The Protagonist Is in the Right Position to Get Along With the Villain Chapter 4 part1

The place that Li Jinzhi chose to cultivate in was very secluded, its only distinctive quality was its coldness.

Staying in a cave with ice walls on all three sides, that temperature is really not something that normal people could tolerate. If he could, Li Jinzhi didn't want to come here to cultivate either. But he's read the original story and knew that he had a heavenly ice spiritual root. He also knew that cultivating in this kind of place with gathered cold air would help him save some effort.

Li Jinzhi rubbed his hands together, shivering as he sat on his knees. He followed the method in the manual, closing his eyes to sense the white light around him. The chilly air virtually became solid mist, Li Jinzhi soon found that light within the darkness. Containing his excitement, he carefully guided the light over. There was a sudden chill at his ophryon [1] .

Li Jinzhi clearly felt something colder than the surroundings enter his forehead, the cold transferring over to his whole body as it entered. Except for the beginning discomfort, his body unexpectedly loved this kind of cold air.

The cold air slowly entered the Dantian [2] and formed deep roots there. The moment that the chilly air moved, Li Jinzhi's eyes lit up. Every blood vessel, every vein, every meridian, it was all very clear to see. Only the Dantian stayed dark and hard to see clearly.

Suppressing the joy that rose in his heart, Li Jinzhi nodded to himself. It seems like he has some talent in cultivating; after all, the male lead had successfully guided the Qi into his body near the end of the month.

In his joy, he didn't realize that because of his unwitting action when he first came, there was a butterfly effect and now the later plot has become completely different.

Cultivation cannot be rushed. Someone who has just introduced the Qi into their body cannot be considered a cultivator, they still have to eat three meals a day.

Recalling Ye Yu's gaze when he had left, Li Jinzhi pursed his lips and slowly scattered the air.

He got up and walked out of the ice cave. Not long after he started walking on the soft snow towards his room, a voice called out to him from behind…..

"Where did you come from, younger brother?" The man's voice was arrogant and airy. Li Jinzhi raised an eyebrow and looked back at the approaching figure.

The approaching figure had square facial features, unexpectedly having the appearance of someone who is foolishly righteous. Paired with that airy voice, it was quite odd. This was Liu-shi's son, the possessor of water-fire double spiritual roots—Li Jintang.

Behind him was the petite Hu Sisi, who was wrangling her handkerchief and looking elsewhere with a pout. She seemed very standoffish.

Li Jinzhi secretly guessed that she's probably still sulking over him making her lose face a few days ago.

"Older brother, Jinzhi was meditating over there." He pointed towards the small cave behind the artificial mountain.

Li Jintang's eyes were full of ridicule. He purposefully acted surprised as he peered at the small cave, “Hm? Younger brother, did Father never mention to you that our castle has a Qi-refining room? Why do you need to go into a cave to meditate?” Saying so, he estimated the height of the cave entrance with his hand. “Fortunately, you're short so it's quite convenient for you to climb in and out.”

"Pfft." Hu Sisi eyed the short cave entrance and couldn't resist giggling. With a dainty smile, she commented, "Sisi didn't know that cousin brother had this kind of…hobby."

"Father never mentioned it." Li Jinzhi lowered his eyes, his tone sounding very gloomy. "It may be that Jinzhi's aptitude is not allowed to enter the Qi-refining room." He pretended that he didn't hear their jeers, even completely ignoring Hu Sisi's words.

"Well, it's not your fault that you don't have a spiritual root." Li Jintang had wanted to use this opportunity to mock Li Jinzhi a bit as an outlet to appease Hu Sisi's anger. He didn't think that the other would immediately adopt this kind of glum and disheartened expression after they've just started a conversation. This made him feel like what he's doing was meaningless.

"Your brother, I, may not have a heavenly spiritual root, but my double spiritual root aptitude is considered outstanding from the masses. When I enter the celestial door, I'll lend a hand to you too, younger brother." He put on a melancholic expression, but internally he was smugly complacent.

"Thank you, older brother. Jinzhi's stomach is empty, so I will be on my way back to my room now." He lifted a sleeve and faked wiping his face. His voice was slightly nasally, and his actions indicated that he didn't want to stay any longer.

Li Jintang's lips curled. Waving his hand, he swiveled around and left. Once they left that courtyard, he sniffed in disdain, "Who does he think he is?!"

Hu Sisi's expression wasn't very pretty either. The resentment in her heart twisted her delicate features. She was very vain, what mattered to her most was her pride.

Last time he caused her to lose face in front of a lowly servant. Because of that lowly servant, she couldn't even finish the task that cousin aunt had entrusted her to do. This time he completely ignored her in front of cousin brother Jintang!

Last time she heeded cousin aunt's words and tricked him to play on thin ice, but suddenly a lowly slave ran out and saved him!

Afterwards she had wanted to take credit for the deed to gain Li Jinzhi's trust, yet she didn't expect that he would grab onto the lowly servant's hand so tightly—totally unwilling to let go!

However, hmph…

"Cousin brother, I heard cousin aunt say that that Li Jinzhi will also participate in the celestial sect's primary evaluations in a month." Tears filled her eyes, she made for a pitiful sight. "If cousin brother Jinzhi…." She stopped, hesitant.

Li Jintang gave a knowing smile. He bent down and whispered in her ear, "Mother had long added spiritual energy-hindering medicine in that little scoundrel's medicine bowl. It would be odd if he was able to cultivate."

Hu Sisi was surprised, then gave a dainty smile, "Then Sisi has nothing else to worry about."

Li Jinzhi watched as they walked off into the distance. The gloomy expression on his face slowly faded away; where was there any trace of his earlier gloominess now in those slightly uplifted
eyes?

"Hmph." He turned and returned to his room with an indifferent expression. This kind of person, the more you act like you won't submit, the more they'll enjoy it. It's better to act slightly weak-
willed like this, the other party would lose interest faster since it's less of a challenge.

Enduring for a moment was nothing to Li Jinzhi. He's always been able to adapt.

Just wait for one month later. He's curious what the opposing water-fire double elemental spiritual root could cultivate to. It's not even a wood-fire double spiritual root, and he claims to “stand out from the masses"…..

Hah.
 
Just as Li Jinzhi entered the courtyard, a figure rushed out to greet him. His heart slightly warmed, and he let himself be pulled inside.

"You're very happy?" Ye Yu asked, noticing Li Jinzhi's gleaming eyes as he used the chopsticks to grab food for the latter.

Li Jinzhi was taken by surprise. He straightened his expression, coughing lightly. "Am I? Maybe it's because the chef's sweet-and-sour pork is not bad. Have some more, have some more." He
placed a few large pieces of pork into Ye Yu's bowl, then added some pieces of lotus root. He continued, "It's better if a man has a tall figure and long legs."

Ye Yu looked down at the sweet-and-sour pork in his bowl with a complex gaze. He slowly curled his lips. 'Tall figure and long legs,' was it?

……
[1] The point at the top of the nose bridge, between the eyebrows.
[2] 丹田-where an individual's Qi is concentrated within their body.

Sweet and sour pork:

(Sweet and sour) Lotus Root:

Chapter end