Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 70: Plundering Luck

In the main hall, the high-level elders of the Jade Pearl Star Palace sat in silence, their faces gloomy and not uttering a word. The atmosphere was icy and tense, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

"Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace? What a Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace!" The head teacher, Yan Qinyang, paced back and forth on the high platform with a dark expression. "Their disciples actually dared to set up an ambush and kill my top disciple. They even harmed so many elites of our sect. They completely disregard the Jade Pearl Star Palace. It seems that the lesson we gave them ten thousand years ago was not enough for them to forget the dignity of our sect!"

"Hmph! If it weren't for those Supreme Daoist sects blocking us, we would have been able to destroy this sect ten thousand years ago. How could we let them survive until now?"

The elders below remained silent. While the high-level members of the Jade Pearl Star Palace had ambitions to expand their influence and establish their own Daoist tradition, the surrounding Supreme Daoist sects were not fools. How could they just watch as you grew stronger? They would definitely intervene, and it would be abnormal if they didn't.

Therefore, in the past thousand years, although the influence of the Jade Pearl Star Palace had been growing, they were increasingly constrained and faced more obstacles, both overtly and covertly. Many things they wanted to do were not going smoothly.

They were well aware of this, and the head teacher, Supreme, was also well aware of it.

After a moment of silence, Yan Qinyang asked coldly, "How is Yan Lingji's injuries? How long will it take for him to recover?"

A steward elder hurriedly walked over, saluted, and reported, "The physical injuries are not serious and will recover soon. However, the injuries to his soul are more troublesome. If we spare no expense in treating him, it is estimated that it will take about a month for him to fully recover. But..."

Yan Qinyang's eyes turned cold. "But what?"

The steward elder hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "After a comprehensive examination by the elders, it was found that Yan Lingji's luck has been severely damaged, and it is now less than thirty percent of what it was before entering the secret realm. As a result, his destiny has fallen by a significant level, and currently, his luck is still slowly diminishing with no sign of recovery."

The high-level elders around them all changed their expressions. Luck being damaged was a much more troublesome problem than any physical injury. With Yan Lingji's current situation, it was as if this monstrous genius seed had been disabled by more than half. His expected future achievements would also fall by one or two major levels, making it difficult for him to even be considered a top-tier genius seed.

When a cultivator dies in the Illusory Mist Secret Realm and returns, their luck will suffer to some extent, but it usually does not exceed twenty percent. With the protection of the precious treasure, Celestial Melody Palace, the loss can be reduced to around ten percent. This has been proven countless times in the past.

So the abnormal changes on Yan Lingji's body puzzled the high-level elders. Could it be that he did something infuriating in the secret realm, causing the laws of heaven and earth inside to despise and reject him?

In an instant, Yan Qin Yang's eyes became extremely terrifying, like an evil dragon ready to devour its prey: "Repeat what you just said!"

The steward's face turned pale, trembling as he repeated the conclusion reached by the elders, and added, "The reason for Yan Lingji's luck decline is still unclear. However, the group of disciples who returned with him were examined and no such problem was found. Their luck depletion was within a reasonable range and did not exceed the records observed in the past."

Immediately, Yan Qin Yang's face became extremely ugly: "Why did this happen?"

"The elders have not yet figured out the reason and are still discussing and analyzing."

Seeing that there was no new information to be obtained, Yan Qin Yang suppressed his anger and waved his hand, dismissing the steward elder.

"What do you think is the best way to handle this situation?"

The head teacher looked around the hall, asking expressionlessly.

The elders below looked at each other, finding it difficult to respond. If they followed past practices, Yan Lingji's situation would already be considered for abandonment. A genius who has been discarded is as worthless as a dead genius, with no further value.

However, Yan Lingji is the top disciple under the head teacher's Supreme seat, an outstanding figure among the new generation disciples of the sect, and a popular candidate for the next head teacher position. In a certain sense, he is a banner of the sect, making the handling of this matter not so simple.

Within the sect, there are already many powerful factions that have chosen to support Yan Lingji. Even some of the elders have invested a lot in him. If he were to fail, it would mean that all the previous investments made by these factions would be in vain. How could those big shots accept that?

Furthermore, if one of the four Great Monster-level seedlings of the Jade Pearl Star Palace suddenly becomes useless, it will inevitably affect the future power structure of the higher-ups, causing various disturbances that are difficult to explain for a while.

Xie Changqing, the elder in charge of law and punishment, spoke up: "Head teacher, Yan Lingji is the pillar of our sect's new generation and cannot be lost. We must spare no effort to save him. As for the matter of luck depletion, it can be easily resolved by sending a special envoy with generous gifts to visit the Palace of Calamitous Fate. As long as we persuade them to help, it should be easy to resolve this matter satisfactorily."

Others may not be aware, but this confidant of the head teacher knows that Yan Lingji is not only the head teacher's Supreme's top disciple, but also his own flesh and blood. Yan Lingji's mother had an affair with Yan Qin Yang, who was still a Daoist heir at the time, before she got married, which resulted in the birth of this child.

If it were someone else, Yan Qin Yang might have agreed with the elders' opinions, but when it comes to giving up his own son, it's a different story.

Yan Qinyang's face eased: "Then let Yan Lingji go into seclusion first. Whatever resources he needs, he can use them without considering the cost."

...

In the secret realm of Yaoshan.

Qin Muling and his senior sister have gradually penetrated into the core area of Yaoshan. With the assistance of their Divine Ability talents, they can timely avoid various restrictions and dangerous areas, and their journey has been relatively smooth.

In order to prevent cultivators from secretly tracking them using certain secret techniques, Qin Muling deliberately took many detours and constantly used his Divine Ability talent to investigate behind him. Whether they were from the human race or the alien race, no one could follow him without alerting him.

Rainbows of light and auspicious clouds filled the sky, and the ground was covered with various unnamed exotic flowers and plants. In the sky, large golden light spheres floated aimlessly, leaving faint bright trails. Inside the light spheres, one could vaguely see divine and mysterious spirit birds in slumber.

On a plain at the end of their field of vision, Qin Muling saw an incredible sight. Countless Lingzhi mushrooms had transformed into small people. It wasn't just one or two, but thousands of them. They were riding small horses, wearing helmets and armor, and neatly lined up on the plain. Under the command of several generals, they were practicing formations and combined attacks, resembling an army in a secular dynasty.

Because that place was already beyond the range of their Divine Ability talent, Qin Muling couldn't determine whether what he saw was an illusion or a real scene.

The pressure in the surrounding space became stronger and stronger. If it were an ordinary cultivator in the Immortal Transformation realm, they would probably exhaust all their mana in a short time. Even with a powerful Law Treasure, it would be difficult to guarantee complete safety. Of course, for Qin Muling's Azure Lotus phantom, it wasn't difficult to withstand this pressure.

"Young junior brother, it seems like your luck has increased again. What's going on?" Qi Yalan asked. Although she wasn't good at divination and numerology, she knew some simple fortune-telling techniques. Moreover, with her close relationship with Qin Muling, it wasn't difficult for her to notice these changes.

Qin Muling said, "I'm not quite sure either. It seems to have started changing after I killed those cultivators earlier. Could it be their contribution?"

Qi Yalan pondered, "Killing people to seize their luck? Does the laws of heaven and earth in this place also support such behavior? That would explain it."

"I hope more people like that come in the future."

Qin Muling smiled and didn't say much. If his estimation was correct, this luck should have been contributed by the unlucky Yan Lingji. He appeared to have been killed by the illusionary dangerous situation created by the divine wood, but it was actually a means secretly used by the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed. He was tricked without anyone noticing.

In other words, Qin Muling's cultivation level is too low, and his Innate Primordial Spirit Seed has not yet grown. If his cultivation level were to rise a few more realms, I'm afraid that after being hit by the Yanlingji, his soul would be annihilated, and even his skin and bones would be swallowed up by the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed.

Of course, even so, the benefits Qin Muling can currently obtain are quite astonishing. The Yanlingji is indeed a lucky person with great fortune and heavenly favor. If it weren't for this accident, he would have a great hope of becoming the next head of the Jade Pearl Star Palace and eventually growing into a prominent figure in the Extreme Void Starry Sky.

If we really calculate it, among the four direct disciples of Head Disciple Mu Yinghua, except for Xue Bingxuan, who can barely compete with the Yanlingji in terms of aptitude and destiny, the remaining three are slightly inferior and not his opponents.

However, Qin Muling's appearance has raised the luck and destiny of the senior sisters to a higher level, already reaching the level of a monstrous genius seed, and there is still further potential in the future.

The two of them continued on their way, collecting all kinds of spiritual herbs they encountered along the way, whether they could be used or not, Qin Muling accepted them all.

Later, it was Qi Yalan who stopped the junior brother from doing evil deeds. After all, the capacity of the spatial bracelets and spatial rings they carried was limited, and it was impossible to bring back the entire medicine mountain. They could only choose the most precious types to pick and collect.

But even so, after a day and a night, all the spatial bracelets and spatial rings on their bodies were almost full.

It can only be blamed on Qin Muling's terrifying talent in Divine Ability. In a situation where he is not affected by array restrictions and there are no other cultivators obstructing him, his harvesting efficiency is indeed too high.

"Let's find a place to seclude ourselves for a while, consume all the holy and divine medicines suitable for us, and bring back the rest to sell," Qi Yalan suggested.

Qin Muling agreed, saying, "Okay, let's take this one and then rest."

In the high sky, within a thousand acres of magnificent purple clouds, dozens of misty and dreamlike purple-gold divine medicines grew. They resembled lotus flowers, each about ten feet in size. The golden lotus leaves shimmered with radiance, and fragments of rich Dao rhyme scattered around.

"I'll take care of this," Qin Muling said. In his perception, most of the purple-gold lotus flowers on this cloud were illusions. In reality, there were only two true divine medicines. The rest, once touched, would immediately trigger extremely vicious restrictions and continuously attack, even if one didn't die, they would be severely injured.

End of this chapter.