I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 5

Less than ten days after leaving, Mo Xiao received a message from Yun He. Seeing that Yun He was asking for her location, Mo Xiao didn’t overthink it and truthfully wrote down where she was.

After leaving the Dao Seeking Sect, Mo Xiao headed east. She stopped near a town where mortals and cultivators mixed, then concealed her aura and disguised herself as an ordinary Qi Refinement stage sword cultivator.

Those who live in such mixed towns are generally low-level cultivators. Many Qi Refinement stage cultivators could be seen on the streets. They looked no different from ordinary people, holding silver money to purchase the things they needed.

In the first few days, Mo Xiao familiarized herself with the town’s layout. After realizing that cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage were rare in the city, she acted even more discreetly. After exchanging a few low-grade spirit stones for a large amount of silver, she bought a small single-entry courtyard, intending to settle down for a period to temper her mindset.

Although Mo Xiao’s cultivation had regressed to the late Golden Core stage, she found that her spiritual sense still remained at the Half-Step Ascension level. In other words, if she wanted to, she could easily use her spiritual sense to cover the entire town and observe the actions of every person here.

Of course, Mo Xiao did not do that. After settling down, she visited her surrounding neighbors, trying to establish good neighborly relations with them.

“Miss Mo, are you living alone? Won’t that be unsafe?” The person living to Mo Xiao’s left was a scholar and his wife. When the scholar’s wife clearly saw Mo Xiao’s appearance, a hint of astonishment flashed in her eyes.

Mo Xiao shook her head and replied truthfully, “I am a cultivator. No one here can harm me.”

“So you are an Immortal Mo.” Hearing Mo Xiao say she was a cultivator, the scholar’s wife’s face showed surprise, and she subsequently invited her into the house to sit with great enthusiasm.

It was only the first time Mo Xiao had met the scholar’s wife, and she was a little unaccustomed to her enthusiasm. But remembering her Master’s instruction to enter the mortal world for experience, she suppressed the uncomfortable feeling and followed the scholar’s wife inside.

Ordinary people living in the town had a thick filter of reverence for those who could cultivate. Mo Xiao hadn’t been inside for long before the scholar’s wife disclosed everything about her life during their casual chat.

From the scholar’s wife’s words, Mo Xiao learned that she and her husband were betrothed when they were young. Since her husband’s parents passed away early, her husband had moved into her family’s house when he was ten.

“My husband passed the scholar’s examination at age twenty, and we got married that same year,” the scholar’s wife said, sighing. Then, she changed the subject and began to plead with Mo Xiao. “Immortal, my husband and I have been married for a year, but I haven’t conceived. Can the Immortal help me?”

Mo Xiao furrowed her brow slightly. “Madam, I am no immortal, only a very ordinary cultivator. You can just call me by my name.”

Mo Xiao paused, then continued, “Furthermore, I am a sword cultivator and not skilled in medicinal theory. If you have any problems, you might find it more useful to consult a reputable doctor in town than to ask me.”

“Immortal, I have already consulted a doctor. The doctor said there is nothing wrong with my body, only that I have no fate with children,” the scholar’s wife said, her mood becoming depressed. “Immortal, please help me, alright? I beg you, help me.”

As she spoke, the scholar’s wife grabbed Mo Xiao’s arm, as if she were her last straw of hope, her voice becoming slightly hoarse. “Immortal, I implore you!”

Mo Xiao subconsciously frowned, then used her other hand to grip the scholar’s wife’s wrist and directly channeled a burst of spiritual energy into her. “Calm down.”

The scholar’s wife’s body trembled, her mind went blank momentarily, and then she quickly calmed down, looking at Mo Xiao in confusion. “Immortal, I’m sorry. I don’t know why I suddenly…”

With such a dramatic difference in behavior, Mo Xiao would have to be brainless not to notice the trickery involved.

There were some things Mo Xiao wouldn’t bother with if she didn’t encounter them, merely treating herself as a simple passerby. But if the people involved were acquainted with Mo Xiao, even if only as casual friends, Mo Xiao wouldn’t stand idly by if she stumbled upon such matters.

“If you don’t mind, I can accompany you to see the doctor,” Mo Xiao roughly checked the scholar’s wife’s body with spiritual energy and quickly discovered something was amiss. However, Mo Xiao was not skilled in medicine, so she couldn’t give an accurate diagnosis.

The scholar’s wife hesitated, but considering that Mo Xiao was a cultivator and surely wouldn’t harm her, she nodded in agreement. “Alright, then I’ll have to trouble the Immortal.”

“Just call me Mo Xiao,” Mo Xiao emphasized again.

Accompanying someone to see a doctor was something Mo Xiao hadn’t experienced in a very long time. Faced with the doctor’s questions, she knew nothing.

“What is your relationship with this lady?” The doctor looked at Mo Xiao with scrutiny. “Why have I never seen you before?”

“Doctor, Immortal… Mo Xiao is my new neighbor. Please rest assured, she is not a bad person,” the scholar’s wife interjected. “Is there something wrong with my body?”

“Since she is a new neighbor, then there should be no suspicion,” the doctor said, stroking his beard. “Madam Liu, you have been poisoned. It is a chronic poison. If my diagnosis is correct, you have been poisoned for about three months. This poison will gradually damage your body and sanity, eventually causing you to lose your mind and become like a lunatic.”

“Chronic poison?” Mo Xiao looked at the scholar’s wife. “Your husband poisoned you.”

The scholar’s wife was stunned. “Mo Xiao, why do you say my husband poisoned me?”

“You only live with your husband. You wouldn’t poison yourself, so the person who administered the poison must be your husband,” Mo Xiao felt her logic was perfectly sound.

“But, my husband and I have a very good relationship. There’s no reason for him to harm me…” the scholar’s wife said, her heart starting to become confused. After all, Mo Xiao’s words also sounded very reasonable.

“That’s simple. You just need to think about the benefits your death brings him,” Mo Xiao’s mind turned quickly when it came to logic. “What ordinary people seek is nothing more than power, wealth, and sex. If you die, your husband will have a valid reason to marry someone else, for example, a woman of higher status than him. In that case, he might gain power, wealth, and sex.”

The scholar’s wife gripped her sleeves. After hearing Mo Xiao’s words, her heart couldn’t help but waver. She recalled the words her husband often whispered in her ear, and… and the supposed fertility prescription seemed to be something she only started taking three months ago…

Mo Xiao observed the expression on the scholar’s wife’s face, further confirming the answer in her heart. “Your husband is trying to harm you. You can report it to the authorities.”

“Or, if you can’t bear to, I can also help you resolve this problem.” Remembering her Master’s instructions, Mo Xiao added this sentence. Since I’ve already gotten involved in this domestic affair, it should count as gaining experience in the mortal world, right?

“No, I… let me think first. There might be some misunderstanding…” Hearing the words “report to the authorities,” the scholar’s wife hesitated. Although what Mo Xiao said was very likely the truth, it was all just a conjecture, not fact.

Mo Xiao remained silent, simply watching the scholar’s wife.

“Madam Liu, although you have been poisoned, it was discovered relatively early. I will write you a prescription. You should be fine after drinking it for a month,” the doctor said, turning to write the prescription. Clearly, he didn’t want to get involved in the scholar’s wife’s affairs.

“You are unwilling to report it to the authorities?” Mo Xiao looked directly at the scholar’s wife. “I think you should know the truth.”

The scholar’s wife lowered her head, feeling a little ashamed, avoiding Mo Xiao’s gaze. If she reported it and had the scholar locked up, she would definitely be gossiped about by the neighbors, and she didn’t know what kind of life she would have to lead afterward.

“In that case, let’s part ways here,” Mo Xiao said, turning and leaving decisively. Her involvement was already excessive meddling. Since the person herself was unwilling to pursue the matter, she wouldn’t allow her kindness to overflow.

Mo Xiao had just stepped out of the medical hall’s door when she ran into Yun He, with Zuo Wuyi following behind her.

“Yun He, why did you bring Junior Sister out?” Mo Xiao instinctively frowned when she saw the two of them. Zuo Wuyi was only at the Qi Refinement stage. How could she carelessly go out traveling?

Yun He awkwardly rubbed her forehead. “Well, I promised Junior Sister that if she broke through to the middle stage of Qi Refinement, I would bring her out.”

“Middle stage of Qi Refinement?” Mo Xiao shifted her gaze to Zuo Wuyi. Discovering that her cultivation was already at the middle stage of Qi Refinement, she was also stunned. “Junior Sister, when did you break through?”

Zuo Wuyi blinked, opening her mouth with an innocent expression. “It was about nine days after Senior Sister left. I was just thinking about cultivating properly, and then I broke through somehow.”

Mo Xiao calculated the time in her mind. From the initial stage of Qi Refinement to the middle stage of Qi Refinement, Junior Sister only took thirteen days. Is this the formidable nature of the Female Lead? It’s truly terrifying!

“Mo Xiao, Mo Xiao, are you… are you still willing to help me?” Before Mo Xiao could say anything, the scholar’s wife came out of the medical hall, attempting to grab Mo Xiao’s hand.

“Madam, please calm down,” Mo Xiao said, taking a step back, increasing the distance between herself and the scholar’s wife. “If you need to report it to the authorities, I can help you. For any other matter, I apologize.”

The scholar’s wife froze upon hearing Mo Xiao’s words. She opened her mouth but said nothing.

“Senior Sister, what happened to this… Madam?” Yun He was a little curious. After only a few days apart, how did her Senior Sister, who was usually obsessed with cultivation, find time to interfere in these mundane affairs?

“Nothing much. Her husband is trying to harm her. I suggested she report it to the authorities, but she refused,” Mo Xiao summarized the situation in a single sentence. “Since that’s the case, I won’t interfere in this matter.”

“Mo Xiao, I don’t need you to report it to the authorities. I just need you to help me conceive. As long as I have a child, it will be fine…” the scholar’s wife said, her eyes becoming slightly unfocused again.

“I apologize, I do not possess the ability to make you pregnant,” Mo Xiao politely refused.

“Why would you getting pregnant have anything to do with Senior Sister?” Zuo Wuyi said simultaneously, looking at the scholar’s wife with hostility. Could this person be trying to latch onto Mo Xiao?