[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li":3,"chapter-become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Become a Saint through Studying! Exposed by my little junior sister!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},550854,799,"Chapter 16: The Painful Mao Ruxue_1","become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>It’s simply unthinkable. The Emperor Song, reputed to be cold and heartless in legends, turned out to be a great person. Who would have anticipated this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had known this earlier, she wouldn’t have been scared for several days when she learnt she was going to meet Emperor Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better sleep early and get back as soon as possible tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Mao Ruxue closed her eyes and fell deeply asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, long before dawn, Mao Ruxue got up early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After quickly getting ready, she arrived at the mountain gate of the Rebirth Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she input her identity card here and teleported out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time, she appeared in a city in Zhongzhou called Square City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a secluded, hidden corner, Mao Ruxue emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her journey did not end upon reaching Square City; Square City was still over a thousand miles away from the Tianshui Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, this was the closest teleportation array set up in Rebirth Hall to the Tianshui Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are teleportation arrays elsewhere in Square City too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is even one that goes directly to Tianshui City beneath the Tianshui Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, it costs money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A journey of more than a thousand miles, Mao Ruxue naturally wouldn’t return on foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it would take forever if she relied on her own ability to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at her purse,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Ruxue finally gritted her teeth, painfully taking out a Dao Source Stone from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave it to someone outside a formation called Square Teleportation Array, and it was passed into a slot exposed on the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, the formation was activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash of white light, Mao Ruxue’s figure disappeared from the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she appeared again, she was already in Tianshui City under Tianshui Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sob, sob, I must make a speedy breakthrough in my cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, at this rate, I might be the first Yama in history to die of poverty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the familiar scene of Tianshui City, Mao Ruxue felt like crying out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these years of hard work at the Rebirth Hall to earn some Dao Source Stones for future cultivation had been for naught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so much work, all her money was almost spent on these two trips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was getting unbearable indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, Mao Ruxue, believe in yourself. You can do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a bit of self-encouragement, Mao Ruxue left the teleportation array and headed towards the assorted goods street in the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came down the mountain this time to meet Emperor Song and also to buy some things to bring back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the top of the mountain was so poor, there was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she did not fend for herself, she felt she would likely starve to death there someday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God, I don’t know how my cheap disciple brother has survived this way all these years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the market, when she saw rice, without hesitation, she bought it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Salt, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mulberry tree seeds, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrot seeds, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pot, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ladle, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A purely bred wild chicken, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spade, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure wild cabbage, bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....After a while, Mao Ruxue’s hands were full of various items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, all these items required only gold and copper coins, not Dao Source Stones, otherwise, she thinks she would have surely cried here today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, all set, let’s pack up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she finished buying all the items, Mao Ruxue clapped her hands and headed back up the mountain with her stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun rose from the east, bringing with it the purple qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, a figure appeared at the gate of Daoist Secrets Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Mao Ruxue. She was carrying large and small bags. After climbing for more than an hour, she finally reached the top of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, your disciple has come to see you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, she went to Master Yang Han’s grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard from my senior brother before that you loved drinking when you were alive, so I took a jug of good wine called February Fragrance for you on my way down the mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I brought it for you to taste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at Yang Han’s grave, Mao Ruxue unwrapped one of the packages she carried and took out a jar of wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She uncorked the bottle and a strong aroma of wine permeated the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Mao Ruxue evenly poured half of the wine over the grave and offered the remaining half at the tombstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, don’t worry, I will take good care of my senior brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although senior brother can’t cultivate, I will not bully him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will definitely take good care of him in his final years, and then take over his family business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing these rites, Mao Ruxue retreated to the side room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lighting a fire, getting a pot ready, heating the oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time, dense cooking smoke billowed up from Daoist Secrets Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough, cough, cough~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick smoke induced a fit of coughing from Mao Ruxue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she served up a plate of crunchy stir-fried bok choy with meat, piping hot from the wok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, it seems my cooking skills haven’t deteriorated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the colourful, aromatic, and delectable stir-fried meat, Mao Ruxue nodded satisfactorily before returning to her cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chang’an woke early in the morning, as usual, in the scripture collection tower at the back of Daoist Secrets Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as usual, after a quick search, he laid down in a spot by the window, reading \"Grand Daoist Secrets\" quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior brother, senior brother, are you in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, a crisp voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Mao Ruxue walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, here I am. Do you need anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chang’an put down his book and looked at Mao Ruxue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior brother, I’ve come to pay my respects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had to go down the mountain for a bit yesterday and didn’t have a chance to pay respect to you, I hope you can forgive me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This act of paying respect is something Mao Ruxue had been doing every day since coming up to the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, today was a bit different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she finished speaking, Mao Ruxue broke out into a smile\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she turned to Chen Chang’an, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior brother, hehe, I made some breakfast,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you like to join me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to the topic of breakfast, Mao Ruxue felt that her senior brother was almost godlike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ten plus days since arriving at the mountain, she had never once seen her senior brother have breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, not just breakfast, she hadn’t seen him have lunch or dinner either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the few occasions she saw her senior brother roasting and eating wild rabbits or chickens, she would have suspected that he had become a saint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who on earth doesn’t eat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You made breakfast??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Mao Ruxue’s words, Chen Chang’an was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth was, ever since Chen Chang’an had advanced to the Six Realms rank six years earlier, he had not eaten any food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The odd occasions where he ate was merely to satisfy his craving, like catching and roasting mountain chickens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from that, he’d long forgotten what food tasted like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, senior brother, I knew you hadn’t had breakfast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve already served the meal outside, please taste and critique my culinary skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Ruxue, hands behind her back, grinned cheekily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, alright, I’ll give it a try?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Chang’an didn’t decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it’d been many years since he last ate, there’s no harm in giving it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, Chen Chang’an admitted that he initially skipped breakfast because he was lazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it seemed the mountain had introduced a skilled chef, so there’s no harm in eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, senior brother, follow me,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Chang’an nod, Mao Ruxue grinned with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then led Chen Chang’an to the little courtyard in front of the scripture tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, in the middle of the courtyard, a stone table had already been laid with a spread of delicious dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meats and vegetables, a well-rounded meal.\u003C\u002Fp>",1352,"2026-05-30T14:44:17.057Z","2026-06-01T04:31:30.507Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d89ee2284838f7334544a9afe6db7a47ce4e49e3072af28b8fb1d9a4b4f7e9c","become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-chapter-271","become-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-chapter-270",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecome-a-saint-through-studying-exposed-by-my-li-cover.jpg"]