After Transmigrating Into a Cannon Fodder, I Got a Happy Ending with the Female Lead [Transmigration Into a Novel] - Chapter 38.2

Yue Xi was still worried. She couldn’t sit still and went out to look for her, but in a city this big, where could she look?

The tracking talisman couldn’t find her trace, so she was just running around like a headless chicken.

Xiao Qing hadn’t awakened yet, so she was just an ordinary person who wouldn’t even know how to call the police if she was in danger.

Just as Yue Xi was at her wit’s end, she ran into Yu Qing.

Yu Qing saw her and walked over, saying, “Reverend Yue, you’re finally back.”

Yue Xi was not in the mood to be polite and just nodded, about to leave, but Yu Qing stopped her.

“Is Reverend Yue worried about Xiao Qing?”

Yue Xi stopped and looked at her sharply. Yu Qing smiled and said, “Didn’t Reverend Yue say we had a connection and entrust her to me?”

Yue Xi was speechless, not knowing how to respond. Yu Qing watched her get stumped and her smile widened.

“Reverend Yue, have you ever calculated your own destiny?”

Yue Xi didn’t know what this had to do with finding Xiao Qing, but seeing how serious she was, she patiently shook her head.

Her destiny was already set, and everything she was doing now was to avoid that path.

Yu Qing held out her right hand. There was a very shallow red line in the middle of her palm that had been completely cut off from her love line.

“I did have a connection with Xiao Qing, but she didn’t want it.”

Yue Xi was too shocked to speak. Yu Qing shrugged nonchalantly and said, “You can’t force feelings. Besides, I have no intention of lingering in the mortal world. What she did suits me just fine.”

Before Yue Xi could respond, she added, “Xiao Qing is a demon god of life. You can’t just rely on a whim to find her.”

“Then how should I look for her?”

Yu Qing closed her hand and said calmly, “Follow your intuition.”

Yue Xi roughly understood what she meant. She turned to leave but couldn’t help but stop again.

“You’re not just a member of the Taoist Association, are you?”

How could a normal Taoist priest know so many secrets?

Yu Qing raised an eyebrow and said, “You guess.”

Yue Xi was in a hurry to find Xiao Qing and didn’t have time to waste here. She didn’t linger.

Yue Xi arrived at a place with lush vegetation and threw the tracking talisman onto a large tree. The talisman indeed reacted.

Walking and stopping, by the time Yue Xi came to her senses, she was already close to Floating Jade Mountain.

Floating Jade Mountain seemed different from before. The trees on the mountain were much lusher, their color a dark green that gave off a heavy, oppressive feeling.

Even from a distance, Yue Xi could see the evil energy surrounding the mountainside.

But the tracking talisman was pointing there, so she had to go no matter what. Yue Xi took a deep breath and walked toward Floating Jade Mountain.

When the bus arrived at the foot of Floating Jade Mountain, it was already dark. Yue Xi got off and walked into a guesthouse. The owner recognized her immediately.

“Aren’t you that Taoist priest from before? Are you here to find your sister?”

Yue Xi immediately asked, “Have you seen Xiao Qing?”

The owner said, “I have. The little girl came five days ago, stayed here for one night, and left the next day.”

Left?

Yue Xi looked at the pitch-black Floating Jade Mountain. Although she wasn’t sure, her intuition told her that Xiao Qing was on the mountain.

Yue Xi rented a room, planning to go up the mountain during the day when the sun was stronger. The more urgent the situation, the calmer she had to be, or she would get herself into trouble.

The owner arranged the best room for her, with good ventilation and a great view. But the view was a bit too good. Across the window was Floating Jade Mountain, which looked like a monster’s gaping mouth waiting to swallow everything.

Yue Xi couldn’t fall asleep and was about to go for a walk when a hand suddenly appeared in the dark, grabbed her, and dragged her into a thick fog.

A damp coldness seeped into her body. Yue Xi didn’t know where she was. Water dripped rhythmically, and a sticky chewing sound echoed in her ears.

“Are you sure it’s her?”

“It’s her. Can’t be wrong.”

Two familiar voices sounded. Yue Xi looked around and said calmly, “You grab me and then hide. Are you that afraid of me holding a grudge?”

A gust of wind came, and Yue Xi turned slightly, easily dodging it.

She formed a hand seal and quickly chanted a spell. A talisman formation appeared at her feet, and a mahogany sword flew through the air, landing firmly in her hand.

“Do you really think a barrier of this level can trap me?”

The mahogany sword swung out a silver sword aura. The black mist surrounding her was dispersed. After the barrier shattered, a faint moonlight shone down.

A black shadow darted past her eyes, disappearing into the darkness. In front of her, something black and cat-like was squatting, gnawing on a piece of bloody, mushy arm.

It ate as if no one was there. The chewing sound was amplified in the silent space, making her hair stand on end.

After finishing the flesh, it began to gnaw on the bone. “Crunch, crunch,” it chewed a few times and then swallowed. Blood dripped from the corner of its mouth.

Yue Xi’s scalp tingled, and her stomach turned. She said to the person who was always hiding in the dark but constantly watching the “black cat,” “She’s already like this. Are you still going to keep her?”

The only answer was the “crunch, crunch” of bones breaking.

Yue Xi held a talisman in one hand and threw it at the “black cat.” The person finally couldn’t hide and struck the talisman down.

The black cat turned slowly and stood up.

She only reached the person’s shoulder. She stared at the person for a long time, and her eyes moved slightly.

“Sister?”

Zheng Yuan pulled her into her arms, her voice trembling. “It’s me! Xiao Yin, I’m your sister!”

Zheng Yin grinned. Her cat-like claws gripped Zheng Yuan’s clothes. The irregular teeth were stained with blood and flesh, and her lips and tongue were blood red.

“Sister, when are we going to find Mom?”

Zheng Yuan was stunned for a moment, and tears fell. “Soon, we’ll see Mom very soon.”

“That’s good.” Zheng Yin slowly closed her eyes. “I’m tired. I’ll take a nap. I hope to see Mom when I wake up.”

“Yes, you will.” Zheng Yuan gently patted her back.

The little cat fell asleep in her arms. Zheng Yuan held her and took a defensive stance.

Yue Xi sighed. The mahogany sword in her hand gave off a cold, glistening light. “Are you still being so stubborn?”

“It promised me that as long as I listen to it, Xiao Yin will return to normal.”

“And then? You’ve done so much evil. Has your sister returned to normal?”

Zheng Yuan was stumped. Her eyes became dark, and her pupils were a lifeless grayish-blue.

“You’ve even sacrificed your soul. You’re truly crazy.”

Yue Xi murmured softly. The mahogany sword in her hand seemed to have a life of its own and attacked Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan barely managed to block it. Yue Xi’s talisman followed immediately and quickly stuck to Zheng Yin’s forehead.

Zheng Yin’s eyes snapped open. Her golden eyes turned into vertical pupils, and she let out a cry of pain, sticking out a snake’s tongue.

The black cat turned into a brown snake, then into a white dog, and finally, it wiggled on the ground and took on a human shape.

Zheng Yin’s limbs had atrophied a lot. She tried to stand up but fell, hitting her head and bleeding profusely.

She looked at her blob-like hands and screamed in horror, “How? Why? Sister, why am I like this?!”

Zheng Yuan tried her best to fend off Yue Xi’s mahogany sword, rushed to Zheng Yin, and hugged her tightly.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Sister’s here.”

Zheng Yin couldn’t accept it and cried hysterically, her face covered in tears.

Zheng Yuan also cried. She pressed Zheng Yin’s face into her chest and patted her back, her eyes filled with despair. “Are you happy now?”

Yue Xi summoned her mahogany sword back and replied, “Did you want her to be a non-human, non-ghost thing forever?”

Zheng Yuan was stumped.

“You wanted your sister to return to normal, and I helped you, but you blame me. How ungrateful,”

“Look at her now. Is she normal?” Zheng Yuan roared.

Yue Xi held the sword and looked at them, sighing, “Karma is a bitch. She has to pay for every bit of evil she’s created. Did you think what you did would have no consequences?”

Zheng Yuan held the back of Zheng Yin’s head and patted her back to comfort her, but her eyes were filled with despair.

“Let all the consequences fall on me. As long as she can live a healthy and happy life, I’m willing to pay any price.”

“You both have your own karma. No one can escape it.”

Zheng Yuan gave a sad smile and gave up resisting. She hugged Zheng Yin and walked away. Yue Xi didn’t stop her. Even if she didn’t intervene, they wouldn’t live much longer.

Zheng Yuan’s soul had already been marked. If she interfered by force, she would instantly turn to dust.

At two in the morning, when the yin energy was at its strongest, Floating Jade Mountain was shrouded in a thick fog, and not a single ray of light could penetrate it.

Zheng Yin was already in a coma, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.

The tall Zheng Yuan looked frail and weak, as if she would collapse at any moment.

Yue Xi sighed silently and threw a talisman on Zheng Yuan’s back. They were a pair of pitiful people. Let’s give them a beautiful ending in their minds.

Yue Xi stood outside for a long time. Her clothes were soaked with dew. She was wet all over before she turned back.

She took off her jacket to air it out, then sat down to meditate. The Zheng sisters were just a wall away. They lay side by side on the bed, their expressions calm.

When Zheng Yuan was five, her mother became pregnant.

“Yuan Yuan, do you want a little brother or a little sister?” Her mother hugged her and gently stroked her head.

Zheng Yuan didn’t even think and answered, “I want a little sister!”

“Mom likes a little sister too. Let’s pray together for a little sister, okay?”

“Okay!”

When she was seven months pregnant, her father had an accident. Her mother fell down the stairs and was in the hospital for half a month before returning, having lost a lot of weight.

“From now on, it’s just the three of us,” her mother said, hugging her, her face covered in tears.

From that day on, Zheng Yuan noticed that her mother ate strange things every day.

One time, she was so curious that she opened the drawer when her mother wasn’t home. Inside were a pile of spider, centipede, and scorpion corpses.

The smell was so strong that Zheng Yuan immediately threw up.

Seeing her mother’s face getting healthier day by day, she didn’t ask her why she ate those things.

Her mother gave birth to a baby girl. The little sister was so ugly, with a large black birthmark on her face and a bad smell.

Her mother said it would get better over time. Zheng Yuan waited every day. When she was one, the birthmark on her face disappeared, but the smell remained.

She thought the smell would also disappear soon, but it didn’t.

Her mother worked hard to raise them, exhausting herself. She passed away when her sister was ten.

Zheng Yuan hugged her sister and said to her, “I only have you.”

Zheng Yin was bullied at school. She had been bullied all along, but she had only just found out.

The bullies were arrogant and unapologetic. She deliberately provoked them, and they indeed became violent.

Zheng Yin was so angry she went crazy, rushed forward, and hit them, but the teacher pulled her away.

The next day, a bully fell to her death.

Zheng Yin was only thirteen. How could she have killed someone? There was a fight, and the bully accidentally fell.

Zheng Yin’s body was getting worse day by day. She began to crave blood. At first, she just bit her, but then she became unsatisfied and began to attack small animals.

There were often cat and dog corpses at home, and the house smelled terrible, but Zheng Yuan didn’t care. She had long been used to the smell.

Zheng Yin started coughing up blood. She looked haggard, a sign of impending death.

No! She couldn’t let Zheng Yin die. She was the sister her mother had worked so hard to give her!

Yue Xi opened her eyes. The sky was already dawning. The clouds were light and thin, and it looked like a good day.

A sigh.

After getting dressed, Yue Xi took her mahogany sword and went out. Before closing the door, she knocked three times on the wall.

The door slowly closed. Zheng Yuan fell into a dream again, but this time it was completely different from before.

“Yuan Yuan, Mom gave birth to a little sister. Are you happy?”

Her father brought her to the hospital bed and asked her happily.

Zheng Yuan reached out and pushed aside the baby’s blanket, seeing a beautiful child with bright eyes, fair skin, and a soft, sweet smell.

“I love her, I love her very much.”

Five-year-old Zheng Yuan shed tears.

Yue Xi went up Floating Jade Mountain. After passing the mountainside, the heat on her body disappeared.

The surroundings were so quiet it was eerie, with no sound of cicadas or birds. The more this was the case, the more Yue Xi felt something was wrong. It wasn’t like this last time.

A wind came from somewhere, making the leaves rustle. The moment Yue Xi looked up, she fell into the evil creature’s trap.

With last night’s experience, this barrier was very solid, and it would be difficult for her to break it alone.

“Are you satisfied with this barrier?”

Yue Xi pouted. Why did everyone ask her if she was satisfied? Of course, she wasn’t. How could she be satisfied when she was trapped?

“Not very. I’d be more satisfied if you just killed yourself.”

The evil creature snorted and said in a phlegmy voice, “You don’t know what’s good for you! You’re on a dead-end road, yet you’re still so cocky.”

Yue Xi didn’t think she was on a dead-end road, but it would take some effort to get out.

“I’ve always wanted to ask a question. Why are you targeting me? Besides being good-looking, kind-hearted, and having decent cultivation, there’s nothing else worth coveting.”

The evil creature was silent for a long time, probably speechless.

Yue Xi simply sat down with her legs crossed. The mahogany sword was placed horizontally in front of her. The shallow silver light it emitted enveloped her, protecting her from the evil energy.

The evil creature noticed her intention to break the barrier and attacked directly.

Yue Xi was knocked to the ground by a hurricane, and the mahogany sword was almost snatched away.

“That’s not fair! Who snatches a weapon from someone?”

The evil creature didn’t want to listen to her babble. Its attacks were dense and swift. Yue Xi quickly became strained.

This thing had absorbed so much yin energy and swallowed the souls of Zheng Yuan and Xu Ruoci. Its power had greatly increased, and she was no match for it.

The only way was to hurt it at the cost of harming herself, using a talisman to temporarily increase her cultivation and fight her way out.

The evil creature sensed her intention, and the evil energy ran rampant. Yue Xi felt her skin burning, and her bones ached.

“This time, I’ll swallow you whole!”

The evil creature laughed maniacally, and its power skyrocketed at the same time. Yue Xi was seized by a large hand made of evil energy. She found it hard to breathe, and the air in her lungs was getting less and less.

Just as Yue Xi thought she was going to die here, a leaf sliced through the black fog, and the barrier shattered.

Yue Xi fell to the ground, gasping for fresh air. Her chest hurt as if it was about to explode. The evil creature was terrified. It knew who was stopping it, and if it went against that person, it would be torn to shreds.

“Who gave you permission to touch my person?”

The evil creature’s knees went weak, and it knelt on the ground. It didn’t know why it was doing this; it was just a subconscious reaction.

The moment she heard the voice, Yue Xi stopped coughing. Her eyes were red, and tears were on the verge of falling.

“Xiao Qing.” Yue Xi murmured, and tears rolled down her face.

The evil creature let out a sharp shriek. The black fog shattered, scattering and fleeing in all directions.

The tree shadows flickered, and the small grass on the ground grew, countless green leaves forming a figure that gradually turned into Xiao Qing.

“You left without permission. How should I punish you?”

Xiao Qing leaned over and pinched Yue Xi’s chin, her eyes dark and profound. Vines moved on the ground, climbing up Yue Xi and binding her limbs.

I wrote until 4 a.m., woo woo woo, suddenly started crying o(╥﹏╥)o

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