Chapter 313: 【The Forty-Year-Old Plan】

10:00 AM.

Several people sat around a stone table.

A few young women were wrapping zongzi, while Chen Shu sat to the side petting a cat and providing technical guidance.

As Chen Banxia wrapped, she glanced at Qingqing, Xiaoxiao, and Taozi: "What day is it today? Why are you all wearing skirts? In my memory, it seems you haven't worn skirts for many years... And why did Zhang Suannai cut her hair short? Did you all agree to change your style? Why didn't you notify me?"

The young girl wrapped the zongzi earnestly, not saying a word.

Taozi kept resisting Chen Shu's hand.

Zhang Suannai was also silent.

A Sword Sect Disciple was certainly not someone who couldn't handle losing, but having to say in front of her little sisters that her hair had been burned off by her younger brother during the Martial Body competition, and that her two roommates and Taozi were wearing skirts only because she had lost the match, was a bit too difficult for her to voice.

She still wanted to save some face, after all.

Only Ning Qing, while tying the string around a zongzi, replied indifferently:

"I wanted to wear one."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Suannai became even more silent.

She hadn't expected that her roommate, in order to keep her from feeling guilty, to keep her from blaming herself for losing the bet, and to keep her from revealing that her Martial Body had lost to Chen Shu, would go so far as to tell a lie against her own heart; one had to know that she never...

Wait!!

Zhang Suannai suddenly sat up straight, lifted her head, stretched her neck, and wore a blank expression—

Doesn't Qingqing never lie?

Zhang Suannai's brain stalled.

"Keep wrapping."

Chen Shu's urging voice sounded from the side.

"Oh, oh!"

Zhang Suannai immediately shuddered, like an employee caught slacking off by their boss, and hurriedly got back to work.

"Don't scare her." Chen Banxia brought out her authority as an older sister to scold her brother, handed a bamboo leaf to Zhang Suannai, and asked, "Then Suannai, why did you cut your hair short?"

"Because..." Zhang Suannai mechanically took the leaf, her mind a blank slate, "I used Hair Growth Paste, and it only grew this much in a few days."

"Hair Growth Paste? What about your previous hair?"

"It was burned off..."

"Ah? By whom?"

"By a sand-sculpture."

"Which sand-sculpture? Tell me, I'll get revenge for you and drug him."

"..."

Zhang Suannai fell silent for a moment, her gaze flickering as she scanned back and forth between her little sisters and Chen Shu, who was petting the cat nearby, and finally made up her mind:

"Are you serious?"

"You guys chat, I'm going to cook." Chen Shu stood up.

"Alright, remember to cook some vermicelli in the garlic crayfish, and boil a bowl of noodles too; I'll want to mix them into the spicy crayfish later." Chen Banxia looked up and instructed the departing figure of her brother, then withdrew her gaze and continued to say to Zhang Suannai, "Tell me, as long as I can handle it, and it's not a High-Tier powerhouse, a sect bigwig, or a Government staff member, I will definitely help you get this revenge."

"You can definitely handle it."

"Who is it?"

"It's just that I don't quite believe you..."

"You don't trust me?" Chen Banxia was suddenly furious, "Sisters for a lifetime, would I lie to you?"

"Fine, then I believe you!"

"Who is it? I happen to have a type of medicine on hand that can make someone's hair fall out, and it can even make them infertile!"

"By your brother!"

"Pfft! Forget it if you're not going to say!"

"It's true! I swear to the Sword Master!"

"?"

Chen Banxia looked at the sincerity on Zhang Suannai's face, frowned, and then looked at the silent Xiaoxiao and Ning Qing nearby, her frown deepening:

"What is going on?"

"Don't you know there was a Martial Body competition recently?"

"I've been graduated for two years, why would I still care about some Martial Body competition? I have to work and sleep now, where would I find the time." Chen Banxia said, "Could it be that you ran into him at the Martial Body competition, and he burned your hair off?"

"That's right! That's exactly it!"

"..."

Chen Banxia's eyes rolled around, and she suddenly laughed out loud: "Actually, you look quite good with short hair..."

"So..."

"Hahahaha..."

"Hurry up and drug him!"

"Hahaha..."

"Where is your medicine? Give it to me, I'll do the drugging."

"Haha..."

What are little sisters compared to a younger brother?

A brother can provide for your old age, can little sisters?

A brother is so good; she only slightly "showed her sisterly authority," and her brother immediately went to buy twenty catties of crayfish and promised to make three different flavors for her... What can little sisters do? They can't even squeeze the sauce packet dry when making instant noodles.

Chen Banxia laughed happily, deaf and blind to everything else.

……

Chen Shu received a message from the sect.

It was sent personally by the Vice Sect Master.

Vice Sect Master: The Forbidden Land inside Qingshan Ridge is about to open. It will be accompanied by opportunities and challenges. The location is within the Qingshanling Ziran Baohuchu, which is the area currently sealed off due to military exercises. As the Spirit Sect Saint Son, we hope you can enter.

Vice Sect Master: Consider it carefully. If you are willing, I will tell you the details.

Chen Shu: Considered it. I am willing.

Chen Shu: I am cooking.

Vice Sect Master: Good, I will send it to you. Just take a look.

Vice Sect Master: The opening time is the first day of the sixth lunar month. If you want to enter, you must enter Qingshan Ridge before then and reach at least the edge of the Forbidden Land. At that time, there will be someone specifically to bring you in. You only need to make preparations in advance.

Vice Sect Master: Once the Forbidden Land opens, the entire Forbidden Land and its surroundings will change. Divine Power will spill out from the center of the Forbidden Land. However, you must note that the closer to the edge, the thinner the Divine Power will be, but the further in you go, the higher the danger level will be. In ancient times, one had to be at least a High-Tier to enter the Forbidden Land. However, this time, under the protection of the Bodhisattva of Tribulation, we hope you can bravely challenge yourself and find the balance that suits you best between opportunity and danger.

Vice Sect Master: According to calculations, the process of the Bodhisattva of Tribulation merging with the origin will take about eighty to ninety days. Once the merger is successful, the Forbidden Land will close. At the end of the merger, the Divine Power will become thinner and thinner. You must come out before then, otherwise you might be trapped inside.

Vice Sect Master: There will be geniuses from abroad entering as well. If you meet them, try to ensure friendliness and do not have conflicts. In case a conflict occurs...

Vice Sect Master: Maintain the image of Dayi and the Spirit Sect.

Chen Shu: Understood.

Chen Shu: What is this Forbidden Land like?

Vice Sect Master: The Imperial Family Killing Forbidden Land.

Vice Sect Master: In these thousands of years, all humans who died in the Forbidden Land will be resurrected and attack all outsiders.

Vice Sect Master: Stay safe.

Chen Shu: Received.

This was consistent with what Brother Meng said two days ago.

This Forbidden Land is called the Killing Forbidden Land. It values martial strength. From Great Xia until now, it has been controlled by the Imperial Family of successive dynasties. According to Brother Meng, the Grand Ancestor Emperor and the Martial Ancestor Emperor of Dayi both became gods here. The Killing Forbidden Land records all Cultivators who failed and died here. To merge with the origin here, one must face the siege of all the losers from the past few thousand years.

This was a rule set by the first Cultivator to become a god here, and over thousands of years, it was modified and evolved by successive winners to become what it is today.

Fortunately, the truly supreme powerhouses have already become gods, and those who died here are relatively weak.

Unfortunately, there are many of them.

In general, those who become gods here must be stronger than the previous generation.

If you do not have the courage to defeat all the losers, and do not have the determination to be stronger than the previous generation of gods at the Ninth Stage, then you had better choose another Forbidden Land.

It is said that the founding Grand Ancestors of every dynasty merged with the origin here. Without exception, they were all heaven's pride, capable of overthrowing the previous dynasty and establishing a new one, which in itself meant that they could no longer find any opponents under heaven, only then having the courage to enter here.

The Forbidden Land of the Buddhist Sect is called the Reincarnation Forbidden Land.

Only those with extremely firm minds can challenge the Samsara.

The Bodhisattva of Tribulation abandoned the Buddhist Sect's Reincarnation Forbidden Land to challenge the Imperial Family's Killing Forbidden Land. I don't know if it's because he is too confident in himself, or not confident enough... Or perhaps different Forbidden Lands bring different results, and he has other considerations?

Chen Shu turned off his Mobile Phone, pondering while continuing to cook.

Half an hour later.

Three large basins of crayfish were placed on the table.

Chen Shu made three flavors: spicy, garlic golden soup, and steamed. He added many potatoes to the spicy one, vermicelli to the garlic one, and for the steamed one, he prepared a sour and spicy dipping sauce based on lemon and millet chili. Today, the main dish was crayfish, and the rest would be filled with zongzi.

Zongzi wrapped by oneself has a flavor bonus when eaten.

Halfway through eating, Zhang Suannai glanced over and was surprised to find that her roommate was peeling crayfish for Chen Shu, and she hadn't heard Chen Shu ask her to help him peel them before.

Chen Banxia was stealing crayfish from Chen Shu's bowl to eat.

"……"

Zhang Suannai pondered, wondering when she would be able to receive this kind of treatment.

Through her little sister, she learned that the reason her roommate was so good to Chen Shu was because Chen Shu was also good to her when she was a child, and the same went for Xiaoxiao. In other words, the reason her roommate would take the initiative to help Chen Shu peel shrimp was because Chen Shu also helped her peel shrimp more than ten years ago, and it had continued until after they reached adulthood.

She wondered if she started helping her roommate peel shrimp now, she would be able to eat shrimp peeled by her roommate when she was forty.

It was only ten-plus years...

Zhang Suannai's expression gradually became firm.

Influencing a Heavenly Human, it's super fulfilling, right?

"Qingqing, I'll help you peel shrimp!"

"?"

"It's nothing, I'm full, just bored."

"I don't want to eat."

"Oh, don't be polite."

"I don't want to eat."

"It's fine, it's fine."

"……"

Ning Qing looked at this person, her eyes flickering, while her hands were still helping Chen Shu peel.

Zhang Suannai put down her chopsticks, picked up a steamed red crayfish, and happily began to peel it. Her fingers were white and slender, and the peeled shrimp meat was clean. Every one she peeled was perfect, and she became happier the more she peeled.

A dozen shrimp meats gradually piled up in the bowl.

Ning Qing took the opportunity to pass the bowl to Chen Banxia.

"Wuwu, Qingqing is so good..."

Chen Banxia ate the vermicelli in the garlic golden soup crayfish, stole shrimp meat from her younger brother, and also received feedings from the neighbor's younger sister. She felt that this moment was the happiest time of her life, besides sleeping.

Zhang Suannai was stunned for a moment, blinking her eyes.

This was not what she had imagined.

However, the movements of his hands did not stop.

All things are difficult at the start.

A Sword Sect Disciple fears no hardship.

……

Afternoon.

The shadow of the house happened to cover the swing in the courtyard; Xiaoxiao was sitting on the swing holding Taozi, while Zhang Suannai pushed her from behind, earnestly executing the plan of "when I am forty, I will sit on the swing and Xiaoxiao will help me push."

Chen Banxia was asleep, lying on the sofa.

Chen Shu and Ning Qing sat on the other side, one holding a Mobile Phone in their hands, the other holding a book.

After sitting down, the hem of her skirt shifted slightly upward, revealing more of Secretary Ning's legs; "skin like congealed fat" became a very objective adjective at this moment, and the place where her pressed-together legs met squeezed out a thin line, revealing the delicacy of her skin.

Chen Shu could not help but place his hand over it.

He rubbed it twice.

The tactile sensation that came through was astonishingly smooth.

It was as if the texture of the skin could not be felt.

Ning Qing ignored him, only reading her book intently; her fingers pinched the page, and she turned it.

A slight rustle.

Not until she turned another page did she spare one hand—

"Slap..."

Chen Shu's hand retracted rapidly.

He behaved for ten seconds.

Ten seconds later, he placed it back up again.

Secretary Ning did not even glance at him.

A few minutes passed.

Chen Shu, pushing his luck, lay down and rested his head on her lap, playing with his Mobile Phone and communicating with group members about information regarding the Forbidden Land.

"Hi!"

Zhang Suannai walked in, her face full of smiles: "Have you heard? This year..."

Seeing the scene in the living room, she froze for a moment.

Zhang Suannai's expression was stiff and awkward, but under the gaze of the two, she still forced herself to continue speaking, her voice dry: "This year our school is preparing to hold a super large Mid-Autumn Gala on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they will invite many stars to come..."

"So?"

Ning Qing looked at her indifferently.

Chen Shu, meanwhile, raised his head: "Which stars are there?"

"Slap!"

Well hit!!

Zhang Suannai cheered inwardly, while tactfully retreating backward: "You two continue, I'm going out to look at the fake snake Xiaoxiao made..."

……

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