Su Ning walked about ten zhang away and found a meadow full of mushrooms, but this mushroom was white and similar in appearance to matsutake mushrooms.

Su Ning picked one up, put it in front of the tip of her nose and sniffed it, the smell of white mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms is very fragrant, but it should be slightly fresher. Su Ning concluded that this mushroom was also edible, so he picked a lot of it and put it in the back basket. Su Ning named this mushroom in her heart, called "white matsutake mushroom", the number of white matsutake is a little less than that of ordinary matsutake mushrooms, Su Ning picked everything that could be picked, and it was just enough to fill the back basket.

After all, he returned with a full load, Su Ning put on his back with satisfaction, twisted up the air dance technique, and flew back to Qiongke City.

In the dining room—

Mama Yue looked at the mushrooms spread out on the desk, she picked up a white matsutake mushroom, looked at it carefully, and sniffed it again. Su Ning stood aside with a little worry, thinking to herself, couldn't this white matsutake mushroom be eaten?

Mama Yue didn't seem to be sure, she asked Su Ning, "Girl, where did you pick this white mushroom?"

Su Ning said: "I also found it near the matsutake mushroom." ”

Mama Yue said, "I've been here for two thousand years, and I haven't seen this mushroom before. ”

Su Ning asked ashamedly, "Can't you eat it?"

Mama Yue shook her head: "It should be edible to eat...... I haven't seen it before, where did you pick it?"

Su Ning was about to elaborate, a sous chef in the dining room came in, his surname was Zheng, he was also a disciple of the Datong Mountain School, and Zhang Tong, this Zheng man's spiritual root is not good, after cultivating to the second level of the first level, there is no promotion, and there is nowhere to go, so he became a man in Qiongke City.

Mama Yue asked the sous chef, "Zheng Lang, have you ever seen this kind of mushroom?"

Na Zheng Lang glanced at the mushroom and replied bluntly: "This is a white crispy matsutake mushroom, which is rarer than matsutake and tastes better." ”

Mama Yue was overjoyed: "It's such a good thing?"

Zheng Lang has been in Qiongke City for a longer time than Mama Yue, and he said: "In the early years, the 'Liuli Palace' often used this to cook, but later almost all the ones in the mountains were picked, and they were never found again. ”

The Liuli Palace is in charge of the big apprentice of Yuzhenzi, and the "early years" that Zheng Lang said are estimated to be hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Mama Yue said to Su Ning, who was full of surprise: "Girl, it seems that I have dug up a treasure for you this time." ”

Su Ning smiled shyly, she couldn't stand the praise, and she blushed when she praised it. Mama Yue immediately stewed chicken soup with matsutake mushrooms, which was made for Qianhui, and then stir-fried the white crispy matsutake slices.

Su Ning and Zhang Tong now have to do chores in the dining room, and they have to be responsible for loading meals for other disciples.

The Coral Hall was crowded with disciples who had returned from practice, although they had been in Qiongke City for sixty years, their age was still at the age of growing their bodies, so they had a lot of food, and they were even more hungry when they came back from a hard day. In addition, today's white crispy matsutake mushrooms are really delicious, and everyone is gobbling them up, and they are delicious to eat.

Su Ning saw that they were eating happily, and she also felt relieved in her heart, feeling that she had finally done a good deed that made everyone happy.

Su Ning stood behind a large wooden barrel filled with rice, holding a wooden spoon to help the disciples who were queuing up to refill the rice. Zhang Tong was next to her, doing the same errand.

They are of low grade and have to wait until there is no one in line to add food before they can go to eat. There was no rice left in the wooden barrel that Su Ning was in charge of, so she picked up her dishes and chopsticks and walked to the dining room.

The dining room was full, and Su Ning looked around, finally finding an empty seat. There were only three women sitting at that table, and one of them was Su Ning's acquaintance - Zhiyun.

Su Ning walked slowly, Zhiyun was dining with two female disciples in the same room, and one of the women named "Yinru" was showing off to another companion:

"Master Qianguang said, let's go outside the city to practice in Ming'er. ”

That Yinru was wearing a plain silver hairpin, and he was a fifth-class Gengwu disciple. Her companion's name is Xiao Pei, who wears a plain copper hairpin, and is a sixth-class Xinwei disciple.

Xiao Pei couldn't hide her envy: "You guys are so good...... I also want to look outside the city, and I practice in the city every day, and I feel so boring......

Yinru said proudly: "Let's wait until you rise above Gengwu." ”

Su Ning saw that they had finished talking, so she walked to the empty seat in front of the table and said humbly and politely: "Excuse me...... Can I sit in this position?"

Zhiyun and Xiao Pei didn't open their mouths, and Yinru glanced at Su Ning, and said in a weird manner:

"If you're not ashamed, you can sit together. ”

Su Ning was stunned, not understanding what she meant for a while. At this time, the little pet also spoke:

"Yinru, some people are thick-skinned, so naturally they don't feel ashamed, we can't afford to lose face. ”

Yinru sneered from her nose and said, "That's right, we should also mention it to Master Qianguang, the handyman should eat in the dining room, how can he share the table with the disciples?"

Su Ning finally understood what they meant, didn't they just look down on her for her low grade? The people next to her were watching a good show, Su Ning's friends Su Ying and Ge Ping had already eaten and left, otherwise at least someone would stand up for her.

So, the little Pei and Yinru sang and said in harmony: "Alas...... Even if a person like me is not much better than others, he is wronged and weaved clouds, Tang Tang, a disciple of his own level, has to sit on an equal footing with so many people who are so low level than himself and eat the same meals. ”

Zhiyun didn't make a sound, she didn't care about herself, she hung it high, just picked up the teacup and sipped it carefully.

Yinru laughed strangely again, and said: "Don't look down on yourself too much, you are at least a third-class spiritual power at the beginning level, no matter how we are, we will come in in a dignified manner, unlike some people, I don't know what tricks I have played, and I will make a 'five' aura, oh...... I don't know if it's not a combination of five aura, in short, it's just some side doors, obviously not qualified and squeezed in, what's the use? I really admire it after sixty years and I haven't improved at the first level. ”

Xiao Pei also smiled: "Yes, if it were me, I would have no face to stay for a long time." ”

Su Ning stood in place without refuting a word, bearing the humiliation of their language, and Zhang Tong, who was also a fallen person at the end of the world, had already silently walked away from the back door with a meal.

Su Ning knew that she couldn't leave at this time, and if she left, it would be tantamount to admitting defeat, which was equivalent to agreeing with what they said. She admits that her skills are not as good as others, but she does not admit that she has played tricks. She continued to stand, her gaze calmly at the person speaking.

Yinru was annoyed and embarrassed by her upright eyes, and she slapped the table angrily: "What are you looking at? Are you wrong? If you don't have that diamond diamond, don't take that porcelain job! We all learned it with real talent! Are you a waste worthy of eating at the same table with us?"

Su Ning's eyes, which had been firm, finally flashed a trace of darkness.

She went too far, and some disciples began to interject in disbelief:

"Yinru, it doesn't have to be like this......"

"yes...... We're all in the same ......."

Yinru became more and more embarrassed by what they said, and said fiercely: "What are you doing? I'm just telling the truth!"

Su Ning was still silent, at this time, Xiahou Yi, who was sitting not far away, drank his soup, he wiped his mouth quickly, stood up, and said to Su Ning:

"Senior sister, I'm done eating, you can sit in my seat!"

Everyone looked up, and Su Ning responded: "Thank you......"

She walked to Xiahouyi's side, and the latter helped her pull the stool away, and when she sat down, she smiled at her, and Su Ning smiled back.

Yinru and the others in the room were bored with themselves, and left the Coral Hall with a disgruntled face.

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At night, Su Ying fell asleep early, and Su Ning continued to sit on the bed unrelentingly and meditate and cultivate. What happened during today's dinner did not hit her, but only aroused her fighting spirit even more.

She believes that diligence can make up for shortcomings, and since her qualifications are not comparable to others, she should remedy it with diligence!

Su Ning didn't know that when she was lucky, the jasper flute in her clothes would emit black qi to suppress her aura, but this black aura was extraordinary, and even a spiritual cultivator might not be able to see through it at a glance-

After Su Ning finished cultivating, he slowly opened his eyes. She heard Ge Ping say that if her spiritual power is improved by one level, she will have obvious sensations in her body. What Ge Ping described was that there would be a stream of true qi rushing from the gushing spring (acupuncture points on the soles of the feet), reaching the mud pill palace (acupuncture points in the brain), and then it would fall through the twelve-story building (throat), exhaling a breath of turbid qi, and the limbs and hundreds of bones would be filled with spiritual energy.

Su Ning had never felt this way because her spiritual power had not improved.

She let go of her legs and gently lowered her legs and feet to rejuvenate her muscles. Su Ying was already asleep, she was a heartless little girl, she slept snoring and drooling, and often kicked the quilt. Although Su Ning is younger than her, she often takes care of her like an older sister. Su Ning walked to her bedside and helped her fold the quilt.

Su Ning sat in front of the desk and untied her bun. She held the boxwood hairpin in her bun, which she had been overjoyed when she wore it sixty years ago, and now it has become a symbol of her humiliation. When the other fellow disciples were improving day by day and changing to a higher-level hairpin, she was the only one who was still wearing this immutable hairpin and was still standing still.

Although she is very strong, being scolded as a "waste", Su Ning will also feel embarrassed and humiliated. She doesn't complain, she just blames herself, blames herself for not working hard enough. Su Ning opened the small box placed at the head of the bed again and took out the picture of an immortal riding a dragon.

She looked at the fluttering man in white on the drawing paper and muttered in a low voice, "I'm so useless...... Who are you qualified to meet you......"

A few days later –

Su Ning came to the dining room early in the morning, and Mama Yue handed her the basket with a smile and said:

"Girl, you've worked hard, I've eaten all those white crispy matsutake mushrooms, and the masters say it's delicious, so go pick some more." ”

Su Ning remembered that when she picked the white crispy matsutake last time, there was not much left on the ground, but after so many days, I don't know if there will be some new growth. Even if she didn't, she could look elsewhere.