Chapter 14: Saying one thing but doing another: Improving the environment

Luo Qingyao looked at the trash cultivation methods placed on the table.

Usually, if she obtained such things, she would only use them to prop up table legs.

Now, Lin Xinyi actually wanted to use them to teach Bai Qianqian.

Luo Qingyao could not bear it.

Witnessing such lawless behavior, she became consumed by rage.

Despite exhausting every persuasive argument, the other woman remained completely unmoved.

It was clear that this had been Lin Xinyi’s objective from the very beginning.

“Great Master, you don’t need to say anything else. You’re staying on my body right now, so it’s not like you don’t know my thoughts~”

“When did Qianqian ever offend you! To use such a malicious method… this is even more cruel than simply killing her!”

“Oh, don’t. I have a soft heart; I can’t stand hearing people talk about killing others all the time~”

Lin Xinyi certainly was not going to explain herself.

The name Bai Qianqian had long been engraved into her very being.

At this moment, Lin Xinyi did not care if the plan was malicious or not; she only needed to make sure the girl could never stand tall again.

“Master, a dog should act like a dog. Arch your back properly~”

Lin Xinyi could still not forget the humiliation she experienced during her third death.

She had completely lost her rights as a human being, locked in a room like a cultivation furnace.

To keep from getting bored, that woman had even invented many terrifying ways to play that were impossible to forget.

For example, she had been ordered to lie on a table under the guise of being painted.

Then, she was told to play the role of an ink pond.

Bound to the tabletop with spiritual power, she was subjected to all sorts of torture with a brush that felt like coarse bristles.

Those were merely whims.

Most of the time, she did not even have the right to wear clothes in that cramped Cave Abode.

Furthermore, Bai Qianqian’s desires were like a bottomless pit; Lin Xinyi would be dragged off to be violated at a moment’s notice.

Having her sanity destroyed time and time again, there was no way Lin Xinyi could easily let go of that kind of torture.

“The way you act is no different from a demonic cultivator…”

“So what? As long as I can achieve my goals, isn’t that enough? Haha~”

As Lin Xinyi spoke, she used her spiritual power to lift the dilapidated chairs and tables, tossing them out of the house as if they were trash.

Even the newly built stove was smashed to pieces.

“This room is too crude, though. Staying here makes my whole body feel uncomfortable…”

Luo Qingyao did not say much more.

She simply floated slowly to the side, gathering the spiritual power within her body to see if there was any chance of breaking through the formation on the ring.

Lin Xinyi picked up the damaged wooden door.

With just a slight application of force, it snapped into two halves.

Her brow furrowed slightly; this was even worse than she had imagined.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

While Lin Xinyi was still thinking about how to improve the environment, a soft coughing sound came from behind her.

She turned her head slowly and found Bai Qianqian lying on the bed.

The girl’s face was flushed red as she gasped for breath, clearly in a state of extreme agony.

“Ah, how fragile…”

Lin Xinyi turned around with a look of annoyance.

She hadn’t expected that after treating the wounds, Bai Qianqian’s uncultivated body would be this weak.

She looked so frail that she seemed ready to die at any moment.

When Luo Qingyao saw the girl’s miserable state, she stopped trying to break the seal and rushed over in a panic.

“Qianqian! This is bad. Could it be a fever because her body is too weak?!”

Watching the person she was supposed to protect become so debilitated made Luo Qingyao’s heart ache with anxiety.

She possessed a mountain of knowledge, but having a body that could actually move was a luxury she didn’t have.

That sense of helplessness filled every part of her being.

“Move!”

[SPIRIT TECHNIQUE • HEAL]

Lin Xinyi pushed Luo Qingyao aside and flashed to the bedside.

Emerald-green spiritual power coiled around her hands as she stared intently at the girl’s body, trying to prevent the condition from worsening.

‘Ah, what am I doing…’

Lin Xinyi looked at the suffering Bai Qianqian.

Her body had moved faster than her intent, beginning to heal the girl.

As she used her spiritual power to nourish the body, Bai Qianqian’s complexion finally looked a bit better.

“I can’t even tell if you’re a good person or a bad one anymore…”

Luo Qingyao stood beside her, watching Lin Xinyi concentrate on the healing.

The look of urgency on the woman’s face was even more obvious than her own.

She couldn’t understand it; if Lin Xinyi wanted to torture Bai Qianqian, wouldn’t letting her die painfully from a severe illness be an effective method?

Why go through the trouble of healing her?

However, Lin Xinyi did not want Bai Qianqian to die so easily.

If she died, there was a chance she would just possess someone else nearby, and then Lin Xinyi would have to live in fear again.

“You’d better stay alive for me!”

An uncultivated body was incredibly fragile.

Even with a massive amount of spiritual power, Lin Xinyi had to move it like a silver needle threading through silk, constantly circulating it to heal every problem area.

She also had to administer pills to assist the process, terrified that something else might go wrong.

It took a long time before Lin Xinyi finally suppressed the sudden illness.

Then, she irritably flipped over a nearby table.

“Are you kidding me? At this rate, she’ll probably die of sickness before she even wakes up…”

Lin Xinyi scanned the surroundings, pushed open the door, and ran outside in a rage.

Luo Qingyao, worried she was up to something wicked again, followed without a second thought.

However, upon reaching the outside, she was shocked to see Lin Xinyi using her spiritual power to stimulate a nearby tree.

The slender tree shot up from the ground as if it had been injected with a catalyst.

“Why are you planting a tree next to the house!”

Luo Qingyao was completely baffled.

Lin Xinyi had no intention of explaining.

She only stopped her spiritual power when the tree had reached dozens of feet in height.

“This way, it’ll be much sturdier~”

Lin Xinyi stepped forward and patted the trunk.

The hard texture left her satisfied, so she pulled a treasure from her pocket.

[PALM GROTTO-HEAVEN]

[Interior space has a comfortable temperature. Forged using the power of laws. This ancient treasure can be placed in a stable location; in just a moment, it will transform into a 2-meter-sized spatial house.]

“I don’t want my precious belongings getting covered in dirt…”

Lin Xinyi tossed it casually.

The orb of light shattered instantly and landed on a branch.

A small house, several meters wide, appeared hanging from the branches like a bird’s nest.

“A spatial treasure? You’re just a Nascent Soul cultivator, yet you actually have such a treasure. Aren’t you afraid of people targeting you again…”

In the Immortal Realm, such things weren’t rare to Luo Qingyao.

However, in the Mortal Realm where the power of laws was scarce, anything associated with the word ‘Law’ was a treasure whose value could not be easily measured.

She couldn’t believe the woman would reveal it so carelessly.

“Don’t worry. Everyone who targeted me is dead~”

Lin Xinyi’s cultivation might not be the highest, but she was definitely the strongest among those at the Nascent Soul stage.

Sometimes, any one of the treasures on her person could incite a riot, but so what?

Anyone who knew she had these things was either dead or unable to speak.

“Building a comfortable environment for oneself is also a good way to enjoy life~”

Without a second thought, Lin Xinyi smashed the nearby wooden shack with one punch, destroying it like bothersome trash.

“What are you doing? Qianqian is still inside!”

Luo Qingyao was horrified.

She rushed toward the collapsing shack, but halfway there, Bai Qianqian’s entire body floated out, wrapped in a ball of spiritual power.

“I know that. Why would I let the person I worked so hard to save get buried alive?~”

After hovering for a moment, Bai Qianqian drifted into Lin Xinyi’s arms.

Lin Xinyi carried her directly into the nest-like Grotto-heaven.

With a gentle touch, the three of them were sucked into that mysterious space.

“This will do as a mediocre place to rest~”