Stop pretending, the seemingly useless junior sister is the real boss.

"How come she, a useless person who struggles even to transform into human form, is ranked first in the entrance disciple assessment?"

"They're using connections and doing it openly; they really don't respect us at all."

"Exactly! We climbed for three days and three nights straight, why could she just fly up like that?"

"She's been lying on the spirit-testing pillar for so long, and she can't even detect a single spiritual root attribute. You guys actually say she's the top student in this entrance disciple assessment?"

"Using the back door like this, where is the face of your Qingxiao Sect?"

"We disagree."

"Yes, I disagree."

"..."

You disagree?

Bai Xiaobai was also unconvinced.

Why should she be required to cultivate immortality?

She clearly just wants to give up!

What's wrong with being a small snake that can't transform into human form?

She's been slacking off for three whole years. What's wrong with letting her slack off like this for the rest of her life?

Cultivating immortality? What kind of immortality are you trying to achieve?

The story of why she is a snake dates back three years.

Three years ago, Bai Xiaobai became so addicted to a short drama that he couldn't extricate himself. After staying up for several consecutive nights, he tragically passed away at a young age.

However, the story did not end with her untimely death.

Because she came back to life.

Of course, those familiar with time-travel tropes should also know that what is meant by "living" is actually time travel.

When she opened her eyes again, she had already arrived in the cultivation world where she was now.

She was still Bai Xiaobai, only now she had transformed from a person into a snake.

Of course, she is not an ordinary snake, but a small snake that can cultivate itself into a spirit.

Moreover, she has a rather impressive identity—the only princess of the spirit world, the snake princess.

Because her father was a snake, her mother was also a snake, and her father was the spirit lord of the spirit world, and her mother was the spirit lord's wife.

Therefore, as the only daughter of the Spirit Lord, she became the Snake Princess.

However, this snake princess of the spirit world became a laughing stock in the entire spirit world because she could not transform into human form even after a full hundred years.

Of course, it has now become a laughing stock of the entire Qingxiao Sect.

Actually, being a little snake is really nice. You're free and can just wiggle your body and glide wherever you want to go.

In the past three years, she has learned to glide, dart, crawl, and wriggle, and has become a very qualified little snake.

To be honest, she was quite satisfied with herself.

But the snake father and snake mother didn't think so.

They believed their child was definitely a promising talent.

Furthermore, it is suspected that the reason she cannot take human form is because the spiritual energy in the spirit world is insufficient.

Finally, after looking at her from left to right, up to down, and even lifting her snake body to examine her, they concluded that she possessed an unseen potential.

This unseen potential is the potential for cultivating immortality.

They believed she could cultivate herself into an immortal.

So since they can't cultivate in the spirit world, they'll be sent to the most powerful cultivation sect in the human world to cultivate.

In short, one must cultivate to become an immortal.

This year marks the once-a-decade entrance competition for new disciples of the Qingxiao Sect, the most powerful cultivation sect in the mortal realm.

It is said that tens of thousands of people applied, but only ten were accepted in the end.

Such fierce competition is no less intense than that of a certain exam.

She was naturally unwilling. What was the point of cultivating immortality? What was wrong with being a snake princess who couldn't take human form?

Anyway, she fairly gave those guys in the spirit world who mocked her for not being able to take human form a little taste of her own "spit".

Although it won't cause any fundamental damage, the redness, swelling, and itching all over the body will likely last for several days.

Oh, I forgot to mention, she was also a slightly venomous snake princess.

Even though she was unwilling, and even ran away from home, she was eventually sent here.

While the more than 10,000 people were still huffing and puffing, obediently climbing the mountain according to the rules set by the Qingxiao Sect, her snake parents casually tied a knot in her snake body.

Then they just casually tossed it away.

So she braved the cold wind and made a magnificent ascent to the summit.

Then, with absolute precision at the last moment, by an absolute margin of 0.01 seconds, he successfully became the first to touch the spirit-testing pillar set up by the Qingxiao Sect.

Why can't your sect, which is so large, set higher standards for recruiting disciples?

All you have to do is climb a mountain and be among the first ten people to touch the spirit-testing pillar to succeed.

Isn't this just giving opportunities to cunning people like Snake Dad and Snake Mom who are always looking for loopholes?

Where is the fairness in this?

That's not fair at all.

While the eliminated disciples were still indignantly accusing her of using connections to get in,

Bai Xiaobai felt the snake's body slowly sliding down.

Oops!

She seemed to be struggling to hold on.

It's supposed to be a spirit-testing pillar, so why does it look like a giant glass pillar?

Her smooth snake body meeting the smooth spirit-testing pillar—what a coincidence!

Then a clearly audible "swoosh" sound drew the attention of almost everyone involved in the assessment.

Stared at by hundreds of unfriendly eyes, Bai Xiaobai felt a chill run down her spine.

She used almost all her strength to keep the snake from sliding down.

The brief silence that followed the "sizzle" sound erupted from the crowd, followed by an even more intense outcry of condemnation.

"Are you really going to announce that she's the top student in this major exam, given how useless she is?"

"Just because she's a princess of the Spirit Clan, you're openly showing her favoritism?"

"Your Qingxiao Sect prides yourself on being a prestigious and righteous sect, is this how you treat the once-every-ten-year entrance disciple assessment?"

"We don't care if they're white or black, we don't care."

"Yes, I don't agree."

"A conspiracy, the Azure Sky Sect, a conspiracy."

"Bai Xiaobai, get out of Qingxiao Sect."

"..."

The powerful roar of the condemnation caused Bai Xiaobai's body to slide down again.

She wanted to join the fight, but alas, she had no hands or feet, and was a mute snake that couldn't speak.

The life of a snake is truly tragic.

But she is definitely on the same side as these crusaders.

She didn't want to cultivate immortality, nor did she want to be number one in anything.

Whoever wants to cultivate this damn immortality can cultivate it!

Anyway, she won't fix it.

But who can rescue her first?

That's way too high!

Do the snake parents even know that their little snake is just a defenseless little snake that can only slither, dart, and wriggle around?

Judging by the distance she landed, it was far greater than the combined distance of dozens of her snake bodies.

If it falls, won't the snake perish?

Why do you think she dressed up as a little snake, so that she can't even make a cry for help now?

Even if I were dressed as a kitten or puppy, it would be better; at least I could meow a couple of times.

Just as everyone was filled with righteous indignation, united in hatred, and eager to condemn her, this universally hated and utterly wicked "number one," they were about to drown her in their spittle.

A deafeningly powerful sound nearly made her slide off the spirit-testing pillar.

"Shut up, all of you!"

As her body slid down another inch, Bai Xiaobai really wanted to ask who this nasty guy was, why he was making such a loud noise.

Can't you see that she's putting in all her effort to hold on?