I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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Just Wanting to Live a Good Life but Surpassing the Protagonist – 22 Maybe as Friends

“This is a second-grade perfect Foundation Establishment pill. I got it from my family. Although your family also has Foundation Establishment pills, perfect Foundation Establishment pills are rare.” Qin Shimeng took out a brocade box, from which came the faint fragrance of medicinal herbs.

In addition to being divided into grades, medicinal herbs were also divided into lower, middle, upper, perfect, and super grades. This was related to their medicinal effects. The higher the grade, the better the medicinal effects, and the more difficult it was to refine.

This second-grade perfect Foundation Establishment pill was more expensive than many third-grade pills.

“Thank you.” Ye Yong was not polite. Although he had already planned to buy a Foundation Establishment pill from the system store, it was obvious that Qin Shimeng felt sorry for him because he had abolished (feichu) his cultivation, and this was her way of making amends. If he did not accept it, it would be somewhat disrespectful to Qin Shimeng.

Because he had prevented Qin Shimeng from meeting the protagonist Long Tian for the first time, Ye Yong now had the desire to obtain her again. However, he knew that Qin Shimeng and the protagonist Long Tian would definitely meet more than once in the future, so he could not guarantee that he would definitely be able to obtain Qin Shimeng, but at least compared to before, when he did not dare to touch her at all, he now had much more confidence.

“In a month and a half, the Tianluo Sect will open its doors wide to accept new disciples. How high do you think you’ll be able to cultivate by then, based on your current progress?” Ye Yong had a guess of his own: Crystallization Layer One.

That was right. At 17, Crystallization Layer One was on par with the young geniuses from those reclusive families. As for why he was just a young genius and not a great genius, it was because reclusive families were different. Whether it was bloodline talent or resources, they were all better than their family. What’s more, reclusive families only appeared in the middle of the novel, so their cultivation had to keep up with the protagonist’s group. How could they not be heaven-defying and monstrous?

“I should be able to reach Foundation Establishment Layer Ten.” Qin Shimeng gave a conservative answer. In fact, she felt that her current cultivation speed was too fast. She wanted to pause to solidify her foundation, but she found that her foundation was very solid and didn’t need to be solidified at all. At this rate, breaking through to Crystallization Layer One in a month and a half wouldn’t be a problem.

“That’s great. If you can break through to the Crystallization Period, keep this by your side. It will be of great help to you.” Ye Yong handed over an unremarkable stone.

“This is?”

“I can’t tell you what it is for now. In any case, if you can trust me and do as I say, it will give you a big surprise.” Ye Yong wouldn’t say that he had exchanged 500 Reversal Points for this Crystallization Auxiliary Stone.

The path of immortal cultivation was very clear. In the beginning, one tempered their body. Only with a strong enough physique could one gather Qi. Gathering Qi meant absorbing the external Qi. This Qi was not spiritual Qi, but it wasn’t quite air either. In any case, martial artists could transform this Qi into vital energy that was slightly weaker than spiritual Qi. Once enough Qi had been accumulated, one could begin to condense Qi and impact the meridians. Once the meridians were opened, one would become a Foundation Establishment cultivator and be able to absorb spiritual Qi.

Foundation Establishment was like the foundation of a building. Once the foundation was built, spiritual Qi would begin to crystallize. After crystallization, one would be able to contain even more spiritual Qi. There was a huge gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators and Crystallization cultivators, simply because the amount of spiritual Qi they could contain was too different.

This Crystallization Auxiliary Stone could help Qin Shimeng condense at least five or more Spirit Crystals. Normal cultivators would only have three at most when they first crystallized. As their cultivation increased, they would gradually increase. However, Qin Shimeng would have more than five from the start. When she broke through to the Golden Core Stage, the Spirit Crystals would transform into Golden Cores and become even stronger.

In any case, after he had the thought of obtaining Qin Shimeng, Ye Yong began to pave the way for her.

Perhaps Qin Shimeng might stand on Long Tian’s side as the novel progressed, and Ye Yong would have no choice but to become enemies with Long Tian. But perhaps at the critical moment, she would remember that Ye Yong had once helped her and spare his life ?

In any case, Ye Yong wouldn’t lose out on this. If he could obtain Qin Shimeng in the future, then he would have a powerful wife. If he couldn’t, then perhaps she would remember his past kindness and spare his life . After interrupting their encounter, Ye Yong was confident that he could obtain Qin Shimeng. He just had to keep helping her break through her cultivation. As long as her realm was different from the protagonist’s, the chances of them crossing paths would decrease.

Because she didn’t know the value of the Crystallization Auxiliary Stone, Qin Shimeng didn’t decline. She accepted this unremarkable stone.

The two of them chatted for a while longer. Ye Yong was afraid that if he continued chatting, he wouldn’t be able to help but reveal a wretched look as he stared at Qin Shimeng’s overwhelming beauty, causing the rare increase in good The sensitivity to decrease. So, he quickly said goodbye to her.

Qin Shimeng didn’t know what Ye Yong was thinking. She thought that after he had crippled his cultivation and become a mortal, his body was relatively weak. She gave him some medicinal pills before leaving.

———

Qin Shimeng had only broken through to Foundation Establishment Layer Seven today. When the news spread, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was shaken. The Ye family no longer dared to speak ill of her. Qin Shimeng looked at the changes in the people around her and couldn’t help but lamented. It was just as Ye Yong had said, people would change, and they would change very quickly.

Especially Ye Yong. If he had been like this from the start, perhaps she wouldn’t have been so resistant to the marriage.

Suddenly, she had this unrealistic thought, and Qin Shimeng found it somewhat funny. She and Ye Yong had already broken off their engagement. The fact that they could chat like friends today was already a very good result.

“But friends…” Qin Shimeng’s lips curled into a faint smile. Fortunately, she was wearing a veil now. Otherwise, that smile would have made the men and women passing by lose their minds.

When she arrived at the carriage, the maid hurriedly asked her mistress what Ye Yong’s attitude had been like.

Because Ye Yong had crippled his cultivation and became a mortal, and had also broken off his engagement with her mistress, logically speaking, he should hate her mistress very much.

“Him?” Qin Shimeng smiled again. “He was very calm. I feel pretty good about him. I might chat with him more if I have time.”

“Ah?” The maid was stunned. When you were engaged, you treated him like he was your father’s murderer. Now that you’ve broken off the engagement, you’re saying you want to chat with him?

“Miss, you can’t be feeling too guilty towards him, so…”

“I did feel quite guilty at first, but he really didn’t care and told me not to either. Seeing how relaxed he was, why should I continue to struggle?”

“Then why do you still want to chat with him?”

“Because he might become a good friend.”

“Would he treat Miss as a friend? I’m afraid he’ll have a relapse and think that the toad wants to eat swan meat.” The maid who spoke was Qin Shimeng’s personal maid. They had grown up together since childhood, so she naturally knew Ye Yong’s character very well. That’s why she had a very bad impression of him.

“Don’t talk nonsense. He’s no longer the Ye Yong of the past. The current him is worth befriending.”

“Why does it sound like you’re interested in him, Miss…”

“What are you talking about?” Qin Shimeng lightly hit the maid. Although she didn’t think she was interested in Ye Yong, it was true that she didn’t hate him as much as before.

———

After Qin Shimeng left, Ye Yong also let out an excited cry. He picked up Wu Xue and spun her around, making her small face flush red. However, she could only remain motionless like a small animal.

As for why Ye Yong was so excited, it was naturally because he had discovered that Qin Shimeng’s favorability had changed from a negative number to 3, and her attitude had changed from [Mild Disgust] to [Worth Befriending].

He had already gained a lot of Reversal Points because he had interrupted her first encounter with Long Tian. Now, with Qin Shimeng’s favorability increasing, Ye Yong now had over 90,000 Reversal Points.

90,000. He could buy a lot of things. Even a slightly inferior Saint-tier martial art could be exchanged for four copies to play with.

Thinking about it now, it wasn’t without reason that the priced items in the System Shop were so ridiculously expensive.

Ye Yong had only met two female protagonists and had only interrupted the protagonist’s small opportunity once, yet he had gained so many Reversal Points. As for the female protagonists and opportunities that would appear later?

Emptying the shop wasn’t a dream.