Chapter 95
Chapter 95
From yesterday until today, Ye Piaoling had doggedly flipped through the little yellow book from the first page to the last.
Then she confirmed it: this thing was actually a cookbook…
The book gave detailed instructions for making all kinds of home-style dishes and pastries-braised fish, stir-fried eggplant, potatoes, and peppers, crispy pork strips, steamed buns, dumplings, mantou, twisted rolls…
In short, it had absolutely nothing to do with the title or the cover.
It was blatant clickbait!
She had fought someone in the street for half a day over this book, and this was what she got to read?
Ye Piaoling: “Heh heh heh heh…”
If she had known, she would have listened to that old servant and sold it to the landlord’s idiot son for ten times the price!
Ye Piaoling took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the couch, and calmed herself.
If not for this stupid book wasting her time, she would have spent these past two days cultivating with no distractions.
The first trial after entering Tianwen Sect was about to begin.
This trial would take place in the Hundred Demon Mountain Secret Realm. The disciples would be divided into groups of three, and their results would be calculated by group.
Gu Liuxian knew that she and Hua Wuhuang were close, so he placed her and Hua Wuhuang in the same group. They were still short one person, and apparently Chonghua Palace had arranged for a young man to join them. He was a distant relative of Liang Yun’s family and would be participating in this trial.
Ye Piaoling sighed.
Being in a group with Hua Wuhuang was perfect, but they also had to bring along some backdoor transfer student they had never even met…
Who knew what kind of young man he would be?
The next time she went to Chonghua Palace, Ye Piaoling told Di Xiulan, “Babe, I’m going to the Hundred Demon Mountain Secret Realm for the trial, so I might not be able to come sleep here for two or three days.”
Di Xiulan said, “Granted.”
Ye Piaoling said, “With that tone of yours, why do I feel like I’m asking you for leave?”
Di Xiulan chuckled. “Come back immediately after the trial ends.”
Ye Piaoling: “…”
Ye Piaoling sighed and said, “I won’t be here for two days to give you money, and I still have to ask you for leave. Babe, I really am loyal and affectionate to you. Where else can you find a sugar mama as good as me?”
Di Xiulan suddenly took her hand.
Ye Piaoling shuddered. “Hey, what are you doing? Keep your hands to yourself!”
Di Xiulan said nothing. He merely pulled her hand over and drew a spirit talisman in her palm.
Ye Piaoling asked in confusion, “What’s this?”
“There may be unexpected dangers in this trial,” Di Xiulan said slowly. “I am leaving you a stream of spiritual power. Remember, you must only use it at the very last moment.”
Ye Piaoling froze for a moment, then smiled. “You’re worried I won’t come back and no one will sleep in your bed anymore, right?”
She lifted her hand, hooked a finger under the man’s chin, and gave him a wicked smile. “Don’t worry. I haven’t slept enough yet. I will definitely come back!”
…
On the day of the trial.
The disciples gathered outside the secret realm, all of them uneasy.
Demonic beasts roamed Hundred Demon Mountain, but the secret realm that had been set aside was a place where cultivators trained in ancient times. The demonic beasts inside were relatively low-level, making it very suitable for new disciples’ trials.
The rules were simple as well: pick the Seven-Colored Spirit Fruit that grew in hidden places.
To ensure their safety, Tianwen Sect had also issued every disciple an expensive Life-saving Talisman. If they encountered mortal danger, they could activate the spatial array on the Life-saving Talisman and be instantly transferred to a safe location.
Because the disciples’ cultivation levels varied widely, the elders had adopted a scientific point-allocation method to ensure that the total strength of each group was roughly equal.
Xiao Chengxu was grouped with Xiao Mei and Ye Xiangxiang-one top student leading two deadweights.
Ximen Chunqiu was in the same situation. He had been placed in a group with two good-for-nothing young masters, leaving him with a face full of worry. From time to time, he glanced at Hua Wuhuang with envy.
Hua Wuhuang and Ye Piaoling stood together. Their final teammate had not yet arrived.
Hua Wuhuang frowned. “That person has never cultivated in Tianwen Sect, yet he can directly participate in the trial. He must have quite the background.”
Ye Piaoling gave a cold laugh. “Don’t get your hopes up. Since they’re calculating each group’s strength, you’re the genius group leader, and while my spiritual power is lacking, my martial arts are decent. That means the last person they matched us with is definitely going to be some super-trash…”
As she was speaking, a cultivator arrived with a young man.
“His name is Liang Ye. He’ll be in your group.”
The moment Ye Piaoling saw him, her eyes widened.
“It’s you!?”
This new teammate was actually the young fop who had fought her over the cookbook in the street a few days ago!
Xiao Changye’s expression instantly twisted as well.
His master had forced him to use an alias and come participate in this training, but he had never said he would be grouped with this hateful woman!
Hua Wuhuang asked in confusion, “You two know each other?”
“Sort of,” Ye Piaoling said. “In the sense that we have a grudge.”
Hua Wuhuang: “…”
As the group leader, Hua Wuhuang sighed and said helplessly, “All right. Although I don’t know what kind of conflict the two of you had before, we’re a team today. Can you set your personal grudges aside for now?”
Xiao Changye rolled his eyes. “You think you’re worthy of being in a group with me? Once we’re inside the secret realm, don’t drag me down!”
Ye Piaoling said with a chuckle, “Your name is Liang Ye? As in, ‘the cool, cool night turns my longing for you into a river’?”
Xiao Changye: “…”
Sure enough, he was a relative of Liang Yun’s family. They were all surnamed Liang!
Ye Piaoling said mildly, “Don’t worry, Little Liangliang. Although we’re teammates, if we run into danger, I definitely won’t save you. You can just tear up your Life-saving Talisman and withdraw.”
Xiao Changye flew into a rage. “How dare you! Who needs you to save me?”
Hua Wuhuang rubbed his forehead helplessly.
When people’s hearts weren’t united, leading a team was hard…