Li Yingling's cultivation level wasn't weak, but her foundational knowledge of cultivation was rather touching.

It wasn't that Chu Xingchen didn't care; he had actually given some basic textbooks to Li Yingling to read on her own.

However, Li Yingling seemed completely uninterested in that purely educational book.

After all, those books were purely basic tutorials and not as entertaining as cultivation novels.

Moreover, the book was so thick that the table of contents for the monster classification alone took up four or five pages, not to mention the rest.

Li Yingling flipped through it for two days and felt it was useless, so she tossed it aside to gather dust.

Chu Xingchen didn't force Li Yingling to finish it.

After all, with cultivation, you learn as you go.

So at this moment, Li Yingling didn't understand what wish power was, but she noticed the slightly disdainful expressions of her master and junior brother.

Anything that made both her master and junior brother disdainful couldn't be a good thing.

But since Yaoqin came specifically to see it, it obviously wasn't that simple.

Chu Xingchen glanced at his disciple's slightly confused expression, sighed, and casually explained to Li Yingling.

"You can roughly understand it as a counterfeit cultivation pill. Once you stop using it, your cultivation level will plummet."

Upon hearing this, Li Yingling suddenly understood.

Yaoqin shook her head slightly and said, "If it were just that, I wouldn't have come. But this time, the Chanlin Dharma Assembly seems to be an experiment. They seem to have discovered other uses for wish power."

Chu Xingchen spoke up, "Just a wild guess, but maybe they're planning to infuse wish power into magical artifacts."

Li Xingtian pondered for a moment and then offered his own idea:

"Even if wish power can be infused into magical artifacts, it won't be much of an enhancement. It would be better to capture a spirit beast and use wish power to feed it, just to guard the door."

Li Yingling didn't care about all that; she just wanted to see the excitement and quickly said:

"Why don't we go and see! I heard this year's funding is the highest ever, and they can place the spirit plaque above the Chanlin host's head!"

Chu Xingchen was shocked, "Wow, does the host have no limits? How much money did they spend?"

"This time, it's spirit stones," Yaoqin said, covering the lower half of her face with a fan, but her voice couldn't hide her amusement. "It's said that the spirit plaque is quite large this time and should be very conspicuous."

"..." Li Xingtian was speechless upon hearing this. In his past life, he had never encountered such shamelessness.

How come after hanging around with Master, there seem to be few people around here who care about face?

Could it be true that close association leads to corruption?

If Chu Xingchen knew his second disciple was internally slandering him like this, he'd definitely give his rebellious disciple a lesson in respecting the master.

Compared to how wish power is used, watching the Chanlin host make a fool of himself was more appealing.

The four of them reached a consensus and headed towards the Chanlin Temple together.

Although the road to the temple fair was crowded, with Yaoqin's Golden Core skills, they moved smoothly.

Li Yingling seemed to genuinely enjoy attending such lively gatherings, always looking around with delight.

She bought quite a few things she liked along the way.

A small embroidered lotus bag, uniquely shaped hairpins.

She even bought four masks.

Li Yingling wore a little fox mask herself.

She bought a cute little white rabbit mask for Yaoqin.

She got a monkey mask for her master.

And a piglet mask for her junior brother.

Yaoqin examined the masks. Although the craftsmanship wasn't great, they were quite cute at first glance, so she didn't think much of it and graciously wore it.

Chu Xingchen looked at the monkey mask with displeasure and said:

"No way! The fox is prettier; I want the fox."

Li Yingling laughed heartily and quickly put the fox mask on her own face:

"No way! Master, you're as clever as a monkey, so you should wear the monkey."

Li Xingtian looked at the piglet mask in his hand and then at his master:

"Master..."

Chu Xingchen glanced at his second disciple's mask and decisively refused:

"No way! I'm not trading with you."

Li Yingling turned around, her eyes filled with joy as she looked at the other three.

Her master wore the monkey mask with a look of disdain.

Her junior brother, under their master's insistence, reluctantly put on the piglet mask.

Yaoqin's face was covered by the cute white rabbit mask, yet her unique aloof aura seemed unchanged.

But it was clear she was quite happy, watching the two reluctantly put on their masks.

Seeing this scene, Li Yingling didn't know why, but she just wanted to shout.

Maybe it was because she had never been to such a lively temple fair, or maybe it was because she only felt warmth from others in this sect.

She shouted out:

"Master!"

Chu Xingchen turned to look at his first disciple, who was wearing the fox mask, her voice trembling slightly, and asked curiously:

"What is it?"

Li Yingling laughed and replied:

"I'm the best with Master in the world!"

Chu Xingchen responded in a very perfunctory tone:

"Alright, alright, Master is also the best with you in the world."

Li Yingling turned around, satisfied with the response.

Li Xingtian felt a bit helpless. In a sect of just three people, if the two of them were the best in the world, did that make him a bit redundant?

Chu Xingchen certainly wouldn't neglect his second disciple, so he patted him on the shoulder with a hint of disappointment:

"You and I used to be the best in the world, but since you didn't report what you knew, you've been promoted to second."

Li Xingtian internally grumbled a bit but still looked touched, "Thank you, Master, second is enough."

"Very well, since you have no ambition, you've dropped another rank. Now Da Huang ranks above you."

Li Yingling asked in confusion, "Da Huang? Why does that sound like a dog's name?"

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Chu Xingchen confirmed, "Yes, your junior brother now ranks below a dog."

Li Xingtian didn't react much; his master's way of speaking was always peculiar, but his bark was worse than his bite.

However, Yaoqin's gaze from behind the rabbit mask was haunting.

The dog ranks second, Li Xingtian ranks third, so where does that leave her?

Did all her help go to the dog?

Chu Xingchen suddenly felt a crisis; his spirit stones were still in the hands of the rich lady in front of him, so he quickly said:

"You and I are the best in the heavens."

Yaoqin nodded in satisfaction but wouldn't relent, "You're only the two hundredth best in the world to me."

Li Yingling gave her master a thumbs up for his clever response!

As expected of Master, there's still so much to learn!

Li Yingling walked over to Chu Xingchen and whispered with a laugh, "Master is the most shameless in the world!"

Chu Xingchen whispered back, "What shamelessness? It's all about knowledge! She's holding all our sect's spirit stones right now!"

Li Yingling nodded in agreement, but the bell-like laughter behind her mask didn't stop.

Rebellious disciple! Definitely a rebellious disciple!

After the little mask episode, the four of them continued to head towards the Chanlin Temple with laughter and joy.

Along the way, there were not only vendors but also various performances, storytelling, and other skill displays.

Li Yingling curiously observed the performers.

She especially liked the fire-breathing ones, clapping the hardest at their stalls.

Chu Xingchen was a bit speechless too.

Although Li Yingling was at the Foundation Establishment Stage and had a water-type single spiritual root, she could still control fire with Five Elements Magic.

If Li Yingling were to breathe fire, it would definitely be more impressive than the performers.

Maybe she just enjoyed the novelty.

The Chanlin Temple had eight large doors, and the temple gates were enormous.

With Yaoqin's help, Chu Xingchen and the others easily squeezed through the temple gates.

Li Yingling looked towards the center of the temple, her expression surprised, and she seemed to apologize as if in awe:

"Master, I'm sorry I spoke too soon. The most shameless in the world must be him..."