Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

The group continued on their way, the sound of their wheels particularly clear in the darkness.

Shi Shangxu sat in the carriage with his back straight and his eyes looking straight ahead.

Yu Luoning turned her head to look at him. "You've been traveling all day. Take a nap."

"I'm not tired."

Yu Luoning didn't try to persuade her anymore, leaned back again, and closed her eyes.

This journey continued for three days.

Yu Luoning was not idle; she would occasionally lift the carriage curtain and stare at the plants and stones by the roadside.

Then he quickly scribbled something on his homemade notebook with a small brush.

Seeing this, Mo Fei couldn't help but lean closer and ask curiously, "What are you writing?"

"It counts," Yu Luoning replied.

"Count it? Count what?"

Not to mention Mo Fei, even Shi Shangxu and Lu Mingyu couldn't help but look in her direction.

Shi Shangxu quickly realized what was going on and said, "You asked me earlier how far it was from Dongbao Shangzong, but at the current speed, how many more days would it take to get there?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Fei scoffed, "What's there to calculate? It'll arrive in three or five days, don't worry."

Yu Luoning didn't speak, closed the notebook, and put it into her Qiankun bag.

The convoy stopped in a wide open space to rest, and everyone got out of the cars to get some fresh air.

Yu Luoning glanced around, her gaze landing on a pile of spirit beast droppings by the roadside. She walked over and examined it closely.

Then she straightened up, turned to look at Murphy, and said, "Pick up that pile of poop."

Upon hearing this, Mo Fei's eyes widened. "What? You want me to pick up poop?"

"Aren't you curious about what I've written down? If you pick it up, I'll tell you."

Mo Fei stared at her, then glanced at the dried excrement, as if he had been deeply humiliated, even though the spirit beast's excrement was actually quite clean.

Mo Fei paused for a second, then turned his head and said, "Lu Mingyu, you go."

Lu Feishuang's gaze darkened, and she said coldly, "Brother, you are not allowed to go."

Lu Mingyu lowered his eyes and didn't move.

Lu Feishuang glanced at Yu Luoning and said in a bad tone, "I don't care what you want to do, but if you want that thing, you can go get it yourself."

Yu Luoning spread her hands, looking innocent: "I didn't say I wanted it. I just saw that Young Master Mo was curious about what I had memorized, so I was going to tell everyone what I had discovered."

What can you find in a pile of feces?

The group looked at Mo Fei again.

Mo Fei, unable to bear the stare any longer, transformed his spiritual power into a nearly transparent pair of tweezers and carefully pinched the dried spirit beast's dung, wishing he could stay eight feet away from it.

"You're going to die! My reputation will be ruined by you. I'll have to pick up shit on the street now..."

He looked disgusted and said sternly, "If you don't come up with something convincing today, even if you are Shi Shangxu's cousin, I won't let you off the hook."

Yu Luoning completely ignored his threat, pointed, and said to the group, "Look, this thing is three layers flatter than normal, doesn't it look like something has crushed it?"

Mo Fei frowned, looked down, and said, "...So?"

"I've calculated it; the gravity has increased by at least three layers now. Even the top of a feces can't be piled up anymore because of gravity."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Lu Feishuang initially held the sword with a look of disgust, but when Yu Luoning mentioned that gravity had increased by 30%, she lowered her head to observe carefully.

Shi Shangxu frowned: "Judging from the current shape, it has indeed been subjected to considerable external force. We cannot continue to advance at this speed."

Yu Luoning nodded and said, "It's still 800 li from here to the Dongbao Upper Sect's mountain gate. Normally, it would only take four or five days to travel that distance, but now the gravity has increased. We need to constantly use spiritual energy to sustain ourselves, and the closer we get to Tianshu Mountain, the greater the pressure will be. In the end, our speed might drop to less than one-tenth of what it is now, equivalent to each of us carrying a small mountain on our backs. So, do the math yourselves, at our current speed, do you think we'll make it in time?"

Obviously not.

Everyone's expressions simultaneously turned somber.

Lu Feishuang's eyes sharpened. "Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Or we could rob someone else's mount along the way to speed things up."

Yu Luoning glanced at Shi Shangxu, "Either when the carriage can't move, we'll rely on human power to counteract gravity and keep going."

Shi Shangxu didn't speak, but Yu Luoning knew that robbery was a path he definitely wouldn't choose.

She could only temporarily suppress the evil thoughts in her heart.

"Then speed things up."

Shi Shangxu spoke calmly, "If the horse is exhausted, I'll support it."

Lu Feishuang nodded. "Get in the car, let's go now."

Several people boarded the bus one after another.

Only Mo Fei remained standing there, staring intently at the dung beetle, not moving for a long time.

"..."

He looked up at Yu Luoning and said, "I understand that you used feces as an example."

"Can't you just point to the roadside and say no? Why do you want me to pick it up?"

Yu Luoning had already taken two steps closer to Shi Shangxu, then turned back to give Mo Fei a sweet smile.

"Since you're so free, I'll find you something to do. You poop-picking general~"

"Luoning!"

"Cousin, save me!" She grabbed Shi Shangxu's sleeve and hid behind him.

Mo Fei was furious, but Shi Shangxu blocked him completely.

She acted as if she were protecting her own, not giving him any chance.

Yu Luoning got into the car with a big laugh. After a long journey, everyone was tired, so teasing the silly guy made her feel much better.

Shi Shangxu looked at her disapprovingly, and Yu Luoning winked at him, "What? Can't I even lighten the mood a little?"

Shi Shangxu: "Just tell me what to do. After all, Young Master Mo Fei is..."

People are even scrambling to pick up poop?

Yu Luoning didn't speak. They had temporarily formed a team, but internally, she and Shi Shangxu were naturally on the same side.

She naturally did not want to provoke the ire of the business community.

"Okay, I won't tease you next time."

Mo Fei sat opposite, used two cleansing talismans in a row, and stared at Yu Luoning across from him with gritted teeth.

The latter deliberately widened his eyes and tilted his head to look at him, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"

This personality is just like that of a nasty woman.

and many more!

Didn't that female cultivator named Xiao Guai die?

Mo Fei looked dazed, and suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Yu Luoning paid no attention.

In order to arrive on time, the carriage sped up.

As the oppressive feeling intensified, the group had to strain to breathe.

Gradually, others also discovered the pattern: gravity had a much smaller effect on mounts than on people.

So some cultivators would lie in wait by the roadside, specifically targeting those who had mounts. After all, the rules didn't say anything about not being able to steal someone else's mount.

That evening, Lu Feishuang was driving her carriage when two men blocked the road, grinning and raising their hands, saying, "Fellow Daoist, would you mind giving us a ride?"

Lu Feishuang's eyes turned cold. She raised her hand, and the blood whip drew an arc in the air, directly lashing out.

"A good dog doesn't block the way."

One of them dodged to the side, grabbed the blood whip, and his eyes instantly turned sinister: "Little wench, you're asking for death! Can't you understand what I'm saying? You gave my brother and me a ride, and I'll let it go. But your son is so disrespectful. Then I won't be polite."

Just as Lu Feishuang was about to make a move, two sharp sounds suddenly pierced the air.

Two arrows whistled through the air and struck the two men right at their feet, instantly creating two deep craters in the ground and sending debris flying everywhere.

The two men's expressions changed drastically, and they turned and ran, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Before everyone could react, a magnificent carriage with a canopy slowly drove up from behind and stopped beside them.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and a man stepped out calmly.

He wore a black brocade robe with subtle patterns, made of the finest silkworm silk.

The collar gleamed subtly, and a black leather belt inlaid with jade was tied around the waist.

He simply stood there, and there was a sense of oppressive power emanating from him.

Lu Feishuang looked at him and cupped her hands in thanks: "Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

The man glanced at the crater in the ground, and upon hearing the sound, he slightly raised his eyes and nodded.

Lu Feishuang didn't linger, raised her whip, and the carriage sped away.

As the carriage turned to the side, Yu Luoning lifted the curtain and glanced outside.

With ample daylight, she could see the man's features clearly this time. He had sharp features and a angular face; he was indeed a rare handsome man.

Unfortunately, it's a rotten cucumber!

Yu Luoning lowered the carriage curtain and withdrew her gaze.

A second before the curtain fell, those dark eyes also lifted up, meeting each other perfectly.

Yu Luoning did not avoid it, a strange feeling rising in her heart.

The man looked at her with an undisguised aggression, as if he were examining an object rather than a person.

Nobody likes being stared at like that.

Yu Luoning frowned slightly.

Shi Shangxu remained silent until the carriage had driven far away before speaking.

"This person is dangerous; let's stay away from him."

Yu Luoning turned her head and glanced at him.

"Okay, cousin."

Shi Shangxu didn't say anything more and turned around, but his shoulders were still tense.