Chapter 243: I Don't Believe It!

The end of the month marks the three-hundredth birthday of the Sword Sect's Sword Master.

What kind of concept is this?

The traditional Sword Sect Cultivation System, along with the Ming Sect Martial Cultivator Cultivation System—which excels in explosive combat power and endurance—are known as the two most formidable cultivation systems in Dayi. The three-hundred-year-old Old Sword Master can be called one of the humans with the highest level of martial prowess in Dayi, or even the entire world. Looking across the globe, who wouldn't give him some face?

This is a full three-hundredth birthday, after all.

Even the President of Lanya has to send a congratulatory telegram.

The new Emperor of Dayi will personally attend to offer birthday wishes.

It is said that the leaders of all the top sects and religious factions within and outside of Dayi will also have to hold their noses and show up.

This, having some grudges in one's youth is quite normal; they are all people who have lived for hundreds of years, and it is not easy to reach this age. Looking back at those around them, the people they were once familiar with have long since turned into yellow soil and entered their graves; one doesn't even know if anyone is sweeping their graves now. It's a full three-hundredth birthday, so if one can come, one should try their best to come.

Naturally, Zhang Suannai also has to rush back.

Originally, she planned to set off around the twentieth, arriving just one day before her master's big birthday.

There was no need to arrive too early.

The main reason was that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, because she was not by her master's and her senior brothers' and sisters' sides, she could not control the direction of the conversation, and the scam she had been using for several years was accidentally exposed during their talk.

This couldn't be blamed on her.

The scam scheme itself was very ingenious; even if it was occasionally suspected, she had a set of perfect countermeasures over the years. Alas, she was now far away drifting and fighting overseas, with no place to display her intelligence and wit.

In short, her senior brothers and sisters put out the word: either she pays the money back, or they will gift her a brand-new, high-power, long-range electric wheelchair with jet ports.

The money had long been spent; where was she supposed to pay it back from?

Impossible.

A high-power, long-range electric wheelchair with jet ports?

That sounds so cool!

Who could refuse to sit in an electric wheelchair to go to class, eat, go shopping, argue with others, street race, or drift?

Just kidding.

Zhang Suannai's original plan was to arrive in Yujing the day before, shamelessly hitch a ride with the Imperial Family back to the sect. She had already talked it over with Haoran, and she figured this silly group owner wouldn't dare to scam her. And no matter how irrational those silly senior brothers and sisters were, they wouldn't dare to make a move in front of the Imperial Family, right?

On the day of her master's birthday, with all the big shots of the world present, they would be relatively calm, right?

Did they not care about the face of the Sword Sect anymore?

After her master's birthday, since school would have already started and her studies were important, it wouldn't be a problem for her to follow the Imperial motorcade back to Yujing as soon as possible, right?

That was what Zhang Suannai thought.

But later, she changed her mind.

There were two reasons.

First, a little sister she made friends with during the summer vacation was also having a birthday in a few days, and she wanted to rush back early.

Of course, this reason was secondary.

Second, her roommate hadn't replied to her on Feixin for several months; she missed her roommate very much, missed her terribly.

According to the little sister, her roommate and Chen Shu were currently vacationing on some archipelago, having forgotten their own names, and didn't even want to go to school anymore. She made video calls to them, but they wouldn't pick up.

The little sister sent her the address, telling her that if she passed by that archipelago, she should go and catch them to bring them back to celebrate her birthday.

As it happened—

If one traveled by sea from Duqin back to Dayi, one would have to pass by that archipelago.

Zhang Suannai thought that while she might not necessarily be able to catch them and bring them back, she could at least see her roommate. Of course, it would be best to persuade them to go back; that way, Chen Shu would definitely cook at the little sister's birthday banquet, and she could mooch a good meal.

Having stayed in Duqin for so long, she was dying of craving.

Then, she would hide in Yujing, not telling her senior brothers and sisters that she had returned, until the birthday banquet at the end of the month, when she would return to the sect with the Imperial Family.

Perfect.

This was Zhang Suannai's plan.

So, she set off after the Lantern Festival, found a random cruise ship, and headed toward that archipelago.

Plans couldn't keep up with changes—

Halfway through the journey, a storm suddenly rose on the sea. Wow, those waves were higher than mountains; one slap would probably flip the Wangchao Building. What Sword Cultivator? To hell with it! With one wave crashing down, the shadow of the cruise ship couldn't even be seen.

This naturally couldn't stump her.

After all, she was a genius.

At the critical moment, Zhang Suannai's mind was agile; she decisively cut a wooden board from the cruise ship, put it into her Storage Artifact, and then soaked in the water. Only after the wind and waves passed did she unhurriedly take out the board, tie a rope to it, take out her Divine Sword, tie the other end of the rope to the Divine Sword, and, relying on the obsession to see her roommate and her powerful Spiritual Sense, chose a correct direction. She let the Divine Sword fly forward, dragging the board along; this had a longer range than Sword Flight.

Then she just drifted and drifted on the sea.

As she drifted, she soon realized that the direction she had chosen might be wrong.

Because she hadn't encountered a single ship.

In between, she didn't know how many more great winds and waves she had experienced; in short, by the time she reacted, an isolated island appeared in front of her.

Zhang Suannai was a bit speechless.

However, on second thought, being stranded on an isolated island, searching for treasure, and encountering miracles—this was clearly the script of a protagonist. To wear the crown, one must bear its weight. As the most awesome person of this era, or even throughout history, favored by numerous gods and a child of heaven, it was normal for her fate to be a bit bumpy.

This kind of treatment wasn't something just anyone could enjoy.

For example, those silly group members...

Such a dull and boring life...

With that, Zhang Suannai immediately accepted the fact and became full of anticipation for the upcoming survival on the isolated island and the adventure.

Fortunately, she loved watching these kinds of wilderness survival videos, so she had accumulated rich theoretical knowledge.

This knowledge was finally going to come in handy!

Thus, Zhang Suannai excitedly swam toward the shore, feeling that stepping into the High-Tier, advancing to the Ninth Stage, and walking onto the God Altar were all right before her eyes.

"Woo-hoo!"

Zhang Suannai even felt that this drifting life was tailor-made for her by the heavens.

As for her master's birthday, the electric wheelchair, or her little sisters' birthdays, sorry, it is well known that Sword Sect Disciple have poor memories. The only things that made her feel slightly regretful were not being able to see her goddess roommate she missed so much, and not being able to mooch off the good meal at her little sisters' birthday banquet.

No choice, this is the arrangement of fate.

"Woo-hoo!"

Zhang Suannai stepped onto the beach.

"Woooo..."

The feeling of having her feet on solid ground moved her so much.

Floating on the sea all these days, swaying back and forth, she was about to vomit, so much so that now that she had support under her feet, she felt uncomfortable instead, having the illusion that the heaven and earth on the island were spinning and swaying.

She even had hallucinations...

A man wearing an old white undershirt with "Advanced Production Worker" written in red on the chest appeared before her with his hands behind his back, and he was wearing drawstring pajama pants and flip-flops on his lower body, staring at her up close.

This person opened his mouth and asked: "What are you woo-hooing about?"

This hallucination...

"Slap!"

Zhang Suannai gave herself a slap, and after feeling the pain, she opened her mouth and looked at this person blankly:

"Who are you..."

"Are you stupid?"

"Hey, it really is your voice! Holy crap, is this a hallucination? Is there an illusion on this island?"

"Regrettably, it is not."

"You're lying to me! I don't believe it!"

Zhang Suannai stared at him in disbelief, then looked around this isolated island; wasn't this a fortuitous encounter that belonged only to her?

"..."

"Are you really Chen Shu?"

"Is your little willy still there?"

"Holy crap! Why are you here?"

"I was about to ask you that, how did you get here?"

"You're here, why can't I be here?"

"I came first."

"Just because you came first, I can't come?"

"... Is there something wrong with your brain? Is now the time to argue about this? What is the point of arguing about this?"

"Oh, oh, it's just..."

Zhang Suannai also instantly sobered up, her expression returning to normal; she couldn't let him see through her psychological activities.

Looking at the person in front of her, she was silent for a moment and chose to inform him first: "In order to rush back to Dayi to attend my master's three-hundredth birthday, I found a cruise ship in the coastal city of Duqin to cross the ocean, then I encountered a storm, and finally drifted here by accident."

"By accident?"

"Awooo!"

Zhang Suannai's face didn't flush and her heart didn't beat faster:

"What about you?"

"Did you watch the news? There should have been a Frigate sunk at sea by people from the Mengyue Sect, right?"

"I watched it, our country is currently purging the Mengyue Sect all over the world..." Zhang Suannai said blankly, "Didn't they say you weren't on that Frigate?"

"I was."

"Oh ho!" Zhang Suannai stared at him without blinking, still not having reacted, scratching her head, "But weren't you on that archipelago vacationing with Qingqing? You forgot even your own surname from playing."

"Fake."

"Afraid they would worry?"

"Yes."

"Oh ho... then how long have you been here?"

"Over three months."

"You didn't think about leaving?"

"Isn't that what I'm trying to figure out right now..."

Chen Shu showed Zhang Suannai his small boat, which was molded in one piece with no seams.

Zhang Suannai turned her head to look, nodded blankly, and then asked again: "Then why are you still on the island after three months?"

"Because this place is too far from the mainland, and this place is very strange; there is no satellite signal, and the compass doesn't work. At first, I thought about investigating the special features of this island while waiting for a passing cruise ship or a rescue from the Spirit Sect, but I didn't wait for any..." Chen Shu hid the fact that he wanted to play at wilderness survival here, "Sigh, it's a long story. Let's go, we'll talk slowly."

"Go where?"

Zhang Suannai subconsciously followed and tilted her head to look at him.

"Back to my place, you aren't planning on sleeping in the open, are you? The frequency of rain at night on this island has been very high these past few days." Chen Shu paused, "By the way, how long did it take you to drift here?"

"A few days, I guess."

"Have you eaten?"

"I have, sashimi."

"Let's go."

"Where do you live?"

"Just up ahead."

"No!"

Zhang Suannai suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Facing the puzzled gaze cast by Chen Shu, Zhang Suannai frowned deeply, her eyes flickering; she felt that Chen Shu was something to her goddess roommate, and although they did not have a clear relationship, it was about the same, and although it was just a coincidence that they both appeared here, she still had to maintain a sense of propriety.

She could not let her goddess roommate misunderstand or get jealous.

Of course, she had confidence in herself; she was loyal to the Sword Dao her entire life and had absolutely no interest in romantic entanglements.

But who knew what her roommate would think?

How could matters of the heart be something she, a heaven-gifted prodigy who only knew how to fight, could fathom? Who could ever figure out the thoughts of a young girl who had fallen into the cesspit of love?

It was best for her to keep her distance.

Otherwise, even if Chen Shu and Qingqing did not end up together in the end, if she had this black mark, she would be unable to grow old alone with Qingqing and see each other to the end.

Therefore, even though living in the same place as Chen Shu meant they could look after each other and she could eat the good food Chen Shu cooked, Zhang Suannai made a firm decision, resolute and decisive:

"You live on this side of the island! Then I will live on that side of the island!"

"Huh?"

"That's how it will be! Otherwise, it would be too improper!"

"That's true." Chen Shu quickly understood what she was thinking, nodded, and said, "You live on that side of the island, and Qingqing and I will live on this side of the island; that way, after we leave, Qingqing won't have any hard feelings. Let's do it that way."

"Okay..."

Zhang Suannai nodded heavily, then suddenly realized something and reached out to grab the shoulder strap of Chen Shu's undershirt: "Who are you living on this side of the island with??"

"Qingqing, of course."

"Qingqing is here too?"

"What's wrong?"

"How could Qingqing be here?"

"She came to find me."

"Find you? Why did she come to find you?"

"She missed me, she couldn't bear to be away from me... After that fight, just a while after you all left, she arrived."

"..."