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

Several people blocked her way and caused trouble. The girl in the lead told her to kneel down and kowtow to her senior.

Yu Luoning ignored the girl.

Her knees were stiff and wouldn't bend.

As a result, the two women and three men immediately became unhappy.

"Newcomer, do you know you've broken the rules? Relatives must perform a full bow and kowtow to greet formal outer sect senior brothers and sisters. That's the rule, do you understand?"

Yu Luoning really didn't want to deal with these people, but they completely blocked her way.

This place is remote and sparsely populated.

The two girls in the lead weren't much stronger than her, but Yu Luoning couldn't tell the cultivation levels of the two male cultivators.

Just as things were at a standstill, a girl in a yellow dress suddenly appeared behind them. She stepped forward, pulled Yu Luoning along, and persuaded the group to back down with just a few words.

The girl named Liu Qian came to see her for several days in a row, showing concern and warmth.

Yu Luoning almost thought this girl named Liu Qian was very friendly. But after only a few days, she revealed her true intentions.

Liu Qian told the truth.

She's in charge of supplying the spiritual fields here. If Yu Luoning were a smart person, she would know that finding someone to rely on is much more useful than going it alone.

Yu Luoning understood; the other party wanted her to work for her.

Then, Yu Luoning discovered that those girls were actually in cahoots with Liu Qian. They were deliberately putting on an act in front of her in order to make Yu Luoning lower her guard against Liu Qian.

Moreover, their logic is quite hilarious.

They were attracted to Yu Luoning's appearance and wanted her to join their small group, hoping to use her looks to help them recruit more male cultivators to form a cohesive group.

It's simply impossible to guard against.

Yu Luoning naturally refused, which only strengthened her resolve. Living alone was the easiest way to live.

As a result, Liu Qian was unhappy. She had spent so much time on Yu Luoning, but the fish just wouldn't take the bait.

If the soft approach doesn't work, try the hard one.

That night, Yu Luoning altered her aura. She used the Illusionary Breath Technique to mimic one of her group of girlfriends.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, they sneaked into Liu Qian's residence and used a teleportation technique to send Liu Qian to the Cleaner's lake.

Human hearts are complex, and on the path of cultivation, her heart is destined to grow colder and colder.

Inner disciples cannot leave the mountain at any time.

Usually, you need to have a special token and complete a descent mission.

Shi Shangxu won first place in the recent inner disciple assessment and joined Sword Peak.

His exceptional talent naturally made him a prized possession of Elder Lei.

The fellow disciples naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity to make friends, and they all presented gifts as a token of their appreciation.

"Junior Brother Shi, this is a Foundation Establishment Pill that I've saved up through frugality. I'm giving it to you."

"Third Senior Brother is so generous. Junior Brother, you know that sword cultivators are all poor. This is the Xuanmu Magnetite that I painstakingly saved up. I'll use it to polish your natal sword in the future."

"Junior brother, I've heard you have a cousin. I happen to have quite a few Youth Preservation Pills here, so I'll give them to your cousin."

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One by one, the senior students presented him with gifts, and Shi Shangxu did not refuse them. He thanked them all and accepted them.

Taking advantage of the lively atmosphere, Shi Shangxu obtained the Peak Exit Token from Elder Lei, saying only that he wanted to visit his cousin.

These words caused an uproar among the senior students.

"Junior brother refuses to cultivate the Profound Nether Heavy Water, is it perhaps because of your cousin?"

"Oh dear, is this so-called cousin perhaps my future cultivation partner?"

Shi Shangxu's ears turned slightly red, and he quickly explained, "Senior brothers and sisters, please don't tease me. My cousin and I only have a simple...brother-sister relationship."

"Wow, such a loving sibling relationship!"

Laughter erupted instantly, echoing throughout the entire mountain.

Shi Shangxu: "..."

Shi Shangxu didn't explain further, but simply cupped his hands in greeting, turned around, and flew away on his sword.

As soon as I stepped out of the inner gate onto the mountain path, a breeze blew by, and the heat behind my ears slowly dissipated.

He glanced down at the token in his hand and sighed.

He had already confirmed his feelings when he entered the illusionary realm.

The girl, Kronin, had no feelings for him.

She doesn't like herself.

The sequence of times and times has a clear secret formula, which is very easy to understand.

When he arrived at Yu Luoning's courtyard, he still carried the chilling sword aura of the sword peak.

The moment she saw him, Yu Luoning's face lit up with a smile.

She originally thought that after entering the Upper Sect, her replication library would also expand. After all, this place gathered the most outstanding talents from the entire Dongbao Continent, and any one of them would be a promising prospect.

Unexpectedly, all the outstanding talents were in the inner sect. It wasn't possible for members of the inner sect to visit each other at any time, and relatives couldn't even enter the inner sect's mountain paths.

Yu Luoning's little plan has temporarily fallen through.

Now that I see the order of the times, those little thoughts immediately come to life again.

She looked up at Shi Shangxu with a smile on her face, but her voice contained a hint of grievance: "Cousin, you've finally come. I thought you'd forgotten about me after you entered the inner sect."

Seeing her like this, Shi Shangxu's fingers, which were hanging by his side, twitched slightly.

"That's not true. It's just that I need a token to come out. As soon as I entered Sword Peak, my senior brothers and sisters dragged me in to spar, which delayed me for a few days."

He paused, then said, "I'm sorry... How have you been these days?"

Yu Luoning understood, but wouldn't really hold it against him.

As for the unpleasant things that have happened these past few days, he didn't mention them at all.

"Would you like to spend some quality time with me today?"

Shi Shangxu nodded, and then, from his Qiankun bag, he piled all the heavy gifts he had received on the narrow wooden table in Yu Luoning's room.

Yu Luoning: "What are these?"

"These are gifts from my senior brothers and sisters. You need them more than I do, so keep them all, and also this Youth Preservation Pill."

Shi Shangxu's voice remained low as he spoke, but his eyes shone brightly when he looked at Yu Luoning.

He even took out his own contribution jade tablet.

He added, "Here are five hundred contribution points. I'll transfer them to your token. I'll give you contribution points every month from now on, so don't worry."

Although Yu Luoning remained outwardly calm, her heart was in turmoil. Was he going to take care of her?

Yu Luoning's slender fingers gently traced the jade pendant. Suddenly, she looked up, her eyes filled with a hint of mischief and deeper meaning.

"Cousin, even if I am your own cousin, there's no reason for you to keep me like this. Your extravagant spending makes outsiders think you're keeping a cultivation partner."

The air in the room seemed to freeze for a moment.

Yu Luoning probed without hesitation.

With a level of intelligence that allows them to understand their own meaning, they shouldn't be unable to grasp what they're saying.

To be honest, she had long since lost patience with this melodramatic sibling romance.

Can you say yes or no? Just say the word!

It's so frustrating to be able to see something but not be able to eat it!