Little Junior Sister, We Can’t Handle This Grind Anymore - Chapter 37

“Seventh Senior Brother, why didn’t you tell me something this important?” Feng Qingran thought of Luan Jin eating a hundred pigs in one meal, her face filled with dismay.

Would Luan Jin, driven by extreme hunger, end up swallowing her too?

“You never asked, Little Junior Sister.”

Hearing Mo Jinghong’s matter-of-fact reply, Feng Qingran was exasperated. Was this really something that needed to be asked to be mentioned?

“Don’t worry, Little Junior Sister. Luan Jin only feeds once a month. She won’t take a bite out of you.”

“Seventh Senior Brother, your schemes are longer than the path of immortal cultivation!” Feng Qingran suddenly realized she really shouldn’t be fooled by her seventh senior brother’s devastatingly handsome face.

The Master made the right choice putting Seventh Senior Brother in charge of the household. This guy is downright sinister!

Good thing Seventh Senior Brother isn’t her enemy. Otherwise, she’d find a cave to hide in and never come out!

Mo Jinghong met Feng Qingran’s furious, puffed-up gaze, the coldness around him fading noticeably. He ruffled her hair. “I didn’t tell you for your own good. Rest assured, Luan Jin won’t actively harm people.”

“Seventh Senior Brother, you should go get struck by lightning now.” Feng Qingran’s almond-shaped eyes widened, sparkling brightly.

Mo Jinghong soared on his sword towards the summit of Cloud Piercing Mountain, the cluster of purple lightning circling around him.

With a wave of his sleeve, the white clouds atop the mountain parted.

The dark thunderclouds above came into Feng Qingran’s view. She suddenly understood that the lightning during Third Senior Sister’s tribulation had been tampered with by Seventh Senior Brother.

Otherwise, given the pressure emanating from the lightning now, Third Senior Sister probably couldn’t have withstood a single strike.

Feng Qingran’s stunning eyes narrowed, profound and unreadable. In the original story, her senior brothers and sisters’ cultivation levels were all at the Nascent Soul stage.

It seemed they all suffered damage to their spiritual roots during their Nascent Soul tribulation lightning, preventing them from ever advancing to the Deity Transformation stage.

But regarding Seventh Senior Brother, the original story was completely silent.

If Seventh Senior Brother didn’t exist in the original story, could her senior brothers and sisters have really withstood such a lightning tribulation?

So Mo Jinghong must have existed. It was just that, for some reason, Su Yanran never encountered him…

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At the entrance of Lingyun Sect.

Many cultivators had gathered there.

“It’s been so long since anyone in Qingzhou Province underwent a Deity Transformation tribulation! I finally get to witness one today. They say getting rained on by the post-tribulation thunder shower can enhance one’s comprehension!”

“Strange, I could see the tribulation clouds from afar, but why is there nothing here now?” someone murmured, standing before the wooden gate of Lingyun Sect.

Suddenly—

A mocking laugh rang out from the crowd. “Hahaha! This is the world of cultivation, and someone actually uses a wooden fence to mark their territory? Let me see what place this is!”

“Lingyun Sect? Some no-name minor sect dares to enclose land? How arrogant. Someone, tear down this shabby gate for me!”

“Young Master, we’re just here to observe the tribulation. Wouldn’t tearing down the gate be inappropriate? Moreover, someone is undergoing a Deity Transformation tribulation here. What if we disturb them by barging in?” a guard expressed concern.

Slap!—

“Fool! How could a shabby sect like this possibly produce a Deity Transformation cultivator? Surely some senior is just borrowing this place for the tribulation. Hurry up and remove the gate! I need to go find that senior!” Hu Yunxiang said impatiently.

Not a single cultivator stopped Hu Yunxiang. However, their eyes lacked the same mockery as his; instead, they warily distanced themselves from him.

Some among them had flown here on swords at the Golden Core stage but could advance no further, forcing them to dismount.

This wooden gate might look simple, but it certainly concealed mysteries. Yet, they valued their lives and didn’t dare approach.

Seeing the guard hesitate, Hu Yunxiang kicked him.

The guard’s face darkened. Ever since the appearance of the demonic cultivator outside Casting City two years ago, the Hu family had hired him at a high price to serve as Hu Yunxiang’s bodyguard.

But he was, after all, a Golden Core cultivator. How could Hu Yunxiang humiliate him like this in front of so many people?

“What are you waiting for? Don’t you want that high-grade magical artifact?” Hu Yunxiang threatened.

The guard took a deep breath, stepped forward, and reached out to push the wooden gate.

Thud!—

The guard was thrown back by a powerful force, landing on the ground, unable to get up.

A faint red glow flickered on the gate before fading away. The three characters on the wooden plaque, originally scribbled messily, now emitted waves of golden light, becoming imposing and powerful.

“Who dares to trespass upon Lingyun Sect?!” a resonant voice boomed.

Everyone felt a shock in their hearts. Just hearing the voice was almost too much to bear.

Someone quickly responded respectfully, “Senior, we merely wish to witness the Deity Transformation tribulation. We did not mean to disturb Lingyun Sect’s peace.”

The crowd remained vigilant, looking around, but after a long wait, no one appeared.

The characters on the plaque dimmed again, returning to their ordinary, unremarkable state.

Someone in the crowd spoke up, “Lingyun Sect is no ordinary place! This fence is made of golden nanmu wood! And that gate has a incredibly powerful formation. Strangers who touch it will be repelled by the formation!”

“Golden nanmu wood! Are you sure it’s the kind that sells for two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones per inch?”

Golden nanmu wood was typically used by major sects to build libraries and treasuries. This wood not only prevented spiritual energy from dissipating but also nourished the spiritual treasures stored within.

To use it for a fence was simply a wasteful extravagance!