System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 50

Chapter 50

◎She Still Fell Into The Demonic Path…◎

“As you wish, I bestow upon you an unforgettable humiliation.”

That’s what she said, but the actions of her hands were not rough, giving the other party the utmost pleasure.

However, as long as she passed the System’s test.

System: Mission “Settlement” complete. Gain 10 reward points.

Hearing this notification, Mo Jiu no longer had any reservations. She lowered her head, kissed Yun Wenzhou’s lips, and immersed herself completely in this exploration of the abyss.

Exploring the abyss?

She didn’t know where she had heard that description, but it was perfectly apt here.

Yun Wenzhou was special, like an unknown abyss. She looked pitch black, but if she didn’t sink into it, how would she know whether beneath the chaotic surface lay hell or heaven?

Xiao Zhou… I’m so glad you’re back with me.

Even if you might not be her.

It’s harder for me to see you as someone else than it is to see you as her.

So, from this moment on, you are her.

This time, neither of them took an aphrodisiac, yet both felt like they had taken a more potent one, completely lost in each other’s bodies, unable to extricate themselves.

Yun Wenzhou almost lost consciousness in the throes of extreme pleasure, and couldn’t help but tease in Mo Jiu’s ear: “A-Jiu’s hands… must be very suitable for playing the qin, right?”

Given the setting of this world, the instrument she mentioned was clearly not a piano. Was it a guqin?

It didn’t matter.

Mo Jiu lightly bit her ear: “Aren’t I playing it now? Sing me a song?”

“Ah… A-Jiu is so naughty.”

“Not as naughty as you.”

“True.”

As the night deepened, neither of them felt like moving, so they simply slept like that.

Mo Jiu didn’t know if Yun Wenzhou was asleep, but Mo Jiu fell asleep once again.

And once again, she dreamt of Yun Wenzhou.

For some reason, she rarely dreamt in the last world, but in this world, she not only dreamt frequently but always dreamt of Yun Wenzhou.

Was she subconsciously thinking of her?

Dressed in a black gown, Yun Wenzhou sat precariously on the edge of a balcony. A gust of wind blew, lifting the layers of her skirt and her gray-blue hair.

Yun Wenzhou in the dream was dressed far more elaborately than in reality, and her hair was always gray-blue.

Mo Jiu rushed over and hugged her from behind, gently persuading her in her ear: “It’s too dangerous to sit here. Come down, be a good girl.”

“Then… hold me,” Yun Wenzhou whined.

Mo Jiu smiled and lifted her into a bridal carry.

Yun Wenzhou turned her head to meet Mo Jiu’s gaze. Starlight flickered in her reddish-orange eyes, like fireworks blooming against the sunset, or like vast fields of sunflowers basking in midsummer.

No matter how many times they locked eyes, those beautiful eyes could instantly captivate Mo Jiu.

So beautiful.

Ahhhh, my wife is truly too gorgeous!

“Hahaha.” Yun Wenzhou was amused by Mo Jiu’s inner voice, then said, “You are beautiful too. In my heart, you are the most beautiful, A-Xu.”

A-Xu.

Mo Jiu heard the address, but her mind didn’t react, as if she should have been called that.

What did she call her?

What was her name?

Strange…

The fleeting confusion quickly vanished. Mo Jiu carried Yun Wenzhou away from the balcony: “What were you looking at just now?”

“Nothing, I just suddenly wanted to use my eyes to really see this world,” Yun Wenzhou replied.

“Is it beautiful?”

“It is beautiful.” Yun Wenzhou wrapped her arms around Mo Jiu’s neck. “But not as beautiful as you.”

“In your perception, what am I like? I’m curious.”

“Warm, but not scorching. I only feel at ease when I’m with A-Xu.” Yun Wenzhou kissed Mo Jiu’s ear. She particularly liked speaking close to her ear. “Actually, there’s something…”

She stopped halfway.

“Hm? What is it?” Mo Jiu asked her, confused.

“Nothing,” Yun Wenzhou smiled and shook her head.

However, in the next second, though she hadn’t spoken, Mo Jiu heard her voice, carrying a coldness and determination that contradicted her gentle smile: I won’t allow anyone to hurt you. To that end, even if it makes you sad and unhappy, I will kill Him.

With a “boom—”

Mo Jiu was awakened by a huge noise outside the room.

When she first woke up, she felt the dazed confusion of a blackout drunk. It took her a moment to remember who she was, where she was, and what she was supposed to be doing.

My name is Mo Jiu. I am currently role-playing the cannon fodder Master of the villain Yun Wenzhou in an immortal hero world.

But I… pushed her down again.

Wait, what’s going on outside right now?

Mo Jiu: System, System, System, Arrogance, Arrogance, Arrogance!

System: I’m here.

Mo Jiu: What’s the situation?

The System replied after a moment: The True Yang Sect is launching a night attack on the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect.

Mo Jiu: Huh? That’s a plot point? Why didn’t you warn me?

System: The Sect Leader’s message reached Water Moon Peak. Ye Lan intercepted the letter so as not to disturb your rest and proceeded to the main peak alone. Oh, strictly speaking, not alone. She took the Star River Sword with her.

Mo Jiu: What about Yun Wenzhou?

Yun Wenzhou was nowhere to be seen in the room. Mo Jiu hastily tidied her hair and clothes, grabbed her sword, and went out.

System: When the True Yang Sect attacked, Yun Wenzhou was practicing her sword in the courtyard. She sensed a disturbance at the main peak and, so as not to disturb your rest, went to investigate alone.

“Huh? Why are both of them like this!” Mo Jiu hastily flew toward the main peak on her sword, questioning the System as she went, “So why didn’t you tell me beforehand? And why didn’t you wake me up even after the incident started!”

System: Don’t speak aloud. Communicate with me internally.

System: Firstly, according to the original novel plot, the True Yang Sect’s night attack on the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect was supposed to happen after the villain Yun Wenzhou fell into the Demonic Path. However, Yun Wenzhou has not yet fallen, and the True Yang Sect has already arrived. The plot sequence is reversed. I could not foresee it, so I could not inform you in advance.

System: Secondly, according to the original novel plot, you had already died at the hands of the villain Yun Wenzhou during the True Yang Sect’s attack on the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect, so this section of the plot had nothing to do with you. Even if I woke you up, you wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Mo Jiu: Wait, first give me a complete rundown of the original plot. When did Yun Wenzhou fall into the Demonic Path? Who did she kill after falling? Why would the True Yang Sect attack us out of the blue?

System: Alright, please wait.

System: Firstly, the villain Yun Wenzhou was defeated by Ye Lan in the inner disciple competition. As the Senior Sister, her strength was inferior to her Junior Sister’s. You deemed her to have been lax in her cultivation and severely punished her. Her grievances and unwillingness transformed into deep resentment, eventually leading to her Heart Devil losing control. She shattered her core and became a devil, shooting you dead with ice shards.

System: She was planning to kill Ye Lan too, but at that moment, the True Yang Sect night-attacked the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect and severely wounded Ye Lan before she could. Ye Lan fell unconscious and was taken away by the Star River Sword. To conceal the truth of killing her Master, Yun Wenzhou massacred all the cultivators from both the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect and the True Yang Sect, claiming the two sects annihilated each other.

System: The truth only came to light when Ye Lan was reborn in fire and returned to investigate the ruins of the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect.

System: The subsequent plot is Ye Lan striving to become stronger to kill Yun Wenzhou and avenge her sect. Meanwhile, Yun Wenzhou massacres everywhere, earning the infamous title of Devil Venerable.

Mo Jiu: So, if I want to take over Yun Wenzhou’s villain role in this world, I have to personally slaughter the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect and make Ye Lan believe I’m the killer?

System: No, firstly, you have to fall into the Demonic Path.

Mo Jiu: Tsk.

Mo Jiu: Yun Wenzhou hasn’t fallen into the Demonic Path either, right?

System: That’s the problem. The current Yun Wenzhou has neither fallen into the Demonic Path nor killed you, nor does she have a reason to annihilate the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect. What should be done…

It was rare to see the System in a bind.

Mo Jiu originally intended to ignore the System and find Yun Wenzhou first, ensuring her safety.

However, the System’s next sentence was: How about, reset?

“No! Absolutely not!” Mo Jiu had only just mustered the courage to confront the Yun Wenzhou of this world. If they started over, she truly didn’t know how she would face Yun Wenzhou!

“I’ll figure out a way! I will definitely figure out a way! No resetting, absolutely not! No, no, no, no, no!”

NO!

The entire world stuttered for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, as if the momentary pause was merely Mo Jiu’s illusion.

The System did not respond to Mo Jiu.

Or rather, the System’s voice hadn’t sounded in her mind since Mo Jiu uttered the word “no.”

Mo Jiu wasn’t sure if she had the resolve to massacre the entire Moon Splendor Immortal Sect for Yun Wenzhou.

Well, no…

Although she had done something similar in the last world, she hadn’t personally done the killing. She had left everything to the aberrations.

She could kill. She no longer feared killing, in fact, she could say she never had, but if she had to kill with her own hands, she could only kill those who deserved to die.

If she was given even a tiny, tiny reason—any reason at all—why the cultivators of the Moon Splendor Immortal Sect didn’t deserve to live, she could kill.

But if there was no such reason, if everyone was innocent, if the Sect Leader and Senior Sister were innocent, then…

Mo Jiu would rather hold Yun Wenzhou and die with her again.

A-Jiu is truly gentle and deeply affectionate.

For some reason, Yun Wenzhou’s words from last night suddenly echoed in her mind.

When she first heard the words, Mo Jiu felt she was being redeemed.

But at this moment, Mo Jiu only felt irony.

I hate my own gentleness. If I could be a little more ruthless, wouldn’t I be spared this struggle and pain?

What kind of deep affection do I possess? If I were truly deeply affectionate, I should be reckless for you.

But I can’t let go of everything.

I can oppose the entire world, but I cannot oppose my own heart.

I restrain not only myself but also you.

I am truly the worst partner.

But—this is me.

I won’t change, and I can’t change.

Mo Jiu decided. She had to find Yun Wenzhou and protect Yun Wenzhou. As for everything else, she would worry about it later.

If the world truly reset because of this, she would commit suicide.

For the Yun Wenzhou of the last world, she was already dead. They had walked hand-in-hand toward death, like walking down the aisle, bringing a perfect close to their story.

Forcing Yun Wenzhou to resurrect in her Secret Garden and watch her being forced by the System to bully another Yun Wenzhou—that was definitely not the future the Yun Wenzhou of the last world wanted.

And for the Yun Wenzhou of this world, after a world reset, everything would return to the beginning, and nothing would have happened between them. No one would have to be responsible for anyone.

She would commit suicide again and again until the Library discarded her.

If she had known that there was a ‘her’ in every world, Mo Jiu would rather have never woken up in the second world.

However, just as Mo Jiu made up her mind, preparing to rush towards that beautiful but illusory dream before despair, a person attacked with a sword, the tip pointed directly at her chest.

Mo Jiu instinctively raised her hand to control it.

She was used to the feeling of controlling everything in the last world, and she had just used this ability to bully the heavenly lightning yesterday.

So, she thought she could control it.

How could I not control it?

The sword pierced Mo Jiu’s chest almost unimpeded.

The intense pain only registered a moment later.

Eh?

Mo Jiu stared blankly at the person in front of her. He wore a red and yellow spliced robe. Was that the True Yang Sect uniform?

She couldn’t sense his cultivation level… was his level above hers?

Is that why she couldn’t control it?

Don’t stare! Move your body! Or you’ll die!

Mo Jiu abruptly retreated on her sword, allowing the sharp weapon that had run her through to be pulled out of her body.

Then, she used acupuncture to stop the bleeding and circulated the water spirit energy throughout her body, creating countless illusions identical to herself.

“A mere trick!” The opponent sneered, forming a hand seal. Twenty sharp swords flew out of his sleeve, stabbing toward the surrounding illusions!

Mo Jiu hastily erected a water shield, but unexpectedly, the opponent’s swords passed directly through her shield, completely unimpeded!

The next moment, of course, was another hole stabbed into her body.

Mo Jiu spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed beyond endurance: “Are you sick! What grudge? Do we know each other?”

The System was offline; she no longer needed to maintain a cold and indifferent persona.

The opponent replied: “This place is rich in spiritual energy. Our True Yang Sect is taking it!”

Mo Jiu wished she could pull out a laser gun from her space and blow his head off, but items that didn’t fit the era’s context couldn’t be retrieved.

Damn it, I can’t beat him, and I can’t escape. I can only hide in the Secret Garden for a while.

Thinking this, Mo Jiu opened the Secret Garden without hesitation.

However, just as one foot stepped in, she heard a call.

“A-Jiu!”

In this world, who else would call her that besides Yun Wenzhou?

Mo Jiu subconsciously turned her head. In that moment of distraction, the True Yang Sect cultivator, who had located her true body amidst the many illusions, directed all the swords toward her!

Arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen—intense pain erupted from all parts of her body.

I shouldn’t have hesitated.

But, how could I not hesitate?

If I escape into the Secret Garden, what about Xiao Zhou?

My cultivation is higher than hers. If I can’t handle this enemy, there’s no way she can…

With a “whoosh—”, Yun Wenzhou’s sword flew through the air, piercing the True Yang Sect cultivator’s chest cleanly, striking him down from the air and sending him plummeting into the deep valley.

Mo Jiu: “…”

Alright, it seems I’m the weak one.

I really don’t have a knack for fighting, do I?

Mo Jiu wanted to immediately exchange for a healing potion and drink it, but she couldn’t move a single finger right now. She wanted the System to help, but the System was silent as death.

“A-Jiu!” Yun Wenzhou first flew back on her sword to catch herself, then quickly caught Mo Jiu’s falling body.

She wrapped her arms around Mo Jiu’s waist, lifting her into a bridal carry, then apologized repeatedly in a voice clearly laced with sobs: “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have hesitated. I should have killed him first before calling you. It’s my fault, all my fault, A-Jiu, A-Jiu, please be alright. You promised you wouldn’t leave me. You’re not going to leave me, are you?”

She carried Mo Jiu back to Water Moon Peak, knelt on the ground, placed Mo Jiu’s head on her knee, and fumbled a bottle of bruise-dissolving pills from her robe. She poured out five, feeding them to Mo Jiu like candy.

Mo Jiu swallowed them down with her own blood, feeling incredibly embarrassed.

In the inner disciple competition, I probably couldn’t beat anyone. How am I fit to be her Master?

“That’s not true! A-Jiu helped me through my Heavenly Tribulation!” Yun Wenzhou suddenly cried out, “A-Jiu is the best Master in the world!”

Mo Jiu: ?

[…Was she responding to what I just said?]

[Did I… say that aloud?]

Yun Wenzhou’s movements suddenly froze for a moment, then she nonchalantly helped Mo Jiu sit up, first applying pressure to stop the bleeding, and then channeling energy to heal her injuries.

Mo Jiu confidently leaned her back against her.

Maybe. I’m injured and couldn’t control my mouth a little.

She’s right. Below Spirit Transformation, I’m invincible.

It’s not that I’m too weak. It’s that my Xiao Zhou is too strong.

Yun Wenzhou’s lips curled up slightly, then quickly dropped.

A-Jiu is severely injured. Although she didn’t utter a sound and acted as if nothing was wrong, she must be in a lot of pain now.

Fortunately, it was only physical injury, nothing to the foundation…

The people of the True Yang Sect deserve to die!

That voice wasn’t A-Jiu’s. It was…

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! How dare they hurt my A-Jiu like this! They all deserve to die! I’ll kill them!

It was the Heart Devil.

[How useless are you! It’s just murder! Why hesitate? It’s all because of your hesitation, your cowardice, that A-Jiu is severely injured! You useless thing! You’re worse than a dog! A dog at least knows how to protect its master! What have you protected?!

You’re right. I’m worse than a dog.

You said anyone who wants to hurt her must step over your corpse. Look at A-Jiu now. Where is your corpse? How dare you say such a thing?

If you can’t do it, if you don’t have the ability to protect her, then let me do it!

Let go of all worldly restraints and use your power more freely!

If this is falling into the Demonic Path, then…

I welcome it.

Yun Wenzhou stopped channeling her energy and relaxed, closing her eyes.

The True Yang Sect cultivators had successfully occupied the main peak and were pushing the battle lines toward the surrounding peaks, including Water Moon Peak.

Mo Jiu struggled to open her eyes, wanting to drag Yun Wenzhou into the Secret Garden, but when she turned, she saw Yun Wenzhou’s floating figure.

Yun Wenzhou was not using her sword, yet her body hovered in mid-air.

Her spiritual energy was extremely chaotic, stirring up gusts of wild wind that messed up her hair and robes.

The gentle water spiritual energy gradually became sharp and took on an icy chill.

Mo Jiu’s back felt a sudden coldness. It wasn’t from fear of her, but—the surrounding temperature was genuinely dropping.

Centering on Yun Wenzhou, the ground was covered in a layer of ice shards, extending in all directions.

Yun Wenzhou allowed her body to grow cold, offering no resistance.

I must not only be A-Jiu’s cultivation cauldron but also A-Jiu’s sword and shield.

If I don’t have this resolve, what right do I have to pursue this forbidden love?

“It should have been this way long ago,” Yun Wenzhou opened her eyes, her gaze cold and murderous.

The circulation of spiritual energy throughout her body suddenly stopped, and then, a dense, demonic energy reversed its flow!

The spiritual energy in her entire body flowed backward. From restraint, it moved toward indulgence. The shackles in her heart, named “Dao,” shattered into dust, releasing the monster named “Emotion.”

The True Yang Sect cultivators arrived and set up a formation.

Yun Wenzhou turned toward them expressionlessly. In a brief moment, countless ice shards condensed around her, each one like a sharp sword.

She raised her hand and mercilessly uttered a single syllable: “Die.”

The countless ice shards shot toward the crowd at an incredible speed. Everyone had nowhere to hide. In the blink of an eye, they were riddled with holes and fell shattered into the deep valley.

Mo Jiu could move now. She first retrieved a bottle of healing potion from her space and drank it, then looked up at Yun Wenzhou, who was shielding her.

She had become dangerous and cold. Mo Jiu’s innate instinct as a cultivator made her resist getting close to her.

She still fell into the Demonic Path in the end…

She’s quite handsome, though.

Handsome…?

Yun Wenzhou lowered her eyes, and after a long moment, she turned to face Mo Jiu, landing on the ground and kneeling on one knee: “A-Jiu, everything is my fault. If I hadn’t gone alone to the main peak out of curiosity to investigate the situation, if I hadn’t hesitated in the battle, you wouldn’t have been injured.”

“A-Jiu, wait for me a moment, just a moment. I will kill all the invaders and avenge you.”

“When everything settles, A-Jiu can punish me severely.”

“At that time, whether you break my fingers or stab a few holes in my body, whatever you like.”

“But please, definitely do not show me mercy—I don’t deserve it.”

Mo Jiu: ?

Why did her masochism get worse after entering the demonic path?

“Xiao Zhou, you didn’t do anything wrong.”

Mo Jiu wasn’t quite sure what specific changes occurred in Yun Wenzhou after entering the demonic path, but she decided to comfort her first.

“I haven’t sparred with anyone in too long, and I was at a disadvantage in the fight. I apologize for letting you see me in such a state.”

“No.” Yun Wenzhou stood up, pulled out a dagger from her storage bag, and expressionlessly cut her own wrist. She used her blood to set up a defensive array, enveloping Mo Jiu, and then said, “Wrong is wrong. If A-Jiu can’t bring herself to do it, I will do it myself.”

“A-Jiu, wait for me here in peace. I promise you, everyone in the True Yang Sect, wherever they are, will not see tomorrow’s sunrise.”