The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: You Win.

The moment Mo Xun saw Yun Wushang, many thoughts crossed her mind.

She thought, No wonder I didn’t sense any demonic qi along the way. I forgot Yun Wushang can reverse her meridians and disguise herself as an immortal cultivator.

She thought, Yun Wushang’s technique for reversing her meridians isn’t mature enough, and it causes damage to her meridians. I wonder how much pain she’s in now.

She thought, Yun Wushang still chased after me. She’s so persistent about me. Is it affection developed through continuous interaction, or simply a craving for my skills in bed?

She thought…

Mo Xun: Wait, don’t you hate artifact refiners? What do you think you’re doing joining the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect yourself?!

The Outer Sect Elder of the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect released her divine sense to scan Yun Wushang’s dantian and couldn’t help but frown: “You have an Ice Heavenly Spiritual Root. How do you intend to refine artifacts?”

Yun Wushang’s expression remained unchanged. She replied neither subserviently nor arrogantly: “I possess a cauldron. I only need to inject spiritual energy, and it can generate Six-Grade flames.”

Mo Xun: Why does the cauldron you’re describing sound somewhat familiar?

Just as she thought this, she saw Yun Wushang glaring coldly at her: “This cauldron is named the Snow Phoenix Cauldron. This person, relying on her realm being higher than mine, forced me to hand it over. The disparity in strength forced me to comply, but I feel wronged! I implore Senior to judge fairly on my behalf!”

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun: Dmn it! I’m the one who’s wronged! The Snow Phoenix Cauldron was something I won fair and square!*

The Outer Sect Elder glanced at Mo Xun, asked nothing, looked back at Yun Wushang, and said coldly: “Junior, don’t speak nonsense. She can control Nine-Grade spiritual fire. There’s no way she would covet your cauldron!”

Hearing this, Yun Wushang pursed her lips slightly, her eyes reddening, genuinely looking wronged.

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun: You win.

“Fellow Daoist Yun, it seems there’s some misunderstanding between us,” Mo Xun said calmly, taking out the Snow Phoenix Cauldron from her storage pouch and tossing it toward Yun Wushang without even looking at it.

Yun Wushang caught it with spiritual energy, her gaze fixed on Mo Xun, her face showing confusion, seeking an explanation.

Mo Xun immediately started fabricating a story: “Seeing your Ice Heavenly Spiritual Root, I figured you might not be proficient in artifact refining, and I happened to be lacking a cauldron. I intended to compensate you with spirit stones once I learned artifact refining in the future. I didn’t expect you would be interested in learning it. My apologies for the presumption.”

Yun Wushang gave a slight snort, accepted the cauldron, and bowed to the Outer Sect Elder again: “Thank you, Senior, for judging fairly on my behalf.”

Outer Sect Elder: “…” What did I do?

Mo Xun: “…” What did she do?

The Outer Sect Elder took a moment to recover her voice, cleared her throat, and said: “If I’m not mistaken, that’s a pill furnace. Artifact refining requires a more precise cauldron. Relying on a Six-Grade pill furnace for artifact refining, I’m afraid…”

Before she could finish, an Integration stage male cultivator suddenly descended from the sky and spoke: “Why not?”

The newcomer looked younger than the Outer Sect Elder, yet the Elder addressed him as: “Senior Brother.”

The male cultivator looked at Yun Wushang and smiled: “The Artifact Refining Immortal Sect is now suffering from a scarcity of talent. Where do we have the right to refuse a cultivator interested in joining? We welcome anyone interested in artifact refining.”

Mo Xun’s brows furrowed slightly, then quickly relaxed.

She felt this Integration stage cultivator had ill intentions toward Yun Wushang, but she didn’t want him to detect her suspicion.

The Outer Sect Elder hesitated, then finally sighed and said “Fine”: “I’ll instruct someone to prepare living quarters for the two of you.”

Mo Xun got her own residence in the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect and used her Primordial Spirit to find out Yun Wushang’s residence.

Despite joining at the same time, they did not live together.

After settling down in the new place, Mo Xun refined some pills first.

Without a cauldron, she used her hand as a cauldron and refined twenty white pills in one go, storing them all in a white porcelain bottle.

After refining the pills, she sent out her Primordial Spirit to check on Yun Wushang. Coincidentally, she saw the Integration stage male cultivator enter Yun Wushang’s room.

“Want to learn artifact refining? As long as you are obedient, I can teach you hand-by-hand, until you master it,” the male cultivator said with a smile, suddenly sensing someone spying on him. He sharply turned his head towards the void: “Who!”

Mo Xun hastily withdrew her Primordial Spirit, then grabbed her sword and left her room!

Mo Xun: He does have bad intentions towards Wushang! I’ll go kill him now!

Mo Xun used the Space Folding Technique to appear at the door of Yun Wushang’s room. Without a word, she summoned two swords and attacked the male cultivator!

The male cultivator’s realm was above hers. It was uncertain whether he was Mid-Integration, Late-Integration, or Great Perfection.

But no matter his realm, he had to die today!

Mo Xun’s surging killing intent merged with her spiritual qi, forming a sharp killing aura. The two swords attacked the male cultivator’s two vital points, neither of them used for defense.

However, the male cultivator had been on guard since he first sensed the spying. He immediately summoned a Six-Grade magic treasure to block Mo Xun’s attack, then turned and summoned another Six-Grade magic treasure to attack Mo Xun!

Mo Xun quickly took out eight wooden stakes she had prepared from her storage pouch: “Black Tortoise Counter-Injury Array, activate!”

A defensive barrier opened. A Black Tortoise with a turtle shell and a snake tail appeared on the barrier, letting out a roar, and blocked the male cultivator’s magic treasure.

The combat strength of the two was evenly matched, and it was difficult to determine a winner in a short time.

Just then, in Mo Xun’s view, Yun Wushang, seated calmly on the bed behind the male cultivator, unhurriedly took out a talisman from her storage pouch, held it between her index and middle fingers, and tossed it seemingly casually toward the male cultivator.

The expression on Mo Xun’s face softened. She withdrew her two swords, ceased her attack, and focused on defense.

The male cultivator looked confused, about to ask, when he suddenly felt a bone-chilling coldness.

The coldness came suddenly and fiercely. By the time he realized something was wrong, half of his body was frozen and numb.

When he realized the danger and wanted to escape, his body had already begun to crack.

With the activation of the talisman, the male cultivator’s body instantly froze into an ice sculpture. Then, with a scattered sound, the ice sculpture shattered into dust, scattering on the floor. His hundreds of years of cultivation vanished into nothingness, and his vast spiritual qi returned to heaven and earth.

Mo Xun deactivated the Black Tortoise Counter-Injury Array, her expression complex as she met the gaze of Yun Wushang inside the room.

Yun Wushang looked back at her expressionlessly for a while. Seeing that Mo Xun had no intention of speaking, she finally opened her mouth: “Why did you come?”

Mo Xun instinctively replied: “It wasn’t to save you. I just didn’t like him.”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Yun Wushang had used the same excuse before. Hearing it from Mo Xun’s mouth now made the expressions on both their faces a bit subtle.

Mo Xun swore she didn’t mean to mock Yun Wushang. She only realized the excuse was one she had learned from Yun Wushang after she spoke it.

However, she had no intention of retracting the words.

She pressed her lips together, silently stepped into the room, walked up to Yun Wushang, and then took out the white porcelain bottle from her storage pouch and tossed it to her.

Yun Wushang instinctively raised her hand to catch it: “What is this?”

“Painkillers,” Mo Xun replied stiffly. “You first reversed your meridians to hide your true form, and then forcefully used your demonic qi to activate that talisman. Your body is probably a mess right now… Of course, if you have some masochistic preference, you don’t have to use it. Give the medicine back to me.”

Mo Xun held out a hand to Yun Wushang, asking for the porcelain bottle back.

Yun Wushang slapped her hand away. Then, she pulled out the stopper and poured a white pill out of the bottle.

Mo Xun withdrew her hand, crossed her arms, and explained to her: “The Painkiller, while it stops the pain, the side effect is that it numbs the senses because the principle is to paralyze the nerves. So, during the effective period, your feelings will also become numb…”

Before she finished speaking, Yun Wushang put the pill into her mouth, swallowed it down, then lowered her head and let out a wry laugh: “Isn’t that perfect? To also numb my desire for you.”

Yun Wushang: And my feelings for you… never mind.

After sighing, Yun Wushang looked up at Mo Xun again, asking calmly: “Tell me, why do you absolutely insist on artifact refining?”

Mo Xun met her gaze without flinching and retorted: “Tell me, why do you absolutely forbid me from artifact refining?”

Yun Wushang: “I’ve already stated my reason. I won’t repeat it.”

Mo Xun: “Even with me, a Mahayana stage cultivator, protecting you?”

Yun Wushang: “If you were truly that strong, would you have been severely injured by the Tianshan Immortal Sect?”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Yun Wushang’s gaze was still fixed on Mo Xun, but the corners of her eyes turned red.

Mo Xun realized she had said the wrong thing. She pursed her lips and remained silent for a while, then sighed and reached out, intending to touch Yun Wushang’s face, but was slapped away by Yun Wushang again.

Neither of the two slaps was particularly forceful, making Yun Wushang’s resistance seem somewhat teasing.

But Mo Xun knew that this time, she had genuinely hurt her.

So, Mo Xun didn’t reach out to her again. When she spoke again, her tone was much softer: “If I can refine a Nine-Grade magic treasure, I can protect you in turn.”

This sentence, to her, was almost equivalent to a confession.

However, Yun Wushang’s reply was: “If you always think artifact refining is more important than me, then go and refine it. Get out.”

As her words fell, she flicked her sleeve and released a gust of cold qi, intending to throw Mo Xun out of the room.

But her current strength was weaker than Mo Xun’s. The cold qi only ruffled Mo Xun’s sleeve and failed to move her even half a step.

However, Mo Xun disliked coercion. So, even though she desperately wanted to pin Yun Wushang to the bed and forcefully heal her damaged meridians, she ultimately turned around: “I’m leaving.”

She said coldly, took out a bottle of Reverting Origin Pills that she had previously refined and thought she wouldn’t need, tossed it back to Yun Wushang, and then used the Space Folding Technique to return to her own room.