When Golden Finger Meets Salted Fish

Yun Qingyu didn’t ask where Jiang Mo got the candy, and Jiang Mo naturally didn’t tell her, as if it were an unspoken secret between them. However, Jiang Mo could see that Yun Qingyu was quite pleased; there was a sparkle in her cool, glass-like eyes as she ate the candy.

A little later, Jiang Mo found an opportunity to ask the system, “System, besides daily quests, where else can I earn points?”

The system, which had been gloomy all day since seeing her use the milk candy to please Yun Qingyu, brightened up at her words. “Has the host finally decided to do quests to earn points?”

Jiang Mo looked at it as if it were an idiot. “Didn’t we already agree on this?”

Indeed, upon realizing she was penniless, Jiang Mo had already decided to earn money and had promised the system. She couldn’t help it; she was a salted fish, but she was also a salted fish that pursued quality of life. When reality was satisfactory or difficult to change, she could remain idle, but now that she could clearly improve her situation, why should she settle for less?

Before her transmigration with the system, she had been a salted fish too, but that didn’t stop her from going to work to earn money. Moreover, Senior Sister clearly liked eating candy, and she could only afford two pieces with her daily base pay. How could this be acceptable?!

Even if just for the freedom to eat milk candy, she had to make an effort.

Jiang Mo thought this to herself, but the system clearly didn’t know and was deeply moved. “So the host still remembers. I thought you’d forget again after finishing the candy.”

After all, it wouldn’t be surprising if a salted fish struggled to turn over, felt a bit tired, and then continued to lie motionless.

Jiang Mo snorted and somehow produced the remaining piece of milk candy, tossing it to the system. “I didn’t eat it. I got tired of eating candy a long time ago. You spent points to buy it, so try it yourself.”

The system light orb flickered and indeed caught the piece of candy. Ordinary candy, of course, the system couldn’t eat, but products from the system mall, it could actually taste. As a newly minted system baby, it had data on milk candy in its database, but it had never actually tasted real milk candy, and at this moment, it was full of curiosity about it.

The system, having caught the candy, glanced at the host’s expression. Seeing the little white tiger nonchalantly look away, it hesitated for a moment but ultimately couldn’t resist. It secretly unwrapped the candy and took a taste.

The rich milk flavor, so sweet, almost instantly captured the system’s heart…

Wuwuwu, the host was so good to it. They were so poor they could only afford two pieces of milk candy, and she specially saved one for it to eat.

The still naive system baby forgot that this milk candy was originally bought with its own emptied points. If there was a display above the system’s head at this moment, one would see that its favorability towards the host had already skyrocketed.

The little milk tiger beside it secretly swallowed. She had indeed gotten tired of eating candy before, but times had changed. After transmigrating, she hadn’t had two proper meals, so naturally, the allure of milk candy had increased exponentially. However, she wasn’t so thick-skinned as to empty the system’s reserves. The candy had already been bought, and it made both Yun Qingyu and the system happy, wasn’t that good too?

Through the constantly flickering light orb, one could almost see the system’s current satisfied appearance. The golden tiger eyes suddenly softened a bit.

Jiang Mo wasn’t a petty person, but she wasn’t without caution either. Because her death and transmigration were all the system’s fault, she had been both reliant on and wary of the system these past few days, appearing quite impolite.

It wasn’t until the system, despite its debt, grudgingly emptied its own little treasury just to buy her two pieces of milk candy that the ice wall Jiang Mo had erected in the depths of her heart against the system quietly cracked open. After some probing, she discovered that this little thing was indeed a newly minted baby, inherently silly and cute, and she finally let go of her past misgivings.

Of course, the system didn’t know any of this. It finished the milk candy with great reluctance, then flickered over to the host’s side, full of enthusiasm and encouragement: “Host, host, hurry up and work hard. Then we’ll have points to buy more milk candy.”

The tone shifted from inspirational to childish in an instant.

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The system scanned the entire Mingxia Peak and finally found a good place for the host to farm points.

Hearing its words, Jiang Mo snuck out of Yun Qingyu’s small courtyard. At that time, the latter was cultivating in her room. Sensing the fluctuation in the barrier, she opened her eyes and glanced towards the courtyard gate, but after some thought, she didn’t stop her.

The little white tiger was still too young, and her inherent weakness made her seem particularly frail. After bringing her back to Mingxia Peak, Yun Qingyu hadn’t let her run around freely. Taking her along for sword practice in the morning was the first time she had gone out, and this time Jiang Mo sneaking out on her own was the second… Leaving the familiar small courtyard, the little white tiger was still full of curiosity about the outside world.

The tiny figure stood at the edge of the platform in front of the small courtyard. Looking into the distance, she saw clouds stretching for miles and dangerous peaks piercing the sky. Looking down, she saw clouds and mist undulating beneath her feet, as if she were in a celestial realm with no sight of the mountain’s base.

Perhaps because Yun Qingyu wasn’t around, a flock of celestial cranes flew past the front of Mingxia Peak, and upon discovering the little white tiger, they specifically veered towards her.

Jiang Mo was curiously watching those celestial cranes when she heard the system urge beside her, “Host, wait until the cranes fly over, then jump onto their backs and let them carry you.”

As it spoke, the celestial cranes indeed flew closer and closer, but the little white tiger instinctively took two steps back. Celestial cranes were the most common mode of transportation in cultivation sects, but this was for cultivators, not tigers. Not to mention whether the cranes would come close enough to carry her, looking at the ten-thousand-foot deep abyss below, the little useless tiger’s four legs had gone weak.

If she didn’t jump accurately, or if the crane’s back was too slippery, this would be jumping off a cliff to commit suicide!

Jiang Mo looked at the cranes’ glossy feathers, feeling anxious, and admitted to herself that she was a coward. But the system urged in her ear, “It’s alright, host. You’re already at level 18 now, no longer the weakling you were before. It’ll be easy for you to jump over and stand steady.”

Jiang Mo, who had been a sports disaster in her previous life, grimaced and took another step back, feeling very unconfident.

The system saw this and became anxious, so it said again, “Host, don’t back away. People here either fly on swords or beasts when they go out. Your level isn’t high enough and you can’t fly, so if you don’t ride a crane, you won’t even be able to leave. How will you level up then, how will you earn points? Even if your level is high enough to fly on your own, you’ll still have to step off the cliff to learn. You’ll have to take this step sooner or later.”

Listening to the system’s incessant chatter, Jiang Mo had to admit it had a point. So she gritted her teeth and asked, “If, and I mean if, I don’t jump accurately or don’t stand steady and fall, can you catch me, system?”

Hearing this, the system silently sized up its non-existent little arms and legs, then confidently said, “Don’t worry, I can catch you.”

Jiang Mo heard this and surprisingly didn’t doubt it. After all, they were already bound together, and in a situation where the system couldn’t unbind, they would rise and fall together. So she didn’t say anything more, just tried to muster up her courage, and then as the celestial crane flew close, she leaped directly onto it. It was easier than she thought; she cleared the few meters’ distance in a single bound, landing steadily on the crane’s back without slipping.

The crane turned its head to look at her, its intelligent eyes showing a mix of appraisal and confusion, as if wondering what exactly was on its back. Until Jiang Mo took out a Nurturing Essence Pill from her inventory and tossed it one, the crane, having received payment, couldn’t be bothered to care anymore.

The system’s mechanical voice sounded at this moment, saying to the crane, “Hall of Inquiry.”

The crane clearly understood human speech. Hearing this, it immediately lifted its wings, changed direction, and flew straight towards the foot of the mountain.

Jiang Mo was a bit surprised by this. Although she didn’t know what the Hall of Inquiry was, the system had been urging her to fight monsters and level up every day, and this Hall of Inquiry didn’t sound like a place where she could fight monsters. So she asked the system curiously, “System, what is this Hall of Inquiry? Weren’t you taking me out to fight monsters today?”

The system was mysteriously secretive, playing coy: “The host will know when we get there.”

The crane flew quite fast, and the Hall of Inquiry wasn’t far. Soon, it carried the little white tiger to the location. After the little white tiger landed and looked around, she found that this Hall of Inquiry was full of meditation cushions, as if it were some kind of school?