Back in the system space, Lin Qingxue was waiting for the system to finalize her task evaluation. She'd always received prompt settlements in the past, so why was it dragging its feet this time? She had waited a long time, yet there was no response.
Finally, the system cautiously spoke up:
"Host, please be patient. The tasker from the last world only awarded you 50,000 points… because she felt you were too indifferent toward her mother."
Lin Qingxue: Utterly furious. She'd encountered a task target who couldn't see reality clearly, and she wasn't even allowed to complain about it. Why couldn't there be fewer idiots like that?
"Host," the system added, "once you reach 500,000 points, you'll be allowed to choose the next task world yourself. By the way, would you like to upgrade your space? There might be a surprise~"
Right—she could've upgraded last time, but held off, thinking she'd need the points later. Now that her point balance was still decent, she figured why not go ahead and try.
"Ding! 200,000 points deducted. Remaining balance: [confidential]. Host, keep up the good work!"
At that moment, Lin Qingxue ignored whatever the system was still saying and used her spiritual sense to check her space. She discovered that it had expanded to more than three times its previous size, now including black soil, a river, and mountains.
Okay… so it had simply upgraded from a storage space to a planting space. She realized she'd overhyped it in her mind, expecting a space she could physically enter!
System: "You've only upgraded once—what were you dreaming of?"
After wrapping things up, Lin Qingxue gave herself three days off. Mainly because the last task target had annoyed her so much she needed time to recover her mood.
Seeing how grumpy she was, the system didn't dare rush her and simply fulfilled its duty as a loyal chat partner every day.
After all, its host had been listed by the System Headquarters as one of the most promising talents to cultivate!
Yes—Lin Qingxue had successfully completed three missions in a row, and most importantly, she remained clear-headed in every world, never getting emotionally entangled. Because of this, the System HQ was now closely watching her progress.
Still, Lin Qingxue couldn't sit still for long. There was nothing to do here but rest and make idle chat with her system. Compared to that, task worlds were far more interesting.
So, she ordered her chatterbox system to quickly bring over her next task target.
The new arrival was dressed in green robes. Her face, once as beautiful as a painting, was marred by black poison, and her clothes were soaked with bloodstains.
Clearly, this woman had once been a beauty—but something awful had left her in this wretched state.
The woman's face was cold as she said,
"I just want to live for myself. I don't want to be anyone's so-called 'white moonlight.'"
Lin Qingxue quickly agreed. She thought this task would be simple and straightforward—the goal was clear. Without delay, she rushed into the task world.
The system didn't even have time to give a proper warning before seeing its host disappear into the transfer portal it had prepared.
"Sigh… fate is such a cruel thing."
Once Lin Qingxue had absorbed the memories of the original body, she nearly lost it: this was a cultivation world, and she was the white moonlight senior sister who died saving the male lead, forever preserved in his memory.
Though Li Haochen always spoke longingly of this dead senior sister, it never stopped him from flirting and entangling himself with other female cultivators in the current timeline.
After her death, the original soul hadn't dispersed—it lingered beside Li Haochen, watching him ruin her reputation.
She had saved him out of sect camaraderie, yet he twisted the story into some tragic romance: a devoted female cultivator sacrificing herself for her beloved—absolutely disgusting.
Her father, True Lord Chongyuan, never recovered after losing his only daughter and held a deep grudge against the male lead. But thanks to the male lead's plot armor, her father later died during a beast tide.
The original host hadn't asked for revenge, likely because she recognized she wasn't a match for the male lead's overwhelming destiny.
This task was clearly going to be tricky. Her usual golden fingers were nearly useless in this world. Even if she had a planting space, cultivators here had portable spirit herb gardens too.
As for her mental powers—those were practically redundant. In the cultivation world, anyone who reached Qi Refining stage could release divine sense externally.
Sigh. This was going to be tough. Currently, Zhou Yanxi was at early Foundation Establishment, and the male lead was scheduled to join the sect in about a month. She had to carefully plan things to avoid dying in the Langhuan Secret Realm, eaten by the Bloodjade Spider.
She hadn't known at the time that the spider's venom had mutated, and the antidote pill she had crafted was completely ineffective.
The system came online just in time:
"Host, in this world, you can gather spirit stones, medicinal herbs, and treasures. They can be exchanged for points or used by you directly."
Well… that was at least one silver lining. But with her current status as only a Second-Tier Alchemist, even that wouldn't be easy.
Author's Note:
This world is called Canglan Continent, a small cultivation realm. The cultivation stages are:
Qi Refining
Foundation Establishment
Golden Core
Nascent Soul
Soul Transformation (the peak)
The highest achievable level here is Soul Transformation. The female lead cannot ascend in this world because she still has missions to complete, and Heaven's Will won't allow it.
MC's Name: Zhou Yanxi, with dual Fire and Wood Spiritual Roots, decent aptitude. She's the beloved only daughter of True Lord Chongyuan, a core elder of Haomiao Sect, one of the four major sects.
The other three sects are:
Beastmaster Sect (御兽门)
Sword Dao Pavilion (剑道阁)
Medicine King Valley (药王谷)
The five cultivation arts are:
Alchemy (丹药)
Talismans (符箓)
Formations (阵法)
Weapon Refining (炼器)
Beast Taming (御兽)—Each has eight proficiency tiers.