After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 45

Song Linlin felt no guilt. The saliva all over her hands wasn’t hers anyway; it was all produced by Chi Qianning underneath her. Wiping it back onto her face seemed perfectly reasonable, right?

In short, it was, at most, a case of returning the item to its rightful owner.

Chi Qianning looked at Song Linlin. Because she had just sucked the other party’s blood, coupled with the influence of her own physical condition, she had little strength now. She could only let the other party reach out and smear something across her face, which then felt wet.

After realizing what the wet thing on her face was, Chi Qianning couldn’t quite describe her current feelings. There was the shame of discovering it was her own saliva, mixed with the anger that the other party had actually put that thing on her face, and even more, a certain indescribable sensation.

However, her current state was compromised, and Chi Qianning didn’t have the excess energy to pursue the matter with Song Linlin. She raised her hand and wiped the moisture off her face with her sleeve. Her pair of red eyes stared at Song Linlin with an accusing look. If one ignored the blush still on her face, she would have a certain level of deterrence.

Song Linlin clearly had no regrets. She looked at the person below her and could even manage a smile for Chi Qianning, simply saying with a laugh, “Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

These words were obviously unconvincing. Song Linlin’s delivery was so insincere that anyone who wasn’t foolish could see the laughter in her eyes, which clearly showed she had acted intentionally just now.

Chi Qianning was also provoked by the other party’s smile. She was already thin-skinned, and no one had ever dared to boldly smear saliva on her face before. This kind of thing was too shameful. In the end, she grabbed Song Linlin’s palm and bit down on that hand, fulfilling Song Linlin’s initial wish to be bitten.

Her palm was suddenly bitten by the other party. Chi Qianning’s bite wasn’t heavy and was within Song Linlin’s tolerance. Since it wasn’t a fang sinking in, being bitten like this really didn’t hurt much.

After a while, Chi Qianning released her teeth, leaving a clear teeth mark on the palm she held. Song Linlin looked at the mark and felt a bit psychologically abnormal, actually finding the bite quite comfortable.

Except for the first time she was bitten, when she was somewhat resistant and scared, she had become very accepting of it later on.

Song Linlin withdrew her hand, her fingers tracing the location of the tooth mark. Her eyes were fixed on the person below, and it was hard not to think of strange things, but she was obviously more rational than the other party and hadn’t been affected by the scent of the Joyous Union Powder.

The previous actions were just a momentary impulse fueled by the atmosphere; she truly didn’t have the courage to actually do anything more.

Chi Qianning and Song Linlin met each other’s gaze. Their current posture was also improper. Finally, she spoke, “Get off.”

“Oh…”

Song Linlin obediently moved to the side, sitting next to Chi Qianning. Chi Qianning also sat up. She had been pushed by Song Linlin earlier and was lying sideways across the quilt.

Sitting together on the edge of the bed, Song Linlin turned her head to observe the situation of the person beside her. Chi Qianning’s breathing had gradually calmed down now, but the light blush on her face and earlobes hadn’t faded yet.

When she was bitten just now, all her attention was on her palm, so she hadn’t paid attention to whether the other party’s body temperature had dropped. Now, Song Linlin was too embarrassed to reach out and touch Chi Qianning again.

She could only tentatively speak, asking, “Are you alright now?”

Chi Qianning turned her head and gave her a weary look. If Song Linlin hadn’t gone to refine that Joyous Union Powder and gotten herself covered in its scent, why would she have been reduced to such a pathetic state?

Yet, the culprit, after acting so naughtily and doing those things, could still ask such a question.

Fortunately, the Joyous Union Powder was not a high-grade pill. Moreover, Song Linlin was a complete novice, and what she had refined was just a defective product. Its efficacy was originally weak, and since it was only the scent, its effect would be further diminished.

Although Chi Qianning still felt intense sensations, she could now initially control her physical condition. The more powerful the cultivator, the faster they could neutralize such low-grade pills.

The reason for such a strong reaction just now was, of course, that Chi Qianning had not recovered her full strength, and being in the mating season meant her own desires were easily stirred up—a tiny spark was enough to ignite a fire.

Chi Qianning shook her head and said to Song Linlin, “You go to sleep. I’m fine.”

“Alright then.”

Since the other party had said so, Song Linlin could only nod, burrow into the quilt, and peacefully spend the night with Chi Qianning.

Early in the morning, Song Linlin woke up right on time.

She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Song Linlin first sat on the bed for a while, contemplating life, and then turned her head to look in Chi Qianning’s direction.

As usual, she couldn’t see Chi Qianning’s face, only her silver hair spread out on the pillow. This fellow really liked to huddle in a corner, completely wrapped up in the quilt while sleeping.

Every morning, Song Linlin would lift the quilt from her head. In Song Linlin’s words, it was to let Chi Qianning breathe, though whether it was simply because she herself was awake and wanted to wake the other party was unknown.

She reached out and felt the other party’s body temperature; it was cool, the same as always.

Only then did Song Linlin feel relieved enough to retract her hand and put on her outer clothes. Chi Qianning opened her eyes, raised her head to look at Song Linlin, her voice still a bit hazy: “What were you doing just now?”

At this moment, Song Linlin was sitting on the edge of the bed, bending down to put on her shoes. She replied, “I was just checking your temperature to see if you’re better.”

Chi Qianning on the bed was speechless, almost wanting to roll her eyes at her. After several seconds, she finally spoke, “Song Linlin, even if one really took the Joyous Union Powder, a night has passed, and the effect should be over.”

“Ah, is that so?”

Song Linlin finished putting on her shoes and thought about it carefully. It seemed to be true. The Joyous Union Powder wasn’t some high-grade aphrodisiac; the effect probably lasted only one or two hours. If one wanted it to last for a day or two, they would probably need a high-grade medicine.

She could only nod and say, “Then I must have been sleepy and my mind was unclear.”

After washing up, Song Linlin was about to head out. She turned to Chi Qianning and said, “I’m going out for my morning class.”

Sensing that the other party seemed hesitant, as if wanting to say something, Song Linlin continued, “I know, I won’t go refine those strange pills with Zhang San today.”

Seeing that the words she wanted to say had been uttered by the other party, Chi Qianning nodded, “Go ahead.”

For the next few days, Song Linlin was quite well-behaved. During the day, she honestly stayed in Ziting Residence, studying the refinement of the most basic pills, although her progress was worrying.

Finally, having learned the few basic pills Zhang San had mentioned, Song Linlin was finally going to start learning how to refine a First-Grade pill today.

Song Linlin looked at the recipe in her hand. Today, she was to learn a pill called the Vigor Pellet, which, when consumed, could temporarily boost a person’s strength, allowing them to exert greater power. This belonged to the simplest batch of First-Grade pills, but the steps were much more difficult than the ones Song Linlin had refined in the past few days.

Looking at the recipe gave her a headache.

Chi Qianning also came today. Since discovering that Song Linlin was learning how to refine the Joyous Union Powder from Zhang San, she would occasionally accompany Song Linlin, keeping an eye on her and preventing Song Linlin from learning any more strange things.

“Alright, let’s begin!” Zhang San cheered Song Linlin on from the side.

Zhang San had already explained the specific refining process clearly to her. Refining pills still depended on Song Linlin herself. Usually, because Song Linlin’s learning speed wasn’t fast, most of the time Song Linlin and Zhang San refined their own things, and Zhang San would only go over when Song Linlin had a question.

Song Linlin nodded. Although she had now learned the methods for refining three types of pills, starting to refine a First-Grade pill was still quite a challenge for her.

She followed the steps to light the furnace fire and then sequentially placed the required herbs into the furnace. As Song Linlin placed the fourth herb, the flame inside the furnace suddenly surged, burning the herbs into ash and choking Song Linlin’s face.

Song Linlin coughed several times but was already used to it. Many herbs had been destroyed in the fire these past few days. Fortunately, these were all very cheap, or she really couldn’t afford such waste.

Struggling against the furnace all morning, Song Linlin finally completed the first step of refining the herbs. Next was the purification of the herbs inside the furnace, removing the impurities.

At this step, Song Linlin dared not slack off, but as the spiritual energy continuously poured in, why did she feel that things were developing in a strange direction?

Logically, when removing impurities, the herbal liquid inside the furnace should blend and condense with the powder. Now, however, the liquid seemed like boiling water in a large pot, which she had heated up, and it was constantly bubbling.

Soon, the commotion grew louder, and even the pill furnace began to shake slightly. Zhang San, noticing the movement nearby, turned his head to look at Song Linlin’s pill furnace.

Not looking, she didn’t know; once she looked, Zhang San was immediately startled. She gasped, looking at Song Linlin in shock, “What did you do?!”

“Huh?” Song Linlin hadn’t realized the seriousness of the situation yet and was still confused as to why the furnace had started shaking.

Zhang San immediately stood up with a start, backing away while shouting, “Song Linlin, run! Your furnace is about to explode!”

“Huh?!”

This time, Song Linlin was also startled. She carefully looked at the pill furnace and finally noticed that cracks had faintly appeared on the surface of the furnace, and as it shook, the cracks began to widen. It was clear it wouldn’t be long before it exploded.

“Holy cow!”

This scared her. Song Linlin immediately scrambled up, using her hands and feet, and didn’t forget to run over and pull up Chi Qianning, who was sitting in a chair, dragging her out to the courtyard door.

The three of them stood outside the door, looking at each other, and shortly after, they heard a loud bang from inside the room. It was estimated that the furnace had been blown to smithereens.

Zhang San was the first to push open the door, poking her head in to look. The room was a mess, with furnace fragments scattered everywhere. The impact from the explosion had knocked many things onto the floor.

“Is the living room alright?” Song Linlin asked from behind.

If she had blown up the house, she wouldn’t be able to afford the compensation.

Zhang San shook her head, “It’s fine… it’s just that we probably don’t have time to eat.”

Song Linlin walked into the living room and understood what she meant, then diligently began cleaning the room.

“Phew, we finally finished.”

Song Linlin lay on the floor, which had been wiped until it shone. The three of them had been busy all morning to finally clean up the living room. It seemed that sometimes living in a place that was too large wasn’t a good thing, at least when it came to wiping the floor, which was exhausting.

Song Linlin could never have imagined that she could blow up that batch of herbs. When she saw the liquid boiling, she thought it was just because First-Grade pills had greater potency and were not on the same level as what she had refined before, which was why the furnace started shaking.

Who knew it was actually about to explode?

Chi Qianning tossed the rag into the basin, put down the vase in her hand. Even she, who had never done housework, was forced to start wiping vases.

Zhang San also lay on the soft couch, not wanting to move. Bending over to wipe the floor had made her back hurt; she only wanted to lie down now.

“Pill refining is really dangerous…” Song Linlin said.

It seemed she didn’t have the talent for it. Being able to blow up the furnace like that was something else.

The dream of becoming a pill refiner was shattered. Song Linlin now felt that it was happier to just be a slacker in the sect.

“Are you going to try refining again later?” Zhang San asked.

“No, no more!”

Song Linlin quickly refused. One furnace explosion was enough; she couldn’t handle more.

Moreover, she felt she definitely had no talent in this area. She had struggled for days to learn those three simple pills before, and the subsequent ones would surely be harder.

This was the first time Zhang San had seen such an operation that could blow up a furnace. She couldn’t find any words of comfort now.

“Alas!”

Zhang San sighed, “I’ve worked out the remaining recipe for that bottle of poison, but it’s missing an important ingredient. I’m afraid we can only start practicing after returning to the sect.”

“Hmm?” Song Linlin, lying on the floor, turned her head and asked, “What is missing? Can’t we buy it here?”

“It’s missing a kind of herb called Purple Mist Leaf. This herb usually grows near the nests of poisonous demonic beasts. I haven’t seen anywhere to exchange for it here at the Black Cloud Sect.”

Song Linlin sat up, stroking her chin, “Is that so?”

“Then why don’t we just go down the mountain and look for it!”