How did things get so bad with these people?

"Senior, what's making you so happy?"

Inside a luxurious manor, a girl with light blue pigtails crossed her arms over her chest and spoke with a grin.

The latter glared at her, pried her restless hands away, and then sat down at the tea party, speaking with some delight.

"Yesterday I broke through to the third level of Fetal Breathing, and my master rewarded me with a Fetal Breathing cultivation technique, instructing me to pass it on!"

"So that means!" She turned her head, looking intently at the stunned blue-haired girl, took her hand, and said happily.

"Xiao Qing, you can cultivate immortality like me now!"

She finished speaking excitedly, eagerly anticipating the reactions from everyone present.

"..."

However, she was met with silence.

The old butler walked gracefully into the garden, served a plate of exquisite pastries, and then walked away gracefully.

Not far away, gardeners were pruning excess branches from the treetops, while maids gently watered the blooming flowers.

The gardeners remained unfazed by the sounds coming from the tea party.

Oh, so today's topic is cultivating immortality?

As always, the young lady enjoyed discussing all sorts of strange and unusual things with her friends.

But since Miss is so interested, how about I recommend some related anime to her tonight?

Isn't that cultivation novel series quite popular lately?

It's good to distract the young lady a little, as long as she doesn't become like before.

They still prefer the more lively and active young ladies of today.

Inside the tea party, seemingly sensing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, the blue-haired magical girl blinked, then put down the snacks in her hand and clapped her hands expressionlessly.

"Yay!"

Then they picked up the snacks and started eating.

Li Jiangqun: ...

She looked around and saw a magical girl with golden curly hair sipping red tea, and a magical girl with blue hair taking small bites of dessert.

Even the blue-haired girl who, like her, hadn't transformed, didn't look as happy as expected after hearing these words.

The girl with the ponytail looked confused.

"Isn't the purpose of your Society for the Supernatural the study of the paranormal?"

"Why do you all seem so uninterested when I mention cultivating immortality?"

Upon hearing her words, the golden magical girl Wanwu put down her teacup and replied calmly:

"I'm not really interested in the creed of the Heretic Society; I only joined because Ah-Qing promised to open a model factory for me."

The girl then looked at the blue-clad magical girl, who, upon noticing the gaze, replied softly:

"Ah Qing told me that as long as I join the Extraordinary Society, I can eat all kinds of delicious snacks."

Li Jiangqun: "..."

Helpless, she had no choice but to place her last hope on the blue-haired girl.

However, when faced with her eager gaze, Jiang Qing's expression appeared quite forced.

Li Jiangqun couldn't believe it.

"Xiao Qing, could it be that you also..."

What happened? She clearly remembered that just a few days ago, Xiao Qing was pestering her on messaging apps to cultivate immortality, so why is she acting differently today?

Why do you all look so uninterested?

And is your reason for joining the Heretical Society so weak?

Wait a minute, could it be that I'm the one in the Supernatural Society who's actually researching the supernatural?!

Without a doubt, the girl, who has already reached the third level of fetal breathing cultivation, has surpassed 99% of the members of the Chinese Supernatural Society in her exploration of the supernatural.

Fortunately, at that moment, the blue-haired girl spoke up.

"Um...it's not what you think, senior. It's mainly because I'm not ready yet...yes, that's right, I'm not ready yet!"

Unconsciously, Jiang Qing twirled a strand of hair beside her cheek, feeling inexplicably guilty.

She coughed lightly and sat back down in her seat at the tea party.

"Ahem, um, senior, I'm ready now!"

Li Jiangqun looked at her suspiciously, but finally took out a thick notebook from her bag and explained.

"This notebook contains the manual of martial arts techniques that I copied overnight."

"I've already used my magic to examine you, A-Qing, Su-Su, and Wan-Wu. You all have spiritual apertures and are capable of cultivating immortality."

—Except for myself.

After silently reciting those words, the girl placed the thick notebook on the tea table, a hint of heartache in her eyes.

The family's savings were running low. Buying this laptop cost her two days' worth of food money, and she didn't know why a few pieces of clothing were missing from the closet.

I was delayed at work the day before yesterday because of the Demon Angel's apprentice incident, and Sister Yun still hasn't replied to my messages.

In short, if we don't come up with a solution soon, our family will run into a deficit!

Contrary to her expectations that A-Qing would be the first to snatch the cultivation technique notebook, it was actually the golden magical girl Wanwu who picked it up first.

This magical girl, who has the air of a senior student, is someone Li Jiangqun met at the last tea party.

At that time, Jiang Qing enthusiastically introduced her to her, and the latter also appeared dignified and polite.

But when her real name was mentioned, the golden magical girl immediately bristled.

"It's common sense that you can't reveal your real name at a magical girl's tea party!"

"And why don't you transform?! Can you even call yourself a magical girl if you don't transform?!"

Afterwards, Li Jiangqun rubbed Yuan Su's face and asked her about the incident, to which the latter only expressed confusion.

"Huh? I didn't know that was common knowledge?"

The girl asked curiously, "Susu, don't you know? Then why did you transform?"

Upon hearing this, the blue-haired magical girl replied truthfully.

"Because you won't gain weight from eating snacks after transforming."

In short, in Li Jiangqun's impression, this magical girl named Wanwu was very serious about everything, something she had never learned from the Magical Girl Aid website before.

Moreover, seemingly influenced by a fellow magical girl, the golden-haired senior, Wanwu also has a considerable interest in gun models.

Wanwu picked up the exercise notebook, her fingertips lightly turning the pages, her expression elegant.

But as she looked, her gaze froze.

"...What should I do? I can't understand it at all?"

"Could what Ah Qing said be true? She really can cultivate immortality? But that doesn't make sense!"

"Wait a minute, it doesn't seem very logical that magical girls existed before..."

"...Hmm, I'm not interested in these things. You should take a look, Qing."

Despite having a dozen thoughts racing through her mind, the magical girl's elegant expression remained largely unchanged.

She handed the notebook to the girl opposite her, then picked up her black tea and continued to sip it without batting an eye, but this time she quietly focused her attention on Li Jiangqun.

Jiang Qing guiltily took the notebook, opened the first two pages, and saw beautiful handwriting.

What I have learned from studying the Taihua Sutra

Jiang Qing was taken aback. How come this was different from the cultivation technique given to her by the magical girl last night?

Her thoughts drifted back to the previous night, where she saw a girl with celestial light in her brows and bathed in moonlight standing before her, pointing a finger at her brow with her delicate hand.

Then a scroll of incredibly profound magic formulas slowly unfolded in her mind.

Its name is—"The True Jade Harmony and Emptiness Breathing Scripture"