After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 5

Muttering silently in her heart about Chi Qianning several times, Song Linlin cautiously lowered her arm. The smooth scales clinging to her skin made her feel very uncomfortable.

But she couldn’t resist, so she could only let it be for now.

A peculiar burnt smell gradually spread. Song Linlin carefully sniffed it, turned her head to follow the source of the smell, and saw a depression in the ground in the distance where an orange-red flame was burning, showing signs of intensifying.

“Oh my!”

Why was it on fire? Did Chi Qianning, do it?

Song Linlin didn’t dare to stay here any longer, afraid of another unexpected situation. She immediately scurried out of the barrier.

The moment she stepped outside the barrier, the space behind her automatically closed up again. Song Linlin looked back, but couldn’t see anything. All she saw were dense weeds and trees.

How mysterious.

Burning the corpses of those two guys was probably a good idea. On one hand, it destroyed the evidence and traces, and on the other hand, it was a free cremation for the two of them.

Song Linlin stood alone in this wilderness. After hastily running out of the barrier, she felt lost. She turned around and surveyed the surrounding environment.

But everywhere looked the same. There were no obvious landmarks nearby. If she wanted to walk back to the city, which direction should she go?

She slightly lifted her forearm, cleared her throat, and awkwardly asked, “Um… do you know which direction I should head to reach the nearest town?”

As soon as she finished speaking, the air fell silent. In the dead of night, only the occasional gust of wind rustled the branches and leaves.

Well, I’m an idiot.

She actually hoped a snake could answer her, even if it was a snake that could transform into a human.

The silence lasted for two or three seconds. Song Linlin had lost all hope and was about to use her limited astronomical knowledge to distinguish directions, relying purely on luck to get back.

“East.”

A female voice echoed directly in Song Linlin’s mind. Perhaps afraid that the other party couldn’t even distinguish East, the voice added, “To your right.”

“Great, thank you!”

Song Linlin immediately started walking to the right. She had experienced too much tonight. All she wanted now was to return to her room at the inn, have a good soak in the bath, and at least change out of her filthy clothes.

As for why she suddenly disappeared? She could just make up a reason to explain it, and her current messy appearance was the best evidence.

When Song Linlin finally saw the familiar city gate in the distance, she couldn’t help but almost burst into tears.

Heaven knew how long she had been walking in that wilderness. Song Linlin only remembered that the path she took with Ye Tingran and the Senior Brother to scout for information was very long, at least ten miles of mountain road.

And later, Song Linlin fell into a cave, and the exit of that barrier was really far from the town. By the time she reached the city gate, the sky was already turning a pale fish-belly white, and many residents were already awake.

Song Linlin finally understood why Chi Qianning had turned into a snake and wrapped herself around her forearm.

This fellow clearly knew the journey was long and was too lazy to walk, so she just coiled around her arm.

She had been tossed around several times, and her magical power had been nearly drained by Chi Qianning. She walked on foot all night, and now her face was drawn and pale, like a walking corpse. Coupled with her dirty clothes covered in grass clippings, this appearance was far too noticeable among the early-rising crowd.

Passersby basically all took a second look at Song Linlin, but because of the long sword hanging at her waist, none of them dared to stop her.

In this world, most people are ordinary folks who cannot cultivate. The status of cultivators is very high. If a village produced a child who could cultivate.

It was no less significant than a village in the real world producing a genius who got into a top university.

Song Linlin finally arrived at the inn where the sect’s team was staying. As soon as she entered, she found most of her fellow disciples gathered there. Her sudden appearance immediately drew everyone’s attention.

“Hey! Senior Sister Ye, Song Linlin is back!” an eagle-eyed female disciple exclaimed first.

A group of people immediately surrounded her. They were all teenagers and mostly good-natured. Coming from the same sect to this strange place, they had all been worried about Song Linlin’s earlier disappearance.

Ye Tingran walked over to support Song Linlin, who was exhausted from walking. She was the oldest in this small team and the strongest, so she was supposed to take care of the other junior disciples.

But Song Linlin had disappeared not far from her sight, so she was naturally the most worried. She immediately asked, “Junior Sister Song, what exactly happened? Why are you in such a mess?”

“Senior Sister…”

Song Linlin was weak and breathless. Fortunately, a thoughtful junior sister poured her a cup of water. She took the cup and drank the water in one gulp, which soothed her dry throat considerably.

Waving her hand at Ye Tingran, Song Linlin said weakly, “There are too many ears around. Let’s go upstairs to talk.”

“Alright.”

Ye Tingran said to the others, “Everyone else should go back to their rooms to rest. Most of you haven’t slept much since the middle of the night. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Junior Sister Zhiyu, please go to the back hall and ask the waiter to prepare hot water. Junior Sister Song is in a terrible state and needs to wash up.”

“Junior Brother Zhang, please go look for Senior Brother Liu, who is still searching outside the city. He doesn’t know Junior Sister Song has returned yet.”

Ye Tingran arranged everything in an orderly manner. Everyone was unanimously convinced by her, and the crowd slowly dispersed.

Truly worthy of being the main female protagonist of this book! Her personal charisma is so strong; she naturally makes people feel trustworthy and reliable.

Song Linlin hadn’t had much interaction with Ye Tingran before, especially after everything that happened tonight. Returning to the inn and finding people who cared about her, she was deeply moved.

She couldn’t help but say emotionally, “Senior Sister Ye, you are such a good person!”

Unlike a certain wicked snake who bit me. If she hadn’t nearly sucked my magical power dry, I wouldn’t be this exhausted.

Ye Tingran supported her up the stairs and into Song Linlin’s room. Song Linlin sat on the wooden chair, completely slack and unwilling to move.

“Junior Sister Song, what exactly did you encounter?” Ye Tingran sat across from her, frowning with concern.

“Uh… well, it’s a long story…”

Song Linlin was embarrassed. She couldn’t very well say that she tried to escape but failed, could she?

She organized her thoughts and began, “After I separated from you, I truly intended to relieve myself quickly and then catch up with Senior Sister and Senior Brother Liu.”

“Who knew that just as I was about to look for you, I accidentally ran into someone else? The person was masked, and I couldn’t see their face, so we started fighting…”

Song Linlin continued, “Senior Sister, you know my strength. When I realized I couldn’t beat him, I thought about running away. But on the way, I fell into a cave. The attacker couldn’t find me and disappeared. I finally managed to come back after overcoming countless difficulties!”

After saying this long segment continuously, Song Linlin poured herself a cup of water, as she was thirsty from talking.

And strictly speaking, this counted as telling half the truth, right? She did indeed fall into a cave and barely made it back alive.

“Is that so?”

Ye Tingran didn’t doubt that Song Linlin was lying to her. She frowned, her expression solemn, and muttered to herself, “It seems that place isn’t as simple as we imagined…”

“Exactly!” Song Linlin quickly nodded, agreeing, “The intelligence we received must be wrong!”

Previously, she couldn’t openly tell Ye Tingran the situation, so she only thought about escaping. Now, however, she had an opening. Song Linlin said with a sincere expression, “Senior Sister, we must be cautious about this target!”

“This time, I was probably lucky and narrowly escaped with my life. There’s no telling if I’ll be so lucky next time. The sect’s mission will definitely not be as simple as it looks on the surface.”

“Hmm.” Ye Tingran nodded, saying with a sense of responsibility and fighting spirit, “I was indeed careless this time. Thinking about it carefully, the process of getting the information seemed too easy.”

“Sure enough, the sect cannot set missions as simply as other smaller sects do. We thought too simply. Junior Sister, you rest well for the next two days. I and the others will investigate the situation thoroughly!”

Song Linlin really wanted to say: Senior Sister, actually, the missions for the others are really simple; only ours is Hell difficulty.

In the end, she refrained from saying anything. Ye Tingran stood up, preparing to leave, but her eyes noticed a red mark on Song Linlin’s neck, with two distinct puncture wounds.

“Junior Sister Song, what’s with the injury on your neck?” Ye Tingran asked curiously.

Song Linlin touched her neck. The spot still faintly ached when touched by her fingers, which made her recall the scene at the time.

Whether it was the shallow sting of the teeth piercing her skin or the tickle of the tongue constantly licking her, and the hot breath exhaled during the process—it was all unbearable yet something she couldn’t resist.

Strange feelings mingled and intertwined.

Song Linlin felt her face heating up. She quickly drank a cup of water to calm herself down. Meeting Ye Tingran’s concerned gaze, she spoke with a touch of awkwardness, “Oh, it’s nothing, really…”

“I just got bitten by a snake after falling into the cave.”

“Bitten by a snake?” Ye Tingran was also shocked. Being bitten by a snake on the vulnerable neck—that was far too careless. She quickly pressed, “Did the snake have venom? Are you okay now?”

“It was quite venomous…” Song Linlin replied subconsciously while sipping her tea.

Right after saying it, Song Linlin regretted it. Has Chi Qianning sucked my brain dry?

That fellow was currently coiled around her arm, and she dared to say such a thing…

Song Linlin immediately corrected herself: “No, no, no, Senior Sister, actually, it wasn’t venomous, and I wasn’t bitten by a snake. Just pretend you didn’t hear anything!”

“I’m going to rest now. Senior Sister, you probably haven’t slept all night either. You should go rest well too. There’s a lot of work waiting for us later!”

“Alright…”

Ye Tingran didn’t understand what Song Linlin was thinking, but since the other party was dismissing her, she couldn’t press further. She could only instruct, “If you need an antidote pill, you can go find Zhiyu. She specially brought many different kinds of elixirs when we came down the mountain.”

“Okay, thank you, Senior Sister, but I really am fine.”

Song Linlin emphasized it once more.

Once Ye Tingran left the room, Song Linlin immediately closed the door and locked it.

She walked further into the room, knelt by the edge of the bed, lifted the forearm wrapped in cold scales, and gently placed it on the bed.

“There’s no one else in the room now.”

Song Linlin said to the little snake wrapped inside her sleeve, reminding it to come out and not keep hiding in her sleeve.

Otherwise, her arm felt uncomfortably cold, and the snake hadn’t warmed up despite being wrapped around her for the whole night.

As for why she put it on the bed, Song Linlin had considered putting it on the table, but it felt strange, like serving food.

After she spoke, the little snake wrapped around her showed no reaction. Song Linlin then realized that the snake’s body wrapped around her hadn’t moved at all during the entire journey.

She was busy rushing and didn’t pay much attention to it, but thinking about it now, it seemed odd.

Did it… die?

The cold feeling, coupled with the lack of movement all night, made Song Linlin couldn’t help but use her hand to pull up her sleeve.

As the sleeve was slowly lifted, a silver-scaled snake body gradually appeared. Under the daylight, its scales shimmered and flashed with an iridescence, and its eyes were tightly closed.

Song Linlin was momentarily unable to describe the sight before her. Of course, she had seen pictures of snakes on Earth, but Chi Qianning’s scales were different from those ordinary creatures, and Song Linlin’s limited vocabulary couldn’t accurately describe them.

The fear she initially felt gradually disappeared; the unique beauty diluted the terror it might have brought.

Is it sleeping?

Even with the sleeve pulled up, the other party still didn’t react.

The essence of humanity is to court death and yield eventually. Seeing that the other party showed no sign of waking up, Song Linlin bravely extended her finger, intending to poke the little snake’s body on her arm.

Her fingertip slowly approached, touching the unique silver scales. The sensation of touch was wonderful—icy cold, which would surely feel nice in the summer.

However, before her finger could slide down, the silver-white snake opened its eyes. Its scarlet pupils quietly stared at Song Linlin.

Song Linlin’s movement instantly froze. Her finger moved away from the snake’s body. She leaned closer to the snake’s head, revealing a slightly eager smile:

“Good morning, it’s a beautiful day again.”

“Are you hungry? I am willing to offer you my fresh blood free of charge.”

Chi Qianning: …