I Just Want To Slack off In Cultivation - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Fellow Daoist, I’m Actually Here to Help You!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“System, just you wait!” Pei Ling did not have the time to care about the evaluation panel floating in front of him. He hurriedly crossed his arms in front of his chest to protect his vitals.
The next moment, a green light flashed and struck Pei Ling’s left arm.
Pei Ling felt as if he was hit by a speeding truck. A sharp pain came from his left arm as his body flew off uncontrollably.
Bang!!!
Pei Ling slammed into the stone wall in the cave without any strength to hit back, and the entire stone wall caved in.
“Ugh…” He felt a sweetness in his throat and couldn’t help but spit out a large mouthful of blood. Every part of his body was in pain, and it was as if his organs had shifted. If not for the fact that he had cultivated the Bone Forging Art for a long time which greatly increased his endurance for pain, he would have probably fainted on the spot.
“Cough cough cough… Not dead? Cough cough cough…” Seeing Pei Ling’s miserable state, Wu Tingxi’s expression changed.
He coughed violently as he sized up Pei Ling in surprise.
Something was wrong with this kid!
Although he was seriously injured, he was the disciple of an elder in the Deep Sea Sect after all. He was at the late stage of Qi Refinement, and his cultivation level was not comparable to ordinary cultivators of the same age. Even if Wu Tingxi used a weaker version of the Five Poison Finger, facing a cultivator of the third-level Qi Refinement in a small place like Deer Spring City, he should still be able to penetrate through his arms, straight through his heart, and kill Pei Ling in one hit.
At the moment, Pei Ling seemed to be in a tragic state. Upon closer inspection, the main injury was that his left arm, which was in the front, had a large hole burnt through by the toxic poison, revealing some bones. The other areas looked terrifying, but they were not life-threatening.
Wu Tingxi seemed to have thought of something as a light purple flashed across his eyes. He focused his eyes to the limit and examined the exposed bone. It caused his originally pale face to turn red quickly as blood seeped out of the corner of his mouth.
However, he couldn’t care less at the moment. Instead, he cried out in surprise, “Supreme-grade iron bone?!”
The Bone Forging Art originated from the Deep Sea Sect. To someone like him, who had once been the disciple of an elder of the Deep Sea Sect, he was naturally not a stranger.
However, there was one thing that even the Pei family did not know. It was that the iron bones, essence bones, and jade bones cultivated from the Bone Forging Art were divided into grades!
Iron bones consisted of inferior-grade iron bones, middle-grade iron bones, superior-grade iron bones, and supreme-grade iron bones. Most itinerant cultivators could only cultivate inferior-grade iron bones. A small number of itinerant cultivators with outstanding talent were able to cultivate middle-grade iron bones. As long as there were no problems with their background and they were not too old, these people would be directly accepted into the outer sect by the Deep Sea Sect once discovered. As for superior-grade iron bones, only the disciples of the Deep Sea Sect with abundant resources and teachers’ guidance could cultivate it.
As for the supreme-grade iron bone?
It was the rarest of all!
Only a few with rare constitutions or those who had accidentally swallowed related treasures could cultivate it.
Regardless of which type, it meant that once he entered the Deep Sea Sect, he would become the key focus with a good chance of entering the inner sect.
“Cough, cough, cough, ahem…” Wu Tingxi coughed violently again as he looked at Pei Ling with a complicated gaze.
If his master were still here and he encountered Pei Ling, he would most likely choose to bring him back to the Deep Sea Sect and become his junior brother.
After all, although a junior brother with extraordinary talent or luck would bring away the attention and resources from the master, it would strengthen his faction. In the long run, the benefits would be greater.
But now…
He thought for a moment and said suddenly, “Ahem… your supreme-grade iron bone, how did you cultivate it?”
Pei Ling slid down from the stone wall. His first thought was to escape!
However, just as he wanted to turn over and stand up, he felt dizzy and had no choice but to lie on the ground. Only then did he realize that every move he made required a lot of energy, and he could not even stand up.
Hearing this, Pei Ling was first startled. Supreme-grade iron bone? What supreme-grade iron bone?
However, he quickly came to his senses: Whatever, the most important thing now is to stabilize the other party and not kill him immediately.
“Fellow Daoist, we don’t know each other. I did take your Qi and Blood Pill just now, but you’ve already punished me. Now that we don’t owe each other anything, why don’t we shake hands, make peace, and we’ll go our separate ways?” Pei Ling said weakly. “If you’re interested in my cultivation technique, I can consider exchanging it with you.”
He called out to the system in his mind, “System! Can you change the Bone Forging Art that he can’t tell from the real one? And that it would cause him to immediately suffer from Qi deviation once he cultivates it?”
The system replied, “Ding-Dong! The Smart Cultivation System is at your service. Host, please choose the length of the time and click on the [One-Click Management]. The system will automatically cultivate for you immediately! One-Click Management, no more worries in your cultivation, fulfilling your dream of ascension!”
Pei Ling felt like spitting out a mouthful of blood. “I knew that I couldn’t count on you…”
He was thinking about whether to use some of the ancient texts from his previous life to disguise himself and delay time when he heard Wu Tingxi sneer. “Stop pretending. You cultivate the Bone Forging Art, and if you’re not a member of the Deep Sea Sect, then you must be an external disciple of the Deep Sea Sect. If I’m not wrong, the wanted poster of the Deep Sea Sect is nearby. Since you’ve chased me into the mountain, how could you not recognize me?!”
“Then what does Fellow Daoist want to do later?” Pei Ling frowned. It was not easy to fool a disciple from a Demonic Sect. After lying down for a while, he had already gradually recovered some strength and could probably barely stand up. However, it was still difficult to escape… He had to buy more time!
Pei Ling thought of something and said, “Actually, you are mistaken. Although Zheng Jingshan of the Deep Sea Sect did instruct the disciples of my Pei family to search the entire mountain for you, I’m the only one who doesn’t wish to reveal your traces. Instead, I earnestly want you to escape.”
Wu Tingxi sneered, clearly not believing him at all. Pei Ling then said, “Fellow Daoist, do you know that Zheng Jingshan has a screen? It might look ordinary, but there are more than a hundred beauties in it…”
“The Scarlet Bone Rakshasa Painting?” Before Pei Ling could finish, Wu Tingxi had already blurted out a name. He asked suspiciously, “How did you know? No, wait, if you’ve seen it before, how aren’t you dead yet?!”
Pei Ling’s heart stuttered. It seemed that the screen was more troublesome than he had imagined.
At the moment, he did not have the time to think too much. He hurriedly said, “I’m a son of the Pei branch family in Deer Spring City. As my mother died early, over the years, I have been suppressed by my stepmother and am penniless… Not long ago, Zheng Jingshan was invited by the family’s eldest son to the guest courtyard of the Pei family. He is wealthy and cannot be compared to the Pei family. I heard from the manservant that he is always busy every other day and is not in the residence. Thus, I could enter his room to take a look…”
Upon hearing this, Wu Tingxi looked at him strangely. “You, a small cultivator at the third level of Qi Refinement from a remote village, would dare to steal Zheng Jingshan’s things?”
Wu Tingxi was puzzled for a moment: Are the cultivators outside actually that ferocious?!
Compared to an unknowing Zheng Jingshan to the theft of his residence, he strangely felt that it was not as much of a big deal to have three Qi and Blood Pills stolen from him right under his eyes anymore.
“Ahem. Anyways, Zheng Jingshan has not found out until now since he is hunting you down.” Pei Ling coughed dryly. “Therefore, I hope that you are safe and can even escape now. After all, only when you’re alive and well, will it help me delay Zheng Jingshan and give me more opportunities and time to escape far away.”
He said in his most sincere tone, “Fellow Daoist, I’m actually here to help you!”
Wu Tingxi looked up and laughed. “Help me? How? You snatched my Qi and Blood Pills the moment we met and made me crawl like a worm for half a day to pick up my medicine bottle?”
“Fellow Daoist, these are small matters,” Pei Ling said seriously. “At the time, I was harmed by the Scarlet Bone Rakshasa Painting. If I didn’t have the Qi and Blood Pill, I’m afraid that I would have met with misfortune. In that case, Fellow Daoist, you are here alone and unfamiliar with the place. Sooner or later, you will be discovered by the disciples of my Pei family and get reported to Zheng Jingshan! Would that be a happy ending, Fellow Daoist? Now, you and I are on the same boat. We should cooperate and not be so calculative!”
Hmm, my breathing is much smoother now. I should be able to get up and take a few steps. I wonder how long I can last?
Pei Ling hesitated for a moment before stealing a glance at Wu Tingxi. Seeing that the other party was deep in thought and did not have any intention of attacking, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and decided to continue waiting for a while to prevent any more twists and turns during his escape.
“You… have a sharp tongue! You do have a point. It is a matter of life and death, and everything else is trivial..” Wu Tingxi pondered for a moment and smiled coldly. Suddenly, he said, “Do you know why Zheng Jingshan wants to kill me?”