After Transmigrating, I and the Female Lead Both Found It 'Really Fragrant' (GL) - Chapter 4

Shen Qiqi smiled at her, intending to show friendliness.

But in Liu Shuang’s eyes, Shen Qiqi’s appearance was too deceptive. Such a fair-skinned girl with rosy lips and bright teeth, with a sweet and clear smile, and beautiful brows like a painting of spring breeze, who would not help but praise her as “cute and adorable,” and feel their heart melt.

Liu Shuang looked away and said coldly, “As you wish.”

A long time ago, she had also been deceived by Shen Qiqi’s sweet appearance, which was why she had forgiven her mistakes time and time again. Now, without guessing, she knew that Shen Qiqi must be planning some trick in her heart.

Looking at her willow-like profile, Shen Qiqi couldn’t help but come to a completely opposite conclusion: The female lead is indeed gentle and saintly, so kind! She can actually tolerate someone who bullied her sitting beside her! If it were me, I would have kicked her out long ago.

After she sat down, the others stopped provoking Liu Shuang and turned to watch the show with interest.

Liu Shuang was gentle and reserved, and she rarely fought back when she was bullied. She had long become the target of everyone’s attention, while Shen Qiqi was completely different, with good relationships, a good background, and good looks.

The sudden pairing of these two completely different people was undoubtedly the top headline in the sect.

The other inner sect disciples couldn’t hide their gossip. In less than an hour, the news spread through the Qingli Sect’s unique information network, from the hundred-year-old cultivators to the lowly sweepers, everyone knew about it.

“Fight! Fight!”

“I bet a bottle of Qi-regulating Pill that they will quarrel within an incense stick.”

“Why did Shen Qiqi provoke Liu Shuang again? Bullying people all day long, isn’t it disgusting?”

“It’s clearly because Liu Shuang, this waste, is incompetent and can’t fight back. If you want to blame someone, blame her for being stuck at the 9th level of Qi Condensation for ten years on the mountain. The inner sect disciples who came later than her have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage!”

“Liu Shuang was also a talented person with a bright future in the past, how did she end up in such a situation…”

However, no matter how turbulent the undercurrent was on the information network, there was still no movement between the two parties involved.

Everyone pricked up their ears, wondering, “Fight! Isn’t Junior sister always unhappy with Liu Shuang? Why isn’t she doing anything?”

Noticing everyone’s gaze, Shen Qiqi propped her chin up and yawned lazily.

She knew that the others were waiting to see a good show, because if it were the usual Shen Qiqi, she would have probably instigated the others to drive Liu Shuang out of the classroom.

But the current Shen Qiqi just wanted to be a quiet salted fish.

There were actually two reasons why she chose to sit next to Liu Shuang. The first reason was that she had just arrived, she didn’t know these people well, and she really didn’t want to get involved with them. Secondly, she wanted to comfort her “cub” Liu Shuang and enjoy the view by the way.

Thinking about it, she glanced at Liu Shuang’s perfect profile and nodded in satisfaction.

Sure enough, staying away from those people and sitting next to the female lead, even the sunlight and breeze had a different color.

Feeling a hot gaze on her, Liu Shuang trembled, and for a moment, she felt like a meat bun being stared at by a dog.

Just then, a white-clothed old man, carrying a whisk, floated into the classroom. As soon as he came in, everyone stood up and shouted in unison, “Good morning, Master Xu Fu!”

When Shen Qiqi saw that Liu Shuang had also stood up, she quickly stood up too, not understanding: Had the class already started?

Master Xu Fu stroked his waist-length beard and scanned the faces of everyone. After seeing that everyone was present, he nodded, “Sit down.”

Shen Qiqi thought for a while and suddenly realized that this Master Xu Fu was the early morning class teacher for the inner sect disciples in the original novel. He was a quirky and grumpy old man, and almost no one dared to daydream in his class.

Master Xu Fu was also a Nascent soul stage cultivator, but he was not a peak master. Usually, except for class time, he rarely interacted with others, and he liked to stay in his own cave, a reclusive old man.

Master Xu Fu said, “How is the Qingxin Mantra that I asked you to memorize yesterday? Have you memorized it?”

Everyone answered in unison, “Yes.”

Shen Qiqi suddenly became nervous: Oh no, are they going to recite it?!

To be honest, although she had written many random spells in the book, there were over a million words in total, and even as the author herself, she wouldn’t be so bored as to remember those things!

Fortunately, Master Xu Fu didn’t do anything so insane. Instead, he said sternly, “Have you memorized it? I can see that you’re all distracted and have wandering thoughts! Now, all of you recite the Qingxin Mantra a hundred times until your minds are completely clear!”

The inner sect disciples, who had been focused on the drama, had to close their eyes and chant. Soon, a low, buzzing sound filled the room.

Shen Qiqi sat in her seat with her eyes open, stunned. She didn’t know the Qingxin Mantra at all. What was she going to do?

Shen Qiqi, who had been a social worker for many years, suddenly recalled the fear of being called on to recite a text in high school. She was so nervous that her toes curled and cold sweat broke out on her back.

She glanced at Liu Shuang beside her. The female lead was also looking out the window with her eyes open, seemingly admiring the scenery, and looked exceptionally calm, with the air of a scholarly student who was not in a hurry.

Should she… just ask Liu Shuang? She must know it.

Shen Qiqi hesitated for a moment, then carefully reached out and gently tugged on her deskmate’s sleeve.

Her deskmate immediately turned her head, and her cold gaze fell on her alertly, “What is it?”

“Senior sister…” Shen Qiqi gave her a flattering smile and asked sweetly, “Do you know the Qingxin Mantra? I forgot, can you teach me?”

Liu Shuang: “…”

This Qingxin Mantra was clearly one of the most basic spells. How could Shen Qiqi have forgotten it?

She hesitated for a moment, frowned slightly, and said, “A calm mind is like still water.”

Shen Qiqi blinked and quickly reacted, repeating it.

Liu Shuang continued, “My heart has no holes, heaven rewards diligence.”

Shen Qiqi closed her eyes and repeated these 15 words over and over, gradually feeling a sense of peace and tranquility. She could even hear the waves crashing and the distant chirping of birds.

This Qingxin Mantra actually worked! Is this the joy of cultivation? I get it!

Shen Qiqi, who had successfully calmed down, didn’t notice the disdainful look from Liu Shuang beside her, and was immersed in her happiness.

After everyone seemed to have cleared their minds, Master Xu Fu said, “Alright, open your eyes. Now, I will teach you a spell for the early stage of Foundation Establishment, called the Summoning Fire Spell. Everyone shut up and listen carefully.”

Hearing the words “Foundation Establishment,” everyone looked at Liu Shuang in the back row with gloating expressions. After all, she was the only one among all the inner sect disciples who was still at the 9th level of Qi Condensation.

Shen Qiqi also remembered this part of the plot. Although Master Xu Fu was a teacher, he often did things that were unbecoming of a teacher.

Liu Shuang was once the number one disciple of the Qingli Sect, with an astonishing dark spiritual root of the heavenly rank. When everyone else was still at the 5th or 6th level of Qi Condensation, she reached the 9th level of Qi Condensation in just three years, and her cultivation speed was unparalleled.

At that time, Liu Shuang was truly infinitely glorious. All of Qingli Sect’s hopes were placed on her. Everyone believed that she was a once-in-a-hundred-year genius and was likely to ascend to godhood in the near future.

Unexpectedly, after Liu Shuang reached the 9th level of Qi Condensation, her cultivation progress stagnated. No matter how hard she tried, her cultivation did not improve at all. Five or six years passed in a flash, and those who were originally behind her gradually surpassed her, and she gradually became a laughingstock in the mouths of others.

And Master Xu Fu, who had once called Liu Shuang “my most beloved disciple” and “extremely talented and with a promising future” when she was infinitely glorious, had completely changed his attitude when she stopped making progress.

In his heart, Liu Shuang had already lost her qualifications as an inner sect disciple and should be demoted to the outer sect. However, the sect master, remembering Liu Shuang’s hard work and unremitting efforts all these years, still treated her as an inner sect disciple.

“Now,” Master Xu Fu said, “everyone extends your hands, palms up, clear your spiritual sea, and follow me.”

Then, he uttered a very convoluted incantation. Shen Qiqi struggled to follow, but she couldn’t really control whether her spiritual sea was clear or not.

After several attempts, the other inner sect disciples had all produced flames, some brighter than others. Her third senior brother, Qin Qing, even ignited a large spark, almost burning those around him.

Shen Qiqi looked at her empty palm, bewildered.

She felt like she wasn’t cut out for cultivation.

Looking around, everyone else had successfully cast the Summoning Fire Spell, except for Liu Shuang and herself.

Shen Qiqi: “…What should I do? I have to hand in my homework later!

She looked at Liu Shuang and gave her a sympathetic look as a fellow poor student. “It’s okay, Senior sister,” Shen Qiqi patted her shoulder and said very intimately, “We’re just a little behind others, we’ll catch up soon!”

Liu Shuang was startled. No one had dared to approach her in nearly a hundred years, and unexpectedly, Shen Qiqi had broken the rule.

She couldn’t help but gently hold her forehead. She had already broken through the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation and stepped into the Mahayana stage. No one in the entire cultivation world was her match, and a small Summoning Fire Spell was naturally easy for her.

However, her dark spiritual root had been tainted by demonic Qi, and the fire she summoned would be pure black, which would easily be detected by the Nascent soul stage Master Xu Fu, so she couldn’t use it.

However, Shen Qiqi mistakenly thought she was still at the 9th level of Qi Condensation and couldn’t use it.

She sighed and rubbed her temples, saying, “Where are you having trouble?”

Was Senior Sister going to explain it to me? Shen Qiqi gave a shy but polite smile, “That, what does ‘clear spiritual sea’ mean?”

Heaven knows she had just made it up when she was writing the novel and hadn’t really thought about the usage behind it.

It was so fun to make things up, but now she was in trouble!

“Clear your mind of all distractions and focus all your attention on your palm,” Liu Shuang said softly. “Now try to recite the incantation again.”

Shen Qiqi quickly followed suit, thinking to herself: Why did she look at me with such a helpless look just now? Hmm, it must be my imagination!

She shook her head, shaking off the distracting thoughts, and focused all her attention on her palm as she chanted the spell.

Suddenly, her palm felt warm, and a very weak flame slowly rose from her palm.

Thanks to Shen Qiqi’s good physical aptitude and her own intelligence, she understood it almost immediately.

Shen Qiqi was overjoyed. She cupped her hands around the small flame, protecting it from the wind, and showed it to Liu Shuang, her eyes shining brightly. “Senior sister, Senior sister, look! I did it!”

Liu Shuang looked at her bright smiling face illuminated by the firelight and was briefly distracted. She nodded absently, “…Not bad.”

At this moment, Master Xu Fu looked around and saw that only Liu Shuang was motionless. He shouted angrily, “Liu Shuang, stand up!”

The two of them, who had been looking at each other, were startled and looked up.

Liu Shuang: Junior sister is so stupid.

Shen Qiqi: “…..?