Chapter 7
Liu Ruotong was stunned by the slap.
She had never suffered such injustice before, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears.
"Look carefully." Wen Wan's gentle voice startled the crowd who wanted to seek justice for Liu Ruotong. Pointing to the freshly made handprint, she said, "This slap is the one I gave her."
"Did she tell you that I was the one who slapped you?"
No one spoke. Liu Ruotong had indeed told them that a new girl was about to become their disciple, but she had a difficult personality, and they should all be tolerant of her. Under their persistent questioning, she finally stammered that the girl had slapped her.
Seeing this, Wenwan was certain.
"You say I did something I didn't do? Then I'll do it for you and prove my guilt." This sentence was directed at Liu Qingqing.
"It turns out that I was indeed innocent."
“My palm is small and delicate, and the mark it leaves is still red. My other palm is much bigger than mine.” Wen Wan stretched out her two small hands to show them: “Look, both of my hands are the same size, but I can’t make such big palms.”
Upon inspection, everyone realized it was indeed true; it was clearly two people's handprints, and Liu Ruotong had lied.
Seeing that her lie was about to be exposed, Liu Ruotong ignored the pain on her face and tears streamed down her face: "I...I just...didn't want everyone to misunderstand my sister any further. I didn't mean to lie."
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly compared the two handprints. The smaller handprint was undoubtedly from Wen Wan, as everyone had witnessed. The handprint on the other cheek was slightly larger, and it was plausible that it was from Liu Qingqing.
It turned out that Liu Qingqing was the one who did it, and everyone immediately condemned her in their hearts.
Wen Wan turned around and looked at Liu Qingqing, blinking her big eyes innocently as she asked, "Sister Qingqing, she said you hit her. Do you want to prove your innocence like me?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingqing was eager to try, having just witnessed her sister Wenwan's slap, which had thoroughly satisfied her.
Seeing this, Liu Ruotong quickly hid behind the crowd, afraid of being slapped again.
"Enough!" one of the male sword cultivators shouted, "Is this how you bully people?"
Seeing that someone was standing up for her, Liu Ruotong hid in the back and remained silent.
Wen Wan: "Bullying someone? Brother, she framed me first. I was just trying to prove my innocence, and the facts prove that I am indeed innocent."
The kind of innocence where you slap someone and remain completely unharmed.
"Your innocence doesn't mean she's innocent," the male cultivator said, pointing an unfriendly finger at Liu Qingqing.
"But what we're trying to do right now is prove that Sister Qingqing is innocent too! Why are you stopping us? Are you feeling guilty?"
"You—you don't use this method to prove your innocence!"
"That's how I proved my innocence."
"No way, no way, no one would slap themselves and then go around saying that someone else slapped them, and then not let anyone prove their innocence."
Wenwan revealed the truth in a sarcastic tone. Whether anyone believed her or not was irrelevant to her. She wanted to sow the seeds of doubt first, just to see the little green tea b*tch panic.
"Sister Qingqing, how can there be such a bad person?"
"Wenwan, some people are born bad, and some people are born stupid."
The bad one is Liu Ruotong, and the foolish ones are her fellow disciples who don't distinguish right from wrong.
That was true then, and it is true now.
"Let's go, let's not bother with them." Liu Qingqing's anger subsided after her actions.
Wen Wan achieved her goal and was easily pulled away by Liu Qingqing.
A group of idiots were left staring at each other in bewilderment.
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Thanks to the Soul-Summoning Bell, the eldest sister granted Wen Wan's every wish, and she was able to move into the western courtyard—Wanxiang Garden.
This was unexpected for the eldest sister. She thought the child would prefer to live in a lively place with many people and get along well with everyone, but she didn't expect the other party to choose such a remote little courtyard.
Everything is for food!!
Of course, Wen Wan would not reveal her true feelings.
The next day, as soon as it was light, a small figure slipped out of Wanxiang Garden and headed straight for Mingxiang Pavilion.
Seeing that there was only one person busy in the kitchen, it was Uncle Zhong, whom I had seen yesterday.
"Uncle Zhong, Uncle Zhong, I'm Wen Wan. We met yesterday. Do you have any big meat buns today? I want to eat big meat buns."
This is the only place in the entire sect that has food! Wen Wan made up her mind to build a good relationship with Uncle Zhong.
She wasn't shy at all and immediately asked Uncle Zhong for some big meat buns. She had two little pigtails on top of her head, which swayed as she spoke, making her look especially cute.
"Oh, it's Wenwan. The steamed buns will be ready soon. Go wait for me in the rocking chair in the backyard. It's stuffy here, don't get bored."
"Okay."
Wenwan obediently left and sat quietly in the rocking chair waiting for the steamed buns, her eyes fixed on the direction of the kitchen, looking like a "steamed bun-gazing stone".
He was completely satisfied when he ate the hot steamed buns.
For several days in a row, except for one time when her senior sister took her to introduce her to everyone, she spent the rest of her time going back and forth between two places, coming to Mingxiang Pavilion to eat and drink for free every day, and even having Uncle Zhong teach her how to cook.
She guessed that Uncle Zhong was probably just an ordinary person like her, and didn't need to cultivate.
Because Mingxiang Pavilion is only open at noon, but Uncle Zhong eats all three meals a day and now even prepares her portion, the other disciples rarely come to eat every day. Just as the guard brother said: the grains are not pure and affect their cultivation speed!
These past few days I've been busy filling my stomach; it's time to put my cultivation back on the agenda.
Wen Wan found her senior sister and asked directly, "Senior sister, when will the sect leader emerge from seclusion?"
Chu Yun said that the sect leader would guide her in cultivation, so she only sought out the sect leader.
"It should be soon. What's the matter that you're in such a hurry to see her?" the eldest sister replied.
"Of course it's cultivation." Wen Wan tilted her head, looking at her in confusion. What else could it be but cultivation?
The other disciples were deeply shocked upon hearing this.
A young friend with a token wants to become the sect leader's disciple? What about Liu Ruotong? Before the sect leader went into seclusion, he only said he would accept one disciple, and now another young friend with a token has appeared? So who is the real junior sister?
Everyone looked at their junior sister, whom they had spent a year with, with a touch of pity.
Liu Ruotong clenched her little fists, staring at Wen Wan with a gloomy expression, but quickly regained her composure so that no one would notice. In her heart, she secretly vowed: she absolutely could not let Wen Wan take away her spot as the sect leader's disciple!
The senior sister didn't say anything more, just nodded, which made everyone's ideas even more imaginative.
"Tomorrow's sect selection event is 'Spirit Butterfly Enters the Dream,' would you like to participate, dear Wenwan?" the senior sister asked.
"I don't have any spiritual power right now, can I still participate?" She hadn't started cultivating yet and couldn't sense the presence of spiritual power.
Oh wow!
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief for Liu Ruotong. Without spiritual power, it would be useless for the sect leader to take her in. Even if she had spiritual roots, talent was also very important. Junior Sister Ruotong was only 8 years old and had already reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. The little friend with the token had no right to compete with her.
"sure."
After finishing her explanation, the senior sister announced the selection rules: Participants will enter the secret realm and each person will be given a spatial pouch. They can use any method to catch the spirit butterflies and put them inside. The secret realm will automatically close within the specified time. The person who collects the most spirit butterflies will win.
First Place Reward: 100 Intermediate Spirit Stones
Second place prize: 50 intermediate spirit stones
Third Place Reward: 30 Intermediate Spirit Stones
Rewards for 4th-10th place: 10 intermediate spirit stones
The reward wasn't generous, but the task was easy and had zero risk, so everyone was very eager to sign up.
Although Wen Wan doesn't like to join in the fun, she couldn't resist her curiosity and naturally participated in the competition.
As she watched the fluttering spirit butterflies in the secret realm, she discovered that each butterfly's wings were etched with different patterns, and these patterns on each butterfly were traceable, like some kind of ancient language. Moreover, these spirit butterflies were exceptionally agile, making them far from easy to catch.
When the game ended, her pouch was empty, but a special spirit butterfly landed on her shoulder and voluntarily came out with her.
As soon as we came out, there was a commotion ahead.
Wen Wan leaned closer and discovered that Liu Ruotong and Liu Qingqing were arguing.
"Sister, I already said I was willing to help you catch the Spirit Butterfly, why are you still trying to steal mine?" Liu Ruotong looked at Liu Qingqing with tears in her eyes.
Liu Qingqing was speechless. It was clearly Liu Ruotong who snatched her pouch in the secret realm, and she only snatched it back. Now, she was the one who snatched the spirit butterfly?
Seeing her fellow students pointing and whispering about her, she rolled her eyes inwardly: This younger sister of hers really loves to make a scene.
Although her spiritual power was not high, she took advantage of Liu Ruotong's inattention and snatched her pouch without hesitation. She tossed it to the disciple who was counting and instructed, "Count."
Then he turned to Liu Ruotong and said, "You said I did something I didn't do, and everyone believes it. If I don't do it, wouldn't I be letting down all the gossip I've endured?"
"This..." The disciple in charge of counting hesitated, unsure of what to do.
"The rules only state that the number of spirit butterflies must be within a specified time, based on those handed over to the counting table. They don't say anything about not allowing fighting. Two pouches, my spirit butterflies." Liu Qingqing pointed to the two pouches in front of the counting disciple's table, looking at him with determined eyes: "Counting table!"
Just then, the eldest sister appeared, and everyone quickly explained the whole story, waiting for her to speak.
Liu Ruotong was overjoyed, thinking that her senior sister would definitely get justice for her.
Liu Qingqing pursed her lips and remained silent.
The eldest sister glanced at everyone and spoke after a long while: "The 'Spirit Butterfly Enters the Dream' event is based on the number of items handed in to the counting station. The pattern is not broken, continue counting."
Upon hearing this, the disciple who was counting the items attributed both bags to Liu Qingqing alone.
Liu Ruotong looked at her senior sister in disbelief.
Why didn't the eldest sister seek justice for her?
Then chaos immediately erupted at the scene, with everyone scrambling to grab what they could.
In the end, out of the hundred or so participants in the "Spirit Butterfly Activity," only about twenty people submitted their Spirit Butterflies within the allotted time, mostly because they had a lot of data and were afraid of having theirs stolen.
This is also the reason why the senior sister deliberately dragged out the time without answering.
Liu Qingqing won first place, and the hundred mid-grade spirit stones were a huge sum of money for her, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Wen Wan was also happy for her: "She's a quick learner; she picks up the ropes right away."
The outcome of the event is already set in stone.
"Liu Qingqing, do you know your crime?"
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