I Idle in the World of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 18: Sister-in-law
The next morning, Lin Luo came out of the mine and went back to the Chores Hall to get something.
As soon as he reached the entrance, he knew something was off. The courtyard was packed with people. Not just Chores Hall disciples, but a few familiar faces – Wang Hao, Zhao Tian, Su Xiaoxiao, Chen Yutong, and a few other classmates.
Ma Biao stood at the front. Behind him, two rows of Chores Hall disciples stood neatly in formation, their expressions as serious as if they were awaiting inspection.
Wang Hao leaned against the woodshed door, a steamed bun in his hand, eating and grinning. Zhao Tian stood in the middle of the courtyard, arms crossed, face expressionless, but his eyes kept drifting toward the mine. Su Xiaoxiao sat on a stone stool in the corner, a book in her hand, but clearly not reading it.
Lin Luo's steps faltered.
"What?"
Ma Biao didn't speak. Neither did the disciples behind him. A dozen pairs of eyes stared straight at Lin Luo – no, not at Lin Luo. Behind him.
Lin Luo turned his head.
Yue Long was following him, walking from the direction of the mine. Her silver-white hair glowed faintly in the morning light. Her red eyes still had the drowsiness of just waking up. Her plain white dress was stained with spirit field dirt at the hem. She wore no shoes, revealing a pair of small, fair feet, the pale gold markings on her ankles faintly visible. Her rabbit ears twitched once, then slowly, slowly – stood straight up.
She saw a dozen people standing in the courtyard. All of them were looking at her.
Wang Hao's steamed bun fell to the ground.
Ma Biao took a deep breath, stepped forward, clasped his hands, and bowed ninety degrees.
"Welcome, Sister-in-law!"
The dozen Chores Hall disciples behind him bent at the waist in perfect unison.
"WELCOME, SISTER-IN-LAW!!"
The shout was so loud it startled the chickens in the neighboring yard into flight.
Yue Long froze in place. Her rabbit ears stood fully upright. Her red eyes went wide. Her mouth opened, but no words came out. She turned to look at Lin Luo, her eyes screaming, "Master, what is happening?"
Wang Hao picked up his steamed bun from the ground, brushed off the dust, took a bite, and said through a mouthful, "Brother Luo, that's not cool. When did you take a disciple? No – when did you find a sister-in-law?"
Lin Luo looked at him. "What are you here for?"
"To see you!" Wang Hao said, completely unashamed. "The Myriad Treasures Pavilion came to block the mountain gate yesterday. The whole class knows. We were worried, so we came early." He paused, then glanced at Yue Long. "Didn't expect you to be busier than we were."
Zhao Tian spoke. His voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear. "Lin Luo, who is this?"
Before Lin Luo could answer, Ma Biao jumped in. "Senior Brother Zhao, this is Brother Luo's disciple! She came out of the mine shaft last night – we all saw it!"
"Disciple." Zhao Tian repeated the word, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Yue Long and Lin Luo. Then he nodded and said nothing more. But his expression clearly said, "I don't believe you."
Su Xiaoxiao closed her book, stood up, and walked over to Yue Long.
Su Xiaoxiao was half a head taller than Yue Long. She looked down at Yue Long. Yue Long looked up at her. One with black hair, one with silver hair. One with black eyes, one with red eyes. They stared at each other for three seconds.
Su Xiaoxiao spoke first. "What's your name?"
"Yue Long."
"How old?"
"…Eighteen."
"Cultivation?"
"Foundation Establishment Layer 1."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded, turned, and walked away. After two steps, she stopped and looked back at Lin Luo.
"Lin Luo, you move fast with taking disciples."
"She came on her own."
"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao's tone was flat. "On her own. Fell from the sky. A silver-haired, red-eyed Jade Rabbit. Came on her own to become your disciple."
Lin Luo didn't explain.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't ask further. She left. As she walked out of the Chores Hall gate, she said something quietly to Chen Yutong. Lin Luo didn't catch it, but Yue Long's rabbit ears twitched.
Wang Hao leaned in and lowered his voice. "Brother Luo, Zhao Tian came because he was worried about you. Su Xiaoxiao came because she was worried about you. I came because I was worried about you. But you don't have to explain anything to us. You do your thing." He glanced at Yue Long and gave a thumbs-up. "Nice to meet you, Sister-in-law."
"I said she's my disciple."
"Right, right, disciple." Wang Hao grinned. "Disciples are great. Disciples are close. Disciples can even help you chop wood at night."
Yue Long's cheeks turned bright red. "I really can chop wood."
Wang Hao blinked, then laughed even harder. "She says she really can chop wood. Brother Luo, listen to that – she says she really can chop wood. Who else here makes their disciple chop wood?"
Lin Luo picked up the axe and split a piece of wood.
Crack. The wood split cleanly.
Wang Hao knew when to shut up. He patted Lin Luo's shoulder and left with Zhao Tian and Chen Yutong. At the gate, he turned and shouted, "Goodbye, Sister-in-law! Come visit us more often, Sister-in-law!"
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Wang Hao and the others had barely left when Lin Luo's ear twitched.
Not his ear. His phone was vibrating.
He pulled it out. Bone One's interface was still idling at the ancient battlefield. Blood One was still curled up in the Demon Abyss. On Rat One's interface, a line of text appeared.
[Rat One · Alert: Someone is approaching the Idle Sect's land. Number: three. Cultivation: cannot be detected. Distance: two hundred meters.]
Cannot be detected.
Lu Yuan was coming. And he had brought people.
Lin Luo put his phone away and swept his gaze over the mine. Yue Long was still crouched by the spirit field, her silver-white hair trailing on the ground, her rabbit ears twitching as she picked Glow Mushrooms and hummed a little tune. Completely unaware that anyone was coming.
His gaze moved upward. Above the mine entrance was a half-person-high boulder, wedged in a depression in the rock wall, held up by a few smaller rocks beneath it. It had been there for who knows how many years, untouched.
An idea popped into his head.
He looked at Yue Long. Buddha and demon in one body. The Four-Cultivation Body. The Diamond Body Buddha's light seal on her right arm – taught by the mortal. Just how hard was that Buddha's light?
He opened Yue Long's phone interface – the disciple-dedicated phone, which shared some data with the main account. He swiped a few times.
[Yue Long · Combat Data]
[Diamond Body · Not activated in combat]
[Defense: ??? (requires activation to calculate)]
[Skill level: Foundation Establishment Layer 1 · Beginner]
[Note: This skill is a Buddhist inheritance. Extremely high resistance to physical attacks.]
Beginner. Extremely high resistance. But that was against ordinary attacks. The impact of a boulder falling from height wasn't an ordinary attack. He needed an exact number.
Lin Luo switched to Rat One's interface. Rat One had already scrambled out of his grass nest, his small gray body hugging the mine wall as he climbed silently upward. He switched to Rat One's perspective – the view was shaky, little claws gripping the rock crevices, inching up bit by bit.
He controlled Rat One to climb to the boulder and stop beside the smaller rocks holding it up.
Footsteps grew closer. Fifty meters. Forty meters. Thirty meters.
He looked at Yue Long. She was still crouched by the spirit field, her back to the mine entrance. Her rabbit ears were up, but she wasn't alert – she could hear the footsteps, but this was the Cangxuan Sect. Wasn't it normal for people to come and go?
Right. Yue Long had good hearing, but she wouldn't be alert to people from the Cangxuan Sect. So she wouldn't react until the boulder was already falling.
That would be the moment she'd have no time to think – she'd have to rely on her body's instinct.
Lin Luo's finger hovered over Rat One's interface. He didn't move.
He was waiting for the perfect moment – the moment Lu Yuan stepped into the courtyard.
Three. Two. One.
The smaller rocks gave way.
The boulder lost its support and crashed down.
Yue Long's rabbit ears shot straight up. She looked up. The boulder was already above her head.
No time to think. No time to be afraid. Her body moved on its own. She pressed her palms together. The gold markings on her right arm blazed. Buddha's light poured from her palms and condensed above her head into a golden bell – not a complete bell, but a translucent light shield still forming, its edges still trembling.
CRASH.
The boulder smashed into the golden bell and shattered into over a dozen pieces, flying in all directions. Dust filled the air. Broken stones littered the ground.
Yue Long stood where she was, still holding her palms together. Her rabbit ears stood straight. Her silver-white hair drifted in the dust. The golden Buddha's light hadn't fully faded, still coating her in a faint glow.
She blinked. Looked at the broken stones on the ground. Looked at her hands. Then looked back at Lin Luo.
Lin Luo stood by the woodshed door. The axe was already buried in the chopping block. He didn't turn his head.
"Nothing."
"Won't die."
His voice was flat, as if he were commenting on the weather.
But the moment he pulled out his phone, he had already switched to Yue Long's combat data interface.
[Diamond Body · Activated in combat · Measured data]
[Defense: Foundation Establishment Layer 3 level]
[Impact resistance: Boulder falling from height · Equivalent to Foundation Establishment Layer 3 full-power strike]
[Skill feedback: Activation speed 0.3 seconds · Shield integrity 87% · No injury · No spiritual energy backlash]
[Conclusion: Can withstand Foundation Establishment Layer 3 full-power attacks. Beyond this range, further testing needed.]
Lin Luo put his phone away.
Foundation Establishment Layer 3. Yue Long was only at Foundation Establishment Layer 1, and Diamond Body could already withstand a full-power Foundation Establishment Layer 3 attack. This disciple – not a bad find.
Yue Long brushed the dust off her dress and kicked a piece of broken stone out of her way. She looked at the small gray mouse climbing down the mine wall, then back at Lin Luo. She didn't ask, but her eyes screamed, "Master, did you do that on purpose?"
Lin Luo wasn't looking at her.
He heard the footsteps. Lu Yuan was already standing at the courtyard gate.
"Disciple Lin Luo greets the Sect Leader." Lin Luo clasped his hands.
Yue Long turned. She saw a middle-aged man in a purple robe, flanked by two expressionless elders. Her rabbit ears slowly went up. She also clasped her hands, her movements not quite correct – like a little rabbit who had just learned the etiquette.
"Dis-disciples Yue Long greets the Sect Leader."
Lu Yuan stood at the gate, his gaze moving from the broken stones on the ground to Yue Long. He had seen the golden shield, the Buddha's light, the Foundation Establishment Layer 1 Jade Rabbit girl taking a boulder falling from height head-on.
His expression didn't change. But his eyes did. Like someone walking down the road and suddenly spotting a top-grade spirit stone – wanting to pick it up, but not wanting to bend over.
"Lin Luo."
"Here."
"This disciple of yours – where does she come from?"
"Jade Rabbit. Pureblood. Came back from ten thousand years in the future."
Lu Yuan was silent for a moment. Ten thousand years in the future? He looked at Yue Long, then back at Lin Luo. This kid – how did he get so lucky?
"The technique she just used – it's from the Buddhist path?"
"Diamond Body. Taught by her master."
"Aren't you her master?"
"I wasn't talking about myself."
Lu Yuan didn't ask further. His original purpose in coming today was to pressure Lin Luo – planting spirit fields, raising spirit beasts, taking disciples – all of it was stepping on the Cangxuan Sect's boundaries. Time to rein him in. But now, his gaze was fixed on Yue Long. He couldn't look away.
"Yue Long."
"Here."
"Would you like to join the Cangxuan Sect's inner court? I will teach you personally."
Yue Long blinked. She looked at Lin Luo. Lin Luo's expression hadn't changed at all. She turned back to Lu Yuan.
"Sect Leader, I am a disciple of the Idle Sect."
"The Idle Sect is a subsidiary sect of the Cangxuan Sect. You could join the inner court and still stay with the Idle Sect."
Yue Long thought for a moment. "Then… what can you teach me?"
The fat elder's eyebrow twitched. This girl – daring to ask the Sect Leader what he could teach her.
Lu Yuan didn't get angry. "Buddha and demon in one body. The Four-Cultivation Body. The Cangxuan Sect has dedicated techniques for your constitution. Buddhist, demonic, beast, human – four paths in one body. The Cangxuan Sect has the complete inheritance."
Yue Long blinked. "But I don't know the Four-Cultivation Body. I only know Diamond Body."
"Who taught you Diamond Body?"
"A mortal."
"Who is this mortal?"
"The last disciple of the Idle Sect. He's dead."
Lu Yuan was silent for a moment. He glanced at Lin Luo – Lin Luo was chopping wood. Crack, crack, crack – like he hadn't heard anything.
Lu Yuan looked at Yue Long. This girl had good talent, good character. But she didn't see him. Her eyes lit up when she looked at Lin Luo. When she looked at him, there was nothing.
He didn't want to take her by force. That would be embarrassing. But he didn't want to give up so easily either.
"Lin Luo."
"Here."
"Your disciple has good talent. But the Cangxuan Sect's rules state that disciples of subsidiary sects cannot stay on sect land long-term. Either she joins the inner court, or she moves out of the Cangxuan Sect."
Lin Luo's hand paused.
"What does the Sect Leader propose?"
Lu Yuan was silent for a while. He had originally planned to fine Lin Luo five hundred Spirit Stones as a warning and be done with it. But now – he looked at Yue Long, then back at Lin Luo. This kid – what gave him the right? A chores disciple, Foundation Establishment Layer 2, coasting by on a broken phone – what gave him the right to have a disciple like this?
"One thousand Spirit Stones," Lu Yuan said. "For unauthorized use of sect assets. The spirit field, the mine shaft, the spirit vein fragment. Fine of one thousand. Can't pay – face the wall. While you're facing the wall, your disciple will be disciplined by the Cangxuan Sect in your stead."
The fat elder glanced at Lu Yuan. The thin elder glanced at him too. One thousand Spirit Stones – for a chores disciple, that was an astronomical sum.
Yue Long's rabbit ears went up. "Sect Leader, that's too much—"
"You be quiet." Lu Yuan didn't look at her. He looked at Lin Luo. "Do you accept?"
Lin Luo looked at Lu Yuan.
He knew what Lu Yuan was doing. It wasn't about the spirit field, wasn't about the mine shaft – it was about Yue Long. Lu Yuan wanted this disciple. But Yue Long wouldn't go with him. He couldn't take her by force, so he imposed a fine.
Lin Luo wasn't angry. If he were in Lu Yuan's position, he'd do the same.
"I accept."
He took the contract and signed it.
Lu Yuan put the contract away, turned, and left. At the courtyard gate, he stopped without looking back.
"One month."
He left. The fat elder and the thin elder followed behind him.
Yue Long stood where she was. Her rabbit ears slowly drooped.
"Master."
"Yes."
"Is the Sect Leader… angry at me?"
"Not at you."
"Then at who?"
Lin Luo didn't answer.
Yue Long crouched down and started picking up the broken stones. As she picked, she suddenly looked up. "Master, did you make Rat One push that boulder?"
Lin Luo looked at her. "What do you think?"
Yue Long thought for a moment. "I don't think so. Rat One is too small to push a boulder that big. It must have fallen on its own."
"Mm."
"Then the spot where I was standing – you told me to stand there."
"Mm."
"Were you testing how much force my Diamond Body can take?"
Lin Luo didn't respond.
Yue Long pouted. "The mortal was right. You really are the Idle Sect's most calculating founder."
Lin Luo split another piece of wood. Crack.
Yue Long crouched down again and kept picking up stones. As she picked, she smiled.
She remembered the moment the boulder fell. She didn't think about anything. Her body moved on its own. Diamond Body activated on its own. The stone broke. She didn't break.
"Nothing." "Won't die." – Master knew all along that she'd be fine.
Yue Long stacked the last piece of broken stone, stood up, and brushed off her dress.
Just keep idling.
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(End of Chapter 18)
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Current Status
Main Account · Lin Luo (Immortal Cultivation · Special System)
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Layer 2 (Displayed: Qi Refining Layer 1)
Nine Cycles Mystic Art: Second Cycle (Mastered)
Defense: 650
Attack: 350 (Greenwind Sword lent to Yue Long)
HP: 1650/1650
Spirit Stones: 850 → Debt of 1000 Spirit Stones (due within one month)
Possessions: Spirit Recovery Pill ×8, Life Extension Pill ×1, Antidote Pill ×3, Light Talisman ×4, Mountain Pass Token ×1
Skill: Spirit Eye Technique
Disciple: Yue Long (Jade Rabbit Race, Foundation Establishment Layer 1, formal Idle Sect disciple, life binding complete)
Alt Account · Bone One (Demon Cultivation · Special System)
Cultivation: Qi Gathering, Layer 8
Status: Standing by · Demon Abyss second layer
Alt Account · Blood One (Demon Cultivation · Blood Clan)
Cultivation: Qi Gathering, Layer 4
Status: Hidden · Demon Abyss second layer (mistaken for a clan member by the Blood Clan Elder)
Alt Account · Rat One (Beast Cultivation · Treasure-Seeking Rat Race)
Cultivation: Spirit Gathering, Layer 4
Status: Hosting · Idle Sect land (farming)
Spirit Field: Glow Mushrooms ×32
Special discovery: Spirit Vein Fragment ×1 beneath the mine shaft
Sect · Idle Sect
Sect Leader: Lin Luo
Formal Disciple: Yue Long (life binding, cannot withdraw)
Members: Bone One, Rat One, Blood One (alt accounts, independent)
Level: 2
Idle Bonus: +15%
Sect Warehouse Capacity: 200 slots
Sect Warehouse Contents: Common Soul Essence ×9, Blue Soul Essence ×2, Essence Blood ×3, Blood Essence Crystal ×5, various Glow Mushrooms
Idle Sect Disciple · Yue Long
Race: Pureblood Jade Rabbit Race · Demonic Mutation (Ancient Bloodline)
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Layer 1 (traditional system · Foundation Establishment)
Special Constitution: Four-Cultivation Body – can cultivate demonic arts, Buddhist arts, human arts, beast arts
Left Arm: Residual demonic energy (from demon crystal mines and blood food erosion – now balanced with Buddha's light on right arm)
Right Arm: Diamond Body Buddha's light seal (taught by the mortal, used to suppress demonic energy)
Special Trait: Body of both Buddha and demon – the two forces maintain a delicate balance in her body
Origin: Traveled through time from ten thousand years in the future, carrying the last will of the Idle Sect's final leader
Talent: Jade Rabbit speed boost (extremely fast running speed)
Possessions: Disciple-dedicated phone (idle cultivation activated), Greenwind Sword (temporarily lent by Lin Luo), Zixiao Sect inheritance token (sealed)
Combat Data: Diamond Body measured to withstand Foundation Establishment Layer 3 full-power attacks
Special State: Future visions seen in the time rift stored in her mind
Ten-Thousand-Year Future Vision · Warning
Zi Mei (Zixiao Sect) will kill her master Zi Ling and seize the sect.
Zi Mei will target Lin Luo as the "Child of Prophecy" and steal his techniques and phone.
Zi Mei will turn Lin Luo into an immortal-level corpse puppet.
Trigger condition: After Lin Luo obtains the complete Nine Cycles Mystic Art inheritance.
Source: Seen firsthand in the time rift.
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Appendix: Special Cultivation Systems for Lin Luo and His Alt Accounts
Immortal Cultivation (Main Account · Lin Luo):
Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Opening → Fusion → Heart Movement → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Soul Departure → Spirit Separation → Body Integration → Cave Void → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence
Demon Cultivation (Alt Accounts · Bone One, Blood One):
Qi Gathering → Body Refining → Core Condensation → Desire Embodiment → Devouring → Demon Infant → Soul Departure → Sense Separation → Body Fusion → Void Break → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence
Beast Cultivation (Alt Account · Rat One):
Spirit Gathering → Intelligence Awakening → Body Tempering → Bone Refining → Beast Core → Transformation → Soul Condensation → Spirit Roaming → Body Purification → Void Training → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence
Note: The above are the exclusive cultivation systems for Lin Luo and his alt accounts. Everyone else (side characters, enemies, etc.) uses the traditional system: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Void Training, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence.
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(End of Chapter 18)