Chapter 299: Attitude
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"I heard from the Third Elder that you and Shiyu are very similar—deep down, you share the same essence."
"Gentle and docile, or something like that?"
"But Shiyu thinks the Third Elder is wrong. We're nothing alike."
"Shiyao is Shiyao first and foremost. Only then does she become the so-called Holy Maiden or Second Grandma."
"And you—do you even know who Li Suyao is?"
Li Suyao felt utterly baffled. "Are you flaunting how lucky you are? While I'm just your substitute, destined to be nothing more than a vessel for men?"
"Clearly, you don't know."
Li Shiyu said this, then stepped forward to help Li Suyao up.
But Li Suyao seemed utterly unimpressed. She stood up and immediately shook off Li Shiyu's hand.
"Whether you like it or not, Shiyu just wants to say—Shiyu didn't steal your life."
"Your current predicament isn't Shiyao's doing either."
"Even if it feels unfair, you still had choices. You weren't powerless."
"It's just a dress. If shackles couldn't hold Shiyu, how could a mere dress lock up my sister?"
If one resigns oneself to fate, even if divine oracles descend and the daughter of the gods offers guidance, it would likely be futile.
With that, Li Shiyu turned and walked away.
"Elder Shi~ Shiyao's tummy is rumbling!"
As if reverting to a childlike state, the saintly maiden logged off, replaced by Li Shiyu.
"Uh, what would you like to eat, Shiyu?"
"Shiyao wants… scallion scrambled eggs, stir-fried pork slices, and chunks of pork. Oh, and Shiyao needs to cultivate later, so prepare some heavenly treasures for cultivation."
Though she was a Holy Maiden, her room was barely over ten square meters—just a small bed and a desk. Compared to the Second Grandmother's palace in Lingxian Hall, it was like heaven and earth.
But perhaps accustomed to a life of luxury, this ordinary bath in the pond water felt… lacking.
With such sparse spiritual energy, she even found it difficult to enter meditation…
Li Shiyu rummaged through the large pile of pills Elder Shi had brought. She swallowed over a dozen of these things in one go and felt nothing. She couldn't even gather her spiritual energy. How dare they call these Gathering Spirit Pills?
"Elder Shi, is this really the best you can offer?"
As she spoke, Li Shiyao casually pulled out the pills her master had given her, gesturing for Elder Shi to find her some just like these.
"Er… young lady, I'm afraid our Holy Mountain truly doesn't possess such divine pills…"
"Is that so? But Shiyuo relies on these for daily cultivation—a whole bottle a day! Otherwise, my junior sister would surpass me in cultivation!"
Several elders had gathered around Li Shiyu. They'd originally come to witness the rare spectacle of the Holy Maiden requesting cultivation guidance, only to find her making such unreasonable demands…
"What kind of elixir is this?"
"This isn't divine medicine. It's Rapid-Effect Fox-Rescue Pills. Shiyu consumes numerous pills daily for cultivation—besides these, there are Vitality-Blood Pills, Spirit-Coalescing Pills, Foundation-Nurturing Pills, Grass-Restoring Pills, Qi-Guiding Pills…"
In truth, among the pile of pills Li Shiyao had just been rummaging through, there were indeed pills like Qi-Blood Pills. Yet, she stubbornly insisted they weren't right.
"Shiyao, this is the Qi and Blood Pill. Why don't you try it first?"
"No, Qi-Blood Pills come in red bottles! The pills themselves are black with gold lacquer detailing, and they even glow! I take them every day—how could I possibly forget?"
"And the Spirit-Focusing Pills? They're not like this either. Spirit-Focusing Pills are blue, like jade beads—really beautiful!"
"And the Washing Marrow Pill—Shiyao still has a bottle left. It's nothing like the one Elder Shi found!"
As she spoke, Li Shiyu poured a Washing Marrow Pill into her palm. Though in Lingxian Hall, they called it the "Red Fruit."
But this stuff was useless to the three direct disciples. After all, bathing in spirit liquid had the same effect. However, since it came in the set and they'd bought it, what use would it be to Su Cheng to keep it?
"This is the real Washing Marrow Pill. That other stuff? Not even close. Don't believe me? Try one yourselves!"
With that, Li Shiyu proceeded to feed one to each of the elders…
Honestly, swallowing this thing made the previous pills feel like eating shit!
Were those even pills?
Shi Mingyi consumed his and instantly advanced two cultivation levels on the spot…
Though the elders remained silent, exchanging glances, they all understood in their hearts.
Li Shiyu usually consumed mostly top-grade immortal pills…
If she really consumed a whole bottle each time she cultivated, as she claimed…
Then go ahead and cultivate to immortality!
Who could possibly surpass you in cultivation?
Following Immortal Su's feeding regimen, talent truly becomes irrelevant!
All you need is a hearty appetite. Look at those in Lingxian Hall—their appetites are insatiable. After meals, their plates are so spotless you wouldn't even need to wash them!
Even if you randomly grabbed someone off the street, feeding them like this would make them crush the prodigies!
"My apologies, Holy Maiden. Such divine pills… I'm afraid only Master Su could produce them…"
Li Shiyao didn't mean to be deliberately difficult, but since this group had just seemed to think she was lying, she wanted to prove herself.
"It matters little. Jue'er couldn't catch up to Shiyu's progress in just a day or two anyway."
With that, Li Shiyu slowly entered meditation under the elders' watchful eyes, beginning to circulate her cultivation techniques!
She figured a bit of hardship wouldn't hurt. After all, the more undercover it was, the more she had to push herself!
Normally, Lingxian Hall was shielded by barriers, but at this moment, the grand formation of the Sacred Mountain wasn't constantly active.
As Li Shiyu's cultivation technique began to flow, strange phenomena soon appeared on the horizon—vague shadows of divine beasts, as if summoned!
Soon, more strange phenomena appeared one after another, as if countless great beings were observing the Holy Maiden's cultivation, or as if countless gods and demons were protecting her!
Soon, winds howled and clouds churned, creating a scene even more terrifying than when the Grand Elder had undergone his tribulation!
"Shiyao, are you about to experience a Breakthrough?"
"Not yet," Li Shiyu murmured distractedly, her mind already deep in meditation. "I'm cultivating. You all should go about your business. Don't keep staring at me—it disrupts my practice!"
Honestly, it was like a child who frequently skipped class and never studied properly suddenly returning home early, sitting at the desk, opening a textbook, and then telling their parents to turn down the volume on the TV in the living room because it was distracting them from their studies!
Inside the Pilgrimage Hall, several elders whispered among themselves, all discussing Li Shiyu.
"What did Master Su do to Shiyu?"
"I'm starting to wonder if Immortal Su tortured the Holy Maiden!"
"Did you see the look in her eyes when she just returned? I'm ninety-two years old, and damn it, that look nearly scared the piss out of me!"
"Second Elder, I think Shiyu has a point. Ye Qinghan is unpredictable and ruthless. Perhaps you should…"
"I know, I… I'll go apologize these days…"
The man in the white robe was the First Elder, Du Changsheng.
With his oval face and cropped hair, the Grand Elder in his white robe looked like a giant garlic clove from afar.
Li Shiyu often thought the First Elder resembled the white porcelain vases placed along the walls of the Sacred Hall, so she secretly called him the Vase Elder behind his back.
"Elder Shi, you mentioned speaking with Immortal Su. What did he say?"
Shi Mingyi sighed and repeated word for word the conversation he had with Su Cheng.
"I suspect Master Su mostly wants Shiyu to try solving the problem herself, or perhaps wants her to seek him out so he can act with justification."
Du Changsheng nodded. "You're right. That's what I thought too, but…"
"Are you referring to Master Su's attitude?"
"Exactly."
"I don't think Master Su has any particular attitude. He genuinely doesn't care. If Shiyao doesn't speak up first, he absolutely won't intervene."
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