Chapter 4: Qi Yuan's Obsession
Chapter 4: Qi Yuan's Obsession
Jiang Ling Su stood rooted to the spot, her ears struggling to believe what she had just heard.
She... such a dignified...
Was she supposed to build a house? And a thatched cottage, of all things?
Use her spells for this?
She wanted to say something to Qi Yuan, but he seemed oblivious to her expression.
Looking up at the clouds in the sky, he said, "You'd better hurry; it might rain tonight."
Jiang Ling Su blinked in surprise and batted her eyes, "Senior Brother, what if I don't finish it in time?"
She felt like sending a voice message to her senior brother: Help me.
"There's a stool in my room. If you're afraid of the rain, you can borrow it to sleep on," Qi Yuan offered.
With that, he walked into the thatched cottage.
Jiang Ling Su clenched her fists, watching her senior brother's retreating figure.
Fate had decided.
After all, she wasn't the type to force others to pity her.
Following Qi Yuan into the courtyard, she began gathering thatch and wood to construct her... nest?
Despite her annoyance, Jiang Ling Su remembered her purpose for being there.
First and foremost, she had to find the high-level cultivator.
While the odds were highest that the Seven-Colored Peak's Peak Master, Ruan Yixi, was the one, there was a chance it could be someone else.
Perhaps, beneath the Divine Light Sect, there was a Seal hiding a slumbering Supreme Power.
As for Qi Yuan, she would treat him as a regular senior brother, neither seeking intimacy nor deliberately ignoring him, letting things unfold naturally.
As clouds gathered and dispersed, Jiang Ling Su toiled to build her thatched cottage.
In the once-empty space, a thatched house emerged.
Though she had never built a house or lived in a thatched cottage, she had, after all, cultivated spells.
And on her person, she carried many treasures related to this skill.
If the house wasn't stable, she could simply use an "Immobilization Talisman" to prevent it from collapsing.
After finishing the house, there was still plenty of daylight left.
Jiang Ling Su clapped her hands, gazing at the cottage with immense satisfaction.
"Senior Brother," she called out from outside Qi Yuan's house.
Regardless, she had joined the Seven-Colored Peak, and the surface work needed to be done.
She had to practice the spells of the Seven-Colored Peak.
"Come in," Qi Yuan's voice invited.
Jiang Ling Su hurried inside.
Upon entering, she saw Qi Yuan holding a rectangular jade slip.
She recognized the design of this jade slip.
"Senior Brother, are you playing a game?" Jiang Ling Su asked.
In the modern cultivation world, the atmosphere was no longer as dull as it once was.
Entertainment was abundant.
Gambling with elixirs.
Enchanting sword dances.
Even games were diverse.
The rectangular jade slip Qi Yuan held was clearly a gaming jade slip.
These slips usually stored various types of games.
Fighting, cave exploration, farming... you name it, they had it.
Qi Yuan played his game, not even glancing up, "Hmm."
"Have you been playing games all afternoon, Senior Brother?" Jiang Ling Su inquired.
Thinking about her own hard work while her senior brother played games, she felt a sense of imbalance.
"Aren't you cultivating, Senior Brother? If I'm not mistaken, you should have reached the Qi Condensation Peak and are just a step away from Foundation Establishment."
"Jiang Ling Su is also at the Qi Condensation Peak."
"I'm cultivating right now," Qi Yuan stated.
"Is playing games considered cultivation?"
Although some game jade slips do have cultivation benefits, those are rare and highly valuable.
"Playing games as cultivation?" Jiang Ling Su was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized something, "Senior Brother, you're from the Obsessive Lineage, what is it that you're obsessed with?"
The cultivation methods of the Obsessive Lineage are quite different from the other lineages.
For the other lineages, cultivators find a cultivation technique suitable for their spirit roots and cultivate individually.
However, the Obsessive Lineage requires one to find their own obsession.
Obsessed with Objects.
For example, jade, flowers, or even swords.
According to the elders in Jiang Ling Su's family, the cultivation of the Obsessive Lineage focuses on the power of the mind.
One must be devoted to their obsession.
At the extreme, it becomes madness.
As a result, they appear eccentric to others.
That's why cultivators from the Obsessive Lineage are extremely difficult to communicate with.
Jiang Ling Su had met cultivators from the Obsessive Lineage before, but she had never seen one obsessed with games.
Usually, those obsessed with games would be sent for treatment by their clan, and Lightning Therapy is the most popular choice.
After all, the traditional cultivation world doesn't fully recognize game obsession as a valid path for the Obsessive Lineage.
"Can this be considered an obsession?" Qi Yuan didn't even lift his head, "If it counts, then I'll be obsessed with it."
Jiang Ling Su was at a loss for words.
Should she request Lightning Therapy for her senior brother? Does game obsession have a future?
"Senior Brother, this doesn't seem very reliable. I've never heard of any renowned cultivators who are obsessed with games."
The Obsessive Lineage's obsessions have potential distinctions.
For instance, an obsession with trees, where the Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Tree is superior to ordinary trees, and Heaven's Fortune Wood is even better than the Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Tree.
Games... What future do they hold?
"In this New Era, we should embrace new things," Qi Yuan said, giving Jiang Ling Su a casual glance.
He had obtained this game jade slip a year ago, before he even crossed over to this world.
In Qi Yuan's eyes, this jade slip was like a game console.
But this console seemed special, as if... it could connect to a network.
His crossing over to this world had a significant connection with this jade slip.
One might even say that his ability to see hidden information was related to this game jade slip.
In this world, he had encountered many game jade slips similar to his, but in reality, they were not the same.
Jiang Ling Su was speechless.
However, she understood the purpose of her visit.
She continued, "Senior Brother, can you give me the cultivation technique of Seven-Colored Peak?"
Qi Yuan looked at Jiang Ling Su and said earnestly, "The cultivation technique of Seven-Colored Peak cannot be cultivated."
"Why?" Jiang Ling Su asked.
Could it be that Senior Brother knows some secret? This has nothing to do with the Peak Lord.
"The technique is poisonous."
"Pfft..." If Jiang Ling Su had water in her mouth, she would have spat it out.
The current Qi Yuan, in her eyes, was a babbling madman.
But thinking back to the information she gathered before coming, this Senior Brother of Seven-Colored Peak seemed eccentric.
So, it made sense.
"Senior Brother, I don't mind. Please give me the cultivation technique." Jiang Ling Su said.
Qi Yuan slowly took out a jade slip and handed it to Jiang Ling Su, "This is the cultivation technique of Seven-Colored Peak.
However, it's only half complete.
The first part is the original technique, and the latter part is my modification, but it's not fully modified yet."
He handed the cultivation technique jade slip to Jiang Ling Su.
(End of Chapter)
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