Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 804: Chapter 784: Strange Old Man

When flipping to the second page, Luo Qianqian hesitated, always feeling that once she took this step, there would be no turning back.

But she soon smiled wryly, looking at the ice block of soy milk tossed aside. If things continue this way, even if she could hide it from her grandparents, parents, brothers, and sisters, Jimo Cheng would never be fooled...

After all, he is her fiancé, which means he is her future husband—the person sharing her bed. Although her face reddened a little, Luo Qianqian had to admit that even now, without sharing a bed, holding hands might expose the truth.

Sighing, she silently opened the second page, looking at the requirements above, this time a cycle of eighteen Zhou Tian...

Sighing again, her face full of helplessness, what could she do?

Recalling the way the Strange Old Man taught her in the dream, she silently began the first Zhou Tian’s guidance.

She hadn’t completed it before feeling some headache, forcing herself to finish the first Zhou Tian, Luo Qianqian lay on the ground gasping for breath, sweat on her forehead sliding off freely, turning into ice in a flash.

She forced herself to sit up again; in this state, it was impossible to interact with others. She had to recover to normal human levels.

She closed her eyes, Five Hearts Facing the Origin, just about to continue when something hit her head heavily. She opened her eyes in confusion, rubbed her head, looked around, confirmed no one was there, frowned, got up to check the door, confirmed there were no signs of it being opened, and turned back in puzzlement, only to see a magnified face in front of her, holding a piece of fried dough stick...

Just about to scream, Luo Qianqian instinctively covered her mouth, preventing herself from making a sound, looking at the transparent old man in front of her with suspicion, seemingly resembling the one from her dream?

”Are you...” Luo Qianqian hesitated for a moment and called out.

”I’ve finally come out, if you use my body to cushion your butt again, let’s see if I won’t slap you dead!” The old man glared, curiously looking at the item in his hand: ”What’s this? It feels quite soft to hold...”

”That’s a fried dough stick, edible.” Luo Qianqian swallowed and said.

Then instinctively touched her head, looking at her hand, her hair was all greasy indeed...

”Edible? Seriously, there’s all sorts of stuff nowadays.” The old man looked at Luo Qianqian: ”You little girl, are you just tempting fate for a quick death? Don’t you want to live? Has no one told you that cultivation needs to progress step by step, dreaming of instant success is a no-go? You, doing this, even if not dead, would end up foolish!”

Luo Qianqian was dumbfounded: ”Nobody told me...” If she knew about this, would she need to worry about how to return to normal? Why not directly ask those who told her?

”By the way, do you know...”

”Know.” Before Luo Qianqian finished speaking, the old man nodded: ”But you must understand, I can’t just tell you for free?”

Luo Qianqian paused, gritting her teeth, after all, she has Jimo Cheng’s card in hand, at worst she’ll just swipe it, can’t she just buy everything?

”Tell me, what do you want?” Luo Qianqian didn’t hesitate at all; she can’t turn into a fool, nor let herself turn into Elsa.

”Three requirements, the first one is simple, just take me to see more books of this era, as a Book Spirit I need to enrich my knowledge (here a thousand words of self-praise omitted)...don’t you think?”

”No problem.” Luo Qianqian gritted her teeth, isn’t it just reading books? She can go to the library more often.

The old man nodded with satisfaction: ”The second is even simpler, as a book with principles, I must fulfill my promise, so you have to help me find these seven things.” He said, taking out a piece of paper.

Luo Qianqian looked at the stuff on the paper held by the old man, utterly puzzled: ”I haven’t heard of any of these.” After all, they say accepting things from ghosts means they claim your life.

”No rush on this, after all, I’ve been searching for who knows how long, even slept for who knows how long...” The old man put away the note and added: ”As for the third...I haven’t thought of it yet...”

”Uh, can I not wait now?” Luo Qianqian shrugged helplessly looking at the soy ice block: ”I promise, can you solve this problem first?”

”That’s simple. You just need to conquer the Ice Spirit.” The old man said calmly: ”Yesterday in the Spirit Gathering Array, without my help, you’d have been swallowed by the Ice Spirit.”

”The Ice Spirit? Spirit Gathering Array?” Luo Qianqian looked puzzled, but quickly realized: ”You mean yesterday wasn’t just a daydream? And then something entered my body yesterday?”

”Isn’t that obvious, my child?” The old man looked impatient: ”As long as your willpower is strong enough, the Ice Spirit will submit.”

Willpower? Luo Qianqian was all confused, could she say she has no idea what willpower even is? After all, her dream is to be a carefree idle worm...

”Then... what happens if I don’t conquer it?” Luo Qianqian asked wryly, fearing such a small thing would cost her life.

”Not much.” The old man said with an indifferent expression: ”Everyone dies eventually.”

Luo Qianqian was floored; not much? If she died now, it’d be dying young, leaving a tragic tale, making her family send the black-haired off...

”Can you be reliable?” Luo Qianqian’s face was filled with despair: ”I don’t want to die yet.”

”Then you have to think, I can’t die, I can’t die, it might greatly help your willpower...” The old man remained indifferent.

Luo Qianqian’s face was filled with collapse, what kind of bad karma did she commit? Encountering so many things, could she choose to just end it?

”Oh, right, even if you wanted to muddle through, there’s no time now, because, it’s awakened.” The old man said calmly researching the fried dough stick in his hand.

Luo Qianqian was left shocked, what? Awakened? Is this thing a bug?

”How to conquer it, what is the method? Is there a spell or some magic item?” Luo Qianqian was shaken, thinking there was a living thing in her body made her scalp tingle...

”You’re overthinking... the location of your Dantian...” Watching Luo Qianqian touch around, the old man was at a loss again: ”It’s the coldest place in your body right now.”

Luo Qianqian found it instantly: ”Then what?”

”Close your eyes, Five Hearts Facing the Origin, send your spiritual power, find its physical form and use your spiritual power to consume it.” The old man explained.

In less than a day by Luo Qianqian’s side, he took the time to look through the text books in the room, explaining it in words Luo Qianqian could understand.

After Luo Qianqian followed through, the room fell into silence.

The old man murmured: ”This is the first to awaken me after so long, ’Wu’, master, you have hope...”