People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

23: Chapter 23 Cao Yingfeng Qing’er: I Won’t Be Corrected”How could the cauldron explode?”

”I sensed that the energy of heaven and earth had stabilized; the medicinal pill should have been formed. It shouldn’t have exploded at this moment.”

”Indeed, given little Ying’er’s soul power, the final step could not have gone wrong.”

”Strange.”

”...”

A group of elders from the Cao Family whispered at the entrance of the alchemy room, finding Cao Ying’s failed attempt to refine the pill very strange.

To become an elder in the Cao Family, one had to be at least a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and there were several Seventh-Rank Alchemists among them, all possessing rich knowledge and experience in alchemy.

Whether a Fourth-Rank medicinal pill could be successfully produced could be determined by sensing the changes in the energy of heaven and earth.

Given the current situation, there was only one explanation.

The Alchemist gave up on their own just as the pill was about to form.

”Cough, cough, cough!”

The alchemy room was filled with black smoke, which began to disperse as flames rose. A girl with a graceful figure dressed in a black dress revealed herself. Her originally fair and delicate face was stained with a layer of black ash, making her dark eyes appear even brighter.

In front of her, an ancient-looking book floated, with a line of text written on it: 【 Xiao Ting’s great dao record (Cao Ying’s viewing copy) 】

As for the content inside, Cao Ying had been distracted while refining the pill, which was the reason for her cauldron explosion.

”I am actually just a character in a storybook, ’Battle Through the Heavens’?”

Because of her powerful soul power and her habit of reading extensively since childhood, Cao Ying was extremely mature in her mindset, even though she was only a thirteen-year-old girl.

But at this moment, seeing the content in the Diary, she still couldn’t help but feel shocked.

After all, this involved the question of whether she truly existed, which went beyond her cognition.

But upon seeing the later content, especially Xiao Ting stating that he was definitely real, Cao Ying’s emotions quickly calmed down.

She propped her chin with her hand and began to flip through the journal copy with interest: ”Interesting. Based on my five years of experience as an old bookworm who has flipped through countless stories, this Author of ’Battle Through the Heavens’, Author, is not the creator of the Fighting Qi Continent, but rather someone who learned about Xiao Yan’s growth history in a way I cannot understand.”

”He carries subjectivity and imagination, combined with literary artistry, to present Xiao Yan’s life, while Xiao Ting is a person from another world who learned about Xiao Yan’s life through a storybook and understood the Fighting Qi Continent through Xiao Yan’s perspective.”

”Because Xiao Yan becomes a Dou Di in the future and stands high enough on the Fighting Qi Continent, he is able to know many secrets of the Fighting Qi Continent.”

”But if it is not written in the storybook ’Battle Through the Heavens’, or things that Xiao Yan did not see during his growth process, Xiao Ting does not know them either.”

The Fighting Qi Continent is vast; Cao Ying did not believe Xiao Yan had seen everything, so Xiao Ting was certainly not omniscient.

In the end, he was just an alternative puppet embodied by a storybook, thinking he was a cut above them, the ”natives.”

The Pill Tower had a long history, and its collection of information regarding the Fighting Qi Continent was surely superior to Xiao Ting’s.

As the demoness of the Cao Family, she, Cao Ying, did not need to fear...

”Hmm!?” Cao Ying’s pupils suddenly shrank.

She had seen the content just updated by Xiao Ting today, and her expression became serious.

”Central State genius corrector.”

”The representative figures are Feng Qing’er of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and... me!?”

”Feng Qing’er is for combat, and I am for alchemy!”

Cao Ying felt as if she had been struck by a bolt of lightning, and a numbness spread throughout her body.

Didn’t this mean she was also just a background board? A stepping stone?

She, the demoness of the Cao Family, Cao Ying, was actually just a pitiful control group?

As an old bookworm, she was too familiar with this trope; the more powerful she was, the more it could set off Xiao Yan’s brilliance.

This was great; she didn’t know if Xiao Ting knew enough about the Fighting Qi Continent, but he certainly knew her like the back of his hand.

”Damn it, you pervert, to actually know me so well.” A unique blush appeared on Cao Ying’s cheeks, and she gritted her teeth inexplicably.

As for Xiao Yan using her as a stepping stone, she had already gained the upper hand and knew it clearly, so she would not allow this to happen.

”Should I take advantage of the fact that they are still weak and have someone capture Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan to be my medicine boys?” Cao Ying let out a ”Jie Jie Jie” weird laugh, but quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

She couldn’t let anyone hear her making such a sound, lest they mistake her for a spy from the Hall of Souls and eliminate her.

Actually, it didn’t matter; at worst, she could tell her mother about the content in the Diary.

”Hmm!?”

Suddenly, Cao Ying felt as if her heart had been grabbed by two hands.

In the next moment, she lost control of her body, arriving in a strange space without light, unable to feel the passage of time, falling into eternal loneliness.

”Hoo, ha-hoo~” Cao Ying gasped for air, fear hidden in her eyes.

A thought arose in her mind.

She absolutely must not harm Xiao Ting in any way; she couldn’t even think about it, even thinking about it was a crime.

She absolutely must not leak the existence of the journal copy or its content in any form.

”I might as well just die.” Cao Ying patted her chest, which was just beginning to show its shape.

This experience also made her have no doubts about the authenticity of the Diary’s content.

A journal copy that could make a Dou Zun of the Cao Family unaware, and could make her life worse than death at any time, had no reason to deceive her.

”Central State genius corrector.” Cao Ying muttered softly, an arrogant look appearing in her eyes.

Since she knew in advance, she would absolutely not be a stepping stone for Xiao Yan; if anyone was going to step on her, it could only be Xiao Ting.

A master of the Diary who was ”omniscient and omnipotent” regarding her—she admitted defeat willingly.

Just then, the journal copy in her mind flipped again, and a piece of information was transmitted.

Plane Blessing: 【 Alchemist technique experience increased by seven days 】

In the next instant, Cao Ying felt that there were countless images in her mind, all of which were her experiences of retreating and diligently refining pills.

”Now, refining a Fourth-Rank medicinal pill feels much more skillful.”

Cao Ying’s eyes shone brightly; she wiped her dirty face, took out a pile of medicinal herbs again, sat cross-legged, and began to refine pills.

This time, she was going to try to refine the Qi Gathering Powder!

Meanwhile, in the living area for core members of the Eastern Pavilion in the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range, Northern Region of Central State.

”Hoo, sss-ha~”

Feng Qing’er’s delicate body trembled, and she was drenched in sweat, soaking her colorful long dress.

Seeing Xiao Ting mention in the Diary that the bloodline of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan was second only to the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, she was extremely angry.

Although she also knew that only the ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, could be ranked alongside the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, the pride in her heart did not allow her to be looked down upon.

In that instant, anger rose in her heart, along with the thought of wanting to teach Xiao Ting a lesson.

As a result, she was warned by the journal copy, her whole body felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her life was held in someone else’s hands.

Extinguishing all malice toward Xiao Ting in her heart, she continued to read the Diary. When she saw that she would be ”corrected” by Xiao Yan in the future and could only look up to him in the end, a wave of anger rose in her heart.

If the Xiao Family was still the former Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan possessed the Dou Di Bloodline, then it would be fine if she was inferior.

But Xiao Yan was just a commoner from a remote region now, so why should he win against her?

”Xiao Yan, you won’t be able to win against me this time.” Feng Qing’er snorted coldly, no longer taking Xiao Yan seriously.

The opponent she was now taking seriously was Xiao Ting.

”I must find a way to make contact with him in advance.”