After Kissing the World-Weary Female Supporting Character [Transmigration] - Chapter 82

Mèng Bǎimò’s gentle reminder couldn’t stop the mouths of the Mountain and Grass Demons. Demons sleep late, or even replace sleep with cultivation. At night, fireflies carried freshly brewed gossip, weaving through the forests and plains. Before midnight, the new gossip had spread among the little demons again.

“Did you hear? The human Song Xingzi likes is called Jì Jì.”

“I know, I know! It’s a female who likes to use cedarwood scent.”

“Rude! How can you use ‘female’? Humans call them men and women.”

“Song Xingzi is so miserable!”

“Exactly, exactly. She lost her heart and her core, was tricked, and still misses that human.”

“I heard she even begged Brother Mèng Bǎimò to mix the scent of that trickster for her. So pitiful.”

“Don’t be like her. You can be your little princess; you can’t suffer the hardships of love!”

“Pine Nut is so deeply in love. The story made me tear up late at night.”

“Me too! Grass and wood have no heart; they don’t understand what love is!”

“Should we help Pine Nut? Go to Changbai Mountain and break off a thousand-year-old cedar branch to give her.”

“I agree! I heard a good scent needs good ingredients. Let’s go do something big! When Pine Nut recovers, I want to eat roast goat.”

“Grass! Dead monkey, what are you talking about? Eat your mother’s goat! I want to eat monkey brains.”

Having received Mèng Bǎimò’s promise, Song Xingzi was very obedient. She started meditating as soon as she got home. Her body, having been broken down and rebuilt, was perfect for cultivation. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was incredibly friendly to her, practically crowding into her dantian on its own.

Song Xingzi had never experienced this feeling. She immersed herself in the comfort, forgetting the passage of time. One meditation lasted for half a month.

Song Xingzi, who was usually the most lazy and disliked cultivation the most, actually stayed indoors to meditate and cultivate?!

One day, Song Xingzi hadn’t come out; two days, Song Xingzi still hadn’t come out; three days… half a month flashed by! Song Xingzi was still cultivating!!!

Song Xingzi knew it was because of the comfort of the abundant spiritual energy, but in the eyes of the undercover Grass Demon, this was ironclad proof! Song Xingzi had truly and completely suffered from a love wound and become the second White Snake!

So, while Song Xingzi was in secluded cultivation, the gossip escalated again, evolving into a new legend:

“Song Xingzi has gone mad!”

“Yes, she’s become obsessed with cultivation, following the path of becoming an immortal!”

“But she can’t forget her new Xu Xiān (White Snake’s lover); she calls out that human’s name every night!”

“Brother Mèng Bǎimò made her many bottles of cedarwood perfume!”

“This hasn’t even piqued Song Xingzi’s interest. She’s beyond saving!”

“Humans are terrifying! They’re better at soul-snatching than Fox Demons!”

“Wow, Song Xingzi is so pitiful. She’s completely lost it.”

Song Xingzi, who had just emerged from cultivation, feeling refreshed and capable of running three laps around Qīngqiū: …Darn it! I heard that! Can the gossip stay far away from my house?

Song Xingzi pushed open the window, grabbed the Mountain Spirit’s tiny wing, and leaned out the window, holding its transparent wing against the bright sun: “What are you saying? Are you gossiping? I’ll pluck your wing off!”

“Yīng yīng yīng, Song Xingzi is really crazy! She’s going to pluck my wing!”

The Mountain Spirit struggled and shrieked, its piercing voice capable of puncturing a demon’s eardrum. Song Xingzi let go and covered her ears. The Mountain Spirit took the opportunity to fly away at top speed, burrowing into the dry grass pile, vanishing without a trace.

“Forget it, forget it. I can’t control the gossips’ mouths. I’m not angry, I’m not angry!”

Song Xingzi pushed the door open. A row of crystal bottles was neatly arranged in front of the door, each bottle thoughtfully numbered. Behind the bottles were comfort gifts sent by the demons who heard she had gone mad: storybooks, ginseng whiskers, colored stones—all sorts of bizarre things.

“Forget it, forget it. Let them talk. It’s not like I’m losing weight.”

Song Xingzi placed all the comfort gifts into her spatial bell. She sat on the doorframe, picked up a crystal bottle, sprayed some on her wrist, and leaned in to sniff.

“Not this scent. It leans too much towards sandalwood,” Song Xingzi shook her head. She picked up another bottle and tried it. “Not this scent either.”

“This one is wrong too. It smells too dry, not moist enough. Jì Jì definitely doesn’t smell like this,” Song Xingzi put down the last bottle, commenting dejectedly. “Alas, I’m talking as if I’ve actually smelled it.”

“Song Xingzi, you can turn into human form now?” The Ginseng Doll, who had just emerged from secluded cultivation, was perched on the head of the white-dressed girl, exclaiming in surprise: “Is this the power of a breakup? So terrifying!”

Song Xingzi: …I could turn into human form all along, okay? What love? I only went to the Human Realm for one day, okay?

Song Xingzi rolled her eyes: “Heh heh, you’re right.”

“Carrot Head, I heard her say she’s never smelled that human’s perfume,” Lily stroked a lily flower tucked behind her ear, saying clearly: “She hasn’t even been in love, so it’s not a breakup.”

Song Xingzi: …Although what you said is the truth, why do I feel more hurt? Say one more word and I’ll break my oath, damn it. I’ll beat you until you two dare not show your faces to a demon for three days!

??? Wait, when did I say I wouldn’t bully them?

Song Xingzi forced a smile. She grabbed the Ginseng Doll’s root whiskers with one hand and slapped the lily flower off Lily’s ear with the other, threatening chillingly: “Gossip at my door again, and I’ll pluck you two bald!”

Carrot Head: “Song Xingzi, let go quickly! My whiskers…”

Lily: “Wuwuwu, my little lily! The flower I just bloomed this morning! Nggh, Song Xingzi, you demon…”

Satisfied to see the Lily Flower Demon crying and supporting the Ginseng Doll, swaying precariously as they beat a hasty retreat, Song Xingzi clapped her hands and sat on the doorframe, waving at the two.

“Do come again next time~”

The white-dressed girl didn’t sway anymore; she took off running at full speed, vanishing in a flash.

“Hahahahaha!” Song Xingzi laughed until she was breathless, holding the doorframe and pounding the wall with laughter.

The acre of peach trees in front of the door hadn’t been tended to for half a month. The peach blossoms had all fallen, and small green peaches had formed. After finishing her laugh, Song Xingzi gazed at the varying shades of green, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. She waved her hand, and the peach forest instantly transformed into a field of brilliant red Pomegranate Flowers.

They were as vibrant as fire, as radiant as the evening glow.

“So beautiful. Your pomegranate flowers have bloomed.”

Song Xingzi lifted her hand to touch her face, finding it wet. “Why am I crying? How strange. Forget it, I’ll listen to Brother Mèng Bǎimò and cultivate properly. I’ll go back to the Human Realm after I re-condense my core!”

That damned core thief! Making me look so foolish! Don’t let me catch you! Otherwise, I’ll make sure you regret it!

Song Xingzi rotated her wrists, a fierce expression on her round face that was more cute than scary.

Just as Song Xingzi entered cultivation, in the grass hollow by the wall, Little Tail sprouted a pair of legs. Shaking his little tuft, he ran up the mountain: “Latest news, latest news! Song Xingzi replaced the peach forest at her door with Dānruò flowers! A whole field of red glow. It looks quite beautiful!”

“What are Dānruò flowers? Stop using your Grass Demon jargon when you gossip!”

“They’re Pomegranate Flowers! I bet one leaf that this is the flower her little wife likes!”

“I’ll add one! Song Xingzi is cultivating again. Heartbreak is so terrifying!”

“I heard from little Lily that Song Xingzi is just pining after the human; the human doesn’t like her at all.”

“Wow, that miserable!”

Thanks to becoming the most miserable little demon in the Demon Realm, Song Xingzi became instantly popular again, infuriating Kuí, who was still searching for the culprit in the Human Realm late at night.

Song Xingzi knew none of this. She was throwing herself into cultivation, swearing to re-condense her core as quickly as possible so she could return to the Human Realm and avenge the core theft!

Time passed by. Because the main subject of the gossip was immersed in cultivation and wouldn’t show her face, Song Xingzi’s tragic love story gradually faded away after its brief popularity. The little animals spent their days looking around, seeking new gossip to pass the time.

One day, a truly major event occurred—the kind that caused a massive sensation: some fool was trying to break into the Confusing Wind Formation!

The Confusing Wind Formation is a spell covering the periphery of the Demon Realm, used to isolate the Demon Realm from the Human Realm. As the name suggests, even the wind gets lost inside. Its appearance constantly shifts, dense with forests and rocks, and danger lurks everywhere. What’s even more frightening is its suppression effect: although aimed at outsiders, even demons who enter the Confusing Wind Formation are forced to revert to their original form, and their spiritual power is suppressed.

Of course, the Confusing Wind Formation had another purpose when it was first established: qualification verification. Considering that interspecies relationships were becoming more common, the Great Demons who set up the formation once said that any outsider wishing to enter the Demon Realm and obtain demon citizenship could do so by successfully passing through the Confusing Wind Formation.

However, since Mèng Bǎimò established the Demon Realm Alliance and standardized the daily administration of the demon race, demons traveling to the Human Realm used a convenient and fast method involving a permit and a teleportation formation. Over time, this function of the Confusing Wind Formation was abandoned.

No one knew which fool was brave enough to try entering the Demon Realm through the Confusing Wind Formation this time!

The extremely bored little demons were energized, discussing the matter enthusiastically:

“Oh my god, did you hear? Someone entered the Confusing Wind Formation! They really have no fear of death!”

“They’re so pitiful. They must have been tricked. The Confusing Wind Formation has been abandoned for so long.”

“I agree. Their outside information must be outdated; they were tricked into going in.”

“But do you think they can come out alive? I haven’t seen an outsider in ages.”

“No way. The Confusing Wind Formation is so terrifying. It’s also called ‘Ghost’s Fear’; even the ghosts in the Ghost Realm are scared of it.”

“Yīng yīng yīng, that’s so miserable. I wanted to know who owes a love debt that caused a seeker of revenge to come here.”

Song Xingzi, in meditation, suddenly felt her dantian tremble. Her spiritual energy instantly became chaotic, and she nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

“What is going on? My inner core was almost re-condensed! Why was it suddenly damaged?” Song Xingzi controlled her spiritual energy and completed one small circulation, then lay on the bed, rubbing her lower abdomen, confused. “I feel my inner core? Could the person who stole my core have been caught?”

The Grass Demon in the corner whispered: “It’s been three days, and that outsider who entered the Confusing Wind Formation still hasn’t come out.”

Another one replied: “I think they must be dead. What a pity. We won’t get to see the revenge.”

The Grass Demon cried out in pain: “Sigh, the melon that was almost ripe has shriveled up again. I feel miserable. Song Xingzi isn’t coming out either. No melon, no love.”

Song Xingzi, who heard the whispering clearly: ??? Am I a walking melon field in your minds? Listen to that mournful tone!

Song Xingzi touched her still-trembling dantian and poked her head out: “What are you talking about? What Confusing Wind Formation? What revenge?”

“Song Xingzi is out of seclusion!”

“It’s been a year and a half!”

“Song Xingzi isn’t crazy!”

“And she’s not foolish!”

The two Grass Demons’ shrieks were deafening. Song Xingzi reasonably suspected they had gone crazy.

Song Xingzi: ??? If I weren’t waiting for gossip, I’d twist your stems! And the call-and-response act!

“An outsider broke into the Confusing Wind Formation!”

“The alarm was triggered!”

“It’s been three days. They’re almost at the Demon Realm.”

“But there’s no movement now. They must be dead.”

“I heard it’s a human!”

“I don’t know. Some say it’s a female.”

“Little Tail bet a leaf that they’re your enemy!”

“We bet two leaves that they’re your little wife!”

“My enemy? My little wife? What are you talking about? Have you gone crazy from eating too much gossip?” Song Xingzi pouted. Then, she spat out a mouthful of old blood. Her dantian felt like it had been violently stabbed by a Gǔ Diāo (a mythical bird’s) sharp horn. “Darn it! The person who stole my core actually came here? Trying to self-destruct with my core? I’m going to kill you!”

Song Xingzi wiped the blood from her mouth, transformed into her original form, and bolted south.

Qīngqiū is almost at the southernmost tip of the Demon Realm, not far from the border. The border is where the Confusing Wind Formation is located. The different parts of the formation are connected. Song Xingzi was heading straight for her enemy inside the Confusing Wind Formation.

The two Grass Demons belatedly realized what was happening and shrieked: “Big news, big news! Song Xingzi’s enemy is in the Confusing Wind Formation!”

“Song Xingzi spat blood and went to the Confusing Wind Formation to seek revenge!”

“Little Tail won the bet again!”

“But we got the latest gossip!”