After class.
Jiang Bingbing didn’t head straight back to Jade Immortal Peak.
Instead, she had Mei Lian carry her around the Sword Sect for a leisurely stroll.
After wandering around for a while.
She gained a general understanding of the Sword Sect. Jiang Bingbing patted the feathers on Mei Lian’s neck and said, “Let’s go, time to head home! If we don’t go back soon, Master and the others will start to worry!”
With a loud crane cry.
Mei Lian performed a 360-degree turn in mid-air.
Then, with an air of pride, she headed back home.
This scared Jiang Bingbing half to death.
That dangerous maneuver just now was basically like riding a roller coaster without any safety measures??
It was beyond thrilling and terrifying.
Jiang Bingbing let out a sigh of relief and patted her chest.
“You silly bird, you’re just as flashy as your master! That dangerous move scared me to death!”
Mei Lian flapped her wings sheepishly and glanced back at Jiang Bingbing with a guilty look.
A seventh-grade Immortal Crane was indeed fast.
It only took half an hour to tour the entire Sword Sect.
“Master, Bingbing’s back!” She tossed her small bookbag aside and ran toward the bamboo grove. Sure enough, Immortal Lord Qingxue was there, leisurely sipping tea.
Sitting across from her master was a beautiful female cultivator.
“Bingbing’s back?” Immortal Lord Qingxue waved her over and pointed to the female cultivator, introducing her. “This is the Peak Master of Beast Taming Peak, your Uncle Zhuge.”
Uncle… Uncle Zhuge??
She was so shocked she nearly bit her tongue.
It was actually a man!
And he was Zhuge Tienan’s father!
Why don’t the daughter and father look alike at all?!
“Little Bing, when Qingxue brought you back, I was still in seclusion. I’ve only just emerged,” he said, turning his wrist to reveal a golden egg in his palm.
“This is a gift for you.”
“Once hatched and raised, it can grow into a seventh-grade Golden Crow.”
It seemed this father and daughter shared a hobby of gifting eggs to others.
“Thank you, Uncle!”
Jiang Bingbing took the golden egg with shining eyes. Stinky, nestled in her arms, rolled around fiercely a couple of times to express its displeasure.
Afraid that Jiang Bingbing would forget about it once she had the golden egg.
After exchanging a few words with Immortal Lord Qingxue, Zhuge Bai left Jade Immortal Peak.
Immortal Lord Qingxue asked Jiang Bingbing what she had learned that day. Seeing her look dazed and confused, as if she hadn’t learned anything, he wasn’t angry. Instead, he simply took her hand and led her to the dining hall for a meal.
“Master!”
Jiang Bingbing pulled out the painting.
“What is it?” Immortal Lord Qingxue asked with a smile.
She pouted and pointed to the bottom right corner. “Write your name here!”
Jiang Qingxue raised an eyebrow, a hint of pride flickering between them. “Who sent you to ask for my signature?”
Indeed, he, Jiang Qingxue, was the most dazzling Immortal Lord in the Sword Sect.
Taixuan was just the eternal runner-up.
Knowing her master’s narcissism was unstoppable.
Jiang Bingbing, feeling mischievous, deliberately grinned foolishly. “I’m going to use Master’s signature to exchange for Spirit Stones!”
“…” The last stroke of the brush paused, and the splattered ink mirrored Immortal Lord Qingxue’s mood.
Jiang Qingxue deeply regretted it.
This little girl was actually planning to sell his signature.
“Ah, forget it.”
“Let’s go eat!”
When they arrived at the dining hall, she didn’t see her senior sister. From Hua Kongque, she learned that her senior sister had taken on a mission from the Merit Hall.
She probably wouldn’t be back for several days.
After finishing her meal, she bid farewell to her master and senior brother and headed alone to her small courtyard.
Fen Jue, who resided in Jiang Bingbing’s Consciousness Sea, thought that after receiving a Spirit Beast egg and learning breathing techniques today, this little girl would at least practice cultivation for a while.
He never expected!
As soon as she returned to her courtyard, she kicked off her shoes and collapsed onto the rattan chair.
Less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn.
She fell asleep!
“……”
Even more of a sleepyhead than a pig.
Fen Jue felt a black line forming at the back of his head.
Out of sight, out of mind—he closed his eyes and continued cultivating.
Jiang Bingbing slept straight through until the next day.
Mei Lian noisily woke her up.
After tidying up and finishing breakfast in the dining hall,
she took the food prepared by her second senior brother, bid farewell to her master and senior brothers, and flew toward the Heavenly Virtue Hall.
Arriving at the Heavenly Virtue Hall, she handed the painting to Zhuge Tienan.
“Thank you, little junior sister, wuwu!”
She gazed at Immortal Lord Qingxue’s handwriting with great admiration.
Zhuge Tienan completely changed her previously hostile attitude.
She brought out many Spirit Beast eggs to share with her.
“This one is called Lazy, this is Little Eight, and this black egg here is called Aowu.”
She rummaged through the bamboo basket of Spirit Beast eggs, introducing them one by one to Jiang Bingbing. “These were all gifts from my father when I entered the Qi Refining stage.”
“Now I’m already at the ninth layer of Qi Refining. Soon, I’ll probably reach Foundation Establishment.”
“Once I reach Foundation Establishment, I won’t need to come to the academy anymore.”
“And I won’t have to get up before dawn.”
Jiang Bingbing felt a twinge of envy. Catching the key phrase, she immediately asked, “You don’t have to attend classes after reaching Foundation Establishment?”
“That’s right. The Heavenly Virtue Hall is for teaching basic knowledge to Qi Refining stage disciples.”
Upon receiving this information.
Holy crap!
This is amazing!
Jiang Bingbing began working harder than ever before.
Immortal Lord Qingxue, Xie Yingnan, and the others saw Jiang Bingbing return to the courtyard after meals and actually continue cultivating.
According to Zhang Wei, she was also very attentive in class.
Everyone on Jade Immortal Peak felt deeply gratified.
Only Fen Jue, who resided in Jiang Bingbing’s Consciousness Sea, knew the truth.
This little slacker wasn’t working hard at all—she was just cultivating diligently to avoid attending classes.
Once she reached the Foundation Establishment Stage,
she would definitely drop everything and slack off immediately.
But the people on Jade Immortal Peak were unaware of this situation.
One day.
Liu Zheng returned from the foot of the mountain. After collecting her mission reward at the Merit Hall, she went straight to pay her respects to Immortal Lord Qingxue.
Immortal Lord Qingxue was deeply worried.
“Ah Zheng, you and Bingbing are the only girls on our peak. Help your master go ask Bingbing what’s going on—why has she been cultivating day and night for several days in a row?”
“It’s really alarming!”
So she was being asked to have a heart-to-heart with her little junior sister.
But for her, slaying demons and capturing monsters was easy; having a heartfelt talk with a girl was something she really didn’t know how to do.
Although Liu Zheng was troubled, since it was a task assigned by her master, she forced a slight smile. “Master, I’ll do my best.”
After leaving the main hall,
Liu Zheng first returned to her own cave dwelling. She took out her ice sword, tempered it for a while, and then cultivated for the time it takes an incense stick to burn.
Estimating that the Heavenly Virtue Hall would be letting out soon,
she picked up her ice sword and flew toward the Heavenly Virtue Hall.
Actually, Jiang Bingbing understood everything the head instructor said instantly. To maintain her “fool” persona, she had no choice but to act clumsy.
Every day after school, she would pester the head instructor with questions.
Today after school, she planned to carry her books over, but unexpectedly, the head instructor scurried away in a flash.
Even Mei Lian couldn’t catch up!
“Tsk, am I that terrifying?”
She stroked Mei Lian’s smooth feathers and leaned down to instruct, “Let’s go home. Fly slowly today, okay!”
“Kwaa!!”
The white crane cried in response.
Halfway through the flight, they ran into Liu Zheng flying toward them.
Jiang Bingbing smiled, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Liu Zheng. “Senior sister, Bingbing missed you so much!”
Liu Zheng’s cool and serious face rarely managed to pull up what she considered a “gentle” smile.
“Little junior sister, do you want to go down the mountain to play?”
Down the mountain?
Since transmigrating, Jiang Bingbing had never stepped outside the Sword Sect’s gates, so she was naturally very willing.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
“Alright, I’ll take you down the mountain.” Liu Zheng thought about taking Jiang Bingbing to the market at the foot of the mountain for a stroll, and then “casually” have a heart-to-heart talk to complete the task her master had assigned her.
To complete the task, she could only trade one for one.
Secrets exchanged for secrets.
Liu Zheng thought straightforwardly.
…
The ancient town closest to the Sword Sect.
Was called Peach Blossom Town.
True to its name.
It was because of the peach trees that could be seen everywhere in the town.
Today was the ninth day of the fourth month.
Coincidentally, it was the day the villagers held a festival to honor the Flower Goddess.
Even though Jiang Bingbing and the others arrived late in the day, the long streets of the small town were still brightly lit.
On both sides, there were vendors selling rouge and lip color, hairpins and floral ornaments, as well as performers showcasing acrobatics and selling lanterns.
A dazzling array.
Enough to captivate anyone’s gaze.
Jiang Bingbing bought things all along the way.
By the time the two of them sat down to eat at a small roadside restaurant, she was holding two rabbit-shaped lanterns.
Her mouth was also stuffed with red date cake.
Liu Zheng poured a cup of hot water. “Little Junior Sister, be careful not to choke. Drink some water to wash it down.”
“Mmm—”
Jiang Bingbing drank the water in big gulps.
But Liu Zheng, sitting across from her, suddenly said.
“Little Junior Sister, I like Master.”
“Pfft—!!”
The words spoken by the senior sister were like a sudden clap of thunder, startling her so much that she spat out a mouthful of water.
Oh my goodness!