Chapter 51 I'm a Monk, You're a Nun

Upon returning downstairs, Qin Chao noticed that the lights were on in the kitchen of Li Na's house, and he knew that her mother must have returned home. Without haste, he took Su Ji back to his own home.

Since Li Na had already said to reveal the answer after dinner, Qin Chao obediently made the legendary dish of sour cabbage with white meat.

"Don't think you can get rid of me with just a dish of sour cabbage and white meat!" Su Ji sat on the couch watching TV, and didn't forget to shout at Qin Chao, who was busy in the kitchen, "I prefer Sichuan cuisine! At least four dishes and one soup!"

"Oh my, do you really take me for a royal chef?" Qin Chao was helpless, who asked her to be a beauty. Fortunately, there were still some ingredients at home, so Qin Chao simply took them all out and, according to Su Ji's request, busied himself with cooking.

Luckily, Qin Chao's ex-girlfriend was also very greedy and even liked Sichuan cuisine. Qin Chao used the ingredients on hand to make three more dishes: boiled sliced pork, Mapo tofu, and spicy diced chicken. The soup was just ordinary seaweed egg drop soup, because there were no ingredients to make his best mixed soup.

But these dishes were already very plentiful, enough for himself to eat for a month. Now, he had used up most of them, and what was left had to be saved for himself to make do. Fortunately, there was still a box of instant noodles and half a bag of potatoes.

Otherwise, he would probably starve to death in the second half of the month. The Guangyuan school was such a big place, they shouldn't owe him his salary, right...

As Qin Chao thought to himself, he finished preparing the four dishes and one soup and brought them to the table in the living room. Su Ji's red windbreaker hung on the wall, with a white printed T-shirt on the upper body and shorts on the lower body. She wore black silk stockings on her legs, which wrapped her figure tightly.

Qin Chao had to make a great effort to withdraw his own eyes, and then invited her, "Come on, let's eat. Sichuan cuisine tastes best when it's hot. Otherwise, it won't be as good when it gets cold."

The two sat at the table, and this beautiful Su Ji ate like a tornado, making Qin Chao wonder how much food her flat belly could hold.

Furthermore, Qin Chao noticed that his recent appetite had grown and he needed much more food than before.

"Do you think I eat a lot but don't get fat?" Su Ji wiped her mouth with a napkin, then laughed, "And you also realize that your appetite has increased recently, right?"

"Uh, yeah, how did you know?" Qin Chao swallowed his third bun and blinked, asking.

"It's simple. Because we're both novice cultivators, we require a huge amount of energy intake. Since we haven't cultivated our Yang spirit yet, we can only absorb most of it from food," Su Ji smiled and saw that Qin Chao looked a bit puzzled. She lifted her wrist, revealing a string of sandalwood beads hanging from it, "This is a treasure of our Songshan Baotai Temple, specially used for us outer disciples to protect ourselves."

"Songshan Baotai Temple? Outer disciple?" Qin Chao put down the bun in his hand and looked very interested. Indeed, this girl was not an ordinary person.

"Hmph, I can tell by your look. You must have just entered the world of cultivation, and no one has guided you," Su Ji put on a teacher's demeanor, picked up a clean chopstick, and tapped Qin Chao's head, saying.

Qin Chao pouted, "Who said I don't have a teacher? I do, but she's just a beautiful demoness."

"The world of cultivation is not as simple as you imagine. In this world, there are eight major orthodox schools, known as the Eight Sects, which are the pillars of the cultivation world. The vast majority of cultivators come from these eight schools. Of course, in addition to them, there is also the Demon Sect. The Demon Sect is composed of many heretical sects of cultivation, and if they don't unite, they can't compete with the Eight Sects."

"Can you tell me which sects are there?" Qin Chao asked.

"Of course, the most powerful of them is undoubtedly the Shushan Cangjian Sect. Those guys who carry long swords everywhere are all terrifying in cultivation. Then there's the Songshan Baotai Temple, Wudangshan Yimendao, Emeishan Fenmo Valley, Qinghong Wuji Gang, Tianshan Piaomiao Sect, Kunlun Mountain Tianren Sect, and the Yujian Peak of Huashan."

"Wow, there are so many sects..." Qin Chao felt like he had entered a magical world, listening with relish.

"That's right. If I'm not mistaken, the cultivation technique you're practicing is the Nine Nether Magic Art. It's one of the six demonic techniques, and the treasure of the Luo Sha Gate's town gate. Whether to call you lucky or tragic for practicing this secret, I'm not sure. But in any case, you have a good heart and have entered the world of cultivation. As a disciple of the outer sect of the Buddhist sect, I should guide you in the right direction."

"Yes, yes, yes, with such a beautiful Buddhist nun teaching me, I will definitely study hard."

"Go, what Buddhist nun? You're still a monk! I'm just an outer disciple, with limited achievements. On the path of cultivation, I can only guide you to the foundation building stage. The road ahead, you will have to explore on your own."

"Why just an outer disciple?" Qin Chao was a bit puzzled.

"You see, these eight famous sects require a lot of materials for cultivation. And, they have to eat, drink, sleep, and have to spend money on everything! With their single-minded focus on cultivation, where do they have time to do business and make money? So, they found some wealthy merchants and taught them basic cultivation techniques to extend their lifespan. The price is that these merchants become the backbone of the sect, providing them with the means to live and cultivate."

"I see..." Qin Chao nodded, "So that's why you practiced Buddhist cultivation techniques, right?"

"Yes, but it's just a basic Buddhist spell, the six-syllable Great Enlightenment Mantra, which can only be activated through this magic weapon." Su Ji said, extending her wrist, and the Buddhist bead on her hand suddenly shone with dazzling golden light.

"Om!" She lightly exhaled, chanting a cool Buddhist spell. Qin Chao seemed to hear a burst of clear and wise Sanskrit chanting in his ear. Suddenly, a white Buddhist light jumped out from Su Ji's bead, rotating in the air, and with a bang, it smashed into the wall, immediately causing a large piece of the wall to fall.

"I don't know what to say..." Qin Chao was speechless. Let this little girl show off if she wants to, why bother getting into trouble with the house.

"The six-syllable Great Enlightenment Mantra has six different attack modes, each with a different color. The further you go, the more powerful the spell becomes. Right now, I can only chant up to 'ba.' My magical power is not enough to go further."

Su Ji pulled back her wrist as she spoke.

"You've reached the stage of divine power?" Qin Chao gulped and said.

"How is that possible? I've only cultivated to the foundation-building stage," Su Ji rolled her eyes and said. "Those powerful Buddhist spells of divine power, how could those old monks teach us? Mortals that can reach foundation building have already extended their lifespan and can live for a long time. Besides, they have many rules, and only one person in each generation of the outer sect can cultivate. My brother and sister don't know about my cultivation, and they always think I'm strange."

"The reason I can release spells is that I rely on this magical tool. Cultivators can release spells in two ways: one is to cultivate divine power after reaching the foundation-building stage. The second is to rely on magical tools that carry spells."

"My Buddhist beads are a powerful magical tool of human level two. Even if a cultivator in the divine power realm fought me one-on-one, they might not necessarily be my match!" Su Ji said proudly.

Qin Chao looked enviously at the string of beads, then he summoned his Soul-locking Chain from his ring and placed it on the table, saying, "Look, this is my magical tool. It's not bad, I've tempered it to human level six!"

Su Ji just casually glanced at the chain and said, "Trash."

Qin Chao burst into tears.

"Your ring is not bad, even in the cultivation world, the Sumeru Ring is very rare. I'm curious, where did you get these things, and the cultivation method?" Su Ji asked.

"I picked them up accidentally," Qin Chao said, taking out the ancient and quaint Nine Nether Magical Formula from his ring and placing it on the table. "This book records the cultivation method for the divine power stage. Do you want to take a look?"

"Are you trying to kill me?" Su Ji picked up a big white steamed bun and threw it at Qin Chao's face. "I'm cultivating Buddhist methods, and you're cultivating demonic methods. These two methods are simply incompatible!"

"Ah, I see..." Qin Chao nodded, suddenly realizing his current problem. His eyes brightened and he quickly asked, "By the way, little nun, do you know how to break through from Qi Refinement to Spiritual Consolidation?"

"Go die, you're the nun!" Su Ji stood up and pinched Qin Chao's neck. "If you call me little nun again, I won't tell you the method!"

"Okay, okay, beautiful teacher, I give up. You're amazing, please teach me."

"I can teach you..." Su Ji sat back down and looked at Qin Chao with some complexity. She continued, "But once you break through the Spiritual Consolidation, you'll have completely opened the door to the realm of cultivation. With the demon pill and demon body you possess, your growth will be like a rocket. I'm afraid that if I guide you now, you'll become a heartless killer in the future."

"Do you think I, Qin Chao, would become such a person?" Qin Chao looked at Su Ji's beautiful big eyes and asked.

"I don't think so..." Su Ji said slowly. "In the park, you fought for a stranger... hmm, even though she was a beautiful woman. On the street, you fought for another stranger, using a phone-snatching method to save her... hmm, even though she was also a beautiful woman. In school, you risked everything to save a colleague possessed by a female ghost... oh, and that colleague was also a beautiful woman. Based on my observations, you don't seem like a good person, but more like a pervert!"

"I... what..." Qin Chao was completely speechless.

"Well, since your nature isn't bad, I'll help you enter the Spiritual Consolidation stage."

Su Ji stood up and walked behind Qin Chao. Her palms were placed on Qin Chao's shoulders, and a warm flow of air entered Qin Chao's body.

"Keep your mind clear and free of distractions... enter your small world and see what's hidden inside."