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Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

1.55 Gimme spirit stones~

“That went much better than I expected,” Ning thought as he made his way back.

Not only had he won, but he’d come out completely uninjured. That alone was a significant advantage; there would be no need to waste time or resources on treatment before the later rounds.

As he was mentally patting himself on the back for saving himself yet another spirit stone, he was surrounded.

“Ji Ning!”

“That was fast, way to...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.54 First Battle

The arena for this competition had only recently been completed. Even from a distance, it was impossible to miss. Massive stone platforms rose in layered tiers, reinforced with formation patterns etched deep into the walls. 

After all, earth attributed cultivators were also skilled construction workers, so making such a structure was not particularly hard for them. In fact, with the amount of damage each cultivator does to the surroundings, ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

1.53 Outer Sect Competition

During cultivation, the perception of time often faded, days and months slipping by unnoticed. Before Ning realized it, another year had passed.

In the quiet clearing outside his hut, Ning moved through his routines with measured precision. Each breath was steady, each motion deliberate, muscles and tendons working in perfect coordination.

Compared to qi refining, body refinement demanded something more fundamental, patience with ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.52 Beast Tamer

Ning crouched beneath the shade of a twisted pine, carefully brushing aside the surrounding leaves. At the center of the small clearing grew a pale-blue plant, its petals thin and translucent.

Illusory Mistflower.

A first-tier spiritual plant commonly used in illusory formations, low-grade pills, and illusion-based techniques.

Ning harvested it with practiced precision, sealing the roots with a wisp of qi before placing it into a jade ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.51 Third Floor

The Outer Sect Martial Arena was unusually packed that day. Even from a distance, the sharp clang of weapons and bursts of qi could be heard echoing through the grounds.

Ning stood at one end of the field, a bow in his hand.

Opposite him was Qiao Wen. Her posture was relaxed, a slender sword held loosely at her side. Her cultivation was firmly at the eighth stage of Qi Cultivation, a full three realms above Ning.

She was a training par...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.50 Gains

Ning did not linger near the Treasure Abundant Pavilion for long. After Sun Jing promised to explain the situation to Shopkeeper Feng, Ning had little else to do.

Both Sun Jing and Xiao Fan chose to stay behind for a while longer, as Shopkeeper Feng was still busy dealing with customers.

Ning, however, decided to return immediately, not only because he'd had enough excitement for one day, but also because of the potential security risk.

Afte...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.49 Jade slip

The atmosphere outside was still as lively as before. When someone shattered something even remotely good, cheers of oohs and aahs would rise from the crowd, though most people didn’t manage to shatter anything worthwhile.

To avoid suspicion, the trio quietly slipped toward the back of the crowd. Only after a few minutes, when Shopkeeper Feng finally came out of the pavilion with a new batch of Spirit Ores, did they move back to ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.48 Gambling~

“Gambling?” Sun Jing blinked. “You mean spirit ores?”

"Yes." Ning nodded, then he turned to Xiao Fan, "How about it?"

When one talks about gambling in this world, most of the time it was about gambling on spirit ores.

Xiao Fan also stopped walking.

“Spirit… ores?” He frowned slightly. “What are those?”

Sun Jing nearly stumbled.

“You don’t know?” he blurted out. “These things exist in almost eve...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.47 Reward

Ning was led out of the main hall along with the others who had passed, into a quiet side chamber carved into the rock wall. The elder had vanished immediately after announcing the results, instructing everyone to come find him afterward.

“Now, everyone enter one after another,” the attendant said.

“Alright,” Everyone replied.

"First, Ni Luoxia. Please enter." The attendant announced and stepped aside the door.

To be honest, N...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.42 Return

[A/N: Some of the parts have been revised. So, I reupdated the chapter.]

“This senior… was quite something.”

Ning murmured softly as he finished comprehending the scroll left behind by Patriarch Mi.

The Pure Qi Sutra had three stages, often referred to as floors. Most cultivators who practiced this sutra stopped at the second floor; only a rare few managed to reach the third.

This was not solely due to a lack of talent, but also...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.46 End

“I managed to plant a high-grade spiritual plant, but who would’ve thought a monkey would appear out of nowhere and destroy it?”

“I had a similar experience. Fortunately, I learned a combat martial art in my spare time, so I was able to fend it off.”

“In the end, though, the number of weeds was just too much.”

Ning’s vision snapped back into focus.

Stone floor beneath his feet. The familiar scent of damp soil and crushed ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.45 Test

Ning’s sudden question startled the elder.

In this spiritual plant assessment, the elder had encountered a diverse range of people. Some froze when they couldn’t answer. Some answered haphazardly. Some extremely daring ones even tried to cheat using artifacts, only to be caught and sent straight to the disciplinary committee.

But he hadn’t expected someone to have the audacity to directly question him, the examiner.

“Um, you can just ...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

1.44 Spiritual Plant Certificate

Ning stepped into the Spiritual Plant Hall’s assessment grounds.

At a glance, the crowd was exactly as he had expected.

Most were elderly disciples, their cultivation hovering around the fifth or sixth stage of Qi Condensation. They were broad-shouldered and sturdy, carrying the unmistakable air of seasoned farmers. 

Judging by appearances alone, the competition looked… rough.

Ning stood quietly to one si...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in a Cliché Cultivation World

1.43 Battery

Spirit stones.

At first glance, spirit stones were simple things, condensed spiritual energy formed naturally within the earth, used as currency, cultivation aids, or fuel for formations. Every cultivator knew that much.

But Ning had learned long ago that in cultivation, simplicity was often a lie.

He pulled out a thin book he found in the scripture pavilion.

"On the Classification and Nature of Spirit Stones."

Perfect...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.42 Return

“This senior… was quite something.”

Ning murmured softly as he finished comprehending the scroll left behind by Patriarch Mi.

Ning exhaled slowly.

He had long understood that the essence of a cultivation technique was never truly fixed.

A manual could describe the same technique, word for word, yet two cultivators might walk entirely different roads depending on how they interpreted it. In the end, cultivation was not about copy...

Surviving a Shounen World on Popularity Alone

1.1 So it begins

It was late at night.

A man lounged in his chair, lazily tapping at his keyboard as a game played out on his screen, when a sudden notification appeared. The icon was unfamiliar, an image of a quiet, star-filled sky that didn’t belong to any contact he recognized.

“I heard you criticized my work because your favorite character died?”

The message came from an unknown number.

“…My favorite character?” h...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.41 Loot

Loot drops.

They were a classic RPG trope, the ultimate wet dream of every loot goblin.

But seeing something like that happen in real life?

That was shocking, to say the least.

“So…” Ning broke the silence, staring at the pile. “What exactly just happened?”

“Uh… I don’t know,” Xiao Fan admitted, equally bewildered. While it was true that he often found treasured items on monsters he defeated, this was t...

Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

1.40 That Time I teamed up with the protagonist and kicked ass

“I am Ji Ning,” Ning said calmly. “I’m here to exterminate the Red-Eyed Spirit Rabbits that your family posted as a mission to the sect.”

As he spoke, Ning glanced once more at the wooden nameplate hanging above the gate.

Mi Family.

There was no mistake. This was definitely the right place. So, what was the confusion?

The middle-aged man who had opened the door hesitated, hi...