After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 57.1

Leaving the bedroom, Song Linlin took a basin of cold water to wash her face, then cleaned the semi-dried blood from her palms. The clear water in the wooden basin gradually turned red with blood.

After replacing the water and washing again, Song Linlin took a towel and wiped her face. With the water droplets gone and the smell of blood no longer assaulting her nose, Song Linlin felt as if the air was instantly much fresher.

Putting down the towel, she returned to the bedroom and stayed there the entire day.

Due to the mishap with the medicinal food, Song Linlin felt deeply that Zhang San was a problematic teammate. For the next two days, she tried to stay in her residence, rarely going out except for morning class and regular trips for lunch and dinner.

As for the effects of drinking the medicinal soup, besides the nosebleed on the first day, there were no further reactions. The main reason, of course, was that the easily-pregnant constitution had no effect on Song Linlin; she couldn’t get pregnant anyway.

Two days later.

In the morning class, as the instructor stood up and left, the hour-long lecture finally concluded. Song Linlin stretched at her seat. She had been lying down too much these past two days, and the morning class only offered wooden stools—no chairs—making her back ache inevitably.

Once the instructor’s figure was far away, the crowd, which should have dispersed, didn’t seem to be in a hurry to leave. Instead, they gathered together, discussing something.

“Hey, hey, those twenty people who went to the Moon Mirror Secret Realm should be back, right!” a female voice rang out.

“Considering the time, it should be soon. The Moon Mirror Secret Realm ended a few days ago, and the round trip doesn’t take long. They should arrive today.”

“I’m so envious, I wish I could go to the Secret Realm too…”

Song Linlin leaned in, listening to their conversation, and only then realized that it had been so many days since those twenty people left for the Secret Realm.

It was fortunate that she had successfully avoided and survived another segment of the main storyline.

These past few days, Song Linlin had spent time with Chi Qianning and Zhang San. Besides the first few days learning some alchemy from Zhang San, she hadn’t done anything serious. Unknowingly, so many days had passed.

Now that those people were due back, the quiet and comfortable days she was enjoying might not last.

Moreover, Zhang San’s grandfather would likely return with the team. When that happened, Zhang San would definitely be taken back to the Medicine King Valley.

It had been two days since Zhang San tricked her into drinking the pot of medicinal soup, and Song Linlin no longer felt unhappy about it. After all, Zhang San was just a clueless child. At least her intentions were good; it was just a misunderstanding that turned into a huge blunder.

Song Linlin decided she should still go and say goodbye. After all, once Zhang San left, there was no telling when they would see each other again.

So, Song Linlin stood up and headed in the direction of Ziting Residence, which was not far from the morning class location and wouldn’t take long to walk to.

Passing through a cluster of various buildings and crossing a stone bridge, by the time Song Linlin arrived at Zhang San’s door, the surroundings were so quiet that only the chirping of birds echoed continuously.

She raised her hand and knocked on the door, calling out, “Zhang San, are you inside? I’ve come to see you.”

A second or two later, Zhang San’s voice came from inside, “I’m here, wait a moment!”

Then, a flurry of footsteps was heard inside. Zhang San ran out of the room and came to the courtyard to open the door for Song Linlin. She looked at the person outside and asked excitedly, “Song Linlin, why did you suddenly come over?”

This time, Zhang San hadn’t arranged to meet Song Linlin beforehand.

“Hmm…”

Song Linlin deliberately turned sideways and peered inside the door, afraid that Zhang San was fiddling with something bad again.

Seeing nothing strange and the air smelling normal, Song Linlin relaxed and withdrew her head. Looking at Zhang San, she said, “I just finished my morning class and thought I’d come over to visit.”

“But during the class, I heard others say that the team that went to the Moon Mirror Secret Realm is coming back today. So, your grandfather should also arrive today, right?”

Hearing this, Zhang San nodded, then couldn’t help but sigh, her face full of worry. She said, “They are right. That group will indeed return to Xuan Cloud Sect today, and my grandfather will come back with them.”

Zhang San had finally sneaked out of the sect, but she felt like she hadn’t had enough fun yet. Why did the Secret Realm have to end so quickly?

When they returned, her grandfather would definitely take Zhang San away.

How could Zhang San not be worried?

“Forget it, don’t talk about that. Come in first.”

Zhang San shook her head, temporarily casting aside those thoughts. She moved to the side, clearing a path for Song Linlin to enter.

“Alright.”

Song Linlin walked past Zhang San. Zhang San closed the door again, and the two walked into the room together. The messy items in the room had significantly decreased. Song Linlin found a chair and sat down, leaning lazily against the backrest. Zhang San, on the other hand, sat casually on the floor, sorting through a pile of bizarre items in front of her.

“Were you tidying up these things just now?” Song Linlin watched her actions and asked curiously.

“Yes.”

Zhang San nodded, continuing to busy herself with the task at hand while distractedly answering Song Linlin’s question, “Grandfather sent me a message. They should arrive at Xuan Cloud Sect this afternoon. He told me to pack my things in advance so he can take me away.”

After speaking, Zhang San heavily sighed again, looking utterly dispirited.

Song Linlin, uncharacteristically proactive, stood up from her chair and sat down next to Zhang San, helping her tidy up the pile of items. Otherwise, given Zhang San’s slow pace, it was questionable whether she could finish before the afternoon.

Thinking of what to say, Song Linlin comforted her, “It’s actually quite nice to stay in the sect. It’s much safer. The outside world is full of dangers. Who knows when you’ll be unlucky enough to run into a powerful person who can just swat us dead with a wave of their hand.”

“Think about the Moon Poison Scorpion we encountered when we went down the mountain. Wasn’t that very formidable? The two of us together wouldn’t be enough to satisfy its appetite.”

Zhang San was stunned upon hearing this. She thought about the experience of running into the Moon Poison Scorpion on the mountain, shivered, and suddenly decided that Song Linlin’s words made a lot of sense. She nodded and said, “It seems so…”

“Of course!”

This was based on Song Linlin’s personal experience. She patted Zhang San’s shoulder, adopting the air of a veteran, and said knowingly, “You’re still young and don’t understand the dangers of this world. The outside world is very dangerous.”

After spending all this time with Song Linlin, Zhang San knew what kind of person she was. She squinted her eyes at Song Linlin, looking suspicious, “You’re clearly just scared, which is why you don’t dare to go out, right?”

“Hey, you child!”

Having been suddenly exposed by Zhang San, and thankfully with no one else around, Song Linlin was only embarrassed for a moment. She felt that Zhang San had become much smarter after spending so many days with her. She could only condemn her from a moral standpoint, “What kind of talk is that? I’m kindly giving you advice, how can you say that?”

Her way of speaking was too low in emotional intelligence!

Zhang San was not interested in arguing with her. She rummaged through her pocket and tossed a small medicine bottle to Song Linlin, saying, “Oh, right, this is for you.”

Taking the bottle, Song Linlin examined it closely and then opened the lid to look inside. The bottle contained a few tiny pills. She naturally couldn’t tell anything special about the item, so she asked curiously, “What is this? What does it do?”

“This…” Zhang San lowered her head, her hands still busy, and said casually, “Didn’t you drink that medicinal food that makes you easily pregnant? After I realized my mistake that day, I tried to refine a pill to neutralize the easily-pregnant effect on you.”

“I developed this formula myself. Based on my calculations, one pill should be enough for you, but if you’re worried, two pills are fine. There are no other negative side effects, and you can also use it purely as a contraceptive pill later.”

“Oh?”

Song Linlin quickly tucked it into her pocket. This was a good thing. Although the easily-pregnant constitution had no effect on her and Chi Qianning, having such a constitution still felt very strange to her. It was best to remove it.

She had peeked inside the bottle when she opened the lid, and there were quite a few small pills inside, enough for two for both Song Linlin and Chi Qianning, with even some left over.

Song Linlin looked at Zhang San with a pleased expression, retracting her previous thought that Zhang San was a problematic teammate. She nodded in satisfaction, “Zhang San, you’re actually quite reliable!”

Zhang San didn’t care about Song Linlin’s rapidly changing attitude. As if remembering something, she paused for two seconds, then pulled out several small bottles from her Cosmic Ring. She handed one bottle to Song Linlin separately, saying:

“These are the things you refined when you came to learn alchemy before. Since you made them, you might as well take them all with you now.”

“Remember not to mix them up. This bottle contains the Harmonious Union Powder. Once refined into a pill, this stuff is odorless and very hard to detect. ”

“The others are just ordinary entry-level pills. You can distinguish them by their smell and color. Be sure to store them separately and don’t accidentally ingest the Harmonious Union Powder!”

Back when Song Linlin refined the pills, she didn’t take them with her. She lacked the jade bottles specialized for storing pills, which could only be obtained at the dedicated alchemy teaching area in the sect. Song Linlin found the journey too long and didn’t bother to go, so all the pills were left with Zhang San for safekeeping.

So many days had passed that Song Linlin herself had forgotten about it. It was only when Zhang San mentioned it that Song Linlin remembered the matter. She took the Harmonious Union Powder and put it in her pocket. The remaining bottles were placed in her Cosmic Ring. This way, they definitely wouldn’t get mixed up.

Song Linlin nodded to Zhang San, looking confident, “Don’t worry, I’m not a child anymore. I won’t mix up such a small matter.”

“That’s good then.” Hearing her say so, Zhang San didn’t emphasize it further.

Zhang San recalled that she had some more pills and asked casually, “I refined a few bottles of pills these past few days. Do you want them? I don’t really have a use for them, so I’ll give them to you if you need them.”

Once she returned to Medicine King Valley, all the disciples in the sect knew how to refine pills, and they were never short of various elixirs. Keeping them on her wouldn’t serve much purpose, but alchemists were rare in the outside world, and Song Linlin might need them, so she just asked.

Song Linlin turned her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Zhang San, thinking, “Is this girl a walking treasury?” giving away pills so casually.

“Since you don’t want them, of course, I need them!” Song Linlin quickly nodded, unable to help but sigh inwardly, it’s so good to be an alchemist!

Unfortunately, Song Linlin clearly had no talent in this area. She could blow up the cauldron while refining a Grade 1 pill. She should just give up on the idea of becoming a formal alchemist.

“Wait a moment.”

Zhang San took out bottle after bottle of jade bottles containing pills from her Cosmic Ring. Excluding the few bottles of poison she had recently refined, she pulled out every other pill she could give to Song Linlin. Soon, there were at least twenty-some bottles of pills laid out in front of Zhang San.

Song Linlin watched the pile of bottles dumbfounded, feeling as if she had stumbled upon a pill wholesale. Most importantly, the pills Zhang San took out were certainly not low-quality goods. It was hard to imagine how many spirit stones she could earn if she sold all of them.

Song Linlin swallowed quietly, retracting her thought that Zhang San was a walking treasury. This was clearly a god of wealth descending!

“You actually refined so many bottles of pills recently?!” Song Linlin was shocked.

During the days Zhang San, Chi Qianning, and herself were down the mountain, this girl was fooling around everywhere and didn’t even bring her alchemy cauldron.

Looking at the sheer number of pill bottles in front of her, Song Linlin found it hard to believe how Zhang San had managed to accumulate such a stockpile in the remaining few days.

“No, some of them I refined back in the sect, and the rest I refined here at Xuan Cloud Sect. I haven’t been refining pills non-stop without eating or drinking. How could I have refined so many in just a few days!” Zhang San said, slightly annoyed.

Song Linlin thought about it and nodded, “That’s true.”

She wasn’t a robot, and even a robot probably couldn’t refine so many pills in such a short time.