Chapter 10: Telling Liu Qingyan That I Am Not Interested in Him

“Nanxi, that uncle sounded so eerie. Do ghosts really exist in this world?”

Li Chu’s voice broke through Jiang Nanxi’s thoughts, and she withdrew her gaze.

“Better to believe they exist than to assume they don’t.”

Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu moved a little further away from the small river and headed toward the pigsty, preparing to feed the pigs.

【Is what that villager said true or false? Did people really die in that little river?】

【I think it’s just an actor hired by the production team.】

【How could so many weird things happen in one village? It must be for the show’s effect. Jiang Nanxi is just playing along with the production team.】

The audience watching the show didn’t believe the villager’s story at all, and no one took that inconspicuous little river to heart.

On the other side.

Jiang Nanxi and Li Chu were figuring out how to feed the pigs.

Not far from the pigsty was a grass shed containing several baskets of fruits and vegetables. They needed to chop them all up first, then boil them before feeding the pigs.

“I’ll chop the vegetables; you go start the fire,” Jiang Nanxi said to Li Chu.

“Got it.”

Li Chu went to fetch firewood first, and then she saw Jiang Nanxi arranging pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and Chinese cabbage in several rows on a stone slab.

Just as Jiang Nanxi was about to start chopping, a staff member ran over and said, “Nanxi, Teacher Liu is looking for you. He said he has something he wants to ask you.”

Jiang Nanxi:?

She wasn’t even close with this national-level “white moonlight” movie star; why would Liu Qingyan suddenly look for her?

The image of that refined and elegant face surfaced in Jiang Nanxi’s mind, overlapping with the face of the high-and-mighty Underworld Emperor from her memories.

Could Liu Qingyan really be the Great Emperor of Fengdu?

Did he not only see that she had been reincarnated but also intend to personally drag her back to the eighteenth level of hell?

With a serious expression, Jiang Nanxi raised her kitchen knife and said to the staff member, “Tell Teacher Liu that I am actually a sword cultivator, and I cannot go see him.”

“Huh?”

The staff member stared at her blankly. “Since when are you a sword cultivator? And even if you are, why can’t you go see Teacher Liu?”

Jiang Nanxi took two steps back, assumed a horse stance on the spot, and brandished the kitchen knife. “The greatest taboo in sword cultivation is the word ‘love.’ If the heart is in chaos, the sword becomes slow. I practiced the sword on the mountain for ten years; my heart has long been as cold as the snow on Kunlun Mountain. Go tell Liu Qingyan that I have no interest in him.”

Li Chu:?

Audience:?

Staff member:?

【What kind of delusional, narcissistic fangirl is this? Liu Qingyan is definitely looking for you for business; why are you acting like he’s interested in you!】

【I really suspect that after Jiang Nanxi got cheated on, her mental state took a turn for the worse. She shouldn’t be on a variety show; she should go see a psychiatrist.】

The staff member said speechlessly, “Jiang Nanxi, I think you’re overthinking it. Teacher Liu is looking for you because their vegetable sales were too popular—the village grandmas bought everything. Teacher Liu wants to ask if you have any extra Chinese cabbage meant for the pigs that he could sell.”

“Oh.”

Jiang Nanxi calmly flicked the kitchen knife in her hand and then threw it.

The knife turned into a blur, flying through the air like a dart, and neatly chopped all the vegetables on the stone slab into uniform pieces.

At this, the staff member was stunned.

The audience was also dumbfounded.

【No way, she just threw the knife casually, how did she chop all the vegetables like that!】

【Is this really not a special effect?】

Before the audience could react, Jiang Nanxi swept the chopped vegetables into a basket and laid out a new pile on the stone slab.

She stepped back several paces again and threw the kitchen knife once more. The knife spun horizontally like a spinning top, quickly chopping the vegetables again.

The most crucial part was that Jiang Nanxi stood still, raising her hand like a master from another world, and the knife flew right back into her hand.

【Holy crap???】

【How can a kitchen knife fly back!】

【Wait, are you cultivating immortality behind our backs?】

There were three large baskets of vegetables to chop. For an ordinary person, just chopping them would take over an hour, and with boiling, it would take two or three hours to finish feeding the pigs.

But with Jiang Nanxi’s method, she finished chopping in just over ten minutes and then dumped them into the pot with Li Chu to boil.

The staff member watched from the side for a long time, unable to tear himself away, and remained dazed for a long while.

During the gap while the vegetables were boiling, the staff member couldn’t help but ask, “Nanxi, how did you do that? Why did the knife fly back to your hand after you threw it?”

Jiang Nanxi: “Isn’t that simple? This is a basic skill for a sword cultivator. If a sword cultivator throws their sword and can’t even retrieve it, what’s the point of practicing? Didn’t your teacher teach you this in school?”

Staff member: “...”

He felt like she was spouting nonsense. His brain warned him not to believe this woman, but his mouth couldn’t help but continue, “Sword cultivators only exist in novels. There’s no such thing as a real sword cultivator in this world. Unless you tell me where you learned it, I don’t believe you.”

Jiang Nanxi’s move just now was simply too cool—it was like watching a martial arts film, and her movements were even more impressive than those of professional stunt actors. He really wanted to learn!

【Yes, Jiang Nanxi, hurry up and tell us where you learned it, otherwise I don’t believe you’re a sword cultivator either!】

【You guys are so obvious with your intentions!】

【To be fair, sword cultivation is really cool, and they can even fly on swords! Who wouldn’t be tempted!】

【Jiang Nanxi is just doing circus tricks, don’t let her lead you astray! Besides, she didn’t even use a sword; she used a kitchen knife!】

“This is a secret of my sect; how could I tell just anyone?”

Jiang Nanxi stood with her hands behind her back, looking like a master, and said to the staff member, “Besides, cultivation is all about fate; not everyone can cultivate. We haven’t known each other long and haven’t established a connection, so I can’t tell you about such private matters.”

“Then how can I establish a connection with you?”

Jiang Nanxi: “Sorry, I need to feed the pigs. Could you please step aside?”

Seeing Jiang Nanxi preparing to scoop the food to feed the pigs, the staff member quickly grabbed the large iron ladle from her hand. “I’ll help you, I’ll help you. Tell me later.”

“Oh? I see you and I do have some fate after all.”

With that one sentence, the staff member huffed and puffed as he helped her scoop all the food, quickly carrying it over and dumping it into the pigs’ trough.

“Alright, is our relationship a bit closer now? Can you tell me?”

Jiang Nanxi said seriously, “Actually, you only see me acting abstract, being mentally unstable, dealing with mistresses, and eating like a glutton on camera, but you’ve never seen me working hard, staying up late to study, communicating earnestly with others, or persisting in sword cultivation. You haven’t seen any of that—and of course, I haven’t done any of it either.”

Staff member:???

Audience:???

【You brat, are you playing me?】

【Jiang Nanxi, hurry up and tell us, who is your master!】

【That move was really cool, I want to learn it too!】

The staff member’s mouth twitched. “So! How did you actually learn it?!”

Jiang Nanxi was about to answer, but just then, a wild boar burst out of the bamboo forest next to the pigsty.

The wild boar was very sturdy and had tusks. It smashed through the fence and charged into the pigsty, knocking over three domestic pigs that were eating, and began to gobble up their feed with gusto.

Li Chu’s panicked voice rang out, “Where did this wild boar come from? Why is it stealing their food! Nanxi, what do we do? This wild boar is eating so fast, it’s going to finish all the freshly boiled pig feed!”

(End of chapter)