They All Deeply Regretted It After I Became Indifferent

At the Qingling Sect,

On the Qingzhu Peak, the ethereal aura twirled, the abundant spiritual energy enveloping the entire mountain range like iridescent colored glaze with the first ray of sunlight.

Atop the mountain, there was a delicate chamber. Inside, a youth adorned with a sword crown, with eyebrows like drawn swords and eyes like stars, dressed in a white robe with a mysterious pattern, sat in front of a bronze mirror, his face blank.

Lin Mo was quite troubled, for he had transgressed through time.

The headache stemmed from the fact that he hadn’t transmigrated into a worthless person, but into the senior brother of the Qingxuan Sect, a second-grade sect under heaven, who shared his name and surname on the ‘Qingzhu Peak’, one of the twelve peaks.

Moreover, according to his memories, the original owner of this body had quite impressive qualifications and background: dual spirit roots of water and wood, only twenty-five years old with the strength of the late Foundation Building stage, born into a cultivator family of some renown, with both parents alive, an ice-pure master, a playful and adorable junior sister, and a fiancée with better qualifications than himself.

His own luck was also passable, always gaining some rewards when venturing out.

He was extremely kind to his master and fellow disciples on Qingzhu Peak, strict, yet it could be said he gave his heart and soul, fulfilling his duties wholeheartedly.

It was such an unproblematic background that gave Lin Mo a headache.

According to the usual novel settings, such an identity seemed destined to be cannon fodder!

What was most important?

A year ago, a new junior brother joined the sect. This junior brother was extremely handsome, though with flawed qualifications. It was said that he was favored and sent here due to his father’s good relationship with the master of Qingzhu Peak.

And with his outgoing and cheerful personality, he had won the affection of everyone on Qingzhu Peak, including the master.

Oh, and another thing, this junior brother’s surname was Ye, with a single name, Kai.

No matter how one looked at it, this new junior brother seemed more like the protagonist.

Lin Mo tidied up his attire briefly, and according to his memories, it was time to pay respects to the master at the peak of Qingzhu Peak.

Just as he stepped out, passing by a room, he heard someone speaking.

The voice was incredibly gentle, like a spring breeze that calmed the heart and soothed the soul, like a serene lake at dawn, undisturbed.

Was this the voice of the newly initiated junior brother Ye?

“Junior Sister Five, how is your injury?”

“It will be completely healed in a few more days,” replied a blue-clad young girl. Her pale right leg was fixed between two spirit woods by unknown vines, her lips white, her entire face lacking color.

Ye Kai focused intently as he dripped spiritual medicine onto the girl’s wound.

The blue-clad girl, looking at the extremely handsome profile of the face close to her, felt her cheeks warm slightly.

After treating the girl’s wound, Ye Kai took out some exquisite pastries from his bosom: “Junior Sister Five, try this. I made it with spiritual fruits, it helps with healing.”

The blue-clad girl looked at the pastry brought to her lips, only then realizing that he intended to feed her. Her already slightly reddened cheeks blushed even more, she bit off a piece with a slight opening of her mouth, then avoided his tender gaze.

The pastry was sweet and rich, the blue-clad girl’s eyes shone brightly: “It’s really sweet, delicious!”

Ye Kai chuckled lightly: “If Junior Sister Five likes it, I will make it for you from now on.”

With that, he brought another piece of pastry to her lips.

One fed, the other ate, and when the pastries were finished, Ye Kai used his sleeve to wipe away the crumbs at the corner of the pink-clad girl’s mouth.

Their behavior appeared exceedingly intimate.

Ye Kai seemed to complain unintentionally, “It was just a practical exercise. Lin Shixiong, you went too far. How could you hurt her?”

The girl in blue shook her head, “I can’t blame Lin Shixiong. I was distracted during the fight, and I’ve been neglecting my training lately.”

“Fifth Sister’s character is really too good!” Ye Kai’s eyes were full of distress, “Girls need to be cherished, and training is just to improve practical experience, isn’t it all to prevent getting hurt when facing enemies outside?”

“In my view, the practice of cultivation should be gradual and not rushed. Lin Shixiong’s harsh training methods, urging us to get up and practice before dawn without rest, and being especially strict with Fifth Sister’s training, is simply too inconsiderate.”

The girl in blue’s eyes fell slightly as she recalled those years. No matter the weather, be it windy or rainy, scorching summer or freezing winter, Lin Mo would always be the first to force her to get up and practice. Even if she felt slightly unwell, she had to practice. If she woke up late, punishment and reprimand were unavoidable.

The words she had intended to say in her defense were now stuck in her throat, and her gaze gradually took on a somber hue.

Lin Mo, passing by outside the door, couldn’t help but feel that the original master was undervalued.

In the original master’s heart, he was extremely fond of this junior sister.

The girl called Fifth Sister by Ye Kai was named Shen Ke’er. At the age of eight, her family met with disaster, and she was brought back to the sect by Lin Mo, who was out for training at the time.

With average aptitude and a triple spirit root, she originally had no chance to enter the inner sect, but because of Lin Mo, she became an inner disciple of Qingzhu Peak.

Since Lin Mo picked her up, he took care of all her needs.

Fearing she would become depressed after losing her parents, he treated her like a younger sister. He would cook delicious food for her, buy fun things to please her, and even the treasures he obtained during his travels were given to Shen Ke’er as gifts.

Of course, Lin Mo was also responsible for Shen Ke’er’s cultivation.

He knew well the law of the survival of the fittest in the cultivation world and was indeed quite strict in training.

It was precisely because of his strictness, along with the aid of various spiritual fruits and elixirs, that in just seven years, Shen Ke’er had advanced from an ordinary person to an early-stage Foundation Building cultivator. Who wouldn’t admire such an achievement?

You should know, for an ordinary triple spirit root cultivator, advancing from an ordinary person to Foundation Building takes at least a decade, if not several decades.

Before Ye Kai arrived, Shen Ke’er was very affectionate towards Lin Mo. Whatever happened, she would think of him first, not her master.

Of course, that was all in the past.

Since Ye Kai entered Qingzhu Peak, Lin Mo clearly felt Shen Ke’er becoming distant from him.

She often clung to Ye Kai, her junior brother, and even when going out, she would bring gifts for Ye Kai, even giving him the spiritual fruits and elixirs that Lin Mo himself was reluctant to use.

Of course, it wasn’t just Shen Ke’er who liked him; the disciples and even the master of Qingzhu Peak liked him.

Now, Shen Ke’er only saw Lin Mo’s strictness, forgetting all the kindness he had shown her before. Without Lin Mo bringing her back to the sect, Shen Ke’er might have met the same fate as her parents. Without Lin Mo’s dedicated encouragement in training and the precious medicines he gave her, how could she have achieved Foundation Building so quickly and established herself in Qingzhu Peak?

However, Lin Mo wouldn’t be so kind to Shen Ke’er anymore.

Whatever Shen Ke’er wanted to do in the future, it had nothing to do with him.

He wasn’t the original master, to act as both father and mother to this heartless girl?

He wouldn’t take on such a thankless task!

His time and resources would only be devoted to his own cultivation. After all, in the world of cultivation, one’s own strength is the ultimate capital!

It was at this moment that a system voice echoed in his mind.

【Host has regained consciousness in the human world. The ‘Regret’ system has been activated!】

What’s this?

Lin Mo blinked in disbelief.

Does he also have a system?

Could it be that he’s really the protagonist?

But what is this ‘Regret System’?

[The system can absorb emotions of regret from those around you caused by the host’s ‘words’ and ‘actions’, turning these emotions into energy known as ‘regret points’. Regret points can be used for drawing lots, as well as improving the host’s skill level and cultivation realm.]

[Reminder to the host, regret points can only be obtained through the emotions of others towards the host. The identity of the other person and their relationship with the host both influence the conversion of emotions.]

Lin Mo was puzzled; he could understand the part about his own identity, but what does this unusual relationship refer to?

[The host is advised to figure it out on their own!]

Is there a newbie gift pack?

[None!]

Lin Mo, “…” What’s the use of you?

Lin Mo began to check his own mission panel.

Host: Lin Mo

Bloodline: Human Race

Physique: None

Talent: Dual Spirit Roots of Water and Wood

Cultivation: Late Foundation Building Stage

Skills: High-grade Xuan-level ‘Spiritual Qing Technique Third Layer’, Mid-grade Xuan-level ‘Rejuvenation Technique Third Layer’.

Abilities: Cooking ‘Five’, Planting ‘One’, Formation ‘One’, Alchemy ‘One’

Regret Points: 0

Note: For abilities and skills, ten is the highest.

The system’s display of the personal panel was almost the same as what Lin Mo knew.

However, the idea of making others feel regret to earn regret points was something he had no clue about at the moment.

As he pondered, a disciple who was cleaning the residence passed by.

Lin Mo remembered this disciple, named Gu Zi. He gestured for him to come over.

Gu Zi put away his broom and bowed respectfully, “Greetings, Elder Brother Lin!”

Lin Mo said indifferently, “Gu Zi, how about playing a game with me?”

“Play a game?” Gu Zi looked surprised. Had he heard wrong? His rigorously trained senior brother was actually inviting him to play a game?

Lin Mo nodded and began to explain the rules of the game.

Guzi’s face lit up with surprise: “Senior Brother Lin, if I guess which hand holds the spirit stone, you’ll give it to me?”

“Would your senior brother lie to you?”

Guzi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. Although his senior brother was a bit strict, he had never lied.

The game began. Lin Mo tossed a low-grade spirit stone into the air, his hand flickering back and forth, leaving Guzi dizzy.

Lin Mo smiled faintly and asked, “Which hand?”

After pondering, Guzi replied, “The left hand!”

Lin Mo opened both hands, revealing a medium-grade spirit stone in his right.

Guzi’s face fell with disappointment: “If only I had chosen the right hand just now.”

As an outer sect disciple, he could only receive two low-grade spirit stones from the sect each month, and one medium-grade stone was worth a hundred low-grade ones.

If he had guessed correctly, he would have struck it rich.

[Ding, detected someone feeling regret because of the host, absorbed regret value 13.]

A glint appeared in Lin Mo’s eyes; his guess was not wrong.

Next, Lin Mo pulled Guzi into several more games.

But the result was always Guzi losing.

Guzi began to suspect: was his senior brother just toying with him?

Otherwise, how could he lose over and over again?

On Lin Mo’s side, he noticed that the regret value he obtained from Guzi was ten at first, but it decreased over time, down to just two points in the last round.

Seeing Guzi’s doubtful eyes, Lin Mo chuckled, “Want to play another round?”

By then, Guzi had no hope left and was ready to make an excuse about ‘work’ to leave after this round.

Unexpectedly, the outcome was beyond his imagination.

He looked incredulously at the medium-grade spirit stone in his hand: “Senior brother, is this for real? Can I really take this medium-grade spirit stone?”

Lin Mo nodded slowly, saying, “You won the game, of course, you can take it.”

Guzi clutched the spirit stone tightly, bending over with a joyful face to thank Lin Mo.

Rumors had it that the senior brother was cold and difficult to get along with, not approachable at all, and Guzi had believed them to be true.

Who would have thought that not only was the senior brother willing to spend time playing games with an outer sect disciple like him, but he also rewarded him with a medium-grade spirit stone.

Just moments ago, he had even doubted his senior brother’s character…

Thinking this, Guzi wished he could slap himself.

After sending Guzi away, the system also chimed in.

[Ding, detected someone feeling regret because of the host, absorbed regret value 50.]

Having fleeced Guzi quite a bit, Lin Mo was in a good mood.

With 203 regret points in hand, he planned to enhance his own strength.

[Notice: To reach levels 3-4 of a high-grade Xuan-level technique requires five hundred regret points, while a mid-grade Xuan-level technique requires three hundred. The leap from the Foundation stage to the Golden Core stage, being a major threshold, consumes different amounts of regret points.]

[One grade Golden Core costs five hundred, two grades one thousand, three grades two thousand, and so on!]

Lin Mo was stunned. Had he wasted half a day for nothing, with two hundred regret points being useless?

[Notice: The host may use the points for a lottery draw, one hundred regret points per draw. Possible prizes include: abilities, spirit stones, techniques, elixirs, tools, physique…]

Seeing the plethora of lottery prizes, Lin Mo felt a small surge of excitement. He was curious about what he might draw.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining 88 low-grade spirit stones!]

???

He exchanged one medium-grade spirit stone for 88 low-grade ones. Was this idiotic?

“System, are you playing with me?”

[Notice: The probability of winning any prize in the lottery is fixed. Of course, the better the item, the lower the chance. The host can also spend more regret points to ‘specify’ the type of prize or to increase the probability of winning.]

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo thought the setup was quite reasonable.

He decided to try his luck with another draw.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the ‘Sword Heart Clarity’ physique.]

……