I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 63

It proves that human potential in extreme circumstances is limitless.

Zuo Wuyi endured the pain of her body collapsing, forcibly using the scarce demonic energy to devour the surrounding spiritual energy, gambling with her life.

Whether it was the female protagonist physique at work or not, Zuo Wuyi successfully escaped the certainty of death.

Feeling the demonic energy slowly increasing in her body, Zuo Wuyi gradually moved her body. It took her nearly half an hour to inch closer to the corpse of the Spirit Transformation cultivator.

With trembling hands, she managed to pull off his storage ring. Zuo Wuyi used her faint spiritual sense to search and, upon finding high-grade healing pills, began the arduous task of swallowing them.

[Host, I sense Mo Xiao’s aura!] The System instantly became excited. [We are saved!]

“Mo Xiao is coming?” Zuo Wuyi was initially ecstatic, but remembering her current predicament, she suddenly didn’t want to be found by her at this moment.

If Mo Xiao found her a few days later, she might have recovered a little and wouldn’t be so utterly wretched.

[According to the System’s detection, Mo Xiao is less than five kilometers away from the Host!] The System said, rolling around in Zuo Wuyi’s Sea of Consciousness.

Of course, this kind of foolish thought only existed briefly in Zuo Wuyi’s mind. Upon hearing the System’s words, Zuo Wuyi slowly began to release demonic energy, allowing Mo Xiao to perceive her presence more quickly.

Mo Xiao’s expression was very serious. Since entering the passage, all she had seen was a vast expanse of white. She stood in the snow, somewhat lost, not knowing where to go.

When the uneasy feeling came again, she didn’t hesitate for a moment, relying on her first intuition to choose a direction and began to search. This search lasted for three days.

Just as Mo Xiao was doubting whether she had taken the wrong direction, she felt an anomaly in the air—a subtle but continuous power distinct from spiritual energy.

Mo Xiao didn’t hesitate, immediately accelerating toward the source of the power.

Before long, she saw a corpse lying on the ground and Zuo Wuyi barely sitting up.

“Wuyi,” Mo Xiao frowned, looking at the faintly breathing Zuo Wuyi with a sense of helplessness, unsure what she should do.

“Can you take these pills?” Mo Xiao immediately took out her best pills, then removed her outer robe and carefully draped it over Zuo Wuyi.

“I have already taken a pill. I just need to wait for my body to slowly repair itself,” It would have been better if Zuo Wuyi hadn’t spoken. The dry, hoarse sound immediately plunged both of them into silence.

Mo Xiao sat directly on the ground, then picked Zuo Wuyi up and placed her in her lap. “Water?”

Zuo Wuyi didn’t speak again but nodded directly.

Mo Xiao initially intended to feed Zuo Wuyi spiritual spring water but remembered her current unusual state. She could only use a spell to conjure pure water, heat it to the appropriate temperature, and slowly feed it to Zuo Wuyi.

“Mo Xiao, you won’t blame me, right?” Zuo Wuyi leaned dependently into Mo Xiao’s arms. After drinking some hot water, her voice recovered slightly.

Mo Xiao shook her head. “Is that person lying there the one who hurt you?”

Zuo Wuyi nodded, letting out a breath. “He was really tenacious. If I hadn’t had many backup plans, I might have failed.”

Mo Xiao stroked Zuo Wuyi’s head, looking at her with gentle eyes. “I know. You did great.”

Zuo Wuyi curled her lips into a proud smile. Lying in Mo Xiao’s arms, she felt extremely safe. Fatigue instantly washed over her, making her eyelids heavy, and she eventually fell asleep.

Mo Xiao let out a breath and remained motionless in her position, falling into long and heavy contemplation.

She had already sensed it. The spiritual energy in Zuo Wuyi’s body had vanished, and her meridians were filled with pure, unadulterated demonic energy.

Clearly, Zuo Wuyi was no longer a human cultivator. Her spiritual meridian had been almost completely corrupted by demonic energy, turning into the demonic meridian unique to demons.

Under these circumstances, even if her Master and the others accepted Zuo Wuyi becoming a demon, she still wouldn’t be able to return to the Dao Seeking Sect.

As things stood, Zuo Wuyi’s best destination was the Demon Realm. But there were many dangers in the Demon Realm, and Mo Xiao couldn’t let Zuo Wuyi go alone.

After contemplating for an unknown amount of time, Zuo Wuyi slowly woke up to see a serious-looking Mo Xiao. Her brow was deeply furrowed, as if she were making a difficult decision.

“How long did I sleep?” Zuo Wuyi said, rotating her neck. Her injuries had recovered almost by half.

Mo Xiao hesitated. “About a few days?”

“And you just sat like that for a few days?” A question mark slowly appeared above Zuo Wuyi’s head. “Why didn’t you take out a bed and let us sleep together?”

“Huh? Sleep in the open?” A question mark also appeared above Mo Xiao’s head. She had only thrown a barrier around them to block the wind and snow; it shouldn’t count as a wall, right?

Zuo Wuyi slowly let out a breath. “Never mind. What were you worrying about just now? Why the serious expression?”

Saying this, Zuo Wuyi got up from Mo Xiao’s arms and stood in the snow to stretch her muscles and bones.

Mo Xiao also slowly got up. Because there was spiritual energy around, she didn’t feel uncomfortable. “I was thinking about whether I should become a demon and go to the Demon Realm with you.”

Upon hearing Mo Xiao’s words, Zuo Wuyi, who was stretching her knees, nearly plunged headfirst into the snow.

“What did you say? You want to become a demon?” Zuo Wuyi’s eyes widened. “Mo Xiao, snap out of it. You are a pure human cultivator. Why would you become a demon?”

“The Demon Realm is very dangerous. I can’t be at ease leaving you alone,” Mo Xiao answered truthfully.

“Wait a moment. When did I say I was going to the Demon Realm?” Zuo Wuyi hadn’t fully processed it. She had only become a demon after entering the Secret Realm.

Mo Xiao was also confused. “You want to stay here? That won’t benefit your cultivation, will it?”

“You criticized me for being arbitrary and forcing my ideas on you, and now you are doing the same thing?” Zuo Wuyi pinched Mo Xiao’s cheek in annoyance. “Half of me is still human. As long as I avoid those powerful figures, I can still stay here.”

“You want to stay here?” Mo Xiao asked.

Zuo Wuyi nodded. “Yes. The Demon Realm is not as good as this place. I don’t want to be stuck in that kind of place.”

“Alright, I understand.” At the same time as Zuo Wuyi answered, Mo Xiao made a decision in her heart.

When she made the deal with the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao had said that the pillars of this world were the Male Lead and the Female Lead, namely Zuo Wuyi and Xuan Min.

In the best-case scenario, the Male Lead and Female Lead would live harmoniously, both in the same camp. Second to that, the Male Lead and Female Lead would not have intense conflicts that would force a choice between the two.

The worst-case scenario was one of them dying, leaving the other to become the sole pillar.

The current situation was already clear: it was impossible for Xuan Min and Zuo Wuyi to coexist peacefully. Instead of waiting for their conflict to escalate, it would be better for her to strike first.

If she killed Xuan Min first, Zuo Wuyi, as a pillar of the world, should receive the protection of the Heavenly Dao, right?