Chapter 3 - Transmigrated as a Fake Daughter in Cultivation Novel

Chapter 3 Song Zhi Xia ate some pastries, thanked Song Wei Zhi, and went to fetch a bucket of water. However, Song Wei Zhi stopped her and said, "You’re still injured on your shoulders, who allowed you to do so much work alone?" Song Wei Zhi remembered how the original book's female lead was often bullied in the outer gate and how the original body frequently caused trouble for the female lead. "No one, thank you for today, you can leave," sighed Song Zhi Xia. She felt grateful that Song Wei Zhi had helped her, but she didn't want to rely on others for everything. "Where are you going? With your injured shoulder, do you still want to keep it? Don't be picky, I'll go with you to the outer gate," said Song Wei Zhi as she conjured her sword and held it high in front of Song Zhi Xia. She then held Song Zhi Xia's hand, and in an instant, they stood one behind the other on the sword. Song Wei Zhi put Song Zhi Xia's hands around her waist and said, "Hold on tight, falling is no joke." Song Zhi Xia hesitated. Her hands were dirty from carrying water all afternoon. She felt reluctant to hold onto Song Wei Zhi's pristine clothes. She was unsure whether to let go or not. "What's wrong?" Song Wei Zhi asked with a puzzled frown. She had just placed Song Zhi Xia's hands around her waist, and now they were gone. "My hands are dirty," Song Zhi Xia said nervously while rubbing her hands. "It's okay. Safety is most important. Hold onto me," said Song Wei Zhi as she placed Song Zhi Xia's hands back onto her waist. She then continued, "Be careful. We need to leave." "Okay," Song Zhi Xia's heart felt warm, as if it had been a long time since anyone had cared about her. After receiving Song Zhi Xia's reply, Song Wei Zhi activated her sword with spiritual power and took them back to the room where Song Zhi Xia lived in no time. At that moment, Song Wei Zhi received a prompt from the system in her mind: "Congratulations host, previous task completed, reward 10 points. Current points 10, please continue with the next task, preventing Song Zhi Xia from being bullied by her dormitory mates. Completing the task rewards 10 points." Xin Yun was watering the flowers in front of the door and met Song Wei Zhi's cold eyes. She quickly stood up, nodded, and said with a low voice, "Senior sister? What brings you to such a place? There isn't anywhere suitable for you to sit." "No need to sit. Who let Song Zhi Xia carry so much water from the river?" Song Wei Zhi's stern appearance was intimidating as she furrowed her brows while speaking. "We, we are doing it for Song Junior Sister's own good. Everyone has come here for the same reason," Xin Yun's voice became increasingly lower. "Is that so?" Song Wei Zhi said with a smile rather than anger. She enveloped Song Zhi Xia in her protective shield formed by spiritual power and exerted her cultivation pressure. She had already reached the Golden Dan Insight phase, and most outer gate disciples couldn't even achieve that much. She immediately made everyone, especially Xin Yun, break into a cold sweat. Xin Yun was pressured to her knees, her body soaked in cold sweat. "Song Zhi Xia is the young lady of the Song family, that's a fact. Even if she is training in the outer gate now, that is not an excuse for you to bully her. If there's a next time, don't blame me for being merciless. This warning is not only for you but for all of you," Song Wei Zhi's tone was calm, but her Golden Dan cultivation pressure overwhelmed everyone in the vicinity. "Senior sister, spare us. We won’t dare again. We'll take good care of Junior Sister, please spare us," Xin Yun had softened and was already on the ground, feeling like she might lose her life in the next moment due to Song Wei Zhi's pressure. Seeing that they had all learned their lesson, Song Wei Zhi dissipated her pressure. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Song Zhi Xia is injured. Don't assign her any work for the next few days," Song Wei Zhi told Xin Yun and the others. She then quietly told Song Zhi Xia, "I'll come back tomorrow to help you with the medication. Rest for today." "It's not necessary. I'm already feeling much better," Song Zhi Xia didn't want to trouble Song Wei Zhi any further. She had heard that cultivating immortality was demanding. She didn't want Song Wei Zhi to exert herself more for her sake. "No need to insist. Tomorrow, I will come to see you," Song Wei Zhi smiled at Song Zhi Xia and left on her sword. After Song Wei Zhi had left, the outer gate disciples finally relaxed. In this world, the weak were prey to the strong. Strength was their best shield. Han Bing and Liu Duo Er helped Xin Yun up. Han Bing coldly said, "The young lady has learned to tattle. We can't afford to offend her. Do as you please, young lady." Xin Yun tugged at Han Bing’s clothes and forced a smile, "That, Song Junior Sister, before, we were wrong. Let's not be strangers. Don't take it to heart. Please rest. The bed by the window is yours." Song Zhi Xia nodded and entered the room. "Don't be so arrogant. An unwanted lady dares to confront us? It's ridiculous. Xin Junior Sister, why are you speaking so low with her?" Han Bing's chest heaved, betraying her agitation. "Stay calm. There are many ways to deal with her. You should think more. What I did just now was just to buy time. Watch tomorrow," Xin Yun smiled cunningly. "Well, it's clear that Xin Junior Sister has a way. Han Bing, we can't go wrong following Xin Junior Sister," Liu Duo Er immediately flattered Xin Yun. "Of course, after all, Sister has been here for several years. She has just been here for one day and dares to go against Sister. It's a joke," retorted Han Bing, unwilling to appear weak. Meanwhile, after a day of running around, Song Zhi Xia was indeed tired. However, she had nothing, so she quickly washed her face and lay down on the broad bed by the window. She tossed and turned but could not fall asleep. She remembered how Song Wei Zhi had helped her apply medicine earlier in the day and how she had just reprimanded Xin Yun for her sake. Despite having no cultivation proficiency, she didn't feel uncomfortable. In contrast, others were in pain. It seemed that Song Wei Zhi was protecting her. Song Zhi Xia didn't dare to think too much about it. She just considered it as Song Wei Zhi pitying her. On the other hand, Song Wei Zhi returned to her residence, where she heard the system's prompt: "Congratulations, host, task completed, reward 10 points. Current host points 20. Would you like to redeem items?" Song Wei Zhi thought for a moment and decided to save her points for later use. Who knows, they might come in handy in the future? She understood that in this world, strength was crucial. To execute her tasks, she had to protect the female lead while ensuring her own cultivation was not neglected. Only when she became formidable could she avoid attention from others. With these thoughts, Song Wei Zhi began meditating and integrating all her cultivation techniques. After a while, she once again checked her body. She remembered reading in the original book that a person's primordial spirit could be used as a divine beast, specifically when reaching the Great Nascent Soul stage. Their primordial spirit could become a corporealized divine beast at any time, aiding them significantly in combat. If they encountered a battle, the individual themselves could fight while their primordial spirit also battled, playing an immense role. Song Wei Zhi then summoned her primordial spirit, a towering ice-winged tiger comparable in size to an adult elephant. It emitted a soothing blue light, and its enormous wings gave it an adorable appearance. Song Wei Zhi couldn't help but stroke the tiger's face. Even though it was as towering as a tiger, it fundamentally remained a big cat. However, this tiger was formidable. Song Wei Zhi was renowned as a cultivating genius in Linhai City not only for her Golden Dan cultivation but also for her primordial spirit, the ice-winged tiger, which was a celestial-ranked divine beast. In this world, divine beasts were categorized into high, medium, and low ranks, and high-ranked divine beasts were further classified into the four levels of heavenly, earthly, mystic, and yellow. Heavenly-ranked divine beasts were the highest, and possessing a divine beast of this caliber meant limitless prospects. In all of Linhai City, there were no more than three people who possessed a heavenly-ranked divine beast as their primordial spirit. If one included the female lead's incomplete primordial spirit, there would barely be four persons. Hence, Song Wei Zhi spent the entire night studying the world's settings, cultivation techniques, the world of primordial spirits, and the system’s marketplace. It was already late, and Song Wei Zhi was about to check on Song Zhi Xia's medication when she received another prompt from the system: "Please visit the female lead's residence to clear her name, task reward 10 points." Song Wei Zhi couldn't help but think, "Do these disciples ever need to cultivate? Why are they always engaging in intrigue?" Despite finding the tasks somewhat bothersome, she wasn’t annoyed. She was all too familiar with the vicious antagonists in the book, especially these outer gate disciples, who tormented the female lead, left alone on the outer gates in the original story. Deciding to take on the task, she summoned the Devil-Suppressing Sword and arrived at the room where Song Zhi Xia resided, only to hear a commotion inside. "I clearly placed my twenty low-grade spirit stones by my bed yesterday. Now they're gone. What do I do? I bought them for my sword cultivation. Can't you come up with a solution?" Xin Yun's voice sounded anxious. "Yeah, yesterday I saw them by your bed. At that time, the three of us were here, but later, we were all outside chatting, and it seemed like only Song Junior Sister was left in the room," Han Bing said, implying something to Song Zhi Xia. "I haven't seen them, nor have I taken your things," Song Zhi Xia said as she turned to leave. She didn't want to witness any more of their antics. "Stop right there. You steal and then want to leave? Didn't your parents teach you anything? Oh, sorry, Song Junior Sister, I forgot that the sect leader doesn't seem to want to acknowledge you," Liu Duo Er said, laughing.