Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 587: More Important Things

Chapter 587: More Important Things

"Master and young miss are too kind to jest with me." Liu Cui'e smiled bashfully. "Cui'e is but an unknown blade of grass, a withered figure like dry weeds. How could someone like me possibly have the fortune to touch the path of immortality?"

She knew the Cangyun Realm had cultivators and immortals. The two guardian generals possessed unparalleled combat prowess that made enemy nations tremble at their very mention - they were already top-tier martial artists. Only those legendary cultivators could have killed the two guardian generals.

Cultivators, it was said, held status even higher than the emperor.

Before her father passed away, her wish was simply to marry into a decent family. She didn't seek great wealth or status, only hoping her husband wouldn't beat her and would provide her with food - that would have been enough. After her father's death, she didn't even dare harbor such extravagant hopes, because merely surviving had become extremely difficult.

Now that Chen Huaian and Li Qingran spoke of "cultivation," it felt like an impossible fantasy to her.

"Whether you can cultivate has nothing to do with your status, only whether you have talent." Li Qingran gently took Liu Cui'e's hand and circulated her True Essence.

She didn't dare be too rough, fearing she might rupture Liu Cui'e's fragile meridians. As an ordinary person, Liu Cui'e was practically paper-thin before the True Essence of a Nascent Soul cultivator like her.

However, she had great confidence in her control over True Essence. With careful handling, she definitely wouldn't harm Liu Cui'e.

Needless to say, her master's search for Liu Cui'e must be greatly related to Elder Zhang.

Since that was the case, she would strive to help her master accomplish this matter while also helping Liu Cui'e in the process. Perhaps they couldn't help everyone suffering in hardship, but they didn't want to abandon Liu Cui'e who was right before them.

Li Qingran transferred a gentle stream of Spiritual Energy into Liu Cui'e's palm. The small hand full of calluses and scars recovered at a visible pace. Under the nourishment of Spiritual Energy, not only did the calluses and scars disappear - her hand became as fair and delicate as a newborn baby's.

Liu Cui'e stared dumbfounded at her own hand, then at Li Qingran who radiated a milky white glow. She stammered, "Y-young miss, you... this is immortal magic? You... you and the young master are those immortal elders?"

"We're not immortals." Li Qingran shook her head with a smile. "But we are indeed cultivators. The young master you mentioned is actually my master."

"So this young master... lord, is your master!?" Liu Cui'e had long thought Chen Huaian's white hair was strange. In her impression, white hair meant old age, yet Chen Huaian looked so young. Now she finally understood - this was a great cultivator who had lived who knew how many years!

"No need to call me lord." Chen Huaian touched his nose. "I'm actually not that old." Li Qingran covered her mouth, chuckling at Chen Huaian's frustrated expression.

"Anyway, Cui'e, your talent isn't bad and completely meets the standards for entering a sect to cultivate." Chen Huaian spoke with his eyes wide open telling lies: "Our sect urgently needs talent right now. It's not that we pity you, but you're truly important to our sect leader. So, are you willing to become part of our sect? You'll definitely be able to help us in the future."

Hearing that she could help Chen Huaian and Li Qingran, Liu Cui'e's heart stirred uncontrollably. Her self-respect made her reluctant to trouble Chen Huaian and Li Qingran, as her father and mother had taught her to repay kindness, not to overstep boundaries.

Undoubtedly, she couldn't help Chen Huaian and Li Qingran in her current state. But what about after cultivating? It was said conflicts among cultivators were extremely brutal. Despite possessing great power, they could die at any moment in struggles.

If... if there came a day when they truly needed her at some critical moment, she might be able to block a fatal strike for Li Qingran and Chen Huaian, repaying their kindness.

With this thought, Liu Cui'e fell to her knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Cui'e thanks the young master and young miss for this rebirth grace! If... if this worthless body can be of use, Cui'e is willing to serve like a dog or horse!"

"Rise." Chen Huaian waved his hand, gently lifting Liu Cui'e up. "Among cultivators, we don't follow these kneeling rituals, nor do we distinguish seniority by age. Those with stronger cultivation are seniors, those with similar realms are fellow daoists, and those weaker are juniors."

"Everyone has the opportunity to change their destiny. The wealth and power of high officials and nobles are worse than pigs and dogs before cultivators. We only speak with our fists. To defend everything you have, you need iron fists."

He took out a porcelain bottle. This was the most basic type of pill in the Electronic Girlfriend's store, called the Revitalization Pill. This pill not only healed injuries but also nourished the body. With its relatively mild medicinal properties, it was perfect for building a cultivation foundation for mortals.

After this would come the systematic use of Marrow-Cleansing Pills and Meridian-Clearing Pills - one continuing to build physical foundation with explosive medicinal properties, the other clearing meridians requiring some physical foundation to take.

In the mortal realm, just taking these three pills could instantly make someone a top-tier expert, similar to what Li Qingran's parents had been. The combat power mortals had to train their whole lives to achieve required only two or three pills for cultivators. This was the difference.

Liu Cui'e hesitated as she looked at the crystal-clear pill in Chen Huaian's hand. She hadn't helped her benefactors yet, but was instead about to receive their kindness again. This made her feel ashamed.

"Take it. This kind of pill isn't precious - they're everywhere in the cultivation world." Li Qingran comforted with a smile. "Don't you want to help us? Then you need to take the first step, and this pill is that first step."

Liu Cui'e didn't doubt Li Qingran's words. She carefully accepted the crystalline pill, her heart filled with mixed emotions. Then she took a deep breath, as if resolving herself to something, and placed the pill in her mouth.

The pill melted upon entering her mouth, transforming into a warm current that flowed down her throat into her body. Liu Cui'e only felt warmth rising from her dantian, gentle like spring breeze yet carrying an indescribable sense of power.

She could clearly feel this warm current circulating through her body. Wherever it passed, the hidden injuries from years of labor and accumulated fatigue quietly dissipated. Her complexion gradually changed from sickly pale to healthy rosiness, and her previously dry hair became dark and glossy.

Most miraculously, she felt her body had become much lighter. Her limbs, once thin from malnutrition, now filled with unprecedented strength.

"This... this is absolutely miraculous immortal medicine! Absolutely miraculous immortal medicine!" Liu Cui'e mumbled with trembling lips. "Father... if father could have taken one such pill when he was here, father definitely wouldn't have died..."

She extended her hand, discovering even her nails had become smooth and rounded, no longer rough and cracked as before.

She knelt again, tears streaming from her eyes: "This great grace of my benefactors, even if Cui'e were ground to dust, she could never repay it! From now on, Cui'e's life belongs to the young miss and young master! Whether it's mountains of blades or seas of fire, Cui'e will never complain!"

Chen Huaian looked at the completely renewed Liu Cui'e and nodded with satisfaction.

Similar! Truly similar!

Before, Liu Cui'e had been too haggard, like an ugly duckling. Now she was a transformed white swan - you could say she was Master Yuyao's younger sister and no one would doubt it.

"Master, shall we return to the sect now?" Li Qingran asked Chen Huaian, thinking he had found the person he was looking for.

But Chen Huaian shook his head. Not to mention they still hadn't found Luo Chenxi, but right now, he had more important matters to attend to.

"Not returning!" he said coldly. "Come, I'll take you to kill that dog emperor of the Southern Dynasty!"