I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 4

Mo Xiao observed Zuo Wuyi for three days in total. After confirming that she could keep up with the morning lesson’s progress, she directly handed over the items she had prepared a few days prior.

“Inside are some pills suitable for the Qi Refinement stage and some simple sword moves. Practice them yourself when you have time,” Mo Xiao said, directly tossing a small storage pouch over.

Zuo Wuyi held the storage pouch, looking a little lost. “Senior Sister, what does this mean? Aren’t you going to teach me anymore?”

“I plan to leave the sect for a period of time to gain experience. During this time, you can find Yun He if you have any questions,” Mo Xiao said. The mission given to her by the Heavenly Dao was not simple, yet not difficult either—she only needed to ensure that both Xuan Min and Zuo Wuyi remained alive.

Considering that the two perished together in the previous life, Mo Xiao had initially planned to help them maintain a stable master-disciple relationship. However, she never expected the Female Lead, after changing her name, would completely abandon the plot and become her Junior Sister instead.

With this turn of events, Mo Xiao felt the amount of work she needed to do had decreased. Since the Female Lead was her Junior Sister, she was confident she could nurture her properly, ensuring she would never enter the Demonic Dao and would not become enemies with Xuan Min.

With the Female Lead side temporarily secured, Mo Xiao decided to go out and gain some experience, which would also provide a suitable reason to increase her cultivation.

“Where is Senior Sister going for experience? How long will you be gone?” Zuo Wuyi asked, subconsciously gripping the corner of Mo Xiao’s robe. She wholeheartedly did not want Mo Xiao to leave. She worried that if Mo Xiao left this time, she would be unable to find her again, just like in her past life.

Mo Xiao considered seriously, then answered truthfully, “Three months at the shortest, a year at the longest.”

Hearing Mo Xiao’s words, Zuo Wuyi’s expression instantly collapsed. Her mouth drooped, looking as if she was about to cry at any moment. “Senior Sister, can you please not go? I want Senior Sister to teach me sword practice…”

Mo Xiao frowned slightly upon hearing this, but quickly relaxed, saying patiently, “Junior Sister, the sword moves I can teach you, Yun He can also teach you, not to mention that Master is here. Furthermore, leaving to travel is a very normal thing for me. Even if I don’t go this time, I will still head out after a while.”

“But, but I don’t want to be separated from Senior Sister.” Zuo Wuyi’s eyes became slightly red, and tears slowly welled up, looking as if they were about to fall.

“Separation is a very common occurrence, Junior Sister. You must learn to accept it.” Although Mo Xiao felt a little sorry for Zuo Wuyi, she was not swayed. She just patted her head. “I will return as soon as possible. Is there anything you want? I can bring it back for you then.”

Zuo Wuyi sniffled, trying hard to hold back her tears, appearing pitiful. “I don’t want anything. I just want Senior Sister to come back soon.”

Mo Xiao withdrew her hand and squatted down to look Zuo Wuyi in the eye. “Alright, then you also have to promise me to cultivate properly during this time and try to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refinement by the time I return. How about that?”

“Mhm.” Zuo Wuyi nodded while sniffling. Seeing the timing was right, she lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Mo Xiao’s neck. “Senior Sister, when you return, will you personally teach me sword techniques?”

Mo Xiao hesitated for a moment, then softly hummed an affirmative.

After a while, Mo Xiao intended to let go of Zuo Wuyi and stand up, but just as she was about to rise, she realized Zuo Wuyi was clinging too tightly, making it futile even if she pulled away.

Turning her head, she saw Zuo Wuyi’s still-red eyes. A trace of reluctance flashed in Mo Xiao’s heart. She picked the person up with one arm and gave her a somewhat stiff expression of concern. “I’ll take you back. Remember to rest early today.”

Zuo Wuyi didn’t say anything, simply settling into Mo Xiao’s embrace, even burying her head into Mo Xiao’s neck. Since she couldn’t stop her from leaving, she would cling to her for as long as possible.

Although Mo Xiao knew Zuo Wuyi was the Female Lead and would become formidable in the future, upon seeing Zuo Wuyi’s pitiful gaze, Mo Xiao merely regarded her as a young girl overly dependent on her elder sister and indulged her in certain ways.

It wasn’t until Mo Xiao brought Zuo Wuyi back to her residence that she realized her Junior Sister’s breathing was steady, and she was sleeping soundly in her arms.

Since it was already late, Mo Xiao didn’t wake Zuo Wuyi. She simply took off Zuo Wuyi’s shoes and socks and placed her on the bed. Before leaving, she cast a cleansing spell on her to ensure she slept comfortably.

“Mo Xiao left?” After the room became quiet again, Zuo Wuyi let out a breath and continued to close her eyes, recalling the feeling of leaning against Mo Xiao. Her entire being felt much more peaceful.

[Yes, Mo Xiao has already gone far away.] The system popped up, its voice carrying a trace of incomprehension. [Host, last time you couldn’t find her, so there was nothing you could do. This time you’ve already met Mo Xiao. Why are you pretending not to know her? You even intentionally changed your appearance.]

“You want to know the answer to that question?” Zuo Wuyi was still immersed in the recent intimate contact with Mo Xiao, and her tone was much softer than usual.

[Yes.] The system gave an affirmative answer.

“Then go ahead and think about it. Maybe you’ll figure it out as you think,” Zuo Wuyi chuckled lightly, seemingly recalling something. She then bundled herself up in the quilt and began to drift off to sleep.

She was carried back by Mo Xiao today. She should be able to have a good dream.

[…] The system really wanted to wake Zuo Wuyi up and ask for a clear explanation, but it had the intention but not the courage. It could only retreat into Zuo Wuyi’s Sea of Consciousness and ponder the answer to the question.

In truth, when the system first interacted with Zuo Wuyi, their mode of interaction was not like this. Instead, the system held the dominant position, and Zuo Wuyi silently followed its instructions.

[Hello, human. I am an intelligent system from Planet MW3. Do you require my assistance now?] When the system first arrived on Planet Blue, what it saw was an expressionless Zuo Wuyi. She was holding a bouquet of flowers, standing alone in front of a grave, allowing the fine raindrops to fall on her.

[Human, are you willing to work for me?] The system was a translucent little ball of light at the time. It stopped in front of Zuo Wuyi and continued to communicate with her. [As long as you agree, I can help you realize one wish, whether it is beauty, wealth, power, or…]

The system chattered on, but Zuo Wuyi seemed as if she hadn’t heard anything, standing motionless in place. If it weren’t for the raindrops sliding down her hair, the system would have thought it had paused time.

[Human, I can truly help you realize any wish.] The system’s voice became somewhat agitated. Having encountered a suitable host right at the start, the system didn’t want to miss the opportunity.

“Any wish?” Zuo Wuyi blinked, slightly twisted her neck, and looked directly at the translucent ball of light in front of her. “Can you let me see Mo Xiao?”

The system paused for a moment. Although it could tear through space-time, it could not resurrect the dead. Moreover, all that remained of Mo Xiao was her ashes. Even if it could retrieve Mo Xiao’s soul, there was no suitable body for her.

Zuo Wuyi twitched the corner of her mouth and ignored the system. Instead, she squatted down and slowly placed the flowers in her hand in front of the tombstone, murmuring, “If only I had known earlier that you would die for such a ridiculous reason, I would never have let you participate in that experiment, nor would I have invested money in the research institute.”

“If the research institute had gone bankrupt, maybe you would have obediently stayed by my side…”

[Wait, although I can’t resurrect Mo Xiao, I found out where Mo Xiao is! I can let you meet again.] The system’s voice revealed some joy. It never expected that someone could transmigrate, and the place of transmigration was even its mission location!

“Meet again?” Zuo Wuyi stopped her movement of walking away. Logic told her that seeing Mo Xiao again was impossible, but in despair, people always wanted to grasp something, even if it was an absurd lie.

[Yes, Mo Xiao is not actually dead. Her soul…]

After recalling their initial meeting, the system sighed in a human-like manner, then set itself to sleep mode, choosing to play dead. It was now firmly bound to Zuo Wuyi. Since it couldn’t change the host, it could only try its best to adapt to the host.

Mo Xiao’s execution was very strong. After stating yesterday that she was going out to travel, she prepared her things early this morning and bid farewell to her Master.

“I heard from Yun He that my little apprentice is very clingy to you?” Xuan Shuang held a position as an Elder of the Sword Pavilion, so she had been a bit busy these past few days and hadn’t interacted much with Zuo Wuyi.

Mo Xiao nodded. “It’s probably because I look quite similar to Junior Sister’s elder sister, so she feels closer to me.”

Xuan Shuang nodded, not dwelling on the issue. “Given your cultivation, I’m not worried about you going out to travel. But I hope you don’t travel just for the sake of traveling. You must try to integrate into their lives. Don’t just wander around, find a place to cultivate in seclusion for half a year, and consider that traveling.”

Hearing Xuan Shuang’s words, Mo Xiao looked slightly embarrassed and lowered her head. If her Master hadn’t said those things, she really had planned to wander around for a bit, then find a place to go into seclusion and cultivate.

“Yes, Master. I will cultivate through worldly experience.” Noticing that Xuan Shuang’s gaze remained fixed on her, Mo Xiao could only make a commitment.

Hearing her disciple’s answer, Xuan Shuang nodded in satisfaction. “Go. I hope you have different gains.”

Zuo Wuyi’s mood was relatively peaceful while she was sleeping, but after waking up and discovering that Mo Xiao had left without even saying goodbye, she couldn’t help but feel depressed and lacked motivation for everything.

Once Mo Xiao left, the person responsible for supervising Zuo Wuyi’s cultivation became Yun He. Yun He had a more lively personality. Seeing Zuo Wuyi diligently cultivating, she tried to find ways to cheer her up, hoping to prevent her Junior Sister from becoming a replica of her Senior Sister.

“Junior Sister, they say that time flies when you cultivate. If you cultivate seriously, perhaps Senior Sister will be back in a flash,” Yun He considered herself quite skilled at coaxing people, but she still met with difficulty when dealing with Zuo Wuyi.

It wasn’t that Zuo Wuyi ignored Yun He; on the contrary, Zuo Wuyi was interacting with Yun He very well. If Yun He asked a question, she answered. If Yun He pointed out a mistake, she corrected it. If Yun He told her to rest, she rested, appearing extremely obedient.

“Mhm.” Zuo Wuyi nodded, then continued to practice her sword moves, starting to practice one thousand sword swings as Yun He had instructed.

Yun He rubbed her nose, a little dissatisfied with the current situation. Rather than saying that her Junior Sister was obedient, it was more accurate to say that her Junior Sister had become someone who executed her commands. Whatever she said, her Junior Sister did, giving her a strange, unsettling feeling, as if the person in front of her was not a human but a puppet.

This won’t do! Yun He quickly thought of a good idea. “Junior Sister, do you want to see Senior Sister quickly?”

Upon hearing this, Zuo Wuyi stopped her sword-swinging motion and looked at Yun He with her eyes, inquiring about her meaning.

“As long as you break through to the middle stage of Qi Refinement, Junior Sister, I will take you out to see the world.” As she spoke, Yun He gave Zuo Wuyi a look that implied you understand, and added, “Maybe we might even run into Senior Sister.”