After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 21.3

Chi Qianning had changed into another set of clothes at some point. Last night’s thin gauze dress was clearly for sleeping, but today she was wearing a dress that was pure white on the upper body and gradually faded to blue below, with light blue embroidery on the collar. She wondered where Chi Qianning got so many clothes.

Just as they were about to leave, Song Linlin suddenly remembered something else. “Oh, right, if we’re leaving, we should leave a note for Zhiyu, so she knows where I went.”

She then ran to find paper and a brush, wrote a note, and left it on the table, weighed down by a teacup to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Only after finishing all this did, she feel reassured enough to walk out of the inn.

Standing on the street, Song Linlin looked at the still dark sky. There was still some time until dawn. The street was empty, and there was no sign of anyone else.

She had delayed a bit getting ready to leave, so Ye Tingran was naturally long gone by now.

Song Linlin looked around blankly, finally turning her gaze to Chi Qianning for help, “I forgot how to get there yesterday…”

Last night, on the way back, she had just followed Ye Tingran and Zhiyu the whole way. Song Linlin had not seriously memorized the route, having spent the time chatting with Chi Qianning. She hoped Chi Qianning would know the route.

Chi Qianning met her pleading gaze. She had anticipated something like this would happen and was not surprised. She opened her mouth and said faintly, “There’s no need to go through the trouble of walking. I’ll take you there directly.”

There was an operation like this?!

Song Linlin looked at her and felt that it somehow made sense. This was a world of cultivation, so why couldn’t they teleport directly to the other person’s doorstep? This would save her the trouble of walking such a long distance.

“But do you know where Luofeng Temple is?” Song Linlin asked curiously.

She did not recall Chi Qianning ever visiting that place, and even Song Linlin herself could not remember the route.

“I can roughly sense it.”

Chi Qianning explained, “That Xing Jiu has the strength of a late Golden Core stage cultivator. Within a twenty-mile radius, I can only sense one human who is at the late Golden Core stage.”

“Then there must be no mistake.”

In this small place where even the Foundation Establishment stage could walk around with arrogance, that late Golden Core fellow must be Xing Jiu!

Chi Qianning held Song Linlin’s wrist, not bothering to check if the other person was ready. “Let’s go.”

The next moment, Song Linlin felt a rush of weightlessness, but thankfully it stopped quickly. Moreover, with Chi Qianning holding her wrist, she did not fall.

When she opened her eyes again, the surrounding scenery had completely changed. The wide street and the buildings on both sides were all gone, replaced by a dense maple forest. Before her was a red enclosure wall and a wooden gate, with the three characters “Luofeng Temple” written on the plaque in bold, flowing calligraphy.

“How amazing…”

Song Linlin could not figure out how the other person had done this. It was beyond her knowledge. Chi Qianning released her wrist, glanced at the direction of the gate, and then disdainfully looked away.

“One late Golden Core, one late Foundation Establishment, and most of the others are ordinary people, with a few at the Qi Refining stage,” she effortlessly saw through the strength of the group inside.

Song Linlin pressed on, “How many people are there in total?”

“Over thirty.”

“That many?!”

Song Linlin was startled. Even if most were ordinary people and at the Qi Refining stage, there were still a lot of them. She and Ye Tingran only totaled two people, and whether Chi Qianning would help was entirely up to her mood, so she could not rely on her too much.

Just that one late Foundation Establishment guy was enough to give Song Linlin a headache, not to mention Xing Jiu, who was at the late Golden Core stage.

The thought alone gave Song Linlin a massive headache. With a grim look on her face, she let out a labored sigh.

Chi Qianning glanced at her, and said unamused, “You’re already at the Golden Core stage, what are you afraid of when there are many people?”

“Me???”

“Golden Core stage?!”

This time, Song Linlin was truly flabbergasted. She carefully checked, and indeed found that a Golden Core had inexplicably formed in her Dantian.

She looked at Chi Qianning in disbelief, “Did I advance during the dual cultivation last night? Why don’t I remember?”

She had woken up to find herself suddenly upgraded from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the early Golden Core stage, completely skipping a realm. Happiness had come too suddenly. Sleeping with Chi Qianning had directly saved her five years of hard work.

Chi Qianning rolled her eyes at her, “At the time, all you could say was that you couldn’t take it anymore and were about to die. Of course, you don’t remember.”

If she had not forced Song Linlin to continuously circulate her cultivation technique, Song Linlin would have given up long ago and would never have reached the Golden Core stage.

“Ahem.”

Song Linlin coughed awkwardly. Recalling last night’s events, her ears couldn’t help but turn red. By the end of last night, she had been so stimulated by pleasure that her consciousness was blurred. She truly did not remember many details, nor did she know how much nonsense she had spoken.

She could only look up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, forcefully changing the subject, “Look, it’s almost dawn!”

However, following that angle, the sky was still very dark.

Realizing she had stated the obvious, Song Linlin was tactful enough to stop talking. She leaned against the tree trunk behind her, bored. “Did we arrive too early?”

Ye Tingran clearly still needed to go to the Mountain God Temple to find Liu Zhi, and then bring Shen Jin here. That journey was not short.

Normally, if Song Linlin had walked the whole way, the timing would have been about right, but now that Chi Qianning had teleported them directly to the destination, they suddenly had nothing to do.

Chi Qianning walked up to her, extended her hand, and said faintly, “Let’s go. I’ll take you for a walk.”

Song Linlin had no reason to refuse and immediately grabbed her hand. Anywhere was better than just waiting here.

This time, Song Linlin was more prepared and was not startled like the first time. The surrounding scenery changed, and the next second, the two of them arrived by a lake. Not far away was a lakeside pavilion, built by who knows who.

Song Linlin walked across the wooden bridge into the pavilion. The lake was covered with lotus flowers. The round lotus leaves were connected to each other. Occasionally, the wind blew, causing the lotus seed pods to collide, and the lake water rippled slightly.

Chi Qianning sat on the stone stool in the pavilion. Song Linlin curiously leaned on the railing and noticed many lotus seed pods nearby. She immediately turned her head and said with delight, “Chi Qianning, do you want to eat lotus seeds?”

Without waiting for an answer, Song Linlin turned back to face the lake, reaching out for the nearest lotus pod. “Wait for me. I’ll pick it right away, and then I’ll peel it for you.”

The refusal was on the tip of her tongue, but Chi Qianning looked at the way she was trying so hard to pick the lotus pod, and eventually swallowed the words back. She just propped her head on one hand, waiting leisurely.

Song Linlin used all her strength to finally pick a lotus pod. She sat down on another stone stool, and while trying to pry open the pod and peel the seeds one by one, she asked the question that had been puzzling her.

“By the way, since you are so powerful, why have I never heard your name?”

Logically speaking, in the cultivation world, the name of any powerful person would definitely be widely circulated. Even some reclusive masters would have some legends about them.

But Song Linlin truly did not recall any rumors about such a powerful being with silver hair, red eyes, and such a beautiful appearance.

“Because you are the only human I have told my name to,” Chi Qianning said faintly.

“Is that so?”

Song Linlin was a little flattered, “Then I am truly honored.”

She picked up a lotus seed, peeled off the outer skin, removed the green core inside, and handed it to Chi Qianning. “Try it. I wonder if it’s sweet.”

Chi Qianning lowered her head and bit into the white, round lotus seed between the other person’s fingers. She chewed slowly, her thoughts drifting back to the past.

Many years ago, she did have a resounding title. Because she never showed her true face, no one had seen what she looked like, and no one knew her name. That group of people had given her the nickname “Red Night.”

This was because, in her early years, she had taken a fancy to an extremely rare Vain Snow Lotus. The family living on the snow mountain refused to hand the snow lotus over to her. Then, the next morning, the entire peak of the snow mountain, viewed from afar, was stained red, as if it had rained red blood all night.

However, Song Linlin would never know these things. She had no intention of telling the other person.

Swallowing the lotus seed, Chi Qianning nodded lightly, “It’s alright.”