Chapter 178 The Ninth World, Cultivation
The houses shown on the big screen still had an ancient style, but they looked very beautiful. The buildings were shrouded in mist and shimmered with a sparkling light.
Occasionally, something like a shooting star streaks across the sky.
"What's going on? Have we wandered into a magical world? But these buildings don't look like they have any magic."
The system transformed into a large orange cat and jumped onto Xiang Bei's shoulder. "Host, why don't you take a look at the original plot?"
Xiang Bei covered her face, "No."
The plot of the previous world almost killed her; it deeply shocked her fragile and innocent heart, and she really didn't want to see that plot again.
The system slapped Xiang Bei on the head, "Host, you teach Qi Luo to be brave, but you yourself must be brave too. This is something you have to face. How can you know how things will develop if you don't read the plot?"
Xiang Bei stared blankly at the big screen for a while before pulling up the original text to take a look. This time, the background was a cultivation world.
The male protagonist is the youngest Dao Lord in the cultivation world, but also the one with the highest seniority and spiritual power. He is aloof and elegant, an unapproachable and cold flower.
When he went down the mountain to subdue the demon, he witnessed the demonic cultivators massacring the village and rescued the only surviving female protagonist, Si Yao.
Upon seeing the word "only," Xiang Bei's eyelids twitched involuntarily. She had a feeling that emphasizing the word "only" wasn't a good thing for the female lead.
Especially since she also got involved with the male lead, plus the background of a tragic novel.
"Don't tell me that the demonic cultivators' massacre of the village is related to the male protagonist. Although the two are separated by a blood feud, they still fall deeply in love in the end."
Xiang Bei had seen this kind of plot many times before.
The system coughed twice. "Host, you should see for yourself. It can't be explained in just a sentence or two."
Xiang Bei continued reading. The female lead was taken back to the sect by the male lead and was found to have an excellent water spiritual root. The male lead then naturally took her in as his disciple.
Having been saved by his life and growing closer over time, the female protagonist secretly harbors feelings of love for her master.
In order not to be looked down upon by others, and not to embarrass her master, Si Yao cultivated desperately and became the strongest senior sister in the sect.
After becoming the senior disciple, in addition to teaching the disciples below, Si Yao often cooks some food for her master. The male protagonist has already reached the realm of a half-immortal, and he can ascend to immortality as soon as he breaks through the bottleneck.
Despite having the ability to not need to eat, he would still eat the food that the female lead, Si Yao, served him.
In summary, the female lead harbors feelings for her master, while the male lead is indifferent to everyone else but shows some special affection for the female lead.
This made the female protagonist feel that her master always treated her differently from others.
The female protagonist doesn't ask her master to respond to her; she only hopes to stay by his side forever.
When the master returned from the mortal realm, he brought back another woman, saying that she was his last disciple and also the female protagonist's junior sister.
The female protagonist witnessed her master treating her junior sister like a precious jewel, and breaking all the rules he had set for her sake.
The junior sister can freely enter the room that the female lead is never allowed to enter. The master, whom the female lead is never allowed to touch, is allowed to be pampered by the junior sister tugging at his clothes.
He even gave all the food he had made to his junior sister just because she said she liked it.
As a result, the junior sister choked while eating too quickly. The male lead thought that the female lead was deliberately targeting the junior sister. In order to punish the female lead for being jealous of her fellow disciples and targeting the junior sister, the male lead shattered the female lead's heart meridian with a palm strike.
"No, is he crazy?" Xiang Bei couldn't help but say. "The female supporting character chokes and blames the female lead. If the male lead chokes to death while eating, wouldn't he become a vengeful ghost and make the three realms pay with their lives?"
The system, perched on Xiang Bei's shoulder, said, "People in the cultivation world shouldn't be able to transform into vengeful ghosts, right?"
"Who knows? He's not the first male protagonist to go crazy like this. The world of angst stories doesn't care about morality. What if there's a resurrection armor?"
The system cannot answer this question, nor can it guarantee whether the world's consciousness will grant the protagonist a resurrection shield.
Xiang Bei scrolled down and saw that even though her junior sister had low spiritual power and faced difficulties on the path of cultivation, the male protagonist still took her in as his last disciple without hesitation. It was a more grand ceremony than when he took in any other disciple, and it could be said that the entire cultivation world was informed of it.
He even searched everywhere for miraculous medicines to nourish his beloved little apprentice's body.
Even the junior brothers whom the female lead usually doted on favored that junior sister.
They all ignored the female lead. Whenever the junior sister was injured near the female lead, even if it was just a scratch and no blood was drawn, they would suspect the female lead first and scold her without any explanation.
They criticized her for changing, saying she was no longer the pure-hearted senior sister she once was, and that the female lead was unworthy of being their senior sister.
The female protagonist was struck by lightning on the Cliff of Contemplation, frozen by ice in the Cold Abyss, and even had her heart burned by raging fire, leaving her on the verge of death.
In the end, because the junior sister was injured in the secret realm, the blame was also placed on the female lead. She felt that if the junior sister hadn't been distracted and worried about her, how could her spiritual root have been damaged and she could no longer cultivate?
So the male protagonist and everyone else dug up the female protagonist's spiritual root and gave it to their junior sister.
The female protagonist was unwilling to fight back, but the male protagonist grabbed her by the neck from a distance, saying, "If it weren't for you, she wouldn't be injured like this. This is what you owe her. I never taught you to be so selfish. From now on, don't call yourself my disciple. I don't have such a disgraceful disciple as you."
Upon hearing the male lead's heartless words, the female lead stopped struggling and allowed him to extract her spiritual root.
When the female lead was tortured and covered in wounds, her junior sister appeared, looking at her with a smug expression, and then told her that it was because of the male lead's mistake that the village where the female lead lived was massacred.
The male protagonist originally went there to check if there were any survivors. If it weren't for the fact that the female protagonist had good spiritual roots, he would have killed her to silence her.
Having lost her spiritual root and no longer able to cultivate, and upon learning of this, the heartbroken female protagonist turned and jumped off the Cliff of Repentance.
After the female lead dies, the male lead finally realizes that she is the one he loves and completely falls into the demonic path. He finally learns that it was all a deliberate scheme by his little apprentice, whose innocence was all an act, designed to steal away everyone who loves the female lead.
The male protagonist slaughtered the entire sect, sparing none of his disciples. He also became an enemy of the entire cultivation world, eventually obtaining a way to resurrect the female protagonist.
He collected the female protagonist's soul and nurtured it in his heart until he resurrected her. He then knelt down and apologized to her, saying that if he could do it all over again, he would never make that mistake again.
The female lead ignored the male lead, but he began to shamelessly follow her around, trying to get her forgiveness.
Finally, the female lead was moved by the male lead's sincerity, and the two went into seclusion.
After reading it, Xiang Bei couldn't help but sigh.
She knew this would happen.
You can torture people anywhere, in any place.
But she just wouldn't believe it and kept watching.
"By the way, Commander, quickly check out the male lead's aura."
She didn't want another male lead with that special aura to appear.
That situation was too sudden; she wasn't prepared at all. Who would have thought there would be a male lead with a 200% halo, completely forcibly following the female lead's plot?
If it hadn't been for the timely response, that mission would have truly failed.
"Host, the male lead's halo is working fine this time," the system said after checking.
"Are you sure there's no problem? This is a cultivation world, after all. Those people can fly. I'm afraid you'll get caught by them."
Those things that looked like shooting stars were cultivators from the cultivation world flying on their swords.
"No, that might be the case with older systems, but I have the latest version. When I arrive in the cultivation world, the system will activate its own protection, so it won't be detected."
Xiang Bei nodded. "I hope so. But this spiritual root you mentioned, isn't it somewhat similar to that superpower from the apocalypse? It has elements like metal, wood, and earth. I remember this is the power of the five elements, right?"
“What you said makes sense, host. The names are similar, but their abilities are quite different. The one from the apocalypse has the Five Elements ability, and its improvement mainly depends on the crystal cores of zombies. The one here has the Five Elements spiritual root, which requires cultivation using the spiritual energy of the cultivation world. According to the original setting, each major sect has its own specialized spiritual energy cultivation power, and the sect with the strongest spiritual energy has the highest requirements for the aptitude of its disciples.”
The sect of the female protagonist, Si Yao, is the top of the four major sects in the cultivation world.
"Can the spiritual root change? The female lead has a mutated water spiritual root, can it change into another kind of spiritual root?"
"According to the book's setting, everyone actually has five spiritual roots, but having five spiritual roots is equivalent to having no spiritual roots, as the absorption of spiritual energy is very slow. In the current cultivation world, no one can cultivate five spiritual roots at the same time. A single spiritual root is the most powerful, and you only need to focus on cultivation. The female protagonist, with her mutated water spiritual root, is a rare genius in the cultivation world."
"Isn't the genius the male lead?" Xiang Bei asked.
"The male lead is from the previous generation, and the female lead is from this generation. They are master and disciple, but there is a generational difference between them."
Xiang Bei said "Oh," and then added, "So the female lead's mutated spiritual root is used for the male lead to abuse her?"
"Well, according to the setting in the book, you could say that."
Xiang Bei sighed and didn't say much. She was already used to reading angst-filled stories.
"Master, is there any way to modify, no, I should say activate the female lead's other spiritual roots? I remember reading novels before, the more spiritual roots the better, there's no reason why the more spiritual roots the better. If all five spiritual roots are activated and cultivated, she should be more powerful than if she only has one spiritual root."
According to the spiritual root system, it should be metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; the five spiritual roots correspond to the five elements.
There are also exceptions, such as special spiritual roots like wind, lightning, and ice.
The female protagonist has a mutated water elemental root. Activating her other elemental roots allows her to develop in all aspects and become the strongest.
What's that saying again? When someone is strong enough, they naturally don't need to listen to what others are saying.
"I think so. Host, you should check the situation first. I can go and consult with other senior system users."
Xiang Bei sent the system over and checked the situation herself.
The current plot is that the second female lead has been taken back to the sect by the male lead and has become the beloved junior sister.
When Xiang Bei switched to the female lead's side, the female lead was in a corner watching her fellow disciples in the sect fawning over their junior sister.
Even her master asked her with concern if she felt unwell anywhere.
Xiang Bei checked the relevant points in the original text, and found that the female protagonist had been bullied by this junior sister several times, both openly and secretly, at this point.
In angst-filled novels, even if the female protagonist had a mouth, no one would believe her.
Now almost all the fellow disciples believe that the female lead is a vicious person who is jealous of her junior sister, and she is trying to make excuses and deceive them.
How could they be fooled by the wicked senior sister? The more the senior sister acted this way, the more they favored the junior sister. The clever little devils, while observing the heroine's unpleasant expression, tried to make the junior sister laugh.
They realized they had seen through their senior sister's sinister intentions.
The female lead looked at them, feeling a mix of emotions. Before her junior sister arrived, things weren't like this. She didn't know when, but everyone had stopped trusting her as the senior sister and even felt she was bullying her junior sister.
But she didn't do that. It was clearly the junior sister who got injured, so why do you think she did it?
Even her master didn't believe her.
Is it because she, as the senior sister, didn't do a good enough job?
Don't be sad. Instead of blaming yourself, improve your strength and bury them in the dust.
Seeing the words flashing by, Si Yao immediately became alert.
"Who?" Si Yao shouted at the place where the words appeared.
The hall fell silent instantly, and everyone looked in Si Yao's direction.
"Si Yao, what are you doing?" Daoist Chongming frowned and asked Si Yao.
Upon hearing her master speak, Si Yao quickly said, "Master, didn't you see it just now?"
It's understandable that the junior disciples' spiritual power is not high enough to see it, but the master's spiritual power is far superior to hers, so there's no reason why she wouldn't be able to see that strange character.
Are you talking about me? Then they really can't see me.
Si Yao immediately went on guard, and a jet of water shot out from her palm.
She watched helplessly as the jet of water passed through the floating words, soaking her master, fellow disciples, and junior sister to the bone.
"Si Yao, what are you doing?" Daoist Chongming's gaze toward Si Yao instantly darkened.
As immortals in the cultivation world, getting a little water on them is nothing, but Si Yao's sudden attack shows her dissatisfaction with everyone.
To attack one's own master, in particular, is utterly disrespectful.
The other fellow disciples also glared angrily at Si Yao.
"That's not how it is, Master. There are strange characters here. Didn't you see them?" Si Yao said anxiously.
She found the writing strange, and her spiritual power actually passed right through it without affecting the strange writing in the slightest.
"What nonsense are you spouting? There are no strange characters here, Si Yao. Are you plotting revenge?" Daoist Chongming said with a stern face.
"You really can't see it? It was right here just now," Si Yao asked incredulously.
Don't ask anymore. They can't see it; only you can.
“Master, it’s appeared again,” Si Yao said, pointing to the text.
But her fellow disciples just sneered at her.
"Senior Sister, what's wrong with you? Why are you acting so crazy?"
Si Yao's face turned pale. The words were so conspicuous, yet no one else noticed them. Just as the words said, only she could see them; no one else could.
She looked up at her master, wanting to ask, "Can't even someone as powerful as your master see this?"
Unexpectedly, her junior sister stared at her and suddenly said, "Senior Sister, are you unhappy because the senior brothers gave me gifts but not you? Even if you are unhappy, you can't make fun of everyone like this, let alone make fun of Master."
The junior sister walked over and handed the things in her hand to Si Yao, saying, "Senior sister, if you like them, I'll give them to you. You really didn't need to tease everyone like this."
"Junior Sister, that was a gift from all of us to you. How could you give it to someone else?"
Si Yao looked up and her mouth moved, but she didn't say anything.
Those were her junior brothers whom she had taken care of since childhood. They used to call her "senior sister" and even said that she was their own sister. She never expected that she would become an outsider in their eyes now.
Si Yao gave a wry smile and gently pushed away the things her junior sister offered, "No need..."
Si Yao stood there stunned. She had clearly only touched her lightly and had not pushed her junior sister.
"You unfilial disciple, you're incorrigible! You dare to bully Wen Yin right in front of me!" Daoist Chongming slapped Si Yao across the face.
The palm strike sent Si Yao flying out of the main hall, crashing heavily to the ground.
Si Yao was still somewhat dazed when she lay on the ground.
This wasn't the first time she'd been sent flying by her master, but this time, she didn't feel the slightest bit of pain.
I've heard from some seniors that people don't feel pain after they die. Was she killed by her master with a single palm strike?
Xiang Bei rolled her eyes and withdrew the protective shield from her hand. Although she was being slapped away in the same way, using the protective shield and not using it were completely different experiences.
If Si Yao had taken that blow head-on, all the bones in her body would have been shattered.
It was she who caused it, so it's only right that she shielded Si Yao from it. Of course, that lunatic Chongming Daojun can't be let off the hook either.
[Is your master out of his mind? Why resort to violence when you can just talk? Have you ever been bitten by a rabid dog? Rabies can flare up anytime, anywhere.]
The slap came out of nowhere, but luckily Xiang Bei reacted quickly.
Those junior brothers were heartless too; they watched Si Yao get knocked away and kept cursing her for getting what she deserved.
Junior Sister Wen Yin was so anxious she was about to cry. "Senior Sister, are you in pain? It's not your fault, I fell by accident. I called out the wrong name just now."
The crowd pulled their junior sister Wen Yin back, saying, "Junior sister, don't be too kind. Some people are just incorrigible and need to be taught a lesson."
"Exactly. She's bullied you behind your back so many times, and you still speak up for her. She deserves to be taught a lesson."
"Someone like her doesn't deserve to be our senior sister at all."
"Yes, she doesn't deserve it. She should be taught a lesson by her master."
Chongming Daojun's voice came from inside the house and spread throughout the entire sect.
“You wicked disciple Si Yao attacked a fellow disciple, which is unethical. You shall be confined to your own courtyard to reflect on your actions immediately.”
He then looked at Si Yao with disgust, "Go back. If there is a next time, I will definitely kill you, you wicked disciple, with my own hands."
Si Yao got up in a daze, staring blankly at the people in the hall.
She saw that strange text appear again.
They said you bullied them and punished you. Take a good look; this is their punishment for bullying you.
The moment the words appeared, she saw white powder spreading around her master and all the others.
It seemed that her master and the others had not noticed any of this, and were still glaring at her angrily.
Si Yao wanted to speak, but she couldn't make a sound.
"Get out of here!" Seeing that she was still there, the junior brother shouted angrily, "Do you want to get beaten up again?"
Si Yao shut her mouth and turned back to her own courtyard.
Seeing that Si Yao still seemed to have old injuries, Xiang Bei exchanged a healing pill from the cultivation world for her.
Eat this, and your wounds will heal.
Si Yao didn't eat it. Looking at the pills on the table, she asked in confusion, "Are you human or what?"
[I used to be a person, but I'm not anymore.]
Xiang Bei sighed. She was currently only in a soul state and could not be considered a human.
What does this mean?
I am a person beyond the mundane world.
For a moment, Xiang Bei couldn't figure out what identity to use to face her, so she could only start making things up.
Si Yao looked at the pill but didn't swallow it immediately. Of all the main characters Xiang Bei had encountered, she was currently the most wary.
"Eat it, it won't kill you. You can't see me anyway, and killing you would be as easy as turning my hand. Why bother with a fake medicine?"
"What did you just sprinkle on my master and the others?"
A little bit of itching powder will make them itchy for three days and three nights, but it won't cause any major harm. However, if they can't resist scratching, it might get worse and leave scratches or something.
Si Yao pursed her lips, "We're complete strangers, why are you helping me?"
[When you see injustice, you should lend a helping hand.]
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