Xu Lingqing tested as having heaven-defying talent, yet she was somehow a good-for-nothing. She pushed herself relentlessly for nearly a century and was still only at Qi Refining.
Then, after accidentally fusing with a treasure, she became bound to Pei Subai and they entered someone’s inner demon together. They barely cleared it and absorbed the source of contamination, and then... she broke through a whole cultivation level!
As for what made the process so difficult, that was naturally Pei Subai.
Under the treasure’s influence, the inner demon turned into a series of paranormal stories, spawning all sorts of ghosts and monsters.
And the moment Pei Subai saw a ghost, he shut his eyes and fainted.
That’s right, Pei Subai was afraid of ghosts.
With a horde of ghosts chasing them, she could only carry the unconscious Pei Subai and sprint through the dungeon.
To clear more inner demons and improve her cultivation faster, Xu Lingqing set her sights on the cultivators of the cultivation world. She’d used her one permanent binding on Pei Subai, but still had plenty of slots for temporary teammates.
She took charge of her family’s medical enterprise, joined her school’s virtual-reality game design club, and led a group of “players” in tackling inner demons together.
Just like that, a paranormal virtual-reality game appeared out of nowhere and soon became the game everyone was clamoring to play.
Later, Xu Lingqing became famous throughout the cultivation world for her terrifying rate of cultivation and fearsome strength, becoming the top professional cultivator.
The Cultivation News Agency interviewed Xu Lingqing and asked how she improved her cultivation.
Xu Lingqing smiled warmly. “Unrelenting hard work.”
The Cultivation News Agency asked Pei Subai, standing beside her, “After playing so many paranormal games, are you still afraid of ghosts?”
Pei Subai smiled gently and answered with a firm, single word: “Yes.”
2022.12.03
Theme: Many hands make light work