After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 35.1

Watching Song Linlin swiftly pull her hand back and immediately flee in panic, Chi Qianning just sat on the bed watching quietly. It wasn’t until the other person’s figure disappeared from sight that the lingering warmth of her palm still faintly remained on her own cold fingers.

Reflecting carefully on her previous action, Chi Qianning also found her behavior inexplicable. Yet, influenced by her estrus period, her body involuntarily sought to get closer to Song Linlin, to cling to her.

Then, before she knew it, she kissed Song Linlin’s palm, as if begging for the other person’s affection. This realization shocked Chi Qianning.

In previous estrus periods, she had always endured them alone, and this situation had never occurred. The current state was truly abnormal and out of control.

Song Linlin quickly ran out of the room, so rushed she didn’t even have time to put on shoes, merely slipping them on before rushing out, nearly tripping over her footwear along the way.

Now that she was a good distance away from her dwelling, Song Linlin finally felt a little relieved and found a moment to stop and rest.

She leaned forward, hands on her knees, panting heavily. She felt like she had utilized the effort of running an 800-meter race, gulping in the fresh air, her heart pounding rapidly.

Song Linlin was utterly exhausted. She placed her palm against the rough bark of a large tree, then slowly sank down, squatting in place. Her mind was constantly replaying the scenes from moments ago.

Her palm was held and kissed by the other person, then pressed against Chi Qianning’s beautiful face. Those red eyes were unforgettable, and the emotions in their depth deeply moved Song Linlin.

Song Linlin cupped her own face, which felt hot. Although she tried to stop herself from actively recalling what had just happened, those images were like frozen frames in her mind. No matter how hard she tried to ignore them, they wouldn’t go away, playing on an endless loop.

“I’m going to die…”

Song Linlin muttered, squatting in place. She couldn’t articulate her current feelings; they were tangled and messy—in short, very complex.

She couldn’t understand how she and Chi Qianning were having a normal conversation one moment, and then the other person suddenly leaned in and kissed her, being excessively forward.

Was Chi Qianning seducing her? Right?

It was fine when she just thought about it, but when it actually happened, Song Linlin inexplicably chickened out and shamefully ran away. She desperately needed a place to calm down and stop thinking about it.

Song Linlin slowly stood up. She didn’t know where to go after running out, so perhaps the Spirit Gathering Array would be best. Ye Tingran and Zhiyu were both there, and going there was better than wandering around awkwardly alone.

Recalling the location of the Spirit Gathering Array, Song Linlin started walking in that direction. The scenes along the way became increasingly bustling, with more and more people. Upon reaching the destination, there was even a crowd queuing up to enter.

The so-called Spirit Gathering Array is a special formation. Once set up, it can gather the spiritual energy of the surrounding environment. Cultivating inside the array can yield twice the results with half the effort, as the spiritual energy concentration within the array is several times higher than outside. Similarly, the higher the array’s level, the better the cultivation effect.

Song Linlin rarely came here because entering to cultivate required a fee!

Array masters are a rare profession, and hiring one is expensive. Likewise, the materials and subsequent maintenance costs for setting up a Spirit Gathering Array are enormous. The one before them was a massive, Level One Spirit Gathering Array, sufficient for cultivators like them, who were mostly only at the Golden Core stage at most.

As for the higher-level, more effective ones, they were located higher up the mountain, inhabited by disciples with greater power, and naturally, the cost to use them was much higher.

Song Linlin reluctantly paid with her contribution points. The fee here was calculated daily. She was given a white jade token, which served as an entry pass and also recorded her remaining time.

Upon entering the array, Song Linlin immediately noticed the significant increase in surrounding spiritual energy concentration—several times higher than outside. The mountain range where the Profound Cloud Sect was located was already a good place, with a higher spiritual energy concentration than other areas; the higher up the mountain peak, the higher the concentration.

Unfortunately, Song Linlin couldn’t absorb much spiritual energy. Her constitution could only rapidly improve by absorbing Yin energy; spiritual energy was difficult for her to absorb.

That’s why Song Linlin felt distressed when paying. The price was expensive, yet it had little effect on her. She felt like she was wasting her money.

The only benefit of being in this spiritually abundant place was that it made Song Linlin feel refreshed. At the very least, staying in this environment was quite comfortable.

Song Linlin only glanced around briefly before spotting Ye Tingran’s location. The reason was simple: as the female protagonist, she naturally possessed a protagonist halo, easily standing out among a crowd of people.

Besides Ye Tingran and Zhiyu, there was another girl Song Linlin found familiar. They were all from the same batch, and seeing each other during morning lessons meant she had some impression of her.

As Song Linlin walked over, Ye Tingran noticed her too and greeted her from a distance. However, seeing Song Linlin alone without anyone behind her, she asked:

“Junior Sister Song, are you here alone? Where is Lin Qianqian?”

During the morning lesson, Song Linlin and Lin Qianqian seemed quite close. Now, seeing Song Linlin arrive alone, Ye Tingran was naturally curious, especially since Lin Qianqian was particularly memorable, naturally attracting attention.

Hearing the other person mention Chi Qianning brought back the memories Song Linlin had just managed to suppress. Her face became somewhat unnatural, and she vaguely replied, “Oh… her… she should be at the residence, I guess. Anyway, I came here by myself.”

Ye Tingran nodded, not delving deeper. Song Linlin found a cushion near them and sat down. Looking at Zhiyu, she suddenly remembered that she had borrowed the other person’s sword. She had originally planned to return it to Zhiyu after returning to the sect, but somehow, she had forgotten.

“Senior Sister Zhiyu, you still have a sword with me. I’ll bring it to you during tomorrow’s morning lesson,” Song Linlin said.

Zhiyu didn’t mind the sword. She smiled faintly and gently shook her head, saying softly, “No worries. Didn’t Junior Sister Song’s previous sword break? If that one is comfortable to use, then I’ll gift it to Junior Sister Song, especially since you contributed the most in Yuanqing City.”

Afraid Song Linlin would refuse, Zhiyu smiled and added, “Junior Sister, you don’t need to refuse me. I have many spare swords.”

“Uh… alright then.”

Song Linlin nodded. She only had that one sword, and once it broke, it was gone. Moreover, although Zhiyu hadn’t explicitly said so, Song Linlin always felt, from small details, that Zhiyu must be a young lady from an aristocratic family. Zhiyu had paid for all the inns they stayed at during their down-mountain training.

The girl sitting next to Song Linlin was named Shen Wanyi. Everything she wore indicated her wealth; she was indeed a young lady from a major cultivation family. At this moment, she was also looking at Song Linlin, and the gold bells on her wrist made a clear, “jingling” sound as she moved her arm.

Shen Wanyi looked at her and asked curiously, “Song Linlin, do you want to go to the Mirror Moon Secret Realm?”

“Me?” Song Linlin immediately shook her head, looking resistant and firmly said, “I’m not going! I’ll leave this opportunity to others!”

Hearing this, Shen Wanyi sighed. She wrapped a strand of her long hair around her finger, frowning as she said, “I want to go, but I’m only at the late Foundation Establishment stage right now. Senior Sister Ye has already advanced to Golden Core, and Senior Sister Zhiyu is close. I don’t know when I’ll be able to advance.”

“By the way, what’s your cultivation level?” Shen Wanyi asked.

Song Linlin scratched her head, hesitating but finally stating her true cultivation level, as some people were already advancing to the Golden Core stage, “I’m at the early Golden Core stage now.”

“What?!”

This statement genuinely shocked Shen Wanyi. She looked at Song Linlin in surprise. Although they saw each other daily, Song Linlin had always been a person of low presence. Yet, she had unexpectedly advanced to the Golden Core stage first without saying a word.

This made Shen Wanyi, who had little intention of cultivating in the first place, even more restless. She was naturally playful and active, and she immediately peppered Song Linlin with several questions.

Eventually, Shen Wanyi sighed, “Oh, cultivation is so difficult! It seems it will be hard for me to get to the Mirror Moon Secret Realm with my current strength. I need to think of other ways.”

Song Linlin was about to ask what other ways there could be for such a thing, when Shen Wanyi remarked idly, “I wonder how my Xiao Xiao is doing in the room. It’s been in estrus recently, and it’s so clingy.”

This sentence inexplicably made Song Linlin’s heart skip a beat. As if grasping onto a crucial key piece of information, she immediately asked curiously, “Wait… what did you mean by estrus?”

“Hm? You don’t know?”

Shen Wanyi looked puzzled for a moment, then explained with a look of understanding, “You haven’t seen Xiao Xiao yet, so it’s normal that you don’t know. It’s my spiritual pet, and it’s so beautiful!”

“This little guy’s estrus period started recently, but there are no other similar pets nearby. It’s become so clingy. As soon as I return to the room, it immediately snuggles up to me.”

Song Linlin was dumbfounded. At this moment, everything made sense, but it was too shocking. Song Linlin felt as if she had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

Chi Qianning was in her estrus period!

This discovery was absolutely explosive. Song Linlin found it difficult to associate “estrus” with Chi Qianning, but the facts suggested that it was highly likely to be true!

Snakes have estrus periods. Regardless of anything else, Chi Qianning’s true form was a snake. Even if she was powerful, there was a high possibility that she would still be affected by this instinctive physiological phenomenon.

Song Linlin clearly remembered asking her before if something was wrong, and Chi Qianning’s answer at the time was, “It’s almost the beginning of summer.”

Song Linlin hadn’t understood what that meant then, but thinking carefully now, being almost summer meant it was still spring, and the snake estrus period seemed to be around this time.

Oh my god! What major secret have I uncovered!

Shen Wanyi continued her narration: “You really should see it. Xiao Xiao is just so adorable. When I return to the room, it runs over and rubs against me, stretches out its tongue to lick my hand, and insists on sleeping with me in bed at night!”

Song Linlin was even more astonished. Everything Shen Wanyi described could be applied to Chi Qianning!

Chi Qianning had recently been holding her hand a lot, wanted to sleep cuddled up at night, and had even kissed her hand.

These behaviors were astonishingly similar to Shen Wanyi’s description.

Song Linlin swallowed, looking at Shen Wanyi, and asked, “Then… how is this situation usually resolved?”

“How to resolve it?”

Shen Wanyi sighed, resting her chin on her hand, the bells on her wrist jingling clearly. She said, “I asked a cousin of mine in the sect, who was recently sent out by his master on an errand, to tell my family and help me find a male counterpart from the West Sea.”

“Unfortunately, this type of spiritual pet is only found in the West Sea, which is too far from the sect. Even at the fastest speed, it will probably take several days.”

Find a male…

Song Linlin didn’t dare to imagine it. She had a strong premonition that if she dared to do that, Chi Qianning would definitely get angry and slap her to death.

This method was absolutely out of the question…

What other method was there?

Song Linlin thought about her wording and then asked, “If, I mean if, the estrus period cannot be resolved by finding a male, what should be done?”

“Like that?”