Social Anxiety in the Cultivation World: Obsessed with Infrastructure

Mu Zixiao, a soul from a technologically advanced world, spent twelve years in a comatose state within a cultivation world due to severe incompatibility between her modern consciousness and her new body. Upon regaining clarity during the Kunlun Sect's disciple selection ceremony, she possessed a rare Five-Colored Mixed Spiritual Root, which was considered the worst aptitude for cultivation. While the sect focused on two talented sisters, Feng Yuexiang and Feng Yueying, the reclusive and peerless Immortal Venerable Yuan Ze unexpectedly chose Mu Zixiao as his destined disciple, defying the objections of the sect elders who preferred the sisters' superior spiritual roots.

Shi Junxi, also known as Immortal Venerable Yuan Ze, was a supreme being at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, secretly from the Upper Realm, who had descended to the lower world. He recognized Mu Zixiao's unique potential despite her physical limitations. He took her to Phoenix Peak, where he used rare celestial treasures to repair her damaged body and expand her spiritual veins, effectively upgrading her like a broken machine. During a six-month isolation period, Mu Zixiao utilized her internal computational system, Microgram, to rapidly absorb knowledge from the sect's library, reaching the Qi Refining Mid-stage through comprehension alone.

Upon completing her isolation, Mu Zixiao presented groundbreaking research to Shi Junxi, proposing a new cultivation path based on Merit rather than traditional resource accumulation. She theorized that cultivating through merit and benefiting the world could lead to sainthood, a concept that challenged the core beliefs of the cultivation world. Shi Junxi, recognizing the validity and danger of her theories, agreed to support her plan. Mu Zixiao decided to start by developing agriculture, aiming to create spiritual plants that could grow in the mortal realm to reduce dependency on spirit stones and help suffering populations.

She established the Fenghuang Peak Agricultural Talent Training Base, recruiting eighteen outer sect disciples who had failed their cultivation assessments but possessed high intelligence and practical skills. Among them was Xing Luo, a capable manager from a fallen noble family. Mu Zixiao worked with Elder Luo Yin, the manager of the sect's Hundred Herbs Garden, to hybridize spiritual beans that could thrive in mortal soil. Their research yielded a major discovery: the jade bean varieties could increase spiritual energy in the soil, potentially revolutionizing cultivation by allowing cultivators to sustain themselves through food rather than inedia.

As Mu Zixiao's project gained traction, rumors spread throughout the Kunlun Sect regarding her unconventional methods and the group of male disciples she had selected. Feng Yueying, resentful of being rejected by Shi Junxi, lingered at the sect to observe Mu Zixiao, hoping to find flaws in her character or cultivation. The sect leader, concerned about the growing gossip and Mu Zixiao's tarnished reputation, urged Shi Junxi to allow her to interact more with the inner sect. However, Mu Zixiao remained focused on her agricultural research, unaware that her innovative approach to cultivation was beginning to attract the attention of powerful figures who would challenge her new path.