Little Junior Sister, We Can’t Handle This Grind Anymore - Chapter 31

Feng Qingran’s pupils trembled slightly as she stared at the bracelet on her wrist, her breathing unconsciously becoming rapid.

An ancient divine artifact truly existed!

Legend had it that ancient divine artifacts contained the purest divine power.

Anyone who contracted with an ancient divine artifact would receive the favor of the Heavenly Dao.

Heavenly Dao favor meant receiving special gifts during lightning tribulations, making it easier to survive them.

Feng Qingran condensed a drop of essence blood from her fingertip, preparing to form a contract with the Seven-colored Mystic Bracelet.

A milky, childlike voice urgently spoke up to stop her, “Wait, you can’t form a contract with it now.”

“Why not?” Feng Qingran’s movement paused slightly. If she couldn’t form a contract, was she just supposed to keep it for show?

Looking at the beautiful bracelet, she thought, well, that wouldn’t be so bad either!

“Your divine sense isn’t strong enough yet. Contracting an ancient divine artifact would damage your divine sense. Once you advance to the Nascent Soul stage and your divine sense is sufficiently powerful, you’ll be able to form the contract,” the little voice explained.

Hearing this, Feng Qingran reluctantly put the bracelet away, sighing with slight regret, “Then this drop of essence blood will just go to waste!”

“Give the blood to me. You haven’t formed a contract with me yet,” the little voice said, almost gulping with anticipation.

“Alright.” Feng Qingran sent the essence blood into her space.

Yuanbao, off to the side, showed a puzzled expression. Hadn’t Dandan already formed a contract with their master long ago? Why was it lying?

The moment the blood seeped into the eggshell, waves of golden light enveloped the egg, and the runes on the shell began to flow.

Feng Qingran stared at Dandan with amazement. The power within these runes felt somewhat familiar.

Right!

Last time, when she was guiding Qi into her body, a mysterious power had appeared within her. It felt extremely similar to the power on the eggshell.

Feng Qingran sat down cross-legged and began attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

She wanted to see if that power would appear again.

Seeing that both of them had entered a state of cultivation, Yuanbao chose to pick up its little hoe and continue planting spirit herbs. Once its master broke through to Foundation Establishment, the space would change again, and things would get even busier.

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At the same time, Su Yanran returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

She took out all the stones she had acquired, examining them one by one.

But after looking through hundreds of stones, she still hadn’t found what she wanted. “Teng Snake, didn’t you say there was dragon bone at that stall? Why isn’t it here?”

“There was definitely the aura of dragon bone at that stall, I couldn’t be wrong,” the Teng Snake’s soul, coiled around Su Yanran’s spiritual root, said weakly.

“But there really isn’t any in this pile!” Su Yanran said irritably.

When she was previously confined to the Reflection Cliff, she had, by coincidence, contracted the Teng Snake. The Teng Snake told her that if she found dragon bone, it could help solidify its soul, allowing it to emerge and fight.

But without the dragon bone, the Teng Snake was useless and required her spiritual power to sustain it!

If this continued, it would be even harder for her to advance her cultivation.

“I used the last bit of my divine power to calculate this. It couldn’t be wrong. Think back, did anything unusual happen when you were buying the items?” The Teng Snake was also anxious.

This minor world had no divine power, let alone Heavenly Dao power. The only hope for solidifying his soul was that piece of dragon bone.

If he could get that dragon bone, he could restore thirty percent of his strength.

Thirty percent strength would be enough to deal with all the dangers in this minor world.

A sinister look clouded Su Yanran’s beautiful eyes. Everything had gone smoothly when she was buying the items; nothing had happened.

She had only encountered Feng Qingran when leaving the city…

Could it be that Feng Qingran had also been to the black market, and she just hadn’t noticed?

“It must have been Feng Qingran who stole your dragon bone! Ever since I met her, nothing has gone right for me. I always feel like she’s my nemesis),” Su Yanran said, her gaze becoming obsessive. Whether Feng Qingran had taken the bone or not, she needed the Teng Snake to believe she had.

The Teng Snake pondered and said, “If what you say is true, then she is your natural counter. Only by killing her will your fortune improve.”

“Teng Snake, you mentioned before that besides reforging a true body, there’s also the option of seizing a body for rebirth?” A poisonous glint flashed in Su Yanran’s eyes as a vicious plan formed in her mind.

“My current strength is too weak. If I want to seize a body, I must enter the target’s body the instant they die,” the Teng Snake said. It had considered possession before.

But possession meant walking the path of evil, something the Heavenly Dao would not tolerate.
He would be stuck at the level of a Divine Beast, with no possibility of further advancement.

Su Yanran’s voice turned icy, “Don’t worry about that. I will help you.”

“Possession is a great transgression against the Dao…” The Teng Snake was still hesitant.

Su Yanran interrupted the Teng Snake, “Cultivation is inherently defying the heavens. Rules are made by the strong. When you are powerful enough, why fear the Heavenly Dao? As for the Heart-Querying Lightning Tribulation, that’s even easier to handle. If you truly have a clear conscience, what can the lightning tribulation do to you?”

The Teng Snake was shocked. This was the first time it had heard such rhetoric. “The Heart-Querying Tribulation questions the path of your past heart. If you have committed sins, how could you possibly have a truly clear conscience?”

“The path of immortality for mortals is already filled with cruelty and bloodshed. Everything I do is merely to survive. Why can’t I have a clear conscience?” Su Yanran spoke with conviction, her gaze firm.

The Teng Snake fell silent. Something was slowly shattering its last bit of resolve.

It had previously emphasized cause and effect, not daring to cross the line, which was how it successfully transcended its tribulation and ascended to become a Divine Beast.

Before the Teng Snake could think further, Su Yanran’s voice sounded again, “Do you want to keep coiled around my spiritual root forever? My cultivation is only at Qi Refining; at best, I can keep your soul from dispersing, but I can’t help you solidify it.”

“What if I encounter danger? Wouldn’t you die along with me?”

“Besides, Feng Qingran’s whereabouts are unknown. Even if I wanted to take you to find her, who knows how long it would take. The best way is to seize a body and be reborn. That way, you can cultivate using a human body and also solidify your soul.”

Su Yanran persuasively coaxed him, and the Teng Snake’s beliefs gradually crumbled.

“Give me a few days to think it over,” the Teng Snake said, sinking into deep thought and blocking out Su Yanran’s voice.

A cold smile curled Su Yanran’s lips. She knew the Teng Snake would agree.

Soon, she would not only gain a powerful ally but also get rid of someone she loathed.

At the grand competition two years later, she would undoubtedly take the top spot, astounding all cultivators under heaven.