The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Feel Free to Invent, All Allowed.

In the cold water pool, they ultimately couldn’t truly let loose.

Mo Xun wrapped her arms around Yun Wushang’s waist and easily lifted her out of the pool, causing a loud splashing sound.

Then, Mo Xun moved behind Yun Wushang, first taking off her own wet clothes, then gently embracing Yun Wushang’s soaked body, pressing her back tightly against her own chest. She confined Yun Wushang in her arms in an embrace, touching, stroking, and savoring her gasps and slight shivers.

Yun Wushang, having recovered to the Mahayana stage, had become somewhat dominant, yet she could still be considered obedient when engaging in such activities, perhaps because she didn’t harbor much intent to attack, only wanting to enjoy Mo Xun’s service.

Since that was the case, Mo Xun “served” her without restraint.

She bit Yun Wushang’s ear, kissed her neck, and gnawed at her bony shoulder.

The marks she had left on Yun Wushang before were completely erased when Yun Wushang used spiritual energy to heal herself. If so, Mo Xun decided to leave them again.

It was clear that Yun Wushang had a strong tolerance for pain; whether heavily injured or with chaotic qi, nothing could make her frown. Thus, no matter how rough Mo Xun’s actions were, she never complained, only letting out an occasional soft moan.

It wasn’t until Yun Wushang’s body began to spasm and her toes started to curl that she grasped Mo Xun’s wrist in a manner of pleading surrender: “Stop…”

Mo Xun retorted into her ear, “Didn’t you say I wasn’t allowed to stop?”

Yun Wushang, in turn, retaliated by letting her slender fingers slide into Mo Xun’s, clamping down on Mo Xun’s fingers like an instrument of torture: “Stop?”

She used a questioning tone, but her voice carried a hint of threat.

Mo Xun felt the pain of her fingers being forcefully squeezed, then relaxed her hand, and consequently, her body: “Stopped.”

Yun Wushang released her, went back into the pool, and cleaned herself. She then flew ashore, used demonic energy to dispel all the water on her body, and retrieved a long robe hanging on a nearby rack, gracefully slipping it on.

The inky black robe with blood-red edges was identical to the Yun Wushang Mo Xun had seen pierced by Chu Jiuqu’s sword during her tribulation.

Mo Xun couldn’t help but lose herself in thought for a moment, so much so that she failed to enter the pool or put her wet clothes back on before Yun Wushang turned around.

Her body was thus exposed to Yun Wushang’s view.

Yun Wushang was standing; Mo Xun was sitting.

Mo Xun squinted, quickly regaining her composure.

She liked all the reactions Yun Wushang showed when resting in her arms, but she disliked Yun Wushang speaking to her condescendingly like this.

Her feelings for Yun Wushang were complex. If not love, why the obsession? If love, why the resistance?

However, all of this fundamentally came down to her not being strong enough.

Therefore, she lacked the confidence to treat Yun Wushang the same way, to let Yun Wushang also feel the displeasure of being dominated.

It’s okay, slowly, surely. Didn’t I just get another 5 reward points?

System: [Host, it is past midnight. Congratulations on once again completing the mission “In-depth Contact with Yun Wushang.” You now have 10 redeemable reward points, which can increase your maximum movement speed by 300%!]

Mo Xun: No hurry, saving them.

Mo Xun calmly stepped into the pool, circulating her spiritual energy, allowing the water to automatically clean her body. She also cleaned her clothes, then used spiritual energy to dry both her body and clothes. She put on her clothes first, then methodically combed her hair neatly and tied it behind her head.

During this process, Yun Wushang removed all the ornaments from her bun, restyled the upper portion of her hair into a more casual style, leaving the lower portion naturally draped.

She turned and faced away from Mo Xun. Her demeanor, from her attire to her every move, exuded an air of unconstrained arrogance and freedom.

“Follow me,” she said, walking deeper into the cave.

Mo Xun silently followed her, fully aware that before she qualified to negotiate terms with Yun Wushang, she was nothing more than a pleasure-giving tool in Yun Wushang’s eyes.

But, considering I also enjoyed the process… it hasn’t reached the point where I need to resist with my life.

At this moment, Mo Xun thought Yun Wushang would at most treat her as a servant. She never expected that upon entering the depths of the cave, Yun Wushang would suddenly flick her sleeve and push her backward with a blast of powerful cold qi!

She was locked up! Locked up like a dog!

“Yun Wushang!” Mo Xun could no longer restrain herself and voiced her dissatisfaction. “What is the meaning of this?”

Yun Wushang spoke with her back to Mo Xun: “This Venerable One will enter seclusion for a few days. During this time, you will stay here and cultivate. Since you command so many strange arrays, you must have a way to overcome the demonic qi here.”

“I’m asking you why you locked me up!” Mo Xun frowned at her back. “Outside the cave, there are demonic cultivators with realms higher than mine everywhere. Even if you didn’t lock me up, I couldn’t possibly escape.”

Yun Wushang continued to reply without turning her head: “Then the only area you can move around in is here. There is no difference between being inside a cage or outside it.”

Mo Xun: “There is a difference. If there’s no difference, why don’t you lock yourself up?”

Yun Wushang didn’t respond immediately. She remained silent for a long time, and then, after what seemed like an intense struggle, she uttered five words: “This Venerable One, does not trust you.”

Mo Xun raised a hand to grasp the cage bars, tightening her grip with force, yet unable to inflict any damage on the bars.

There was a restriction on the cage that not only made it difficult to break but also suppressed the circulation of spiritual energy within her body.

Mo Xun waited for Yun Wushang to explain, but Yun Wushang offered no explanation. Instead, she answered the question Mo Xun had asked her in the pool.

“Regarding my master listening to rumors and expelling me from the sect—that part is true.”

She entered a secret chamber, closed the stone wall, and disappeared from Mo Xun’s sight.

Mo Xun fiercely kicked the iron cage!

It hurts!

She sat cross-legged, struggling to circulate spiritual energy to alleviate the pain in her foot, then grumbled internally.

Mo Xun: Since transmigrating, besides force-kissing her, stripping off her clothes when she was unconscious, refusing to fully treat her, coaxing a bunch of hugs out of her, forging a life-and-death contract with her, impulsively killing someone which almost implicated the Immortal Sect, causing her to forcefully use demonic qi to conjure a talisman which led to chaotic qi, and almost getting struck dead by lightning during my tribulation which caused her to use the last talisman… I haven’t really provoked her, have I?

System: Hmm… I think the Host is right.

Mo Xun raised her hand to cover her face, feeling truly sinful.

From her perspective, although she had always been wary of Yun Wushang, she genuinely never intended to harm her.

However, from Yun Wushang’s perspective, Mo Xun had indeed put her in a passive position more than once. Yun Wushang’s lack of trust merely proved she wasn’t foolish.

But since things had come to this, Mo Xun wouldn’t apologize, nor did she genuinely feel she had done anything wrong. The less Yun Wushang trusted her, the more resolute she would become in her own course of action.

Mo Xun: I will escape from her side sooner or later.

System: Playing hard to get is also a strategy for capturing the target!

Mo Xun: …Forget that for now. Wasn’t what she just said considered part of her past? Although the original plot stated she fell to the Demonic Path after being expelled by the Sect Leader of Tianshan Immortal Sect, the reason being rumors should count as new information, right?

System: Firstly, she didn’t fall to the Demonic Path after being expelled by the Tianshan Immortal Sect Leader, but was expelled after falling to the Demonic Path. Secondly, the reason for expulsion could indeed be considered new information, but she lied. Therefore, the Host cannot receive any reward points.

Mo Xun: It wasn’t because of rumors? Then why was it? Did she genuinely do something wrong?

System: You cannot ask me, Host. Please figure out a way to obtain Yun Wushang’s past, complete the mission, and earn reward points!

Mo Xun: Fine, I’ll cultivate for a bit first.

Mo Xun thought, stood up, retrieved a pile of spirit stones and demonic crystals from her storage pouch, set up three layers of restrictions and a Spirit Gathering Array, and began cultivating in this limited space.

Inside the secret chamber, Yun Wushang sat cross-legged on an ice bed, attempting to restore her nearly depleted demonic qi through meditation, but she couldn’t concentrate at all.

When she cultivated the immortal path, she only knew the bond of the master-disciple relationship and the friendship of fellow disciples, unaware of romantic love. After falling to the Demonic Path, she severed almost all ties of emotion and love.

This was the first time she had been so preoccupied with one person, completely unsure of what to do with her.

She should have left Mo Xun at the Shuiyue Immortal Sect, allowing Mo Xun to cultivate the immortal path and herself the demonic path, with no further connection. Yet… she was unwilling to do so.

She wanted to keep Mo Xun by her side, but she didn’t trust her to behave, so for now, she could only lock her up.

Forget it. As the Demonic Venerable, why should I care about anyone else’s thoughts? Especially the thoughts of a cultivator. As long as I’m happy, that’s what matters. As long as I’m happy…

However, was she truly happy locking Mo Xun up?

Yun Wushang meditated restlessly for several days, ultimately only restoring about 10% of her demonic qi.

Her injuries had been healed by Mo Xun’s treatment, and the seal reversing her meridians had been lifted, but having just recovered to the Mahayana stage, the reserves of demonic qi in her body couldn’t catch up to her realm in a short time.

At this moment, her strength was less than one ten-thousandth of her peak. Crushing a Nascent Soul cultivator was more than enough, a Void Refinement cultivator was certainly no match, and she could fight against an Integration stage cultivator, but facing another Mahayana stage cultivator, she would likely have to surrender.

I was too impatient. I should have laid low for a few more days.

But ultimately, Mo Xun’s presence unsettled her mental state, significantly lowering the efficiency of her qi circulation. She needed to deal with Mo Xun first.

Thinking this, six days later, Yun Wushang gave up meditating and left the secret chamber.

Mo Xun was sitting cross-legged in the cage, eyes closed, cultivating. Sensing the movement outside, she subconsciously opened her eyes, meeting Yun Wushang’s gaze.

Mo Xun paused her cultivation, remaining seated on the ground, propping up one leg, and resting her arm on it as she asked, “What was that rumor?”

“What?” Yun Wushang was bewildered.

“Didn’t you say your master expelled you from the sect because she listened to rumors? What was that rumor?” Mo Xun asked.

Yun Wushang: “…”

Yun Wushang never expected this to be the first thing Mo Xun said to her after she emerged from seclusion.

Indeed, I still can’t see through this person.

Yun Wushang let out a cold laugh: “Everyone who knew that rumor has been killed by me. Do you want to be killed by me too?”

Mo Xun fell silent, looking down, idly fidgeting with the creases on her trouser leg.

Yun Wushang’s gaze was involuntarily drawn to her movement, resting on her hand, beautiful like carved jade and distinctly jointed. Her lips slightly pursed.

Mo Xun: …Can’t you ask something I can answer?

It’s okay, I can invent, all allowed.

Since she was a cannon fodder side character, there wasn’t much ink spent on her in the original book, but the fact that both her parents were dead should be correct. Otherwise, possessing both wood and water spirit roots, she wouldn’t have been picked up by Bai Muqing, who valued talent, and brought back to Shuiyue Immortal Sect as a mascot.

Since both her parents were dead, wasn’t her background whatever she said it was?

Thinking this, Mo Xun pondered briefly and began to answer: “I admit I lied. My parents weren’t ordinary doctors; they were medical cultivators. My ability to heal with spiritual energy is innate, but I don’t know if my parents had a hand in it. Before their accident, they warned me not to use this power casually, especially not to fully treat others, or I would surely suffer misfortune. As the saying goes, ‘a valuable treasure brings trouble to its owner,’ that’s why I dared not fully treat you.”

Yun Wushang listened, showing no particular expression on her face: “Continue.”

Mo Xun continued from inside the cage: “The movement technique is the Mo family’s exclusive life-saving technique. I’ve practiced it since childhood. It cannot be used for offense, only for survival. My parents forced me to swear that this technique must never be passed on, so even if I wanted to teach you, I couldn’t.”

Yun Wushang: “You certainly listen to your parents.”

Mo Xun: “I have to, they are my parents after all.”

Yun Wushang: “How did they die?”

“They were hit by a car…” Mo Xun paused, lowering her eyes to conceal her emotions. “My parents were treating a highly respected but terminally ill elder. They failed to save her and were run over and completely crushed by the vehicle driven by her son.”

Yun Wushang stared at Mo Xun for a moment, looking like she wanted to speak but stopped. She finally closed her mouth and didn’t ask anything further.

“My Master retrieved justice for me and then took me in at the Shuiyue Immortal Sect,” Mo Xun added.

Yun Wushang frowned slightly: “You previously told me you originally intended to join the Jishi Immortal Sect, but only entered the Shuiyue Immortal Sect because your strength was insufficient.”

Mo Xun: …I just said that casually, why do you remember it?!

It’s okay, I can patch it up, all allowed.

Mo Xun explained calmly: “At that time, I liked you, but I didn’t completely trust you. I couldn’t just directly tell you my parents forbade me from fully healing you. In that case, I could only use the excuse of ‘insufficient strength to join Jishi Immortal Sect’ to stop the treatment.”

“I see,” Yun Wushang acknowledged, seemingly believing the explanation.

Yun Wushang sat on the stone bed in silence.

Mo Xun looked at her, her expression perfectly calm, but her heart was racing.

Mo Xun: Still not talking? Still not talking? I went to all the trouble of inventing such a perfect background story!

Just then, a voice came from outside the cave: “Reporting to the Demonic Venerable, a cultivator from the Jishi Immortal Sect requests an audience.”

Mo Xun: ?

Yun Wushang: “Let them in.”

“Yes.”

Mo Xun: ?

Wait, Jishi Immortal Sect? Is that the Jishi Immortal Sect, one of the three great Immortal Sects, specializing in medical arts?

The image of the Lingjian Immortal Sect had already collapsed in Mo Xun’s mind, and since the Tianshan Immortal Sect had expelled Yun Wushang, it was hard to say if they were truly that “righteous.”

But how could the Jishi Immortal Sect, dedicated to healing and saving lives, be entangled with the Demonic Venerable?

Mo Xun rushed out of the cage before the Jishi Immortal Sect cultivators entered.

And Yun Wushang, before the Jishi Immortal Sect cultivators entered, put the cage away in her storage pouch.

The two stood and sat in the cave, pretending nothing had happened.

After a short while, two female cultivators walked in. They were both wearing the Jishi Immortal Sect’s robes, half white and half green.

Upon entering the cave, their eyes briefly swept over Mo Xun, and then their gaze toward Yun Wushang held a hint of doubt.

Yun Wushang spoke lightly: “She is my person, no need to avoid her.”

Only then did the two feel reassured enough to salute Yun Wushang.

“Greetings, Demonic Venerable. It is good that you are well, otherwise we would not know what to do… This is the Demonic Evil Pill we refined using collected fresh blood and malevolent qi. It can accelerate the recovery of Demonic Evil qi. Please accept it, Demonic Venerable.”

One of them spoke, retrieving a red porcelain bottle from her storage pouch and offering it to Yun Wushang with both hands.

Yun Wushang drew it into her hand with demonic qi, saying nothing.

The other spoke: “May we know when the Demonic Venerable will be free…”

“You may withdraw,” Yun Wushang interrupted her, speaking coldly.

The two female cultivators from Jishi Immortal Sect frowned slightly: “But…”

“I told you to withdraw. Can’t you understand?” Yun Wushang glared at them.

The two cultivators exchanged glances, wanting to speak but ultimately just saluted and turned to leave.

However, one of them stopped halfway and turned back urgently: “Sect Leader Master is in critical danger. I beg you…”

Yun Wushang flicked her sleeve, sending out a blast of cold qi that tossed both of them out of her cave.

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun: “Can I ask a question?”

Yun Wushang: “Ask.”

Mo Xun was genuinely too curious. Why would the cultivators of Jishi Immortal Sect, one of the three great Immortal Sects, refine pills for the Demonic Venerable? It was as if they needed something from her.

She had only asked on a whim, but since Yun Wushang gave permission, she boldly asked: “They are inner disciples of the Jishi Immortal Sect, and they want you to help them save their Sect Leader? What happened to the Jishi Immortal Sect Leader? Why do they need you to save her?”

Yun Wushang was not surprised by Mo Xun’s excellent comprehension and summarizing skills, as she had expected it. If Mo Xun didn’t possess extremely high comprehension, how could she have mastered arrays to this extent merely relying on a single copy of The Compendium of Arrays?

Yun Wushang was unwilling to tell Mo Xun how she was expelled from the Tianshan Immortal Sect by Yun Qianzhong. As compensation, she decided to tell her the secret of the Jishi Immortal Sect.

“Huh? How did that happen?” Mo Xun’s worldview was being refreshed.

She thought Yun Wushang wouldn’t answer in detail, but unexpectedly, Yun Wushang patiently replied: “Because despite being a medical cultivator, she walked the path of killing. Before falling to the Demonic Path, she aimed to let evil people die without pain. She spent hundreds of years developing painless poisons, even poisons that could kill a person in ecstasy. She believed that evil people simply needed to disappear, without having to endure more suffering. But later, after experiencing something, she changed her mind.”

Mo Xun silently exclaimed, Good heavens! but asked aloud: “Can you save her?”

“No,” Yun Wushang replied. “All I can do is suppress the demonic qi in her body and slow down her descent into the Demonic Path. I was severely injured and missing for a period, so Wen Yuchan’s condition must not be good, which is why her disciples are so anxious.”

Mo Xun: “Then… aren’t you going to help?”

Yun Wushang let out a ‘Ha’ of laughter: “Why should I, the great Demonic Venerable, be led by the nose by a group of cultivators? Just because they ask me to save her, I should go? They should be made to savor the taste of needing a demon and waiting bitterly.”

Mo Xun: “…”

“Moreover,” Yun Wushang paused, then adopted a serious tone. “With my current strength, I cannot help her. Even if I could, it would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Although I have mastered the method of reversing meridians, this method is extremely damaging to the body. I am not confident I can successfully perform it on her.”

Mo Xun: …She’s putting on a brave face, isn’t she! I swear.

Mo Xun understood now. The Jishi Immortal Sect wanted Yun Wushang to suppress the demonic qi in their Sect Leader Wen Yuchan’s body, preventing her immortal body from fully transforming into a demonic one. But Yun Wushang wanted to cure Wen Yuchan completely. Unfortunately, she lacked the strength and confidence.

So, as long as she could boost Yun Wushang’s strength and increase her confidence in reversing the meridians, that should work, right?

Mo Xun sighed inwardly, retrieved a pile of demonic crystals from her storage pouch, scattered them on the ground, and then raised her hands to form seals.

First step: Determine the array core.

Mo Xun pointed her sword finger at the ground, selecting one of the demonic crystals as the array core.

Second step: Dredge the array pathways.

Mo Xun circulated her spiritual energy, injecting it into the six demonic crystals encircling the array core, connecting them to form a hexagram that converged all surrounding spiritual qi onto the array core.

Final step: Reverse the array pathways.

Mo Xun superimposed a Two-Pillars Array, similar to a reflected damage array, onto this Spirit Gathering Array powered by demonic crystals. In an instant, all the spiritual qi reversed into demonic qi. The spiritual qi in the array was dispersed, and the demonic qi recollected.

Sensing the dense demonic qi in the array, Yun Wushang’s eyes widened in disbelief, remaining stunned for a long time.

Mo Xun looked at her calmly: “It’s just reversing meridians, isn’t it? I can do that too. When you are ready to go save her, take me with you.”

Having said this, she raised the corner of her lips, displaying a triumphant smile: “Saving people, I’m good at that.”