Chapter 4 couldn't help but utter a phrase from the quintessential Chinese language
Under the tree, the old herbalist successfully accepted a disciple.
He also gave his young apprentice Xiao Yan his first side quest: to buy medicinal herbs and refine medicine to help him level up quickly.
Poor Xiao Yan had no money in his pockets, unlike Nalan Yanran, who was a rich and powerful woman. The difference was immediately apparent.
"I bet he wouldn't accept any money even if I sponsored him." Having successfully fooled the system into giving her a perk, Nalan Yanran was too lazy to stay any longer. After all, her purpose in being here was simply to use Yao Lao's flattery to siphon off the system's cheat codes.
She figured the little idiot system probably had a lot of cheat codes in its inventory, so she'd be in for a while to learn from it.
Watching the person and the soul depart, Nalan Yanran slowly removed the isolation shield, buried the apple core she had finished eating beside her, walked to Xiao Yan's mother's grave, bowed, and whispered, "Aunt Xiao, your son will be under my protection from now on."
Whether it's a real or fake cover or not, she's covered it once anyway. If Xiao Yan dares to climb over her head and do bad things in the future, she'll let him know why the apple tree next to his mother's grave is so green!
"Let's go, Master! Let's go back to the Yunlan Sect and enjoy the good life!"
Nalan Yanran picked up a blade of grass and swaggered away from the Xiao family. Little did she know that just as she removed the isolation barrier and made a grand statement in front of the grave, the old apothecary, who had already left, suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked back into the woods.
A moment later, the handsome, white-haired man curled his lips into a smile: "These kids these days are really interesting."
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Yunlan Sect.
"Senior Sister."
"Hello, Senior Sister."
The Yunlan Sect disciples coming and going greeted her. Nalan Yanran's status in the Yunlan Sect was second to none. Not to mention her stunning beauty and graceful figure, she was not only the granddaughter of Nalan Jie, the Lionheart Marshal of the Jia Ma Empire, but also the personal disciple of the Yunlan Sect Master and the successor to the position of the next Sect Master. It was said that she was exceptionally talented and diligent in her training, and at the age of 15, she had become a three-star Great Dou Zhe. This was enough to make her an object of admiration and respect that everyone in the Yunlan Sect could not reach.
"Look, my lord, this is the world I have conquered for you!!!" Nalan Yanran stood atop a towering mountain peak, her moon-white robe fluttering and rustling. She gently opened her arms to embrace the breeze, her dark eyes shining brightly on her stunningly beautiful face, taking in the entire beautiful landscape of Yunlan Sect!
"From now on, we're the bosses here, and what we say goes!"
The leader of the Yunlan Sect is Yunshan...
"Isn't that old man still in seclusion in bed?" Hearing the name Yunshan, she pouted, her good mood instantly vanishing by half. "Never mind, let's talk about this cultivation technique first."
According to the original setting, once the cultivation method is determined in the Dou Qi Continent, it cannot be changed, unless it is a cultivation method of the same attribute, in which case it may take some effort. Can she, a Dou Zhe with the wind attribute, really cultivate the "Blood-Soaked Phoenix Technique"?
Close your eyes.
The system's voice suddenly turned serious, but Nalan Yanran didn't suspect anything. After all, the system had already chosen her to do the task, and it wouldn't be so idle as to want to kill her.
She closed her eyes, and in that instant, a streak of red light suddenly rose into the air, piercing straight into the girl's forehead. Following this was a surge of excruciating pain, like being burned by raging hellfire. Caught off guard, she cried out in agony. Her wind-attribute fighting spirit battled fiercely against the red light, as if determined to fight to the death, rampaging through her body. Each time Nalan Yanran fainted, she was jolted awake by the pain, eventually drenched in sweat, feeling the severed tendons and shattered bone marrow within her, realizing she had been tricked.
However, it was too late to be fooled. Nalan Yanran's vision became increasingly blurry, as if her consciousness was about to fly away. This feeling was very similar to the feeling she had when she died in her previous life, leaving her feeling helpless, lonely, and unwilling.
Is she going to die?
So fast? I've only just been reborn...
In fact, even living for one more second is worthwhile, let alone in such a wonderful otherworldly continent, where she silenced the male and female protagonists with her sharp retorts right from the start.
Can...
I'm still so unwilling to accept this!!!
Now that she's been reborn, why won't you let her live a little longer?
She also wanted to see if the magical beasts in the Monster Forest tasted good! She also wanted to touch Queen Medusa's tail to see if it was nice to pet! Most importantly, she hadn't yet seen if the male lead, Xiao Yan, had a really hot body...
After a suspicious drool dripped from the corner of her mouth, Nalan Yanran finally lost consciousness, her fair wrist gently falling, and she "died peacefully in her sleep."
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"ah!!!"
Nalan Yanran suddenly stood up, took a deep breath of air, and her blurry vision gradually cleared. She looked around at the Yunlan Sect's mountain scenery and realized that she was sitting in the same spot, with the mountain wind blowing her delicate hair in disarray.
"I—I'm not dead?"
"No, you're dead." The system said ruthlessly.
"How could this be? I can still talk, can't I?" She pinched her cheek and felt the pain. She stood up, put her hands on her hips, and twisted her waist. Her whole body felt incredibly comfortable, as if the broken bones and tendons she had suffered before were not hers at all.
Because you have been reborn.
Nalan Yanran paused in her swaying motion. "What?"
"You did die, but because of the cultivation technique, you've come back to life," the system explained. "Shouldn't you have been mentally prepared when you saw words like 'blood-soaked' and 'phoenix'?"
Nalan Yanran: ? ? ?
She couldn't help but utter a phrase from her past life, a classic Chinese expression: "Holy crap?"
So, will this "Blood-Soaked Phoenix Technique" be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix, rising from the dead?
She suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding. "Don't tell me this technique is also an upgraded version, upgrading every time you die?"
[bingo~ As expected of the person chosen by this system, you were right!]the system praised.
Nalan Yanran: ...
Thank you so much for your compliment!
This is like getting on a pirate ship!!!
So be it, isn't she just similar to Xiao Yan? If he wants to upgrade his "Burning Technique", he needs to devour a strange fire. The process of devouring a strange fire is extremely dangerous. If he makes a slight mistake, his soul will be scattered. At least she can be reborn after death, which is much safer than him.
"So, can I refine pills now?" She raised her arm and opened her palm. Her slender, fair hands were beautiful and pleasing to the eye in the sunlight. She smiled and asked, "Where can I borrow fire?"
"Find a tinderbox, then use your wind-attribute battle qi to execute the 'Bloodstained Phoenix Technique,' which is equivalent to fire-attribute battle qi." The system boasted proudly, its tone even carrying a hint of seeking praise. "How about that~ impressive, right?"
Nalan Yanran: ...
You are really amazing.
To refine the magical herbs with wondrous effects on the Dou Qi Continent, one must possess fire-attribute Dou Qi. However, the system now instructs her to find any kind of tinderbox, combine it with wind Dou Qi to disguise it as fire Dou Qi, and secretly refine the herbs while they are not paying attention...
Is this really what you'd expect from a system product? The logic here is so convincing.
But she couldn't help but sigh that this method, though absurd, was also very practical.
End of this chapter...