After Redeeming The Beautiful and Tragic Heroine [Transmigration] - Chapter 23

The last Shadow Corpse was slain, and the Brahma Illusion began to dissipate.

Xue Qingshu glanced at the slowly rising sun in the distance, tapped her toe, leaped from the rooftop tiles, and landed smoothly on the ground.

She walked to the third bush outside the front hall, looked inside, and found Yu Yuan leaning against the wall, asleep with her eyes closed.

The white gauze still covered her eyes, but somehow, it had slipped halfway down, dangling near the tip of her nose.

Xue Qingshu smiled faintly at the sight. She stepped forward, intending to reach out and re-adjust the gauze for Yu Yuan.

Unexpectedly, a sparrow perched on Yu Yuan’s shoulder. Just as Xue Qingshu’s hand was about to touch Yu Yuan, it sharply pecked her.

【Host, Villain is approaching!】

【Host, Villain is approaching!!】

【Host, Villain is approaching!!!】

【Danger, Danger, Danger!!!!】

The little sparrow chirped incessantly.

Yu Yuan woke up with a start from her dream, scrambling to sit up.

Where is the villain? She vaguely looked at the white figure, which was only a rough outline in front of her. She closed her eyes, shook her head, and opened them again, still unable to see clearly.

Yu Yuan: …

She was confused for a moment, but fragments of last night’s Shadow Corpse battle quickly flooded her mind, reminding her of her situation.

“Master?” Yu Yuan’s voice was muffled. “You’re back?”

She was still slightly out of sorts.

“Yes, I’m back.”

Xue Qingshu nodded in response to Yu Yuan. She half-crouched down, meeting the other woman’s still-clouded eyes.

“I’ll help you fix your gauze.”

Xue Qingshu informed Yu Yuan and reached out again.

This time, Yu Yuan did not refuse Xue Qingshu, allowing the other woman’s fingers to gently touch her face and adjust the white gauze.

With the gauze secured, Xue Qingshu helped Yu Yuan stand up from the ground.

“Let’s head back to the Medicine Hall,” Xue Qingshu said.

Yu Yuan nodded, straightened her body, placed her hand on Xue Qingshu’s arm, still needing the other woman to act as her temporary support.

“Master, are all the Shadow Corpses dealt with?” Yu Yuan remembered the important matter and asked.

Xue Qingshu supported her as they walked onto the stone path, replying: “They are.”

Yu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

With the Shadow Corpses gone, she could finally leave this dreadful place.

She roughly calculated that she had been away from the Miaoyin Sect for three days. Her father, Yu Qinzhong, must be worried sick.

Thinking this, Yu Yuan suddenly paused. “Oh, right, where’s Wei Haoran?”

She recalled Wei Haoran, who had been strangely quiet like a quail while she leaned against the wall, and muttered inwardly, I almost forgot about him again.

If she returned to the sect missing a disciple, she would be derelict in her duty as the Young Sect Master.

Xue Qingshu understood Yu Yuan’s concern. She reassured her: “Don’t worry, he’s following behind. He didn’t die.”

Xue Qingshu glanced back at the obedient Wei Haoran trailing them and motioned for him to speak up.

Wei Haoran: …

“Young Sect Master, I’m here.”

The Male Protagonist, relegated to being a background player but daring not to resist, spoke up dutifully.

Yu Yuan breathed another sigh of relief.

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The three soon returned to the Medicine Hall (infirmary).

Inside, Qin Niang was seated on a low stool. Beside her, Elder Qin was tending to her injuries.

“Oh, what a tragedy! Why are the wounds so severe? This is distressing this old man.”

Yu Yuan heard Elder Qin’s complaint as she entered the hall.

Her willow-shaped eyebrows furrowed. Supported by Xue Qingshu, she sat down on a low stool and asked Elder Qin: “What exactly is the situation with Qin Niang’s injuries?”

“What situation? She’s injured—”

Elder Qin paused. Seeing the white gauze covering Yu Yuan’s eyes, he changed the subject: “What happened to the Young Sect Master?”

He walked up to Yu Yuan and waved his hand in front of her eyes.

“You haven’t gone blind, have you?” he said tactlessly, placing his hand on Yu Yuan’s pulse.

After a moment, he let out a Tch, and said: “It turns out you used the Clear-Sky Thunderbolt Talisman. You brought this upon yourself.”

Yu Yuan: …

Her lips twitched. She restrained the urge to yank out Elder Qin’s beard and brought the conversation back to the main topic: “What about Qin Niang’s injuries?”

Elder Qin rummaged through the medicine cabinet. “What can be done? She’s damaged her foundation. This old man is powerless to reverse it.”

As he spoke, he suddenly poked his head out from under the cabinet, looking at Yu Yuan: “Of course, if the Young Sect Master takes Miss Qin Niang to the Miaoyin Sect and asks those old fogeys who’ve lived a hundred years longer than me to look at her, there might still be hope.”

Yu Yuan pondered for a moment: “I’ll take her.”

With the City Lord’s Estate in its current state, it was not suitable for recovery.

Beside them, Qin Niang also understood the situation. She looked at Elder Qin with worry and asked: “Uncle Qin, what will you do after I leave?”

“Naturally, I’ll continue to guard this estate,” Elder Qin blurted out, then started rummaging through the medicine cabinet again. “With this Shadow Corpse business at the estate, as a half-insider who managed to save his own life, this old man certainly can’t be cleared when the Immortal Alliance comes to investigate.”

“So, rather than playing cat and mouse with the Immortal Alliance, I might as well turn myself in.”

Elder Qin finally found what he was looking for.

He walked out from behind the cabinet and placed the item in Qin Niang’s hand: “But, Miss, you don’t need to worry about this old man. I’ve lived for so many years. I haven’t learned much else, but I have mastered being dishonorable in old age.”

“Don’t worry. With those young brats from the Immortal Alliance, you’ll see how I make them run in circles.”

Yu Yuan, hearing Elder Qin call himself “dishonorable in old age”: …

Wei Haoran, hearing Elder Qin say he would “toy with the Immortal Alliance”: …

He could have said those things in private! We really didn’t want to hear that!

Yu Yuan and Wei Haoran silently turned their backs to Elder Qin.

Elder Qin, meanwhile, continued speaking to Qin Niang: “Miss, the City Lord and his family have wronged you and your mother greatly. Consider this Season Token my way of compensating you on their behalf.”

A Season Token?!

The Season Token that costs ten thousand spirit stones?!

Yu Yuan and Wei Haoran turned around simultaneously, looking at Elder Qin.

The item Elder Qin had just taken out was a shimmering token engraved with the words “Four Seasons.”

Yu Yuan: !

Wei Haoran: !

They couldn’t help but look at it with envy.

However, Qin Niang refused Elder Qin: “Uncle Qin, this is too valuable. You should keep it for yourself.”

She placed the Season Token back in Elder Qin’s hand.

Seeing this, Elder Qin glanced at Yu Yuan and Wei Haoran, who were staring at the token, and said directly: “Miss, you keep the Season Token. If you leave it with this old man, it will likely end up in the Immortal Alliance’s pocket, along with this entire estate.”

“This old man doesn’t want to benefit those freeloaders in the Immortal Alliance, and certainly not those freeloading sects under the Immortal Alliance.”

Yu Yuan: …

Wei Haoran: …

We’ve been offended.

The two silently looked away again.

Elder Qin and Qin Niang spoke intimately for most of the morning.

Yu Yuan slept against the door of the Medicine Hall for most of the morning.

Xue Qingshu stood guard beside Yu Yuan, silent.

Wei Haoran was dispatched by Yu Yuan to gather the outer disciples of the Miaoyin Sect, preparing to return to the sect.

This continued until the sun began to set and the Brahma Illusion completely dissipated.

Only then did Elder Qin finish his last words with Qin Niang. He then woke Yu Yuan: “Young Sect Master, Miss Qin Niang and I have finished everything we needed to say. You can notify the Immortal Alliance now.”

Yu Yuan: ?

Do I look like the person who contacts the Immortal Alliance?

Yu Yuan recalled her apparently fake villain master.

Hmm, it really seems like I’m the only one left.

Yu Yuan pinched her fingers together. A Transmission Talisman flew from her fingertips. Before long, the Immortal Alliance sent back a reply.

With the Immortal Alliance’s response, everything was settled.

Yu Yuan stretched, unable to wait any longer to return to the Miaoyin Sect.

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