Chapter 22: Chapter Twenty-Two: Ran's Criticism Rally

Lingxiao was speechless; he looked at the burly Qi Chengshuang, and after a while answered: "What you're thinking.... … is very beautiful!"

Lu Changfeng stood behind Lingxiao, couldn't hold back, covered his belly and laughed a few times; Lingxiao gave him a slow, lingering glance, and he immediately fell silent.

"The Floating Dream Sect has few disciples, and I don't accept outer sect disciples; from now on, you must handle your own food, clothing, housing, and travel!" Actually, since the God-Demon War, the cultivation world hasn't been prosperous.

Although there are many demons, people have lost their reverence for the gods, causing cultivators to dwindle; he's fine, after all the Floating Dream Sect was founded not long ago, and on this mountain there are only the two of them master and disciple, with enough provisions for food, clothing, and daily needs.

That's why Qi Chengshuang came seeking fame, just to have enough to eat.

"The first sect rule is mutual aid and protection; you must not harm fellow disciples. I hope you, as senior and junior brothers, handle everything with discussion and measure, with courage and strategy, to glorify our sect!!"

Time in the mountains is long.

On the whole mountain peak, only the three of them—master and two disciples—exist; the master often goes into seclusion or goes out to slay demons and eliminate evil, so studying cultivation methods, sparring, eating, drinking, urinating, and defecating make up their entire daily life.

The recollection ended; Lu Changfeng again held that blade of dog grass in his mouth, "Forget it, forget it!" He wasn't meeting Qi Chengshuang for the first time; a person who's straightforward through and through, arguments are real arguments, fights are real fights, but when there's business, Qi Chengshuang truly steps up.

Just look at Shi Ran and you'll know; although he loathes Shi Ran to the extreme, he's never actually done anything to her, and even trains day and night, more earnestly than anyone, just to be able to help them in the Lotus Flower Secret Realm.

As the senior brother, he could still really hold a grudge! He's not that petty! After figuring it out, Lu Changfeng said, "Alright, alright, today we've fought, we've scolded, we've accepted punishment, we've knelt—this matter is over! Brothers, what's our slogan?!"

Shi Ran??? How come there's still a slogan! She doesn't know how?

Besides Shi Ran, the others shouted in unison: "Life is but a dream, I tread the perilous path! Behold my life! Ambition soaring to the clouds!!"

…No wonder the original owner was a pervert; Shi Ran speechlessly watched the passionate Wind Frost Rain Snow, then looked at the unruly Gu Yusheng—really, heh, you say on this mountain peak there are just a few people, and yet nobody brings her to play! Isn't this bullying! If it were her, she'd be a pervert too!

Lu Changfeng shouted excitedly, he firmly patted Shi Ran's shoulder: "Shi Ran, come on, come on, you come apologize to everyone! Let's do one!"

"Huh? Why! I don't want to, I didn't do anything wrong!" Shi Ran turned her head and knelt toward Mei Ruoxue: "Senior sister~"

"What senior sister, what senior sister!" Lu Changfeng grabbed Shi Ran and pulled her back: "You're not done wrong yet! You just joined the sect not long ago, and you played with my beloved little rabbit to death—won't you apologize?"

That was done by the original owner, okay! Shi Ran objected.

"And your second senior brother! He finally managed to catch a little fox demon, intending to give it to A Xue as a spirit pet—was it you who stole the master's Revealing Pill and fed it to it, so the fox demon could instantly turn into a handsome young man? You wasted the second senior brother's intentions for nothing, making him secretly cry for days!"

Qi Chengshuang frowned: "Just stick to the facts, don't add random descriptions!"

But that was also done by the original owner! Shi Ran pressed her lips.

"And your third senior brother, the little female cultivator he was chasing……"

The original owner did it!

"Your senior sister, the person you owe the most to is her……"

Original did it!

"Your junior brother Gu……"

"I'm the senior brother!" Gu Yusheng was extremely insistent on this! Although Shi Ran entered the sect first, he was the one who gave the master the first bow of apprenticeship, that's him!

The moment he interrupted, Lu Changfeng forgot what he was going to say; it seemed they were evenly matched, opposites clashing, with never a day letting people relax!

Shi Ran also understood, but what could she do? When she transmigrated, the original owner had already taken the boxed lunch; past events she couldn't change either!

"I understand!" Shi Ran pulled away from Lu Changfeng's hand: "So this is a criticism rally, or is it just for me alone!"

Wind Frost Rain Snow had varied expressions; Gu Yusheng gave a half-smile: "Oh dear, you've struggled to understand, people like you really aren't worth us few going to save!"

"I know!" Shi Ran interrupted Gu Yusheng: "Three feet of ice doesn't form in a day; I used to be clueless, I can understand that you still hold a grudge against me, so let's do this!"

Shi Ran raised three fingers: "Three senior brothers, senior sister, junior brother, and the master in seclusion—today I swear before the master's uncle that I will take glorifying the Floating Dream Sect as my duty, never harming fellow disciples, never betraying my original heart! Abandon evil, promote good, attain Buddhahood on the spot, inherit China's fine traditions; if I violate this oath, may heaven strike me with five thunderbolts!"

"Sounds nice!" Qi Chengshuang coldly remarked: "Which cultivator isn't struck by lightning?"

"Then let your intestines be pierced and your guts rot, alone to the end of life!"

It was also a coincidence; as Shi Ran's words fell, outside suddenly flashed lightning and rumbled with thunder; in the darkness, it seemed something was lying in wait to move.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" The first to soften her heart was Mei Ruoxue; she pulled Shi Ran over and admonished: "Cultivators shouldn't lightly make oaths; heaven and earth have eyes, a single word can become a proverb—I believe you are that person!"

"Senior sister, my dear senior sister!" Shi Ran rubbed against Mei Ruoxue's fragrant shoulder; actually the original owner had harmed her the most, yet she could immediately accept her reformed self—this breadth of mind, this demeanor, truly deserves the female lead of the original story.

"Alright, today we've laid everything out; Shi Ran, from now on we'll just look at your performance!" Lu Changfeng nudged Qi Chengshuang: "You too, show a little smile! Don't stay cold as ice all day— which junior sister would be happy to see that?"

Qi Chengshuang turned his head awkwardly: "Innate, love to look or not!"

Xiao Muru leisurely shook his fan: "Actually, going to the Lotus Splendid Secret Realm is a win-win situation!" He smiled at Gu Yusheng: "You agree, right, Junior Brother Gu?"

Gu Yusheng twitched the corner of his mouth; in this situation, he couldn't say no either!

Bright Correct Hall finally became harmonious; although some still doubted, some still disliked, at least it didn't devolve into scattered sand.

The night was cool as water; the candles in Bright Correct Hall flickered; the drowsy Shi Ran, slumped and dozing, suddenly felt a chill.

It felt as if something were tightly staring at her; in a hazy dream‑like state, space began to warp—at times like solidified amber, at times like blazing flame; a chill surged up her spine, piercing her marrow, and Shi Ran couldn't help trembling.

The first to notice something wrong with Shi Ran was Mei Ruoxue; she embraced Shi Ran: "Junior sister, junior sister, what's wrong with you!"

In the candlelight, the Red Silk Entwine flashed across Shi Ran's forehead; Mei Ruoxue's eyes narrowed—this is the Red Silk Entwine, didn't the master say this poison was suppressed by the Cold Moon Long Jade Hairpin?

Mei Ruoxue was distracted for only an instant, yet Shi Ran's trembling grew worse; Mei Ruoxue, making a large motion, almost couldn't hold on: "Junior sister! Wake up! Junior sister!"

She cried out anxiously, not expecting Shi Ran to suddenly snap her eyes open: "It's here!"