Chapter 521: When the Female Lead's Dream Is to Defeat the Male Lead
“Temple Master, we agreed that I would be responsible for teaching the new disciples, and you wouldn’t interfere.” A Yin frowned.
“I shouldn’t interfere? Look at what you’ve done to her!” Jiang He picked up Jing Shui, his heart aching with concern.
Bai Hongtu provided narration: “A Yin’s brows furrowed. She had never seen Jiang He show such concern for her before, and it left a sour taste in her heart.”
Jiang Li knocked on Bai Hongtu’s head.
A Yin was indeed frowning, but not because Jiang He didn’t care about her: “Temple Master, how can one pursue cultivation without getting injured? If you coddle her like this, what will happen when she actually faces real combat?”
Holy Maiden Jingxin, who was possessing Jiang He, transmitted her voice to Yu Yin.
“Sister Yu Yin, we agreed to follow the original story! This development isn’t right – you’re supposed to be jealous right now.”
“Jealous of what? The original story is unrealistic. My approach is the most logical.”
“We should follow the original plot.”
“We should follow realistic logic.”
Clearly, the two had major differences in opinion.
Jiang He couldn’t win against A Yin, so he had to let A Yin continue teaching the new disciples, including Jing Shui.
“Do you know what you did wrong just now?” A Yin looked down at Jing Shui and demanded.
Jing Shui looked quite wronged: “I underestimated body cultivators.”
“Wrong! You shouldn’t have fought me in the first place. My experience and perspective are far beyond yours. Did you really think that just because I suppressed my cultivation to your level, you could defeat me?”
“Even if you practice both magical and physical cultivation, you could never defeat me at the same cultivation level!”
“Don’t think that just because you’re a top student from Great Zhou Academy with excellent theoretical knowledge, you can do whatever you want. You still need training.”
A Yin tossed a medicine bottle and said coldly: “This is healing medicine. Rest tomorrow to recover. Starting the day after, you’ll practice horse stance for two hours each day. I’ll personally train you.”
Noticing that Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu had the most stable horse stances, A Yin added: “These two are the first and second ranked among the new disciples. You should follow their example.”
As the top disciple, Jiang Li declared: “You should address me as Senior Brother, and him as Second Brother.”
Everyone shouted “Second Brother!” toward Bai Hongtu.
Bai Hongtu couldn’t shake the feeling that Jiang Li had some ulterior motive in making people call him Second Brother.
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“Strengthening your bodies isn’t meant to turn you into body cultivators, but to give you the chance to create distance when facing body cultivators in close combat. I’ve seen too many examples of cultivators who excelled in Dao techniques but had weak physical bodies, quickly defeated by body cultivators in close quarters. I don’t want you to follow in their footsteps.”
Even in this book world, Yu Yin was wholeheartedly dedicated to teaching her disciples.
“Yes!” the new disciples answered in unison, with Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu shouting the loudest.
When others finished their hour of horse stance practice and moved about freely, Jing Shui was still maintaining her stance – she had to practice for an extra hour compared to everyone else.
By the time Jing Shui finished her horse stance practice, her ankles were swollen.
Jing Shui wanted to rest for the afternoon.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be learning spells this afternoon. You won’t need to use your feet,” Yu Yin said coldly.
Yu Yin then asked: “Do you think I’m being too strict with you?”
Jing Shui nodded timidly, somewhat afraid.
“Being strict with you is because I want you to become an independent person. Don’t think you’re weak and incapable of great things, always needing to rely on men.”
“As a female cultivator, you should have the determination to be no weaker than male cultivators.”
Jing Shui asked weakly: “But Deputy Temple Master, you can’t defeat Temple Master Jiang He either, right?”
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Yu Yin’s lips: “Can’t defeat him? That’s not certain. The current Temple Master is the weakest Mahayana Stage cultivator I’ve ever seen. I’m staying in this world, cultivating diligently, precisely to find an opportunity to break through and defeat Jiang He.”
In this world, after the Tribulation Transcendence Stage came the Mahayana Stage, and after Mahayana Stage came the Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal. There were no Earthly Immortal, Celestial Immortal, or Golden Immortal designations – one could advance simply by cultivating step by step.
Yu Yin wanted to break through the Mahayana Stage in this book world and defeat Jiang He.
Jing Shui looked at the commanding Yu Yin with admiration, hoping she could become a female cultivator like her.
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In the following days, Holy Maiden Jingxin worked hard to play the role of Jiang He according to the script, while Yu Yin insisted on respecting realistic logic and refused to follow the script.
Jiang He tried to forcefully kiss Jing Shui. According to the script, Jing Shui would struggle briefly before relaxing and becoming intoxicated in the moment.
But Yu Yin calmly reminded them from the side that this was hooligan behavior.
Jiang He simply couldn’t bring himself to do it after that.
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When Jing Shui went shopping, according to the script, Jiang He would domineeringly say, “Here are five million top-grade Spirit Stones – I demand you spend them all.”
But Yu Yin pointed out that Jiang He, as Temple Master, was treating Tai Shang Temple’s Spirit Stones as his own.
Jiang He’s hand, which had been reaching for the Spirit Stones, couldn’t extend any further.
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According to the script, when Jing Shui was bullied outside, Jiang He would storm over to that sect and cover the entire sect with his Mahayana Stage pressure, forcing everyone from the Supreme Elder down to the disciples to apologize to Jing Shui.
But after Yu Yin’s training, Jing Shui’s combat ability had skyrocketed, eliminating any possibility of her being bullied by other sects.
Holy Maiden Jingxin wanted to deliver the famous line according to the script: “From now on, only I have the right to bully you,” but she waited and waited without any news of Jing Shui being bullied.
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Jiang He was afflicted with spring poison. According to the script, he would go into a frenzy and seek out Jing Shui for detoxification.
But Yu Yin handed Jiang He the antidote and told him not to commit rape and ruin Jing Shui’s life.
“Besides, where in the Nine Provinces would you find something that could poison a Mahayana Stage cultivator?”
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Bai Hongtu completely gave up on being the narrator.
This was completely different from the original work!
Holy Maiden Jingxin was almost in tears. Sister Yu Yin insisted on applying logic to the novel she had written, making it impossible to perform.
This book was quite popular in the Red Dust Pure Land – how could Sister Yu Yin find it full of plot holes?
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As days passed, Jing Shui cultivated diligently every day, but she felt she wasn’t working hard enough. When she cultivated, Yu Yin was cultivating; when she rested, Yu Yin was still cultivating.
“So you’re Jing Shui?” A Supreme Elder with an indifferent expression found Jing Shui during her cultivation.
“The Temple Master actually wants to use you as his cultivation object? How ridiculous. Your cultivation is low, your appearance ordinary – what makes you worthy of the Temple Master? Using you to practice ‘Tai Shang Emotionlessness’ would damage the Temple Master’s reputation if word got out. Take this million top-grade Spirit Stones and get out of Tai Shang Temple.”
The Supreme Elder threw a storage ring to Jing Shui.
“I won’t leave,” Jing Shui firmly refused.
“You dare refuse me?” The Supreme Elder lost his temper, releasing fluctuations of Tribulation Transcendence Stage aura.
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu watched invisibly, enjoying the spectacle.
“I don’t even like Jiang He, so why are you giving me money for free?” Jing Shui asked, puzzled. Her mind was fully focused on cultivation now, with no time for romance.
“Besides, these Spirit Stones should belong to Tai Shang Temple, right? It doesn’t make sense for you to privately use the temple’s Spirit Stones like this.”
“I won’t tell the Deputy Temple Master about this. Please take them back quickly – it’s not your money anyway. Next time, don’t use Tai Shang Temple’s Spirit Stones to show off your wealth.” Jing Shui kindly reminded him.
The Supreme Elder was completely speechless.
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu stood to the side, struggling to contain their laughter.