[Cultivation] That Person Seems to Know Everything

On Xuyuan Peak, there is a person of extraordinary talent, dressed in red as they travel the world. They are the cinnabar mark in the hearts of the Four Directions Sect's disciples, and are widely recognized as the leading figure among the new generation of cultivators.

Perfected Xuyuan: Disciple, I divined that this year someone is destined to become my disciple.

Meiyu: I will obey your command.

And so Meiyu accepted two junior brothers on his master's behalf.

The second junior brother, reborn, studied with such single-minded diligence that he hung a beam above his head and pricked his thighs with an awl. He fought his way into a spot for the secret-realm trials, all for the top-grade cultivation manual hidden there, which everyone had coveted in his previous life.

Meiyu patted the head of his second junior brother, whose gaze was growing ever more intense, then pulled out a cultivation manual and tossed it to him.

When the second junior brother opened it, he found a top-grade manual even better suited to him than the one he had been unable to obtain!

Meiyu: You should've just said you wanted a cultivation manual. Tell your senior brother, and would I ever let you down?

Second Junior Brother: ...

The third junior brother had transmigrated as a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. He secretly hid a little spiritual spring in his tiny pocket dimension and spent his days anxiously wondering why this senior brother had chosen him.

Meiyu would not play favorites, so he also gave his youngest junior brother a cultivation manual about training in pocket dimensions.

Meiyu: Your spiritual spring is so tiny it can't squeeze out a single drop in three days. You might as well train it a little and turn it into a small fountain. Then you can set aside a patch of land in your pocket dimension to grow some grain or something and brew liquor.

Youngest Junior Brother: ...

The hand holding the manual trembled slightly.

This story is told from the bottom's point of view.

The golden finger is exactly what the title says: he knows everything.

Meiyu's name comes from Li Bai's line, "My spirit is so keen that it can sink a feathered arrow into stone; how could I fear danger and hardship?"

I have an old story where the protagonist had this same golden finger, but his combat ability was below zero. I really like this golden finger, so I'm giving it another go!

Theme: Keep your original aspirations alive and set your heart on the light.