Chapter 29: The Destined-to-Be-Abandoned Good-for-Nothing (9)p2
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System: “Host, please help the female lead overcome the heat caused by the Redflame Serpent demon core. Time limit: two hours. Failure penalty: Experience the pain the female lead is suffering for four days.”
Su Mingxiu: “…”
She thought she was out of her mind to ask the system how to solve this kind of problem.
This damn thing had even sneakily changed the failure penalty. No matter if she succeeded or failed, either Gui Mian or she would have to experience the effects of this damn snake’s heat cycle.
What a cunning plan.
She sneered, “Just you wait.”
The avatar that had flown to the library quickly found records about how snake demons dealt with this special period in the vast collection of jade slips.
But none of these methods were suitable for Su Mingxiu. Gui Mian was still so young, she didn’t even understand the most basic human emotions. Su Mingxiu didn’t want this little girl to fall into the abyss of lust so soon.
So, with a thought, she started searching through the more obscure records, especially those about demons and monsters—
A vast amount of information poured into her sea of consciousness. If it weren’t for Su Mingxiu’s vast sea of consciousness and stable spiritual platform, she would have been overwhelmed for a while. Countless verifiable records and word-of-mouth legends flashed through her mind.
Finally, her attention was caught by a short passage.
“Before the creation of heaven and earth, there was a Chaos Beast, dwelling in the primordial chaos, formless, feeding on Qi… Thirty-five thousand years later, the celestial beings of the upper realm created heaven and earth, slaying the Chaos Beast. Its Qi transformed into black and white, white for spiritual energy, black for demonic energy. Its consciousness was imprisoned in the upper realm…”
Chaos?
Su Mingxiu narrowed her eyes.
At the same time.
“Huff…” Inside the secret realm, Gui Mian wanted to hide herself quickly, so she headed towards a secluded area. A sulfurous mist spread around her, but she was completely unaware. The figure in the Water Mirror was gradually engulfed by the sulfur.
She knew she had entered the territory of a powerful demon beast. But she was too weak to move any further. Ever since her lower half had transformed into a snake tail, her sense of smell had become extremely sensitive. Surrounded by the scent of danger, Gui Mian could clearly smell that she was still far away from the demon beast. She just wanted to stop and rest at the edge of its territory.
The feeling in her body was becoming more and more unbearable, the heat making her want to tear off her clothes.
She didn’t realize that her eyes were gradually turning red, and the scales on her tail seemed to be ignited by the heat, their color becoming even more vibrant, the edges slightly raised, emitting a sharp and dangerous glint.
Gui Mian let her tail thrash on the ground, kicking up clouds of dust. She leaned against a tree, her palm clutching the paper, now covered in sweat. She unconsciously rubbed her face against the paper, whispering in a soft, trusting voice: “Master…”
Her mind was too feverish, she had even forgotten that she needed to write on the paper for the other person to hear her voice. She called out again and again, a hint of grievance in her tone that she didn’t even notice herself, as if she couldn’t understand why, even though she had been so obedient, she wasn’t feeling any better but even more uncomfortable.
Just then.
Su Mingxiu’s avatar, which had entered the secret realm, found her. To avoid attracting the attention of the other sect elders watching through the Water Mirror, she had shrunk herself to a tiny size. When she reached Gui Mian, she even had to look up to meet the little disciple’s eyes.
“Gui Mian.”
Hearing her name, the little girl opened her eyes drowsily. She blinked, then looked at the three-inch-tall figure in front of her in surprise. It was her master. She reached out with her burning palm and carefully picked up Su Mingxiu, placing the little ink-colored figure in her palm, then pouted: “Master…”
Her tail thrashed wildly on the ground.
“Tail…” The little disciple said, a large teardrop rolling down her cheek and landing right on top of Su Mingxiu’s head. “Too hot… too itchy…”
Su Mingxiu was drenched by the teardrop, but she casually waved her sleeve and cleaned herself up. After carefully examining Gui Mian’s current state, she conjured a Heart-Clearing Pill with her magic. “Try this?”
Gui Mian let out an “Oh” and took the pill. As it left Su Mingxiu’s spell, it returned to its original size.
The little girl swallowed it and licked her lips. “It’s salty.”
“Uh…” Seeing the tear stains on her cheeks, Su Mingxiu flew from Gui Mian’s palm to her shoulder. She reached out with some effort and wiped away the traces on her face, saying gently: “The salty taste is from your tears.”
This was the first time she had seen Gui Mian cry.
And it was because of this Redflame Serpent demon…
Thinking of this, she sighed inwardly.
After Gui Mian finished the pill and circulated her spiritual energy to digest its effects, she wanted to ask about the tears, but Su Mingxiu asked her how she was feeling first.
“Not hot anymore.” Her attention was diverted.
The snake tail on the ground had stopped thrashing at some point. Seeing the flush on Gui Mian’s face recede slightly, Su Mingxiu knew that the pill had some effect. But she still hadn’t received the system’s notification of completing the mission, so she didn’t relax.
She cast a Cleansing Spell, cleaning Gui Mian from head to toe, even the scales on her tail were spotless and shiny as new. She floated into the air, reached out, and stroked Gui Mian’s head. “If you’re tired, get some sleep. You’ll be fine soon.”
Gui Mian closed her eyes trustingly.
But in the middle of the night—
The heat in her body surged again, making her lose her sanity even faster than before.
Her bright red tail curled up, wanting to wrap around anything it could sense. Su Mingxiu, who had been paying attention to Gui Mian’s movements, immediately sent her avatar back to Mount Lingyu to get more pills.
Her divine sense swept through the mountains like a gentle breeze, landing on the peak of Mount Lingyu. Just as she was about to enter her cave abode, her sleeve accidentally brushed against a green lotus leaf by the spiritual spring.
Before, when she and Gui Mian were both on the mountain, this lotus leaf had been reluctant to grow. Now, they had only been gone for a short while, and not only had the leaf grown to the size of a palm, but there was also another new leaf the size of a fingernail beside it. She didn’t know what it had been eating.
Su Mingxiu only glanced at it briefly. She didn’t have time to investigate what this spiritual plant needed to grow.
But as she pulled back her sleeve, she found that the newly sprouted lotus leaf had detached from the water and flown into her sleeve, adding a rare touch of green to her grey and black ink-stained robe.
The larger lotus leaf in the spring nodded at her happily.
Su Mingxiu could sense that this spiritual plant meant no harm, even conveying a sense of joy and anticipation. But she only lowered her eyes and said coldly: “Behave yourself.” If it dared to cause trouble, she wouldn’t hesitate to turn it into a frozen specimen when she returned.
Secret realm, shrouded in sulfurous mist.
A vibrant red tail appeared briefly in the Water Mirror, then quickly disappeared.
The elders outside the secret realm exclaimed: “Is that a Redflame Serpent demon in there?”
“But I’ve never heard of a snake demon that can cultivate such cloud-swallowing and mist-spitting abilities… Could it have fallen to the demonic path?”
They communicated with their divine senses, glancing at Su Mingxiu from time to time, wanting to know her reaction to seeing her disciple encounter such a mutated demon.
Unfortunately, the person in front of the Sword Sect’s Water Mirror seemed to be in deep meditation, motionless, not even looking at the mirror.
Little did the elders know that the person they were so concerned about was now inside the mirror.
Because she had shrunk herself, Gui Mian’s tail, when it lashed out at her, felt like a mountain collapsing to Su Mingxiu. Fortunately, although her body was tiny, her strength was undiminished. She raised her hand and stopped the tail’s advance.
But in the next moment.
The bright red tail, blocked by her out of thin air, changed direction and wrapped around her entirely, the countless scales coiling and tightening, instantly obscuring the little ink-colored figure.
Gui Mian woke up slowly, looking around in confusion: “Master?”
Her sense of smell quickly told her that Su Mingxiu was blocked by her tail. The little girl tried to move her tail away, but it was too difficult. Instead, she felt her scales rubbing against something, a sense of pleasure and satisfaction welling up within her.
The next instant—
Her vision flipped as she was uncontrollably thrown into the air.
After landing heavily on the ground, Gui Mian saw the figure standing before her, her hand pinching the tip of her tail. She belatedly realized that she had just been thrown by her master .
Tears welled up in her clear eyes, whether from pain or discomfort.
Gui Mian looked at the tiny figure in front of her with a wronged and confused expression, calling out: “Master?”
It was strange.
Master was also wet, from her black hair to her robes, covered in water droplets.
Her sensitive sense of smell twitched. Gui Mian leaned in slightly and smelled a terrifying and dangerous aura emanating from Su Mingxiu. Her instincts told her to stay away.
But remembering the taste of tears she had tasted earlier, she instinctively reached out with her right hand, her index finger brushing against Su Mingxiu’s cheek, picking up a drop of glistening liquid.
She brought her finger to her lips, her tongue swirling around it, and said in a hoarse voice: “It’s salty too…”
Su Mingxiu: “!”
Her pupils constricted.
Then, she heard her innocent little disciple ask: “Are these on you… also tears, Master?”
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