The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 74

Chapter 74: It’s Because I Want You.

Mo Xun had never felt such terrifying coercion.

It was different from the pressure she felt from a Great Ascension stage cultivator when she was at the Virtual stage—it wasn’t the kind of crushing weight and suffocation like a truck running over her, but more like a nuclear bomb detonating on her.

Intense pain was followed by numbness, by a blankness. She couldn’t feel her body’s existence, couldn’t control her limbs or spiritual sense, and her thoughts became sluggish.

For a moment, Mo Xun suspected she was already dead.

But in the next instant, she heard a voice.

A majestic female voice. It felt strange to her, yet carried a subtle familiarity that caused her tense nerves to unconsciously relax. Like the previous voice, it descended from the heavens, echoing throughout the world.

“Young Lord of the City of Shadows, you committed patricide to seize the throne, illegally released the Ghost Immortals by breaking the Soul Lock, and disrupted the order of this realm. Your crime warrants execution.”

“I refuse to accept!” The previous voice, which had clamored to destroy this realm, loudly protested.

The voice was somewhat gender-neutral, its gender indiscernible. It was too shrill for a male voice and too harsh for a female voice, and it was mixed with some unusual noise, like the low growl of a beast.

“I am not a criminal Immortal! I was merely born in the City of Shadows. Why should I be punished alongside criminal Immortals?”

The female voice replied: “If you had cultivated to True Immortal through proper channels, you could have ascended to the Upper Realm. But you chose to devour Ghost Immortals to enhance your cultivation, becoming a Ghost King. Outside the City of Shadows, there is no place for you. Prepare to die.”

As the voice faded, accompanied by a deafening crash, the earth trembled. Mo Xun felt like she died once more.

Her consciousness went blank for a period. When she recovered, the gender-neutral voice was gone, and only the majestic female voice remained in her ears.

“The Lord of the City of Shadows has been replaced. The Ghost Immortals here are sealed. Job done.”

Mo Xun: ?

Did that female voice just say “Job done”? Or did I mishear?

The pressure on her body vanished, and her limbs gradually regained sensation.

Mo Xun circulated her spiritual energy. With the help of spiritual energy healing, she recovered some mobility and immediately got up to save Yun Wushang beside her.

Yun Wushang’s body lacked strength, completely limp in Mo Xun’s arms. After a while, she regained her voice, resting her head on Mo Xun’s shoulder and softly complaining into Mo Xun’s ear: “So many people died, and the Immortal only killed the ringleader.”

Mo Xun: “And sealed the Ghost Immortals back into the City of Shadows.”

Yun Wushang: “Why not just kill them?”

Mo Xun: “Perhaps because the City of Shadows raises some kind of celestial beast that feeds on Ghost Immortals, so they need to be confined, like humans confining cattle and sheep.”

Yun Wushang seriously pondered what kind of celestial beast fed on Ghost Immortals until she heard Mo Xun’s light laughter, realizing she was talking nonsense. She couldn’t help but “Tsk”: “You tricked me.”

Mo Xun: “How is this tricking? This is coaxing. Doesn’t thinking this way make it feel like whether the Ghost Immortals are killed or not doesn’t matter?”

Yun Wushang let out a soft “Hmph,” closing her eyes while leaning against Mo Xun.

Her body had recovered its mobility, but she still rested all her weight on Mo Xun, as if she had lost all her strength.

Having broken through to the True Demon Realm, she had become significantly heavier. After healing her, Mo Xun gently lifted her up in a bridal carry. Feeling her substantial weight, she couldn’t help but joke: “If you get any heavier, I won’t be able to carry you anymore.”

Yun Wushang deliberately pressed her body downwards, yet Mo Xun held her steady.

Yun Wushang raised an eyebrow: “It seems I can still afford to get much ‘heavier’.”

Mo Xun chuckled, carrying her and flying towards the Water Moon Immortal Gate. As she flew, she said: “Be heavy, be heavy. No matter how heavy you get, I can carry you.”

Yun Wushang laughed in response: “The worst that can happen is I carry you instead.”

Yun Qianchong was currently in a state of exhaustion, able to move only her head. She turned to watch the two figures leave, sighing inwardly.

So, Yun Wushang can smile too…

The incident with the City of Shadows concluded. All major immortal sects suffered damage, but none were fundamentally injured. The three Great Immortal Gates remained the three Great Immortal Gates, still possessing the power to command the respect of the entire cultivation world.

Mo Xun and Yun Wushang returned to the Water Moon Immortal Gate, helping to rebuild the destroyed sections.

After a period of busyness, Mo Xun finally remembered that she had forgotten to tell her Master how to better utilize the Virtual Refinement Pill to enhance her realm.

Mo Xun: “It’s best to take one pill every seven days to avoid developing tolerance. When entering seclusion to break through, you may take three at once.”

Bai Muqing acknowledged with an “Mm,” then suddenly let out a sigh.

Mo Xun: “Why the sigh, Master?”

Bai Muqing: “I feel a bit reluctant, knowing you and Wushang are close to ascension.”

Mo Xun smiled: “I will wait until Master successfully breaks through to the Virtual stage and passes the Heavenly Tribulation before entering seclusion.”

Bai Muqing: “After Virtual, there’s Integration. After Integration, there’s Great Ascension. For the next few centuries, Master won’t be able to see you again.”

Hearing the word “Master,” Yun Wushang’s expression subtly changed.

Since she recovered her Demon Venerable identity, although Bai Muqing had always treated her kindly, she had never addressed herself as “Master” in front of her again. Hearing it now, she felt a wave of sentiment.

She pursed her lips and suddenly said: “There’s nothing good about ascending. For the next few decades, we will stay at the Water Moon Immortal Gate and go nowhere else.”

Mo Xun was momentarily lost in thought, then agreed with an “Mm.”

Mo Xun wanted to ascend because she had too many mysteries she wanted to solve. She wanted to know her relationship with Old Ancestor Xunji, who the System was, why she transmigrated from her original world to this one, and what was the deal with the book titled The Master Sister of the Path of Ruthlessness?

But she asked herself, were the answers to these questions truly more important than Yun Wushang, than Bai Muqing, Chu Jiuqu, or the people she cared about?

The answer was no.

So, after echoing Yun Wushang, Mo Xun added: “Ascension is optional. As long as we are still here, we will safeguard the Water Moon Immortal Gate.”

And so, after the City of Shadows incident concluded, Mo Xun and Yun Wushang did not return to the Demon Realm but took up residence at the Water Moon Immortal Gate.

Mo Xun stepped into the room she had once lived in, finding the furnishings exactly as they were before, untouched since she left.

Yun Wushang’s room was the same.

That made sense. Only Sect Master Bai Muqing and her disciples could enter the inner sect’s main peak of the Water Moon Immortal Gate, and Bai Muqing had only taken in three disciples.

Yun Wushang stepped into Mo Xun’s room and sat on her bed, her fingers gently tracing the soft bedding, which was completely dust-free.

“There’s a lot of dust in my room, and the bed base is a bit damp,” she said. “It seems I’ll have to make do and stay in your room for a night.”

Mo Xun wasn’t sure if she was telling the truth or finding an excuse to sleep with her.

Mo Xun secretly let her nascent soul slip out for a peek at Yun Wushang’s room. She found that there was indeed a bit of dust, and while it wasn’t uninhabitable, it was definitely not as clean as her room.

Why? Was it because she had celestial energy? Did she have this celestial energy when she transmigrated to this world?

Mo Xun felt confused but didn’t delve deeper. Retracting her nascent soul, she smiled at Yun Wushang: “The pleasure is mine.”

Yun Wushang glanced at her: “What are you planning?”

“What do you think?” Mo Xun approached Yun Wushang.

Yun Wushang leaned back slightly, her legs parting a little as Mo Xun drew closer.

She supported herself on the bedding behind her, her slender fingers pressing alluring wrinkles into the fabric.

Her body was beckoning Mo Xun, but what she said was: “I didn’t say I wanted it.”

“And I didn’t say I wanted to give it,” Mo Xun’s knee nudged between Yun Wushang’s legs as she bent down to get closer to Yun Wushang.

Yun Wushang’s face flushed, her eyes simultaneously flashing with anticipation and confusion.

Anticipation for Mo Xun’s closeness, confusion as to what Mo Xun was doing if she didn’t want to give it.

Mo Xun’s left hand pressed onto the bedding as she leaned in, her lips meeting Yun Wushang’s. Her other hand cupped the back of Yun Wushang’s head.

After a deep kiss, Mo Xun breathed lightly, whispering into Yun Wushang’s ear: “It’s because I want you.”

She wanted Yun Wushang’s warmth, Yun Wushang’s breath, the feel of her skin, and the low moans she would let out in the throes of passion.

Yun Wushang’s chest fluttered. Mo Xun only had to raise her hand and press on her shoulder, and Yun Wushang willingly fell back, her body leaving a human-shaped indentation on the soft bedding.

Mo Xun continued to kiss her while pulling off her waist sash.

The Water Moon Immortal Gate was fully rebuilt. Master and Senior Sister were both in seclusion for cultivation. They had enough time to indulge until they were both thoroughly satisfied.

Months later, a golden rift appeared in the sky. Mo Xun’s body involuntarily began to float upwards. Eighteen and Black Feather floated up with her.

Mo Xun and Yun Wushang held each other’s hands—one wanting to stay, the other wanting to keep the other from leaving—but ultimately, they both let go, accepting this separation, which might be long or perhaps not so long.

As Mo Xun ascended, she repeated the phrase to Yun Wushang: “I will find every way possible to come back for you.”

But this time, she added: “But I won’t wrong myself, so I hope you don’t wrong yourself either.”

Yun Wushang agreed with an “Mm”: “Only by living can we see each other again. No matter what, I will live until the day we reunite.”

Hearing this, Mo Xun felt relieved. She raised the corners of her lips, displaying a bright and sunny smile to Yun Wushang.

Once she had ascended high enough, many scenes suddenly appeared in her mind—both recent and long past.

A few things that happened recently:

Master Bai Muqing successfully broke through to the Virtual stage. She activated the Black Tortoise Array to shield her from the Virtual stage Heavenly Tribulation, preventing her from sustaining any injuries.

Senior Sister Chu Jiuqu discussed array formations and artifact refining with her. After the discussion, Chu Jiuqu immediately advanced to the middle Great Ascension stage.

Sect Master Yun Qianchong resolved to overhaul the order of the cultivation world. She dragged Sect Master Wen Yuchan of the World-Saving Immortal Gate to the Spiritual Sword Immortal Gate, where, in front of all the Spiritual Sword cultivators, she beheaded two of their elders. She explicitly forbade the practice of refining people into ‘furnaces,’ declaring that cultivators who did so would be deemed evil cultivators, not tolerated by the cultivation world, and killed on sight.

Yun Qianchong was a woman of action. She didn’t bat an eye when killing evil cultivators, slaying thousands of cultivators within three days, leading Mo Xun to briefly suspect she was walking the Path of Slaughter.

Though somewhat extreme, Mo Xun had never liked the practice of refining people into furnaces, so she was happy to see the change.

Besides these scenes, Mo Xun also saw images from a long time ago, witnessing her first meeting with Yun Wushang, seeing herself kicking Yun Wushang into the water.

Although it wasn’t her who had kicked her, in the scene, it was indeed her kicking her.

And she also saw…

Inside the Demon Suppression Pagoda, the mask blocked her sight, making her unable to see anything, but her nascent soul gently enveloped someone, tracing the contours of her body.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately swallowed all her words, letting out a helpless smile.

Since I planted this cause, I will ensure it bears the best fruit.

Since I changed your current fate, I will change your future fate as well. Until our future holds not a single regret.