The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Good Thing I Was Holding You.

Mo Xun didn’t know how Wen Yuchan came to trust her after asking her just a few questions.

However, it was always better for the patient to trust and cooperate with the physician than to not.

Mo Xun looked at Yun Wushang, and seeing her nod, she confidently approached Wen Yuchan: “Senior, please excuse my intrusion.“

As soon as she finished speaking, she released her divine sense and meticulously inspected Wen Yuchan’s body.

Wen Yuchan truly trusted her, allowing Mo Xun’s divine sense to probe along her meridians toward her dantian.

After a period, Mo Xun withdrew her divine sense. When she spoke again, her tone held more confidence: “Senior, please turn your back to me.“

Wen Yuchan cooperated, lifting herself off the bed while maintaining the cross-legged meditation posture, turning her back to Mo Xun, and then settling back onto the bed.

During this time, Mo Xun looked at Yun Wushang: “Wushang, you only need to place your hand on my shoulder. Leave everything else to me.“

Yun Wushang narrowed her eyes upon hearing this: “You can directly extract demonic qi from my body?“

“It’s less ‘extraction’ and more ‘luring.‘ I use my spiritual energy to lure your demonic qi out. This requires your cooperation; if you are unwilling, I can’t lure out a single bit,” Mo Xun replied. “So, you need to relax later and don’t tense up too much.“

Yun Wushang looked like she wanted to object, thinking Mo Xun’s words sounded a bit suggestive, but she couldn’t pinpoint anything wrong… She finally responded with a reluctant “Fine.“

It had been a while since Yun Wushang had been this compliant, so Mo Xun couldn’t help but curve her lips: “You can put your hand on now.“

Yun Wushang said nothing. First, she flicked her sleeve, sending out a blast of cold qi that swept Wen Yuchan’s two personal disciples out of the room and closed the door. Then, she walked behind Mo Xun.

Wen Yuchan: “…“

Wen Yuchan looked like she wanted to say something but ultimately remained silent.

Mo Xun stood behind Wen Yuchan, waiting for Yun Wushang’s hand to rest on her.

Yun Wushang wrapped her arms around Mo Xun’s waist from behind, rested her head on Mo Xun’s shoulder, intimately pressing against her.

Mo Xun could clearly feel the rise and fall of her chest and the breath being exhaled onto the back of her neck.

Mo Xun: “…“

Mo Xun: What are you doing?!

With Wen Yuchan right in front of them, Mo Xun couldn’t directly tell Yun Wushang not to do this. She could only say earnestly: “You only need to place one hand on my shoulder.“

Yun Wushang chuckled softly and whispered in her ear: “Isn’t this more convenient for you to ‘lure’?“

Mo Xun stopped short of speaking, seeing that Wen Yuchan remained completely silent, acting as if she had no idea what was happening behind her… Mo Xun finally sighed internally, saying somewhat helplessly, “Let’s just proceed like this.“

If Yun Wushang hadn’t mentioned on the way that Wen Yuchan was indebted to her, Mo Xun would have suspected this person held a grudge against her.

However, even the Heart Demon illusion couldn’t prevent Mo Xun from forming a Ninth-Grade Wood-element Nascent Soul. Being embraced by Yun Wushang like this had a minimal impact on Mo Xun.

Mo Xun quickly calmed her mind, using the contact surface between herself and Yun Wushang as the array core, with seven Spirit Stones and the Tai Chi Two Pillars as key nodes, activating a Spirit Guiding Array between them that converted demonic qi into spiritual qi to supply herself with energy.

Immediately after, she released her divine sense again, entering Wen Yuchan’s body, and locked onto the portion of the meridians that had turned demonic.

With everything ready, she spoke to Wen Yuchan: “Senior, as long as the spiritual energy is sufficient, I can reverse your meridians countless times. However, whether you can reconstruct the Heavenly Dao, stabilize your Dao Heart, and maintain this portion of your meridians from turning demonic again, will depend on you.“

Reversing meridians was truly not difficult for Mo Xun. As long as she pinpointed the correct nodes and applied the right amount of force, she could change the flow of energy.

But cultivators are different from Demonic Crystals and Spirit Stones; they are human, with consciousness and emotions. If one feels they have violated the righteous path in their heart and their Dao Heart is unstable, even if the half-fallen body is resolved, there is still a possibility of turning demonic again.

This was like a person who is sick: they can be alleviated by medicine and surgery, but if their own emotional and lifestyle habits aren’t adjusted, they will struggle to get better, or might even worsen.

So Mo Xun had to remind Wen Yuchan: “Please take this opportunity, Senior, to re-identify your own Dao, then firmly move forward, and never violate it again.“

Wen Yuchan did not think for too long before saying “Fine,” as if she had been prepared for this all along.

Receiving the answer, Mo Xun confidently closed her eyes, focusing all her attention on Wen Yuchan’s body, methodically controlling her Water spiritual qi to construct arrays within her.

Dozens of miniature Meridian Reversal Arrays, each comparable in complexity to the Star Shifting Array, took Mo Xun a full two hours.

But once they were constructed, the dredging of the spiritual pathways took only an instant.

Meridian Reversal Array, activate!

In an instant, all nodes connected, all arrays activated. The demonic qi within Wen Yuchan’s body stagnated under the array’s influence, then rushed backward, rapidly transforming into surging spiritual qi during the reversal!

Her meridians sustained some damage during this process, but they were soon enveloped by a powerful healing force, recovering completely at an unbelievable speed.

Wen Yuchan showed surprise, but she couldn’t dwell on it now, because she saw her Heart Demon in her internal vision after a long absence.

Only cultivators could see a Heart Demon, as only cultivators have a Dao they must adhere to.

The Heart Demon is not a true demon, but a test given to cultivators by the Heavenly Dao.

Rather, it is a test the cultivator gives to themselves.

Now, Wen Yuchan saw the Heart Demon again, meaning she had returned to the righteous path she sought to uphold.

A moment later, surging spiritual qi burst forth from Wen Yuchan, kicking up a powerful wave of air that sent Mo Xun flying backward.

Mo Xun gasped. Yun Wushang, holding her from behind, twirled in the air and slowly descended with her, preventing her from suffering any harm.

Afterward, Yun Wushang stood on her toes, rested her chin on Mo Xun’s shoulder, and whispered in her ear: “Good thing I was holding you.”

Mo Xun raised one hand and gently flicked Yun Wushang’s smooth, delicate forehead to show her displeasure.

Mo Xun: I think you just purely wanted to cuddle with me!

Having performed this little action, she grabbed Yun Wushang’s wrists, signaling her to let go, and then asked: “How is Senior Wen doing?”

Yun Wushang cooperated, releasing her and stepping aside, crossing her arms: “Wen Yuchan, are you still alive?”

Hearing this, Wen Yuchan turned around, stood up, and saluted the two of them: “Thank you both for saving me. This is a life-changing kindness, which Yuchan cannot repay, save by dedicating my life.”

She straightened up and added: “In the future, if you two have any needs, you may send word to me. Aside from killing innocent people, for anything that Yuchan can do, please feel free to command.”

“Then give me some more Demonic Evil Pills,” Yun Wushang immediately requested.

“Alright. Give me one week to refine three hundred for you,” Wen Yuchan agreed readily.

Wen Yuchan, though she punishes evil and promotes good, was definitely not someone who easily trusts others.

On the way, Yun Wushang’s only concern was failing to convince Wen Yuchan to accept Mo Xun’s treatment. She never expected that before she could even say anything, Wen Yuchan would have complete faith in Mo Xun.

Could it be… that they knew each other before?

Or perhaps, Wen Yuchan knew Mo Xun’s parents?

Facing this question, Wen Yuchan pondered for a moment before asking in return: “Do the two of you know of Ancestor Xunji?”

Yun Wushang didn’t respond. Mo Xun was briefly stunned, then tentatively spoke: “I saw the seal ‘Xunji’ in a book called The Compendium of Arrays.”

“That would be it,” Wen Yuchan said. “Ancestor Xunji is one of the founding ancestors of the Jishi Immortal Sect. She was both a medical cultivator and a grand array master. Although her aptitude in cultivation was not considered top-tier because of her dual Water and Wood spiritual roots, her spiritual qi possessed innate healing properties, and she had extremely high talent in arrays, inventing many of her own. Thus, her cultivation speed was not inferior to anyone else, reaching the Mahayana stage in under five hundred years.”

“Then what?” Mo Xun asked somewhat anxiously.

This description, this sense of déjà vu… What is going on? Did my power come from Ancestor Xunji? Is the System Ancestor Xunji?

No, the System did indeed give me the ability to heal with spiritual energy, but my talent in arrays is my own. I truly felt that arrays were much simpler than cultivation methods when I first encountered them. If not for Yun Wushang as a point of comparison, I would have thought that anyone could achieve what I have researched.

Under Mo Xun’s curious and slightly nervous gaze, Wen Yuchan replied: “Ancestor Xunji is believed to have ascended over two hundred years ago, and her whereabouts have been unknown since. When I entered the sect, she was in seclusion, and I never had the honor of meeting her until her ascension. I wonder what the world after ascension looks like.”

“Is that so… Thank you for sharing, Senior.”

Mo Xun bowed to Wen Yuchan, while internally asking the System: Do I have any connection to this Ancestor Xunji?

The System replied: [I don’t know. I am just a Villain Capture System. This question has no bearing on capturing Yun Wushang, so I don’t know.]

Mo Xun highly doubted whether the System truly didn’t know or was pretending not to, but she was certain that whether it knew or not, it wouldn’t tell her.

“Besides being proficient in arrays, Ancestor Xunji was also skilled in alchemy, because her spiritual qi could control fire. I don’t know if you also possess the ability to control fire with spiritual qi, but knowing more pill recipes does no harm. Please take this for your research.”

Wen Yuchan handed the book to Mo Xun.

Mo Xun took it with both hands, shouting internally, Terrifying!

Mo Xun: I can’t control fire with spiritual qi yet, but I will truly master it in the future. This is no longer coincidence; it’s terrifying!

However, she showed no expression on her face, respectfully thanking Wen Yuchan, and accepting the book, The Compendium of Pill Recipes.

Immediately after, Wen Yuchan turned her attention to Yun Wushang: “Wushang, I have not yet asked you, who is she to you…?”

“She is no one important,” Yun Wushang interrupted her. After a brief pause, she added: “But I also won’t allow anyone to harm even a single strand of her hair.”