Chapter 12: The Favor of Tianya Lingyu

  "I have no cultivation, I'm just an ordinary person, where should I go?" Sun Tao returned to the stone room, his mind entered the world of Journey to the West, and he checked on Little Jin's injuries. Seeing that Little Jin was fine, he exited the world of Journey to the West, muttering to himself with a thoughtful expression.

  Sun Tuo has been in this strange and wonderful world for nearly half a month. Previously, he had injuries on his body that made it inconvenient to move around, but now his wounds have healed quickly, and it's time for him to go out and take a look!

  Sun Tuo made up his mind, took a look at the sky, and saw that it was a fine day with a clear blue sky. Zhang Shan, who had been assigned to take care of him, had told him before that since his injuries were healed, he should go to the Miscellaneous Hall to receive a task, as the sect did not raise idle people. Sun Tuo thought it was a good idea to go to the Miscellaneous Hall outside the main gate to see if there were any suitable tasks for him. He didn't mind going out and taking a look around, which would also allow him to get rid of those nosy people in the sect who treated him like a monkey and teased him all day long.

  Yunlan Sect is located on Yunlan Mountain, which has two major peaks: Chifeng and Zhufeng. Chifeng is where the outer disciples reside, with various miscellaneous halls and temples scattered about. Only the elite inner disciples are allowed to cultivate in Zhufeng, a place of dense heavenly energy, and only need to occasionally visit the outer sect to complete tasks and contribute points as specified by the sect.

  Although Sun Tuo is still an elite disciple of the inner sect, he is actually a useless person who has lost his cultivation. His dantian was destroyed and he can no longer cultivate. At this moment, he can only rely on his parents' reputation to maintain his identity as an inner sect disciple. He cannot be treated with the same courtesy as other elite disciples of the inner sect. If he doesn't recover soon, he will have to go receive a mission.

  "Hey! Isn't this the genius of our Yunlan Sect? How do you have time to come to this Miscellaneous Hall for a stroll?" The Red Peak Upper Palace's halls and pavilions were connected in one piece, with colorful auspicious clouds swirling around, and auspicious colors everywhere. Immortal cranes and divine birds would occasionally flash by, a scene of a blessed land of immortals. Sun Wei followed the route he remembered and arrived at a magnificent hall, with the three large characters "Miscellaneous Hall" written in golden letters that seemed to fly and dance. As soon as Sun Wei stepped into the great hall, a cold mocking voice immediately rang out.

  Sun Tuo looked towards the source of the sound and saw that it was a few outer sect disciples who had been bullied by him before. These small characters were now jumping out to mock and ridicule him. Sun Tuo felt deeply helpless, his cultivation had been crippled, and he really couldn't bear the fact that anyone could come and humiliate him like this. If he stayed any longer, Sun Tuo wouldn't doubt for a moment that he would be drowned by the saliva of these outer sect disciples, or die from shame due to their cold ridicule. As for these mocking voices, Sun Tuo was no longer his former self, so he directly chose to ignore them and walked towards the empty grand hall.

  "This senior brother, help me take a look, is there any task suitable for me?" A line entered the miscellaneous hall's inner hall, stopped in front of a counter, and sat on the counter was a whole sleepy-looking green-clothed fat man. This was the senior brother responsible for assigning sect tasks. Sun Tuo lightly knocked on the table with his hand and asked softly.

  "Who is it? How rude, disturbing my afternoon nap. Oh, it's you again, useless thing! What do you want to say? Are you being bullied again? That's not my problem, if you want to report something, go to the Enforcement Hall, not here to the Miscellaneous Hall." The chubby man with a face full of sagging flesh and a neck that blended seamlessly into his chin was woken up from his nap. He rubbed his somewhat blurry eyes and took a glance at Sun Tao, seeing that it was indeed Sun Tao, the useless inner disciple. He said to himself, "What's going on? Can't this useless thing cultivate? Is he here to receive some kind of task? This is just ridiculous!"

  "Guo Shixiong, I'm here to receive the task. This is what Liu Zhishi instructed me to do, and he told me to come to this Miscellaneous Hall to pick up the task." Sun Tao looked at the fat inner disciple Guo Dun, who was as plump as a pig, and knew that he had been despised by him again. That dead ghost Sun Tao was indeed extremely unpopular when he was alive, and could only force himself to say: "Whatever it is, we'll have to wait until we leave Yunlan Sect to talk about it."

  "Oh... so it was Director Liu's orders, huh? Speak up! What can you do? I have many tasks, but none of them are suitable for a useless waste like you." That fatty Guo Dun responded lightly, not showing any respect despite knowing that Sun Tao was sent by Director Liu to receive the task. He still called him "waste" with an arrogant tone, every word dripping with disdain.

  "You're going to regret this, you fat idiot! I, Sun Tao, am not a useless person. One day, I'll trample you under my feet!" The fat guy, Guo Dun, was calling him a useless person one after another, and Sun Tao's anger was burning fiercely, but he knew that the strong were stronger than people, and when under someone else's roof, one had to lower their head. At this moment, offending this dead fatty would bring no good results in the future. Suppressing his anger, he humbly asked Guo Dun: "Senior brother, do you have any tasks that don't have cultivation restrictions?"

  "Trash, can't you understand what I'm saying? This task of mine, a useless trash like you can't complete it at all. Are you bored and deliberately trying to tease me?" Hearing Sun Tao's questioning voice, the dead fat man Guo Dun was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his half-closed triangular eyes glared fiercely at Sun Tao, and he coldly scolded him without mercy.

  "You... who are you calling a waste of resources? You're just a dead fat pig, if I knew this task wasn't suitable for me, would I come to you to ask for it? Am I sick or something? What's the point of coming here to suffer your abuse, you annoying dead fat pig." Hearing that fatty Guo Dun's arrogant words, Sun Tao was furious and couldn't take it anymore. How could he always be bullied everywhere and really be treated like a waste of resources who can't cultivate? Receiving a task and still having to suffer this dead fatty's abuse, Sun Tao immediately became unhappy and angrily scolded him with a face full of rage.

  "Trash, you trash, are you looking for a fight? You dare to scold someone as a dead fat pig. Do you have the guts to scold again? You useless trash who can't even cultivate." Sun Tao's sudden outburst of anger left Guo Dun stunned, and it took him half a day to react. His chubby face turned bright red with rage, and he pointed at Sun Tao in an unbelievable manner.

  "Fatty pig, dead fatty pig, I'm scolding you, you shameless thing. You're given a little bit of power and you start acting wildly, daring to treat me like this. If it weren't for the fact that my dantian was destroyed, I'd slap this dead fatty pig to death with one palm."

  "Trash, you... You can't even cultivate, you dare to scold me as a dead fat pig, do you want to stay in Yunlan Sect?" Sun Tao's angry rebuke made Guo Dun's oily and greasy face tremble with rage, his thick fingers pointed at Sun Tao, unable to utter a complete sentence for half a day. Is this still the same trashy Sun Tao who was bullied by everyone just a few days ago?

  "You're just a useless piece of trash, don't try to threaten me! I, Sun Tiao, won't fall for your tricks. Just because I won't take on that crappy task? Well, watch me not take it then! You think you can bully me? I'll show you what it means to mess with me!" Sun Tiao saw that Guo Dun's face had turned purple with rage, and he felt a thrill of satisfaction at being the first person to ever dare insult him like this. The frustration of the past few days was all washed away. Useless trash, how could he just let people bully him? That wasn't the outcome Sun Tiao wanted - he wanted to live with his own dignity.

  "Hmph... scolding is good, scolding is good. I've been looking at that dead fatty with disdain for a long time, scolding is good!"

  Sun Tuo's scolding of the fat man Guo Dun had dissipated more than half of his anger, and today's task was impossible to complete. Just as Sun Tuo was about to leave, a soft, melodious laughter echoed through the empty storage hall. A young woman in a pale blue long dress entered the storage hall surrounded by several young men and women.

  "Ling Yu Yan, how is it her, how did she end up here?" Seeing the young woman wearing a light blue long dress, this girl was in her early twenties, with skin as white as snow, like sheep fat jade, her slender neck was long and beautiful, her face was small and delicate, her nose was small and exquisite, her teeth were like pearls, every smile moved people's hearts. Her hair was high up, a white jade pin was inserted among them, her red lips slightly opened, and she smiled, revealing her charming teeth, two small dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth, as if she was a fairy who had fallen to the mortal world, elegant and refined. Information about this girl instantly floated into Sun Tao's mind, wasn't this young woman, like a fairy who had fallen to the mortal world, the famous Tian Jiao Nu of Zhu Feng? How did he end up here, another big question mark appeared in Sun Tao's mind.

  Ling Yu Yan's sudden appearance, the originally dull and lifeless Miscellaneous Hall was like a calm lake surface that had stirred up a huge wave. Sun Tao and Guo Dun's argument seemed so insignificant, like a few sneaking cats, rushing in from all directions. In just a few breaths, the Miscellaneous Hall had gathered dozens of people, all of whom were rushing towards Cloudy Peak Sect's heavenly beloved daughter, Ling Yu Yan.

  The heavenly daughter of Yunlan Sect, Ling Yu Yan, was renowned throughout the sect for her stunning beauty and impressive cultivation. At just twenty years old, she had successfully built her foundation, making her a figure worthy of Sun Tao's admiration. Now, as she appeared at the Outer Gate's Miscellaneous Hall, it was clear that she had come to accept a mission from the sect. The heavenly daughter's emergence at the outer gate's Red Peak was bound to cause a stir.

  The silvery laughter echoed through the great hall, and the fat man who had been scolded by Sun Tuo, Guo Dun, also wisely shut his mouth. His triangular eyes stared straight at Ling Yu Yan, the heavenly beauty, as she approached with a gentle smile. As for Ling Yu Yan, he could only look up to her, a foundation-building cultivator, an absolute middle power of Yunlai Sect, not comparable to him, a tenth-level inner disciple in the Qi-refining period. He could only pretend not to hear Ling Yu Yan's teasing laughter.

  Yunlan Sect, in Yunlai Country, is a large sect with a high ranking, with the Yuanying True Lord sitting in the sect. The Golden Elixir period true person is a high-ranking person in the sect, while the foundation-building period cultivator is an intermediate force in the sect. As long as he is willing, he can take on executive duties within the sect. If a cultivator reaches the tenth layer of the Qi Refining period, they can be promoted to an inner disciple of the sect. Through the outer sect's grand competition, some talented Qi Refining period eighth or ninth layer cultivators can also rely on their excellent cultivation and powerful magical tools to break through and advance to the inner sect. There are also some second-generation immortals who, relying on their parents' influence, become inner disciples of Yunlan Sect from birth. Sun Tao became an inner disciple of Yunlan Sect because he had a pair of foundation-building period parents.

  "Sun Tuo, you're here to accept the sect's mission, right?" Tian Yu Nu Lingyu Yan, with a gentle and elegant demeanor, walked straight towards Sun Tuo, her delicate steps accompanied by a subtle fragrance that was unique to young women, which wafted into Sun Tuo's nostrils. Sun Tuo couldn't help but sniff the air, his face filled with infatuation. This was the second time Sun Tuo had seen Tian Yu Nu Lingyu Yan; the first time was at the celebratory banquet after she successfully built her foundation and received a reward from the sect. As for now, it could be said that this was the first time Sun Tuo had truly seen the heavenly beauty of Yunlan Sect's Tian Yu Nu. She was as stunning as the legendary celestial maidens. Before Sun Tuo could react, Lingyu Yan stopped in front of him, her crimson lips parting slightly to reveal a captivating smile, and asked with a gentle tone.

  "Sister, I was sent by Director Liu to accept the task, but this dead fat pig deliberately made things difficult for me, saying there were no waste materials to be accepted. I don't understand why the Tianya Sect's heavenly jade girl would ask him about this useless thing that can't cultivate, what is her purpose? Sun Tao didn't think much of it and replied very calmly, with a demeanor that was unflappable. The woman in front of him was indeed beautiful, probably the most beautiful he had ever seen in his life, but she still couldn't make him flustered."