The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Have You Ever Had Someone You Liked? ……

Mo Xun sat cross-legged on the stone bed, taking out the Snow Phoenix Cauldron from her storage pouch and holding it aloft with spiritual energy, letting it hover in front of her.

The Snow Phoenix Cauldron was a six-grade alchemy furnace. By injecting spiritual energy into it, it could generate six-grade flames, capable of refining six-grade pills.

However, before mastering Spiritual Energy Fire Control, Mo Xun could only control the size of the flame, not its shape.

With Spiritual Energy Fire Control, she could change the shape of the flame to some extent, allowing for better heat control, giving her a chance to refine seven-grade pills.

Mo Xun: Fortunately, I have the Snow Phoenix Cauldron. This means having Spiritual Energy Fire Control only at Tier 1 Low Grade is sufficient. The Evil Warding Barrier is a fifth-grade artifact. Refining a protective artifact of the same grade shouldn’t be too difficult.

System: Is the Host planning to use an alchemy furnace for artifact refining?

Mo Xun: Aren’t they both cauldrons? Who hasn’t used a wok to simmer soup?

System: Mm…

The cultivators she and Yun Wushang had killed in the secret realm carried quite a few medicinal herbs, all of which were now in Mo Xun’s hands.

These herbs couldn’t refine the pills Mo Xun specifically needed, but they could be used for basic healing and stamina recovery pills.

Mo Xun decided to practice with these pills first.

Since it was her first time refining pills, and worried about making a mistake during the process, Mo Xun first allocated the herbs according to the recipe, washing away surface impurities with Water spiritual qi, and arranging them by her hand. Only after all the preparation was done did she inject her spiritual energy into the Snow Phoenix Cauldron.

Different grades of flames had different colors, sequentially from low to high: red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, purple, black, and white.

The six-grade flame was blue. Although the color looked cool, the temperature was by no means low.

Mo Xun tested controlling the flame with Spiritual Energy Fire Control and found that while the flame inside the Snow Phoenix Cauldron wasn’t entirely under her command, it was indeed responsive to her control.

After manipulating it for a while to ensure everything was safe, she used spiritual energy to gently place the herbs into the cauldron one by one, using the most suitable heat to melt them all together.

Two hours later, all the herbs were perfectly fused, turning into a dark red liquid.

Mo Xun withdrew the flame, used spiritual energy to support the liquid, evenly divided it into ten portions, rolled them into spheres, and let them cool and solidify, forming dark red pills.

The Vitality Recovery Pill was a success!

Mo Xun: What grade?

Mo Xun had no concept of pill grading, or rather, she had no concept of the grading for any settings in this world.

When she broke through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, she only knew her Golden Core and Nascent Soul were both Ninth-Grade because the System told her.

The System, as expected, did not disappoint and quickly determined the grade of the Vitality Recovery Pills: [All are Six-Grade Medium. Refining this grade on your first try is a very good talent!]

Hearing this reply, Mo Xun first breathed a sigh of relief, then adopted a serious expression.

Mo Xun: Where am I lacking compared to Six-Grade High?

System: The grade of the herbs themselves is average. Six-Grade Medium is the limit.

Mo Xun: Ah, is that so?

That makes sense. Whether a dish tastes good depends on the chef’s skill but also the freshness of the ingredients.

But Mo Xun still asked, unwilling to give up: Where can I personally improve?

The System pondered for a while before answering: The meticulousness of the process is impeccable. Your control over spiritual energy is consistently excellent, but once you are more proficient, the distribution and cleaning of the herbs can be done while the herbs are entering the cauldron, shortening the time taken.

Mo Xun: Got it, increase proficiency.

Mo Xun decided to use up all the usable herbs she had to ensure that when the herbs she genuinely needed arrived, she could refine the most perfect pills in one go.

Thus, three days later, when Meiyan acquired all the herbs and entered the cave dwelling where Yun Wushang resided, she found all kinds of pills scattered on the ground.

Dozens of high-quality pills, which should have been carefully placed in the most exquisite porcelain bottles and sold at high prices in the most exclusive auctions, were now piled up like mere clutter on ordinary leaves.

Meiyan: “…”

Meiyan: Were all these refined within the last three days? This grade, this quantity, this success rate… Did I misunderstand? Did the Demonic Venerable just kidnap a high-level alchemist to refine pills for her?

While still staring blankly at the pills on the ground, Mo Xun, sitting on the stone bed, suddenly looked at her and showed a sunny smile: “Sister Meiyan, you came at the right time. Can you help me find some porcelain bottles for storing pills? As you can see, I don’t have enough bottles on me.”

Meiyan snapped out of her daze, snorted, and threw the storage pouch containing all the herbs to Mo Xun, saying: “Calling me ‘sister’—aren’t you afraid of the Demonic Venerable Mistress misunderstanding?”

“I think you’re the one misunderstanding my relationship with the Demonic Venerable Mistress,” Mo Xun replied, catching the storage pouch. After saying this, she suddenly drew a sharp breath as if realizing something: “…Could it be that the Demonic Venerable Mistress has ulterior motives for me? That makes sense. Who can blame her, when I’m so good-looking and have such a nice figure?”

Meiyan: “…”

Meiyan: I’ve seen thick skin, but never this thick. If the Demonic Venerable didn’t like you, could you still be alive?

However, this personality makes it easier for her to extract information.

Thinking this, Meiyan chuckled: “Yes, there’s always been a rumor that the Demonic Venerable Mistress likes women. What kind of pills did she ask you to refine for her? If it’s not something important, maybe it’s not your talent in alchemy she’s interested in.”

“What? The Demonic Venerable Mistress likes women?” Mo Xun’s face showed shock. “Where did this rumor come from? Is it reliable?”

“You didn’t know?” Meiyan raised an eyebrow in surprise. “I thought the whole cultivation world knew. The rumor is that the Demonic Venerable was expelled by the Tianshan Immortal Sect Leader because she likes women.”

“What? The Demonic Venerable Mistress was once a cultivator of the Tianshan Immortal Sect?” Mo Xun was even more shocked. “I’m young and haven’t cultivated for long, and I haven’t left my sect much, so I really didn’t know. This is truly shocking! Does that mean the Demonic Venerable Mistress had a woman she liked? Did the woman she liked stab her in the back, causing her to fall to the Demonic Path?”

“I truly don’t know about that,” Meiyan replied. “I only know that on the day she fell to the Demonic Path, she killed many fellow disciples, causing the Tianshan Immortal Sect to lose a large number of cultivators with high realms and talents. If she did like someone, they probably became a victim of her sword then.”

Mo Xun counted the pills on the ground and concluded: “Let’s start with 100 bottles.”

Meiyan’s lips twitched, but she finally agreed and turned to leave.

Inside the cave, Mo Xun expressionlessly released her divine sense, probing the storage pouch to inspect the medicinal herbs inside.

The System’s voice rang in her mind: [Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission “Learn Yun Wushang’s Past.” You have received 3 reward points! You now have 23 redeemable reward points!]

Mo Xun: Indeed, learning Yun Wushang’s past doesn’t necessarily have to start with Yun Wushang herself. This Meiyan doesn’t look like a good person, but she didn’t lie to me.

In other words, the reason for Yun Wushang’s fall to the Demonic Path was indeed related to liking women, and she truly killed many Tianshan Immortal Sect cultivators afterward.

Yun Wushang said the reason for her expulsion was because Yun Qianzhong believed rumors.

Perhaps her expulsion was indeed due to rumors, but the rumors were not false.

Mo Xun finished checking the herbs in the storage pouch, confirmed there were no issues, and was about to start refining, but she got distracted.

She stared into the void, lost in thought for a long time.

Mo Xun: Did Yun Wushang have someone she liked… before?

System: I don’t know. If the Host is curious, you can ask her directly. Mission “Find out if Yun Wushang has ever had someone she liked” completion grants 3 reward points!

Mo Xun: You say you don’t know, but if you truly didn’t, how would you determine if her answer is true or false? And how would you confirm whether I have completed the mission?

System: …

The System did not reply. The System remained silent.

Mo Xun had anticipated this, so she didn’t press further. She resummoned the Snow Phoenix Cauldron, put in the newly acquired fresh herbs, and began refining the pills she needed.

The herbs Meiyan had sourced were all of a very high grade, likely because she assumed Mo Xun was refining them for Yun Wushang.

Thanks to this misunderstanding, Mo Xun was able to refine Six-Grade High Pills very easily with these herbs.

As soon as a Six-Grade High Qi Nourishing Pill was swallowed, the familiar stagnation of spiritual qi appeared in her dantian.

Mo Xun quickly sat in meditation and circulated her spiritual energy. Soon, the spiritual qi in her body broke through the bottleneck, sweeping through the entire cave like a tsunami.

She had advanced to the Mid-Nascent Soul stage!

Mo Xun immediately swallowed several dozen more Qi Nourishing Pills, and the spiritual qi in her dantian stagnated again.

Three days later, when Meiyan returned to the cave dwelling with a storage pouch containing 100 porcelain bottles, she was so shocked by Mo Xun’s surging spiritual qi that her jaw nearly dislocated!

Meiyan: …She was at the Early-Nascent Soul stage three days ago. How is she at the Late-Nascent Soul stage after only three days? Is my memory playing tricks on me?

Meiyan finally managed to close her gaping mouth, and the initial, condescending disdain was gone from her eyes when she looked at Mo Xun.

Mo Xun herself hadn’t expected the Qi Nourishing Pills to be so effective, but unfortunately, the effect had a limit. When she swallowed them today, the effect was significantly worse than three days ago. It was essentially impossible to break through to the Integration stage relying solely on Qi Nourishing Pills. She still needed to research arrays and cultivation techniques.

She turned her gaze to Meiyan, smiling naturally: “Sister Meiyan, you’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Did you bring what I asked for?”

Meiyan threw the storage pouch full of porcelain bottles to her, her alluring eyes narrowed coldly: “Did the Demonic Venerable Mistress ask you to help her cultivate into a True Demon?”

Yun Wushang had been stuck at the Mahayana stage for several years. While this was normal for a Mahayana stage cultivator, after her near-death experience, she should be eager to break through to the True Demon realm. At that point, no one would be able to harm her again.

Mo Xun caught the pouch and didn’t answer, instead asking: “Does Sister Meiyan have thoughts of replacing the Demonic Venerable Mistress?”

“…What?” Meiyan was startled, momentarily thinking the other person could read minds.

Mo Xun took in her reaction and calmly replied: “I don’t know what the Demonic Venerable will do to me after she comes out of seclusion. I heard Sister Meiyan is the most powerful demon in the Demonic Realm after the Demonic Venerable. Does Sister have any thoughts of replacing the Demonic Venerable? If so, I can help you. I only hope that after you kill the Demonic Venerable, you’ll grant me my freedom.”

Meiyan stared silently at Mo Xun, almost agreeing, but managed to restrain herself in the end.

Meiyan: That was close. She almost tricked me again. This Nascent Soul cultivator, though low in realm, is much more calculating than Yun Wushang.

After a moment of silence, Meiyan laughed: “The Demonic Venerable Mistress will live for thousands of years. I have no intention of replacing her. However, if you can help me advance my realm, I will certainly speak well of you to the Demonic Venerable Mistress in the future and ask her to treat you kindly.”

“Is that so? What a shame,” Mo Xun sighed, lowering her gaze. “It seems I need to think of other ways. Do I really have to sell my looks to earn a chance at survival?”

Hearing this, Meiyan narrowed her eyes dangerously: “Aren’t you afraid that after the Demonic Venerable Mistress comes out of seclusion, I’ll tell her what you said?”

“Afraid of what? As long as I still have value, she won’t do anything to me,” Mo Xun replied calmly. “You, on the other hand, told me quite a few rumors about the Demonic Venerable.”

“You! How dare you threaten me?!” Meiyan glared at Mo Xun, finally realizing that she had been completely played by this Nascent Soul cultivator!

In an instant, annoyance, fury, and resentment—all intense emotions—surged in her heart. She didn’t dare to kill Mo Xun directly, but she couldn’t calm down without a few threats!

“I’m going to kill you right now! I’ll skin you alive, peel off your flesh piece by piece, and then lie to the Demonic Venerable that you tried to escape and were devoured by the demons lurking in the Demonic Realm…”

Before she finished speaking, the stone door of the secret chamber suddenly opened.

Meiyan hadn’t even had a chance to enjoy a look of terror on Mo Xun’s face before she herself became terrified.

She turned her head to look at the stone door in disbelief, meeting Yun Wushang’s icy eyes.

“Whose skin are you going to peel?” Yun Wushang asked coldly.

In an instant, all emotion vanished from Meiyan’s heart, leaving only terror.

She “plop” knelt down facing Yun Wushang, her forehead touching the ground: “Meiyan was just trying to joke with her. Please be understanding, Demonic Venerable Mistress! I brought her everything she asked for! Meiyan did not fail the trust the Demonic Venerable Mistress placed in Meiyan! Meiyan spoke impulsively out of line. I beg the Demonic Venerable Mistress to spare Meiyan. From this day forward, Meiyan will be even more loyal to the Demonic Venerable Mistress!”

“So you’re saying you’re not loyal enough to me now?” Yun Wushang looked down at the kneeling woman, her eyes emitting icy killing intent.

“Meiyan…” Meiyan wanted to explain, but Yun Wushang was done listening.

Yun Wushang raised her hand, and an ice shard flew towards Meiyan with lightning speed, piercing her shoulder and carrying her out of the cave dwelling.

Meiyan’s scream vanished outside the cave.

Yun Wushang acted swiftly and cleanly, but Mo Xun clearly saw that she only attacked Meiyan’s shoulder, not taking her life.

Since that was the case, Mo Xun didn’t confirm Meiyan’s fate with Yun Wushang. Instead, like a wife welcoming her partner home from work, she smiled at Yun Wushang: “Is seclusion over?”

Yun Wushang glanced at her, clearly in a bad mood: “I told you not to speak much to her. Did you take my words as wind past your ear?”

Mo Xun looked at Yun Wushang, her smile unwavering.

Seeing Yun Wushang again after several days, she felt she looked even more beautiful.

Was she always this beautiful? Or is there some beauty secret in the secret chamber?

Staring at Yun Wushang’s face, even though she could tell she was in a bad mood, Mo Xun didn’t feel tense at all, smiling as she replied: “I always felt she wasn’t a good person, so I wanted to help you probe her depths.”

“What did you find out?” Yun Wushang flicked her sleeve to close the secret chamber door and came to sit on the bed.

Mo Xun: “I feel she only fears you, she doesn’t submit to you.”

Yun Wushang: “Tell me something I don’t know.”

Hearing this, Mo Xun realized Yun Wushang was already aware of this, and couldn’t help but chuckle, but then she sighed: “You are the supreme Demonic Venerable, surrounded by so many demonic cultivators, yet none are trustworthy friends.”

“It’s that I don’t want to be friends with them,” Yun Wushang said coldly. Then she immediately asked, “What rumors did Meiyan tell you about me?”

“Nothing much, just that you once killed many people from the Tianshan Immortal Sect, which you already told me,” Mo Xun said. She didn’t mention the reason for Yun Wushang’s expulsion. She didn’t mind being pinned to the wall by Yun Wushang again, but the next time might not be so gentle.

“I just want to know more about you,” Mo Xun said. “If you don’t want me to ask others, how about you tell me yourself?”

As she said this, she dropped the smile on her face, her tone becoming earnest and gentle.

Yun Wushang looked at her in silence for a moment, lowered her head, and when she spoke again, the coldness in her voice was lessened, and her tone became slightly softer: “What else do you want to know?”

Mo Xun: “I want to know… have you ever had someone you liked?”

“No,” Yun Wushang replied almost without hesitation, giving Mo Xun no time to prepare.

“I said I never liked anyone,” Yun Wushang continued. “When I was still at the Tianshan Immortal Sect, a few senior sisters treated me well. I admit, I had a good impression of them and even wanted to protect them with my life, but later… Heh, later I found out that the reason they treated me well wasn’t because I was their junior sister, but because my cultivation talent was far superior to theirs. They were afraid that if my realm surpassed theirs one day, I wouldn’t treat them well, so they didn’t want to be resented by me. But in truth, deep down, they wished more than anyone that I would fall to the Demonic Path.”

“As they wished, I fell to the Demonic Path, and the price was their lives.”

Yun Wushang couldn’t help but laugh after saying this.

She laughed for a while before continuing: “I have no senior sisters now, because they all died by my own hands.”

Mo Xun blinked: “Who says you don’t have a senior sister? Your senior sister is sitting right next to you.”

Yun Wushang: “…”

The corners of Yun Wushang’s eyes had been slightly red when she finished speaking, but the emotion that had just welled up in her heart was completely scattered by Mo Xun’s words.

The look Yun Wushang directed at Mo Xun contained both resentment and helplessness.

Mo Xun met her beautiful eyes and couldn’t help but curve her lips, showing her sunny smile again: “You are so loyal and righteous; you would never kill someone without a reason. They must have done something wrong.”

Yun Wushang withdrew her gaze, looking at her knees: “…Don’t think you understand me so well.”

“If you think I don’t understand you well enough, tell me more about yourself and let me truly understand you,” Mo Xun said, moving closer to Yun Wushang, tentatively putting her arm around her waist.

Confirming that she didn’t resist, she then fully embraced her and affectionately kissed the top of her head.

Yun Wushang felt the kiss on her hair, and her eyes turned red again, but this time, a different emotion welled up from her heart.

This woman was always like this… always able to stir her emotions.

Yun Wushang had been in seclusion for a week. Her demonic qi had largely recovered, and her mental state had returned to the calmness she had before meeting Mo Xun.

She had thought she had fully restored her Demonic Venerable dignity, but after coming out of seclusion, Mo Xun shattered her composure with just a few words.

Forget it.

Yun Wushang turned and wrapped her arms around Mo Xun’s neck, pulling her down onto the bed, then whispered in her ear: “It’s still the same—if you serve me until I’m pleased, you can ask whatever you want to know.”

Mo Xun smiled and said, “Alright.”

I couldn’t ask for more.

With the excitement mounting, things got out of hand. Only afterward did Mo Xun remember: “I actually forgot to try the Desire Inciting Pill.”

Yun Wushang leaned naked in her arms, whispering softly: “…Next time.”

This time, she was afraid she couldn’t handle it.

“Mm, next time then.” Mo Xun had initially thought that if Yun Wushang was interested in the Desire Inciting Pill, she might be more willing to help her gather the herbs she wanted, but now that she had actually refined the pill, she was indeed a little eager to try it.

“Oh, right,” Yun Wushang suddenly remembered something. “Did the Jishi Immortal Sect send anyone over these past few days?”

“No,” Mo Xun didn’t recall.

Yun Wushang: “Then they should be coming tomorrow. Wen Yuchan keeps her promises. She said she would refine three hundred Demonic Evil Pills for me in a week; she would never break her word.”

Mo Xun acknowledged with an “Mm.”

Yun Wushang: “What else do you want to know about me? You can ask now.”

Mo Xun thought for a moment: “Let’s talk tomorrow. Today, I want to rest for a bit first.”

She had acquired all the reward points she could get for today. Even if Yun Wushang revealed more of her past, she couldn’t get any more reward points. So, she would talk tomorrow.

Yun Wushang didn’t think much of it, assuming Mo Xun was tired from serving her. She said “Alright,” and continued to hold her, resting on the stone bed together for the night.

The next day, the Jishi Immortal Sect indeed sent people: the same two female cultivators.

After being allowed into Yun Wushang’s cave dwelling, they stood far away, looking ready to flee at any moment.

Mo Xun suspected they had developed a psychological shadow after being blasted away twice by Yun Wushang’s demonic qi.

“Three hundred Demonic Evil Pills, not one less,” one of the female cultivators handed over a storage pouch.

Yun Wushang signaled Mo Xun with her eyes to accept it, so Mo Xun stepped forward and took the pouch.

However, after she accepted the pouch, the two female cultivators did not leave. Instead, they frowned and exchanged glances, looking like they had something to say but were unsure if they should.

Before Mo Xun could ask, she heard Yun Wushang speak from behind her: “If you have something to say, speak freely.”

Hearing this, the two female cultivators finally spoke, one sentence each:

“This matter is unrelated to the Demonic Realm, and also unrelated to the Jishi Immortal Sect. It concerns the Shuiyue Immortal Sect.”

“We heard that you are covering the Shuiyue Immortal Sect, so we thought we should inform you that something has happened to them.”

Upon hearing this, before Yun Wushang could react, Mo Xun spoke first: “What happened to the Shuiyue Immortal Sect?”

The two female cultivators looked past her to Yun Wushang. Seeing that Yun Wushang didn’t react, they continued: “The Lingjian Immortal Sect suddenly dispatched a large number of cultivators, surrounding the entire Shuiyue Peak. They claim they are protecting the Shuiyue cultivators, but they also say that if the Shuiyue cultivators want to enter and exit Shuiyue Peak freely, they must join the Lingjian Immortal Sect. It’s clearly a forced takeover of the entire Shuiyue Immortal Sect by the Lingjian Sect. What do you plan to do, Demonic Venerable?”

“What do I plan to do?” Yun Wushang said coldly. Demonic qi suddenly surged in the cave dwelling, and the pressure of a Mahayana stage cultivator hung in the air, making it difficult to breathe.

“The entire Lingjian Immortal Sect does not need to exist anymore.”