Naturally, Chu Xingchen rebuffed Li Yingling's unreasonable request.
The cultivation methods provided by the system were guaranteed to lead to perfect immortality.
Moreover, they were perfectly tailored to her spiritual root.
Even the great Immortal Sects couldn't necessarily boast such treasures. Li Yingling should be grateful to even have the chance to cultivate it, let alone be so picky.
The main reason was that he didn't have any other cultivation methods to give the girl.
Nighttime.
Li Yingling lay on the cold, hard wooden plank. Without her soft pillows from home, she found it hard to fall asleep.
Although she was fully clothed, the lack of a blanket over her midriff left her feeling strangely uncomfortable.
Li Yingling softly called out, "Master."
Chu Xingchen's impatient reply came, "Why aren't you sleeping at this hour?"
"The shrine door is drafty... I'm cold."
Chu Xingchen yawned. "Get up and walk around for a bit. When you're no longer cold, go back to sleep."
Li Yingling weakly protested, "Wouldn't I just get cold again after lying down for a while?"
Chu Xingchen said with a touch of exasperation, "I told you, that technique is called the Supreme Grand Yin True Profound Spiritual Water Heart Sutra! Just practice it with confidence!"
"Once you reach the third or fourth level of Qi Training, you won't feel cold anymore."
Li Yingling silently glanced sideways at the divine cultivation manual lying next to her â the Water Heart Sutra.
Master! What you're saying is really hard to believe!!
Damn it! Fine, so be it! I chose this master; I'll cultivate it through tears if I have to.
Li Yingling gritted her teeth, got up, and took the Water Heart Sutra to the fire. She opened the first page and read the first line.
*[I am Water Spirit Lord. This technique is Water Spirit Lord's exclusive True Immortal-level secret.]*
Whoa! A True Immortal technique?
Li Yingling felt a little better as she looked at the second line.
*[I am Raging Wave Lord. Water Spirit Lord's is too watery! I have edited it! More powerful effects, rest assured to practice!]*
Whoa! A great cultivator thoughtfully modified it?!
Li Yingling nodded in satisfaction and looked at the third line.
*[I am Sea-Flipper Lord. Those two above are useless, what they write is garbage, misleading the disciples! Edited by me.]*
...?????
Li Yingling quickly scanned the first page.
Good heavens!
The first page was full of sentences starting with "I am", berating the previous cultivators as trash. According to the first page, this Water Heart Sutra had been revised by at least seventeen great cultivators.
That meant it was the seventeenth version of the cultivation manual.
Li Yingling tremblingly opened the next page.
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Please don't let it be revised again!
*[I am...]*
Li Yingling felt a wave of dizziness, but she endured it and read on.
*[I am North Sea Emperor Lord, stop revising it! You are all mediocre and love to write nonsense! I almost suffered a qi deviation! This version has been modified by me and is the final version! Safe to practice! One more word of advice! Don't! Revise it again!]*
She looked at the next paragraph.
Fortunately, it seemed that no one had revised it again.
However, thick ink marks blotted out all the original writing.
The only thing not crossed out on the entire page was one line.
Water, the source of all spiritual energy in heaven and earth.
Great, a useless platitude.
She resolutely turned to the next page.
The entire page was blackened, but then rewritten in red ink, which was then mostly scribbled out.
Then, multicolored ink marks made the entire page look pitch-black.
Then, it was forcibly rewritten in white paint.
These great cultivators... were quite unwilling to give up.
The colorful words made Li Yingling's eyes hurt.
Li Yingling looked up at Chu Xingchen, who was lying on the wooden plank, and said weakly, "Master... I'm about to suffer a qi deviation. Can you save me in time?"
Chu Xingchen propped himself up and looked at Li Yingling, who was crouching by the fire, holding the Water Heart Sutra. He sighed.
"Just cultivate with confidence. You won't suffer a qi deviation. Would I harm you?"
"Master, isn't this really something you picked up from the roadside?"
"Didn't you see it yourself? Do you think you can find a technique like this on the roadside?"
Li Yingling heard this and glanced down.
It was true... Too much money was spent on faking this antique look.
Li Yingling said weakly, "Master, I'm really going to cultivate it. You have to protect me."
Chu Xingchen stood up from the wooden plank, walked to Li Yingling, and nodded.
"Rest assured, I'll keep you safe. You'll understand how powerful this Water Heart Sutra is once you cultivate it!"
Master! You keep calling it the Water Heart Sutra!
But what else could she do?
Li Yingling grit her teeth and finished reading this Water Heart Sutra, which had been revised to the point where it probably had nothing to do with the original text.
Then, she began to cultivate according to the technique.
Once she started cultivating... she instantly felt different.
The spiritual energy of the world quickly condensed and poured toward Li Yingling.
She absorbed the spiritual energy according to the technique, then followed the meridians and heart sutra.
Li Yingling felt a natural and comfortable sensation spread throughout her body.
Then, Chu Xingchen watched in astonishment as Li Yingling quickly broke through the first level of Qi Training.
Then, after the aura quickly solidified, she suddenly broke through to the second level of Qi Training!
This Immortal Seed is so terrifying?!
Damn it, no wonder she has the "Genius" trait. I'm so envious!
*[First disciple: Li Yingling has broken through to the second level of Qi Training.]*
*[Return 100% of cultivation.]*
Chu Xingchen's eyes lit up. There's such a good thing?!
A clear and faint stream of spiritual energy entered his body.
Chu Xingchen quickly sensed the spiritual energy, but he couldn't really feel anything.
After all, it was only the second level of Qi Training. As a Golden Core cultivator, his level was too high.
Oh well, at least I don't have to worry about being surpassed by this girl.
I'll always be ahead of her by one Golden Core level!
Chu Xingchen observed for a while in the middle of the night and found that Li Yingling was fine.
He lay back down on the wooden plank, yawned, and planned to go back to sleep.
After all, it was a technique produced by the system. There shouldn't be any problems.
Then, Li Yingling seemed to become addicted to cultivation.
She cultivated straight from night to day.
Sunlight streamed through the broken door, shining into the temple.
"Master! Master!"
Chu Xingchen opened his eyes groggily. Li Yingling's big eyes were full of worship as she looked at him.
"What?" Chu Xingchen asked in confusion.
Li Yingling said excitedly, "I'm at the fifth level of Qi Training! I reached the fifth level of Qi Training in one night. That Water Heart Sutra is truly a top-tier immortal technique!"
Chu Xingchen yawned, turned over, and planned to continue sleeping, but still gave a perfunctory compliment.
"Mmm, well done."
Looking at Chu Xingchen, who was about to go back to sleep, Li Yingling quickly said, "Master, I haven't reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet, so I can't survive on spiritual energy alone. I've been hungry all day. This area is a desolate wilderness, and there's no food here. Do you have any ideas?"
Chu Xingchen sighed helplessly.
"Didn't you say it yourself that this is a desolate wilderness? Go catch some wild chickens yourself."
"You're already at the fifth level of Qi Training. You can't even beat a wild chicken, can you?"
Li Yingling was stunned.
It wasn't like this when he tricked her into becoming his disciple!
Why did he change as soon as she became a disciple?
She wouldn't know where to start to catch any wild chickens. But looking at Chu Xingchen lying motionless on the wooden plank...
Okay, maybe... this is what cultivation is like?
Just like that Water Heart Sutra.
Li Yingling comforted herself, picked up a wooden stick, and walked out of the temple door to hunt a wild chicken.
As soon as she walked out of the temple door, Chu Xingchen's voice came from behind.
"Remember to save two chicken legs for your master."
Li Yingling, who had just reached the fifth level of Qi Training, almost stumbled.