Could I Really Be a Genius?!

[I really have no idea where to take this, so I'm putting it on hold for now. I won't abandon it, and I'll come back to it later.]

◆ Also known as The Whole Cultivation World Thinks I'm a Mastermind and Heavenly Retribution After Killing My Husband to Prove the Dao ◆

◆ No matter what I do, they all think I'm showing off ◆

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When Pei Qiyuan transmigrates, she knows she's useless. She can't even manage the most basic spiritual energy gathering. New disciples bully and insult her, while the original owner is a pushover who wants her to put up with it. Too bad Pei Qiyuan has never known the meaning of patience.

At the spiritual power test, where the new disciples keep shouting and jeering, a crowd watches eagerly as she forms hand seals, waiting for her to be exposed and kicked out of the sect.

She shuts her eyes, steels herself, and starts making finger-loop patterns in thin air.

Whatever. She's already dealt with every person who bullied her, one by one. If she gets kicked out, at least she'll take some of them down with her.

First Elder: "Who knew hand seals could be so powerful!"

Second Elder: "These hand seals change in unpredictable ways, yet there's a method to them. A genius indeed!"

Third Elder: "As expected of a disciple of our Tiangang Sect. Her spiritual aura is truly remarkable."

Pei Qiyuan: ...?

Hey, don't stand there and tell blatant lies!

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Pei Qiyuan has been worried lately, and there's only one reason.

She thinks the Tiangang Sect is going bankrupt.

If even someone like her, who just makes finger-loop patterns in thin air, can be called a genius, just how useless is the Tiangang Sect?

Thinking about it, she sighs deeply.

Looks like it's time to pack up and run.

But to her horror, even when she doesn't make finger-loop patterns and just says something offhand, people still eagerly fill in the blanks with their own wild interpretations.

Without even knowing it, she's become a mysterious master in the cultivation world, living under an assumed name.

Rival sect: "Damn it! When did the Tiangang Sect cultivate such a genius? How did we not hear a thing about it?"

Evil spirits and demonic cultivators: "How can there be such a powerful righteous cultivator? We'll surrender, okay?"

Commoners: "Immortal! We'll follow you forever!"

Pei Qiyuan: ... Could I really be a genius?!

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The Demon Venerable has recently found his savior a little strange.

After she woke up, she couldn't remember any of the hand seals at all.

With no other choice, he quietly helps her channel spiritual energy, so she can show off her abilities.

But one day, he discovers that spiritual energy is actually flowing through those random hand gestures...?

Little Pei: I'm weak, but it feels safe ^_^

P.S.:

First: There's some misunderstanding-based hype-up in the early chapters. The heroine really is powerful, but she doesn't know it.

Second: The golden finger isn't making finger-loop patterns. Or rather, there is no golden finger. I'm not very good at writing blurbs, and making finger-loop patterns is just one of her skills (?).

Third: I'll update with the rankings when I'm on a list; otherwise, I'll update every other day (depending on the circumstances).

Fourth: A go-with-the-flow, fun-loving heroine x a loyal, scheming, puppy-like hero.

Fifth: Egg Ge starts up.

Blurb written on 2023/10/23

Theme: Stay composed in hardship and reflect on yourself in good times, and you will achieve success