After a few days sulking relaxing in the forests, helping carry an injured stranger dressed in black back to the nearest mortal town, and helping an illiterate person read out a letter in that town, Wen Zhihao finally returned back to the Golden Sun Sect.
Seeing all the daily lives of others, plus the nature therapy, washed Wen Zhihao’s stress away. His qi became calm once more. He decided to go back to the Outer Sect Library and find something interesting to learn. Wen Zhihao sort of missed the long rabbit hole searches down online encyclopaedias. He couldn’t sleep all the time, after all.
Unfortunately, before he could enter the library, Zhang Wu ambushed him.
“You! Disciple Wen Zhihao!” Zhang Wu grabbed him by the arm. “Missing out on the compulsory morning practice, do you want to be kicked out of the Sect?!! I’m taking you to see the Elders!”
“Zhang-shixiong, I was going to the library—”
“Stop speaking!” Zhang Wu’s face was heavy with annoyance.
Wen Zhihao shook his captured arm. “Then I will follow Zhang-shixiong obediently, no need to drag me like a criminal.”
Zhang Wu’s complexion worsened, but at least he let go of Wen Zhihao’s arm.
The Elders had quarters at the center of the Golden Sun Sect, in the most majestic set of buildings. Zhang Wu led him to the Elders’ Receiving Hall. An inner sect disciple stood at the front door to the Hall, and only after the prior group left did he let Zhang Wu and Wen Zhihao enter.
Wen Zhihao looked around the Hall curiously. Here, the qi was extremely dense, almost suffocatingly so. He wanted to cover his nose and mouth with his sleeve to filter the qi, except that would be impolite.
The Hall was deep red and gold and filled with intricate patterns that emanated power. At the front of the Hall, five Elders sat, four at the same level and one elevated. They all wore golden robes that literally shone with qi. There were basically two types of elders: three of them who had white hair (two with white flowing beards) and overall looked very old; while the other two looked otherworldly young, though their much-too-serious facial expressions gave their ages away.
“This disciple greets the Elders,” Zhang Wu said.
Wen Zhihao hurried to copy him, bowing deeply.
“Speak,” the young-looking Elder on the left said. This Elder had a heavy presence, and no gender could possibly be assigned to them.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Oh. Fuck. Luckily he knew how to talk polite and courteous to bosses!
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“Acceptable. State your choice.”
Wen Zhihao had to quickly think. He could become a demonic beast tamer type cultivator, but then again, he had no interest in training them to become cruel attacking beasts. And he wasn’t sure if the animals remained cute…Instead, there was another one that he had thought about before:
“This little one asks to be trained as a talisman cultivator.”
The young looking cultivator turned their head slightly to look at the old-looking female Elder. “Elder Liu Ru.”
Elder Liu Ru looked at Wen Zhihao. “Probationary. Child, head to the Talisman Hall and register.” She pulled out a paper token. It flew to Wen Zhihao’s side.
Wen Zhihao politely accepted, thanking the Elder.
“Done,” said the young-looking cultivator.
“Thank you for your judgement,” Zhang Wu said. Wen Zhihao echoed his words.
The two of them exited the Hall. They were many steps away when Zhang Wu gave him a sour look. “Switching to talisman cultivation, what a waste!”
Wen Zhihao blinked. “Zhang-shixiong, are you implying that talisman cultivators are worse?”
Zhang Wu’s face turned ugly. “You!!! When Elder Liu sees that you are a slacker, then you’ll be sorry!”
Wen Zhihao sighed lightly. He patted Zhang Wu on the arm. “Zhang-shixiong, be careful or you might suffer from qi deviation. Is cultivation not about cultivating your internal self? Why does Zhang-shixiong worry so much for a white-eyed wolf like me? Take a deep breath and release your anger into the air…”
Despite himself, Zhang Wu followed Wen Zhihao’s instructions and immediately felt better. But he was still angry at this Wen’s pretentiousness.
“Take another deep breath and slowly release it…Doing exercise can also calm the mind. Zhang-shixiong, can you take me to the Talisman Hall? This shidi has forgotten.”
Zhang Wu spluttered. “…Shameless!”
Nonetheless, Zhang Wu helpfully took Wen Zhihao to the Talisman Hall.
Hmm, a little tsundere? Wen Zhihao inwardly smiled. “This shidi is indebted to you.”
Zhang Wu gave him a pompous look. “As you should be!” He glared one more time and hurried off.
Wen Zhihao entered the Talisman Hall. The Talisman Hall had relatively low ceilings and was brightly lit with glowing talismans. In the foyer, a bored looking inner sect disciple was sitting behind the counter and drawing some practice talismans.
He looked up lazily. “Hello, what does the fellow daoist want?”
Wen Zhihao showed him the paper token given by Elder Liu. “Elder Liu has ordered me to register.”
The other cultivator straightened up a little, pulling out a sheet of paper. “Write down your name and place a dab of your qi here…”
Wen Zhihao did so, wrinkling his nose at the difficulty of using a brush to write instead of a pen. After he dabbed some qi, words appeared: Fire Root, Foundation Building, Early Stage.
Foundation Building? When did he reach that? The original ‘Wen Zhihao’ was at the Qi-Refining level, and the new Wen Zhihao now hadn’t done any cultivation at all since he came. Weird…maybe simply breathing in qi-heavy air improves the body? After all, there was a reason why qi-heavy places were highly sought after and typically reserved for only the top cultivators.
The receptionist cultivator took the paper. “Cultivator Wen, you are a fire root wanting to be a talisman cultivator? Most fire roots are suitable for sword cultivation.”
Wen Zhihao: …. No idea what roots mean, ba! It wasn’t like a root meant he could naturally manipulate the corresponding element, wrong kind of fantasy!
“Is there anything else?” Wen Zhihao said instead.
“En. Here, these are the beginning manuals.”
Two jade slips, a stack of talisman-writing paper, brush, ink and inkstone was pushed towards Wen Zhihao. Wen Zhihao placed them all in his spatial ring.
“Are there any introductory classes?”
The male cultivator gave him a weird look. “You are already Foundation Building. Have you not attended the compulsory outer sect classes?”
“Ah, yes, of course, I forgot, it’s been awhile, thank you.”
“Elder Liu will contact you for your aptitude test. You may go.”
Wen Zhihao bowed and left.
Finally, he was able to return to his room! He took out all the blankets, piled them on the bed, and took a well deserved nap.
Also, I read all comments , even though I may not answer them all Thank you for all the comments!
looool he should’ve admitted he had slacked off at the classes x) now he’s going to have to do an aptitude test knowing nothing of the discipline !
It shhhoooulldd be fine…. 😶
Oh yeah…what could possibly go wrong?! lololol
😏😏😏😏
Thanks for the update! ^^
Thanks for the chapters~~
w-what about your planned trip down a wikipedia rabbit hole?
… wait, what’s this about helping an injured stranger dressed in all black?
… t-thanks for the chapters…
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yeah, this man are sus
aack! forgot 2! here you go~ ♡♡
i should sleep, or i’ll be the one watching the sunrise ∕•ω•丶 (i can’t find good concerned eyebrows helppp)
😎😎😎 thanks for reading!
time to be salted fish again
thanks for the chapter~
The many troubles of just peacefully wanting to be a salted fish 😅
His writing is really bad though and he isn’t used to brushes… I wonder if he’ll be able to do the whole talisman thing 😶
the important part is less sweat! XD
I love this so much I’m addicted
+1
little tsundere!!
Giving you a like! 👍
[Player Wen Zhihao has unlocked hidden skill: Smooth Talker. This skill allows you to talk your way out of any tight spot]
Jiayou to our salted fish ୧( “̮ )୨✧
😂😂😂
I’m imagining if he had a system…he’ll lock it in a black box and ignore all the prompts XD
Wouldn’t it just eventually be affected by his attitude and just be lazy with him?
….. omg yes hahahaha
Congrats Salted Fish for entering you’re desire sect and congrats to Zhang Wu as well,
you no longer have to be a little Tom everyday (Tom chasing Jerry I mean ) Thanks for the massive update everyday 💕💕Wishing you a good day Author❤️
Wen Zhihao’s favourite way is the lazy way~
Thanks for reading and commenting!
Tnx for the stack of chappies!!!
This is great! I love a lazy protag who doesn’t get everything handed to them!
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Thank you for reading~ Em, luckily, Wen Zhihao doesn’t want much either~
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
I have a strange feeling that talisman cultivation isn’t as relaxing as Wen Zhihao thinks… He might have just dug a pit for himself.. :/
or he may just be incredibly good at it by sleeping
we shall see~
No more chapters ? Cries Thanks for the update though~
i love this novel very very very much !! thank you so much for the amazing work, love
thank you!
Kkk Zhang Wu needs to chills out, anxiety makes you look older, it’s bad for the skin kkkkkk Love how he takes naps, it’s good to enjoy life! Kkkkkkkkk
Thank you for the chapter!! (ㆁωㆁ)
Thanks for the chapter! This tired him enough to require a nap, lol.
naps….are so good….
…Wen Zhihao, you can’t just help anyone, especially dressed in all black! (that man is sus, and I mean, have you not seen this in the movies??? )
But the colour black is so cool!!
I so am hooked this is too good really. I won’t feel bad anymore to love to sleep. Thank you so much for translating this novel! 😍
💙💙💙💙 I’m glad you like it!
giggle snortc Wen Zhihao ah, do you know what you’ve signed up for?? Jiayou bro!!
I really enjoyed the description of the dense qi and how he wanted to block it like a bad scent! Is it only because it’s so heavy? And why is it so heavy? Is this the difference in cultivation stages? Or is less pure somehow? It made me super curious!
Thank you for all the chapters!! ☺️☺️☺️☺️
The dense qi, right it’s heavy because there’s so much of it. The way Wen Zhihao “”cultivates”” without realising means that as he breaths in, he ends up storing a lot of that qi, which means he becomes “full” very quickly, which is uncomfortable!!
Thanks for the chapter (๑´>᎑<)~❤
Thank you for reading! 🤗🤗🤗
Well deserved is right! That was some rather strenuous interacting with Zhang-Shixiong! Phew!
I’m glad you approve 😆
Well at least he doesn’t have to do sword practice anymore
Thanks for the chapter
🤭 the important part~
Honestly I feel sleepy every time I read this story. It’s very relaxing.
Imma bookmark this so I can read it whenever I’m stressed out.
Thank you, Author.
☺☺ thank you so much! I hope you get some good sleep!
Changing professions? Can only guess that he is going to be OP in the talisman section. Wonder if his programming experience helps him here.🤔
Yes, it will help him~~~
Zhang Wu is amusing only from the reader’s point of view. You wouldn’t want this live container of explosives walking around you. Good luck to our salted fish🍀
hahaha that’s true for a lot of characters XD
That Zhang Wu is a cutie as well ☺️
Thank you for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
heheh Zhang Wu does have his cute sides~
Hmm, a little tsundere? Wen Zhihao inwardly smiled. “This shidi is indebted to you.”
I honestly snorted here lol. No wonder, Zhang shixiong is a tsundere 😂.
Tsundere Zhang shixiong is fun to play with~
Hmm… I feel like being a computer coder, talismans would kind of be right up his alley, but I guess we’ll see 😁
Yes, exactly!
This is the real slacker life. I hope my husband Cale Henituse would learn this 🤣
lol I wanted to write a story where the salted fish character (for the most part) actually remains a salted fish XD
He’s a fire root one thats why he could absorb the solar energy lol coz fire
omg! that’s true! 😆 thank goodness I don’t have a plot hole!
I want him to be a sword cultivator but well out mc is a salted fish. It can’t be help. 🥲
Hahahaha, it’s okay, Sun Fuyu is a sword cultivator~
he transferred and took a nice nap lolololol
I mean, a nap is good!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Thank you for the chapter!
Looking forward to seeing his aptitude.
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