Maybe I shouldn't die.

After calming her mind through writing, Fang Yue began her day-to-day practice life again. Although the system no longer gave her life bonus, she still insisted on practicing the ice-condensing technique and the thunder-falling technique, and did not give up drawing talismans.

On the contrary, after being freed from the pressure of the lifespan mission, her efficiency in learning spells and the success rate in drawing talismans have improved. She also discovered that after coming out of the secret realm, her efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy during practice has also increased.

Originally, according to her previous training speed, if she wanted to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, it would take at least a year. However, in fact, in the sixth month after her retreat, she had already broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

In the second month of her retreat, her magic weapon "Book of Enlightenment" was damaged. She had practiced the two spells she had learned, Ice Condensation and Thunderfall, to perfection. After that, she used the time that should have been used for spell practice to practice.

During these six months, her talisman skills also improved greatly. Her proficiency in the wind-controlling talisman has been improved to perfection. She also learned the ice-condensing talisman, the thunder-falling talisman, the fire-controlling talisman, and the healing talisman. After that, she no longer studied the talisman skills in the five elements magic.

She planned to borrow a book about unpopular talismans from the library after she came out of retreat. She planned to learn some other talismans. She opened the system panel.

Xiuxian Assistance System 1.0

Host: Fang Yue

Spirit: Water and Wood Spirit, Wood 7 Water 3

Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 8

Skill: Soul-Guiding Technique

Skills: None

Perfect spells: Water Condensation, Spirit Rain, Grass Transformation, Soil Turning, Sharp Gold, Water Arrow, Water Shield, Water Ball, Dust Removal, Hair Twisting, Healing, Inducing Labor, Wood Thorn, Wood Shield, Wind Control, Fire Control, Ice Condensation, Thunderfall

Primary Talisman Master: Water Condensation Talisman (perfect), Spirit Rain Talisman (perfect), Grass Transformation Talisman (perfect), Soil Turning Talisman (perfect), Sharp Gold Talisman (perfect), Wind Control Talisman (perfect), Ice Condensation Talisman (perfect), Thunderfall Talisman (perfect), Fire Control Talisman (perfect), Healing Talisman (perfect)

Remaining life: 118 years and 01 months

Function: Scan and detect the level of spiritual objects

My life span has been reduced by six months. All the talismans and spells I have learned have been perfected. It is time for me to come out of seclusion.

Fang Yue sent a message to her companions. The others might still be in retreat, so no one replied. She walked towards the cafeteria alone. She was used to having a big meal every time she came out of retreat.

Fang Yue went straight to the second floor of the disciples' cafeteria. She was no stranger to the second floor now. The one who received her was still the same senior brother. When he saw her coming, he greeted her warmly.

"Junior sister, your retreat is over. What would you like to eat this time?"

She followed her senior brother to an empty table, picked up the menu, ordered a few common dishes, and asked her senior brother again.

"Are there any new dishes recently?"

The senior brother took the menu, wrote down the dishes she ordered, and replied with a smile:

"Yes, I don't know why, but recently many disciples have asked if they have Water Spirit Water Chestnuts. No one cared at first, but later, as more disciples asked, the cafeteria developed several types of food containing Water Spirit Water Chestnuts. Junior sister, you should try them."

Fang Yue was surprised when she heard this. How could Shui Lingling, a food with weak spiritual energy and not very good taste, suddenly become popular? But she was also very curious, so she told her senior brother.

"What kind of food is available? Can you please introduce it to me, Senior Brother?"

“Salt-boiled water chestnuts, water chestnut tofu pudding, stir-fried tender water chestnuts…”

"Then let's all have one portion. As usual, please prepare some take-out boxes."

"No problem, wait a moment, Junior Sister, the dishes will be served soon."

After saying that, the senior brother left. Fang Yue thought it was boring to wait, so he took out his disciple token to see if there was any new news on the disciple forum.

As soon as her spiritual sense probed into the disciple token, she was shocked. How come there were suddenly tens of thousands of points balance? She carefully recalled what had happened during her retreat, but did not find anything unusual. She then recalled what she had done before the retreat?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind. She remembered that before she went into seclusion, in order to calm her mind, she posted a story about being reincarnated as a Jiji monster on the disciple forum, and set the post to require two points to view.

She probed the disciples' forum with her spiritual sense, and sure enough, as soon as she entered the forum, she saw hundreds of unread messages. How many did she roughly read? Most of them praised her for her good story and asked if she planned to continue writing other stories. Some also asked if she had any intention of signing a contract to update her stories long-term.

Fang Yue closed the comments and found the post she had posted. Just as she expected, this post became very popular and had been read tens of thousands of times. The points balance she had gained were from this post.

If she had known earlier that she could earn tens of thousands of points just by writing short stories, she would have started writing long ago. Why would she have to work so hard to grow elixirs and spend a month working hard to earn such a small number of points?

Fang Yue shook her head, trying to get rid of this idea. There was no such thing as knowing the world in advance. The points earned from growing spiritual herbs were already quite considerable for a new disciple. After earning two large sums of points in a row, her mentality seemed to be a little floating. She immediately became alert and decided not to do this again in the future.

After exiting her post, Fang Yue browsed the homepage of the disciples' forum and found that there were quite a few short stories that imitated her article. Some of them were even more coherent and written in a better style. Her short story was just for the sake of novelty.

The sound of serving dishes broke Fang Yue's meditation. She used her spiritual sense to draw out her disciple token. The waiter who served the dishes was already waiting on the side. When Fang Yue came to her senses, he began to place the dishes on the table one by one, and then quickly retreated after finishing.

After checking the disciple forum and finding out why Shui Lingling became so popular, Fang Yue felt a little complicated when looking at these dishes, but this did not affect her enjoyment of the food.

She tasted it and found that Chef Ling's skills were quite good. The food made by the ordinary Shui Lingling was also quite delicious. Fang Yue put her worries at ease and began to taste the food seriously. She definitely could not finish all the dishes on the table by herself. After eating and drinking her fill, she packed up the remaining dishes.

After dinner, she went to the library to rent the unpopular book on talisman drawing that she wanted. She also read books in the library all day. It was not until dusk that she planned to go to the spiritual field.

After having the spiritual earthworms fertilize the field, she planted two rounds of peanuts and spiritual potatoes. The spiritual power of the spiritual field soil had long since recovered to the normal level of a primary spiritual field. Since then, Fang Yue has planted other low-level spiritual plants in the spiritual field. This round of planting is black hemp grass.

They soon arrived at the spiritual field. She had already become skilled in taking care of it, so it didn't take much time. After coming out of the spiritual field, she went to look for the long-horned monsters. Strangely, the monsters were not nearby. This was a very rare thing, but Fang Yue didn't dwell on it too much and went straight back to the courtyard. They were free anyway, so maybe something had delayed them?