That's really strange!
Jiu Quchen thought about Qingxing's indifferent nature and thought that this Su Lin was simply being ridiculous. Did he think that by announcing the arrival of a sky full of white egrets, Qingxing would pay attention to him?
It will only cause you trouble!
Jiu Quchen shook his head slightly, a smile playing on his lips.
He trusted this apprentice completely, feeling that she shared his laid-back, carefree attitude, and perhaps even surpassed him.
He admired Qingxing in his heart, then walked to the window and was about to close it when suddenly another egret flew by and almost pecked his nose.
The egret opened its beak wide, its sharp cry piercing the sky:
"Green Apricot accepts the challenge! Green Apricot accepts the challenge! Green Apricot accepts the challenge!"
Jiu Quchen froze as he closed the window, a question mark slowly rising above his head, shattering the obedient disciple image he had just established.
Who will accept the challenge?!
A note from the author:
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Jiuquchen: Who? [Question mark]
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