Chapter 137: Because She Coaxed a Blood-Red Luo into Being

Because at noon she was taken by Xue Chiluo to receive a greeting gift that nearly cost her life.

So in the afternoon, Su Jin became the last student in the Wood Class to arrive before the young lady who managed the medicinal fields to collect her basket.

Crucially, her face and entire body were covered in dirt.

Seeing this, the young lady burst out laughing.

"What happened to you? Did you lose your way walking and accidentally fall into a pit?"

"I did fall into a pit. That pit was quite high; it took me a lot of time to climb out," Su Jin said gloomily.

That was truly a huge pit; she almost couldn't climb out.

She couldn't bear to blame Xue Chiluo for not explaining things clearly beforehand.

How old was Xue Chiluo? At most, not even four months old. Expecting it to understand human treachery would be too hard on it.

Perhaps that voice told Xue Chiluo nothing at all and just had it take Su Jin to get the greeting gift!!

So Xue Chiluo, having never experienced such things, recklessly led Su Jin straight into the pit.

Moreover, it seemed to have quite a good impression of that Jin Wu.

Su Jin thought to herself that her mother had said ignorance is no crime.

She couldn't blame Xue Chiluo just because she had almost died.

Besides, she did receive a big gift package; just one large-capacity storage ring was enough to make her happy for a while.

Alas, life indeed cannot be perfect. She would have to re-record her mother's words in a small notebook later.

Mm-hmm, not a single sentence could be missed!!

The young lady paused for a moment, then erupted into even louder, clearer laughter.

Su Jin looked at her, feeling both ashamed and awkward. The young lady gave her no face at all and continued laughing very loudly.

This laughter drew Liu Shi over.

Liu Shi had just returned to this area when she heard the hilarious story of Su Jin falling into a dirt pit; she couldn't hold back either. Hahaha!!

Glancing again at Su Jin, who was covered in dirt with a face that looked like a mud cat's, Liu Shi said while laughing, "Why don't you go back and take a bath first? You can go pick the fruit after you've bathed?"

Su Jin immediately shook her head. "I must finish picking the fruit first. I have only one hundred and thirty-plus jin left; I can finish before dinner."

"Then alright. If you insist," Liu Shi compromised.

Su Jin was very insistent; she would rather become a mud cat, wearing a body full of dirt to pick fruit, than go take a bath first.

After she left, the young lady inevitably said to Liu Shi, "This child in your class has quite a firm will."

"Every year, the children selected to enter the Clan School are chosen through an initial screening of all children of the same age across the entire clan.

Do you think that selection is done for nothing?

In terms of quality, the Clan School has always sought excellence rather than mediocrity.

Better to have none than to accept those with poor conditions.

Therefore, while their cultivation talents may each have their own strengths, their mental fortitude is basically up to standard," Liu Shi said.

After hearing this, the young lady also nodded in approval.

"Back when I was studying at the Clan School, I thought about skipping school every day and thought about dropping out at the end of every year, vowing never to study again. But after I went to the Sect, I started to miss all the wonderful times in the Clan School."

"You're leaving again in the second half of the year, right?" Liu Shi couldn't help but ask.

"You know, for people like us, as long as we are alive, there is no freedom. Wherever the Sect sends us, we must go. This time, if I hadn't been severely injured, I wouldn't have received the two-year welfare of recovering at home," the young lady said.

It turned out she, like Su Huchen, had returned home with serious injuries to recover.

"Alas, thanks to you carrying the heavy load at the front, we are able to enjoy peace and stability at the rear," Liu Shi said with a mix of envy and sorrow.

Because many of her companions who grew up with her had sacrificed their lives in the Sect's missions year after year.

"Xie Wan died the year before last, and you had an accident last year. At that time, I felt the sky had collapsed," Liu Shi said in a bleak tone.

"I have always had good luck. This time, if I hadn't been dragged down by that newcomer, there would never have been this severe injury. When I return this time, I will immediately switch teams; I won't do missions with her again before I die," the young lady said.

"Didn't you say your old team had been together for seven years, had perfect synergy on missions, and you didn't plan to change teams for the next twenty years?" Liu Shi was shocked.

"Alas, don't mention it. Our old team leader died in battle, and the newly appointed captain is his younger brother. The new captain's conduct and assignment of tasks always leave people speechless. In short, since he took office, team members have been leaving. Before I left to recover at home, I also proposed to leave.

Although he never approved it, my last mission resulted in me being dragged down by a newcomer and suffering severe injuries due to his misjudgment and hesitant decision-making. I have the right to leave the team directly and choose to team up with others."

"Then you should leave immediately," Liu Shi said, speechless. "As a Sect elite disciple like you, your right to choose a team should be quite large, right?"

"Of course. Otherwise, wouldn't all those years of working for the Sect be for nothing?" The young lady deliberately threw a coquettish glance at Liu Shi. "Oh, don't talk about me. What about you? You've chosen to be a tutor at the Su family, so your life is stable. When will you get married and have a child?"

"I like that senior brother. He is entirely devoted to the Dao path and said he doesn't want a Dao companion and doesn't want to get married," Liu Shi said helplessly. "Later, I figured it out clearly: marrying someone else would make me unwilling to compromise myself. Who made me like only him?

So I told him: 'How about we don't get married; I just want a child.'"

That way, I would have my child and a home, while he continues to be immersed in cultivation, and neither of us would hinder the other."

"Cough, cough, cough." Hearing this, the young lady pounded the table and laughed loudly. "So did you succeed?"

"I succeeded. I now have a little daughter, only one and a half years old. She is so cute."

"Pingping, tell me quickly, how exactly did you manage to get your senior brother to agree? Your tactic is great. I'll find a senior brother or junior brother who looks decent and try it myself later."

Liu Shi directly rolled her eyes at her. "What is there to tell? Don't even think about it."

Su Jin, with muddy sweat streaming down her face, handed over the last basket of fruit.

Oh my, finally done.

No, she must go take a bath first. Then go eat.

"Little Mud Cat is quite fast today. So far, only half the students in your class have completed the task. You didn't come in last!" The young lady said with a smile as she took the basket and weighed it. "Alright, the total is three hundred jin."

Su Jin gave the young lady a sweet smile and ran away.

Not long after Su Jin left, a small patch of shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of the thatched shed.

"Today, Sect serial number 796 Jin Wu was detected delivering another greeting gift." A hoarse male voice suddenly came from the shadow.

"Su Jin?"

"You know?"

"Today she rolled in dirt. It seems she discovered Number 796 at noon. But is she of the Jin Wu bloodline?"

"No, she is of the Mu Wu bloodline."

"Then why would a Jin Wu send a gift to a Mu Wu brat?"

"Because she cultivated a Blood Crimson Luo."