Fen Jue simply couldn’t take it anymore!
He had cultivated for a thousand years to ascend to the Upper Heavenly Palace.
Having lived for one thousand three hundred and sixty-six years, he had never seen a lazybones as unambitious and cunningly slothful as Jiang Bingbing!
Every day, the sect disciples practiced swordplay at mao hour (5–7 a.m.) and rested at noon, then went to the task hall in the afternoon to take on missions and earn Spirit Stones.
What was Jiang Bingbing doing?
At mao hour, she was snoring away in deep sleep.
At chen hour (7–9 a.m.), she ground her teeth with gusto.
At si hour (9–11 a.m.), she rolled over, scratched her butt, and went right back to sleep.
Finally waking up around noon, she would open her eyes and head straight to the kitchen to find something to eat. After eating, she would pat her belly and lie down on the rattan chair in the small courtyard for her afternoon nap.
In short.
Apart from eating, she slept!
She was practically a pig!
Fen Jue had never mentored such a hopeless disciple!
To avoid losing face in front of his colleagues in the Upper Heavenly Palace.
He decided to make Jiang Bingbing, this hopeless case, strive and improve herself.
That day.
The sunlight was just right.
Jiang Bingbing strolled back from the kitchen, hugging a large watermelon that Liu Zheng had chilled with a spell.
She was in an excellent mood, whistling at the Spirit Beasts by the roadside one moment and looking down at the big watermelon with a silly grin the next.
Only Fen Jue could hear Jiang Bingbing’s inner thoughts.
[The cultivation world is so awesome. Life now is beyond comfortable—lying flat, slacking off, and being a lazy fish every day, no longer being worked like an ox or a horse for some company. The luckiest part is, even with poor talent, I don’t have to cultivate. Awesome times two!!]
Fen Jue didn’t know what this “big wave” meant.
But from the other words, he understood.
Jiang Bingbing didn’t belong here; she had previously worked as a long-term laborer in a place called a “company.”
And had been driven like an ox or a horse.
This little girl was only a few years old.
Yet, despite being bullied like that, she still didn’t strive to cultivate.
Fen Jue felt both sympathy and pity.
And at the same time, frustration at her lack of effort.
What Fen Jue was thinking, Jiang Bingbing had no idea at all. After all, she hadn’t even reached the Qi Refining stage and couldn’t sense that there was someone else in her Consciousness Sea.
Humming happily, she returned to the small courtyard.
Sitting on the stone stool in front of the door, she placed the round, large watermelon at her feet.
As if thinking of something fun, she ignored the watermelon on the ground, stood up again, patted her sleeves, straightened up, raised her arms, and with her right fingers pressed together, began chopping back and forth in the air while humming a strange little tune.
“Come on! Chop the potatoes”
“Potato, potato, potato chunks”
“Potato, potato, potato slices”
“Potato, potato, potato shreds”
“Potato, potato, potato cubes”
“Potato chunks!”
“Potato slices!”
“Potato shreds!”
“Potato cubes!”
Fen Jue’s mouth twitched.
Never mind how awful the nursery rhyme sounded, he squinted and looked again—the green thing on the ground was clearly a watermelon, not a potato.
Little did he know.
Jiang Bingbing was just imagining herself recording a TikTok video.
She sang it one more time before she was satisfied, took a spoon from her Storage Bag, and squatted at the entrance to eat the watermelon.
After finishing, she let out a contented burp.
Without a hint of disgust, she climbed back onto the rattan chair in the courtyard and sprawled out on it.
Ready to begin her daily afternoon nap.
As soon as she closed her eyes, a peaceful snoring sound began.
“……” Fen Jue rubbed his temples in frustration. “Calling her a pig is an understatement; she sleeps even more than a pig.”
He decided he couldn’t let Jiang Bingbing remain a useless waste.
Fen Jue lowered his gaze, his fair fingers flying as he instantly formed dozens of hand seals.
Each magical seal connected, ultimately twisting into a single white hollow pipe that led directly into Jiang Bingbing’s spiritual aperture.
Meanwhile, outside.
The Spiritual Energy around the small courtyard continuously streamed into the crown of Jiang Bingbing’s head.
It even seemed somewhat eager and impatient.
Jiang Bingbing, lying on the rattan chair, let out a comfortable hum.
She had been dreaming of devouring fried chicken and cola when suddenly a white mist appeared beneath her, lifting her up.
At first, she was frightened, but she soon realized the white mist not only didn’t harm her but felt incredibly soothing.
Jiang Bingbing sprawled contentedly, sleeping even more soundly!
Fen Jue: “…”
Unheard of, unseen.
Only Jiang Bingbing could complete Guiding Qi into the Body while asleep.
Unbelievable!
Truly unbelievable!!
Fen Jue, afraid he might faint from frustration, decided to ignore Jiang Bingbing for now. Since this girl had officially entered the Qi Refining stage, he was certain that once she awoke and experienced the spiritual power within her body, she would inevitably yearn for that supreme power!
However, this girl had just absorbed an excessive amount of Spiritual Energy.
The white mist within the peak had visibly thinned.
Fen Jue extended his divine sense to examine the area around Jiang Bingbing’s spiritual root.
……
The sun gradually sank behind the mountain peaks.
Immortal Lord Qingxue was summoned by the sect leader to discuss sect affairs.
Wen Yuzhao was cooking in the kitchen.
Xie Yingnan was still out wandering, while Liu Zheng, after submitting her mission at the administration hall, headed straight for Jiang Bingbing’s small courtyard.
Seeing her junior sister still asleep,
her little face fair and tender, lips slightly pouted,
as if murmuring in her dreams.
“So adorable.” A ripple of emotion broke through Liu Zheng’s usually calm tone.
Unable to resist, she reached out and pinched Jiang Bingbing’s cheek.
“Ah It flew away!!”
Jiang Bingbing abruptly sat up, startling Liu Zheng, who quickly withdrew her hand, a flicker of awkwardness crossing her eyes.
“What flew away?”
“Wah, my big pork knuckle, spicy chicken noodles, and iced cola all flew away!!”
She understood “pork knuckle,”
but the other foods mentioned were unfamiliar.
Jiang Bingbing remained dazed for a moment until a faint, cold fragrance of plum blossoms drifted into her nose. She lifted her head, blinked her eyes, and her gaze settled on Liu Zheng’s beautiful face. With the soft, lazy tone of someone just waking up, she said, “Senior Sister, you’re back!”
“Mm.” Liu Zheng was still savoring the soft, plump feel of her junior sister’s cheek.
“Your second senior brother has prepared dinner. Shall we go to the main hall?”
“Okay~” Jiang Bingbing obediently took Liu Zheng’s hand to leave but, after one step, found she couldn’t pull her senior sister along.
She turned back. “Senior Sister?”
“Bingbing, let senior sister check something.” Liu Zheng grasped Jiang Bingbing’s hands to sense.
Though faint,
there truly was spiritual power within her junior sister’s body!
“Junior Sister, have you achieved Guiding Qi into the Body?” Liu Zheng’s face lit up with joy.
“Huh?” Jiang Bingbing was utterly confused. “Senior Sister, what’s Guiding Qi into the Body?”
She hadn’t felt anything at all!
She had simply taken a wonderfully satisfying afternoon nap.
Inside her Consciousness Sea, Fen Jue rolled his eyes.
If not for fear of startling Jiang Bingbing, he would have loved to scold this little good-for-nothing out loud.
“This is wonderful!” Liu Zheng couldn’t wait another moment. Summoning her flying sword, she immediately whisked Jiang Bingbing away. “If Master learns that junior sister has achieved Guiding Qi into the Body, he will be overjoyed!”
Jiang Bingbing’s mind froze from the wind.
She had no idea how she had achieved Guiding Qi into the Body, just as she didn’t understand how she had died and come back to life.
Behind her, the usually stern senior sister launched into an uncharacteristically chatty mode.
“Junior Sister has always been simple-minded since childhood, unable to grasp the complexities of cultivation mantras. Master tried many times to teach you Guiding Qi into the Body, but it always ended in failure.”
“Now that you’ve achieved it, it’s truly wonderful!”
Fen Jue, residing within Jiang Bingbing’s body, pondered.
He too had believed Jiang Bingbing to be a good-for-nothing.
Yet after helping her cultivate qi into her body and absorbing a vast amount of spiritual power today, he discovered that this little waste was actually a Chaotic Spiritual Root.
In the Upper Heavenly Palace, over thousands of years, there had been only one other case similar to this little girl’s.
That was the divine official whom even he had never laid eyes upon.