JSCMU-Chapter 30: The Center of Attention Once Again

“Sword Elder… Learning from a manual is easy, but…” As Yun Jin spoke, she coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, her face pale.

“My disciple’s body may not hold out much longer,” Lin Ya cried out mournfully, catching on quickly.

“I’m fine… really…” Yun Jin weakly reached for the manual, but the moment she moved, another wave of blood spilled from her lips. She looked utterly pitiful.

Sword Elder’s expression darkened as he turned a sharp glare toward Zhao Wuji.

Such a rare talent. If Zhao Wuji had truly ruined her, Sword Elder would make sure to give him a good talk.

“My disciple’s meridians are damaged. Ten Rejuvenation Pills should help her recover,” Lin Ya stated solemnly.

Sword Elder looked to Zhao Wuji. “Sect Master Zhao, ten Rejuvenation Pills should be within your means.”

Zhao Wuji’s expression twisted. His voice was cold. “What kind of injury could possibly warrant ten Rejuvenation Pills?”

“Master, forget it.” Yun Jin gave a bitter smile. “This is my fate. Even if everyone saw the Sect Master destroy my future, who would dare speak out? At most, they’ll whisper in private, but no one will challenge him publicly.”

Zhao Wuji: “!!”

This girl was clearly fanning the flames on purpose!

Yet, he had mishandled the situation, and she had seized the opportunity to gain the upper hand.

If he continued to press the issue, it would only damage his reputation.

Then, a sudden realization struck him, Yun Jin was stubbornly refusing to read that secret manual. Was she unable to comprehend it? No, she was afraid to try!

She must have used some unknown method to fake her reputation as a genius. Now, with Sword Elder watching, she feared being exposed.

So that’s what this was.

Heh.

Ten Rejuvenation Pills, was it? Fine. He’d give them to her. He wanted to see what other excuses she would come up with next.

Once Sword Elder saw through her façade, she’d be at his mercy again.

“Perhaps I was a bit too harsh earlier,” Zhao Wuji said with a cold smile. “Rejuvenation Pills aren’t that rare. Even for a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, one pill is more than sufficient. Although you’re only in the Qi Refining Stage, since you’ve asked and since I may have been at fault, I’ll give these ten Rejuvenation Pills to you.”

He tossed a porcelain bottle toward them.

Ye Danxia’s eyes filled with envy.

Rejuvenation Pills!

She still owed Chen Hao one!

If only that bottle had gone to her instead.

Lin Ya pretended not to notice Zhao Wuji’s thinly veiled sarcasm. Taking the bottle, he quickly opened it and pulled out a single pill. Making exaggerated winks at Yun Jin, he declared, “Disciple, let your master help you absorb the pill.”

Yun Jin nodded and secretly scanned the pill with her system.

This time, scanning alone cost her three simplification tokens but she used them without hesitation.

“Rejuvenation Pill: Second-tier medicinal pill. Repairs meridians and rebuilds the dantian. Extremely effective for cultivators at Foundation Establishment Stage or below. Ineffective above Foundation Establishment.

Ingredients: Three liang of Blaze Grass, Two liang of Lan Zhi herb…

Most crucial in refining is the fire timing: start with Blaze Grass, immediately follow with Ice Marrow…”

After simplification, the system directly provided the full list of ingredients and steps for refining.

Most importantly,

There is a ‘simplify’ button at the end.

Which means,

Even the recipe and refining process could be further simplified!

With enough uses, the pill’s recipe would be optimized, and its refining difficulty significantly reduced.

Perfect for practicing before attempting the Heaven Mending Pill for Lin Ya.

After all, Rejuvenation Pills were second-tier and only useful up to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The Heaven Mending Pill, however, was seventh-tier: an elite restorative pill that even works on Fusion Stage cultivators. The difficulty wasn’t even comparable.

Even with the system’s help, producing a Heaven Mending Pill within three months would be a tight race.

Yun Jin took the pill and sat cross-legged. With Lin Ya’s assistance, she began absorbing its energy.

And soon,

She discovered a surprise.

The Rejuvenation Pill worked two-fold on her:

First,

The system categorized it as a spiritual energy-rich food item. Upon consumption, the pill transformed directly into pure spiritual energy, rapidly boosting her cultivation.

Second,

As a restorative pill, it also strengthened her meridians significantly.

The second effect wasn’t immediately visible…

But the first?

Instant and obvious.

Just as Yun Jin was absorbing the Rejuvenation Pill, Lin Ya was shocked to find that the spiritual energy in her body was increasing rapidly!

By the time half the medicinal power had been absorbed, Yun Jin had already reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

By the time the effects were fully digested, she was already very close to reaching the tenth level.

The crowd below also watched her breakthrough, momentarily at a loss for words.

How long had it been since she entered the sect?

And she was already about to reach the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage?

Was that even something a normal person could achieve?

“Is this really a Five Element Root?”

“Could it be a mutated spiritual root?”

“This is terrifying…”

The crowd whispered among themselves.

Ye Danxia’s expression changed slightly, and she suddenly said loudly, “Xiao Jin, what kind of rare treasure did you take that allowed you to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage in one go? But I suppose the effects must almost be used up by now, right?”

Yun Jin glanced at Ye Danxia but said nothing.

The others, however, suddenly understood.

So she had taken a rare treasure in advance. No wonder her early progress was so fast.

Unfortunately…

The medicinal effects would eventually run out.

Five Element Roots were still unlikely to amount to anything great.

“Sword Elder, I’m ready to begin now,” Yun Jin said directly.

The Sword Elder narrowed his eyes. “Very well.”

Yun Jin picked up the manual and flipped through it quickly.

She barely paused while flipping through the pages. It didn’t look like she was reading, instead it looked more like she was just turning pages.

Soon after, she closed the manual.

“Scan complete. High-tier Huang level Sword Technique: Attribution Sword Technique.”

Yun Jin immediately began the simplification process.

With the manual in hand this time, simplification was much easier.

After using five simplification chances…

The final simplified result was:

“Do fifty backflips.”

Yun Jin was speechless. That result didn’t seem scientific at all!

She had considered simplifying it further,

But she needed to save her simplification chances for many other things.

So… the backflips would have to be done reluctantly.

Yun Jin sighed, her face showing a bitter smile.

So this was what it felt like to make a fool of yourself in public.

Even Yun Jin looked a little pale, prompting Sword Elder to ask, “There’s still time. You can review the manual a bit more.”

But in his heart, Sword Elder couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

If she truly possessed an Innate Sword Body…

Then a mere high-tier Huang level technique should have been effortless.

“No need,” Yun Jin said with a sigh.

She casually tossed her sword aside.

Then,

Under the mixed gazes of anticipation, disdain, and nervousness, Yun Jin…

Did a flawless backflip.

The crowd, “????”

“Emotional Point +10.”

“Emotional Point +10.”

“Emotional Point +5.”

Even as she tumbled, Emotional Points kept rolling in.

All Yun Jin could do was suffer in pain… joyfully.

Since she’d already lost face and made herself the center of attention, she might as well collect as much Emotional Points as possible!

Especially from the female lead and the male supporting character!

Don’t just stand there in a daze, generate more Emotional Points!

Stop giving just 5 or 10 points at a time!

That doesn’t suit your status!