Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It-Chapter 224: Taking a Master
Xu Su stared blankly. In such an unlucky place, besides those few from the Qingxuan Sect, she was the only one left.
The world channel had already exploded with messages. Soon, a flood of players would arrive, drawn by the news, to watch the spectacle.
Xu Su was feeling a bit regretful that she probably wouldn’t be able to find the Sunset Flower today. Just then, Si Xuan, having finished looting, flew over with the four Elders of the Qingxuan Sect. With a flick of his sleeve, the Golden Light Shield around Xu Su shattered.
Without the protection of the shield, the pressure from several High-level Cultivators intimidated the Qi Refining First Level Female Sword Immortal, making her tremble like a pitiful little creature.
"..." Xu Su silently watched her character’s cowering appearance and felt awful.
Si Xuan hadn’t said a single word. After dispelling the shield, he simply turned to leave with his group.
Xu Su finally snapped out of it. She controlled her Female Sword Immortal to quickly chase after and poke Si Xuan, her fingers typing out a line of text on her keyboard, "Hey, big shot, are you accepting disciples? The soft, cute, and adorable kind that’ll follow any order."
She even attached the game’s built-in "Pleading to be a Disciple" emoji pack.
The game had a master-disciple system. The player who had given her the quest had a master at the Golden Core Realm.
Xu Su also wanted to fly through the skies and move across the earth, to slay demons and exorcise devils. She really didn’t want to get killed by a mere splash of seawater again. A High-level Cultivator, another player, had done nothing but pass by, and she was already trembling in fear.
It was just too humiliating. So, on a whim, she directly blocked the big shot and tried to ask him to be her master...
Si Xuan stared at his computer screen, rendered speechless by the line of text floating above the head of the red-robed Female Sword Immortal blocking his path.
Since she wasn’t on his friends list, the others behind Si Xuan could see her message crystal clear.
A loud male voice came through the headset, "Holy shit! This newbie’s got guts. The boss shows a rare moment of kindness and saves her, and now she’s latched onto him? Doesn’t she know the boss never accepts disciples?"
In the party channel, a microphone icon was flashing over Master Beiyue’s avatar.
"This newbie’s name looks a little familiar. Isn’t she the one the boss saved the day before yesterday? The one who died ten times doing the starter quest?" This time, it was Master Nanyang who spoke.
You Shan Taoist’s mic began to flash as well. "Yep, that’s her. Talk about fate. The boss has saved her twice in three days. If he’s going to take a disciple, might as well be her. It’s meant to be."
Their voices were all filled with playful teasing. Si Xuan clicked on the Female Sword Immortal to check her name.
It really was the same person. It was just that last time, she was wearing the drab, default starting outfit, and this time she was wearing the newbie reward set dropped by the Ice Beast.
He looked at the trembling Female Sword Immortal before him, a little cultivator at the Qi Refining First Level, and suddenly spoke, "Nanyang, you take her."
The moment Si Xuan spoke, the party channel erupted. Even Liu Yun Fairy, who had been silent the whole time, voiced her confusion.
Master Nanyang, having been called out, examined the Female Sword Immortal’s profile over and over. His voice was filled with even more bewilderment. "Why, Boss? She’s just a totally ordinary newbie. My first disciple has to be some kind of unique genius, right?"
"Her stupidity is quite unique."
"..." The party channel went silent for two seconds, and then someone let out a laugh.
After sending the request to become a disciple, Xu Su realized she had been a bit too rash. ’But I’ve already asked,’ she thought, ’so I have to wait for an answer.’
She stood there awkwardly, waiting for the big shot’s rejection. Unexpectedly, before Si Xuan could reply, a man in a Mystic Robe next to him walked over. He poked her, and a line of text appeared above his head, "Our Sect Leader is very busy and never accepts disciples. Little Susu, how about I take you as my disciple?"
Oh, Xu Su’s in-game name was: Little Susu.
Before Xu Su could reply, a system notification popped up: ’Master Nanyang wishes to take you as his disciple. Accept/Decline?’
She had fifteen seconds to choose. A countdown timer was already running.
"..." Xu Su silently opened the profile of the man in the Mystic Robe. Her eyes lit up, and her fingers trembled with excitement. With five seconds left on the countdown, she chose to accept.
System notification: ’Your master, Master Nanyang, has invited you to join the ’Mob Grinding Party’. Accept/Decline?’
Xu Su quickly clicked accept.
The moment she joined the party, a burst of noisy static came from her computer speakers, mixed with a few short snippets of conversation. Xu Su couldn’t quite make out what they were talking about before the chat went silent, likely because they noticed she had joined.
Seeing that the party was full of famous top players, Xu Su took the initiative to greet them. "Hi, can you hear me?"
Zhou Mochen often had video conferences, so his computer setup in his study was fully equipped. Voice chat and the like were no problem at all.
After Xu Su finished speaking, the channel fell silent.
’Is my mic not on?’ she wondered, and was just turning her volume to the maximum when a clear male voice suddenly rang out.
"Holy shit! Little Susu, your voice is amazing! Is this what people mean when they say a voice can make your ears pregnant?"
That male voice broke the silence in the channel. Among the party members, with the exception of Si Xuan at the top of the list, the microphone icons on everyone else’s avatars were flashing nonstop.
"So it really is a girl. That voice is enough to make my bones melt. I told you guys, not many dudes play the Female Sword Immortal class! Who was it just now who said it was some gross dude catfishing?"
"With a voice like that, she must be a total bombshell. Nanyang really hit the jackpot this time!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Watch what you’re saying, or you’ll ruin the Qingxuan Sect’s reputation!" This was a crisp female voice. Xu Su looked at the party member list and guessed it must be Liu Yun Fairy.
"Little Martial Niece, when are you going to send a few pictures for your Martial Uncles to see? Our Qingxuan Sect is great and all, but we can never beat the other sects in the beauty pageants."
Having spent the last two days browsing the forums, Xu Su was familiar with this.
Many sects in the Immortal World had a quota for recruiting beautiful female disciples. It didn’t matter if your talent, skill, or level was lacking. As long as you sent in a photo, were good-looking enough to pass the review, you could still get into a major sect. Being showered with attention wouldn’t be just a dream.
After all, beautiful women were a resource in themselves. The more beautiful women a sect had, the more disciples would naturally be willing to join.
Among the major sects, only the Qingxuan Sect’s recruitment rules were based solely on talent and strength; they had never opened a fast track for pretty female players.
As a result, in every server-wide beauty pageant, the Qingxuan Sect never had a single member in the top ten...
Xu Su was taken aback by the question. ’The channel was so quiet just now,’ she thought, ’I figured they were going to put me in my place for being so forward about becoming a disciple. I didn’t expect these top players to be so easygoing.’
"Asking for a girl’s photo right off the bat—You Shan, can you not tarnish the Qingxuan Sect’s reputation?" It was the first male voice again. "Little Susu, I’m your master now. What is a little cultivator at the Qi Refining First Level like you doing in the Netherworld Sea?"
Xu Su looked at the man in the Mystic Robe before her. He was a Poison Cultivator, so his hands were empty of weapons. Standing with his hands clasped behind his back, he did look rather majestic, but his voice sounded very young.
