20 Chapter 20
Fortunately, although this article "The Secret of Maintenance for Female Cultivators of the Hehuan Sect" uses some nonsense literature at the beginning that makes people confused, it does reveal some useful information in the end. The third senior sister, who has always been troubled by her mediocre appearance, felt like she had found a treasure and immediately took out a pen and paper and began to carefully excerpt it.
"So that's how it is. Every day before going to bed, apply a cold compress of the leaves of the black shuang flower on your face, meditate for half an hour to absorb its spiritual power, and finally wash with the jade condensation fragrance dew. If you persist in doing this for 49 days, your skin will become white and tender, as smooth as a baby's..." She bent over the table and wrote furiously. Her serious look stunned the eldest brother.
"Mu Qing, I didn't see you so serious when I was listening to Master's sermon yesterday. Is it really that serious?" The eldest brother stared at the younger sister's face in confusion: "I don't think you are ugly, you are quite fair!"
"Nonsense! How can anyone who cultivates immortality be ugly? But there's still a huge gap between being not ugly and being beautiful!" Third Senior Sister Mu Qing rolled her eyes ungracefully, then leaned over and pinched her cheeks to show the eldest senior brother:
"Look at my face. It's white, but it doesn't feel delicate at all! It's as pale as porcelain. It's nothing like those female cultivators from the Hehuan Sect, whose skin is white and rosy, and they look beautiful no matter how you look at them!"
In fact, I didn’t see any difference: …
"Why don't you try slapping yourself twice?"
"What are you talking about?! You big fool! Don't run! I want to use your blood to make rouge!"
Seeing that the other brothers and sisters seemed to be about to start a fight, the younger sister had no choice but to pick up the thin book to change the subject:
"No, stop fighting! Third Sister, your skin is actually fair and shiny, very beautiful! By the way, let's take a look at the other articles, right? Aren't you also curious about the stories of those contestants?"
As soon as this was mentioned, the boys and girls who were playing around just now immediately became interested again. The eldest brother rolled over and landed directly on the chair, and the others followed suit and sat back down.
"Hurry! I want to read Miss Shangguan's story!"
"Yes, let's look at Shangguan Huaijin's first! I've been curious about why she gave up being the eldest daughter and ran off to the Hehuan Sect!"
So the junior sister put the magazine on the table and spread it out, following the table of contents to the page about Shangguan Huaijin, and what she saw was a picture of a beauty that took up half the page.
Shangguan Huaijin was wearing a simple dress and floating on the lake in a small boat. The hairpins and jewelry she wore on the last show were gone. A few white flowers were randomly pinned on her loose black hair. She was secretly shedding tears at her reflection in the lake. The setting sun shining on her created a pitiful look of a beauty in distress.
"So she really has some compelling reasons..." The junior sister felt sympathy when she saw Shangguan Huaijin's lonely figure in the magazine. She frowned and couldn't wait to read the text next to the picture.
The first sentence: The fiancé who had broken off the engagement returned home in glory.
Qingyun Sect disciples: A broken-off fiancé? Returning home in glory? What happened?
Second sentence: That rich fiancé bullied me severely.
Disciples: Just cancel the engagement, let’s go our separate ways and be happy. Is this man so petty?
The third sentence: I gave up completely and went straight to the Hehuan Sect.
Disciples: Ah?
After fully attracting the readers' curiosity and attention, Ning Shu used a very old-fashioned female-oriented writing style to shape Shangguan Huaijin's experience into a tragic story of a simple-hearted little white flower being oppressed by the powerful and bullied by a scumbag. After vividly describing the classic routines of sadistic writing such as physical and mental abuse, being misunderstood, being framed, and having her life hanging by a thread, she finally showed mercy and gave the heroine, who was originally doomed to die, a glimmer of hope, successfully achieving a BE (HE?) ending with the hero and heroine separated from each other.
On the day of Huangfu Gongyu's (the scumbag male protagonist) Jindan Ceremony, the Shangguan family, proud of the event, decked out in lavish decorations. Shangguan Huaijin, covered in wounds, slipped out through a small door. The biting wind blew through her thin clothes, bleeding from her still-unhealed wounds, yet bringing a touch of moist warmth.
I heard that the patriarch's daughter, Shangguan Wanyan, had long admired Huangfu Gongyu. Perhaps today they would be unable to resist expressing their feelings to each other. Shangguan Huaijin stumbled forward, her thoughts scattered. She didn't know how far she had walked when she suddenly felt a chill on her face. She looked up blankly, only to realize that snow had suddenly begun to fall from the sky.
"Is this an announcement of my injustice? Or is it an offering of good fortune to the darling of heaven?" Shangguan Huaijin stretched out her frozen fingers, and a crystal snowflake gently fell on her palm. The whistling cold wind took away her gentle question, leaving only cold tears on her palm.
So she walked forward in silence, the snow all over the sky blocked her way, as if she was the only one left in this vast world.
(end)
Qingyun Sect disciples who read the entire story: ...
Newborn! Newborn! All newborn!!!
Those indifferent elders and clan leaders are new! That petty ex-fiancé is new! Those servants and women who flatter the powerful and bully the heroine are new! Those passersby who humiliate the heroine without asking why are also new!!!
Ahhhhhhh, I'm so angry! Why do these new students end up living in luxury, with many friends and family, while poor Miss Shangguan can only leave her hometown with scars all over her body?
Where is justice? Why doesn't he just kill those scum with a bolt of lightning?!
The eldest brother was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, wishing he could jump into the book and give Miss Shangguan justice:
"How could those guys be so unreasonable? Did Miss Shangguan have the final say on canceling the engagement? They did all those dirty things, and in the end, they let an innocent, weak woman bear the blame?"
The most innocent little sister was even more tearful: "How could this happen... Miss Shangguan... It's so pitiful..." She looked at the beauty picture again with a look full of sympathy and heartache:
"No wonder she looks so sad in the painting. I never thought that despite looking so glamorous, she actually has such a sad past..."
"So, that's why Miss Shangguan's piano music was so heartbreaking during the last show. I guess it's because of this..."
"Ah! Miss Shangguan is truly a good girl with noble character and unyielding spirit!" Second Senior Brother, who already had a good impression of Shangguan Huaijin, slammed the table and said, "I've made up my mind! I'll go to the next official competition! I'm going to cheer Miss Shangguan on!"
"Take me with you! I'm going too!" The little sister stood up with tears in her eyes. "I remember that the top five in this competition can become the direct disciples of the leader of the Hehuan Sect! I want to support Miss Shangguan and watch her reach the top and leave that Five Spirits Holy Body behind!"
Don't lose! This older sister plays the zither so well!
The eldest brother, who had been reluctant to secretly take his junior sister to watch the game, made the final decision: "We'll all go! We must witness Miss Shangguan trample those losers under her feet!"
Similar conversations took place in the streets of the city that never sleeps. The diehard fans who had previously supported Shangguan Huaijin on the show were furious. Wang Zhicai, a second-generation descendant of a similarly aristocratic family, was so angry that he kicked over the table:
"What the hell is that scumbag! What's so great about the Five Spirits Body? My eldest brother and second brother even have the Heavenly Fire Mysterious Body! They don't look like a scumbag who has achieved success!"
His fellow young masters were equally indignant. "That's right! What's so great about the Shangguan family? My father said they've been living beyond their means for the past few hundred years, and have been living off their savings! I think everyone except Miss Shangguan will be finished sooner or later!"
"We must seek justice for Miss Shangguan!"
"Yes! I'll write a letter right now and tell my parents to never talk to them again!"
"Humph! Don't let me see anyone from their family again! I'll beat them up every time I see them!"
Things turned out just as Ning Shu had expected. This "scandal" with a changed narrative perspective brought a lot of popularity and supporters to the person involved, Miss Shangguan Huaijin. Although Liu Pianpian was the undisputed center of attention in magazines and posters, it was indeed this oppressed and pitiful lady who caused the most discussion.
"Hehuan Weekly" quickly became a new thing that everyone in the city that never sleeps, following the popularity of the audition program, and the emotional entanglements between Shangguan Huaijin and her ex-fiancé also became more and more widely known with the spread of the magazine.
"The Shangguan family is such a piece of shit!"
"Exactly! And her ex-fiancé, what a mean person!"
"Wow, Shangguan Huaijin, I will support you! You must win the competition!"
"That's right! Become the direct disciple of the Hehuan Sect's leader in one fell swoop! Make the Shangguan family and that worthless fiancé regret it!"
One-sided public opinion mixed with intense emotions surged in, so much so that even Shangguan Huaijin himself felt something was wrong.
"Elder Bai Xuan, I've recently felt that the spiritual energy in my body is stagnant, and there's some pain in my spiritual veins and dantian. Is there something wrong with my cultivation?" Shangguan Huaijin asked when Bai Xuan came over to preach, his face looking pale due to his physical discomfort.
These days, she was still cultivating with other outer disciples in Fangzhizhou of the Hehuan Sect. She had no idea how much of a stir the magazine and her story had caused outside. Therefore, when her internal Qi suddenly surged, she did not think about it in that way. She just thought that she might have gone astray in her eager cultivation.
Bai Xuan took her words very seriously when she heard them. Seeing Shangguan Huaijin's pale face, which showed that she was clearly unwell, she quickly touched her pulse point and injected a stream of Qi into her spirit veins to probe around. When she put her hand down, Bai Xuan's brows relaxed considerably, and she looked at Shangguan Huaijin with some surprise.
"Your cultivation has increased too rapidly recently, and your spiritual veins are too narrow to accommodate the surging Qi within your body, which is why they are blocked. Don't be afraid, this shows that your lover truly loves you, and his feelings for you are pure."
I don't know how many disciples of the Hehuan Sect thought they had met true love, but in the end, that damn man made so many promises and vows that his cultivation level could not be improved at all. Those poor sisters couldn't even deceive themselves, and in the end they all ran back crying to contribute to the water level of Acacia Lake.
This new disciple is quite lucky to have met a lover who truly loves her. It seems that building a foundation will definitely not be a problem. Bai Xuan patted Shangguan Huaijin's shoulder with relief:
"You must cherish this good marriage. For disciples of our Hehuan Sect, this is a rare opportunity!"
However, the new disciple's face did not show the shyness and joy of a young girl. Instead, she looked puzzled: "Elder Bai Xuan, I don't have a lover. Where can I find a sincere admirer?"
She has been busy practicing recently, taking care of the spiritual field, and practicing her piano skills to prepare for future competitions. Let alone romance, she hasn't even seen a man for a long time.
No lover? What's going on? Before Bai Xuan could ask further, a familiar and lively voice suddenly appeared behind her: "I know, I know! That's because our Huai Jin has so many sincere fans!"
Bai Xuan turned her head as usual: "Young Master, what is a fan?"
"Um... this..." Ning Shu stuttered for a rare moment, then quickly continued, "They are the supporters who can provide Huai Jin with cultivation. Since they are the predecessors of Qingsi, I decided to call them fans!"
As she spoke, she stepped forward, grasped Shangguan Huaijin's hand, and shook it vigorously, tears welling in her eyes like a principal awarding an award to a top student. "Huaijin, you're famous! You're famous! Congratulations on becoming the first popular contestant in our Hehuan Sect to have over a thousand fans!"
You contribute more than ten more threads of love every day with your own efforts. I am so proud of you!
【Author’s words】
The first person to abuse fans, Shangguan Huaijin [dog head]
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