The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Stole a Kiss.

Five million spirit stones!

Mo Xun blinked, thinking she had misheard.

The System had said that once she earned 10 million spirit stones, she could advance one realm up from any current realm.

Mo Xun hadn’t expected that by coming to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets for Heavenly Secret Guidance and attending the auction, she could directly earn half of the mission requirement!

She thought only artifacts were profitable. Were elixirs this profitable too?

Refining artifacts required calmness and meticulous attention, and high-grade artifacts also needed a certain level of creativity and design ideas. The refining process was long and complicated, so making money was understandable.

But elixirs only needed to be refined according to a prescription, melting the medicinal herbs in a certain proportion and forming them into a sphere. Couldn’t anyone with hands do that?

Hearing Mo Xun’s inner thoughts, the long-silent System couldn’t help but intervene: Host, putting aside how hard it is to find the elixir recipes and medicinal herbs, not everyone in this world can control spiritual fire. Please try to understand those who fear fire!

Mo Xun raised an eyebrow: You fear fire?

The System fell silent, pretending to be dead.

But just as Mo Xun thought it wouldn’t answer, it replied again: I used to fear it. I don’t anymore.

Mo Xun: Why?

System: Because a very important person to me became a Fire Spiritual Root.

Mo Xun: Became? Senior Sister Jiuqu?

System: No! Chu Jiuqu is not the first person to pass the Infernal Phoenix trial.

Mo Xun: Then who is it?

System: That is irrelevant to the Host. The Host does not need to know.

Mo Xun: What Spiritual Root are you?

However, the System didn’t fall for it: I am merely a Villain Capture System. This question is unrelated to capturing the villain, so I cannot answer. Yun Wushang is the Host’s wife. Please spend more attention on Yun Wushang!

Hearing the word “wife,” Mo Xun pursed her lips, but in the next instant, the corners of her mouth lifted uncontrollably. It took her a moment to force a straight face.

She stopped asking questions and went with Yun Wushang to the Heavenly Character Private Room.

The Heavenly Character Private Room was, simply put, the VIP section. From here, one could overlook the entire venue and observe every detail.

The auction began shortly after Mo Xun took her seat.

The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets’ auction sold not only elixirs and artifacts but also high-grade medicinal herbs, high-grade refining materials, cultivation techniques, elixir recipes, design blueprints for artifacts, array flags, spiritual items for setting up arrays, and intelligence.

The first item auctioned today was the Grade 4 artifact consigned by Mo Xun.

“The first item up for auction today is a Grade 4 protective artifact, named the Black Tortoise Universal Barrier!”

“As the name suggests, its array pattern is derived from the Black Tortoise Array, originally created by the cultivation world’s foremost Array Master, Ancestor Xunjī. It is hailed as the strongest defensive array in the world, capable of easily blocking attacks one to two realms higher than the wielder!”

“Therefore, although this protective artifact is only Grade 4, it can fully defend against all attacks below the Nascent Soul stage and easily block attacks from the Early Nascent Soul stage. It can even withstand two to three attacks from a Great Perfection Nascent Soul stage cultivator!”

“A Grade 4 artifact that performs comparable to a Grade 5 artifact! Its quality is top-tier among Grade 4 artifacts! The starting bid is 100,000 spirit stones!”

100,000 spirit stones… Mo Xun learned from the System that the average transaction price for a Grade 4 artifact was 100,000 spirit stones, usually starting at 50,000. She hadn’t expected the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets to be so bold as to price her Grade 4 artifact at 100,000 directly!

Sure enough, some noise erupted in the venue.

“Starting a Grade 4 artifact at 100,000 might be a bit much…”

“Can it really withstand an attack from the Nascent Soul stage?”

Mo Xun covered her eyes with her hand, a little afraid to look.

It was so embarrassing. The name “Black Tortoise Universal Barrier” was already embarrassing enough, and this introduction and starting price made her feel like “I don’t deserve this.”

However, just then, someone spoke: “150,000!”

As soon as the voice fell, another person immediately bid: “200,000!”

The first bidder heard this and bid even louder: “300,000!”

“What the…” There was another commotion in the venue.

“Raising the price by 100,000 directly? Who is this person?”

“Judging by the attire, is he a prince from some country?”

“The other person’s identity is not simple either.”

“But then again, the reputation of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets is solid. If this artifact can truly easily block Early Nascent Soul attacks, 300,000 spirit stones is not a loss.”

Before the voice faded, a third person joined the bidding: “310,000!”

The first two bidders glared fiercely and sequentially bid: “350,000!” “400,000!”

“My goodness! 400,000? This…”

“400,000 for a Grade 4 artifact? Unheard of!”

However, was that the end?

No.

After another intense round of bidding among the three, Mo Xun’s artifact was finally won by the first bidder for the high price of 520,000 spirit stones.

Mo Xun was dumbfounded. The initial embarrassment was swept away, replaced by utter disbelief!

Mo Xun: System, am I hallucinating?

System: Host, you heard correctly, it’s 520,000.

Mo Xun: Do I have 520,000 spirit stones now?

System: After deducting the 10% commission fee, the Host’s net profit is 468,000 spirit stones.

Mo Xun: Is this what it feels like to strike it rich overnight? This is incredible!

Before coming to the auction, Mo Xun had less than 100 spirit stones, and the most she had ever had was less than 1,000.

This was her first time earning money in this world, and she started with 468,000 spirit stones, which made Mo Xun ecstatic!

Mo Xun: My six months of refining weren’t in vain!

Although the cost was not touching Yun Wushang for over six months.

Thinking of this, Mo Xun couldn’t help but turn her attention to Yun Wushang, meeting her eyes as she looked at her.

Mo Xun was momentarily stunned, then curved her lips into a radiant smile: “I’m rich!”

Yun Wushang: “So?”

Mo Xun: “I’ll support you!”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Yun Wushang expressionlessly shifted her gaze away from Mo Xun’s face and looked into the distance. Then, out of Mo Xun’s sight, the corners of her lips lifted uncontrollably and remained curved for a long time.

Yun Wushang: Is there a need to be this happy? So provincial… though I’ve never seen this either.

It was Yun Wushang’s first time witnessing a Grade 4 artifact sell for the high price of 520,000 spirit stones.

No wonder this person is so eager to learn artifact refining.

Seeing Yun Wushang turn her back to her, Mo Xun thought she was dismissive of her words. She reached out and tidied a few strands of messy hair behind Yun Wushang’s head, adding: “Demon crystals can be converted into spirit stones, and spirit stones can be converted into demon crystals. I will earn as many spirit stones as the demon crystals you need.”

Yun Wushang felt a slight tickle on the back of her head and sighed helplessly: “First, ascend to the Mahayana stage, then talk about anything else.”

Mo Xun: “Oh.”

After the artifact sale, some high-grade medicinal herbs were auctioned next. Mo Xun took out the Complete Elixir Recipes to check them against the list but found none she needed.

However, the elixir she needed most now—one that could safely assist a Great Perfection Integration stage cultivator to break through to the Void Refinement stage—was not in the Complete Elixir Recipes.

After all the high-grade medicinal herbs were sold, high-grade artifact refining materials were auctioned next. Although Mo Xun really wanted them, the materials Yun Wushang helped her collect were enough for her to refine for a while, so she ultimately didn’t participate in the bidding.

Mo Xun was not very interested in the subsequent items.

Until her Restorative Elixirs appeared on the auction stage, in sets of one bottle each, sold in groups of three.

“These three Restorative Elixirs are all Grade 6, Superior Grade! They can instantly regrow a severed limb! Starting bid, 200,000 spirit stones!”

Mo Xun: Huh?

“I want this! 210,000!”

“250,000! No one dares to compete with me!”

“270,000! This princess is determined to have it!”

“300,000! If anyone dares to bid higher, I will attack them outside!”

“300,000 once, 300,000 twice, 300,000 thrice! Sold!”

Mo Xun: Huh?

Three elixirs, 300,000…

Sensing her gaze and her shock, Yun Wushang could no longer hold back and let out a light chuckle: “You didn’t know elixirs were so profitable. Do you regret giving them to me?”

“Why would I regret giving them to you?” Mo Xun said without thinking. “You had someone help me find the medicinal herbs, and the Complete Elixir Recipes came into my possession thanks to you taking me to the World Salvation Immortal Sect. I just regret not refining more before coming here. Elixir refining is much easier than artifact refining.”

Yun Wushang remained silent for a moment, then let out a very soft “Mhm.”

When Yun Wushang was cultivating, she had no one she could trust, and after falling to the demonic path, she was surrounded by wolves. Her circle was filled with cold-blooded, ruthless, self-serving people. Her kindness and soft-heartedness, given to anyone, would only lead to betrayal.

But Mo Xun remembered all the good things she did for her and reciprocated.

After a while, all the elixirs were auctioned, totaling 6.46 million spirit stones in sales. Including the 520,000 from the artifact, the total was 6.98 million spirit stones. After deducting the 10% commission, Mo Xun’s net profit was 6.282 million spirit stones!

When she rose from her chair as the auction ended, Mo Xun’s legs felt a little weak.

A Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets cultivator proactively approached her, respectfully handing her the storage pouch filled with spirit stones with both hands: “Senior, 6,282,000 spirit stones, not a single one is missing.”

“Thank you,” Mo Xun took it with both hands.

The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets cultivator smiled: “Senior is too kind. If there is anything you need, please just tell us, and we will do our best to find it!”

“Okay,” Mo Xun replied somewhat distractedly. After realizing what the person meant, she tentatively asked, “Can you help me find the elixir or recipe that can assist an Integration stage cultivator to break through to the Void Refinement stage?”

The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets cultivator thought for a moment before responding: “We have been searching for such an elixir or recipe for many years and have only found some research notes from high-grade elixir masters. If Senior needs them, the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets is willing to provide them for free, hoping only that if Senior successfully refines the Void Refinement Elixir, you will entrust the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets to auction it.”

“Alright, I’ll study it then.”

Mo Xun thought so. No wonder the Void Refinement Elixir wasn’t in the Complete Elixir Recipes. It turned out no one had successfully refined it yet.

After receiving the research notes for the Void Refinement Elixir, Mo Xun and Yun Wushang left the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.

Mo Xun asked Yun Wushang: “Where to?”

Yun Wushang looked at her in confusion: “Where to what? Didn’t you say you were going back to the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect?”

Mo Xun looked at her helplessly, forced to clarify her question: “Where to… do it?”

In the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, didn’t they almost catch fire while kissing? Now they could catch fire, so don’t suddenly tell her there’s no firewood.

And if they were going to “do it,” they certainly had to choose a secluded spot.

Although the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect had declined, there were still a few cultivators above the Integration stage. Mo Xun wasn’t confident that a restriction could fend off everyone.

Although even a low-grade cultivator’s restriction could prevent a high-grade cultivator from investigating it unless they intentionally broke it, what if?

Perhaps Mo Xun’s words were too direct. Yun Wushang’s ears turned red.

Then, as if to hide her embarrassment, Yun Wushang abruptly unsealed her meridian reversal, reverting to her identity and strength as the Mahayana stage Demon Venerable.

Next, she grabbed Mo Xun’s sash and took her flying high into the sky.

Mo Xun let out a surprised “Eh” but didn’t resist, letting Yun Wushang pull her sash and take her above the clouds.

After “standing” on the clouds, Yun Wushang released Mo Xun’s sash. Mo Xun looked at the snowy white clouds beneath her feet and raised an eyebrow: “Here?”

Yun Wushang didn’t speak, but her ears were already extremely red, making her meaning clear.

“Genius,” Mo Xun praised with a smile. “Who would have thought?”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Mo Xun: “True to form.”

Yun Wushang: “…You talk too much.”

“Alright, alright. Let me set up a restriction,” Mo Xun said, setting up an anti-scrying restriction above the clouds. As soon as she finished, she impatiently embraced Yun Wushang and kissed her lips.

She continued the indulgent and prolonged kiss, pulling off Yun Wushang’s sash as she did so.

Her robe slipped, exposing Yun Wushang’s shoulders to the soft glow of the twilight, which stained them with a warm golden radiance.

Mo Xun kissed them, giving a light bite.

After both their bodies were completely exposed, Mo Xun pressed against Yun Wushang from behind, held her waist, and while kissing her ear, finally indulged in the pleasure of tasting her with her long, articulate fingers after over six months.

Hearing Yun Wushang’s seductive gasps of pleasure once again after six months made Mo Xun want to take things further.

Yun Wushang let out a complaining moan but ultimately didn’t stop her.

The sun fully set, and the golden sky was replaced by the night and the starry expanse.

Mo Xun embraced Yun Wushang, watching the stars with her, and whispered in her ear: “Have you ever watched the stars like this before?”

Yun Wushang shook her head: “I was too focused on cultivating.”

Mo Xun: “Mhm. I understand. I have you to protect me, but you can only rely on yourself. You have to become strong enough to protect yourself.”

Yun Wushang pursed her lips and didn’t speak.

Mo Xun looked at her half-lowered eyelashes and, feeling she was calm enough, tentatively asked: “Now that you know artifact refining is so profitable, do you regret stopping me from refining artifacts?”

“No regret,” Yun Wushang replied decisively, almost blurting it out, then said calmly: “I stated my position, you made your choice, and then you gave me a reason that convinced me. I chose to accept that reason. I won’t forcefully stop you from refining artifacts anymore, but if I had to do it over, I would still take the same action.”

“Including locking me in a cage?” Mo Xun asked. “If you had successfully locked me up back then, were you planning to keep me caged for life?”

“So what?” Yun Wushang replied. “I am the Demon Venerable.”

Mo Xun: “Perhaps I would have died to spite you.”

Yun Wushang: “Then we would talk after you died.”

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun lowered her head and bit Yun Wushang’s shoulder hard. This time, she bit heavily, making Yun Wushang wince in pain.

Mo Xun released her, leaving clear teeth marks.

“You weren’t serious, were you?” Mo Xun asked in Yun Wushang’s ear, her tone turning slightly cold, no longer the gentleness Yun Wushang was used to.

Yun Wushang clearly perceived the hidden anger beneath her calm voice. She sighed and said in a barely audible voice: “I apologize.”

Mo Xun: “Why apologize?”

Yun Wushang: “At that time, I didn’t have the leisure to think too much. I just wanted to use every means to keep you and then make further plans.”

“I see,” Mo Xun said, her tone returning to gentle. “So you can be honest.”

Yun Wushang let out a soft “Heh,” then said: “It turns out when you bite seriously, it hurts so much.”

Mo Xun chuckled, kissed Yun Wushang’s shoulder, and then picked up a robe nearby to cover her: “Next, I will go into seclusion for a few months to focus on artifact refining. I’ll have to trouble you to wait for me again.”

Yun Wushang used the robe to cover her chest and said calmly: “No one is troubled. You are not the only one who needs to go into seclusion.”

Mo Xun: “Mhm, that’s good.”

Mo Xun: Let’s just pretend that’s the case.

After cleaning her body and getting dressed, Mo Xun returned to her room at the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect and rested for a few days. Then, she set up five layers of restrictions and began her months-long seclusion.

Although Chu Jiuqu’s death calamity had been safely averted, and that Integration stage artifact refiner was no longer her opponent, that person did not die by Chu Jiuqu’s hands as in the original story, nor did Chu Jiuqu embark on the Path of Emotionless Dao as in the original story. So, no one could predict what the future held.

Just in case, Mo Xun still planned to refine a protective artifact for Chu Jiuqu.

But this time, she was no longer fixated on the Evil Warding Barrier. She was going to refine an artifact that could automatically evade attacks!

Mo Xun didn’t rush to start refining. Instead, she sat cross-legged and mentally constructed a Star Shift Array, modified it to reduce energy consumption, and then converted it into an array pattern that could be inscribed onto an artifact.

Only after completing this step did she open her eyes. The almost colorless, transparent Grade 9 spiritual fire ignited in her hands, and she arranged the Grade 5 materials above the spiritual fire in order.

Then, she proceeded with smelting, shaping, detailing, and array engraving.

The entire process took Mo Xun nine months.

Nine months later, three black jade bracelets appeared in her palm, each emanating the rich spiritual qi characteristic of a Grade 5 artifact.

At the same time, just as Mo Xun’s spiritual power was about to bottom out, it suddenly surged back, like a violent rain pouring onto parched earth, instantly filling her depleted body and overflowing.

Mo Xun carefully examined the three jade bracelets in her hands, confirming that every detail was perfect. Then, she inscribed two extra strokes on one of them, causing its emanating spiritual qi to convert into demonic qi.

Subsequently, she put away the demonic qi-infused jade bracelet, removed all the restrictions, and left her room.

It was unclear whether her luck was good or bad. When she tried to use her Primordial Spirit to search for Yun Wushang, she first found Chu Jiuqu at the training ground.

So Mo Xun went to find Chu Jiuqu first, completely unaware that the moment she emerged from seclusion, Yun Wushang’s gaze had been locked on her from afar.

Mo Xun came up to Chu Jiuqu, smiling: “Senior Sister, you’ve worked hard. I have a gift I want to give you!”

Chu Jiuqu was currently being guided by the Outer Sect Elder in distinguishing the influence of different materials on artifacts.

In the past nine months, she had focused solely on learning the basics of artifact refining and how to control spiritual fire more precisely.

Seeing Mo Xun, Chu Jiuqu smiled and genuinely looked happy: “Junior Sister Mo, in the time we’ve been apart, your cultivation has improved considerably. I imagine you’ve been quite successful in artifact refining.”

“Yes, this is my result!” Mo Xun handed one of the black jade bracelets to Chu Jiuqu, explaining: “This is called the Infinite Evasion Bracelet. It automatically evades a certain distance when it senses an attack, but each evasion automatically absorbs and consumes the wearer’s spiritual power.”

Chu Jiuqu took the bracelet, but before she could react, the Outer Sect Elder beside her exclaimed: “A Grade 5 protective artifact! You refined a Grade 5 protective artifact! As expected of…”

Mo Xun quickly looked at her, raising a hand to make a “shush” gesture.

Possessing a treasure invites calamity. She did not want the whole world to know she possessed Grade 9 spiritual fire.

A Grade 5 protective artifact was worth 1 million spirit stones. Chu Jiuqu realized how valuable this artifact was and was about to return it: “Junior Sister Mo, this gift is too valuable. I cannot accept it…”

Mo Xun took a step back, retreating 10 meters, refusing to take back the gift she had already given, then showed Chu Jiuqu the other jade bracelet in her hand: “I refined two identical bracelets. This one is for Master. I was going to ask Senior Sister to give it on my behalf, but on second thought, I should deliver it myself.”

“Two!” The Outer Sect Elder exclaimed again. “Are you saying you refined two simultaneously?”

“Yes,” Mo Xun replied.

Actually, it was three. But the third one was for her, so…

Mo Xun smiled: “It takes the same refining method. Refining one is refining, and refining two is also refining. I refined two in one go to save a lot of time.”

The Outer Sect Elder wanted to speak but stopped, her face full of astonishment and helplessness, not knowing how to comment on her statement.

Just then, Mo Xun sensed a wisp of demonic qi. After a brief pause, she bowed to the Outer Sect Elder and Chu Jiuqu respectively.

“I suddenly remembered an urgent matter. I must leave first but will return soon.”

After saying this, she put away the black jade bracelet intended for Master Bai Muqing and vanished into thin air with a Space Folding Technique.

Mo Xun traversed space and arrived in front of a cave outside the Artifact Refining Immortal Sect.

She remembered there was no cave here nine months ago, so it must have been dug during her seclusion.

She cautiously walked inside and, sure enough, saw a demonic cultivator sitting cross-legged on a stone-chiseled bed. Seeing her enter, the cultivator immediately relaxed her body and swung her legs off the bed.

Who could this demonic cultivator be but Yun Wushang?

Mo Xun couldn’t help but joke: “You love living in a cave so much. Are you a fox?”

Yun Wushang looked at her coldly: “Does it make you uncomfortable not to anger me first every time you emerge from seclusion?”

Mo Xun cleared her throat guiltily, said “I apologize,” and then took out the black jade bracelet emitting demonic qi from her storage pouch and handed it to Yun Wushang.

The effect of this bracelet was the same as the other two, except that it absorbed demonic qi when operating.

Yun Wushang looked at it coldly without taking it: “No matter how exquisite an item is, if there are too many of them, they lose their value.”

Mo Xun was stunned for a moment, then realized she was complaining that she wasn’t the only one receiving a bracelet… and couldn’t help but laugh: “The one I gave you is different.”

Yun Wushang: “Other than being usable by demonic cultivators, how else is it different?”

Mo Xun: “It is. Why don’t you look for yourself?”

Yun Wushang was silent for a moment, then finally took the bracelet from Mo Xun’s hand and examined it closely.

The outer circle of the bracelet was smooth, with the texture and color of black jade, and golden fine sand-like specks flowed inside, resembling stars.

The inner circle was densely inscribed with complex array patterns, incomprehensible to ordinary people. However, opposite these array patterns, something else was also engraved.

On the left was the character “Xún,” and on the right were the characters “Wúshāng.” In the middle was a simple but strange symbol, like half of a butterfly’s wing.

“What is this?” Yun Wushang asked curiously.

Mo Xun waited until Yun Wushang looked up at her, then raised her hand, drew a heart on her chest, and said: “It’s a heart, meaning my heart desires you.”

Yun Wushang: “…”

Yun Wushang lowered her head, her lips slightly pressed together. Although the shadow obscured the surging emotions in her eyes, it couldn’t hide the blush spreading across her ears.

Mo Xun smiled, leaned closer to her, and kissed the corner of her lips, a brief, fleeting touch.

She successfully stole a kiss from Yun Wushang.