The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 150: Different Circumstances
Xingyuan is no longer worried about Su Ninglong's safety. After all, there are too many things to worry about. It is enough to know that she is "in the end" safe and sound.

The "Not Doing One's Proper Job" account went live, and several unread private messages popped up, one of which was from a stranger named "Lao Gu".

The other party spoke earnestly, asking if they could add each other as friends, and explained their reasons in detail.

Influenced by her, he has made significant progress and even awakened supernatural abilities. He sent her a message to express his deepest gratitude, stating that Su Ninglong could ask for any reward.

Su Ninglong read several other private messages; some wanted to hire her to enter the dungeon, while others wanted to invite her to join their teams.

One of the private messages inviting me to join the team was hilarious. Before I even joined the team, they asked me to sign an agreement. The agreement seemed fair, but when it came time to divide the points, they demanded that all the points be split equally.

Because they are White Hunters, it is her honor that they are willing to take her along, regardless of who contributes more in the final settlement.

Thank you so much for reading! Su Ninglong blocked this White Hunter.

Apart from Lao Gu's friend request, which showed genuine sincerity, the rest were clearly driven by ulterior motives.

Su Ninglong decided to ignore them all, and treated Lao Gu as a stranger she had just met.

In her view, the other party's achievements ultimately stemmed from his perseverance and hard work, and had no direct connection with her.

After entering the simulator, Suninglong remained on the sidelines, choosing to stand quietly to the side.

Only when Lei Qingya's character is on the verge of defeat and in imminent danger will he offer a brief, unassuming word of advice.

During this period, Lei Qingya's Judge account has accumulated a considerable number of followers.

Witnessing the "unproductive" person remain almost completely still throughout, offering only a token helping hand at most, while the "judge" looks as pathetic as a helpless puppy struggling and rolling in the mud.

This contrast gradually caused the audience to erupt in excitement.

The screen was flooded with comments expressing sympathy for Lei Qingya and dissatisfaction with Su Ninglong's inaction.

"What's wrong with this person? My judge fought tooth and nail to pass the test, but she just lazed around like a spectator the whole time, and even gave vague and ambiguous advice."

"Teaming with a teammate like that is infuriating. The judge is too good-natured; he can even chat and laugh with her. Is he a masochist?"

"Too lazy. I don't want to see teammates like this. I'm going to send a private message to the judge and tell her to stop being a pushover when she gets out."

"Wait a minute... you don't even know who 'neglecting their duties' is, so why are you spouting nonsense?"

"Please, Judge's brainless fans, go check out the homepage of 'Not Doing His Job'. His 100% success rate and past scores are enough to prove how amazing he is."

"You're the one who's criticizing me for not doing my job properly. You must be a new viewer. You're the one who's rude and impolite, criticizing the hunter's actions right off the bat. She's clearly trying to teach the judge how to navigate the contaminated zone. If you don't understand the mysteries of the contaminated zone, don't spout nonsense."

“I’ll curse her, I’ll curse her. Is she that great? She’s not even a hunter, what right does she have to give advice to others?”

These comments were invisible to both of the people inside the simulator.

Lei Qingya was dealing with a shadow crawler. This thing had an excellent ability to hide. To kill it, he had to see through its many traps and illusions.

Lei Qingya has made great progress. If it weren't for the fact that the final target of the Shadow Crawler was Su Ninglong, instead of repeatedly attacking it to draw Lei Qingya's hatred, he would have been a much better player.

Lei Qingya could easily kill it all by himself.

Su Ninglong coldly stepped on the head of the shadow crawler, which struggled to project countless tragedies, like slides trying to inject them into Su Ninglong's mind.

Lei Qingya leaned against the wall to catch his breath and waved his hand, saying, "Kill it, don't leave it for me."

After exhausting his spiritual energy, Lei Qingya felt utterly powerless. Every part of his body craved spiritual energy; his hand gripping the knife trembled, and a strange fear gripped his mind—the fear of losing everything he had.

Su Ninglong held the physical object (weak point) projected from the shadow crawler in her hand, and flames suddenly shot up, scorching the shadow crawler.

The Shadow Crawler was utterly useless to the Foundation Establishment stage Elder Su.

Su Ninglong simply killed the Shadow Crawler, causing its spiritual energy to dissipate. Lei Qingya then absorbed the spiritual energy and finally came back to life.

After the live stream ended, Lei Qingya asked, "How could this happen after all the spiritual energy was used up?"

"Because we have transcended the realm of ordinary people, we need additional energy to sustain our bodies." This is how Su Ninglong understands it. Spiritual power is not the source of life, but it is the source of strength.

Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you must pursue spiritual power and can no longer return to the state of a mortal.

"Don't easily deplete your spiritual energy in the future; always leave yourself a way out." Su Ninglong exited the simulator, her fingertips caressing the string of spiritual energy beads.

Since the last time we dealt with the ice crystal monster, so much time has passed, and the beaded string has only recovered one-fifth of its spiritual power. It's too slow, and one string isn't enough.

If she wants to have enough spiritual power to squander, she needs to kill the secret spirit.

Lei Qingya walked side by side with Su Ninglong, his hands behind his head, when they encountered a stranger, a young man, who asked, "Lei, do you have some time?"

"what's up?"

The young man glanced at Su Ninglong, seemingly too embarrassed to speak.

"She's a very good friend of mine, it's okay, go ahead and say it."

Lei Qingya is friends with a four-year-old child? The young man was puzzled for only a few seconds before turning back to ask, "Well, I heard that your father is organizing a variety show for spiritual practitioners, but the registration channel has already closed. I noticed that the list hasn't been released yet, so I wanted to ask if you could help me register?"

The variety show content does not include scenes of exterminating the Mystic Spirits. Many students at the school are eager to become the center of attention in the interstellar world.

Are you from the inner courtyard or the outer courtyard?

"I graduated from the Foreign Languages ​​Department and am currently working as a clerk in the school's liaison department."

Lei Qingya asked in confusion, "Only students from the inner academy are prohibited from participating in any entertainment industry activities. People from the outer academy are not restricted. Why didn't you sign up voluntarily before?"

“I was away on a mission recently, and I was one of the first people to awaken my abilities. I’m not qualified to take the White Hunter exam yet. I’m still honing my skills in the simulator, but I don’t feel like I get paid enough. The clerk position in the liaison department is just a transitional job for us graduates. I can only work there for two or three years at most.” He rubbed his hands together and asked hopefully, “Can you help me? My name is Gu Zhanrong, but everyone calls me Lao Gu. Whatever you need, I can do my best to help.”

Su Ninglong looked up and glanced at Lao Gu. In the simulator's private messages, she thought Lao Gu would be a middle-aged man with rich life experience.

As it turned out, he was a young man in his twenties, with a clean-shaven beard and hair that looked freshly cut, looking neat and tidy.

"Wait a moment, let me ask for you," Lei Qingya said.

"How about we exchange contact information? I can wait if Mr. Lei doesn't have time to reply." Old Gu was very talkative, with a smile on his face, making it hard to refuse him. Lei Qingya added his contact number, and Old Gu waved with a smile, "Looking forward to your good news!"

"Oh, oh." Lei Qingya was puzzled. "Something seems a bit strange. He doesn't seem like the type to go into the entertainment industry."

"That person..." Su Ninglong ultimately said nothing, saying that Lao Gu simply wanted to get to know her, which was too narcissistic. Besides, participating in the spiritualist variety show was indeed lucrative, and perhaps the other party genuinely wanted to participate.

Lei Qingya didn't care; he was just asking for help.

Upon asking, I learned that Lei's father was looking for a "big grudge" from the Star Alliance to participate in the spiritual variety show.

"No one in the Star Alliance is willing to participate?" Ray's father didn't have time to reply, only saying that people were allowed to sign up, and then told that person to submit their documents as soon as possible.

Lei Qingya stopped bothering her father and went to ask her own mother instead.

Lei's mother: "What I heard next is something I overheard, I don't know if it's true or not. I heard that in order to increase the fame of the team members, the Star Alliance has all become internet celebrities, so the Star Alliance members are asked to clean up those polluted areas, and those without spirituality can come to variety shows when they have time."

Lei Qingya: "..." What a blatant lie! There are so many people in the Star Alliance. Even if this batch is busy, another batch must be on vacation.

It's a classic "shift system," meaning anyone other than the core members can go and earn extra money.

Lei Qingya: "What should we do? Should we ask Yun Fei what's going on? It doesn't make sense that no one from the Star Alliance is participating in the Spirit Practitioner Variety Show."

"No need, just tell Lao Gu that you can help with the registration."

Lei Qingya quickly received an answer. Lao Gu thanked her for helping him register, but Smart Calculation No. 1 sent him a message saying that if he participated in the Spiritualist Variety Show, his Star Alliance membership would be revoked.

Lei Qingya had no choice but to apologize to his father, as Star Alliance was determined to keep all its employees away from the entertainment industry battlefield.

This incident wasn't very important; it seemed like an ordinary, passing event in life. However, Lao Gu became one of Lei Qingya's friends, and they would occasionally team up to enter the simulator together.

The days that followed seemed to stretch out endlessly, with Su Ninglong rarely leaving the house, devoting herself entirely to crafting magical artifacts.

Day after day, light and shadow flowed through the weapon-refining room, until only ten days remained until the final exams.

Lei Qingya contacted Su Ninglong, "Charlie and Sally are experiencing energy fluctuations, they seem to be out of control, and they are currently unconscious. I don't know what to do, can you come back?"

Su Ninglong interrupted her seclusion to go and resolve the issues between the two of them.

Upon entering the medical room, Charlie and Sally were placed on hospital beds, their faces flushed red, fine beads of sweat appearing on their foreheads, and their breathing rapid, as if they were suffering from an invisible high fever.

Lena stood by, her face filled with anxiety and helplessness; her healing abilities seemed pale and powerless at this moment.

“I checked them, they’re not sick or injured,” Lena said, her voice slightly frustrated. “But I can’t figure out what’s wrong with them.”

Su Ninglong happened to appear just in time to hear those words.

"What happened to Charlie and Sally?" she asked in a low voice.

Haiyu frowned and said, "After taking a medicinal bath last night, it suddenly turned out like this, and Lena's healing ability is completely ineffective."

Su Ninglong didn't act immediately. Her gaze lingered on the two children's pained faces, and then she pretended to contact the fish-lipped robot with her bracelet.

Soon after, Qi Rui appeared with the long-dormant fish-lipped robot.

The fish-lipped robot and Su Ninglong went into seclusion together and haven't appeared in public for a long time.

Its body was wrapped in a wide robe, the fabric swaying gently with its gait, concealing most of the metal structure and leaving only its signature fish-lipped face, which, under the light of the medical room, added an indescribable sense of mystery.

Lena didn't recognize the fish-lipped robot, but she had heard about how bizarre "Master Su" looked, and sure enough, just as the rumors said, she could recognize him at a glance.

Lena gave up her seat.

The fish-lipped robot extended its cold metal arms and placed them on Sally and Charlie's foreheads respectively.

Then, a voice, completely different from its cold exterior, rang out, transforming into a gentle tone, a soothing voice, like a mother whispering in your ear:

"Relax, children. I am Master Su. Follow my voice and make those mischievous little devils running wild inside you obediently return home. Concentrate your energy here..." The fish-lipped robot's hand pressed against their abdomens. "There's a comfortable little house here for you. You'll bring your friends to stay here..."

That gentle voice seemed to possess a magical power, piercing through the children's painful illusions.

Charlie and Sally, in a semi-comatose state, unconsciously followed this strange guidance and began to try to sort out the chaotic spiritual energy flow within their bodies.

Seeing this, Su Ninglong took out a string of warm, smooth beads from her sleeve and handed it to the fish-lipped robot, intending to lend it a hand.

However, the robot simply shook its head slowly, its unwavering fish lips opening and closing, emitting a flat, mechanical voice: "No need. Their situation is different from Lei Qingya's."

Sally's comprehension ability was on full display at this moment.

Guided by the robot's gentle voice, she quickly grasped the key point and began to try to peel away the raging spiritual energy in her body bit by bit, guiding it into her dantian in batches, just like taming a wild horse.

In contrast, Charlie seemed to be struggling and making slow progress.

He closed his eyes tightly, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead; he clearly needed more specific guidance.

The fish-lipped robot sensed his predicament, and that gentle, motherly voice rang out again, patiently guiding him through the path.

The whole process was long and quiet, as if time had been stretched out.

Everyone held their breath, their gazes shifting between the two children and the robot, a silent tension filling the air.

Only the fish-lipped robot and Su Ninglong remained constant in their movements and tone of voice, while the other had a calm expression.

This extraordinary calmness acted like a stabilizing force, gradually calming Haiyu, who was pacing anxiously to the side, and stopping her from pacing back and forth.

Finally, the two children's rapid breathing became long and steady, and the abnormal blush on their faces receded quietly like the tide, restoring their healthy color.

The fish-lipped robot timely withdrew its metal hand from their foreheads, turned around nimbly without any hesitation, and left with Qi Rui with a slight mechanical creak.

Everything returned to normal, as if the guide who radiated a strange maternal glow had never existed.

Everyone stared at the vanished fish-lipped robot, speechless for a moment: "..."

Master Su's way of doing things is really quite peculiar and hard to understand.