After Redeeming The Beautiful and Tragic Heroine [Transmigration] - Chapter 4

An Immortal Boat was moored outside the outer sect disciples’ dormitories. The boat was bustling with people, a lively scene.

Yu Yuan was among them, but because she was wearing the Invisibility Cloak issued by the system, no one could see her.

Today was the day these outer sect disciples were invited to Sleepless City.

In the original novel, this was also the day Xue Qingshu, seizing the moment when Immortal Lord Wen Ti let down her guard, successfully escaped the Demon Prison Pavilion, hid inside this Immortal Boat, and was subsequently picked up by the male lead.

The male lead.

Yu Yuan’s thoughts paused on those two words, and she silently assessed: The source of all evil.

The source of the female lead’s blackening.

The male lead, who ascended step-by-step by selling out his wife, was the first of his kind.

Yu Yuan reasonably suspected that the remaining 0.001% of Xue Qingshu’s Blackening Value was more than likely tied to the male lead.

Therefore, to prevent Xue Qingshu from blackening on the spot right at the start, Yu Yuan chose to be one step ahead of the male lead and pick up Xue Qingshu herself.

And then…

She could use the “Three Steps to Saving a Person” guide bought from the system shop to instantly pull down Xue Qingshu’s Blackening Value, steering her back to the right path, or at least ensuring the other party would remove her from the death list.

Thinking this, Yu Yuan felt her plan was all set, just needing the female lead.

So, she quickly pulled back her wandering thoughts and hurried from the noisy bow to the quiet stern, checking every corner to see where Xue Qingshu was hiding.

But even as the Immortal Boat slowly began to ascend, she couldn’t find a trace of Xue Qingshu, not even a single silver hair.

Yu Yuan leaned against the deck, her brow furrowed into a ‘trident’ shape.

She didn’t understand. How could someone as substantial as Xue Qingshu be so hard to find?

Had the male lead already picked up Xue Qingshu before her?

No, impossible.

Yu Yuan clearly remembered that in the original novel, the male lead didn’t pick up Xue Qingshu until the Immortal Boat landed in Sleepless City.

What was going on then…

Yu Yuan looked up at the billowing sail, frustrated. Could she have boarded the wrong Immortal Boat?

But there was only this one Immortal Boat moored outside the outer sect disciples’ dormitories! Even if she wanted to board the wrong one, she couldn’t!

Excluding all possibilities.

Yu Yuan squatted down, pressing against the deck. While stroking the black cat in her arms, she asked it, “Do you think Xue Qingshu is on the Immortal Boat?”

The black cat: “Meow?”

It slowly opened its eyes, rolled over comfortably in Yu Yuan’s arms, then paused. Its turquoise-like cat eyes flickered.

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[System loading…]

[Checking original plot progression…]

[Noun known errors.]

[Host, the plot is proceeding smoothly. Please feel confident in completing the mission.]

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The mechanical voice stopped abruptly, and the system returned to silence.

Yu Yuan: “…”

The plot is still proceeding smoothly? That means Xue Qingshu is on the Immortal Boat?

But she had searched several times and truly hadn’t found anyone.

Yu Yuan was confused, her thoughts beginning to drift.

Maybe Xue Qingshu is hiding underneath the Immortal Boat? After all, in the original work, the male lead found her while disembarking.

And she hadn’t searched underneath the Immortal Boat, so that was indeed a possibility.

Of course, there was another possibility.

Yu Yuan connected Xue Qingshu’s skills as an Phantom Demon with the novel’s description of her abilities, leading her to a guess: Xue Qingshu might very well have transformed into someone else’s appearance and blended in with the disciples.

Yu Yuan’s round apricot eyes narrowed slightly. She rose from the ground, intending to head to the busiest part of the bow to start a new search.

But just as she lifted her foot, a sudden, urgent gust of wind blew right towards her face.

Yu Yuan instinctively closed her eyes, turned her head away, and tried to use her hand to block the strange wind.

But the wind was too strong for Yu Yuan to block with her hand. After just a few blasts, it threw her off balance, making her stumble backward repeatedly.

One step, two steps, three steps…

Yu Yuan was starting to suspect she had run into a ghost, encountering such an unreasonable wind.

She freed the hand that was blocking the wind, intending to form a seal to dispel the strange blast.

But to her surprise, the moment she released her hand, the wind instantly intensified, doubling the length of her backward stride, causing her foot to step squarely, and heavily, onto the Invisibility Cloak trailing behind her.

Having stepped on the cloak, the tie around her neck tightened sharply.

A suffocating sensation rushed to her head. Yu Yuan’s mind suddenly went blank, and her entire body fell heavily to the deck.

Dull pain flared up in her back, but Yu Yuan couldn’t focus on it. She scrambled to untie the knot that was tightly constricting her neck, terrified that the tie would snap her neck in the next second.

With the tie undone, fresh air rushed into her nasal cavity.

Yu Yuan gasped for air, completely unaware that the Invisibility Cloak had slipped off her body and onto the deck.

After a long while, Yu Yuan regained her senses and lay sprawled on the ground.

Beside her, the black cat stood guard.

“Meow!” The black cat’s vertical pupils reflected a figure, and it instantly bristled.

[Danger! Danger! Danger!]

[System loading!]

[Host, the villain is approaching. Be careful,be careful, be careful.]

Saying important things three times, the system anxiously jumped in front of Yu Yuan, blocking the person who was steadily approaching its Host.

“A’Yuan.” A voice rang out.

At the same time, Yu Yuan sprang up from the deck.

“Master?!” Yu Yuan was confused after meeting Xue Qingshu’s gaze.

How was Immortal Lord Wen Ti here? In the original novel, she should have been worrying about Xue Qingshu’s prison break right now.

Strange things happen in books, but this book has a particularly high number of them…

“Why are you here?”

“Why are you here?”

The two voices rang out simultaneously.

Yu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then realized something was wrong: How could Immortal Lord Wen Ti see her?!

She touched her head, then looked down at her body, finally spotting the issue.

The Invisibility Cloak had fallen off!

Yu Yuan’s body stiffened, and she quickly turned, bent down, picked up the fallen Invisibility Cloak, and hastily stuffed it into her storage bag.

“M-Master, please let me explain.” She bowed her head, extremely flustered and uneasy.

Xue Qingshu looked at her, her gaze briefly sweeping over the Spirit-Lock Bone on the other’s wrist. Then, with a turn of her finger on the hand hidden behind her back, the Spirit-Lock Bone vanished without a trace.

Yu Yuan noticed nothing amiss, still nervously keeping her head lowered.

“A’Yuan, what do you need to explain?” Xue Qingshu was silent for a moment before asking.

Yu Yuan: “It’s about boarding this Immortal Boat, I, I was just too bored staying on Qinglan Peak and wanted to go to Sleepless City to clear my head, so I got on this Immortal Boat.”

Yu Yuan explained with confused syntax. The fear of her teacher, which was etched into her bones, always made her tongue-tied in front of Immortal Lord Wen Ti.

Xue Qingshu smiled faintly: “Being bored on Qinglan Peak, you should indeed come out and walk around. No need to be nervous.”

Yu Yuan looked up, cautiously glancing at Xue Qingshu, and quickly looked away: “Master isn’t mad that I ran off?”

Immortal Lord Wen Ti always said she was the young sect master of the Miaoyin Sect and should set a good example for the inner and outer disciples.

Therefore, the other party often restricted her, making her recite texts and practice calligraphy, simply refusing to let her leave the Miaoyin Sect.

Because of this, Yu Yuan almost suspected there was something wrong with her own ears when Xue Qingshu said those words.

She even wondered if Immortal Lord Wen Ti had been possessed by some kind ghost.

Of course, while she wondered, Yu Yuan thought that in the cultivation world, besides the female lead who would be fully blackened and wreak havoc later on, no one would dare to possess Immortal Lord Wen Ti.

“Traveling with me does not count as running off,” Xue Qingshu chimed in while Yu Yuan was lost in thought. “Of course, if you feel stifled staying in the sect, I will no longer stop you from going out for a walk.”

Yu Yuan: ?!

She felt like her villainous master might actually have been possessed.

Xue Qingshu: “Naturally, your studies cannot be neglected. Come with me to recite texts now.”

Yu Yuan: “…”

It seems she wasn’t possessed. I was overthinking it.

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