Chapter 86 The Genius Cultivator Used as Cannon Fodder (Fifteen) The Two Sisters...
After the two sisters finished dividing the things, it was almost dawn. Although Ye Xinglan had fought and didn't feel tired at all, her two disciples still insisted that she rest there for a day before setting off again.
Ye Xinglan naturally wouldn't refuse. She had brought the two of them out for a stroll anyway, and since there were still half a month before the small secret realm opened, it didn't matter where they went.
Besides, the road to Rain City isn't far. If Ye Xinglan and Ye Xinghan were to take the two of them and travel at full speed on their flying swords, they would probably arrive in two hours.
Ye Xinghan, standing to the side, looked at his two junior disciples' concerned manner and couldn't help but show a toothache expression. With his sister's cultivation level, she probably wouldn't even need to draw her sword to deal with a late-stage Qi Refining demonic cultivator, let alone need to rest.
This is making a mountain out of a molehill. Could it be that these two didn't have enough fun here and did it on purpose?!
Looking at her younger brother's expression, Ye Xinglan couldn't help but stuff another stack of test papers into his hands. Only when she saw that he had returned to his previous expressionless face did she nod in satisfaction.
Sure enough, daughters are much more considerate than boys.
To allow their master to rest, the two sisters tactfully got up to say goodbye, and also took the opportunity to drag their stunned junior uncle away.
While Ye Xinghan was struggling to finish her practice papers, Lin You was also cornered by her best friend.
"Tell me, what's the deal with the camera?" Ye Zhen glared fiercely at Lin You. "What did you bring? Tell me the truth!"
"No, not much else." Lin You feigned fear, shrinking back slightly, her tone utterly innocent. "I only brought my phone, tablet, laptop, game console, and a bunch of movies, TV shows, and single-player games on a portable hard drive..."
Seeing Ye Zhen's stunned expression, Lin You added, "Of course, there are also several solar charging panels and various batteries. We only brought three digital cameras, but the resolution is still quite good."
Ye Zhen: ………? ?
The two of them are always inseparable, but Lin You brought so many electronic products, yet I haven't seen her use them regularly!
Not long after graduating from high school, Lin You became a transmigration system. In high school, she could only play on her phone for two days a month, and at most for an hour a day. She didn't have any dependence on electronic products or withdrawal symptoms.
She simply couldn't understand why a working-class person was so obsessed with their phone.
Ye Zhen stared at her for a long while before gritting her teeth and saying, "Why didn't you say you had these things sooner?!"
"You didn't even ask me." Lin You's tone was soft, but to Ye Zhen, it always sounded a bit irritating.
Lin You's favorite activity is online shopping, commonly known as "coupon hunting." However, she can't use shopping apps here, and since her five senses have returned, all she can think about is food.
As for games, novels, and TV series, they can't be eaten or drunk, so where are they as interesting as food with storage space and pouches?
In the end, Lin You contributed a small solar panel, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, and installed a bunch of the most popular single-player games from his previous life, as well as hundreds of TV series and movies, before he was finally satisfied.
Fortunately, the tablet and phone that Shen Zechen gave her were high-spec and had a lot of memory, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to fit so many things in them.
As a cultivator, even if she stays up all night, she won't go bald or have dark circles under her eyes. Although it was already past three in the morning, Ye Zhen was still playing games with great energy.
Lin You shook her head in disagreement and went back to her room to catch up on sleep. Although she could do without sleep, her previous experiences of staying up all night in the two worlds made her cherish every moment of sleep now.
After sleeping for two hours and feeling refreshed, Lin You and Ye Zhen, who had played for two hours and were full of energy, made another appointment to go shopping and stroll together.
Passing by Ye Xinghan, who had been working on his exams for two hours and whose eyes were somewhat glazed over, the two of them specially presented him with a map of Chunxiao City's culinary delights.
Ye Xinghan, who had no intention of going out, looked at the filial offering that was handed to him with a conflicted expression. In the end, he took it and went out the door. He just didn't want to disappoint his two junior disciples' good intentions, not because he didn't want to do his homework.
Of course, it wasn't because of gluttony!
There are many delicious foods in Chunxiao City. Yesterday, Lin You and Ye Zhen only explored half of it. If they play for another day today, they can pack up even more snacks.
The two strolled around for a while, and finally squatted in front of a steamer selling buns, waiting for the freshly steamed red bean buns.
The steamed bun shop wasn't big, and there was only one proprietress who looked to be in her forties. She kept the place very clean and tidy.
This steamed bun shop only makes red bean buns. There are two stoves in total. One side has a steamer for steaming buns, and the other side is for cooking red beans to make red bean paste.
Lin You and Ye Zhen weren't in a hurry. They bought two pounds of fragrant roasted pine nuts from next door and ate them while listening to the steamed bun shop owner and the dried fruit vendor gossip.
"Aunt Liu, have you heard? The fox spirit temple outside the city was razed to the ground overnight yesterday, and the fox spirit goddess also suffered a terrible fate, leaving not even a trace!" The proprietress said with a smile, clearly gloating.
Aunt Liu also smiled and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, cracking them as she chatted, "This is a good thing. From now on, you can be in charge of the household and won't have to run around outside all year round. You can come back and help out in the shop. It's much more stable than running around as a merchant."
While adding firewood to the stove, the proprietress deftly scooped out the cooked red beans, mashed them into a fine paste, and then added sugar while stirring constantly.
"Your youngest son can come back to visit now. Didn't he bring a message last time saying his wife was pregnant? I'm afraid she's already given birth."
"Judging by the days, it's time for her to give birth," Aunt Liu said with a smile and a sigh, but her eyes were already red. "If we had no other choice, why would we have taken him in as a son-in-law? We were just afraid he would end up like his two older brothers..."
Their conversation came to an abrupt end. Even though the Fox Fairy Temple had been destroyed, the deep-seated fear that was almost etched into their bones still kept them from speaking.
Lin You and Ye Zhen exchanged a glance. The Fox Fairy Temple and the Fox Fairy Goddess they were talking about were probably the demonic cultivator that their master had killed yesterday.
The two decided to buy some steamed buns later and then go to check out the vicinity of the fox spirit temple. After all, their master had already resolved the danger; otherwise, he wouldn't have let them out to play.
When the steamer emitted an enticing sweet aroma, the red bean buns were ready to be taken out of the steamer. The buns were the most delicious when they were fresh out of the steamer. Ignoring the heat, Lin You grabbed one, blew on it a couple of times, and took a big bite.
The slightly yellowish dough was soft and fluffy, with a pure wheat aroma. The red bean paste inside was finely ground, with a smooth and creamy texture. It was fragrant and sweet, much better than the modern red bean buns she had stored in her space.
The two of them bought up all the red bean buns in the pot, more than a hundred in total. The proprietress wrapped them up in stacks of ten, tied them with hemp rope, and handed them over, saying, "Please take these carefully, young lady, they're hot."
Carrying a bunch of oil paper packages, the two continued shopping until they reached a corner where they put the items into their spatial storage.
When Ye Zhen passed by the clinic from yesterday, she planned to take a look at the young boy Bai Su, but the little wolf cub in her arms immediately started to make a fuss when it saw this, so she had to give up.
Lin You glanced at the way the two were interacting and felt that something was not quite right. Did this demon prince think that he could win over a girlfriend like this?
Seeing the way Lin You was looking at him, Ling Ye immediately bared his teeth at her in a threatening manner. Lin You wisely made a gesture to indicate that she would absolutely not tell anyone.
This silly wolf doesn't think that just because he's always snuggling in someone's arms and they're very close, he's won them over, does he?!
Haha, Ye Zhen is clearly treating him like a child!
But who cares what she does? As long as my best friend is happy, that's all that matters. Anyway, there are still six male supporting characters waiting in the wings, all of them incredibly handsome and unique, none of them inferior to the cute young man.
Ye Zhen was completely unaware of the subtle tension between the two of them. After asking five or six people, she finally managed to get the address of the Fox Fairy Temple.
The place was still quite lively. Some people were crying and wailing, some were laughing loudly, some were digging three feet into the ground like madmen to find the Fox Fairy, and some were frantically scattering paper money all over the sky.
Lin You and Ye Zhen watched for a while. If it weren't for the occasional crazy person coming over, they really wouldn't have realized that this flat, unpaved area was actually a temple.
The two watched in silence. This was just one corner of the world; a mere Qi Refining stage demonic cultivator could wreak havoc on an entire city's inhabitants for decades.
What's even more terrifying is that this place is less than a hundred miles from the Ye family, yet no one has gone to ask for help, and no one knows how to ask for help.
After watching for a while, Ye Zhen suddenly nudged Lin You with her elbow: "Sister, count me in on your goal! Do you have a plan? Tell me and let's discuss it?"
"You need a plan to deal with the demons?" Lin You looked at her blankly. "...Just focus on cultivating and try to reach the Nascent Soul stage, then go and destroy the demons' lair, okay?"
In the story, Ye Zhen severely weakened the demon race, allowing the cultivation world to enjoy peace for nearly a thousand years.
Since there was no time limit for the mission, Lin You was prepared to stay in this world for hundreds of years.
Ye Zhen: ………? ?
She single-handedly wiped out the demon race? Isn't her best friend a bit reckless?!
"Youyou, by the time we reach the Nascent Soul stage, it will be a long time coming. Why don't we think of a clever strategy first?" Ye Zhen suggested with a conflicted expression.
Hearing this, Lin You was even more surprised. A protagonist with the "Dragon Overlord" trope—could there be a concept of outsmarting others? Wasn't it all just about leveling up and getting things done?!
The ruins of the Fox Fairy Temple were not a good place to discuss matters, so the two returned to the restaurant early and held a small meeting in Lin You's room. No one else participated, and even Ling Ye was sent back to cultivate.
"The cultivation world is not without the power to fight against the demons, but cultivators don't really like to get involved. If they encounter one, they'll deal with it casually, and if they don't, no one will go out of their way to slay demons."
"We cannot rely solely on our own strength. We must mobilize the cultivators to fight against the demons, and we must also raise the vigilance of ordinary people..."
Ye Zhen was analyzing the situation seriously, while Lin You was writing furiously. Ling Ye, who was next door, overheard the beginning of the conversation, but then went back to cultivate out of boredom.
Two newly established Foundation Establishment novices want to wipe out the entire Demon Race? That's a naive and grandiose dream.
What Ling Ye didn't expect was that because he gave up halfway through this eavesdropping, he missed the most important information about Ye Zhen.
"Before I transmigrated, my favorite game was called Gods and Demons War. Because the game was so popular, there weren't enough demons to go around, and every time there were a bunch of people camping out at the spawn point to fight over them."
Ye Zhen suddenly changed the subject to the game, and Lin You immediately understood. People would die for money, and birds would die for food. As long as there were enough rewards, it was not impossible for cultivators to rush to fight against the demons.
As for the reward, Master and Ye Xinghan did not hide the fact that they had an epiphany about the Chinese exam paper from the two of them. Although they could not say exactly why, both Lin You and Ye Zhen's cultivation was much smoother than that of ordinary people.
Moreover, mathematics can enhance one's understanding and cultivation of formations—these are all readily available rewards that require no cost.
"We're just short of management personnel." Ye Zhen started writing a project plan, starting with small things and using ordinary people as informants to first identify the demonic cultivators hidden in various places.
Since these demonic cultivators stayed in the mortal realm, their abilities were naturally not great. Even if they died, it wouldn't attract the attention of the higher-ups in the demonic cultivation world, but it could disrupt the growth of new demonic forces.
Of course, you should pick the softest persimmons first.
"Now all that's missing is someone to take charge. I wonder if we can persuade Master to send some people to handle this matter."
While Ye Zhen was still figuring out how to persuade the Ye family members, Lin You had already come up with a solution: "The outer disciples we encountered when we went down the mountain, as well as the cultivators at the foot of the mountain who are nearing the end of their lifespans, if we gather them together, we should have enough manpower for twenty or thirty strongholds."
Ye Zhen immediately replied, "And the method to improve comprehension is exactly what they need most. Master originally planned to pass on the technique, and giving it to them now is just a matter of bringing it forward a little earlier."
The two added a few more sentences to the proposal and then took it to Ye Xinglan. As the number one cultivator of this generation, she still had a lot of say in the Ye family.
As for the next head of the family, that depends on which of the three siblings plans to get married and have children to continue the family line.
Ye Zhen's proposal is straightforward, but it's a bit mind-blowing. Can something like exorcising demons and protecting the righteous be done with bribes?
Ye Xinglan didn't think the two of them were being far-fetched at all. After confirming the feasibility of the proposal, she not only sent a message to the Ye family head, but also assigned Ye Xinghan to assist the two of them.
Ye Xinghan, who had just finished shopping, was bewildered to receive a new task. In order to complete the task better, Ye Xinglan specifically ordered that after returning from the small secret realm, he must score at least 120 points on his Chinese and Mathematics college entrance examination papers.
Looking at his newly corrected 80-point test paper, Ye Xinghan was even more dumbfounded.
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Author's Note: Ye Xinghan: You can't just spoil your disciple by targeting me alone!
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