27. Indescribable
Although only a tiny bit of spiritual energy entered Gong Yiling’s body, her Blood Orchid Soul Devouring Art had indeed activated passively.
This meant the large stone contained only a small fragment of spirit stone. It was worthless.
“Immortal Master, do you want this stone?” The attendant’s face was plastered with a smile.
The larger the stone, the more deceptive it usually was. Only a few might contain valuable materials, but those were reserved for important clients.
For ordinary customers, deception was the name of the game.
“No…” Gong Yiling, already knowing there was nothing inside, instinctively wanted to refuse.
But then she changed her mind, waving her hand nonchalantly. “Alright.”
“Excellent!”
The large raw stone was cut open, revealing nothing inside.
When the spiritual energy within a spirit stone was depleted, its characteristic purple color would disappear.
What remained was no different from ordinary useless ore.
Seeing the empty stone, the attendant feigned disappointment, while inwardly rejoicing.
“This… might just be an accident. Allow me to compensate you with a smaller stone.”
Gong Yiling, acting like a wealthy fool, waved her hand dismissively. “No need. Luck can’t be forced. Besides, do you think this young master lacks a few taels of silver?”
“How could Immortal Master be so petty?” The attendant bowed apologetically. “So, Immortal Master, shall we continue?”
“Yes.”
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About an hour later, Gong Yiling walked out of the stone gambling shop, looking refreshed and empty-handed.
Every stone she had touched, regardless of its initial contents, turned out to be empty after being cut open.
Of course, this method could also be used to identify valuable ores within the raw stones.
After all, quarries and stone gambling shops relied on reputation. The worst possible outcome was spirit stone fragments. Stones with absolutely nothing inside accounted for less than 5% of the total.
So, if she couldn’t absorb any spiritual energy, it meant there was likely ore inside. As for the type of ore, that depended on her luck.
However, to maintain her image as a gullible spender, Gong Yiling didn’t choose any such stones.
Instead, she achieved a spectacular ten-loss streak, stunning the attendant.
This record would likely remain unbroken for a long time.
As for why she didn’t stay longer, since buying the stones didn’t matter, as long as she touched them—she couldn’t hold it in anymore!
She was already at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and in that hour, she had accumulated a terrifying amount of spiritual energy within her body.
Fortunately, her meridians, strengthened by the Taiyuan acupuncture, could withstand the pressure, compressing the spiritual energy several times over. This allowed her to last for an hour before escaping.
But even so…
Have you ever felt the urge to pee or poop really badly?
It was like something inside her was about to overflow. The urgency gnawed at her nerves, forcing her to shuffle along after leaving the shop.
“I’m screwed…”
The feeling of fullness turned into a tingling sensation. She felt her body temperature rising, and her head becoming dizzy.
But… it wasn’t unpleasant. Although she felt like she was about to break, her body told her it was a pleasurable sensation.
“Notification: The host’s top/bottom attribute is changing. If the deviation is too large, it may affect your sexual orientation.”
What the fuck!
Gong Yiling almost spat out blood.
This damn system always knew how to push her buttons. And what the hell were top/bottom attributes and sexual orientation!?
“Shut up!”
She managed to squeeze out these words, but her voice was now soft, weak, and strained.
It sounded like she was about to say, “I need to pee!”
No… she would never do this again!
She didn’t even remember how she got back to the inn.
Under Qiu Shui’s strange gaze, Gong Yiling was practically steaming, her face as red as if she had just experienced something incredibly pleasurable.
And even more ridiculously, Qiu Shui thought she had been poisoned and instinctively tried to help her.
But the moment Qiu Shui touched her, the Young Palace Master let out a moan, “Ah~—No!”
“Y-Young Palace Master?”
“Call me Master!”
“…Master?”
Satisfied, Miss Gong managed to utter a complete sentence, “Protect me. I’m about to break through to Core Formation.”
“Okay.”
After closing the door, Qiu Shui couldn’t help but mutter to herself,
Does this look like someone about to break through to Core Formation? She looks like she’s about to ascend to immortality.
Qiu Shui recalled her own Core Formation, which was smooth and uneventful. Then she looked at her master…
As expected of Master, even breaking through was so… unique.
But Master’s current state… seemed to be heading in a rather dangerous direction.
How exciting.
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Finally finding a safe place, Miss Gong immediately circulated her energy to attack the barrier between Foundation Establishment and Core Formation.
Who knew how powerful her compressed true essence was? She only knew that the barrier didn’t even last two seconds before shattering.
Powerful true energy surged through her body, nourishing every cell.
The feeling of going from extreme restraint to sudden release almost made her cry out in a very unladylike manner.
But the true energy didn’t stop there. It gathered in her dantian, forming a spiritual cavity.
Unlike ordinary cultivators, hers was blood-red, and the nascent golden core within it was covered in strange, blood-colored patterns.
Finally…
Gong Yiling exhaled a turbid breath and opened her eyes.
Core Formation, complete.
And she seemed to have reached great success in Core Formation in one go, even faster than Qiu Shui.
Just as she started to examine her changes, the system’s voice chimed in.
“Notification: The host’s top/bottom attribute has returned to normal, but the bottom tendency has increased by 1%, resulting in a 15% increase in attractiveness.”
…What the—!?
She thought the system was joking, but was it actually real?
Gong Yiling’s heart skipped a beat, and she rushed to the mirror.
Damn it.
Indeed…
The earlier… incident had completely dispelled her disguise. The person in the mirror was her true self.
And she actually looked even more beautiful than before.
“That’s not right. Why can’t I trade 100% attractiveness for my penis back? System, you’re broken.”
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