The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

”Who dropped this jade scroll?”

Anning took a look at it and handed it to Xiao Qing, ”Brother Xiao, you take it. Go back and take a good look at what’s recorded inside.”

”Take it.”

Xiao Qing was not interested in this.

He thought that the jade scroll should contain cultivation techniques, but since his spiritual root had been destroyed, what use would cultivation techniques be to him?

Anning waved her hand, ”You discovered this, Brother Xiao. Why give it to me?”

Xiao Qing still wanted to give it to Anning.

Anning thought for a moment and said, ”How about this? Brother Xiao, you take it back and look at it first. If it’s a cultivation technique, see if Ayuan can cultivate it. If you think it’s good, you can let me know.”

Thinking it made sense, Xiao Qing silently put the jade scroll away.

Anning helped Xiao Qing gather some herbs before heading to the Zhu Family’s forbidden grounds.

After she left, Xiao Qing continued gathering herbs.

He found a fairly large herb and wanted to pull it out, but the roots were quite deep. After a few attempts, he couldn’t pull it out, so he took a small spade to dig out the roots.

Since his spiritual root was destroyed, Xiao Qing’s physical condition was not what it used to be.

If it were before his spiritual root was destroyed, pulling out a herb would have been easy, even with a wave of his hand, he could uproot a large patch of herbs in the mountain. But now he was just a mortal, and it took quite an effort to dig out a herb.

With both hands gripping the spade, Xiao Qing dug for herbs. After a few digs, he used one hand to dig and the other to clear away some loose soil.

Unsure how, in a moment of carelessness, the spade struck his hand.

Blood gushed from his hand, and Xiao Qing hurriedly reached into the wallet hanging from his waist to find some medicine to stop the bleeding.

As soon as his fingers entered the wallet, the jade scroll, tainted with his blood, emitted a bright light, and then it disappeared without a trace.

In an instant, Xiao Qing fainted in the mountains.

By this time, Anning was almost at the Zhu Family’s forbidden grounds. She looked down and saw a flash of light in the distance below.

Anning smiled, knowing that Xiao Qing had touched the golden finger given by An Xin.

After walking a bit further, before entering the forbidden grounds, Anning saw Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan stood at the edge of the forbidden grounds in a long green robe, his face adorned with a smile, looking extremely gentle.

Xiao Yuan’s body constitution was not good, his face pale, and his figure thin and frail. The wide green robe hung loosely on him. He reached out to hold Anning’s hand.

Looking down, Anning saw that Xiao Yuan’s hand was also very thin, yet his hands were large, with long fingers, and due to thinness, the joints were particularly prominent.

Xiao Yuan’s skin was pale, which, combined with his slenderness, left his hands and the arms exposed looking almost fleshless, with blue veins nearly visible beneath his almost transparent skin.

Anning felt quite sympathetic looking at Xiao Yuan’s hand.

She gripped Xiao Yuan’s hand tightly, feeling only an icy coldness.

Anning wrapped his hands in hers, trying to warm them.

After sitting with Xiao Yuan for a while, he took a somewhat worn-out wallet from his shirt and handed it to Anning, ”Take it.”

Anning didn’t ask what was inside and directly put it into her Storage Bag.

At the same time, Anning also took out another Storage Bag for Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan hung the Storage Bag on his waist and stood up, ”My brother will be home soon, I must hurry back.”

”Then go quickly.”

As he was leaving, Anning gave him some food, ”Take this back to eat. It contains some spiritual beast meat, eat only a little at a time; your body can’t handle too much of it right now.”

”Got it.”

Xiao Yuan replied with a smile.

Anning entered the forbidden grounds only after he left.

The cave she used to cultivate in within the forbidden grounds had now been allocated to her. Anning found the cave and went inside, where some things were placed, including daily necessities and some food.

Not in a hurry to cultivate, Anning ate something first and then took out the wallet given by Xiao Yuan to see what was inside.

To her astonishment, the wallet contained two pieces of red fruit.

Red fruit was highly precious in Sifang City; even ordinary families, let alone noble families, might not be able to find a single piece.

Anning hadn’t expected Xiao Yuan to find them.

She wondered how he found them.

Anning ate one red fruit and then began cultivating to stabilize her current realm.

She meditated for several days.

When Anning awoke again, she found her body felt much lighter, as if she had expelled some unpleasant accumulations from it.

Then she noticed a foul smell.

Anning quickly heated some water and took a bath, washing away the thick and smelly grime from her body.

She rested a bit after bathing, then took out another red fruit and ate it.

Once more, she cultivated for several days, after which the result was similar.

She was unaware that during the days she was cultivating, a disturbance had been caused in Sifang City by Xiao Qing.

After Xiao Qing’s blood dropped onto the Jade Scroll that Anning gave to him, the Jade Scroll transformed into a ray of light and entered his body, causing Xiao Qing to faint immediately.

He lay within the mountain forest, surrounded by a sturdy Barrier.

While unconscious, Xiao Qing received what was essentially a legacy from another world.

He didn’t understand which world this legacy came from; he only knew that the cultivation techniques recorded in the Jade Scroll were extremely peculiar and powerful, even more so than the top cultivation techniques he had practiced in the Xiao Family. Xiao Qing thought, the techniques from those Great Sects on the Dongling Continent might not even be as strong as the legacy he obtained.

The main point was that the cultivation techniques recorded in this legacy stretch from the Qi Refinement Realm all the way to the Mahayana Realm, unlike the current techniques that at best reach the Nascent Soul Stage, and after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, one’s progress completely depends on luck.

However, Xiao Qing could only see the cultivation techniques of the Qi Refinement Realm at the moment.

Besides the cultivation techniques, it also included the usage of various Spells, as well as methods for Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

In any case, this legacy was incredibly vast and complex, and Xiao Qing spent a very long time just accepting it.

When he finally finished receiving the legacy and woke up, Xiao Qing was pleasantly surprised to find that his destroyed Spirit Root had been repaired. Not only was it repaired, but it had also been upgraded.

Xiao Qing’s original Spirit Root was a Single Spirit Root, but now it has transformed into a Heavenly Spirit Root.

After discovering his Spirit Root was repaired and enhanced, a great joy surged in Xiao Qing’s heart.

Simultaneously, he was filled with gratitude towards Anning.

If Anning hadn’t given the Jade Scroll to him, he would have likely missed this opportunity.

Xiao Qing was still thinking about how to repay Anning.

It’s not that he didn’t want to tell Anning about the cultivation techniques recorded within, but the legacy stated that these techniques were only suitable for male cultivators; female cultivators couldn’t practice them, and forcing it would result in death by explosion.

Xiao Qing sat on the ground and pondered for a while, finally deciding that he would try to help Anning as much as possible once he restored his cultivation and became stronger, or if he found a good cultivation technique suitable for female cultivators in the future, he would give it to Anning.

Thinking this way, Xiao Qing felt slightly better.

He stood up, and the invisible Barrier around him instantly vanished.

Seeing the time, Xiao Qing quickly strapped on his medicine basket and headed down the mountain.

He had already wasted too much time, and he needed to hurry home to cook for his brother.

Xiao Qing hurried back to the small house where they lived, and as soon as he entered, he was greeted by the aroma of meat.

”Ayuan?”

Xiao Qing called out.

Seated by the stove cooking meat, Xiao Yuan turned around and smiled, ”Brother, you’re back. I’m cooking meat; it’ll be ready soon.”

”Where did you get the meat?”

Xiao Qing couldn’t remember having any leftover meat at home.

Xiao Yuan replied with a smile, ”Miss Zhu came by earlier and left me a few Spirit Stones, so I exchanged one for some meat.”

After hearing this, Xiao Qing felt even more grateful to Anning.

”What kind of meat did you exchange for?”

Xiao Yuan opened the pot to show the meat inside to Xiao Qing, ”Look, brother. There’s some chicken meat, and I’ve added a little bit of spirit chicken meat, which really made it more flavorful than before.”

Also famished, Xiao Qing put down his medicine basket, turned around, and went out to buy two cakes.

By that time, the meat was almost done, and the brothers each took a bowl of meat and ate it with the cakes.

After filling their bellies, Xiao Qing sent Xiao Yuan to rest, then washed the pots and dishes, and brought the collected herbs to sell.

Because Anning had helped him collect many herbs this time, Xiao Qing’s earnings were much higher than usual; under normal circumstances, he would have been overjoyed, but having received such a mysterious legacy, he found that extra money no longer brought the same happiness as before.

Afterwards, Xiao Qing secretly cultivated at home.

He discovered that, after his Spirit Root had healed, his cultivation speed was much faster than before.

Having practiced before, he easily restored his cultivation level.

Very quickly, Xiao Qing managed to introduce energy into his body, progressing to the first level of the Qi Refinement Realm, then the second level...

Afraid of causing disturbance by cultivating in the city, he went to the mountains to cultivate quietly for a few days.

In those few days, he directly broke through to the eighth floor of the Qi Refinement Realm.

Xiao Qing did not dare to stay in the mountains for long, and hurried down after breaking through.

Just as he was coming down from the mountains, he bumped into a collateral descendant of the Xiao, Xiao Ping.

Long ago, when Xiao Qing’s father was still the Family Head, Xiao Ping had made a mistake once and Xiao Qing punished him, making him lose face. Since then, Xiao Ping held a grudge against Xiao Qing.

Meeting Xiao Qing now, it was a case of enemies meeting with particularly intense animosity.

Xiao Ping blocked Xiao Qing with a smile, ”Who do we have here? Isn’t this our Eldest Young Master of the Xiao Family? Ha, the Eldest Young Master going into the mountains to collect herbs, truly pitiable.”

The lackeys accompanying Xiao Ping also taunted, ”Young Master Xiao, kneel down and kowtow to our young master, then maybe he’ll take pity and give you some money, better than you working so hard.”

Another lackey laughed and said, ”Exactly, if you flatter our young master, then you won’t have any money troubles!”

Xiao Qing looked at Xiao Ping with a heavy and dark expression.

Xiao Ping was startled by the look.

Then, anger surged in Xiao Ping’s heart.

He kicked towards Xiao Qing, ”What are you staring at? Just a cripple, yet you dare to defy me; this time, I’m going to teach you a good lesson.”