Chapter 8
Early the next morning, before the sky had even brightened, the system began reciting the mission log of its system career beside Ji Linglu’s ear.
[Day one of reforming the vicious female supporting character. Through the tireless joint efforts of system and host, the great System 796634 suffered a complete defeat, the vicious female supporting character achieved total victory, and the reform mission progress remains at zero. In fact, it even owes 0.3%. Truly, those who hear of it are saddened, and those who listen are moved to tears.]
Naturally, what had created that debt was Ji Linglu kissing and touching Yun Ningqing, making Yun Ningqing cook for her, and having Yun Ningqing carry her back to Mingguang Peak…
Ji Linglu really did not seem like a vicious female supporting character. She seemed more like a little tyrant throwing her weight around over the protagonist shou’s head. Never mind whether the protagonist gong could receive this kind of treatment; that person was probably still hiding away in some unknown corner.
And in her previous life, if it were a one-on-one duel, the vicious female supporting character would have had no problem beating the protagonist gong like a sandbag.
The protagonist gong was nowhere to be seen, the vicious female supporting character was neither active nor uplifting, and the protagonist shou’s whole heart and eyes were filled with the vicious female supporting character…
Everything had turned into a pot of porridge. Might as well drink it while it was hot!
The future was so dark that even with its eyes open, it could not see a thing. It really wanted to drop straight down and sleep!
Main God above, no, that was fainting!
System life was hard!
The system choked up for a moment before continuing:
[A new day is about to begin. Will the vicious female supporting character repent and turn over a new leaf, or will she stubbornly resist to the end? Let us wait and see.]
[Today’s reform quote—on the day your reform succeeds, you will thank the version of yourself who took the first step today!]
Still drowsy, Ji Linglu hugged Yun Ningqing’s lean waist and refused to let her get out of bed. Both her movements and tone were unbearably clingy. “Is Qingqing not going to lead those idiots in sword practice today?”
“Today is a rest day. I’ll only accompany Lulu.”
This again involved the matter of how, after Mingguang Zhenjun’s fall, Mingguang Peak had grown cold once its master was gone, leaving only two young ones to depend on each other.
It was true that Yun Ningqing was nominally the Peak Master of Mingguang Peak, but her cultivation and experience were far inferior to those old things from Mingguang Zhenjun’s generation. Usually, everyone could smile and keep up the peace, but if something truly happened, Yun Ningqing would absolutely be the unlucky one pushed out to take the blame and block the spear.
Who told Mingguang Zhenjun’s reputation to be so resounding? The legacy she left behind was deep enough to block three or five blows without a problem.
After all, very few people ended up like Ji Linglu. Although Yunzhong Jun’s martial strength was outstanding, she did not even have any followers at her side to build up her momentum. Most people’s relationships would not shatter to such an extent. Besides, Mingguang Zhenjun had been open and generous by nature and still had quite a few close friends. If Yun Ningqing and Ji Linglu fell into trouble, there would always be someone willing to step in.
But those people were not Yun Ningqing and Ji Linglu’s actual mothers or actual master. Favors diminished each time they were used and could not withstand repeated consumption.
Yun Ningqing still had the young Ji Linglu behind her. She had to stand upright. But the two of them were low in position and weak in strength, unable to endure being tossed about again and again. So they settled for the next best thing and opened up a new path by participating in the affairs of their own generation.
Since she had given up many of the conveniences brought by the position of Peak Master, Qingxuan Sect naturally had to make it up from somewhere else. Otherwise, the charge of mistreating a hero’s descendants would be enough to make Qingxuan Sect lose enormous face on Yunyin Continent.
Thus, among Qingxuan Sect’s younger generation of disciples, Yun Ningqing enjoyed even more authority than the Sect Master’s personal disciple. On ordinary days, she would lead inner and outer disciples in sword practice and morning lessons. When anything happened, she was also the one at the front. She could be considered the leader of this generation of cultivators.
This bit of power might look like nothing but hard work with no reward, as if she had been born with a laboring fate, but in truth, others could not obtain it even if they wanted to. If the young sect master were to be selected, Yun Ningqing would have far more advantages than the Sect Master’s personal disciple.
The entire younger generation of Qingxuan Sect knew Yun Ningqing but did not know the Sect Master’s personal disciple. Who they trusted more was obvious. Moreover, Yun Ningqing had a gentle temperament and was never stingy with help when facing fellow disciples who asked for assistance.
That was why people said one had to become famous early. If one did not accumulate a good reputation from the start, by the time it was needed, it would be too late.
It was just that Yun Ningqing had no interest in fighting for power and profit. Her whole heart was devoted only to raising her Junior Sister.
And that was indeed the truth. In her previous life, once Ji Linglu’s cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, Yun Ningqing immediately stepped down in favor of someone worthy and handed the position of Mingguang Peak Master to Ji Linglu. It was also at that time that Ji Linglu had already been to the Yunzhong Secret Realm and carried Yunzhong Jun’s inheritance. She had no interest in the position of Qingxuan Sect’s young sect master. Otherwise, Yun Ningqing would definitely have fully supported Ji Linglu in becoming the next Sect Master of Qingxuan Sect.
It was not that Yun Ningqing hoped her Junior Sister would become a dragon or phoenix among people. It was simply that whatever Ji Linglu wanted to do, she would support her.
Hearing this, Yun Ningqing originally wanted to pinch Ji Linglu’s nose. But seeing Ji Linglu so sleepy she could barely open her eyes, still clinging to her body, she felt that Lulu really was unbearably adorable.
But Junior Sister still had to be taught a lesson.
“If everyone else is an idiot, then what are you?” Yun Ningqing asked with amusement. “A little bad egg?”
“It’s different.” Ji Linglu had her own reasoning. Eyes closed, she spoke fluently and confidently. “They are their own idiots. They practice one sword technique thousands of times and still need Senior Sister to teach them. I’m different. I am Senior Sister’s little bad egg alone.”
A malicious thought flashed through her heart.
In both her previous life and this one, Ji Linglu hated the disciples of Qingxuan Sect from her own generation. It was bad enough that they were hopelessly stupid, but they even insisted on seeking trouble by crowding around her Senior Sister. They clearly knew Yun Ningqing was Ji Linglu’s Senior Sister alone, yet they kept calling her Senior Sister Yun!
Yun Ningqing was the Peak Master of Mingguang Peak. Even if they did not call her Peak Master Yun, they should at least call her Eldest Senior Sister to show respect, not the more intimate Senior Sister Yun. And worse still, there were even people who directly omitted the surname and, just like Ji Linglu, called Yun Ningqing—Senior Sister.
There were also some old things. Although they were of the same generation and did not need to call Yun Ningqing Senior Sister, in Ji Linglu’s eyes, they deserved death even more. Because from beginning to end, they had opposed Yun Ningqing accepting a disciple on behalf of her master and adopting a baby of unknown background from outside to be her Junior Sister.
In short, each had their own way of seeking death.
Call Yunzhong Jun a tyrant, and at least she still knew to fabricate charges before killing people. Say she was not a tyrant, and yet the charges she made up were complete nonsense.
Perhaps they merely envied Ji Linglu for having a Senior Sister like Yun Ningqing. After all, among Qingxuan Sect, there was a doggerel verse privately passed around—
Greater than heaven and earth is gratitude and loyalty;
Among all things good, none is better than Senior Sister.
Mountains may be high, waters may be deep, yet none compare to Mingguang;
The moon may be bright, the moon may be clear, yet none is as clear as the heart.
It spoke precisely of Yun Ningqing and Ji Linglu.
Having Yun Ningqing as a Senior Sister was far more reliable than many elders, peak masters, and teachers. A single precious seedling in ten thousand fields—of course many people envied Ji Linglu.
Along with envy and longing, they would inevitably move closer to Yun Ningqing, and naturally, that offended Ji Linglu’s eyes.
No, it was not only the people of Qingxuan Sect. She hated every single person in the world who did not know whether they lived or died and dared to covet Yun Ningqing, occupying Yun Ningqing’s gaze and time.
They were seeking death on their own. Unforgivable!
She was not someone fond of killing, but unfortunately, there were too many fools in the world who did not take their own lives seriously, stirring up endless killing intent in her heart.
When Ji Linglu became unhappy, Yun Ningqing had to coax her. She hummed and whined, rubbing her face against Yun Ningqing’s neck. Her phoenix eyes curved, and the upper half of her body squeezed into Yun Ningqing’s arms.
Yun Ningqing could only support her, lest she fall and then turn around to blame her. Somewhat amused and helpless, she said, “Senior Sister hasn’t even said anything about you yet, and you’re already unhappy in advance? What kind of little tormenting spirit are you?”
“I just don’t like them.”
Yun Ningqing stroked her long hair from top to bottom. “Why get angry over outsiders? Who Senior Sister likes—does Lulu not know?”
Hearing this, Ji Linglu immediately crawled out from under the blanket, clamped her legs around Yun Ningqing’s waist and abdomen, and suddenly exerted strength with her upper body. Then she wrapped her arms around Yun Ningqing’s neck, hanging her entire self from Yun Ningqing’s body before finally feeling satisfied.
She tilted her head, deliberately pretending not to understand. “If Senior Sister doesn’t say it, how would I know?”
[Here we have an old cucumber painted green—pretending to be young!]
The system had not originally wanted to interrupt. After all, the only one who could control its rebellious host, the protagonist shou, could not hear it speak. Saying it for Ji Linglu to hear would only serve as decoration.
But Ji Linglu’s lethal head tilt had truly struck it down. It really could not stand seeing her, at such an old age, pretending to be young and tender here, fooling and seducing the protagonist shou. It was too sickeningly clingy!
[How would I knooow~~~]
Ji Linglu choked for a moment. Fortunately, Yun Ningqing interrupted the furious flames about to burst out in her heart.
Yun Ningqing had no choice but to sit down, conveniently letting Ji Linglu sit face-to-face on her lap. Looking levelly into Ji Linglu’s eyes, she smiled lightly and beautifully. “Lulu doesn’t know? Then Senior Sister will be hurt.”
At this moment, Ji Linglu did not want Yun Ningqing looking at her with such smiling eyes. Like a stiff yet soft little cat, she burrowed into Yun Ningqing’s arms and said in a muffled voice, “Senior Sister is bad! You clearly know Lulu only wants Senior Sister to coax Lulu happy.”
She was already calling herself Lulu. If Senior Sister still did not express anything, then she really would become angry.
“How does Lulu want Senior Sister to coax you?”
No one knew why Qingxuan Sect’s Eldest Senior Sister, who was dignified and self-possessed outside, elegant and gentle, loved teasing her own precious Junior Sister with words so much.
Ji Linglu suddenly sat up straight and looked directly at Yun Ningqing. “Senior Sister clearly knows.”
Was that not the topic they had just been discussing?
Otherwise, why would she bring up that group of irritating idiots? Was it not precisely so Yun Ningqing would say a few pleasant words that would put Yunzhong Jun in a good mood, so the malice in her heart could be extinguished?
Yun Ningqing smiled. The smile had just appeared at the corner of her lips before she suppressed it again, lest she add fuel to the fire.
Ji Linglu had little patience. Seeing that Yun Ningqing still had not hurriedly said the words she wanted to hear, she was about to start humming and whining again.
Yun Ningqing pressed her index finger against Ji Linglu’s lips and smiled with a sigh. “Impatient little thing.”
“There’s no helping it. Senior Sister simply likes impatient Lulu the most.” Without needing Ji Linglu to force the topic herself, Yun Ningqing continued, “Senior Sister only likes Lulu.”
“Qingqing only likes Lulu.”
Ji Linglu’s heart itched terribly. Since she could not openly use Yun Ningqing’s delicate skin to grind her teeth, she could only rub herself back and forth in Yun Ningqing’s arms to ease the endless tremors of love rolling through her heart.
Nothing holds more feeling than a lingering gaze, as if someone once familiar now stands before her eyes.
The system said faintly, [Do you want to ask which qing it is? Maybe you’ll get exactly what you wished for.]
Ji Linglu told it to roll aside and not interfere with her acting spoiled with Senior Sister.
A thing with no sense at all.
Its emotional intelligence was a complete disaster, comparable to the adult Yunzhong Jun!
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