For the moment, Chu Ge still slightly outstripped her.
"Huff… huff… huff… it's fake. I refuse to believe that something this outrageous could exist in the world!"
Su Lingyuan muttered angrily, her heaving chest rising and falling with each breath, swaying as if struggling under its own weight.
"This is unbearable. I'm so angry my chest feels tight! Chu Ge, I'll remember you!"
Only after taking several deep breaths did Su Lingyuan pick up the diary again and continue flipping through it.
She wanted to see just how absurd things could still become.
At the same time, she was even more curious about where this Chu Ge currently was and what kind of background he had.
Not for any other reason—she just wanted to meet Chu Ge. She definitely had no improper intentions.
[September 10th. Check-in reward: a small packet of Dao-Enlightening Tea Leaves. But they don't seem to be of much use to me right now.]
Su Lingyuan's eyelid twitched.
Dao-Enlightening Tea Leaves—true to their name—could aid one in comprehending the Dao, understanding cultivation techniques, and sensing the laws of heaven and earth.
Even within her own Su Clan, such a divine treasure existed in only a handful of leaves.
Her clan head father had gone to great lengths to retrieve a single leaf for her from the family treasury.
Even now, she had never dared to use it, saving it for a critical breakthrough in the future to assist her in enlightenment.
And as for Chu Ge…
A whole small packet.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry… whether it's true or false is still uncertain. Perhaps all of this is just the delusion of that fellow called Chu Ge."
Comforting herself like this, she continued reading.
[Fourth day after obtaining the system. It seems my earlier speculation may have been wrong. My life hasn't changed at all, and no strangers have appeared around me.]
[Perhaps, unlike the diary-flow novels from my previous life, there really isn't such a thing as diary copies being distributed to others?]
[Not sure yet. I'll observe for a few more days before making a judgment.]
Seeing this, Su Lingyuan's expression froze for a moment.
This Chu Ge actually knew about diary copies?
No—he was only guessing and testing the idea.
It must have been learned from the novels he mentioned.
"This guy is quite sharp. Even after obtaining such a heaven-defying opportunity, he can still remain this cautious."
Although she was extremely envious of Chu Ge's extraordinary fortune—and even somewhat resentful—
Su Lingyuan still felt a trace of admiration for his vigilance.
"Heh heh… this guy would never imagine that the diary copies he's guessing about wouldn't appear immediately."
At that thought, Su Lingyuan finally felt her mood brighten.
Her eyes unconsciously narrowed into crescent moons.
On her lovely face, two shallow dimples emerged with her smile—radiant and captivating.
In a better mood, she continued reading.
After that, there wasn't much of note for a while—mostly just Chu Ge's daily life.
But when she reached the seventh day and saw that Chu Ge's Spirit Body had advanced into a King Body, the slight improvement in her mood vanished at once. Her expression darkened again.
"This guy is truly infuriatingly enviable…"
With that thought, she nearly gritted her teeth as she continued reading.
Afterward, there was nothing particularly special—aside from everyday trivialities, it was mostly the various rewards Chu Ge received from that so-called system.
Fortunately, no more rare divine treasures like the Dao-Enlightening Tea appeared.
Even so, they were still all items difficult for ordinary people to ever obtain.
Su Lingyuan told herself she wasn't envious at all. Her heart was completely unmoved.
Until—
[October 7th. I didn't expect the system's newbie period to have a final ultimate mission: participate in the Taihuang Sacred Land's entrance examination, complete the check-in and the task, and only then can I claim the final reward.]
Upon reading this, Su Lingyuan's body suddenly stiffened.
Today was precisely October 7th.
And the Sacred Land she belonged to was none other than the Taihuang Sacred Land!
"Well then, Chu Ge. I was planning to look for you myself—didn't expect you'd come knocking on my door instead. Just you wait. Tomorrow, I, the Sacred Lord's personal disciple, will properly 'interrogate'—no, test—you."
Su Lingyuan muttered to herself. Her expression shifted from dark to bright, and her sparkling eyes began to spin mischievously, as if she were already thinking of something entertaining.
Just then, a voice abruptly sounded in her mind:
"Ding! Diary reading complete. Do you wish to bind with Chu Ge's diary copy?"
At the same time, this voice echoed across this world—
It also resounded in the minds of the many peerless female cultivators who had read the diary.
Within the Taihuang Sacred Land, besides Su Lingyuan, several other women of extraordinary beauty and bearing stared at the diaries in their hands, falling into deep contemplation.