【Senior Sister Du is truly a worm in my stomach!】 Mo Jiuwei thought with pleasant surprise.
Du Yue: ...
She fed Mo Jiuwei with a mix of emotions, while Mo Jiuwei squinted her eyes and drank happily.
"Little Treasure, we haven't given you a name yet. What would you like to be called?" Du Yue put down the bowl and asked with a smile.
"How about Little Yao? She can take my surname. How does Liu Yaoyao sound?" Old Man Liu leaned in with a beaming smile.
【No! I want to be called Mo Jiuwei!】
Mo Jiuwei kicked her little legs in silent protest.
"Looking at her, it seems she isn't happy," Senior Sister Chen said with a smile. "I actually think this little girl is fated with our Xianlai Sect. Why not take the surname of our founding ancestor—Mo?"
【Huh? Such a coincidence? That's great, let's go with the surname Mo!】
"The surname Mo, that's good too." Old Man Liu pretended to ponder, then said deliberately, "As for the name, the day we found her was the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, so why not call her Mo Jiu... Yao?"
The members of the Xianlai Sect looked at him silently—
Stop making things up!
Today is clearly the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, what kind of ninth day is this!
There was no other way; they had to satisfy her wishes for a name without revealing the fact that they could hear her inner voice, so they had to force a "coincidence" like this.
【No Jiuyao, I want Jiuwei!】 She continued kicking her legs.
A handsome young man said with a smile, "Junior Sister is beautiful and cute, very much like the Mingwei flower I saw about a month ago. Why not... call her Jiuwei?"
【Wow, yes, yes, yes, that's it, Jiuwei!】
Mo Jiuwei was satisfied and finally stopped kicking her feet.
"Since that's the case, then let it be Mo Jiuwei." Old Man Liu nodded with a smile.
"What a good name."
"Jiuwei, from now on you will be called Jiuwei."
Everyone chimed in, gathering around Mo Jiuwei and looking at her with happy smiles.
【Okay, so many people... I don't recognize any of them.】 Mo Jiuwei tried hard to identify these people.
She did not know how many people were in the Xianlai Sect, but there were about a dozen in the room at this moment, all surrounding Mo Jiuwei's bed.
"Jiuwei, I am Liu Feng, your Uncle Liu." Old Man Liu's eyes flashed as he said with a smile.
【I remember, you were the one who saved me... But old man, you're at your age and only at the late Foundation Establishment stage? Your aptitude isn't even that bad!】
【Wait, could it be that you possess Immortal Marrow and don't even know it? That would be a total waste of all these years!】
Liu Feng was stunned.
What is that? Immortal Marrow? Me?
The others also looked at him in astonishment, some half-believing.
"Ahem, Junior Sister Jiuwei, I am your Senior Brother Yi Xingyun." The handsome young man who suggested the name Jiuwei stepped forward and said with a smile.
Yi Xingyun had an outstanding appearance, with the bearing of a clear breeze and a bright moon; even though he wore old clothes, it did not hide his radiance at all.
【Senior Brother Yi is truly the visual representative of the Xianlai Sect, but this outfit is too shabby... And this cultivation level, it's really hard to look at.】
Mo Jiuwei shook her head vigorously in her heart.
Yi Xingyun almost couldn't keep his expression together—
Was he being looked down upon?
Then, the others also stepped forward to introduce themselves, either seriously or suppressing their laughter.
【Senior Sister Du Yue, I'm familiar with her! She's held me the longest, and she's so gentle and kind.】
As Du Yue's smile deepened, she suddenly stiffened—
【I don't know what that scumbag was thinking, actually daring to cheat on her, and even swindling her out of money and affection! It's simply outrageous!】
Scumbag? Cheating on her? Swindling money and affection?
Cheating on whom?
Me?
【Senior Sister Ji Qingqing must have come from a good background; the magic robe I'm wrapped in is hers, and the material of her sword is also quite good. If I were to forge it again, its value would definitely increase tenfold or more.】
Hearing this, Ji Qingqing sighed silently, seemingly lost in some memory.
Next, the very spirited Senior Sister Chen Lan also stepped forward to state her name.
【Senior Sister Chen has a dual spiritual root, why is her cultivation only at the Foundation Establishment stage?】
【Oh, so it's because she has a knot in her heart that is hard to untie. What a pity.】
Chen Lan's eyes widened.
The others also felt their hearts skip a beat—
Chen Lan's dual spiritual root was considered upper-middle tier in the Cultivation World, but she was nearly a hundred years old and only at the Foundation Establishment stage; there was naturally a reason for this.
Her only daughter had passed away early, and she had been heartbroken ever since, losing all interest in cultivation.
Then, a disheveled man chuckled, "Little Junior Sister, I am Hu Jiu, your Senior Brother Hu!"
Mo Jiuwei couldn't help but sneeze.
【Oh my, this smell.】
"Go away, go away, stay away from our Weiwei. You're reeking of alcohol and you're going to suffocate her!" Old Man Liu frowned and shooed Hu Jiu away like a fly.
Hu Jiu looked embarrassed, obediently retreated to the doorway, and then stood on tiptoes, looking eagerly toward Mo Jiuwei.
Such a soft and fragrant little Junior Sister, he really wanted to hold her!
【Senior Brother Hu looks like a drunkard. Could that be why he's only at the Qi Refining stage?】
Hu Jiu scratched his head in embarrassment—
That was indeed the case.
His family used to run a distillery, and he had been secretly drinking since he was a child. After growing up, he became even more addicted to it and couldn't pull himself away.
Unfortunately, his tolerance for alcohol was poor, and he would often get drunk, so his time was spent either sleeping or searching for and drinking alcohol, leaving very little time for cultivation.
【But if he likes alcohol, he could totally become a brewer. By entering the Dao through alcohol, he could still cultivate and ascend.】 Mo Jiuwei thought to herself.
Hu Jiu couldn't help but widen his eyes—
A brewer!
Entering the Dao through alcohol!
Is that even possible??
The last young girl skipped forward, shaking her head in front of Mo Jiuwei, "Junior Sister, look at me, I am your Senior Sister Meng Ling. Haha, I'm finally not the youngest Junior Sister anymore!"
She used to be the youngest, and everyone could order her around, but now there was finally someone else at the bottom.
【Hiss... The Xianlai Sect is amazing, they actually have a genius with a mutated single spiritual root—a lightning spiritual root!】
Mo Jiuwei finally became interested when she saw Meng Ling.
Because this youngest girl was actually a heaven-favored daughter with a top-tier spiritual root—the lightning spiritual root!
People with this kind of spiritual root were absolutely rare in the Cultivation World; it could be said that any sect would let them choose, and they would receive the best treatment as a personal disciple wherever they went.
Yet such a person was actually in the down-and-out Xianlai Sect!
However, upon closer inspection, Mo Jiuwei understood.
【Oh, so her spiritual root is damaged, hindering her cultivation. No wonder.】
Meng Ling's smile faded, and she lowered her head in disappointment.
Yes, she was once a genius held up to the heavens, but then an accident happened.
Since then, the genius from the clouds had fallen into the dust, becoming mud underfoot, and she had endured countless taunts and ridicule from others.
If it could be said that she used to cultivate for one day and it was worth ten days for an ordinary person, now even if she cultivated for ten days, it wouldn't equal one day for an ordinary person.
With a damaged spiritual root, she couldn't absorb spiritual power, so no matter how long she cultivated, it was like wasted effort.
Her life, one could say, could be seen to the end at a single glance.
【But it's not a big problem. As long as there is that spirit grass, her damaged spiritual root can be repaired, and then she will be able to cultivate normally.】
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