“This… I…”
Su Qiulian truly found herself at a loss for words.
After all, she never expected that in this lifetime, things like Demonic Sect Disciples would suddenly appear.
According to her previous life, as long as she didn’t clash with that Sword Sovereign, nothing should have happened to her Little Shen after this.
But it was as if someone simply didn’t want them to live in peace—something like the Ancient Demon Cult, which should have disappeared into the river of history, was suddenly making a comeback.
Who could have imagined that?
She couldn’t figure it out, but seeing Shen Qingyi fuming in front of her, she knew she needed to comfort Little Shen first.
Was she still frightened after all?
Thinking this, Su Qiulian gently took Shen Qingyi’s hand and softly said, “It’s my fault, Little Shen. I won’t leave your side again from now on…”
But Shen Qingyi interrupted her at once.
She couldn’t shake the feeling that Su Qiulian had said this many times before—could it be the same in their previous life?
Shen Qingyi didn’t know; after all, she had only regained some fragments of memory, and there still weren’t any complete memories about Su Qiulian.
With a twist of her thoughts, she turned to Su Qiulian and asked, “By the way, how did we really meet in our past life? Was it truly just an ordinary encounter at the Teahouse?”
“Of course! What else could it have been?”
Su Qiulian replied confidently.
“But why do I feel like you, you pervert, actually kidnapped me?”
“Uh… that was just an accident before! It was… Evil Thought! Yes, that’s right! Evil Thought influenced me, so I couldn’t help but get handsy with Little Shen. If you don’t like it, I’ll just hold myself back from now on!”
“Hold yourself back? You call that holding yourself back?!”
As she spoke, Shen Qingyi pinched the unruly hand Su Qiulian had placed around her waist—hard.
This woman, really, she says she’ll restrain herself, but then her hand sneaks up again as if she can’t go a day without taking advantage!
Thankfully, Su Qiulian could be considered obedient enough; she let go of Shen Qingyi’s waist as she should, but she still didn’t release her hand.
But just holding hands wasn’t much for Shen Qingyi to care about.
Let her hold on then, just treat it as giving her some Little Shen energy!
With that, Shen Qingyi recalled their previous conversation and said, “Right, didn’t you say you’d teach me some more Spells? Hurry up and show me, make it something powerful, otherwise, what’s the point in learning it if it’s useless?”
At that, Su Qiulian couldn’t help but smile, gently flicking Shen Qingyi’s nose with her finger.
She said, “Silly Little Shen, the strength of magical arts also depends on the cultivator’s own cultivation. You’re only at the beginning of Qi Refining right now, how could you possibly bring out the true might of Spells?”
Right, her cultivation was still too low.
“Then just teach me how to cultivate first, isn’t it fine as long as my Realm improves?”
Shen Qingyi said.
Su Qiulian originally wanted to say that with Shen Qingyi’s ordinary Linggen, achieving anything through Cultivation would be difficult, but after a moment’s thought, she decided not to discourage her and instead said, “Alright then, but teaching Little Shen to cultivate doesn’t count as teaching you Spells, you know. That’s a second condition.”
“You!”
Shen Qingyi felt she was rather shameless, not knowing what to say.
She could only nod helplessly and say, “Fine, fine, just hurry up and teach me!”
Compared to whether Su Qiulian was a pervert or not, Shen Qingyi really cared more about things like Cultivation.
After all, as a Transmigrator, so what if she had an ordinary Linggen?
As long as she started Cultivation, there had to be some kind of cheat!
Maybe she’d be unbeatable upon Foundation Establishment!
By then…
Heh, no matter what Demon Emperor or Sword Sovereign, she’d press them all down so they couldn’t move, and see if they’d still dare to bully her like in those memory fragments!
Right, as long as she was stronger than them, kept them in check, they wouldn’t be able to fight.
If they didn’t fight, then there wouldn’t be a great war between humans and demons, and all the people would be safe!
Yes, that’s right!
Once she reached perfection in her Cultivation, with one palm covering the heavens, would there even be such things as the Demon Emperor or Sword Sovereign?
She, Shen Qingyi, would be the Savior of this world!
Hmph hmph hmph hmphＯ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
While Shen Qingyi was daydreaming in broad daylight, the Su Qiulian before her finally understood—and had to admit—that this lifetime’s Little Shen was…
A bit dumber than the last!
Oh well, perhaps being a little silly wasn’t so bad; wasn’t it just more for her to spoil?
With this thought, Su Qiulian began to explain to Shen Qingyi, “Little Shen, how much do you know about Cultivation?”
About Cultivation?
After thinking, Shen Qingyi could only recite the seven Realms:
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Platform, Tribulation Crossing, and True Immortal.
As for anything else, she wasn’t really clear.
The storytellers never mentioned it either!
“Oh, right, and you need a Linggen to cultivate!”
Shen Qingyi added.
“Mm, that’s right. On the path of Cultivation, just the type of Linggen alone determines much of a cultivator’s future accomplishments. Linggen are divided into five grades. First grade is the ordinary Mixed Spiritual Root, second grade is the Five-element Single Attribute Spiritual Root, third grade is the Earth Spiritual Root, fourth grade is the Innate Spiritual Root, and fifth grade is the legendary Immortal Spiritual Root!”
“And Little Shen’s Linggen is just an ordinary Mixed Spiritual Root. Normally, someone with that kind of root reaching the Golden Core would be considered their highest achievement! But don’t worry, with me here, there’s no way you won’t at least reach Golden Core!”
If it came down to it, she could always dual cultivate and impart energy; there was no way she’d let Little Shen only live a hundred years.
As Su Qiulian spoke, Shen Qingyi listened. After hearing all about Linggen, Shen Qingyi suddenly raised her hand and said, “Say, is it possible I’m actually a fifth-grade Immortal Spiritual Root?”
After all, aren’t there plenty of Transmigrators who seem to have trash Linggen at first, but they’re actually super cheat-level?
Maybe she was one of them!
Impossible, I’ve already checked very carefully before!
Su Qiulian really wanted to just say it outright, but not wanting to discourage Shen Qingyi, she said instead, “Well, it’s possible. After all, I’ve never seen an Immortal Spiritual Root before; maybe I just didn’t recognize it? Maybe Little Shen really is a hidden Immortal Spiritual Root!”
Hearing this, Shen Qingyi immediately showed a “That’s right, that’s right” expression, hands on her hips, looking proud as she pointed and declared, “Hmph, just wait! Someday this Immortal Doctor will ascend straight to the True Immortal Realm, and as for Evil Thought, I’ll just smack it to pieces with a single slap! Why would I even need to take a carriage to travel so far?”
“Mm-hmm, Little Shen is the best!”
Su Qiulian clapped like coaxing a child.
Shen Qingyi couldn’t see the helpless expression on her face and was still immersed in her fantasy of becoming invincible.
And so, Su Qiulian continued to explain all sorts of things about Cultivation to Shen Qingyi, helping her focus her energy and begin Qi Refining. Only when evening fell did they finally find a place to rest at a small Inn.
***
Meanwhile, Bai Luoshuang had finally gone back and forth between Hao Ren Town and the Qin Shui Sword Sect.
It was only after meeting Qiu Zimei and Qiu Ziling that she learned Shen Qingyi might have gone to Yushenzong in Yuzhou.
At once, she transformed into a streak of sword light, soaring up from the Qin Shui Sword Sect’s grounds and flying straight toward Yuzhou.
On the training grounds, Qiu Ziling watched the departing sword light and muttered, “Wasn’t that the Fallen Frost Sword Sovereign just asking us about the whereabouts of Shen Immortal Doctor?”
“Seems like it…?”