Chapter 914 - I Became a Villainess and Was Pestered by Beautiful Girls

After initial hesitation, Tang Xin began to diligently cultivate on the mountain peak of Elder Star Rainbow. After receiving the true transmission of the Profound Spirit Technique, her talent for orthodox cultivation was actually quite strong. Although this miraculous technique did not grant her an exceptionally fast cultivation speed, it did change her physique and unleash her potential. "As long as I cultivate diligently, I can overcome any difficulty!" With this mindset, Tang Xin began to cultivate in seclusion with a seriousness she had never shown before, just like a normal cultivator. As a result, in less than a month, she emerged from seclusion and found Star Rainbow tending to flowers and plants outside. "I can't take it anymore," she said to her senior with a distressed expression. "Why is my cultivation speed so slow? It's been a month and I feel like I haven't made any progress at all!" "What do you mean no progress?" the senior said leisurely. "Hasn't your dantian foundation become stronger? That's already faster than many super geniuses, isn't it?" "Just a bit stronger!" Tang Xin gritted her teeth. "Senior, you don't know that when I was cultivating in the Immortal Light Clan, my speed was at least ten times faster than this!" "Then you fell into devil cultivation, right?" Star Rainbow seemed to know about this and replied slowly. "Shortcuts can only be taken once. If you want me to give you the same kind of method they used, it’s not going to be solved in just three to five months when you want to remove the inner demons." "I know cultivation can't take shortcuts," Tang Xin said with a touch of frustration at the back of her head. "I don't need to advance several levels in a year... Is there a method to advance by one level a year? Could you create a 'simplified version of inner demon cleansing' for me?" Needless to say, the impatient senior sister was naturally driven back by her senior. In fact, during the Shiling Insect crisis, Tang Xin's unreasonable speed of advancement only caused a minor inner demon, which was lucky for her. If it hadn’t been discovered early by the sect leader, Elder Ling Hua, and others, and resolved with the help of a senior before the disaster, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Moreover, the inner demon at that time was not completely resolved. It was only mitigated with the Profound Spirit Technique to remove the negative effects. From the character of the senior sister, there was absolutely no change... Driven back, Tang Xin had no choice but to continue to cultivate slowly like a normal cultivator without inner demon cleansing, special opportunities, or even system assistance. Her cultivation speed slowed down. At this rate, she didn’t know when she would be able to leave the mountain. "Senior," the senior sister found Star Rainbow while she was planting and turning the soil, "cultivating like this is too slow. Are there any other methods... I know you have something. You are an intermediary in mid-stage transcendence and a mentor of an important figure. You must be particularly good at teaching!" "Alright, there is something," Star Rainbow said slowly. "But are you sure you want to use it? It’s not like inner demon cleansing. It's tiring and painful, and you can't give up halfway." "Don't pretend, senior," Tang Xin clenched her fist. "You definitely expected me to make this request. You said that in order to meet the requirements of the realm before the opportunity arrives, you cannot miss any chance to enhance my cultivation." "You are a clever young girl," Star Rainbow laughed. "Too bad we don't have a master-disciple relationship, otherwise, I would really like to take you as my disciple." "It's okay. If you like to play that role, I can also call you master. I'm not very concerned about these formalities..." The simplified inner demon cleansing wasn’t possible, but it was possible to endure three times the hardship just like a typical protagonist. Cultivating the orthodox way requires adhering to the principle of balance: the more you want to achieve, the more effort you need to put in. So, on the peak of Wangtian Mountain, the beautiful mentor (temporarily) and the young female apprentice (temporarily) started a high-intensity training program designed specifically for the senior sister. In other words, it tortured her until the brink of collapse and beyond... "Tenfold spiritual pressure, plus qi strikes. This is a method to enhance your soul, not to torture you... oh, no, I meant, you must practice every moment," Star Rainbow instructed. "Sleep? You don't think there's rest time after that, do you?" It’s no exaggeration to say that the senior sister, since birth, had never experienced such painful cultivation process. Every day, she was driven to her limit by Star Rainbow. After training, she was not allowed to lie down to rest. Without recovering her energy, she had to move on to the next part of the training. Most critically, the senior did not commit to any ending time, leaving her unaware of when this torment would end. Even if she was a super genius, under this kind of training that was akin to cruelty, she would mentally collapse in three to five months. "Although I can see some fate, I can't guarantee that you will definitely complete this cultivation process," Star Rainbow cautioned. "If you find it too difficult, you can give up. It’s related to my apprentice and there are other important figures besides you, who will also share some of the 'fate'." Listening to her words, the senior sister, covered in bruises, lay on the bed, speechless for a long time. After a while, Tang Xin finally spoke. "Even if I can't leave the mountain, can I write letters to the outside world?" "Well...," Star Rainbow frowned and thought for a while before replying. "Ideally, the less contact you have with the outside world during cultivation, the better for your fate. But... okay, as long as your cultivation progress meets the standard, I will allow you to write a letter every three months." "Alright," Tang Xin climbed out of bed and approached the senior. "Let's continue then." "Are you sure?" Star Rainbow asked calmly. "After this time, I won't accept any conditions you propose for any reason." "I'm sure," the senior sister nodded earnestly. "I will persevere to the end." The senior did not say anything further and continued the training, intensifying the program and taking it beyond the mountain peak. Sometimes, the senior sister was thrown into the bone-chilling ice cave to endure the erosion of ancient ice until she lost feeling and nearly lost her mind before being pulled out. Other times, she was left in the scorching desert until her qi disintegrated and her mind disarrayed before being rescued. An intermediate-level transcendent expert had the ability to create various testing environments, all of which were mercilessly imposed on the senior sister. At times, even Star Rainbow couldn't bear to watch and could only silently sigh as she took the fainted senior sister away and put her in a prepared medicinal bath to help her recover. "I hope you won't blame me for being ruthless," Star Rainbow said to the unconscious girl in a gentle tone. "I can see that your cultivation journey has been too smooth. Without these hardships, you will definitely take the wrong path in the future." Winter trainings during the coldest days, summer trainings during the hottest, spring and autumn overlapping, and days and months changing. Time passed day by day. Tang Xin’s realm continued to steadily progress towards the designated goal...