After My Death, the Female Lead Breaks the Heartless Path - Chapter 6

“…I” Before Xu Jingqiu could say anything, Yin Ruolan stuffed a mouthful of rice into her mouth.

“Eat first, don’t mind her. Someone is keeping an eye on her,” Yin Ruolan said. “If you’re really worried, you can have this little white dog watch over her.”

Xiao Bai: …

It really wasn’t a dog! It was a Pixiu! A divine beast, Pixiu!

“Xiao Bai, go take a look,” Xu Jingqiu admitted she was somewhat uneasy and instructed, “It’s up to you before we get there. No matter what a voice says, don’t be influenced by it.”

“I still want to meet this person, so don’t actually swallow them.”

Xiao Bai, having interrupted interrogations countless times before due to lack of restraint, sheepishly wiped its face with a paw, swallowed the rice in front of it in one gulp, and scurried away.

Yin Ruolan stared blankly as the plate disappeared, then turned to Xu Jingqiu, who calmly explained, “Plates are consumables where we come from. It’s normal.”

Alright then. Yin Ruolan didn’t say anything more and simply watched quietly as Xu Jingqiu ate bite by bite. For a moment, it felt as if she had returned to twenty years ago, back when nothing had happened yet.

“Snap out of it? Come back to the present.” Yin Ruolan abruptly pulled herself out of her memories and looked at the person she had longed for day and night. “We should set off now, to settle scores.”

A slight smile tugged at Yin Ruolan’s lips as she nodded, stood up, and took Xu Jingqiu’s hand. “Yes, let’s go settle accounts with Him.”

Starting from this moment, she would reclaim every bit of suffering from the past.

In the dungeon, Xiao Bai was perched on a clean chair, directing a demon soldier to lock up the prisoner. The demon soldier kept sneaking glances at Xiao Bai while working, his movements careless.

Xiao Bai knew full well that this was due to the influence of Ai Yanran and that self-proclaimed “Heavenly Dao” outer god. However, after a glance at the shadows where another person was hiding, Xiao Bai shifted its gaze back.

But there was no need to worry, this one wouldn’t escape.

The demon soldier finally couldn’t hold back any longer. Letting go, he turned around, about to say something, only to see Yin Ruolan arriving with Xu Jingqiu. He immediately stood at attention, not daring to move. “M-My Lord!”

The maid, who had been trying to break free, froze as well, even forgetting to struggle.

Yin Ruolan looked at the demon soldier, seemingly puzzled by his presence. “You may leave. Your services are no longer needed here,” Xu Jingqiu suddenly said, snapping her fingers. The previously loose chains instantly tightened around the maid.

The demon soldier hesitated for a moment, instinctively looking at Yin Ruolan. Seeing her nod, he slipped away as if his feet were oiled.

After the soldier left, Xu Jingqiu began to survey the surroundings. Bloodstains and dismembered limbs were everywhere, crawling with maggots. The ground was pitted with filthy water, emitting a foul stench. “You’re quite clever, and this place is truly filthy,” Xu Jingqiu remarked, turning to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai immediately lifted its head proudly, only to see Yin Ruolan flick her sleeve, causing the surrounding remains to vanish instantly. A gust of wind carried away the stench.

Xiao Bai: …

It turned its head away, refusing to look at the two of them.

The maid had been motionless since Yin Ruolan appeared, merely staring at her coldly. Only when Xu Jingqiu spoke did she realize another person was present, immediately casting a gaze full of malice and killing intent toward her.

But that person paid her no mind, instead nudging the one she had been longing for day and night, saying, “Your admirer, handle it yourself.”

Yin Ruolan reluctantly walked over. As she approached, the maid’s eyes instantly lit up, and she grew agitated, trying to move forward and making the chains clatter loudly: “My lady, my lady, have you finally come to see me? My lady, have you finally noticed me?”

Yin Ruolan, who had initially wanted to retort to Xu Jingqiu, was left speechless. She instinctively glanced at Xu Jingqiu, who merely raised an eyebrow, instantly igniting her anger. Her tone toward the maid turned icy and impatient: “Who do you think you are? What is your name?”

The maid looked at Yin Ruolan in disbelief: “You don’t even know my name?”

Yin Ruolan’s patience was nearing its limit: “Why should I remember your name? I don’t need to remember unimportant people.”

“Unimportant? I’ve been by your side day and night, and you call me unimportant. It’s her! It’s her, isn’t it! She’s the one who bewitched you, isn’t she?” The maid, after a moment of dazed confusion, suddenly roared at Xu Jingqiu, her expression so full of hatred it seemed she wanted to devour her.

Xu Jingqiu, who had been minding her own business: ? What does this have to do with me?

Yin Ruolan had no patience left to listen to the maid’s ramblings, which never got to the point. She directly cast a silencing spell on her and then turned to Xu Jingqiu: “What kind of aura is it?”

Xu Jingqiu crossed her arms and looked at the maid, who was glaring fiercely at her. Her fingers unconsciously tapped a few times before she stepped forward, passing through the cell door in the blink of an eye to stand before the maid. “How should I put this?”

With a wave of her hand, she removed the silencing spell. Squatting down to meet the maid’s eyes, Xu Jingqiu said coldly, “You were probably the little attendant by her side before, weren’t you? I can’t think of anyone else. I have no interest in talking to someone without a brain. You might as well come out now, Heavenly Dao.”

“Or should I call you. Outer God?”

The maid’s eyes suddenly rolled back, and she began convulsing. After a moment, her head drooped, and she fell still. Xu Jingqiu was in no hurry, simply watching quietly. In contrast, Yin Ruolan instinctively summoned her sword upon hearing the words “Heavenly Dao.”

Suddenly, the maid jerked her head up, both eyes completely white: “How did you recognize me? You’re just a mere mortal.”

“It seems your fragmented souls don’t share information,” Xu Jingqiu remarked. “Recognizing you was simple. One look was all it took.”

“Why go to such lengths to hide by her side? Noble as you Outer Gods are, you’d willingly cooperate with humans you look down upon? How peculiar.”

To Xu Jingqiu’s surprise, this Heavenly Dao exploded at her words: “Why? It’s all because of you! Who told her to stubbornly insist on resurrecting you? Why have you returned?! I refuse to accept this!”

“You’re just a human, how dare you stand against me? You’re nothing but an ant!”

Xu Jingqiu fell silent for a moment before asking, “You seem to hate me deeply. Why?”

The Heavenly Dao laughed in anger: “Why? The state I’m in today isn’t it all thanks to you?”

Xu Jingqiu looked utterly innocent: “But I was dragged here by you? I’d never even seen you before.”

Hearing this, the Heavenly Dao was practically fuming so this person had forgotten?! “You scoundrel! If you hadn’t shattered me, would I have stooped to collaborating with mere ants? Just you wait, I swear I’ll tear you to pieces!”

Xu Jingqiu felt completely baffled. When had she ever dealt with this thing? Among the Outer Gods she had beaten or killed, there wasn’t a single one called “Heavenly Dao.” She wasn’t about to take the blame for this: “Forget it. We’re just talking past each other. I doubt I’ll get anything useful out of you.”

Heavenly Dao: ?

With that, Xu Jingqiu clapped her hands and stood up. The bracelet on her wrist glowed, gathering in her palm to form a black Tang sword flowing with red light. “It seems the split souls don’t share information. Its only role was to keep an eye on you. In that case, there’s nothing more to ask.”

Hearing this, the Heavenly Dao’s split soul realized Xu Jingqiu was about to strike. Without a second thought, it surged with energy, shattering the ordinary iron chains, and turned to flee but a Tang sword pierced straight through it.

In the next instant, red light flashed, and flames consumed it entirely.

“This Heavenly Dao was crippled by someone first of all, let me clarify, I’m not that brutal; it wasn’t me. It could only act by attaching itself to people with malicious intentions. I suspect that so-called ‘Heavenly Venerable’ used this person’s obsession with you to let the Heavenly Dao’s split soul inhabit her body. She’s long been assimilated.” Retrieving the Heavenly Dao Ruler, Xu Jingqiu stepped through the cell door.

“Let’s go.”

Yin Ruolan sheathed her demon sword and, along with Xiao Bai, followed behind Xu Jingqiu, hesitating as if wanting to speak but holding back.

“If you have something to say, just say it. Beating around the bush isn’t like you at all. You’ve been acting strange today.” Xu Jingqiu stopped and turned to look at Yin Ruolan.

After a brief silence, Yin Ruolan asked, “How did you know about the Heavenly Dao’s split soul?”

Xu Jingqiu thought for a moment. “I ran into one before and casually snuffed it out.”

“The course of events in this world was previously controlled by this Outer God, what you call the Heavenly Dao. It’s only because someone crippled it that it’s now resorting to petty tricks. It seems that person might share my abilities, causing it to mistake me for them.”

Yin Ruolan recalled the day she was besieged and picked up the sword. “Then all that happened before.”

“The Heavenly Venerable and it were in cahoots. I can’t speak for everything, but what happened to you was definitely under their control. Now, though you’ve long since broken free.”

Yin Ruolan wasn’t particularly concerned about that; she cared about something else. “Then, do you still hate me?”

“I never hated you, whether you believe it or not.”

Yin Ruolan was taken aback and pressed further, “Then…”

“I’m sorry, I might need some time to think. I apologize.” Xu Jingqiu turned away again and continued walking forward.

After their conversation that day, Xu Jingqiu rarely saw Yin Ruolan, but she received small, novel trinkets every day. Like the rattle drum she was holding now.

She glanced at the rattle drum in her hand, then at the book that seemed to have been accidentally slipped in with it.

One Hundred Ways to Pursue Someone.

Xu Jingqiu: …

Xiao Bai: “Hahahaha, it seems she really isn’t giving up.”

Xu Jingqiu rolled her eyes, idly shaking a rattle drum as she gazed into the distance. The sudden surge of demonic energy was still visible, and the contract mark on the back of her hand glowed faintly once more before the demonic energy subsided slightly.

“I don’t think you’ll be able to settle things cleanly if this continues,” Xiao Bai said, shaking her head and yawning. “You’d better keep some distance, if you don’t want to get entangled with her again.”

“I know,” Xu Jingqiu replied indifferently. “But speaking of which, haven’t we been cooped up here for a long time?”

At this, Xiao Bai instantly perked up. “Exactly! How many days have you been holed up in this room? Let’s go, let’s go!” Wagging tail in anticipation.jpg.

Before Xu Jingqiu could respond, a noise came from outside the door. When she opened it, there was nothing to be seen except for a note and a map.

“Beyond the Demon Palace lies Heiyun City.”

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