After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 17

Shen Jin’s words were uttered with genuine emotion and righteous indignation. His eyes were filled with hatred, looking as if he wished he could tear the man named Xing Jiu to pieces.

He certainly didn’t look like he was faking it.

However, Ye Tingran did not completely trust him because of this; she still maintained her guard. She opened her mouth and asked, “What is the cultivation realm of that Xing Jiu? What are his specialized moves?”

Shen Jin looked somewhat dejected upon hearing this, but he did not conceal anything, telling her everything he knew honestly: “That Xing Jiu is at the peak of the late-stage Golden Core realm. He is subtly touching the threshold of the Nascent Soul realm, which is equivalent to having one foot in the Nascent Soul stage.”

Stopping at this point, Shen Jin paused, as if recalling some unpleasant memory. His tone became solemn: “This man is tall and incredibly strong. He excels at using a large curved blade. His blade momentum is unstoppable. I exchanged blows with him for less than half an hour before I was defeated, and even my original weapon was sliced in two by him.”

Looking around at the group of people, Shen Jin sighed and shook his head: “Although you were able to defeat me, forgive my bluntness, but I don’t think you can defeat Xing Jiu.”

After he finished speaking, the Mountain God Temple fell into silence. Song Linlin had already known that the fellow from Luofeng Temple had late-stage Golden Core strength, so she was mentally prepared and not that shocked at the moment.

The others, however, had no idea about the true situation. Upon suddenly hearing that the enemy had the strength of someone with one foot in the Nascent Soul realm, their faces all looked displeased.

No matter how much they thought about it, they never anticipated that a Sect mission would be this difficult. In the past, only a few teams would encounter enemies at the early-stage Golden Core realm. The difficulty level for their team was far too excessive…

After a long silence, Ye Tingran took a deep breath and exhaled, her tone unchanged, “I understand.”

“Since you’ve decided to give up, then let me go. I’ll pretend I never met any of you here today.”

Shen Jin also sighed. When facing Xing Jiu, perhaps he had held onto hope before, but the moment his weapon was severed by the opponent, he deeply recognized the gap between them.

It was a gap that he couldn’t close just by working hard. He truly had no chance of winning against that person.

“I won’t let you go,” Ye Tingran rejected his suggestion.

“You…” Shen Jin thought the other party still intended to take his life, so he could only accept his bad luck. Since he had been captured by this group of people, he said simply, “Since you won’t release me, then just kill me quickly.”

Ye Tingran shook her head, “Tomorrow, you will lead me into Luofeng Temple. I’m going to meet this Xing Jiu.”

“Senior Sister Ye!” Zhiyu’s large eyes looked at her, filled with shock and worry, clearly not wanting her to go.

Liu Zhi’s expression was also complex; he seemed to be contemplating something.

“You… you really plan to go?” Shen Jin couldn’t believe it, his voice filled with surprise and uncertainty.

“Yes,” Ye Tingran nodded, her eyes firm: “As the team leader, I naturally can’t abandon a Sect mission. Besides, how will we know if we can win without trying?”

Song Linlin sighed silently on the side. She truly lives up to her reputation as the protagonist of this book. When others face this kind of situation, they would definitely be thinking about abandoning the mission and fleeing. Yet, Ye Tingran genuinely wanted to fight Xing Jiu.

Seeing Ye Tingran’s determined look, Shen Jin was probably also influenced. He nodded: “Alright! I’ll take you there tomorrow morning. The people patrolling Luofeng Temple are all my former subordinates. I can lead you to Xing Jiu’s presence, but the fight afterward will be entirely up to you.”

“I rarely have the opportunity to leave Luofeng Temple. After getting the money from Mu Tong, I usually go to the city for a night of drinking and return when it’s light. You still have some time to prepare now. I will take you to Luofeng Temple when dawn breaks.”

“Understood, thank you,” Ye Tingran’s attitude toward him improved slightly.

She turned around and then said to Liu Zhi, “Senior Brother Liu Zhi, please stay here and watch him. I will take Zhiyu and Junior Sister Song back to the inn first to arrange the follow-up.”

“Okay,” Liu Zhi did not refuse.

“Let’s go, Zhiyu, Junior Sister Song, let’s head back to the inn first.” Ye Tingran turned, revealing a faint, shallow smile.

In this situation, this smile inexplicably made people feel sad.

“Wait a moment, I’ll go retrieve the sword.”

The sword Zhiyu had lent her was still lying in the corner. Chi Qianning was still sitting in her spot, silently observing the others’ conversation.

Song Linlin walked over, first picked up the sword, and then looked up at Chi Qianning and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you back.”

“No need.” Chi Qianning shook her head, stood up, and brushed off the straw clinging to her clothes, “Let’s walk together.”

“Oh, that works too.”

Song Linlin had no objection. Since the others couldn’t see her, it was quite nice for her to want to walk a bit. She had stayed in the room for the past two days; it was time to get some exercise.

The group walked out of the Mountain God Temple together, while Liu Zhi remained there to guard Shen Jin.

Ye Tingran led the way, with Zhiyu following her. Knowing the situation, Zhiyu was clearly in a bad mood, and the faint smile usually hanging on her lips had disappeared.

Song Linlin walked at the very back, side by side with Chi Qianning. Looking at Ye Tingran’s upright figure ahead, she couldn’t help but sigh.

Regarding the so-called “arrangements for the follow-up,” Song Linlin could clearly see that Ye Tingran intended to face Xing Jiu alone, unwilling to let the other team members make futile sacrifices.

Although she knew that in the original plot, Ye Tingran ultimately won, that was only after she was stimulated by the death of most of her fellow disciples, leading to a temporary breakthrough to the Golden Core realm before finally defeating Xing Jiu.

But now, Ye Tingran planned to go alone, and Song Linlin was a bit uncertain about the outcome.

Song Linlin turned her head to look at Chi Qianning and cautiously asked, “Do you think… she can win alone?”

Chi Qianning glanced sideways at Song Linlin, then stared at Ye Tingran’s back. After a moment’s thought, she said, “Hard to say.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

Song Linlin was suddenly uncertain now. According to the original book’s plot, Ye Tingran would definitely win, but since her transmigration, many things had changed. This time, Ye Tingran was the only one going to deal with the final boss…

Ye Tingran is the protagonist, she surely won’t die, right…

Under Song Linlin’s nervous gaze, Chi Qianning slowly explained: “If it were anyone else who dared to do this, they would naturally be doomed to die. However, with this person, it really is hard to say.”

“There are always some people in this world who are born with great destiny. Among all the humans I have seen, her destiny is the most abundant. Such people are often more likely to create miracles and achieve things ordinary people cannot.”

Isn’t that just stating the obvious? Ye Tingran is the female protagonist, so of course, she possesses great destiny. Being the Chosen One is no joke.

Song Linlin felt helpless, feeling like she had listened to a lot of useless talk. Her mind was in a turmoil. Of course, she wanted to help Ye Tingran, but her current strength was a limiting factor. It would be an achievement not to become a burden.

“You want to help her?” Chi Qianning saw through her thoughts and raised an eyebrow.

“Of course I want to help her.” Song Linlin sighed, helplessly saying, “But with my strength, forget about it.”

After speaking, she looked at Chi Qianning with eyes full of anticipation. Although she didn’t have the strength, Chi Qianning did!

Meeting Song Linlin’s expectant gaze, Chi Qianning chuckled and countered, “Why are you looking at me? She is a righteous person, and we are not related. I will not help humans.”

“Alright.” Song Linlin deflated again.

This answer was within Song Linlin’s expectations. Chi Qianning was not an easy person to talk to, and she really shouldn’t expect her to help others.

Song Linlin let out a long sigh: “Oh dear!”

“I won’t help her, but I can help you,” Chi Qianning’s voice rang out beside her.

“Help me?” Song Linlin couldn’t quite grasp it, and she eyed the other person with suspicion, “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t help humans?”

After saying that, Song Linlin realized she had said something foolish. No matter what, she should at least hear the other person out, or else, given her moody temperament, she might change her mind about helping.

Just as Song Linlin was quickly thinking about how to salvage the situation in her mind, the other person spoke first:

“Do you think a normal human would be hanging out with me every day like you are?”

Song Linlin obediently shook her head. Although Chi Qianning was quite amiable toward her, and she could safely sleep in the same bed for a night, that was also because Song Linlin was sufficiently bold.

If the Sect were to find out that she was constantly hanging around with Chi Qianning, she would definitely be hunted down and prosecuted.

Seeing Song Linlin shake her head so honestly, Chi Qianning nodded with satisfaction, “Naturally, you are not a good thing yourself now.”

Why does it feel like a virtuous woman is being led astray?

Shaking off these strange thoughts, Song Linlin looked at her, confused: “So, how can you help?”

“Want to know?”

Song Linlin vigorously nodded, “Of course I do!”

Then, under Song Linlin’s expectant and curious gaze, the other person slightly curled her lips, her scarlet eyes carrying a mischievous glint. Her tone was joyful, and the final syllable was clearly elevated: “Beg me.”

“Huh?”

Song Linlin was utterly stunned by that single sentence. What kind of trick was she pulling now? This clearly looked like she was playing a prank!

Fortunately, Song Linlin wasn’t a person who cared too much about her pride. A great person knows when to yield. At a time like this, the priority was to beg first.

She immediately hugged Chi Qianning’s arm, holding it tightly and swinging it back and forth. She rubbed her head against the other’s shoulder, her tone sweetly affectionate: “I beg you~ My Lady, please tell me~ Please, please~”

Chi Qianning genuinely hadn’t expected Song Linlin to beg her so readily. It seemed she had overestimated the lower limit of the other person’s shamelessness. She tried to pull her arm away, but the other person was hugging too tightly and couldn’t be pulled free.

“Alright, let go first.”

“Okay!”

Song Linlin immediately released the arm she was tightly hugging and looked at Chi Qianning with an expectant expression, “So, what is it?”

Chi Qianning uttered two words without changing her expression: “Dual Cultivation.”

“Dual Cultivation?” Song Linlin didn’t quite understand and curiously pressed, “How do we cultivate this?”

“You’ll know when the time comes,” Chi Qianning did not specify, vaguely brushing off the question.

Song Linlin nodded, “Alright.”

Her impression of Dual Cultivation was still stuck on the Return of the Condor Heroes TV series she watched before, where Xiao Longnü and Yang Guo sat together to cultivate. It should be similar, right?

But why does it feel more and more wrong the more I think about it?