Chapter 39: Ye Xiuxiu

Ye Xiuxiu looked toward her own system space with great anticipation.

She widened her eyes and carefully searched every corner.

Hoping to find that legendary magical artifact.

However, after a painstaking search,

she surprisingly discovered,

that this mysterious space actually had not even a single item resembling a magical artifact!

Unwilling to give up just like that, Ye Xiuxiu checked again thoroughly,

but the result was still disappointing.

Just as she felt extremely disheartened,

suddenly, a tiny object caught her attention—it turned out to be an utterly insignificant little whistle!

It looked completely ordinary, exactly like the whistle a PE teacher uses to direct a game.

A silver stainless‑steel whistle, with a little plastic ball in the middle.

Ye Xiuxiu stared at the little whistle in disbelief,

and couldn't help muttering: "Could this be the so‑called magical artifact that matches my current cultivation and can be continually refined and upgraded?"

"But I'm clearly already at the great perfection of Foundation Building! How could they give me such a mundane trinket?"

【An utterly ordinary plastic whistle: it can be refined, becoming a magical artifact usable by Qi Refining Stage cultivators.】

Seeing this,

she couldn't help complaining to the air:

"System, system, you're really screwing over kids!"

"Don't you see that my system panel clearly states I'm at the great perfection of Foundation Building?"

"And why did you give me a whistle?"

"Whose magical artifact is a whistle?"

【Name: Ye Xiuxiu】

【Age: 64】

【Cultivation: Great Perfection of Foundation Building】

【Talent: Latecomers Surpass the Earlycomers, Unforgetting and Analogical Thinking, Dual Casting.】

【Latecomers Surpass the Earlycomers: the older one gets, the faster the cultivation speed.】

【Unforgetting and Analogical Thinking: things seen are never forgotten, and one can accurately integrate and reason based on what is seen.】

【Dual Casting: when releasing a spell, there is a ten percent chance to release an additional spell.】

【Physique: Physique Fortification.】

【Physique Fortification: it does not cause negative effects on normal bodily development from early tempering of the flesh; when you train your body and temper your flesh, you gain greater effect; after achieving great accomplishment in Physique Fortification, the effect can reach tenfold.】

【Special: Top-tier Comprehension.】

The system remained silent,

merely displaying the whistle's information over and over.

Anyway, it believed it was not wrong.

Ye Xiuxiu gazed at the system before her, feeling utterly helpless.

After all, that system had descended here sixty years ago,

what could she do about it?

Those adults were still there chatting and laughing,

yet Ye Xiuxiu could no longer suppress her inner curiosity and impulse,

only seeing her lightly move her lotus steps,

sneaking away with a strong sense of furtiveness,

intent solely on figuring out what this magical artifact, tailor‑made for her and touted as perfectly suited, actually was.

Not long after, she arrived at an open clearing.

Ye Xiuxiu took a deep breath, carefully placed the stainless‑steel whistle between her lips, then mustered her strength and blew hard.

Only a crisp "peep——" was heard,

that sound was as clear and pleasant as an oriole emerging from the valley, yet deafeningly loud,

instantly spreading outward at extreme speed.

At that moment, an astonishing scene occurred,

accompanied by that whistle blast,

Ye Xiuxiu's three large, dragon‑flying‑phoenix‑dancing characters suddenly flashed into view before her like lightning,

and, with the force of thunder, crashed down heavily onto the ground with a booming roar.

Moreover, the three characters seemed as if enchanted,

instantly enlarging to more than double their size.

Ye Xiuxiu widened her eyes, staring in disbelief at the three huge characters before her, and thought to herself:

"I was just feeling a little resentful, wanting to vent a bit with this opportunity—how could I blunder into unleashing my own secret trump card?"

"Could it be… that all this is because this seemingly insignificant whistle is secretly at work?"

Thinking this, she couldn't help picking up the whistle again and examining it closely, trying to find some clues.

Ye Xiuxiu fixed her gaze on the gleaming stainless‑steel whistle in her hand,

her eyes revealing a hint of curiosity and excitement.

She unhesitatingly brought her lips to the whistle again.

She blew hard, and a clear, loud sound rang out.

"Beep!"

Three huge "Ye Xiuxiu" characters fell from the sky,

With a "bang," they heavily hit the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Xiuxiu couldn't help but widen her eyes, secretly astonished.

However, she did not stop because of this; instead, as if discovering a new continent, she blew the whistle again.

This time, as soon as the whistle sound fell,

a "bang" sounded again,

and this time, two pairs appeared at once, for a total of six equally huge "Ye Xiuxiu" characters,

and they fell one after another onto the ground.

Ye Xiuxiu inadvertently triggered a talent she had never triggered before,

Double casting!

"Huh!"

Ye Xiuxiu got more and more carried away as she blew.

At that moment, the people inside were sitting together, chatting happily.

Their laughter filled the whole room,

until they suddenly heard that first "bang",

Ye Qingping frowned and asked:

"Dad, should we go check? Did something happen?"

Seated at the head, Ye Songzhi casually waved his hand, smiling as he replied:

"It's nothing, don't make a fuss."

"What could happen in our house? Let's keep chatting."

"Someone will take care of it."

The others, hearing that, also relaxed,

and continued to immerse themselves in the cheerful atmosphere.

But not long after, another "bang" sound reached their ears.

Now even the usually composed Ye Qingping couldn't help but frown,

just as he was about to ask what was happening,

but the third "bang" sounded right after.

Before he could react, the fourth and fifth "bang! bang!" sounds

came one after another like rapid-fire cannon shots.

Ye Songzhi finally couldn't stay seated; he jumped up and shouted loudly:

"Go check, go check! What on earth is going on?"

Everyone put down what they were doing,

and rushed outside to investigate……

The people present quickly went toward where Ye Xiuxiu was blowing the whistle,

Although they had not yet seen Ye Xiuxiu herself,

but as the distance drew closer,

the stones carved with Ye Xiuxiu's name became more and more numerous.

"This is definitely Xiuxiu's doing!"

Seeing this, Ye Qingping and the others felt a sudden jolt in their hearts and instantly understood the reason.

(End of chapter)