Chapter 205 If I were struck dead by lightning, then…
The fairy in charge looked at Chaowu and smiled, "Since that's the case, then remember to cultivate diligently, and don't give up halfway, understand?"
Asagiri nodded vigorously, "I will work hard in my training."
After thinking for a moment, the fairy in charge added, "Do not reveal this matter to others before you have completed your cultivation."
Why?
The fairy in charge couldn't very well explain to Chaowu that if she failed and then spread the news everywhere, some gods in the divine realm would mock her as a mere fairy maiden who overestimated herself.
Not all deities can achieve a state of mind free from distractions.
"Things are accomplished in secrecy; there is no reason to announce something before it has even been done."
Asagiri nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite. Since the fairy in charge had spoken, she would listen.
The words floating before her eyes would also advise her not to tell others about her cultivation, and to study diligently with Master Jiuxian.
Asagiri didn't press for an explanation and, urged by Xiang Bei, continued her studies.
She felt that as long as she learned enough, she would definitely understand what they meant, so she tried her best to memorize those things.
She also vaguely sensed that the reason she hadn't succeeded yet was because she hadn't learned enough. She believed that as long as she studied diligently, she would definitely improve her magical abilities.
Besides studying, Asagiri also does other things. Based on her observations, she discovered that many female immortals like to come to the Heavenly Book Pavilion to read books.
However, the books they read were different from the books I read.
Zi Ling said that the books they read were all kinds of storybooks, and the main characters in them were mostly fairies and scholars.
For example, a fairy descended to earth and encountered danger, but was saved by a scholar. The fairy fell in love with the scholar at first sight, married him, and the two lived a happy and fulfilling life.
Asagiri looked at Ziling with a puzzled expression and asked, "Fairies have magical powers, while this weak scholar is just a reader. If even fairies can't solve this danger, why can this scholar?"
Zi Ling was stumped by Chao Wu's question and hesitated for a while before saying, "Anyway, that's what it says in those storybooks."
For example, when a fairy descended to earth to play, it happened to be raining. The fairy ran to a dilapidated temple to take shelter from the rain, and then met a scholar who was also there to take shelter from the rain. The two fell in love at first sight.
Asagiri continued, "Why didn't the fairy simply bring out an umbrella to shield herself from the rain, or fly back to heaven? Why did she hide in the dilapidated temple?"
Ziling sighed, covered her ears, and hid back inside the bookmark.
The fairies loved reading those storybooks, reading them with great enthusiasm, and would even discuss the plot developments among themselves.
Asagiri also read a few books and suddenly noticed a problem. It seemed that the scholars in these stories were all based on the deity Xuanwu.
Asagi leaned over to look at the storybook, she overheard a fairy next to her saying that Xuanwu God had been reincarnated as a scholar in one of his previous lives.
To be precise, every time Xuanwu the God reincarnates in the mortal realm, a storybook about his corresponding identity in the mortal world will appear.
The female protagonists in the story are all based on fairies.
It is said that many of them are custom-made scripts at great expense.
Asagiri looked around in the storybooks and found another identity.
For example, the male protagonist was reincarnated as a general, which is very similar to the identity of the God of War, Xuanwu.
The female lead isn't unique, but the male lead is quite consistent; it's said that some of them are even written by the fairy herself.
Xuanwu Divine Lord's tribulation has actually increased the number of books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
Sometimes, if you want to buy something, you have to fight for it.
Asagiri was engrossed in reading the storybooks until she was hit on the head and then realized what had happened.
Have you finished today's tasks? Are you just slacking off here?
Asagiri put the storybook back and immediately asked Ziling to take her back.
When they were alone, she couldn't help but speak up, "Xiang Bei, I think those storybooks are really strange."
What's strange about it?
"Why do the female leads still love the male lead so much even though he treats them so badly?"
Xiang Bei raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that it was quite remarkable that the female lead could have such insights from reading a storybook.
Who says the female lead has no talent? She's got some ideas!
Asagiri sat cross-legged, resting her chin on her hands. "What I saw just now was even stranger. The God of War returned from the scene with a woman, saying that she had saved his life and he wanted to take her as a concubine. He's already the God of War, why would he need someone to save him?"
"Furthermore, she is his benefactor, a benefactor who gave him a second life, just like his parents. Taking a concubine would lower the status of his benefactor."
Xiang Bei patted Chao Wu's shoulder with satisfaction and sighed again, "The child is so smart. It's not easy for her to have such insights."
"The fairy in charge never reads those books. She thinks those storybooks are boring and has even said that Lord Xuanwu is nothing like the character described in the storybooks."
After Asagiri finished learning from the system, she spent several days reading storybooks.
Watching Xuanwu Shenjun in every book, he was obsessed with the female protagonist, even banging his head against a wall for her.
Hearing their discussion, Asagiri joined in and said, "The Xuanwu Divine Lord himself is not like this."
The female immortals looked at Chaowu, and seeing that she was unfamiliar, they knew she was new and even offered a special explanation.
"Do you know what the Xuanwu God looks like?" Chaowu asked in surprise.
"Of course I know, but it's just something written in storybooks. In reality, he's like an iceberg; who would dare get close to him?"
"Exactly, exactly. Her face is naturally very good-looking, but her personality is not good. She doesn't seem like a considerate person."
"You all knew about this?" Asagiri asked in surprise.
"Of course I know. The main reason is that everyone loves to read it. Only by writing this kind of thing can we earn spirit stones," one of the female immortals nodded and said.
Another female immortal frowned and said, "If we have to talk about it, Lord Xuanwu isn't like this to everyone. There is indeed one person who is different from everyone else."
But that one is no longer in the realm of gods, or rather, no longer in the Three Realms.
"Don't talk nonsense. We can't mention that person. If someone hears us, we'll be punished."
"Yes, yes, I almost let it slip."
The female immortal closest to the morning mist took out a few storybooks from among them, saying, "These are all bestsellers. If you like them, you can buy them and read them."
"Buy?" This was the first time Asagiri had ever heard that you could buy books at the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
"You really are new here. In our God Realm, you can buy things with spirit stones, which are about the same as silver in the mortal world. If you have spirit stones, you can also buy elixirs, which can help you cultivate."
“That’s right. I have a spirit pet that’s very picky about food. It needs to eat elixirs every day. I’m hoping to sell more storybooks to earn some spirit stones to buy it more spirit pet elixirs,” a female immortal next to me chimed in.
The female immortal who spoke sized up Chaowu and tentatively asked, "Do you have spirit stones?"
Asagiri shook her head.
The female fairy took the storybook from Chaowu's hand and sighed, "After all that talking, it's all been a waste of my breath."
It took Asagiri a while to realize that the storybooks handed to her earlier were all written by the female immortal herself. Some could be commissioned by the female immortal using spirit stones, and others could be sold to earn spirit stones.
"Alright, since you've come several times already, I'll give you a copy. This one sells very well."
Asagiri took the storybook back and sat there flipping through it.
"Lu, can spirit stones buy a lot of things?"
Zi Ling sat opposite Chao Wu and nodded, "Of course."
"How can I get spirit stones? I want elixirs for cultivation."
This problem stumped the Word Spirit. It could help find books, but it didn't know how to earn spirit stones.
Asagiri pondered for a while, resting her chin on her hand, before remembering something: the head fairy would sometimes hand her a small wooden box. Asagiri had seen it a few times; inside were small, glowing stones.
The stones were small and emitted colorful light. Asagiri kept a few of the small stones that she thought were pretty, and threw the rest away.
She quickly searched her pockets and pulled out a gleaming stone. "Lu, the spirit stone you mentioned, it wouldn't be this, would it?"
"Yes, these are spirit stones. How many do you have?"
Asagiri recalled how she had mistakenly thrown away the spirit stone as a small pebble, and her heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
"Didn't the fairy in charge of you say that?"
"I told you, I didn't understand back then and didn't take it seriously." Asagiri cried out in pain, clutching her head.
She would rather never have known, so that when she did find out, she wouldn't be so heartbroken that she had thrown away so many spirit stones.
Asagiri grabbed Roku and asked, "Can you tell me how to earn spirit stones quickly?"
Zi Ling sighed, then a brilliant idea flashed in her mind. She snapped her fingers, found a few books, and handed them to Chao Wu.
How to quickly earn spirit stones?
Earning Money Starts with the First Spirit Stone
On the Use of Spirit Stones
Asagiri couldn't open the book no matter what she did. "What's going on?"
"These books can only be read by spending spirit stones to buy them," the spirit said.
After the spirit of the words explained, Chaowu learned that the books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion were divided into two types: one type could be borrowed, like the books about cultivation that Chaowu was looking at now.
The other type requires spending spirit stones to purchase.
Asagiri sighed and returned the book.
She didn't have enough spirit stones to buy it.
Xiang Bei was speechless.
Don't buy it. You won't know how to earn spirit stones, and you'll lose them anyway.
I never expected to see this kind of tactic in the realm of gods.
"Then what should I do?"
Zi Linglu jumped around Chaowu, looking puzzled. "Are you talking to someone else? Why do you always seem to be talking to yourself whenever I see you?"
Asagiri sighed, "But even if I told you, you wouldn't understand, and you can't see it anyway."
Zi Ling felt that Chao Wu had gone too far, so she simply returned the bookmark and ignored her.
Xiang Bei originally wanted to use her points to exchange for some spirit stones for Chao Wu, but Chao Wu refused.
"I still want to earn spirit stones myself. Thank you, Immortal Xiang Bei."
Xiang Bei said she could use it first and pay her back later when she earned more spirit stones. Unexpectedly, Chao Wu was very stubborn and refused to use her spirit stones.
Xiang Bei's gaze fell on the storybook in front of Chao Wu, and she immediately had an idea.
[Can you write storybooks? If you can, you can earn spirit stones by writing storybooks. See which storybooks are most popular right now, and write one of those.]
Asagiri scratched her hair. "It seems so. Maybe I should try it first."
As soon as she said she would give it a try, Asagiri actually picked up a pen and started writing.
Before writing, I did a lot of research on various storybooks and got a general understanding of the image of Xuanwu God in them.
She inquired about the role Xuanwu Shenjun would be reincarnated as in his next life, and then started making up stories. When she couldn't continue, Xiang Bei provided her with some inspiration.
As long as the writing is fluent and there's an ambiguous and entangled relationship between the female protagonist and the Xuanwu God, it seems to be very popular.
Asagiri was written in this direction.
She just couldn't write the sense of tension found in other people's stories. In her stories, Xuanwu God was almost tortured to death.
"I don't know why, but I just couldn't help wanting to kill him off."
[Never mind, let them kill off the story. Who knows, maybe some people will like reading it.]
Asagiri had to clean the temple, study with the system, and only then could she find time to write her storybook.
She was so busy that she didn't have time to rest.
After writing for many days, she finally finished the storybook. There were dark circles under Chaowu's eyes, which made the fairy in charge think that something had happened to her. She advised her to rest well and said that her health was the most important thing.
Chaowu quickly waved his hand to indicate that he was alright. After the fairy in charge left, he quickly covered his cheeks with a handkerchief and then sent the storybook he had written to the Heavenly Book Pavilion, handing it over to Immortal Lord Chenyi, who managed the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
It was her first time doing something like this, and she was still a little shy.
After handing over the storybook, Immortal Lord Chenyi registered it for her and explained some rules. He would also symbolically charge a few spirit stones for each storybook sold.
“I understand,” Asagiri nodded.
Write your name and fingerprint on the item handed to you by Immortal Lord Chenyi, and you can send any of the storybooks written by Chaowu here in the future.
As long as there is income from spirit stones, she will be paid.
Asagiri nodded. Master Jiuxian had given her special permission to rest for a day. Asagiri yawned and went back to sleep. She felt refreshed after that.
Even a lowly fairy with limited magical powers gets tired when she's busy.
Asagiri rubbed her face and continued to conceive her second story.
Xiang Bei couldn't bear to see her tormenting her body like this, so she set up a strict schedule for her, with a clear plan of what to do at what time, so that she wouldn't feel too tired.
"Xiang Bei, you are truly amazing."
Learn from this, and you'll be able to plan your own time effectively. Once you learn how to manage your time wisely, you won't have to work so hard.
There were some things that Asagiri didn't quite understand, but after humbly asking for her guidance, she admired Xiang Bei even more.
"Xiang Bei, you know so much."
[Once you finish reading all the books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, you'll understand too. Keep up the good work, Little Fairy Morning Mist.]
Asagiri did not disappoint Xiang Bei, and worked hard to learn more.
Even though she couldn't gather spiritual energy, as she learned more and more, her mind became less dull than it had been at the beginning. When she thought, she was no longer slow.
"I...I...I succeeded!"
[You also need to correct your stuttering. You're going to be a god someday, with your own temple. How can you stutter when you get excited? It really damages your image.]
"Can...can it be changed? I want to...change it."
The system held a chopstick in front of Asagiri's mouth and said, "Bite it."
Asagiri opened her mouth and bit down.
The system handed over a book of tongue twisters and simply said, "Read it."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Read it aloud more, until you can pronounce it clearly."
Chaowu nodded and began reciting the instructions given to her by Master Jiuxian. She would rest when she got tired, and then continue practicing.
Asagiri had previously discovered that the time of day in the place where Master Jiuxian had brought her was different from the time of day outside, allowing her to study here a little longer.
During the break, Xiang Bei prepared hot tea, snacks, and fruit for her, and Chao Wu would sincerely thank her.
We would occasionally chat about various topics, but in the end, the conversation would always veer off course, eventually leading to the topic of tribulations.
Even immortals have to undergo tribulations. Immortals born with divine bodies must undergo tribulations, and even a little fairy like Chaowu is no exception.
Even someone as powerful as Lord Xuanwu still has to descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations. The thought of undergoing tribulations made Chaowu tremble with fear, but she also became much more alert.
There's no room for exaggeration when it comes to tribulations; if you can't survive, you really will die. When immortals die, they're simply dead; there's no such thing as reincarnation.
I heard that a goddess in the divine realm died a long time ago. Asagiri doesn't know much about it, but she heard that the goddess was struck dead by lightning because she made a terrible mistake.
Asagiri hugged her arms tightly, somewhat afraid. Everyone's tribulations are different; she had heard that some immortals had to go through a tribulation of lightning.
Even before she ascended to heaven, she was terrified of thunder.
How painful it would be to be struck dead by lightning!
When she curiously asked what mistake the goddess had made, everyone would shut their mouths and remain silent. This puzzled Asagiri; why did everyone seem reluctant to mention the goddess's name?
Not getting an answer, Asagiri didn't press the matter further, but she remembered it well.
Xiang Bei, the immortal, makes a lot of sense. To become a divine ruler with divine power, one must work hard. She had finally ascended to immortality, and only by diligently cultivating and improving her magical power could she protect herself and prevent herself from dying during her tribulations.
To become a god, she must undergo tribulations.
Only deities who successfully undergo tribulations become increasingly powerful.
Just like the Fairy in Charge, she was able to transform from a little fairy like her into the Fairy in Charge because she successfully went through tribulations.
It was the Xuanwu God she had previously thought she admired. Everyone knew he was the son of the Father God and Mother God, born with divine bones.
However, when Xuanwu God was born, he had to undergo a tribulation. If he could not successfully undergo the tribulation, then there would be no Xuanwu God in this world.
From any perspective, Asagiri is destined to undergo the tribulation of lightning that she fears.
After careful consideration, Asagiri felt that becoming a deity was too far-fetched for her at the moment, so she changed her goal and decided to become a deity like the Fairy in Charge.
With the target suddenly appearing, Asagiri felt it would be easier to complete than before. Asagiri didn't know when she would face her tribulation, but she knew that she would have a premonition beforehand.
What she needs to do now is to work hard to improve her magical power so that she will be able to withstand her tribulation when it comes.
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