Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 421 - 279: Only the National Football Team Uses Sea Cucumber for Body Tempering

Chapter 421: Chapter 279: Only the National Football Team Uses Sea Cucumber for Body Tempering

To Fuji, everything in this world can be divided into two categories: edible and non-edible.

Within the non-edible category, there are further subdivisions, with poop being a catch-all term at the bottom of this disdained hierarchy.

Although, admittedly, it’s a rather inelegant term.

Xiaoxue pinched Fuji’s little cheek, "Who taught you to say that?"

"Lily," Fuji replied.

"That’s not nice to say. Don’t say it again, okay?" Xiaoxue spoke to her like coaxing a child.

"Alright."

"Good girl."

As the two Harmonious Sect plants were about to completely derail the conversation, Shi Xiu, who had been isolated for a while, finally found a chance to join in.

"Ahem, well..." Shi Xiu cleared his throat.

"Why are you still here?" Xiaoxue feigned a look of surprise.

Fuji cooperated with her master and senior sister, letting out a soft "Wow."

Shi Xiu, "..."

He didn’t understand. Do plants really hold grudges like this?

Shi Xiu asked, "Let’s get back to the main topic. Junior Sister Fuji, what exactly did you discover?"

After thinking for a moment, Fuji said, "The Human Race’s Body Refining Technique usually requires medicinal liquid to nourish the body’s organs when laying the foundation, aiming for a transformative breakthrough."

"People who use this method have a particular smell lingering on them."

"This smell may be imperceptible to you, but to me, it lingers no matter how much time passes. Like the senior brothers and sisters from the Beast Taming Sect and Medicine King Valley, their scent is fragrant."

"But that person, he has a strange smell. It’s a smell I encountered at the bottom of the sea once, something not good."

"So is his Body Refining Technique dodgy? Was his cultivation forcibly elevated?" Shi Xiu asked.

Fuji shook her head, "No, let me think about how to put it..."

Fuji sat cross-legged in the sky, pinching her chin as her body turned liquid and little Fujis bounced out, running around in the air until they settled into specific positions, also sitting cross-legged.

Shi Xiu saw that the little Fujis’ positions seemed to form some kind of self-acting array, but its specific purpose was unknown.

"What are they doing?" Shi Xiu asked Xiaoxue.

"It’s a trick Fuji learned from the Taoist, saying it helps with thinking, allowing all versions of oneself to come together and become smarter."

Shi Xiu pinched his chin, mulled over it for a while, and then shook his head.

Couldn’t understand it, too baffling.

After about half an hour, Fuji opened her eyes with a look of enlightenment and pointed one finger to the sky and one to the ground, declaring a word.

"Sea cucumber!"

"Sea cucumber? That person used sea cucumber for Body Refining?" Xiaoxue asked.

She had spent years in Medicine King Valley but had never heard of anyone using sea cucumber for Body Refining.

"Nope, Zhang Ze told me, only the national soccer team uses sea cucumber for Body Refining."

"What’s the national soccer team?" Xiaoxue’s curiosity was piqued.

"I don’t know exactly, but Zhang Ze said when you have no expectations for something, that thing is the national soccer team," Fuji explained.

"Oh!" Xiaoxue exclaimed as she learned something new.

"Ahem, can we get back to the main topic, for the peace of the Four Continents?"

"Why does that person represent a sea cucumber?"

To steer the conversation back, Shi Xiu had to appeal to the greater good.

Fuji collected all the little Fujis and then used the Water Technique to shape two lumps for demonstration.

"There is a fish in the sea that digs out all of a sea cucumber’s guts through a back hole, then crawls inside.

"After that, the sea cucumber becomes an empty shell, while the fish eats it from the inside out, then moves on to the next sea cucumber."

"That person is like an empty shell, a sea cucumber about to be parasitized by a fish."

"It’s also possible that the ’fish’ has already gone inside; the bad smell comes from that ’fish.’

After hearing Fuji’s explanation, Shi Xiu squinted his eyes, his lips moved slightly, seemingly contacting his superiors.

Soon, he received the latest instructions, and the Old Ascenders decided not to take action for the time being, focusing instead on observation and surveillance.

"That’s what my master said. Who among us will watch him?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxue began to eye Shi Xiu mischievously.

"What?" Shi Xiu took a step back at Xiaoxue’s look.

"I have a very mature plan that allows you to monitor them very closely, like this..."

"The Li Family wants to have their youngest daughter become a registered disciple of that Daoist and go to the Qinghe Association with them. You can transform into that girl and accompany them, right?"

After Xiaoxue finished, Shi Xiu frowned and asked, "Why don’t you go?"

"Fuji and I aren’t human; what if we can’t play the part well? You know our temperaments. It’s best if Senior Brother Shi handles this, given your dedication to the world, maturity, and charm, you’re the hope of the Six Sects’ future."

Xiaoxue started sweet-talking him.

"Can’t we have other elders handle this?" Shi Xiu was still trying to decline.

"Everyone’s busy with their responsibilities, and only the three of us within an 800-mile radius know the details." Xiaoxue stepped closer.

"Hold on, let me think about it some more..." Shi Xiu continued to find excuses.

"Don’t wait any longer; this is a fleeting opportunity. I’ve already invited the person over, now it’s your turn to perform."

Just as Xiaoxue finished speaking, a sixteen-year-old girl appeared beside them. Seeing herself in mid-air, she was only momentarily surprised before regaining her composure and gracefully saluting the group.

"Thank you all for saving my Li Family. My father was misled by the wrong people and almost made a grave mistake."