I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 35

Mo Xiao did not press the issue further, and Zuo Wuyi treated that subject as closed, continuing to search the vicinity for any overlooked black eggs. “Wuyi, is this what you were looking for?” Mo Xiao expanded her spiritual sense and quickly found a spot where the aura was slightly off. A pile of black eggs lay brazenly next to a tree root. Zuo Wuyi hurried over upon hearing this. Her expression changed slightly upon seeing the black eggs. “Yes. This place is completely unsuitable for demon beasts to lay eggs. These eggs must have been deliberately placed here.” Saying this, Zuo Wuyi squatted down and began to inspect the black eggs one by one, checking for any attached auras or other useful clues.

Mo Xiao stood there watching Zuo Wuyi. Seeing her about to collect all the black eggs into her spatial storage, Mo Xiao let out a slight exhale.

“Wuyi, there’s something on this egg, isn’t there?” Although Mo Xiao’s sentence was a question, she said it with a declarative tone. “Or rather, you must also know what it is tainted with, right?”

Hearing Mo Xiao’s words, Zuo Wuyi paused her action of collecting the egg. She understood that Mo Xiao was pressing for an answer. She felt conflicted, wondering whether to confess directly or struggle a bit before confessing.

Mo Xiao squatted down, picked up the last black egg with her hand, and placed it in Zuo Wuyi’s palm. “Don’t forget what you promised me.”

Zuo Wuyi looked down at the egg in her palm. “Then, do you remember what you promised me?”

“Of course, I do,” Mo Xiao gave an affirmative answer.

Zuo Wuyi collected the last black egg into her spatial storage. “These black eggs… are all tainted with Demonic Qi.”

“Demonic Qi from the Demon Realm?” Mo Xiao confirmed.

Zuo Wuyi nodded. “I suspect that these black eggs might be related to yesterday’s demon beast tide. Demon beasts become irritable and aggressive if they are tainted with a small amount of Demonic Qi, and the demon beasts in the tide exhibited exactly this behavior. If one doesn’t carefully differentiate, it’s easy to confuse the two.”

Mo Xiao nodded. “Then let’s investigate the nearby area further. If there are any more of these things, we will have to make a trip to the City Lord’s Mansion.”

That’s it? Mo Xiao isn’t going to ask me how I recognized Demonic Qi? Isn’t she surprised at all?

“Mo Xiao, you just believe what I said?” Zuo Wuyi couldn’t help but ask. “What if I was mistaken?”

“Why would you lie to me?” Mo Xiao countered. “Besides, there are naturally existing channels for mutual transmission between the Demon Realm and the Cultivation World. It’s quite normal for Demon Race members to sneak over.”

“Then, aren’t you curious why I would recognize Demonic Qi?” Zuo Wuyi decided to blurt it out in one breath. “Logically, ever since I joined the Dao Inquiry Sect, I haven’t had much opportunity to travel outside. I shouldn’t know what Demonic Qi looks like.”

“You make a very good point,” Mo Xiao nodded in agreement. “Are you currently able to explain this question?”

Zuo Wuyi felt that Mo Xiao’s question was rather perfunctory, but she seized the opportunity to explain.

“Actually, this isn’t the first time I’ve been to this world.” They say the first step is the hardest. After saying the first sentence, Zuo Wuyi’s subsequent account flowed much smoother.

“After you left due to an accident, I coincidentally encountered something that called itself a System. It told me that as long as I helped it do certain things, it would let me see you again,” Zuo Wuyi confessed in one go.

“Wait, what did you say you encountered?” Mo Xiao’s expression was puzzled. Why couldn’t she hear a few of the words clearly? “Who brought you to this world? Wasn’t your arrival a coincidence?”

“It was the System,” Zuo Wuyi repeated.

“It was a what?” Mo Xiao still looked confused.

“…” Zuo Wuyi was slow to realize that the System seemed to be an existence that needed to be kept secret, so the words were automatically censored when she spoke them.

[Host! This is a mandatory regulation! It is not the System’s fault! The System does not have the authority to modify the censored words!] The System, which had been playing dead for a long time, suddenly popped out, explaining nervously.

Zuo Wuyi paused, ignoring her self-frightened System, and rephrased her description. “It was a magical thing that found me and brought me here.”

“It told me that all I needed to do was play the role of Rong Xue, the so-called female lead. As long as I did that, I could see you.” Sure enough, without the two words ‘System’, every word Zuo Wuyi spoke was clearly audible to Mo Xiao.

Zuo Wuyi didn’t overly detail her experience, only telling Mo Xiao the key points. “I was special to Xuan Min, the so-called male lead. He always said I was his tribulation, which is why he took me in as a disciple.”

“Actually, that wasn’t the case at all. His tribulation was predetermined, but he calculated that I could solve his problems. The so-called discipleship was an exploitation from beginning to end.”

“Later, I discovered that there was a problem with my own background and couldn’t find any trace of you, so I found an opportunity to leave the Dao Inquiry Sect.” At this point, Zuo Wuyi paused and began to observe Mo Xiao’s reaction.

What reaction could Mo Xiao have? Naturally, she listened intently, checking the information against her own memories one by one.

“After leaving the Dao Inquiry Sect, my biological father found me and brought me back to the Demon Realm,” Zuo Wuyi said, lowering her voice. “The Demon Realm has no spiritual energy, so I went from cultivating the Dao to cultivating the Demonic Path, eventually becoming the Demon Lord…”

In fact, the moment she realized she couldn’t find Mo Xiao even in the Demon Realm, she had already stopped following the plot, constantly improving her cultivation, and her mindset began to become extreme.

Seeing the cautious look in Zuo Wuyi’s eyes, Mo Xiao slowly nodded under her gaze. “If I haven’t guessed wrong, you must have also broken ties with Xuan Min, then led the Demon Realm forces to attack the Dao Inquiry Sect, and finally perished together with Xuan Min?”

“How did you know!” Zuo Wuyi was startled at first, then quickly realized. “You, are you like me too?”

Under Zuo Wuyi’s complex gaze, Mo Xiao nodded. “The way I came here was different from yours. I just remember the experiment failing and an explosion happening. When I regained consciousness, I found myself here and had turned into a child.”

Mo Xiao’s experience was much simpler than Zuo Wuyi’s. “I remembered the things you used to say, so I constantly avoided getting involved with the so-called protagonists. I was either cultivating or traveling.”

“No, you’re not wrong, it’s all my fault.” The turn of events was slightly different from what Zuo Wuyi had imagined, but this did not diminish her growing joy.

“Did you also recognize me at the end, which is why you appeared on the day the elders were taking in disciples?” Zuo Wuyi asked excitedly.

Mo Xiao pursed her lips. At the time, she only caught a glimpse of Zuo Wuyi wearing red clothes. She didn’t have time to see her face, let alone recognize her.

“The fact that you directly used your own name made me very curious.” Mo Xiao could not bring herself to lie to Zuo Wuyi, but for certain reasons, she also could not mention her transaction with the Heavenly Dao, so she simply skipped that part.

“After observing your words and actions carefully, I confirmed your identity,” Mo Xiao said. “You, on the other hand, have been so secretive, even hiding your appearance.”

Zuo Wuyi rubbed her nose. “We weren’t together back then. I thought you were still angry with me.”

“That’s true,” Mo Xiao nodded in agreement. If Zuo Wuyi hadn’t hidden anything from the start, she definitely would have avoided her for a while.

However, it would have only been for a short while. After all, she couldn’t stand seeing Zuo Wuyi feel wronged in front of her. If Zuo Wuyi acted pitiful a few times, Mo Xiao would likely soften up again.

“Alright, I’ve said everything I needed to. Is there anything else you want to ask?” After revealing the biggest secret weighing on her heart, Zuo Wuyi felt completely light and even felt like she could take off without wings.

“Who is your father?” Mo Xiao asked.

“I’m not entirely sure about that either. He seems to have been the former leader of the Demon Realm,” Zuo Wuyi stroked her chin. “I was his only child. After discovering he didn’t have much time left, he brought me to the Demon Realm, intending to nurture me.”

“And then you took over his position?” Mo Xiao asked.

Zuo Wuyi nodded. If one overlooked the hundred years of her difficult climb to the top, purely based on the result, that statement was correct.

“When is your biological father scheduled to come find you?” Mo Xiao asked.

“Counting from the present time, he won’t come looking for me for another two hundred years,” Zuo Wuyi said. “However, many things have changed now, so I don’t know if other events will occur.”

“Mo Xiao, you promised me that no matter who I am, you will be with me, right?” Seizing the favorable atmosphere, Zuo Wuyi couldn’t help but confirm again.

“If I recall correctly, I promised that between you and Xuan Min, I would always stand by you, correct?” Mo Xiao asked, raising an eyebrow. She considered her memory to be quite good and unlikely to forget her own promise.

“It’s about the same. Anyway, I’ve told you everything now. Even if I turn into a demon in the future, you can’t abandon me!” When in doubt, Zuo Wuyi simply hugged Mo Xiao and began to whine and act spoiled.

“You…” What else could Mo Xiao do? She had known about Zuo Wuyi’s past actions from the very beginning. Since Zuo Wuyi said she was starting over, Mo Xiao naturally would not dwell on what happened in the previous life.

Moreover, she understood Zuo Wuyi’s true nature. If Xuan Min hadn’t genuinely infuriated her, she wouldn’t have paid such a heavy price to perish with him.

Before Mo Xiao could say anything further, she detected a pattern of spiritual energy fluctuations nearby. She immediately hugged Zuo Wuyi back, quickly found a secluded spot, and concealed both their presences.