Chapter 14 - Transmigrated as a Fake Daughter in Cultivation Novel

Chapter 14 After instructing Song Zhixia, in no time Wei Zhao returned. "Master, I just overheard Song Ru Hai and the others discussing your birthday; they said the Zhao family's people are also coming," Wei Zhao respectfully reported to Song Weizhi. Hearing the mention of the Zhao family, Song Weizhi thought of the male lead, Zhao Xuankun. In the original book, it was during this birthday banquet that the male lead met the female lead, leading to his later assistance in refining her spiritual roots. Song Weizhi was reluctant to let the male lead disrupt the good rapport she had finally achieved with the female lead. "Alright, I understand. You can go rest for now," after dismissing Wei Zhao, Song Weizhi began to ponder her next steps. Due to her arrival, everything had taken on a butterfly effect, deviating from the original book's plot. At this point, she could only strive to improve her cultivation as swiftly as possible and proceed cautiously. After Wei Zhao left, Song Weizhi heard a mechanical voice in her mind, "Assisting the female lead in successfully laying her foundation rewards 100 points. The task must be completed within three days." "Shouldn't be too difficult," Song Weizhi thought, "Song Zhixia was almost done laying her foundation these past few days. It seems these 100 points will be mine in no time." The next morning, Song Zhixia came over early, but Song Weizhi had spent the whole night cultivating and had not slept. Upon hearing the knocking, she immediately went to open the door for Song Zhixia. She saw the slightly anxious look on Song Zhixia's face and asked, "Zhixia, what's wrong?" "Sister, the energy and blood in my body are surging. I think I might be on the verge of a breakthrough." Upon hearing Song Zhixia's words, Song Weizhi immediately lightly grasped Song Zhixia's wrist to investigate. Sure enough, she sensed a faint red glow within Song Zhixia's body, indicating an imminent breakthrough. "Don't worry. Let's go to the courtyard," Song Weizhi said as she led Song Zhixia to a secluded spot in the courtyard. Using Song Zhixia as the center, she set up a formation, placed several yellow talismans on the formation nodes, and also deployed a shock-resistant instrument. Once everything was ready, she instructed, "Zhixia, now use the method I taught you to continue harnessing the spiritual energy in your body. When the heavenly tribulation descends, use the spiritual energy to protect yourself." "Alright, Sister," Song Zhixia began to mobilize the abundant spiritual energy within her. The clear sky from moments ago quickly turned into a sky filled with rolling black thunderclouds. The dark clouds continued to gather over the area where Song Weizhi was located, gradually pressing lower, as if to envelop the entire space. With such activity, it naturally caught the attention of other disciples. Thunder tribulations commence from laying the foundation, so some of the inner disciples had already experienced tribulations, indicating that they had taken the most critical step in their cultivation journey. Starting from laying the foundation, cultivators no longer needed mundane food and underwent a rapid improvement in strength compared to the Qi Refining stage. "Hey, what's going on? How come there are signs of tribulation over there? I remember that's where Senior Sister lives, right?" "Yes, isn't Senior Sister at the Golden Core Comprehension stage? It's impossible for her to suddenly jump to the Nascent Soul stage. As far as I know, there are no Nascent Soul cultivators in Linhai City." "Then who could it be?" "I don't know." "We're familiar with the inner disciples, there shouldn't be someone attempting tribulation that we don't know about." "Could it be a disciple from the outer sect who suddenly comprehended something?" "Impossible, I've never heard of any outer sect disciple laying the foundation before entering the inner sect." While there was a commotion in the distance, the courtyard where Song Weizhi was located had been shrouded in dark clouds. With flashes of lightning and roaring thunder, as the fluctuations of spiritual energy in Song Zhixia became more intense, the lightning in the dark clouds grew brighter. Before long, a massive bolt of lightning tore through the air as Song Zhixia broke through. Song Weizhi stood not far away, watching Song Zhixia. The array and the artifact she had prepared should have no issues blocking a tribulation. In the next moment, a bolt of lightning, as if with eyes, rushed straight towards Song Zhixia. Armed with the spiritual sword Song Weizhi had given her, the tribulation was momentarily blocked by the formation Song Weizhi had set up, shattering the formation. The force of the tribulation was significantly reduced due to the formation and subsequently collided with the artifact Song Weizhi had placed. The collision occurred not far from Song Zhixia and, shielded by her spiritual energy, she emerged unscathed. The black clouds in the sky gradually dissipated. Joyfully, Song Zhixia ran to Song Weizhi's side, gazing at her with a smile, "Sister, I have laid my foundation." A breeze stirred, tousling Song Zhixia's hair, but it did little to hide her exquisite appearance. Subconsciously, Song Weizhi raised her hand to tidy Song Zhixia's disheveled hair and smiled, "My Zhixia is the best. You're my pride; accomplishing your foundation in just a few days, there are probably few people in the entire Southern Sea Continent who can match your achievement." Song Zhixia blushed, as her sister said she was her pride? The more she thought about it, the faster her heart beat. Shyly, she lowered her head without daring to meet Song Weizhi's smiling eyes. "Thank you, Sister. I've never been this happy," Song Zhixia murmured softly, almost burying her head in her chest. Song Weizhi could only see a pair of bright red ears, shaking cutely. Song Weizhi wanted to reach out and touch, but with their current relationship, would doing so result in an awkward situation? As she contemplated, her hand gently landed on the right ear of Song Zhixia, just as soft and warm as she imagined. As Song Weizhi smileingly caressed her, Song Zhixia's face turned red, and she glared at Song Weizhi, "Sister, I'm ignoring you." As she spoke, she evaded Song Weizhi's hand, running back to her room as if fleeing. However, the look she gave Song Weizhi before running away was clearly quite coquettish. Feeling a little regretful as she looked at her hand that had not been withdrawn, Song Weizhi thought with some disappointment, "If only I could have touched the other side as well. It feels nice and soft." At that moment, the system in Song Weizhi's mind seemed puzzled. It felt like something was off between the host and the female lead? Or was this just how friendships between straight women were? The system was utterly perplexed and could only wait for further exploration in the future. However, the primary task at hand should not be forgotten. The mechanical voice of the system resounded in Song Weizhi's mind, "Congratulations to the host for completing the task, 100 points awarded. The current total points of the host are 650 points." After returning to her room, Song Zhixia felt like her heart was about to leap out of her chest. Sister had just bullied her again. She even touched her! But why did she still feel quite happy? No, no, what was she thinking? Sister was probably treating her like an elder to a junior. But something still didn't feel right; elders weren't supposed to touch the ears of their juniors, right? Song Zhixia's mind was in chaos, and it felt like a fire was burning in her heart. She buried herself under the covers, hoping to cool down. Just as Song Weizhi was considering whether to knock on Song Zhixia's door, a voice transmission talisman appeared in the air. With her spiritual energy, Song Weizhi opened the talisman and heard Song Ru Hai's voice, "Weizhi, all the Zhao family's people will be arriving tomorrow, and the senior elders are all present. Come over." Thinking about the male lead Zhao Xuankun's infatuation with Song Zhixia in the original book, Song Weizhi summoned the Lishuo Sword and quickly arrived at the main hall of the Song family. The disciples on both sides greeted her, and she nodded in response. Entering the hall, Song Weizhi only gave a token gesture of respect to Song Ru Hai. After all, she had yet to find what she was looking for, and now wasn't the time to break into open conflict. "Master, is there something you wanted to discuss with me by summoning me here?" Song Weizhi asked as she stood in the hall. Song Ru Hai sat in the position of the master and took a sip of tea before speaking, "Weizhi, I called you here to talk about your marriage with Zhao Xuankun from the Zhao family. You two have been betrothed since childhood, and it seems like it's time to finalize your future together. What do you think?" A smile tugged at Song Weizhi's lips. Her mission was to protect the female lead, so what was it to her if the male lead was involved? She didn't want anything to do with the male lead, let alone get involved with him. "I think it's improper, and I want to cancel this engagement," Song Weizhi said lightly. However, her words caused a stir in the hall. "Nonsense! How can something as significant as a Daoist couple be decided by your words alone? This concerns the relationship between our Song and Zhao families. You can't just do as you please," someone exclaimed. "What if I insist on refusing? Master, how will you punish me," Song Weizhi's expression was full of banter, clearly indicating that she didn't think they'd dare to do anything to her. Song Ru Hai was so furious his temple veins were bulging. Unaware that Song Weizhi had reached the Golden Core Great Perfection stage, he thought that with the help of several senior elders who had also reached the Golden Core Great Perfection stage, he could deal with Song Weizhi, but he didn't dare to run the risk of mutual destruction. He could only suppress his anger and say, "Sigh, maybe you just haven't seen that child Xuankun for too long; he's a remarkable talent, and you'll surely like him. Enough, enough, you'll know when the Zhao family's people arrive tomorrow." Song Weizhi sneered and said, "So what? It has nothing to do with me regardless of his circumstances. It's better for the master not to waste his efforts on me." With that, she turned and walked away. "Well, would you look at that! Look at her, she's disregarding all propriety. Ru Hai, you've indulged this child Weizhi too much. Look at what she's become," the chief elder said discontentedly. "That's right. At the end of the day, she is still a disciple of our Song family. How dare she defy the master? In a few years, won't she be bullying her teachers and revolting against her ancestors?" the second elder added. "Exactly. We must give Song Weizhi a little punishment to show her the gravity of the situation. Our Song family is not a place where she can do whatever she wants!" the third elder echoed. Song Ru Hai smiled wryly and said, "Alright then. If you want to deal with Song Weizhi, may I ask which of you elders is planning to take action? You've been practicing for decades, but in the end, not a single one of you can suppress that girl in terms of cultivation. It's quite ironic, isn't it?" With Song Ru Hai's remarks, the elders were left speechless and had no choice but to leave in frustration.