I Just Wanted to Live, but I Somehow Became Better Than the Main Character
Chapter 10: Heaven Has its Own Arrangements

Treasure Sword Mountain, the courtyard of a certain core disciple, seclusion room.

The room was very spacious, with two paintings hanging on the wall. One painting showed a magnificent scene with 24 mountains of different sizes in the distance, some towering into the clouds where immortals lived, while the forest nearby was full of vitality, with everything from trees and animals to flowers and insects vividly portrayed. The other painting was imposing, with no excessive decorations, only a divine weapon emitting a continuous aura of power in the center. Even cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm would feel their souls being impacted and intimidated by the sword’s aura with just one glance.

Apart from the two paintings, there was nothing else in the room. A woman in a red dress sat on the ground, as if asleep, without any movement, not even breathing lightly, maintaining this state for a full week. Suddenly, the long, curled lashes on her beautiful face trembled, and then her eyes opened. A sword intent that contained an extraordinary oppressive force flashed between her beautiful eyes.

“Finally completely mastered.” Qin Shi Meng took out her sword, without adding any spiritual power, just drew it out and swung it lightly, making the sword emit a slight sound, as if it had a life of its own.

A sword intent at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. It was not too rare for a Crystallization Realm cultivator to master the sword intent at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. Many geniuses at the late stages of the Crystallization Realm could achieve it. However, the problem was that only prodigies could cross an entire realm and master the sword intent at the Golden Core Realm at the early stages of the Crystallization Realm.

Many people thought that geniuses and prodigies were the same things, but they were actually completely different. A genius was an outstanding person among ordinary people, while a prodigy was a genius among geniuses.¹

She sheathed her sword and looked at the two paintings in front of her and subconsciously thought of someone. “Without him, I would probably still be struggling to understand even the basics of the sword art.”

Qin Shi Meng’s talent was not inferior to prodigies, but she grew up in the Qin Family, which did not have a Heaven Grade sword art, while other prodigies’ families did. Those prodigies had been exposed to Heaven Grade sword arts since they were young, and with time and talent, they could naturally master Golden Core Realm sword intent even at the early stages of the Crystallization Realm.

However, Qin Shi Meng had only just started learning the Heaven Grade sword technique two weeks ago. Now, she had surpassed others, thanks not only to the sword heart grass given by Ye Yong but also to her exceptional talent.

But at this moment, Qin Shi Meng ignored her own talent and only thought about Ye Yong’s help. After all, she had undergone such a significant transformation in just three months, all because of Ye Yong. Thinking of Ye Yong made her heart flutter, and she inexplicably wanted to see him.

However, last time, she became unable to look him in the eye for some reason and felt awkward when speaking to him. Qin Shi Meng was afraid to see Ye Yong again, fearing that she might make a fool of herself and leave a bad impression on him.

Qin Shi Meng could not understand these conflicting feelings and sighed as she left the seclusion room.

In the living room, Lil Huan was sitting in a chair reading a book. In the age without the internet, women used books to pass the time. The reason why ancient scholars were so popular was not without reason. They were like modern idols, and their poems and articles were like songs, allowing people to sing and appreciate the art within.

Hearing the sound, Lil Huan put down her book and saw Qin Shi Meng come out of the closed-door room. She ran to her excitedly and said, “Miss, you won’t be able to guess what happened these past few days!”

“About Brother Yong?” Qin Shi Meng felt that she had become used to the things that Ye Yong did. She had not taken the time to learn about him before, but now, the more she knew, the more mysterious he seemed, always giving people unexpected surprises.

“It is about Young Master Ye!” Lil Huan recounted everything from Ye Yong’s killing of the Demonic Sect members during his trip outside to his battle against Ye Mao, where he won using only his sword, without using any spiritual power. Just now, Qin Shi Meng thought that she wouldn’t be surprised by anything else that Ye Yong had done, but she was still shocked after hearing what he had done.

For the massacre of the demonic sect, Ye Yong acted as bait and did not participate in the battle, so they could put that aside for now. But breaking a sword move with sword intent was a true strength.

“His sword intent is probably even stronger than the Golden Core Realm…” Qin Shi Meng suddenly thought of the painting containing the sword intent of the Nascent Soul Realm in the seclusion room.

Previously, Qin Shi Meng thought that the painting was obtained by Ye Yong from the hall master of the Music and Art Hall. But upon further reflection, while the Music and Art Hall’s hall master was skilled in painting, she was not a swordsman and could not display sword intent in that way. Therefore, the person who created that painting was undoubtedly Ye Yong, who had already mastered the sword intent of the Nascent Soul Realm. Mastering Nascent Soul Realm sword intent while still being a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, what kind of talent was that? �

“Young Lady, what are you saying? I don’t understand. Everyone says that his sword intent is only at the early stages of the Golden Core Realm.” Lil Huan, who was not a cultivator, didn’t understand much.

Qin Shi Meng just gently shook her head without answering.

“Oh, that’s right. Young Lady, a few days ago, Young Master Ye used a transmission stone to tell me that all the materials have been prepared, and we can go to forge my physique anytime.” Lil Huan also wanted to cultivate. Otherwise, when Qin Shi Meng went into seclusion, besides cleaning and reading, she really had nothing else to do.

“Mmm…” Qin Shi Meng was still a bit conflicted in her heart, but seeing the hopeful look in Lil Huan’s eyes, she finally decided to go to Ye Yong. After getting the transmission stone from Lil Huan, Qin Shi Meng contacted Ye Yong. Hearing his voice, Qin Shi Meng’s heart skipped a beat for a moment.

“Brother Yong, do you have time now? It’s about Lil Huan’s physique forging…” Qin Shi Meng was quite anxious, hoping that Ye Yong would agree, but also hoping that he would refuse. After getting a positive answer, Qin Shi Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

If there were a conflicting study exam, the Qin Shi Meng right now would definitely pass.

“Young Lady? You seem a bit strange.” They had grown up together, so Lil Huan quickly noticed that Qin Shi Meng was different from usual. The Qin Shi Meng that Lil Huan knew was always confident, even if her cultivation was bottlenecked, she never showed such a confused look.

“Not at all,” Qin Shi Meng didn’t admit it. “Go and prepare, don’t let keep him waiting.”

“I’m already prepared!” Lil Huan ran back to her room and soon came out with a small bundle. She had read the information and knew that physique forging required soaking in medicinal liquid to expel toxins from the body, so the small bundle contained clean clothes.

“You…” Qin Shi Meng shook her head and smiled. She was also happy that Lil Huan could forge a physique. Although it was a bit of a damper, she had to emphasize a few points so that expectations wouldn’t lead to greater disappointment later on. “Physique forging isn’t always 100% successful. Even if you succeed, you’ll only have a physique slightly better than an ordinary person. You won’t even count as a martial artist. Whether you can continue to cultivate and become a cultivator depends on whether Heaven gives you a chance and whether you work hard enough.”

“I will work hard, but I don’t believe in stuff like fate,” Lil Huan showed a serious expression, which she rarely did. “If Heavens really gave me a chance, then I wouldn’t have the lowest grade spiritual root, and I wouldn’t have failed to forge my physique before, wasting materials and causing trouble for Young Lady. My chance was given to me by Young Master Ye.”

Qin Shi Meng fell silent for a moment. “What if the chance given by the Heavens is actually meeting the Young Master Ye you mentioned? In any case, we must always maintain a reverential attitude towards the will of heaven. We can’t speak ill of the will of heaven. Heaven has its own arrangements.”

Lil Huan nodded. The will of heaven had been mysterious from ancient times to the present, but compared to the elusive will of heaven, she believed in the practicality of Ye Yong. If it weren’t for Ye Yong, she thought that according to the will of heaven, she might only be an ordinary person in this life, without hope of becoming a cultivator.

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Translator’s Notes:

¹ 天才 = Heaven talent. 天骄 = Heaven’s pride. They both mean geniuses, but 天骄 > 天才, with the difference explained above. 天才 means genius, but there isn’t really a translation for 天骄 (I mean, I don’t think so), so I chose prodigy.

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