"Food is the original sin!" That was the first thought of Sheng Xi after her transmigration.

She, a royalty in her previous life, had just been promoted and given a pay raise. But in the blink of an eye, she found herself transmigrated into a cannon fodder side character in a cultivation novel, who shared the same name and surname as hers.

The original character was killed by her nominal master, Ming Xiu Immortal Lord, because she refused to hand over her jade pendant which contained an ancient sword art, "Qing Cang Manual."

At present, Sheng Xi had just crossed over and was kneeling outside the main hall of the Falling Maple Sect, clenching a jade pendant in her hand. Death was only a sentence away.

Under the immense pressure from the powerful Ming Xiu Immortal Lord, Sheng Xi spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and was forced to bend her back.

As the fresh blood splattered on the jade pendant, Sheng Xi's clasped fingertips began to tingle, and a flood of knowledge instantly rushed into her mind.

— That was "Qing Cang Manual" from her jade pendant!

Why was this knowledge storming into her mind?

The pressure from Ming Xiu Immortal Lord intensified, interrupting Sheng Xi's train of thought. She did not have the time to ponder about the knowledge that suddenly appeared in her mind. Faced with such a fearsome situation, Sheng Xi decisively relented. "Disciple is willing to offer the jade pendant."

The pressure of the spirit transformation stage on her suddenly lightened quite a bit. Sheng Xi, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, submitted the jade pendant with both hands. "Please accept it, Master."

"Hmm, you are sensible." The Ming Xiu Immortal Lord put on a pretentious air of restraint, nodding his head as if it would be a great disservice to Sheng Xi if he didn't accept the jade pendant.

As he raised his hand, the blood-stained jade pendant flew from Sheng Xi's hand into his palm.

The people standing around the grand hall, who were just insisting Sheng Xi to surrender the jade pendant, now switched their tone, praising Sheng Xi for her sensibility and gratitude.

Sheng Xi looked around and corners of her mouth curved upward.

"You're pretending to be innocent with her, aren't you?"

Sheng Xi spoke righteously: “My master bestowed upon me a great kindness as big as a mountain, it's only natural that I return the favor. This jade pendant is precious, but my master surely won't put me at a disadvantage. He will certainly compensate me handsomely, fellows, you don't have to feel sorry for me.”

The people who were praising her for being sensible were a bit stunned and looked at Mingxiu Xianjun, who was standing at the highest position.

Mingxiu Xianjun’s expression stiffened slightly. As a God-Stage cultivator, favoring a Qi-Training Level Two child with his attention was already a great honor. And Sheng Xi dared to make demands of him?

However, in front of so many direct disciples, he couldn’t appear too petty. Mingxiu Xianjun carried himself high and said, “You are correct. I naturally will not take your things for nothing. Here you go.”

He waved his hand, and a bag of spirit stones landed in front of Sheng Xi.

As Mingxiu Xianjun left, the atmosphere in the hall relaxed.

A disciple in blue walked over and said with a smiling face, "Once Shimei Ruyue makes progress with her cultivation, as her real younger sister, you will have someone to rely on."

Sheng Xi quickly searched through the host’s memories and guessed the man's identity— Li Yanrui.

The original female lead's name was Sheng Ru Yue, Sheng Xi's real elder sister. Although Li Yanrui grew up together with the host, he was the number one flatterer of the female lead Sheng Ru Yue.

Sheng Ru Yue was born with a cold body and needed to cultivate Yang Heart Method. The Ancient Sword Technique inside the host's jade pendant belonged to Yang, and in order to please Sheng Ru Yue, Li Yanrui intentionally leaked this information to Mingxiu Xianjun, leading to today's scene.

Sheng Xi said indifferently, “Sheng Ru Yue is my real elder sister. She has taken over my Sword Technique, it's only natural that she would take care of me. Why are you so happy? Do you really think she'll take a liking to you? Or you want to live off her wealth?"

The smile on Li Yanrui's face froze, and the brothers around who hadn't left yet laughed out loud when they heard this.

Sheng Xi didn’t care about the sycophant, picked up the bag of spirit stones, and discovered that there were a hundred high-grade spirit stones inside. She suddenly felt that her injuries weren't as painful.

As long as one does not cultivate in this world, a single high-grade spirit stone can provide for a normal family of three for a lifetime.

In her previous life, Sheng Xi had toiled laboriously, only to meet an abrupt end. This time, as the destined sacrificial side character, she decided to lay back and take things easy.

The Lofenglou sect was the leading sect among the seven major sects, requiring annual performance evaluations. If members didn't contribute enough, they would be kicked out.

This wasn’t a good place for elders, so Sheng Xi decided to go to a common village to live out her days as a casual and carefree person, a so-called "salted fish". Besides, she had a hundred top-grade spirit stones, which would give her a life likened to an emperor in the planes of the mortals.

Upon leaving the main hall, Sheng Xi couldn't wait to go to the QueYuan hall to sever ties with the Lofenglou Sect.

The elder from QueYuan Hall looked at her in disbelief, doubting what he had heard, “You want to sever your relationship with the Lofenglou Sect?”

Sheng Xi nodded, “Let’s get it over with quickly.”

The Lofenglou Sect was spread over a large region on a mountain range, with long distances between the peaks. It would take a long time to reach by foot. After the foundation is built, monks can fly on their own swords or use flying artifacts, but if your spiritual power isn't enough during the Qi refining period, you can only ride on the sect's fairy cranes if you don't want to walk.

The fairy cranes are free during the day, but charge at night.

The original owner of this body had given her all for the sect over the years, but her sword skills were snatched away effortlessly. Sheng Xi wasn’t willing to spend a single spirit stone for the Lofenglou Sect, so she rushed to ride a free fairy crane.

Seeing the identity card indicating she was under the command of Mingxiu Immortal Monarch, a disciple from QueYuan Hall laughed and said, “So, you're Sheng Xi. I heard your sister has superior wood spiritual roots, and has been accepted as a direct disciple by Mingxiu Immortal Monarch. You've been in the sect for several years and achieved nothing. Is it because you're conscious that you don't have the face to stay in the sect that you want to leave?”

“Yeah, yeah, can you speed it up?” There was only half an inch of incense time left for the free fairy crane. Sheng Xi was in a hurry.

The disciple who was mocking her was speechless, as he somehow felt Sheng Xi’s sarcasm.

“Lack of ambition!” The elder glared at her, crossed out Sheng Xi's name from the disciple list, took back her identity card and other items, and hurried her to leave with an annoyed look.

Sheng Xi was overjoyed, like a bird freed from a cage, hurriedly running to the fairy crane pick up point. She boarded the last free fairy crane just before it clocked off for the day and headed towards the mountain gate.

Though the Lofenglou Sect was rich, its care for these free fairy cranes left a lot to be desired; their feathers were dull and bodies were thin.

It was Sheng Xi's first time riding a crane. She hugged the crane's neck, and couldn't help speaking against the crane's ear, "Crane, you fly around every day. Don't you get tired? And, does the food from the sect satisfy your taste? Would you like to leave the sect with me and find a nice place to settle down?"

The crane had a certain sense of intelligence. Upon hearing her words, it cocked its head to look at her.

Sheng Xi took out a small dried fish from her storage bag and fed it to the crane, "Life is short, relish your moments! Aren't you annoyed flying the sect members around every day? Does the sect give you any spiritual stones? Do they improve your ration?”

Thinking of her previous life, Sheng Xi was filled with heartache, “When the sect allows you guys to rest in shifts at night, is it really for your good? No, they are just afraid that you will die from exhaustion. Training a new batch of cranes would be too expensive.”

“Have you ever received a single spiritual stone for all the overtime you put in at night? They don't even bother to give you a decent 'well-done', let alone believe that making you serve them is your good fortune."

"This job is not worth it!"

The crane began to sing loudly, its clear call attracting a group of surrounding cranes.

A cacophony of high-pitched, crisp crane calls came one after the other, like a heated exchange.

They quickly flew over layers of high mountains and soon reached the gate of the Falling Maple Sect. However, the crane carrying Sheng Xi didn't stop at the predetermined ferry spot. Instead, it directly took Sheng Xi and a large group of cranes trailing behind her and majestically flew out of the mountain gate.

Sheng Xi: ”?”

Oh god, not only did she leave the Falling Maple Sect, but she also led a group of the sect's cranes away?