The next day.
Jiang Bingbing was shaken awake by her senior sister.
Like a doll, she drowsily let herself be handled as the senior sister helped her change into a dress.
Then wiped her face.
Only after everything was tidied up.
Did Jiang Bingbing become slightly more awake.
Running into the courtyard, she looked up at the horizon—the sun hadn’t fully risen yet.
“So early, so sleepy, waa~”
In the courtyard, Wen Yuzhao was already standing by the stone table. He handed a food box to Jiang Bingbing and said softly, “Little junior sister, inside are the red bean cakes I made. The crystal pork knuckle is also sliced and packed. Don’t go to the cafeteria at noon.”
“Just eat what your senior brother made for you.”
“Okay, thank you, senior brother!” She patted her chubby little face, trying hard to wake herself up.
Liu Zheng stuffed a few protective spiritual artifacts into her hands.
“If anyone bullies you, just throw these at them.”
“Mhm mhm!”
When it was time to leave, Jiang Bingbing was confused. “Huh? Where’s my flying little steamed bun?”
She clearly left it by the peach tree!
“My mount?”
“Waa waa waa!!”
Jiang Bingbing had lost her treasure and was so heartbroken that tears poured down.
The little girl cried pitifully, leaving Liu Zheng and Wen Yuzhao flustered. They had no idea where their junior sister’s mount had gone.
Who would dare steal from Jade Immortal Peak?
As they watched their junior sister cry anxiously, a clear and melodious crane cry echoed from the horizon.
The group looked up to see their master standing gracefully atop a white crane.
“Oh dear, where has little Bing’s mount gone?” He sighed regretfully. “How about master gives you his mount instead? Look at master’s spirit crane—its feathers are smooth, and its wings can even flap out spiritual power gusts. Isn’t it better than that ugly bun?”
Jiang Bingbing understood perfectly.
The bun must have been taken care of by Immortal Lord Qingxue.
Seeing the sun had fully risen and that she’d be late if she didn’t leave soon, she stopped crying. “Oh, then this one it is!”
Immortal Lord Qingxue happily lifted her onto the spirit crane.
He even whispered a few words into the crane’s ear.
The white crane raised its head and flapped its wings twice, as if saying, “Leave it all to me.”
This spirit crane was indeed good.
Just like her master—proud and elegant.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Bingbing forgot about her meat bun.
She soared proudly and spiritedly toward Heavenly Virtue Hall.
Her master was still calling out, “Mei Lian, take good care of little Bing!”
Jiang Bingbing: Master’s naming style really reeks of affected vulgarity.
Jiang Bingbing went to class.
Master Jiang Qingxue and his two disciples, like empty-nest elders, each returned to their own caves in a daze.
…
Mei Lian flew extremely fast.
Before the sect’s bell rang, Jiang Bingbing actually managed to arrive at Heavenly Virtue Hall on time.
The moment she stepped over the threshold, carrying her little backpack and holding her small food box, the noisy classroom immediately fell silent.
Almost everyone turned to look at her.
Jiang Bingbing grinned, freeing her right hand to wave and greet everyone.
But…
No one responded.
They were all whispering and murmuring among themselves.
She spotted an empty seat in the corner of the last row and walked straight over, faintly hearing words like “idiot,” “stupid,” “Jade Immortal Peak,” and “treasure.”
Jiang Bingbing didn’t care.
She plopped down.
Then heard the person in front of her gasp.
What was wrong with these people?
Gossiping wasn’t enough—they even cared where she sat?
At that moment.
The girl sitting in front of her quickly turned around and spoke rapidly, “This is the seat of the Beast Taming Peak’s young master. Little fool… no… little junior sister, get up quickly!”
“Zhuge Tienan is very fierce!”
“Ah!”
The girl seemed to notice something and quickly turned back.
“Hey, this is my seat.”
A hand landed on Jiang Bingbing’s shoulder. The skin of this hand was even darker than her Third Senior Brother’s, and what stood out most were the unusually long fingers—she had never seen fingers so long before.
“Are you deaf or mute? Can’t you understand when spoken to properly? Get lost!”
The fingers gripping Jiang Bingbing’s shoulder tightened slightly, lifting her up and tossing her aside.
The people whispering in front fell silent.
Rubbing her sore shoulder, Jiang Bingbing looked up and saw that the person was actually a girl with broad shoulders and long legs. Her skin was so dark it was almost charcoal-black.
Her build was exceptionally burly.
If not for the pink female disciple uniform of the sect,
Jiang Bingbing wouldn’t have been able to tell she was a girl.
“What are you looking at? Keep staring and I’ll gouge out both your eyes!” Zhuge Tienan warned her fiercely.
No one dared to speak.
Jiang Bingbing’s shoulder still ached badly.
“Why is it so quiet today?”
A middle-aged cultivator walked in from outside. This was the headmaster of the Heavenly Virtue Hall, surnamed Zhang with the given name Wei.
“Bingbing…” Zhang Wei had been quite surprised when Immortal Lord Qingxue agreed to send this precious disciple to the academy. He pointed to an empty seat in the first row, “You sit there.”
!!!
First row!
How was she supposed to slack off now??
Jiang Bingbing’s eyes darted around, and she pointed to the empty seat next to Zhuge Tienan, “Uncle Master, Bingbing wants to sit here!”
Oh my!
The entire academy erupted in murmurs!
Had they heard correctly?
Was the little fool actually daring to sit next to the violent maniac?
Zhuge Tienan looked displeased, “I refuse!”
You refuse?
I’ll make sure you can’t refuse!
“Wah~” Upon hearing this, Jiang Bingbing burst into tears, “Nooo, Bingbing wants to sit here!”
“Why can’t I sit here? There’s no one here!”
“I like this spot!”
She cried louder and louder. With things going on like this, how could the class proceed? Zhang Wei decided, “Tienan, let Bingbing sit here.”
“It’s settled then.”
“Class begins!”
And just like that.
Jiang Bingbing began her first lesson in the cultivation world.
Thinking about it was depressing.
She had just graduated from university before transmigrating, and now she was back in class.
The headmaster lectured eloquently at the front, while Zhuge Tienan next to Jiang Bingbing snored thunderously in her sleep.
Her snoring seriously interfered with Jiang Bingbing’s ability to doze off.
“Tienan~” The adorable little Jiang poked Zhuge Tienan’s arm, “Wake up, please.”
Seeing her arm twitch but her head not lifting,
Jiang Bingbing knew the other was awake.
She whispered, “I heard you’re the daughter of the Beast Taming Peak’s master!”
The other remained silent.
“Beast Taming Peak must be so fun, right? There must be lots of fluffy little spirit beasts, cute little rabbits, chicks, and majestic big tigers! Big lions!”
“I really want to see them!”
Jiang Bingbing looked like she was about to keep talking.
Zhuge Tienan cracked open an eye to glance at her, “A little shorty like you—a Savage Tiger Beast could swallow ten of you in one go.”
!!!
Seeing Jiang Bingbing first gasp in shock, then glare at her angrily upon realizing her words weren’t kind,
Zhuge Tienan clicked her tongue.
But inwardly, she mused that this little fool from Jade Immortal Peak was more genuine than the others.
Those people clearly despised her but feared her father.
They pretended to be friendly but always mocked her behind her back.
Hypocrites!
The cultivation world was full of beauties. A Celestial Maiden like her, with dark skin and a broad-boned frame, would be ridiculed wherever she went.
These people were always quick to judge by appearances.
So shallow.
None of them were as good as this fool.
Seeing how prickly this Zhuge Tienan was, Jiang Bingbing didn’t feel like chatting with her either. She propped up her book, hid behind it, and secretly started eating red bean cakes.
Zhuge Tienan found it amusing.
She wanted to tease this little fool.
“Sect Leader!”
Her voice boomed.
At the front, the Sect Leader reluctantly paused his lecture and asked, “Tienan, what is it?”
Zhuge Tienan pointed boldly at Jiang Bingbing.
“Sect Leader, she’s disrespecting the class—she’s sneaking food!”