Chapter 44: Something Is Broken

Chapter 44: Something Is Broken

“Welcome back,” Huang Jingyi greeted them with a smile.

“Elder Huang,” Lan Yin bowed slightly, “You remember Ren Bo. He was chosen by Elder Yu to accompany Wei Liang on his first mission.”

“Mission?” Huang Jingyi raised his eyebrow in curiosity, “No matter, that can be discussed later. Wei Liang, or should I call you Junior Liang now that you are part of my Sect?”

William bowed deeply to the man that helped him the most, even if it wasn’t strictly for altruistic reasons. “I’m fine with whatever you decide, Elder Huang.”

Huang Jingyi laughed before saying, “Then Junior Liang it is. Yue’er is waiting for you at the reception. Why don’t you meet her while I discuss some matters with Lan Yin and Ren Bo?”

William wasn’t sure why they needed him gone to talk, but he was a new entrant into the Sect, so he wasn’t too surprised some things weren’t meant for his ears. He gave another bow before leaving the room, the door closing behind him immediately as he made his way to the front of the clinic.

As expected, Li Xinyue had her head down, reading a thin booklet like it contained the secret to life... considering what she usually read, that was probably true. He glanced at her level and was surprised to see she had gained one. He decided to use Observe in curiosity.

[-5 Spiritual Energy]

Name: Li Xinyue

Age: 16

Level: 95

Health: 1900/1900

Spiritual Energy: 750/750

Spirit: 150

Strength: 91

Stamina: 103

Agility: 112

There were plenty of things that stood out to William with what Observe revealed about Li Xinyue. The most obvious was her age. He had been under the impression that she was closer to twenty, but being at her level at only sixteen made much more sense since she was called a genius.

That initial surprise at her actual age was quickly shoved to the side when he saw her ridiculous attributes. Other than Spirit, the rest of the attributes were all within expectations. Still, that high Spirit should have been impossible unless the max attribute suddenly changed at a higher level. It was too bad that Luck couldn’t be seen by using Observe.

“Sister Li?”

Li Xinyue narrowed her eyes. “Senior Sister Yin? Nobody in the Sect should be allowed to address Senior Lan in such a manner. Wei Liang, are you a Sentinel?”

“... Is that a bad thing?”

Li Xinyue pouted, suddenly seeming to act her age, “I don’t see how you could get into that Path when I couldn’t!”

William blinked when Li Xinyue huffed and walked away, leaving him in front of the open door, filled with confusion. As far as he was aware, she was a genius in alchemy. Why would she want to be on a Path for combat?

Luckily, this seemed to be the sort of anger common in mood-swinging teenagers, so it shouldn’t be anything to be concerned about. It would likely resolve itself the following day... or maybe a week since this was a cultivating teenager. They were supposed to hold long grudges, so he had to account for that.

The question now was what to do with all the spirit fruits. While he definitely planned to consume as much as he safely could to save his stat points, that didn’t require the massive amount available in the filled room.

His first thought was to somehow give the majority of the fruits back to the workers that spent weeks gathering them. However, he doubted Lan Yin would be happy that her punishment was negated, though there might be a chance that she would give him leeway since he was now her Junior Brother.

If, for some reason, she didn’t mind, it still wouldn’t be possible. There was no way he could transport all of this back to the Garden. And he wasn’t bold enough to ask Lan Yin for help. That would be pushing it a little too far.

As he pondered how to ask Lan Yin without angering her, the door to the clinic burst open, and in strode Wang Xiaoling, as brash as William remembered her.

“Is the brat back yet?” Wang Xiaoling questioned loudly without bothering with a greeting. When Li Xinyue pointed at him without looking up from her reading, Wang Xiaoling beamed a bright smile, “Wei Liang! I thought I would have to hire more useless people if you stayed away longer! Come, we have goods to sell!”

William smirked when Wang Xiaoling grabbed his hand and made to drag him like she always did. He was no longer the weakling from a month ago. He was now an honored cultiva-

What?

He gaped in shock as he was pulled out of the clinic, his attempts to drag his feet completely ineffective with Wang Xiaoling’s strength.

[Name: Wang Xiaoling | Level: 3]

Her level hadn’t changed, but she somehow ignored his available sixteen Strength attribute like it was nothing. He immediately tried to use Observe.

[The skill Observe is not available on target]

William wasn’t fazed by the additional uniqueness of Wang Xiaoling. He tried Detailed Observe, though he didn’t expect it to work since he only had five Spiritual Energy.

[Spiritual Energy insufficient for Detailed Observe on target]

All he wanted was to know if it was possible. The strangeness of Wang Xiaoling’s strength would be solved after a few hours when his Spiritual Energy recovered. That was enough for William.