Chapter 16: You Should Decline First
Liu Shunyi felt like he might be seeing things.
An Inner Sect Senior Sister, how on earth did she end up at his door?
Did he open it the wrong way?
Thinking this through,
Liu Shunyi closed the door and opened it again.
Ji Suying: “???”
Liu Shunyi closed the door once more, then opened it again.
Ji Suying: “…”
Just as Liu Shunyi was about to give it another go,
Ji Suying held the door with her sword handle, stopping it from closing.
“You’re not seeing things, it’s really me!”
Ji Suying calmly said, her expression not changing at all.
Liu Shunyi’s heart skipped a beat.
Oh no.
The Inner Sect Senior Sister has come calling!
In a matter of seconds,
Liu Shunyi mentally replayed every little thing he’d done.
But it seemed that no matter what, he couldn’t have offended this Senior Sister.
Confused, he asked,
“Greetings, Inner Sect Senior Sister! I didn’t expect your visit. I hope I haven’t been too rude!”
Ji Suying nodded.
“Uh-huh, aren’t you going to invite me in? Are you just going to make me stand outside?”
That snapped Liu Shunyi back to reality.
“Please, come in, come in!”
With that,
Liu Shunyi led Ji Suying into the courtyard.
He hurried to brew some tea.
Ji Suying looked around at Liu Shunyi’s courtyard.
Sure, it was simple,
But it was clean and had little flowers and plants sprinkled around, making it quite cozy.
“Senior Sister, tea’s ready!”
Liu Shunyi served it with utmost respect.
Ji Suying casually took it, took a sip, and frowned slightly.
The tea tasted a bit odd, and she could even see the tea leaves in the cup.
She paused for a moment.
“This is a rather novel way of drinking tea!”
After thinking,
Ji Suying took out some tea leaves, dried them with her magical power,
Then fetched fresh water and boiled it with a fireball spell.
After adding the leaves back, she poured a new cup.
“Hmm, quite a nice tea-making technique!”
Liu Shunyi stared in shock.
Because this Senior Sister’s control over spiritual power and spells was downright terrifying.
Plus, the faint aura she had casually released made Liu Shunyi feel overwhelmingly scared.
If Ji Suying wanted to kill him…
She could potentially stab him multiple times before he even blinked!
This made Liu Shunyi’s heart race.
Sure, he had cheats, but he wasn’t invincible.
Sticking to the shadows was the way to go.
Of course, Liu Shunyi understood.
It was likely that this Senior Sister was purposely showing off a bit.
Clearly, her intention was to intimidate him.
With a sigh, Liu Shunyi said,
“Senior Sister, may I ask why you’ve come for a visit?”
Ji Suying maintained her calm demeanor.
“In a couple of days, my little Junior Sister will be going out for training and needs a few attendants. Since you’re strong, I need you to carry her luggage!”
Liu Shunyi immediately nodded.
“Of course, Senior Sister!”
Ji Suying looked momentarily baffled.
She thought Liu Shunyi, being someone with considerable strength and nearly heavenly comprehension, would have a bit of pride.
But she never expected him to agree so decisively!
After hesitating, Ji Suying spoke again.
“Actually, having you as just a luggage carrier is a cover; my real intention is to have you secretly protect my Junior Sister!”
After saying that, Ji Suying fixed her gaze on Liu Shunyi.
Liu Shunyi replied directly,
“I will give it my all!”
Ji Suying: “…”
For some reason,
She felt as if she were punching a pillow.
All her earlier planned reprimands and serious tone?
Totally unnecessary now.
It made her a bit uncomfortable.
“No, you need to decline me first!”
Liu Shunyi: “???”
Wait, are you okay in the head?
Liu Shunyi felt helpless.
“Well, um, Senior Sister, I refuse?”
“Bang!~”
“I’m here to notify you, not to discuss it with you!”
Ji Suying slammed her palm down, shattering the table, her icy glare fixed on Liu Shunyi.
Liu Shunyi stared at his hapless table, sinking into silence.
“Don’t come at me with excuses about your low strength; your hiding techniques may be decent, but in the eyes of a Golden Core practitioner, they’re nothing!”
“Of course, if you agree to this task, I’ll unconditionally elevate you to Outer Disciple, plus provide you with an even more advanced hiding technique.”
Liu Shunyi: “…”
“Seriously, you don’t want others to know about your swift cultivation, do you?”
Liu Shunyi: “…”
Is this Senior Sister a bit unhinged?
I didn’t even refuse!
Now you tell me to refuse, and then you add all this on top?
Are you some kind of sicko?
And what’s with these devilish phrases?
Could it be…
Is this Senior Sister the villain?
Liu Shunyi was just perplexed.
“Understood, I follow Senior Sister’s orders!”
Finally, Ji Suying looked relieved.
“Alright then, three days from now, gather outside the sect. Remember, on the surface you’re just a luggage carrier, but secretly, you’re to protect my Sister. No need to show off unless absolutely necessary!”
Liu Shunyi nodded.
“Got it. By the way, this matter is just between us three, you, me, and my sister. You understand?”
Liu Shunyi nodded again.
“Okay!”
In the end, Ji Suying left Liu Shunyi with a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills and five thousand spirit stones.
As a so-called hiring fee.
Liu Shunyi was left dumbfounded.
“Wow, this Inner Sect Senior Sister is loaded!”
But then he shook his head.
“It doesn’t matter; this training expedition could be dangerous, so I need to boost my strength first!”
Perfect timing; he had no idea if Chen Beiping had been running his mouth lately.
He figured he should lay low for a bit.
Plus, he had to seriously work on leveling up his strength.
But for Liu Shunyi right now,
Boosting his strength was surprisingly easy.
He didn’t even look at that bottle of Qi Gathering Pills.
Just downed it in one go.
Forget about possibly blowing up, or unstable foundations, or even if the pills were poisoned.
Liu Shunyi had no worries at all.
Because Chen Beiping was carrying that weight for him.
And as soon as Liu Shunyi swallowed the entire bottle of Qi Gathering Pills,
His cultivation skyrocketed.
“Qi Refinement Seventh Stage, Qi Refinement Eighth Stage… Qi Refinement Eleventh Stage, Full Circle!”
Only when he hit the Eleventh Stage and stabilized did he pause to appreciate the surge of power within him.
Liu Shunyi couldn’t help but marvel.
This insane, life-risking drug binge was all it took for him to level up,
And Chen Beiping’s name just dimmed a tad.
“So this is the charm of having a purple name?”
Liu Shunyi was genuinely taken aback.
What stunned him even more was
He synced with Chen Beiping’s spiritual root talent.
This was just a relatively high-level spiritual root,
Yet it was absorbing spiritual energy like it was the crème de la crème!
Liu Shunyi could only lament,
“Damn, the Child of Destiny really is something else, this situation is downright crazy!”
But from what it seemed,
The more absurd Chen Beiping was, the greater the benefits for him!
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