I Have No Qualifications, The System Asked Me To Marry A Wife To Practice

Xiao Hongling is indeed helpless.

Once a scholar like Chong Xuefeng fails to meet the academic requirements for three consecutive years, they will lose the qualification to enter the Langxuan Heavenly Palace and be expelled from the mortal world.

For those scholars who know little or nothing about cultivation, they may be relatively better off. Their limited understanding of the differences between other sects in the cultivation world and the sacred Langxuan Heavenly Palace makes it difficult for them to compare. Even if they feel lost when they leave, it will take them many years to understand what opportunities they have missed.

However, those who have some understanding of the cultivation world or come from ordinary cultivation families or sects cannot tolerate such a disparity.

Many scholars who were expelled from the Langxuan Heavenly Palace for various reasons cannot bear this disparity and choose to end their own lives.

Xiao Hongling's ancestral family died in this way, and the legacy left behind by his ancestor turned the Xiao family from an ordinary mortal family into a "883" cultivation small family, with the hope that future generations could enter the Touqing Heavenly Palace.

Finally, in Xiao Hongling's generation, due to her high talent, good luck, and the guidance left by her ancestors, she successfully became a scholar of Chong Xuefeng.

However, her high talent is only relative to the people she has encountered before. After coming to Chong Xuefeng, there are many others with higher talent than her, which has greatly impacted her cultivation mentality and hindered her progress.

If that were the only problem, she wouldn't be at a dead end.

Chong Xuefeng is still tolerant of scholars. Those who can come to study here are not too lacking in talent. Even if they have no prospects for advancement, they can still get by.

In various academies, there are many old-timers who study just like newcomers like Chu Shen. They may not obtain the formal disciple status of the Langxuan Heavenly Palace, but they can stay in Chong Xuefeng through daily assessments, just to let their family and friends stay in the Langxuan Heavenly Realm.

At least here, there are not as many worldly affairs, and the spiritual energy is abundant. There are also spiritual flowers and herbs everywhere, which can prolong life and even achieve some level of cultivation.

Maybe if luck is good, when the older generation was at Chongxue Peak, a genius descendant would emerge in the family, directly taking the place of the older generation and even obtaining the official disciple status of Langxuan Tiangong?

Those who are expelled are often not lacking in talent, but rather have poor character.

For example, the current residence of the Chu family was originally owned by a scoundrel who killed for treasures, and as a result, the entire family was driven out.

Xiao Hongling's character is decent, and her talent is passable, so she should be able to get by in life. The problem is that she is just too unlucky.

As a member of the Sword Cultivation Academy, participating in various battle trials is common, but she was accidentally injured by a poisonous and strange insect during one of the trials.

At that time, she didn't think much of it and thought it was a minor issue, but later she realized that she had caused big trouble.

That poisonous and strange insect turned out to be a type of law-breaking creature. Its poison can damage the meridians of cultivators. Even if the poison is cleared, it is difficult for the poisoned person to recover without the help of precious treasures that can reshape the physical body.

Xiao Hongling was treated late, not only damaging her meridians, but also causing a significant decline in her cultivation level. The daily assessments that she could have easily passed became extremely difficult.

What's worse is that due to the damage to her meridians, it has become difficult for her to improve her cultivation level. While others can directly circulate and harmonize spiritual energy, she has to absorb and convert more spiritual energy within a given time to make up for the leaked spiritual energy caused by the meridian damage, just to make a slight improvement.

This makes her demand for spiritual energy during cultivation far surpass that of others. Even the cultivation boost provided by the abundant spiritual energy environment of Langxuan Tiangong is not enough for her. Every time she cultivates, she needs the assistance of spiritual stones or the consumption of spiritual energy pills.

And the quality of the spiritual stones or spiritual energy pills cannot be too poor, otherwise, she still won't be able to obtain enough spiritual energy for cultivation.

How can she afford all this?

As early as two years ago, she had exhausted all her savings and borrowed all the favors she could. As a result, she failed the assessment for two consecutive years. This year is her last chance, with only three months left.

If she doesn't change, the probability of her being expelled is one hundred percent, and she still carries a lot of debt.

Some creditors have already indicated that if she fails the assessment and is expelled from Langhuan Tian Palace, she will have to repay the debt with herself.

Not to mention, as a talented female cultivator, the possibility of giving birth to offspring with good aptitude is relatively high, so she still has some value.

However, she has quite a few creditors, and some unscrupulous ones have already started planning, leaving her future in ruins.

She is unwilling to accept such a terrifying future, and she learned that there is a junior brother in the alchemy academy who can refine high-quality spiritual pills. With a determined mind, she decided to come over...

Chu Shen, who learned the cause and effect, felt very helpless. "So, Senior Sister, what you mean is..."

Xiao Hongling said, "Spiritual pills are the most basic cultivation pills. The academy distributes a certain amount every month. We can choose to receive finished pills or exchange them for raw materials. I can exchange all of mine for raw materials and let you refine them. You can keep half of the finished pills. What do you think, Junior Brother?"

This reply made Chu Shen pause for a moment, and then he smiled.

"Senior Sister, the lowest grade of the spiritual pills I refine is of a quality that cannot be found in the market. They are even better than the top-grade welfare pills given to disciples by top sects. Each pill is in high demand in the market, and people are willing to pay a premium for them."

Xiao Hongling's face turned red.

"The materials for the Spirit Qi Pill are not valuable, and the Spirit Qi Pill itself is not considered valuable either. However, the techniques required for alchemy are very valuable. I won't mention the price of hiring an alchemist from outside, but let's just say that if I were to shout outside on Chongxue Peak, offering to help people refine pills, guess how many people would come running and what price they would offer for the refinement?"

The blush on Xiao Hongling's face gradually faded, turning pale and miserable.

"Sister, I sympathize with your situation, but you shouldn't take me for a fool."

Xiao Hongling looked lost and stunned, standing there motionless.

Chu Shen sighed and turned to open the door of the alchemy room, ready to ask her to leave.

But Xiao Hongling said, "Wait!"

Chu Shen looked at her and calmly asked, "Sister, is there something else you want to say?"

Xiao Hongling fell silent for a moment and slowly said, "Junior brother, what do you think of me?"

Chu Shen remained calm and replied, "Very beautiful."

"Then I'll give myself to you. Is it worth it for you to help me stay on Chongxue Peak?" Xiao Hongling seemed to have come to a realization, asking with a bitter smile.

Chu Shen looked at her and said, "Sister, I don't lack women."

This was true. As he gained fame, news of his numerous concubines became widely known, which was one of the reasons Xiao Hongling sought him out.

She hesitated for a moment, then trembling, walked up to him and said, "But I am a female cultivator."