After Redeeming The Beautiful and Tragic Heroine [Transmigration] - Chapter 27

“System, where are you?”

Yu Yuan stood in a void. Aside from Xue Qingshu standing beside her, there was absolutely nothing else.

As far as the eye could see, from the sky to the ground, everything was pitch-black with no dividing line; the two merged completely into one.

She tried to contact the System, wanting to ask for the specifics of the Soul Annihilation Array.

But ever since they fell into the array, the husky that had been by her side vanished.

In her Sea of Consciousness, repeated inquiries were met only with sporadic “zzzt-zzzt” static.

Left with no choice, she turned to Xue Qingshu.

“Master,” she had no intention of exposing Xue Qingshu’s alter ego, “What should we do next?”

What should we do next?

Yu Yuan had asked Xue Qingshu this question many times.

For some reason, she trusted her implicitly. No matter what the other party said, she somehow felt: This must be the right way to handle things.

Of course, if the System were present, she would get a second layer of confirmation.

Xue Qingshu was also examining the surrounding environment.

Hearing Yu Yuan’s question, she turned to look at her and answered truthfully: “I don’t know.”

She had only heard the name of this Soul Annihilation Array, knowing it was the secret formation of the Demon Prison Pavilion.

Apart from the one thing Immortal Lord Wen Ti had threatened her with “Those who enter this array will face certain death”—she knew nothing else.

“I see.” Yu Yuan intended to try poking the System again.

But before she could even hear the “zzzt” sound, a burst of white light suddenly flared up in the distance, drawing her attention.

Yu Yuan and Xue Qingshu exchanged a look and walked toward the white light.

As the light subsided, an old man with white hair and a white beard appeared.

He was sitting in front of a grave, a copper basin at his feet where a flame was leaping, burning spirit money.

The two stood behind the old man, watching him for a long moment.

Finally, Yu Yuan spoke up: “Elder, who are you? And why are you offering sacrifices here—”

Yu Yuan looked at the tombstone in front of the grave but paused when she saw it was blank, without a single character.

At the same time, the old man, who had his back to them, turned around.

He glanced up at Xue Qingshu, then focused on Yu Yuan.

“This old man is the Array Spirit of the Soul Annihilation Array,” the elder introduced himself. “This is the resting place for all the demons who fall into the array, and this old man guards them here.”

After he spoke, he squinted, stretched out his neck, and leaned close to Yu Yuan.

Seeing this, Yu Yuan instinctively backed away. “What are you doing?”

The elder pulled his neck back, rubbed his nose, and said: “No one’s entered the Soul Annihilation Array for years. This old man is just smelling the freshness.”

Smelling the freshness?! Yu Yuan froze.

Is this Array Spirit planning to eat her?!

Her heart clenched, and she began racking her brain for any records in the books she had read about an “Array Spirit eating people.”

After much thought, she only came to one conclusion: What legitimate Array Spirit eats people!

Wait, she genuinely didn’t know if the Array Spirit in front of her was legitimate or not.

Yu Yuan’s look at the old man became strange.

The old man met her gaze, shivered, and quickly shuffled backward, maintaining his distance from Yu Yuan. “This old man is a respectable person—no, a respectable Array Spirit! Little girl, stop staring at this old man like that. Nothing can come of us!”

Yu Yuan: …

Xue Qingshu: …

Why is he flattering himself?

“I have no intention of anything coming of us,” Yu Yuan retorted, pouting. “Elder Array Spirit, we just want to know how we can leave the Soul Annihilation Array.”

“Leave the Soul Annihilation Array?” the elder sat up straight. “Simple. I can send you out with the snap of a finger.”

Yu Yuan was delighted: “Really?”

She hadn’t expected the Demon Prison Pavilion’s secret array to be so easy to resolve.

The elder nodded: “Really. You are human, not a demon, so this old man naturally won’t keep you.”

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Xue Qingshu: “However, you, Phantom Demon, this old man must keep you here to keep him company.”

Xue Qingshu: …

She remained expressionless and silent.

But the nearby Yu Yuan immediately lost her composure: “You want to keep her here? Absolutely not!”

The elder slowly tossed more spirit money into the copper basin. “Why not?”

Yu Yuan stated directly: “She is not a Phantom Demon. She is my Master, Immortal Lord Wen Ti of the Miaoyin Sect. She is human.”

The elder heard this and burst into laughter, as if he had heard the world’s funniest joke. “Human? She is human? Do you think this old man looks human?”

Yu Yuan: …

She frowned.

The elder also lost the patience to continue arguing with her.

He got up from the ground, turned toward where Xue Qingshu was standing, placed a fist over his mouth, and gave a cough.

Xue Qingshu’s illusion shattered instantly, revealing her true appearance.

In the darkness, her silver hair fell across her shoulders, and a pair of pure, silvery, diamond-like eyes were bright and clear.

Unlike the beggar’s clothes Yu Yuan first saw her in, and unlike the bloodied, battle-damaged state she was in inside the cell, the current Xue Qingshu was like a sudden blooming snow lotus on an immortal mountain, stunningly beautiful.

Seeing this, the elder’s eyes widened, and he exclaimed repeatedly: “Whoa! This Phantom Demon is truly beautiful! Even prettier than the Enchantress and Fox Demons this old man has seen. This old man likes it, likes it!”

“Like your head!” Yu Yuan suddenly yelled at the elder. “What does her beauty have to do with you?!”

This was the first time Yu Yuan had ever yelled at someone at the top of her lungs.

Perhaps because they were alone, she cast aside all reserve.

Yu Yuan was now acting as if some strange switch had been flipped, making her almost unrecognizable from the usual aloof Young Sect Master.

Xue Qingshu, standing beside her, was momentarily stunned, also surprised by her intense reaction.

“A’Yuan,” she spoke up, trying to soothe the trembling Yu Yuan.

However, Yu Yuan rolled up her sleeve and grabbed the elder’s white beard.

“Let us go!” she shouted again, her face flushed crimson.

The elder cried out in pain and grabbed Yu Yuan’s hand. “This old man said humans can leave, but demons cannot!”

As his voice fell, streams of fire lit up behind him. Immediately, in the midst of the darkness, countless graves appeared before the two of them.

At the same time, a name suddenly appeared on the previously blank tombstone in front of the nearest grave: Xue Qingshu.

Yu Yuan’s gaze swept over the name on the tombstone, her pupils constricting. In that moment of shock, the elder’s body suddenly twisted and contorted, transforming into a mass of black mist that counter-attacked Yu Yuan’s grasping hand.

Yu Yuan cried out in pain, hurriedly letting go and backing away.

The elder’s sinister cackles emanated from the black mist: “Since you won’t leave, don’t blame this old man for being ruthless.”

The elder’s voice stopped.

Then, the black mist abruptly swelled exponentially and shot toward Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan couldn’t evade it and was about to be swallowed.

But just as the black mist was about to touch her, a screen of silvery-white light blocked her path.

Xue Qingshu manipulated the light screen to negate the power of the black mist.

Yu Yuan looked back at her, her first thought being: Xue Qingshu truly is breathtakingly beautiful.

She was like a goddess descending to the world; no matter where she stood, everything around her was cast into shadow.

“A’Yuan.” Xue Qingshu called out to Yu Yuan, who was standing frozen in place.

Hearing the call, Yu Yuan shook her head, quickly snapped out of her daze, and gathered spiritual power with her fingers, preparing to fight the black mist alongside Xue Qingshu.

Unexpectedly, the moment the spiritual blade formed on her fingertip, black mist suddenly appeared at her feet. Her whole body was firmly immobilized, unable to move.

Simultaneously, the elder’s voice sounded a second time, this time from behind her.

“You two, trying to fight this old man? You’re truly overestimating yourselves!”

He scoffed, and the black mist dispersed, transforming into a sky full of black mist arrows that flew toward Xue Qingshu’s light screen.

Xue Qingshu frowned, gritting her teeth as she stepped forward, shielding Yu Yuan behind her.

Watching this, Yu Yuan’s stiff hands beneath her sleeves slowly curled into fists. The spiritual power locked within her spiritual meridians began to flow faintly.

She was ready to forcibly break through the black mist’s control over her.

Yet, the elder’s voice suddenly shifted, sounding from directly behind her: “Phantom Demon, you seem to care a great deal about this little girl.”

A chill ran through Yu Yuan’s blood.

Her only movable part, her head, mechanically twisted backward.

In her peripheral vision, she saw another mass of black mist condensing behind her, forming a sharp sword.

Yu Yuan’s breathing stopped.

In her eyes, the sharp sword flew rapidly toward her.

It looks like this is the only way.

Her eyes flickered, and a spiritual sword gradually materialized in her palm.

But just as the sword was about to pierce her, a person abruptly stepped in front of her, and the sword plunged through their lower abdomen.

“Xue, Xue Qingshu…”

Yu Yuan gasped, her eyes returning to normal, and the spiritual sword in her hand vanished.

She hadn’t expected Xue Qingshu to take the blow for her. Even more surprisingly, as Xue Qingshu fell, her hand was still held high, supporting the light screen, blocking the mist arrows for Yu Yuan behind her.

“Why?” Yu Yuan didn’t understand.

Xue Qingshu didn’t answer the question. Instead, just before closing her eyes, she suddenly commanded: “Recite the Scripture of Clarity and Stillness.”

The Scripture of Clarity and Stillness?

Yu Yuan didn’t know what good reciting that would do.

The Scripture of Clarity and Stillness certainly couldn’t pacify the Soul Annihilation Array Spirit.

But as the sound of the light screen shattering reached her, she chose to listen to the other party, closed her eyes, and began to quickly recite it.

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