Transmigrating as a Crazy Villainess, She Becomes Invincible by Slacking Off - Chapter 24

This situation was utterly unprecedented!

We have to return immediately and tell Senior Sister Xu Wan about Junior Sister’s condition!

On First Peak, Xu Wan was in charge whenever Feng Yun was absent.

Ruan Dongling glanced at Duan Tianhe, puzzled. “My Dao Foundation is still purple, but now there’s a layer of gold around it. I have no idea what’s happening.”

“I don’t remember seeing this golden border when I first achieved Foundation Establishment…”

Duan Tianhe exclaimed, “This is even stranger!”

Duan Tianhe quickly escorted Ruan Dongling back to First Peak.

They landed in the small courtyard where Ruan Dongling resided.

Duan Tianhe stood in the courtyard, craning his neck to peer into the distance.

“I’ve already notified Senior Sister. With her vast knowledge, she’ll definitely know what’s wrong with you!”

True to his word, Xu Wan soon arrived, descending gracefully on her Immortal Crane into Ruan Dongling’s courtyard.

“What’s happened?” Xu Wan asked urgently, her expression softening with relief as she saw both disciples were unharmed.

She immediately noticed the changes in their Cultivation Realms and smiled approvingly.

“Senior Sister! Junior Sister achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment! A purple Dao Foundation!”

“But now her Dao Foundation has turned gold, making it an Earth-Grade Foundation Establishment!”

Xu Wan frowned slightly. She glanced at Ruan Dongling’s Dantian and confirmed Duan Tianhe’s account: the Dao Foundation was indeed golden.

“Are you certain? Junior Sister achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment? Purple?”

Duan Tianhe nodded vigorously. “Absolutely! I personally protected her during her Foundation Establishment. I was right beside her and saw it clearly!”

“Sixth Junior Brother, give me your hand.”

Ruan Dongling raised her hand, and Xu Wan grasped her wrist.

After a moment, Xu Wan slowly exhaled. “Junior Sister truly achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment! The golden layer over her purple Dao Foundation is Master’s work!”

“It seems Junior Sister’s Foundation Establishment even startled Master.”

“I suspect Master did this to protect her. A purple Dao Foundation is too extraordinary and would inevitably attract envy and covetous eyes!”

“A genius who can’t grow isn’t a true genius!”

“Junior Sister must act even more discreetly from now on!”

Xu Wan spoke softly, as if afraid of startling Ruan Dongling.

Ruan Dongling was inwardly shocked. So the golden layer was her master’s protection, disguising her purple Dao Foundation as a golden one.

Yet she hadn’t even noticed when Ding Chengyang had intervened.

Relieved, Xu Wan prepared to leave. She was about to break through to Late-Stage Nascent Soul and couldn’t afford any delays at this critical juncture.

Sure enough, geniuses remained fiercely competitive.

“Xiao Wu, you’ve done well too! But don’t become complacent. Now that you’ve just broken through, focus on consolidating your cultivation!”

“Understood, Senior Sister!” Duan Tianhe puffed out his chest, visibly pleased by the rare praise.

After Xu Wan left, only Ruan Dongling and Duan Tianhe remained.

Ruan Dongling was growing increasingly anxious.

She feared that any further delay would cost her the chance to find Ran Bing.

What a waste of a golden opportunity to strike it rich!

Duan Tianhe had hoped to chat with his Junior Sister in her room, but Ruan Dongling, citing cultivation practice, quickly ushered him out.

“Junior Sister is truly diligent!” Duan Tianhe remarked with satisfaction.

As Ruan Dongling closed the door, she suddenly asked, “Senior Brother, what cultivation realm is Body Tempering Fifth Stage?”

Duan Tianhe stared at her as if she were an idiot. “You don’t even know that? Body Tempering is the cultivation realm for Demonic Cultivators! Body Tempering Fifth Stage is equivalent to Qi Refining Fifth Layer!”

Demonic Cultivator!

Could Ran Bing’s true identity be a member of the Demon Clan?

Ruan Dongling’s heart skipped a beat.

“Junior Sister,” Duan Tianhe said earnestly, “though you possess exceptional talent and intelligence, you should still read more! Asking such basic questions will only make you a laughingstock!”

He then produced a jade token. “This is a Scripture Pavilion Third Layer access token. Take it!”

“Ordinary disciples can only access the first layer. Those at Foundation Establishment and above can enter the second layer, while only core disciples at Golden Core and above can enter the third layer!”

“Currently, only the senior brothers and sisters have these!”

Duan Tianhe beamed with pride as he said this.

Ruan Dongling accepted the jade borrowing token and said, “Thank you, Senior Brother!”

Then she slammed the door shut.

Duan Tianhe muttered to himself, “If Junior Sister is so diligent, I can’t slack off either!”

He summoned his Flying Sword and returned to his Cave Abode to consolidate his cultivation.

As soon as Duan Tianhe left, Ruan Dongling hastily summoned Too Flashy and sped toward the Sect’s exit.

Having wasted too much time, by the time Ruan Dongling reached the foot of the Sect’s mountain, she learned that the Dustless Sect members had already departed!

“Did that maidservant leave with them?” Ruan Dongling asked a Laborer Disciple sweeping the courtyard.

“Reporting to Senior Sister, the Dustless Sect guests all left on their Flying Swords. Only the maidservant walked down the mountain.”

As expected, given the Dustless Sect’s usual behavior, none of them would have considered taking Ran Bing, who couldn’t fly on a sword.

Since Ran Bing had left on foot, Ruan Dongling was certain she could catch up.

Afraid of missing her, Ruan Dongling didn’t ride Too Flashy but instead sprinted after her.

With her Foundation Establishment cultivation, Ruan Dongling quickly closed the distance and intercepted Ran Bing.

“Ran Bing!” Ruan Dongling blocked Ran Bing’s path.

Ran Bing eyed her warily, taking a cautious step back but remaining silent.

“Uh… I’m not a bad person… I…” Ruan Dongling stammered, momentarily dumbfounded and unsure of what to say.

“What do you want?” Ran Bing asked, her expression impassive, the wariness in her eyes deepening.

“Uh, well… why don’t you leave the Dustless Sect and join our Heaven Origin Sect instead?” Ruan Dongling blurted out, seizing the first idea that came to mind.

If Ran Bing truly joined the Heaven Origin Sect, it would make things much easier for her in the future.

Besides, Ran Bing was the Child of the World, the Protagonist!

In the future, she was bound to become incredibly powerful!

Keeping her in the Heaven Origin Sect was definitely the right move!

“Yun Yan’er saved my life and took me into the Sect when I had nowhere else to go,” Ran Bing replied, her tone neither servile nor arrogant, her demeanor poised and measured. “I cannot betray such kindness.”

“Moreover, with my Three Spiritual Roots, reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm would already be a stroke of luck. I dare not ask for more.”

“I appreciate your offer, but I must decline.”

Ran Bing’s words were respectful yet firm, her refusal leaving no room for offense.

But Ruan Dongling refused to give up so easily.

This was a treasure trove! Her greatest asset on the path to power! A source of endless Spirit Stones and resources!

What was wrong with humbling herself a little to coax her?

“Ran Bing, Yun Yan’er… she doesn’t truly care about you. Why are you so loyal to her?”

“Kindness is kindness, resentment is resentment. They cannot be treated as one,” Ran Bing said, bowing to Ruan Dongling before attempting to leave.

“Ran Bing…” Ruan Dongling called out anxiously as Ran Bing turned to go, reaching out to tug at her sleeve. But Ran Bing deftly evaded her grasp.

“Ran Bing, wait!” Seeing Ran Bing’s determination to leave, Ruan Dongling abandoned her attempts to persuade her.

She retrieved several bottles of Medicinal Pills from her spatial storage—common remedies for accelerating spiritual energy absorption, solidifying Spiritual Power, and expanding meridians.

She also produced an extremely rare Clear Spirit Pill.

The Clear Spirit Pill could cleanse away one excess Spirit Root, transforming a Three Spiritual Roots cultivator into a Dual Spirit Root cultivator, or a Dual Spirit Root cultivator into a Single Spirit Root cultivator.

Each person could only consume one such pill in their lifetime.

The value of this pill was immeasurable, as its primary ingredient had become extinct throughout the True Martial Prefecture, having been plundered by powerful figures from other prefectures for their descendants.

“This is a Clear Spirit Pill. It can cleanse away one of your Spirit Roots.”

Though Ran Bing strove to maintain her composure, she was, after all, just a sixteen-year-old girl. The longing in her eyes was impossible to conceal.