Chapter – 64
“Moreover, my Gui Xi Sect has, since ancient times, upheld the virtue of humility!
In the past, Kong Rong yielded the bigger pears, a story passed down through the ages—this is the virtue of modesty!
We, as senior brothers and sisters, when facing you, little junior sister, should naturally emulate the sages and let you go first!
This is only human nature. We follow after you, and thus display the spirit of harmony and fellowship among Gui Xi Sect disciples!”
“It’s only a few wrong answers,”
he patted his chest and assured her,
“Don’t worry, just answer freely! With your senior brother here, we absolutely won’t mind if you get things wrong!
On the contrary, this is precisely a manifestation of your earnest pursuit of the Dao!”
The surrounding disciples also chimed in one after another:
“That’s right, little junior sister! It’s just a few wrong answers—we really don’t mind!
Don’t hold back out of courtesy toward us. Hurry up and answer!”
“Exactly, exactly. We mediocre folk hardly dare to show off before little junior sister. Hurry up and write!”
“If you hadn’t answered wrong first, we wouldn’t even know what the correct answer was.
Truly, there is mysterious providence—thanks to you, we were able to answer correctly. We rely entirely on you, junior sister!”
“Little junior sister, hurry up and answer!”
Facing wave after wave of such “sincere” urging, listening to these devils sing in perfect harmony, Su Ling’er nearly crushed the folding fan in her hand.
Have you no shame?!
Have you no shame at all?!
How can you people be this utterly shameless?!
Letting others submit first, and you can still dress it up so fresh and elegant!
Rewards?
Kong Rong yielding pears?
Letting me go first?
So I have to answer wrong before you can answer right, is that it?!
Am I destined to be your natural enemy or what?!
Oh… actually, yes. We are natural enemies.
I’m an undercover agent of the righteous path, and you’re demonic cultivators. We are irreconcilable!
She was so angry that her cheeks puffed up like a little hamster.
But she also knew that if she dragged this out any longer, she might provoke these demonic cultivators.
Since that was the case, and since answering right or wrong would be equally humiliating, she might as well answer according to her own heart!
She stopped trying to guess the demonic way of thinking and instead followed her own convictions.
When companions encounter danger, one should naturally step forward and shield everyone from harm—this is chivalry, and also the way of the Great Dao!
She wrote down a “one” on the paper, then tossed the pen aside.
The results were announced.
The correct answer was “four.”
As expected. As expected!
I knew it—this demonic sect would ultimately choose the fourth option, putting their companion in front!
Isn’t that just using companions as meat shields, as human barricades, as tools to buy time?!
Of course. They casually slaughter their fellow disciples—how could they possibly care about companions met outside in a secret realm?
This is their true nature!
This demonic sect is rotten to the core!
And so, she cried again, crying heartbrokenly, crying so fiercely it could move heaven and earth.
At this moment, however, the elder on the platform made a new move.
With a wave of his hand, a cloth pouch appeared, which he lightly tossed.
The pouch traced an arc through the air and landed on Su Ling’er’s low desk.
Clang.
What does this mean?
Su Ling’er stared at the pouch on the table, stunned.
She didn’t answer correctly either—what was this for?
Could it be… poison, meant for me to kill myself?!
In an instant, Su Ling’er imagined what would lie inside when she trembled and opened the pouch.
A packet of arsenic?
A handful of deadly pills?
Or something even more sinister, some poison specifically used to experiment on expendable materials?!
And then senior brother would force her, before all the demons, to personally end this humiliating life of hers…
No, no—she didn’t dare think any further!
“Little junior sister, hurry up and open it!”
Lin Qingfeng’s voice was full of encouragement.
“This is a reward from the sect for your enthusiastic participation in the grand gathering!”
Reward?
Yeah, right—I don’t believe you for a second!
How many times have I answered correctly? And you’re rewarding me?!
Other than being forced by you to submit first every time, what qualifications do I have to receive a reward?!
But she knew she had no choice.
She reached out her hand, feeling as though the arm in her red short sleeve weighed a thousand jin.
Whether she stretched her neck or shrank it back, it was still one blade…
Maybe—just maybe—it really wasn’t poison?
She steeled her heart, pulled open the drawstring, and looked inside.
The expected poison pills did not appear.
Instead, there were… spirit stones!
Packed to the brim, radiating an alluring glow!
She quickly counted them—one, ten, fifty, one hundred… a full two hundred low-grade spirit stones!
Two hundred!
Su Ling’er froze.
Just like that… she could get two hundred low-grade spirit stones?
How long had this even taken?!
They just handed out two hundred like that?!
And this was when she had barely answered a single question correctly!
She recalled how she had fought tooth and nail through several levels of the Demon-Sealing Tower, only to get a dozen spirit stones in the end.
She recalled how she had tirelessly tended medicinal fields, day and night, only to earn low-tier spirit herbs.
And now, she was just sitting here, being forced by these demons to cry and laugh, and she got two hundred spirit stones!
This was far easier than grinding the Demon-Sealing Tower over a dozen times!
A sense of absurdity and wild joy surged together, instantly washing away all her fear and grief.
Demonic brainwashing conference?
Mental torture?
Whatever—if I don’t listen, it doesn’t matter!
Little junior sister loves answering questions!
Thus, her subsequent answers became extremely rapid.
Every time, she rushed to submit first.
No matter what the answer was, it seemed rewards would be given anyway—as long as she was the first to answer!
Lin Qingfeng looked at little junior sister’s enthusiastic cooperation and nodded with satisfaction.
Sure enough, spirit stones move people’s hearts!
Little junior sister had finally seen the light!
…
The eighth question was read aloud slowly by Elder Qian on the platform:
“You accidentally witness a fellow disciple revealing their true cultivation, vastly different from their usual level.
To keep this secret, what is the best way to handle it?”
“One: Kill them to silence them once and for all.”
“Two: Threaten or entice them, forcing them to swear a poisonous oath never to speak of it.”
“Three: Fabricate a reasonable lie and pretend you saw nothing.”
“Four: Step forward and feed them a ‘Forgetfulness Pill,’ making them forget what just happened, and tell them they merely fainted accidentally and don’t know what occurred.”
Su Ling’er listened as her mind worked at lightning speed.
By now, the demonic sect’s logic, though absurd, seemed to have a pattern.
She immediately chose the fourth option.
This “Forgetfulness Pill” would make them forget, without harming them fundamentally.
Moreover, if emotions or entanglements arose afterward, forgetting could resolve them—perhaps the best outcome for both sides.
No matter what had happened, from then on the two could sever karmic ties and avoid deeper involvement.
Yes—let him “forget his worries,” eliminate karma. Far more reliable than weaving lies.
She wrote down “four” and once again submitted first.
Moments later, the result was announced.
“For this question, the correct answer is ‘four.’”
Su Ling’er froze slightly.
Huh?
The answer… wasn’t one?
This time… she actually got it right?!
She looked at the surrounding disciples—they had all chosen four as well!
And those demons hadn’t chosen “kill to silence”?!
I thought they would definitely pick the first option!
She picked up her folding fan and stood again.
This time, however, her smile finally carried genuine joy.
Imitating the manner of those romantic scholars, she snapped the fan open with a swish and laughed heartily at everyone.
…
Yet beneath the wilderness—
The soil was slowly turned over, and two Contract Spirit Insects quietly crawled out, fluttering their wings as they took flight.
The preset time had arrived.
Escape, and begin once more!
