Chapter 28: The Destined-to-be-Abandoned Good-for-Nothing (8) p1
The little disciple was rarely at a loss. As her expression shifted, the tip of the tail wrapped around Su Mingxiu’s wrist trembled even more violently.
“I…” Gui Mian also stared at her tail in bewilderment, even reaching out to try and pull it off Su Mingxiu’s wrist. As she leaned forward, her waist bent low, incredibly supple, yet it still took her a lot of effort to pull the disobedient tail into her arms. “I… didn’t move, but it doesn’t listen.”
She pouted, as if complaining to Su Mingxiu.
“Redflame Serpent?”
Su Mingxiu ignored her question, staring at the bright scales and discerning the pattern from her memory. She asked subconsciously.
The little girl still had a confused expression. Su Mingxiu shook her head. “No…” No matter what kind of snake demon it was, it couldn’t possibly have Gui Mian’s abilities.
Besides, there had never been such a powerful snake demon in the demon realm, one that even those arrogant demon cultivators would call a monster.
Thinking of this, she held out her hand to Gui Mian. “What snack did Black Tortoise eat today? Show me.”
Gui Mian was still wrapped in the quilt, which now seemed to be a dividing line, making her upper body look like a very proper and cute child.
But her lower half revealed that beautiful and alluring tail. Hearing her master’s words, she was about to reach for the small cloth pouch at her waist, but then she remembered. “Ah, the senior brother at the Beast Taming Hall said that I can only get one of these candy beans every three months. Black Tortoise’s bloodline is too ordinary now, and eating too many will make it explode.”
“Uh…” Su Mingxiu finally laughed in exasperation.
She flicked her right index finger and tapped the little disciple’s forehead. The seemingly light tap made the little girl yelp and raise her hand to cover her forehead. A distinct red mark was visible between her fingers. “Master, that hurts.”
“It’s supposed to hurt so you’ll remember.”
After casually dropping this line, Su Mingxiu finally stood up from the ground and walked towards the exit of the cave abode. But after taking a step, she turned her head and said seriously: “Stay here, don’t move an inch until I come back, do you hear me?”
“Yes!” Gui Mian nodded, hugging her tail.
But Su Mingxiu was still worried.
She summoned the Floating Duckweed sword and drew a circle around Gui Mian, setting up a sword formation that would prevent anyone from entering or leaving. Only then did she leave.
The head of the Beast Taming Hall was surprised to see the Jade Elder grace them with her presence.
If the Hundred Herbs Hall and the Platform of Enlightenment were the favorite places of the Sword Sect disciples, then the Beast Taming Hall was the least popular. The reason was simple: this place was responsible for handling the demons and monsters captured by the disciples during their missions. Those with good nature were taken in and taught, while those who were only corpses were dissected for materials used by the disciples to forge swords.
Disciples who needed materials didn’t have to come here.
As for those who wanted to get spirit beasts…
Please, their swords were their only wives! Anything else, be it fluffy or soft, would only hinder their sword-drawing speed!
“My disciple recently brought a small creature back to the sect. She doesn’t know how to feed it properly, so I came to see what she has been getting these past few days.”
Su Mingxiu’s words interrupted the head’s thoughts.
He was immediately startled.
There were rumors outside that the Jade Elder doted on her disciple. The news seemed quite credible, but he hadn’t believed it at first.
After all, he had seen Su Mingxiu when her Heartless Sword Art was at its peak, and he felt that nothing in this world could affect her sword-drawing speed.
Unexpectedly…
This emotionless person, when she doted on someone, put even the other peak elders to shame.
To actually come to the Beast Taming Hall in the middle of the night for a mere mortal pet of her beloved disciple!
He was deeply moved. While repeating the instructions he had given to Gui Mian, he also fetched the list of materials Gui Mian had taken for Black Tortoise.
Su Mingxiu listened to him absentmindedly. When she received the list, her gaze suddenly fixed on a few words.
Just then, the head’s voice also reached her ears: “This Redflame Serpent demon, although not particularly powerful, is still stronger than those unawakened creatures in the mortal world. Even though this is just a Foundation Establishment demon core, it still needs to be carefully ground into dozens of portions. When feeding it, it’s best to add—”
A faint breeze swept past him.
When the head looked up again, he found that the person in front of him was gone.
“Uh…?” He thought with admiration, As expected of a Sword Sect expert, such comprehension! He hadn’t even finished speaking, and she already understood?
***
Mount Lingyu.
Su Mingxiu returned to her cave abode and saw Gui Mian sleeping soundly, wrapped in the quilt, hugging her tail. If it weren’t for the red tip of the tail peeking out from the quilt, no one would have noticed anything unusual about her.
Such a carefree spirit. She thought, sighing. She bent down and picked up the little disciple, quilt and all, from the icy cave and walked towards the Untainted Abode, which stood amidst the wind and snow.
The howling wind and snow rushed towards them, but before they could touch her sleeves, they were blocked by an invisible force. The snowflakes couldn’t reach the emotionless person’s face and could only regretfully kiss the person in her arms.
Su Mingxiu lowered her eyes, seeing the six-petaled ice crystal about to land on Gui Mian’s eyelid.
As she watched, a surge of spiritual energy erupted around her, forming a whirlwind that blocked all the snowflakes, even this tiny one couldn’t escape.
The person in her arms seemed to be dreaming of something. She chomped on the tip of her tail, then frowned and let go, as if she had bitten herself or found the tail unappetizing.
Gui Mian didn’t wake up the entire way.
After placing her on the warm bed in the Untainted Abode, Su Mingxiu suddenly heard a voice in her mind: “Host, please help the female lead conceal her transformation during the upcoming secret realm expedition and ensure she participates smoothly! Failure penalty—”
The system’s mission was interrupted by Su Mingxiu’s laughter: “I remember someone telling me not to worry about the secret realm expedition, desperately trying to keep me from learning her true identity?”
“Uh…” The system was silent for two seconds. “It’s all because of the pet you bought her.”
Its tone was full of blame, as if all the trouble was Su Mingxiu’s fault.
In the past, upon hearing such baseless accusations, Su Mingxiu would definitely have engaged in a round of blame-shifting with the system, ultimately ending in her complete victory.
But this time, she didn’t say anything. Instead, she stared at the sleeping Gui Mian, watching as the little disciple, covered by the warm quilt, quickly became flushed. She seemed to want to kick off the quilt but could only weakly flick her tail from side to side.
A smile appeared in her eyes.
Just when the system thought she wouldn’t respond, Su Mingxiu replied slowly in her mind: “So, their fates aren’t entirely in your hands after all. You’re just trying your best to make them follow the path you’ve set, right?”
The system had a bad feeling upon hearing her seemingly mischievous tone. After a moment of silence, it decided to adopt a softer approach, saying to Su Mingxiu gently:
[I won’t harm you.]
[Whether it’s her or you, I’ve chosen the most beneficial path for both of you. She’s the protagonist, so she’s destined to go through hardships before achieving success. The path I’ve chosen for her is the most perfect. It’s the same for you. If it weren’t for me, how could you have another chance after your soul was shattered?]
Su Mingxiu chuckled softly.
She said: “In that case, I should indeed be grateful to you.”
The system didn’t push its luck and brought the topic back to the current mission. Before it could continue analyzing the pros and cons with Su Mingxiu, it heard her reply calmly, telling it not to worry.
So it went silent again.
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