"Cultivating immortality is nothing compared to writing fiction." One offhand complaint was all it took for Jiang Shilu to be forced into signing a cultivation System. Overnight, the biggest fool in Qingfeng Sect became clever.
System: "The small world will be destroyed by the villain. To save it, Host, you must resolutely follow the path of cultivation."
Jiang Shilu: "Send me back."
System: "There isn't enough energy to return to your original world."
Hah. Whether you cultivate immortality or write fiction, life seems miserable either way. But even if life is miserable, you still have to hold on to it.
What? The System can charge itself by absorbing spiritual energy, and it can share some with her! Why didn't it say so sooner?
The moon hung over the woods. Jiang Shilu pinned the silver-haired youth against a tree and gently stroked his cheek, her manner domineering. "It's late. Where are you going, Xiao Bai? Come cultivate with me."
Chu Yubai: "Qingfeng Sect forbids demonic cultivation."
Jiang Shilu took Chu Yubai by the chin, her thumb grazing his bitten-red lips and tracing his bewitchingly beautiful face. "Your spiritual energy is leaking out, and I need spiritual energy. I might as well make use of it."
Chu Yubai turned away, refusing to meet her eyes. She was so unruly. He should have kept a closer eye on her from the start.
The System blared: "Host, you must resolutely follow the path of cultivation!"
Jiang Shilu admired Chu Yubai's beautiful, unyielding face and negotiated with the System in her mind: "It's a win-win. Why not? The System is the shortcut to cultivation."
The path of cultivation is long. How many people make it through without going mad? What difference does one more make?
System: "So I'm the one doing all the work?"
Theme: Life is like cultivating immortality: feel your way over stones as you go, cultivating your character, your heart, and your practice.
