I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 34

The scene was not as tense as Mo Xiao and the others had imagined. Those few individuals had acted only after careful observation.

In their view, Qiu Wu barely blinked when buying materials, spending hundreds of High-grade Spirit Stones in a short amount of time. They had merely attempted to extort one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones. Shouldn’t Qiu Wu have simply given them the spirit stones, operating on the principle of avoiding trouble where possible?

Qiu Wu herself felt that one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones were nothing and was prepared to give it to them as if they were beggars. However, Yun He seemed to have been highly stimulated by yesterday’s events, making her extremely sensitive about spirit stones. Upon hearing the demand for an amount equivalent to almost one-twentieth of her entire fortune, she became exceptionally agitated.

“Fine, I’ll count it as bad luck. Give me fifty spirit stones, and we’ll consider this matter an equal fault on both sides.” Seeing Yun He go to fetch reinforcements, the ‘bumping’ cultivator also grew nervous.

He had no so-called powerful backer; he was purely trying to earn some money because he saw these people had unfamiliar faces and were spending lavishly.

If the stalemate continued, he might be spotted by the nearby security patrol, and then he would be in trouble. While his actions didn’t overtly violate regulations, they were borderline, and the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

“No. Fellow Daoist Yun just told me that the items you have here are worth at most one hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones,” Qiu Wu was also a stickler for detail. “If you genuinely believe we share responsibility equally, I can compensate you with fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones.”

“Fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones?” The extortionist looked incredulous. “Are you trying to fob off a beggar?”

Qiu Wu shook her head and said earnestly, “If it were a beggar, I would generally only give them a few Low-grade Spirit Stones, which is enough for them to live for a long time.”

“…” The extortionist was stunned by Qiu Wu’s words, momentarily speechless.

He knew that the spirit stones he paid for these porcelain bottles were already close to fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones. If he compromised now, wouldn’t he have wasted his effort entirely?

“No, fifty Mid-grade Spirit Stones is too little. You must… at least give me ten High-grade Spirit Stones! I’ll consider this my bad luck!” Seeing the onlookers grow, the extortionist also started to panic.

This was only the third time he had tried such a thing. Could this be the time he finally failed?

“Ten High-grade Spirit Stones?” Qiu Wu hesitated. This deadlock didn’t seem to be solving anything; perhaps she should just give him ten High-grade Spirit Stones.

Just as Qiu Wu was about to retrieve the spirit stones from her spatial storage, Yun He finally arrived at the scene with Mo Xiao and the others.

“Senior Sister, Senior Martial Sister, it’s him! He’s deliberately trying to extort Fellow Daoist Qiu!” Yun He said, anxiously walking over to Qiu Wu’s side. “How are you? He didn’t do anything to you, did he?”

Qiu Wu shook her head and said honestly, “He just asked me to compensate him with ten High-grade Spirit Stones.”

“No need, Fellow Daoist Qiu, you don’t need to pay a single spirit stone,” Yun Yu stepped forward as the Senior Martial Sister. “There are no residual auras on these fragments. If my judgment is correct, these have always been empty porcelain bottles.”

“Nonsense! I put things inside them!” The extortionist began to panic, but he still spoke stubbornly.

“Is that so? Then tell us, what did you put inside?” Zuo Wuyi asked.

“It… it was a family heirloom treasure that can only be stored in porcelain. Once the bottle shatters, it will vanish into the air!” The extortionist said this while observing his surroundings, considering his escape route.

“Do you have any proof?” Mo Xiao pressed, lightly releasing the suppressive aura of her Nascent Soul stage cultivation.

At this, the extortionist fell completely silent, leaving behind a remark, “You are bullying me with your strength!” He then slipped into the crowd behind him and ran away.

Yun Yu sighed at the sight, raising her hand to pat Yun He’s shoulder. “Next time you encounter a situation, think more and don’t be so rash.”

Yun He lowered her head. “Yes, Senior Martial Sister.”

Seeing Yun He revert to her depressed mood from last night, Qiu Wu frowned slightly. She then took Yun He’s shoulders, making her look up at herself.

“Fellow Daoist Yun, thank you,” Qiu Wu thanked her sincerely. “If it weren’t for you, I might have lost a hundred spirit stones today.”

“Ah?” Yun He looked at Qiu Wu. “But, if I hadn’t followed you, perhaps he wouldn’t have dared to extort you at all.”

“That’s not true. If it weren’t for Fellow Daoist Yun, I definitely would have given him the spirit stones to avoid unnecessary trouble,” Qiu Wu’s demeanor was very earnest when she said this. “Fellow Daoist Yun, you are the first person who has helped me save spirit stones. Thank you.”

Hearing Qiu Wu’s genuine thanks, Yun He inevitably started to feel slightly lightheaded again. “Is that so? I don’t think I’m as good as Fellow Daoist Qiu thinks.”

“Fellow Daoist Yun should not belittle yourself. I most admire people like Fellow Daoist Yun who possess such a genuine nature,” Qiu Wu said. “From today onward, Fellow Daoist Yun, you are my bosom friend, Qiu Wu’s. In the future, if you have any need for spiritual artifacts, please do not hesitate to come to me.”

“Good! Fellow Daoist Qiu is also my bosom friend, Yun He’s, from now on!” Hearing Qiu Wu’s words, Yun He felt a sense of fulfillment filling her chest, and she became somewhat swollen with pride. “As long as I, Yun He, am here, no one can harm you, Fellow Daoist Qiu.”

Mo Xiao and the two others had been standing silently on the side since the conversation began, observing the birth of this pair of bosom friends. Seeing the two already embracing, they even felt an impulse to applaud.

“Junior Sister, I think, unless absolutely necessary, we should avoid bringing Yun He along in the future,” Yun Yu quietly remarked.

Mo Xiao nodded internally. “Junior Sister and Fellow Daoist Qiu seem to get along very well. Both of them are highly suited to cultivating within a sect.”

Given the temperaments of these two, the outside world was simply too dangerous. It was best for them not to travel extensively until they became much stronger.

The one-hundred-spirit-stone extortion case concluded with Yun He and Qiu Wu continuing their shopping trip. After once again acknowledging her own Junior Sister’s unreliability, Yun Yu resigned herself to being the protective figure, following the two at a respectful distance.

As for Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi, they had lost interest in the commercial district and planned to take advantage of the daytime to venture outside the city, checking if there were any secret realms nearby worth exploring.

After leaving the city, Zuo Wuyi recalled the little girl’s words from yesterday and walked in the direction she had mentioned.

“A Qi Refining stage little girl’s travel speed is limited. After one hour, it should be somewhere around here,” Zuo Wuyi roughly estimated the route and stopped at an open space.

“Are you looking for the same black egg as yesterday?” Mo Xiao asked, simultaneously releasing her spiritual sense to guard against any surprise attacks from demon beasts.

Zuo Wuyi mused, “I suppose so. The feeling I get from those black eggs… is not good.”

Remembering her promise to Mo Xiao that they would not keep secrets from each other, Zuo Wuyi began to feel conflicted. If she didn’t hide some things, she couldn’t explain the origin of the black egg she had.

But if she didn’t hide it and directly stated that the black egg seemed to be tainted with Demonic Qi, she also couldn’t explain how she was able to discern Demonic Qi!

“Mo Xiao, do you still remember the name Rong Xue?” Zuo Wuyi asked tentatively.

Mo Xiao thought for a moment and nodded. “Isn’t Rong Xue the name you were originally supposed to have?”

Zuo Wuyi rubbed her nose. “In some ways, Rong Xue is indeed my name, but I am Zuo Wuyi now, and I will only ever be Zuo Wuyi.”

She had played the role of Rong Xue for an entire lifetime in her previous life. This time, she wanted to be herself, the Zuo Wuyi who could be with Mo Xiao.

“Do you remember the supposed background of Rong Xue and her final fate?” Zuo Wuyi continued to ask.

Mo Xiao shook her head. “I just remember that Rong Xue would have entanglements with Xuan Min, and after experiencing many twists and turns, they seemed to end up together?”

Speaking of which, the story centered on Rong Xue and Xuan Min was one that Zuo Wuyi had recommended to Mo Xiao to pass the time during college. Mo Xiao had never memorized too much of the so-called plot; she only remembered a few phrases that Zuo Wuyi often muttered into her ear.

Anyone who opposes the protagonist will not have a good ending. If you don’t oppose the protagonist, you could become their stepping stone at any time. If I ever transmigrate into the world of the book, I must stay far away from the protagonists to ensure my safety.

After hearing Mo Xiao’s words, Zuo Wuyi remained silent for a long time. She never imagined that the root cause of why she couldn’t find Mo Xiao in her previous life was actually her own fault?

“Then why did you suddenly pay attention to me?” Zuo Wuyi asked. In her previous life, she hadn’t seen Mo Xiao when she took on a master, and she had only occasionally heard the name Yun Mu a few times from Xuan Shuang.

“Probably… your name?” Mo Xiao suggested tentatively.

Speaking of which, I’ve never told Zuo Wuyi that I also came back with nearly five hundred years of memories from the previous life. Zuo Wuyi probably thinks I don’t know anything and am experiencing the world of the book for the first time, right?

“So that’s how it is,” Zuo Wuyi nodded. This was probably the butterfly effect. The moment she changed her identity, some things might have begun to change.

Zuo Wuyi indeed did not yet know that Mo Xiao, like herself, was essentially experiencing these events for the second time.

She simply believed that Mo Xiao had arrived seventy-plus years earlier than herself and had merely adapted to life here ahead of time. And she herself had only returned to her childhood, the time when the plot of the book began, due to certain reasons.

Mo Xiao was different. After discovering that the female lead’s name had become Zuo Wuyi, she had intentionally tested her repeatedly, eventually confirming that Zuo Wuyi was the woman in the red dress she had seen in her previous life—the so-called female lead who ended up perishing with the male lead.