Myriad Spirits Forest
“Huh? A formation?!”
A surprised voice rang out.
An old man dressed in plain cloth slowly approached and stopped in front of a gigantic tree. With a wave of his sleeve, he undid the formation.
Hmm?! It’s a little baby. How did a baby end up hidden in a place like this? Oh my, not bad. She actually possesses the Myriad Spirits Dao Physique! Hahaha, it’s quite compatible with my inheritance. I wonder who hid her here. Ah, whatever. From now on, she’ll be my disciple.
The old man bent down and picked up the baby concealed within the formation. Noticing a red string sticking out, he gave it a tug, pulling a cyan jade pendant out of the swaddling clothes.
“Fu? Ling?”
If I’m not mistaken, the little one should be named Fuling.
The characters were carved so hastily. She must have been hidden here while someone was fleeing for their life. The surname Fu, and such a precious Soul-Calming Jade used as an identification token… Her background must be extraordinary. But how come I’ve never heard of her?!
Xuantian Dao Sect
Summit of Pill Resonance Peak
In a courtyard filled with spiritual herbs, an old man was holding a baby who wouldn’t stop crying, looking completely helpless.
“Oh, my little darling, don’t cry, don’t cry. We’re home now. From now on, Pill Resonance Peak is your home.”
The old man in plain clothes, none other than Venerable Wuyou, gently coaxed Fuling in his arms.
A middle-aged man dressed in blue hurried over from outside.
“Greetings, Uncle-Master Wuyou. I heard from a disciple that you brought a baby back. Uncle-Master, where did you snatch her from? Her parents must be worried.”
Venerable Wuyou shot the middle-aged man a sideways glance and snapped, “What do you mean, snatch?! I found her in Myriad Spirits Forest! From now on, she’s my final disciple!”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise, “Your final disciple? Including this one, you’ve only taken three disciples.”
“Yes! Minghui, take a close look at Lingling’s constitution.”
As he spoke, Venerable Wuyou wore a smug expression. He brought Fuling closer so that Venerable Minghui could examine her.
Venerable Minghui calmed down and carefully observed Fuling.
“This is… the Myriad Spirits Dao Physique?”
“It’s highly compatible with my cultivation technique. She’s the perfect choice for my final disciple.”
“Excellent. The Myriad Spirits Dao Physique is naturally attuned to all things, possessing an exceptionally strong perception of everything in existence. She’s born with the potential to become an outstanding alchemist.”
Venerable Minghui nodded in admiration.
“Then I’ll have Qingning find a few disciples to take care of our little junior sister.”
“Very well.”
Venerable Wuyou nodded while holding Fuling.
My precious disciple is truly adorable!
After returning to the Sect Master’s Peak, Venerable Minghui took out a communication talisman.
“Qingning, come to the main hall.”
After a while, a handsome young man dressed in the white-and-gold robes of a direct disciple entered the main hall.
“Greetings, Master. May I ask why you summoned me?”
Venerable Minghui used his spiritual power to lift Qingning, who was bowing in greeting.
“No need for formalities. This concerns Uncle-Master Wuyou’s newly accepted final disciple, Fuling. She’s only one or two months old, so go find several disciples to take care of her.”
“Yes, Master. I’ll arrange it immediately.”
Qingning turned around and walked out of the main hall, his face filled with shock.
Venerable Wuyou had actually accepted a final disciple! And she’s only one or two months old. Looks like I’ll have to make a trip to Beast Spirit Peak, too.
After making up his mind, he headed straight to the Disciplinary Affairs Hall on Disciples’ Peak. Facing the disciple in charge, he said, “I’d like to post a mission. We need three to five people who can take care of a baby. Their character must be up to standard, but there are no cultivation requirements. Oh, and the child is only one or two months old. The reward is one hundred low-grade spirit stones per month. The location is Pill Resonance Peak.”
“Understood, Uncle-Master. It’s been posted.”
The disciple in charge carefully recorded the requirements and uploaded them to the Mission Hall.
“Thank you.”
As the disciple in charge watched Qingning leave, he sighed while thinking to himself.
Looks like this is the baby Venerable Wuyou brought back. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I want to take the mission myself! If I take good care of her, perhaps Venerable Wuyou might even bestow me a pill or something. Waaah, what a shame I can’t accept it. (╯︵╰,)
After posting the mission, Qingning turned around and flew toward Beast Spirit Peak on his sword.
Beast Spirit Peak — Disciplinary Affairs Hall
When the two disciples in charge saw Qingning wearing the robes of a direct disciple, they immediately stood up and bowed.
“Greetings, Uncle-Master.”
“Do you have any nursing female goats or cows?” Qingning waved his hand and asked.
“Please wait a moment, Uncle-Master. Let me check… Yes, we do. As it happens, two female goats recently gave birth. Please, this way.”
The disciple in charge led Qingning all the way to a spiritual beast enclosure.
Taking out a key, the disciple unlocked the door and said, “The female goats have just given birth, so they might be a little irritable if you take them away.”
“That’s fine.”
We can just suppress them with force.
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Pill Resonance Peak
Meanwhile, Fuling, who had cried herself tired, was still sobbing intermittently.
“Sweetheart, don’t cry, don’t cry.”
Venerable Wuyou held Fuling, completely at a loss for what to do. His heart ached terribly, and he kept glancing toward the courtyard entrance.
He had completely forgotten that he was a cultivator.
At that moment, Qingning hurriedly arrived at Pill Resonance Peak with the disciples who had passed the screening and been selected for the mission.
A cultivator’s senses were far superior to those of ordinary people. Moreover, Qingning had already reached the Nascent Soul realm, so he could hear Fuling’s soft sobs from the entrance of Venerable Wuyou’s residence.
She must be starving.
“Elder, by Master’s order, we’ve selected the people who will take care of Little Uncle-Master. We also found two female goats that are currently producing milk.”
As he spoke, he released the female goats from his spirit beast pouch.
“Perfect! Hurry up and bring me a bowl!”
Venerable Wuyou anxiously instructed the several disciples.
The disciples quickly divided up the tasks and hurried to prepare a bowl of goat’s milk.
“My poor darling, you must be starving!”
Venerable Wuyou handed Fuling to one of the disciples and personally fed her one spoonful at a time.
As he watched Fuling gulp down the goat’s milk from the spoon, his face was filled with heartache.
After eating and drinking her fill, Fuling opened her dark, sparkling eyes, which resembled black grapes washed clean by rain. She gazed curiously at Venerable Wuyou, struggling to lift her head and look around.
“Ah~~ Da~ Ya~ Dada!”
As if she had spotted something interesting, she smiled at Venerable Wuyou until her eyes curved into crescents, waving her little arms and legs excitedly.
“Little Grand-Uncle-Master is so adorable!”
Her skin was fair and tender, and her tiny body was soft and cuddly when held. It was as if a galaxy flowed through her eyes, twinkling brightly. She was exceptionally cute, especially when she smiled. Anyone’s heart would melt at the sight.
Three Years Later
Pill Resonance Peak
A little girl with delicate, doll-like features was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the courtyard. She rested her soft, chubby cheeks in her hands and stared blankly at the road ahead.
Little Fuling, who had recovered her memories, recalled all the foolish things she had done over the past three years and wanted to bury her toes into the ground from embarrassment.
Ahhh!! She had actually transmigrated into a book! And she was the vicious female supporting character!
The original novel, Record of Rising Straight into the Azure Clouds, was a female-led cultivation story. The protagonist, Su Xin, was born in the mortal world. During the Spirit-Testing Ceremony of the Taixu Sword Sect, she was discovered to possess a ninety-five percent fire spiritual root. She became the center of attention and was accepted as a direct disciple by the Peak Master of Yaoguang Peak in the Taixu Sword Sect.
From then on, she overcame one obstacle after another before eventually ascending to the Immortal Realm.
As for the original host, she was the vicious female supporting character who constantly obstructed the female protagonist and handed her opportunities along the way.
The reason behind all this was an extremely cliché love triangle.
The original host liked Lu Xiuning, the senior disciple of their sect. However, Lu Xiuning didn’t like her. His heart belonged entirely to the female protagonist, Su Xin.
As a result, the original host turned her love into jealousy. She repeatedly brought trouble upon herself, eventually being killed by the female protagonist, who could no longer tolerate her actions.
The original host’s master was in the middle of a crucial period of secluded cultivation when he received news of her death. His beloved youngest disciple, whom he had raised and pampered, was dead. The shock caused a heart demon to invade him, and his cultivation regressed. He never even appeared when the female protagonist ascended to the Immortal Realm.
The original host’s two senior brothers, meanwhile, captured the female protagonist and brought her back to the sect. After witnessing her punishment, they withdrew from the world, helpless to do anything. After all, the original female supporting character’s actions had been far too vicious.
“Sigh, what kind of mess is this?”
Fuling frowned and shook her head with a sigh.
The original host was quite doted on at Pill Resonance Peak and possessed extraordinary talent: a dual spiritual root of fire and wood, with both elements reaching over ninety percent purity. So why hadn’t she focused on cultivation? Why did she have to become so obsessed with love?
There were so many male cultivators in the world, yet she had to fixate on just one.
However, in the original book, the host didn’t possess the special Myriad Spirits Dao Physique. Furthermore, her master and senior brothers had such high cultivation levels that if she had been possessed by someone else, they couldn’t possibly have failed to notice.
Does the original Fuling really exist? Or is this book simply a warning?
After all, her luck was so good! There was no reason for her to be reincarnated into the body of a vicious female supporting character destined to die.
Her master had once mentioned that there were three thousand worlds. Perhaps this was a parallel world, and she didn’t need to overthink things. Once she awakened her spiritual roots, she could cultivate seriously, inherit her master’s legacy, and become a formidable physician and alchemist.
I’ll just quietly develop my strength.
Still, she had to pay attention to the key plot points.
Yes! I’ll stay in the sect and quietly grow stronger.
As for the female protagonist’s opportunities, people blessed with great fortune generally carried great responsibilities. They were born to face tribulations, so her character was surely fine. She couldn’t take the female protagonist’s opportunities. Besides, the female protagonist had a fire spiritual root and followed the sword cultivation path. Those opportunities wouldn’t be useful to her anyway.
Thinking about the female protagonist’s miserable cultivation journey, Little Fuling couldn’t help clicking her tongue.
She really had it rough.
Whenever she went out to gain experience, it was common for her to lose an arm or a leg. She practically embodied the saying that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Her suffering was so extreme that readers repeatedly sent the author tips, hoping they would give the female protagonist some cheat abilities.
Sigh. I was one of them back then, too.
She had taken the money she had worked so hard to earn and generously tipped the author 0.33 yuan.
Along with the message:
“I can’t take this anymore!! Are you really the female protagonist’s biological mother?! Hurry up and give her some cheat abilities!!!!!!!”
At the thought of this, Little Fuling covered her face with her hands.
Then, determination appeared in her eyes.
The Xuanji Realm was rich in resources, and her luck was so good! She would definitely be able to find opportunities of her own.
I wonder what kind of great calamity is coming.
Sigh, if only I had known, I would’ve finished reading the book.
Forget it. If the sky collapses, someone taller will hold it up.
She would just treat the original novel as a reference.
Hehehe. I’ll continue quietly developing my strength.
Just as she was thinking this, someone suddenly picked her up from behind.
“Did something good happen to Lingling? You’re standing here giggling to yourself. Why don’t you tell your Second Senior Brother about it?”
The person who had picked up Little Fuling was a handsome young man dressed in a purple robe. He had a tall, upright figure and a face as alluring as peach blossoms. He could truly be described as a beautiful young gentleman.
This person was Little Fuling’s Second Senior Brother, Hua Rushi.
He was the second son of the Hua family’s direct line, possessed peak Nascent Soul cultivation, and held the Dao title True Lord Mingzhi. He was a sixth-grade alchemist and a seventh-grade artifact refiner.
Because his alchemy skills were inferior to his artifact refinement skills, he was constantly scolded by Venerable Wuyou.
“I just thought of a joke, but I’m not telling Second Senior Brother! You scared this fairy, after all!”
Even if you hadn’t scared me, I wouldn’t tell you. I can’t even think of a joke right now.
“Then how about Senior Brother apologizes to Little Fairy Lingling? Here, take a look. Do you like it?”
As he spoke, he took out a pale green, star-shaped pendant and waved it in front of Little Fuling.
“This pendant contains a medicinal herb cultivation space. You only need to put five high-grade spirit stones inside every month to maintain it. Senior Brother has already prepared the spirit stones for you, too.”
Little Fuling completely ignored the teasing in Hua Rushi’s words. She had long since grown accustomed to his manner of speaking, so even after recovering her memories, she responded as naturally as ever.
The moment she saw the pendant, her eyes lit up. She accepted it with her little chubby hands and touched it curiously.
Cultivation spaces for growing plants weren’t particularly common, but they weren’t exceptionally rare throughout the Xuanji Realm, either. The problem was that ordinary people generally couldn’t afford to maintain one.
One high-grade spirit stone was equivalent to one hundred mid-grade spirit stones, or ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.
Satisfied, she tucked the pendant and the storage pouch containing the spirit stones away.
In her sweet, babyish voice, she said, “Thank you, Second Senior Brother! I really like it. Green is my favorite color.”
“Don’t go telling everyone later that your Second Senior Brother bullied you. Master’s beatings really hurt.”
Hua Rushi put on a pitiful expression.
No matter how she looked at it, it was hilarious.
Fuling couldn’t help laughing to herself.
You certainly don’t run slowly when you’re trying to escape, either.
Although she thought this inwardly, she still answered seriously, “I won’t. Second Senior Brother is the best.”
Upon hearing this, Hua Rushi chuckled and pinched Fuling’s chubby little arm.
What a little heartbreaker.