Chapter 52: Su Jin: I've Been Cornered Again

That is to say, wait until the gourd vine dies before sending it in.

That works—she's a huge consumer of vines when cultivating her Entangling Art.

"Then I'll take this box of gourd seeds out first." Su Jin finished speaking and was about to toss the wooden box out.

But the wooden box flew up on its own.

The box lid opened, and a single shriveled gourd seed flew out on its own and landed on the gnarled root system of the Jin Tong Mu.

"What the heck is this?" Su Jin was stunned. How could a shriveled gourd seed leave the wooden box on its own and fly out to land on the Jin Tong Mu's roots?

"This is a seed of the Heaven-Through Sword Gourd that has been sealed. It should have developed spirituality long ago, but because it was sealed for a long time, its spirituality was damaged." Jin Tong Mu transmitted new information to Su Jin.

"Then can it still be planted?" Su Jin was dumbfounded.

"It can. Leave it with me for a while to nurture." After Jin Tong Mu replied to Su Jin, it directly absorbed the gourd seed into its body.

She had no idea where it was keeping it.

Su Jin discovered that Jin Tong could do any kind of work—even nurturing gourd seeds.

"Then how long does it need to be nurtured?" Su Jin asked again.

"Not sure for now. If you give it a drop of the Earth Core Yuan Milk you've left here with me, it can recover faster." Jin Tong Mu replied to her.

The moment Su Jin heard that, she was immediately torn—give it or not?

"This Heaven-Through Sword Gourd—you said it developed spirituality. Does that mean when it grows, it'll become an Ancient Wu Spirit too?" Su Jin asked again.

"Once its spirituality recovers, breaking out of its shell will make it a companion Ancient Wu Spirit. Just like Blood Chi Luo." Jin Tong Mu said.

So it was an Ancient Wu Spirit, then!!

The corner of Su Jin's mouth curved up. She hadn't expected that just as she was beginning to cultivate, she'd unexpectedly hatched two Ancient Wu Spirits.

She thought: in the future, whenever she saw any strange seeds, she'd have to pick them up and bring them back.

"Then split one drop of the remaining Earth Core Yuan Milk and give it to him." Su Jin thought, one Ancient Wu Spirit was still worth a drop of Earth Core Yuan Milk.

"Alright, then you have five drops left." Jin Tong Mu said.

"Is Earth Core Yuan Milk useful to you? Jin Tong, do you need a drop?"

"No use, don't need it."

"Then tell me whenever you need something." Su Jin said with a twitch at the corner of her mouth.

"Alright."

Su Jin finally took the remaining gourd seeds and went back to sleep.

Early the next morning, she had just entered the school not long when Su Jiuniang arrived with Qi Yi, whose eyes were swollen like peaches.

Her bringing Qi Yi like this meant Qi Yi was going to stay.

Liu Shi clearly thought so too, which was why her expression wasn't great.

Yesterday, forbidden drugs had been found in Qi Yi's little cabinet, which had made her lose face.

So she probably hadn't planned to let Qi Yi stay in her class anymore.

But who could refuse a vice principal?

Su Jin and the others watched Su Jiuniang call Liu Shi away, and not long after, Liu Shi came back.

Holding Qi Yi's little hand, she announced to the students: "Qi Yi will continue studying in our class from now on, but in the future she will not be eligible to be recommended by the clan school as an outer disciple of the sect. Her annual assessment results also won't be included in our class's ranking chart."

Su Cheng looked at Su Wuji in some shock. She hadn't expected Su Wuji's guess this time to be so accurate.

Su Wuji smugly shot him a glance.

With a cocky look that said, "See, I guessed right, didn't I?"

Qi Yi returned to her seat.

Ever since Liu Shi's announcement, the students who had broken through to Qi Refining Layer One earlier than her seemed to hold a little less hostility toward her.

Su Jiuniang watched her sit down properly, then left.

Teacher Liu once again gave all the students a general knowledge lesson. Two hours later, Teacher Liu left.

Qi Yi immediately slumped over her desk and started crying pitifully.

This time, all the students in the entire school looked at her in unison.

"What do you think she's crying about? Still crying over losing her outer disciple recommendation? Isn't this her own fault for breaking the rules?" Su Yunhu frowned and said in a strange tone.

"Who knows?" Su Cheng chimed in.

"Alright, why say so much nonsense? Su Yunhu, when are you going to break through to Qi Refining Layer Two? Hurry up. Hanging around playing with a bunch of Qi Refining Layer One folks—do you really find that satisfying?" Su Wuji said cuttingly.

"Bro, you're at it again." Su Yunhu instantly lost the energy to pay attention to Qi Yi. "Is it that I don't want to break through? Isn't it just that my talent is a notch worse than yours, so I break through slower?"

"Are you really breaking through slowly, or are you deliberately not wanting to break through? Who could possibly know?

Anyway, if you keep dragging your feet, the others are going to surpass you.

What if one day Qi Yi steps over your shoulder and breaks through to Qi Refining Layer Two first? Then maybe her outer disciple recommendation could be taken back." Su Wuji said thoughtfully.

Su Yunhu's face darkened on the spot.

Not to mention him—even Su Lingyuan and Yang Guan, who overheard their conversation, both changed color at once.

Even if Qi Yi couldn't step over Su Yunhu, she could still step over the two of them.

No, they had to cultivate properly now.

"Let's go, hurry up and go." Su Lingyuan called Yang Guan. No time for leisure and play—time to cultivate.

With the two of them taking the lead, the students cultivating in the other schools left one after another.

Su Jin and the others also went to the Third School.

So only Qi Yi was left there crying awkwardly.

The students who had originally been cultivating in the First School also activated their Spirit Gathering Arrays one after another and went to cultivate.

When had Qi Yi ever endured being ignored like this?

In her past life, at this age, she had not attended the clan school.

Although the lack of resources made the beginning very difficult, she had two brothers who cherished her and people around her constantly encouraging her.

Being well-liked had always been her trademark.

But now, in the clan school, when her classmates saw her crying so bitterly, not a single person ran over to comfort her.

How can these people's hearts be so hard?

Too cruel.

She truly couldn't hold back; at noon, when everyone went to heat their food, she blocked Su Jin again.

Su Jin helplessly looked up at the sky, thinking to herself what kind of friendship she actually had with Qi Yi.

Why did this girl block her and no one else?

"Do you have something to ask?"

"I don't understand. I was clearly framed; why can't the clan school clear my name?" Qi Yi said, fuming.

"Then do you have evidence to prove your innocence?" Su Jin countered.

Qi Yi was instantly stuck.

"If you find evidence proving you are indeed innocent, then whatever losses you suffered due to being framed, the clan school will compensate you for in full. Moreover, it will be more, not less. It is even possible they will compensate you with a Foundation Establishment Pill!" Su Jin said.

"The clan school can compensate me?" Qi Yi was utterly shocked upon hearing this.

"Why not? You are innocent; how could the clan school not compensate you?" Su Jin said. "The key is that you must produce evidence favorable to you, proving you are innocent."