[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female-":3,"chapter-i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-137":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I, a Villainous Cannon Fodder, Pick Up the Female Lead at the Start?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1747261,2233,"Chapter 137","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>Chapter 137: Insight\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu entered the space and walked toward Xiaomu, who was curled up on the bed, sleepy-eyed and rubbing her eyes, asking with anticipation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaomu, what’s your newly awakened ability?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… can see for yourselves, I’m so sleepy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaomu’s voice was soft and fluffy, carrying the nasal tone of someone who hadn’t fully woken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she stretched out her small hand and placed it on Xiaotao’s wrist beside her. A weak but pure stream of spiritual energy flowed through the contact point into Xiaotao’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, she tilted her head and leaned against Xiaotao’s arm, falling asleep again, her small eyebrows still lightly furrowed as if she hadn’t gotten enough sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu stood nearby, watching with a face full of question marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao gently picked up Xiaomu and placed her on the soft bed beside them, then turned back to Lin Muyu with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, try using ‘Insight’ to look at Xiaomu again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lin Muyu immediately concentrated and used “Insight” to look at the sleeping Xiaomu once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, because she was focusing on the weapon spirit itself, the interface was different from before:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Lin Xiaomu (Weapon Spirit)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Body: Colorful Star – Crystal Transformation Wood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Age: 1,200 years\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abilities: Size Manipulation, Light as a Feather, Incomplete Transformation, Energy Storage】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she was carefully examining Xiaomu’s new abilities, several lines of supplementary explanation appeared on the panel, as if “Insight” had analyzed more details:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Incomplete Transformation: Currently can only transform into one weapon form, consumes a small amount of spiritual energy when used, increases with time (form not bound)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy Storage: Weapon spirit can accumulate energy through daily sleep and absorbing sunlight, can instantly burst with several times the power after reaching threshold (current progress: 1\u002F100) maximum 1,000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy crap! Xiaotao, this ability is so convenient!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And Xiaomu’s combat ability is really strong too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, her two spiritual artifacts, one focused on combat, one focused on support, truly complemented each other perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly felt that her cultivation path seemed quite different from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others relied on bitter cultivation to comprehend divine techniques, while she was good, relying on her weapon spirits’ abilities, she had directly unlocked a transparency cheat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the protagonists in her previous life’s novels all loved getting abilities like “Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.” This feeling of seeing through the essence of things at a glance was simply exhilarating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this “Insight” wasn’t true Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils and couldn’t obtain 100% accurate information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But being able to combine clues for speculation, and judging from what just happened, the speculation was quite accurate, it was already practical enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also Xiaomu’s ability. She hadn’t expected to gain transformation ability so early. She could finally use a cool sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swords had one advantage over other weapons, they could be used for sword flight during the Foundation Establishment stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other weapons had to wait until the Golden Core stage to fly, which was also why the cultivation world loved swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xiaomu’s energy storage ability also looked practical, but Lin Muyu guessed it was because Xiaomu loved sleeping that she had this ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly worthy of being a sleep god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely at the text before her, Lin Muyu’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she turned to look at Xiaotao:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaotao! The more we understand about something, the more accurate ‘Insight’s’ speculation becomes, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The more knowledge we understand, the more clues ‘Insight’ can reference, so naturally the speculation becomes more precise!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lin Muyu immediately showed Xiaotao a brilliant smile, reaching out to ruffle her soft pink hair:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, Xiaotao, I’ll be counting on you from now on~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already made up her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, she’d give all those miscellaneous academic texts she had collected to Xiaotao. After all, Xiaotao was a weapon spirit with perfect memory, having her remember more knowledge definitely couldn’t be wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master! You need to work hard too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lin Muyu looking like she wanted to push all the tasks onto her, Xiaotao immediately puffed up her tender little mouth and protested somewhat unhappily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah well, don’t I need to focus on cultivation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu smoothly pinched Xiaotao’s cheeks, seriously “painting a rosy picture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I cultivate to the Golden Core stage, won’t you as weapon spirits also unlock more powerful abilities? Then we can all become stronger together!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine then, Master must cultivate properly~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao casually swatted away the hand misbehaving on her face, ultimately sighing softly and agreeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could she do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master she had chosen, she’d have to pamper her even through tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh right, Xiaotao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu suddenly slapped her forehead, as she abruptly remembered the important matter, her tone becoming somewhat urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which ability did you mention before about saving the little girl?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had urgently returned to break through to Foundation Establishment stage precisely for this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao reminded her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, just channel spiritual power to open Insight and look at my ability panel, then you’ll know!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu channeled her spiritual power, once again activating the Insight ability to look at Xiaotao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, clear text appeared before her eyes, it was all of Xiaotao’s ability information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu read through each word carefully, her pupils suddenly contracting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides “Insight,” Xiaotao had gained another ability: “Transform Real to Illusory, Transform Illusory to Real.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Transform Real to Illusory, Transform Illusory to Real: Can condense illusory things sketched by divine consciousness into physical entities, and can also transform touched real objects into an illusory state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual materials and spiritual energy thresholds required for casting can be analyzed through “Insight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If breaking illusion realms or formation-type spells is needed, corresponding attribute formation cores must be prepared in advance, using formation cores as guides to compete for formation control.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly raised her head to look at Xiaotao, her eyes wide as saucers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiaotao! This ability is so powerful…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little one Xiaotao, just how many undiscovered surprises was she still hiding?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most correct decision Lin Muyu had made in this lifetime was obtaining Xiaotao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, it’s not that powerful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Lin Muyu’s praise, Xiaotao said somewhat embarrassedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Lin Muyu didn’t know how powerful this ability was for now, just from reading the text, it was definitely not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Used well, it would certainly be a divine technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So according to the analysis, to save the little girl, I need to prepare formation cores first, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu pointed at her chin with her fingertip, but her brows furrowed lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what were formation cores?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of formation cores were needed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were other materials needed too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and she raised her hand to rub her temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, ever since coming out of that illusion realm, she had been thinking about learning some formation knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But during this period, she had been busy cultivating and hadn’t had time to study formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she had heard from senior brothers and sisters that learning formations was very troublesome and would even involve some advanced mathematical knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although in this cultivation world, Lin Muyu, who had attended university, wasn’t weak in mathematics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But formations emphasized powerful computational ability, and most of the mathematical knowledge in Lin Muyu’s mind was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, the mathematics in this world was completely without technique, it relied entirely on mental brute force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, her understanding of formations remained at the crude stage of using spirit stones to set up arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu had tried using spirit stones to set up a Spirit Gathering Formation, which was the most basic formation, but unexpectedly still failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This dealt her a tremendous blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Lin Muyu was worried about not knowing what to do, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao was a weapon spirit, maybe she knew the secrets of formation cores!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu immediately turned around, staring at Xiaotao with bright eyes, her face full of expectation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao understood Lin Muyu’s meaning and shook her head like a rattle drum:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, don’t look at me like that, I actually haven’t studied formations either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expectation on Lin Muyu’s face instantly deflated by half, then she moved closer again, reaching out to grasp Xiaotao’s arm and shake it, her tone soft and wheedling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s okay, you can learn if you don’t know~ Xiaotao is so smart, you’ll definitely learn it quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why doesn’t Master learn it herself?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaotao suddenly stepped back, angrily placing her hands on her hips, her cheeks flushed pink with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s the logic in a master being lazy and making the weapon spirit learn things!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had spent 5,000 years on Wanbing Mountain, doing nothing but sleeping and sunbathing every day, how leisurely it had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after following Lin Muyu, she had become much busier, having to handle everything herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she said this, Xiaotao wasn’t really angry in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of being relied upon by Lin Muyu was much more comfortable than staying alone in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just couldn’t help worrying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These skills should really be mastered by the master herself to be safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if someday she encountered some accident and wasn’t around, how would Lin Muyu manage without these abilities?\u003C\u002Fp>",1568,"2026-06-06T16:56:29.434Z",1,"novelbin.me","04cc3a38580269728a5976d96127c9acfd85a50b1238b72a147db796e62a6ad5","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-138","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-136",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--cover.jpg"]