“Of course I haven’t reached Inedia!! I don’t have that high of a cultivation level!”
Luo Taozhi lied without the slightest bit of hesitation.
Was she kidding? She hadn’t worked so hard as manual labor just to let Xiao Nanchu pocket her fried chicken!
“Don’t novels usually say…”
Xiao Nanchu remained skeptical, but Luo Taozhi interrupted him before he could finish.
“Yes, but my cultivation isn’t that high. Right now, I can only hold out for a bit longer.”
“Then what’s your current cultivation level?”
Hearing Luo Taozhi mention her cultivation level piqued Xiao Nanchu’s curiosity. He was truly curious about her actual rank.
“I…” Luo Taozhi hesitated for a moment before speaking. “I just reached Foundation Establishment.”
‘Well, it was Foundation Establishment, but it was a Nascent Soul foundation.’
“Foundation Establishment… only Foundation Establishment?”
Xiao Nanchu’s undisguised disdain made Luo Taozhi very unhappy.
“What, you look down on Foundation Establishment? Do you know how many talents break through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment every year?”
“How many?”
“Taking what I know as an example, there are millions of new Handyman Disciples every year. There are also hundreds of thousands of Outer Disciples who can practice until Qi Refining. But if you want to go further and become an Outer Core Disciple, there are only tens of thousands of them.”
“That’s quite a lot.”
“…”
Luo Taozhi fell silent.
‘Looking at the data alone… it did seem like quite a lot…’
There were tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment disciples every year, but how did those tens of thousands climb up? And how would they continue to climb?
Forget it, she wouldn’t waste her breath on this idiot.
“Don’t you worry about that! Hurry up and order the takeout. I want fried chicken! Do you know how much I’ve been craving that taste of artificial additives and chemical processing in Another World?”
“I’ve been thinking about it day and night!”
Seemingly unwilling to bring up the other world again, Luo Taozhi began to urge Xiao Nanchu to order takeout. Her craving wasn’t made up. When she was in Another World, she had tried wrapping chicken in flour and deep-frying it in a pot of oil at high temperatures.
But… the taste was hard to describe.
She had already meticulously processed the chicken itself, but that musky stench inherent to Demonic Beasts was still hard to remove. Plus, she couldn’t find any seasonings. After being coated in flour and fried, the appearance looked similar. But as soon as she opened it, a stench like a corpse that had been left to rot in the sweltering summer sun exploded out.
It was completely inedible!
Luo Taozhi once suspected that the Demonic Beasts of that world had specifically evolved their bodies into such a state just to avoid being eaten by the human race.
Facing Luo Taozhi’s urging, Xiao Nanchu held up the phone in his hand and looked at her like she was an idiot.
“I ordered it ages ago, alright? Hurry up and tell me more stories about the Cultivation World. It might even be here in a bit.”
“Ah… I see.”
Luo Taozhi was stunned. She hadn’t noticed at all when Xiao Nanchu had ordered the takeout.
“Who wants to tell you stories! I’m going back to play games properly!”
She made a face at Xiao Nanchu and then vanished from his sight in a flash.
“Heh, five… four… three… two…”
Xiao Nanchu silently counted down. Before he could even reach the last number, Luo Taozhi’s figure appeared before him again.
“Why does it still need to be charged? This kind of thing should come with a full battery right out of the box, just like a phone!”
“Heh, stupid dog,” Xiao Nanchu commented bluntly. “Haven’t you seen the promotion for Xushi? Does Great Fairy Luo want to take another look?”
Luo Taozhi was taken aback, then began to dig through her memory for the promotional material for Xushi.
“Holy crap! What do you mean the helmet can only be activated on the day the server opens! I can’t even pre-register?”
“You’re so noisy.”
“Oh, the server opens tomorrow. Then never mind…”
The way Luo Taozhi made a fuss over every little thing made her look like a fool in Xiao Nanchu’s eyes. She clearly hadn’t looked at anything, yet she acted like she had just seen it all for the first time. It was very strange.
Xiao Nanchu didn’t understand. Perhaps this was a unique function of an Immortal Cultivator? He was too lazy to figure it out. She could have just picked up the phone and looked again; he didn’t understand what she was doing at all.
Wait… speaking of phones.
“Is your Green Bubble logged in yet?”
“Huh?” Luo Taozhi blinked. “Green Bubble? How do I log in? I don’t have an ID card right now.”
“What about your old one?”
“Oh, right!”
“You don’t remember it, do you?”
“How could I not!” Luo Taozhi looked at Xiao Nanchu with disdain. “A mere mortal like you won’t understand the business of us great Immortal Cultivators. We don’t forget the things we’ve seen. Our super-brains, nourished by Spiritual Energy, preserve everything they see. As long as I want to, my brain will automatically pull up the part I want to see.”
Luo Taozhi explained triumphantly, “You can think of my brain as a supercomputer.”
“Heh,” Xiao Nanchu sneered, looking at Luo Taozhi as if she were no different from a fool. “Then it seems your supercomputer only has a storage function.”
‘What does that mean?’
‘Was he calling me stupid in a roundabout way?’
Luo Taozhi was keen enough to catch the meaning in Xiao Nanchu’s words.
“Oh? A provocation? You’re questioning your daddy’s brain?”
“No, I wouldn’t dare.”
Despite his words, Xiao Nanchu’s expression didn’t show the slightest hint of belief. At this, Luo Taozhi suddenly thought of something fun.
“Come here, come here. Do you want to try using Daoist Arts yourself?”
“I don’t have Spiritual Power, so no.”
To be honest, although he knew Luo Taozhi definitely had some bad idea to prank him, the prospect of personally using Daoist Arts—something every guy had fantasized about—was too tempting.
“If it’s just for use, you can borrow my Spiritual Power.”
Luo Taozhi wasn’t lying about this. It was different from Cultivation. If you used someone else’s Spiritual Power for Cultivation, you would definitely die. But using it was another matter entirely. Borrowing it temporarily was completely feasible.
Although the amount couldn’t be very large, an ordinary person could still withstand a Spiritual Energy capacity equivalent to Level 1 of Qi Refining. In other words, Luo Taozhi could truly let Xiao Nanchu experience the cultivation level of Level 1 of Qi Refining.
“Really?”
He was tempted. Truly tempted. Xiao Nanchu spoke subconsciously. So what if he got pranked? Getting to personally experience the feeling of Daoist Arts would be worth it!
“Of course~ Come here, come here~”
Luo Taozhi smiled with ill intent. But Xiao Nanchu was already prepared to be pranked and didn’t care at all. He slowly walked up to Luo Taozhi.
Then, with a mischievous grin, Luo Taozhi placed her hand on Xiao Nanchu’s lower abdomen. Xiao Nanchu clearly felt a warm current passing from the girl’s hand into his body.
It was a wonderful feeling. A current of air that he could control suddenly appeared in his body. Then, just as he started to feel a slight bloating sensation, he heard Luo Taozhi speak.
“Oh? Not bad. Your talent is actually quite good. You can withstand the Spiritual Power of Level 2 of Qi Refining without even having stepped onto the path of Cultivation.”
“Then how do I…” Before Xiao Nanchu could finish, he was interrupted.
“Now, watch closely. Divide the Spiritual Energy in your body into threads.”
Luo Taozhi left him with those words. Then, Xiao Nanchu saw the Spiritual Energy inside him split into two currents.
“Alright, you’ve learned the basics. Next, learn the simplest Fireball.”
The moment she finished speaking, the Spiritual Power that had just split into two currents instantly divided into hundreds of fine threads. These threads formed an extremely complex and precise pattern in his left arm.
Then, a ball of fire appeared in the palm of his left hand.
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