The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Captured the Villainous Demon Venerable - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: I’ve Only Treated Your Injuries.

“The Grand Immortal Sect Competition, hosted jointly by the Water Moon Immortal Sect and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect, takes place once every twenty years. Its aim is to encourage the Golden Core cultivators of both sects to quickly form Nascent Souls, and it also serves as a symbol of friendship between the two sects.”

“The competition is conducted in one-on-one battles, with one person from each sect. The winner advances, and the loser is eliminated. The winners continue to fight until the final winner is decided.”

“The first-place winner will receive two mysterious grand prizes from the Sect Leaders of both sects, and the top ten will receive Core-forming Pills.”

“In this Grand Competition, the Water Moon Immortal Sect has 26 Golden Core cultivators participating, and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect has 23, totaling 49 people. Therefore, the Sect Leaders of both sects have selected one person to advance directly in the first round.”

The one in charge of hosting this Grand Competition was the Teaching Elder of the Water Moon Immortal Sect. She was responsible for teaching the outer disciples of the Water Moon Immortal Sect the first level of the Water Moon Sword Art.

Unlike the inner disciples, outer disciples couldn’t obtain the complete Water Moon Sword Art. They could only practice the first level under the guidance of the Teaching Elder. If they wished to practice the second level, they would need to exchange it for spirit stones, manuals, or secret treasures.

Mo Xun realized she had an impression of this name.

Mo Xun: “Who was it again?”

Mo Xun thought carefully: “Oh, wasn’t she the female protagonist’s opponent in the final round? She fought the female protagonist for three days and three nights, ultimately losing narrowly. She should be the strongest person in the entire competition, excluding the female protagonist, right?”

System: “Excluding Yun Wushang, yes.”

Mo Xun: “Yun Wushang, if I remember correctly, she was eliminated in the second round? Whether she genuinely lost or was faking it is hard to say.”

“Faking it.” The system replied with certainty. “Yun Wushang is recuperating at the Water Moon Immortal Sect. She is not interested in such activities. If she wasn’t afraid of the Master’s suspicion, she wouldn’t even bother with the first round.”

Mo Xun: Then she will likely be eliminated in the second round this time too.

Just as she thought this, she heard the Teaching Elder announce loudly:

“Now, I declare that this Grand Immortal Sect Competition officially begins!”

As her voice fell, a female cultivator on the opposite side of the arena immediately flew onto the stage on her sword.

Both the Water Moon Immortal Sect and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect only accepted female cultivators. The Water Moon Immortal Sect’s uniform was white robes with green trim, and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect’s uniform was a pink skirt with white gauze. The cultivators from the two sects were clearly divided on either side of the arena.

The woman in the pink skirt rushed onto the stage and started shouting: “I am Meng Ye, an inner disciple of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect, at the early Golden Core stage. A Water Moon Immortal Sect inner disciple, come forward to fight!”

Mo Xun: “There she is! The person who beat me in the first round! Should I go up? Do I have to follow the original plot?”

System: “No, please remember, I am the Villain Strategy System. Our sole goal is to strategize the villain, Yun Wushang! As for the plot, the host can take it wherever you want!”

Mo Xun: “Yay! Then…”

Mo Xun looked at Yun Wushang, just about to encourage her to go first, when she heard the female cultivator who called herself “Meng Ye” say:

“I am the weakest among the inner disciples of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect. Have your strongest come out and fight me!”

The way she said that…

If they sent their strongest to fight her, wouldn’t that be like a Tian Ji’s Horse Racing tactic?

Mo Xun instantly dismissed the idea of encouraging Yun Wushang to go first. She retracted her gaze from Yun Wushang’s face, sighed, then injected spiritual energy into her sword. The sword unsheathed, and with a light leap, she was standing on the sword.

She flew up on her sword, standing steadily on the blade, and said: “Since you are the weakest among the inner disciples of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect, let me, the weakest among the inner disciples of the Water Moon Immortal Sect, fight you.”

Afterward, she raised her hands and cupped one fist in the other: “Mo Xun, please enlighten me.”

On the observation deck, Bai Muqing, the Sect Leader of the Water Moon Immortal Sect, suddenly closed her eyes, looking like she did not wish to watch this match.

The surrounding people whispered.

“Judging from the Sect Leader’s reaction and the Senior Sister’s shout, this disciple’s strength is likely…”

“Inner disciple, I hope she’s not even weaker than us outer disciples.”

“If she loses, it won’t just be the face of our Water Moon Immortal Sect, but the Sect Leader’s face.”

Yun Wushang listened expressionlessly, her gaze fixed on the heroic figure on the arena. She responded in her mind: Not necessarily a loss.

The battle was imminent!

Mo Xun launched the first strike, aligning her index and middle fingers, pointing her sword-finger at her opponent: “Go!”

Her companion sword flew toward the opponent, cutting through the air with a whistling sound!

The opponent hastily swung her sword to block, deflecting the sword with a clang, and simultaneously formed a seal with one hand. Suddenly, a large number of green vines rapidly drilled out of the arena floor. Several of them quickly attacked Mo Xun with lightning speed!

Mo Xun calmly kept her eyes open, staring at the vines. She felt time slow down, so slow that she could even clearly see the texture on the vines.

She spun, maneuvering herself to appear between two vines.

The two vines almost brushed past her chest and back, not harming a single hair.

Gasps rose from below the arena:

“She dodged?”

“So fast!”

On the observation deck, Bai Muqing, hearing the gasps, opened her eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them.

Water spheres appeared in the air, attacking Meng Ye along with the sword.

However, unlike the sword, which flew wherever it was directed, the target of these water spheres was very clear: Meng Ye’s eyes!

Water Light Sword Shadow was simply using water element spells to obscure the opponent’s vision, seeking an opportunity to launch a sword attack.

When Mo Xun held the sword in her hand, it was difficult to concentrate on circulating the water spiritual energy, but when controlling the sword with spiritual energy, her spells and sword techniques coordinated seamlessly.

Meng Ye manipulated the vines to block the water spheres. Before she could react, a sword light flashed, cleanly slicing open the vines in front of her. The sword energy swept past, creating a slit in the white gauze outside her pink skirt.

After suppressing the opponent, Mo Xun immediately pressed the advantage, continuing to control the flying sword to attack the opponent. Because she felt victory was certain, she didn’t aim for the opponent’s vital points.

However, just then, a bad premonition surged in her heart. She instinctively dodged to the side.

She didn’t know when that vine had wrapped around Mo Xun’s back. Had she not dodged in time, she would likely have been severely injured from behind!

Gasps arose again from below the arena:

“To launch a sneak attack from behind, how insidious!”

“So perceptive! I didn’t even see that vine!”

“As expected of an inner disciple!”

Mo Xun really wanted to know her Master’s reaction, but she couldn’t afford to look up.

She faced Meng Ye, pointing her sword-finger at her. The flying sword immediately changed direction, evaded Meng Ye’s sword strike, rapidly circled behind her, and then quickly spun, the hilt harshly hitting her lower back!

Mo Xun: Sneak attack from behind, is it? I can do that too!

Meng Ye stumbled forward two steps from the impact, intending to continue attacking, but the Sect Leader of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect suddenly spoke: “Enough.”

The two brief, authoritative words made Meng Ye’s movements freeze slightly.

Subsequently, Meng Ye stood firm, raised her hands, and cupped them toward Mo Xun: “I have lost this match. Thank you for your restraint, Fellow Daoist.”

Mo Xun sheathed her sword. Although she wanted to turn around and leave immediately, giving the opponent the cool look of a “strong person who never looks back at an explosion,” she ultimately considered the face of her Master and the Water Moon Immortal Sect, and cupped her hands toward Meng Ye: “You’re too kind.”

“First round, first match. Water Moon Immortal Sect’s Mo Xun wins!”

As the Teaching Elder’s voice fell, cheers erupted below the arena:

“Well fought!”

“That was spectacular!”

“The weakest inner disciple is this strong. I can’t imagine the strength of the other two!”

Mo Xun took a deep breath, exhaled, and truly experienced what it felt like to “feel vindicated.”

The Evasion was not stacked in vain. The Imperial Sword Art and the Water Moon Sword Art were not practiced in vain. All her efforts had paid off!

She looked up at the observation deck, meeting the gaze of her Master, Bai Muqing, from a distance.

Bai Muqing looked at her, her expression under the white veil indiscernible, but she slightly nodded to her.

Mo Xun was startled for a moment, then hurriedly nodded back.

Only after getting off the arena did she realize with a sense of confusion: Shouldn’t I have bowed to Master?

System: “It’s fine. You don’t need to be too concerned with such etiquette in the cultivation world.”

Mo Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

System: “Anyway, Master is not Yun Wushang. The host only needs to find a way to charm Yun Wushang!”

Mo Xun: “…”

Mo Xun subconsciously looked at Yun Wushang and found that she was also looking at her. Their eyes met, and there was a moment of silence.

Thinking that her performance today was largely thanks to the Imperial Sword Art given by Yun Wushang, Mo Xun raised her lips and approached with a smile: “Junior Sister Yun, wasn’t my fight good?”

Yun Wushang: “Tolerable.”

Mo Xun: “Do you suddenly regret giving the Imperial Sword Art to me?”

Yun Wushang: “A thing given away cannot be taken back.”

Mo Xun: “I didn’t ask you to take it back. You can borrow it from me if you want to read it!”

Yun Wushang stared at Mo Xun in silence for a while, then averted her gaze.

Mo Xun felt like she had dodged an eye roll, but Mo Xun didn’t mind. She came up behind Yun Wushang, formed a few seals with her hands, and raised her hands to press them onto her back.

Mo Xun didn’t explain anything, somewhat domineeringly transferring her water spiritual energy to Yun Wushang.

With physical contact, her spiritual energy could be directly transmitted into Yun Wushang’s body. Without spiritual energy dispersion, the treatment efficiency increased severalfold.

Moreover, this time, Mo Xun did not deliberately suppress the speed of spiritual energy circulation, so after barely five breaths, she heard the system prompt:

“Completed task “Heal Yun Wushang,” gained 1 reward point. Reward 2 has been fully redeemed. The host can choose between Reward 1 and Reward 3!”

“Reward 1: Cultivation speed increases by 5%, redeemed 1 time, can be redeemed 19 more times.”

“Reward 3: Injury recovery speed increases by 5% during spiritual energy healing, redeemed 1 time, can be redeemed 19 more times.”

Mo Xun: I thought new options would appear.

System: “There are, Host, there are. After you receive all the first-round rewards, the second round of reward redemption will be unlocked, and new options will appear then!”

Mo Xun: “Okay, then regarding these two options, my question is, is this 5% an increase based on the initial value, or an increase of 5% of the total?”

System: “5% of the total.”

Mo Xun: “Oh, that’s not bad then. I choose Reward 1. I will choose Reward 1 until it’s fully redeemed.”

Now that Evasion was maxed out, it was time to increase her cultivation speed. Although it was impossible to quickly advance to the Great Vehicle Stage, and she had to slowly progress through Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Void Refinement, and Integration, narrowing the gap was still important.

As for the speed of injury recovery, it absolutely could not be increased now. Healing Yun Wushang’s injuries prematurely would not benefit her at all.

Although she occasionally felt a pang of heartache when she thought of Yun Wushang’s shocking injuries, a Demon Lord who is severely injured is a good Demon Lord!

Mo Xun retracted the hand pressed against Yun Wushang’s back after receiving the reward.

Yun Wushang slightly tilted her head toward her and asked: “Simply having physical contact increases the treatment effect several times over. Why didn’t you do this before?”

Mo Xun was prepared for this question. Her face remained composed, and she smiled in response: “Because I didn’t know before. As for today, I just didn’t want my spiritual energy to benefit others, and I didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise.”

Yun Wushang: “Why didn’t you know before?”

Mo Xun: Because I didn’t want to know.

That was what she thought, but of course, she couldn’t say it. Mo Xun continued to smile in response, her tone casual: “Never tried it, you know? After all, I’ve only treated your injuries.”

Yun Wushang was silent, her lips tightly pressed. The spiritual energy around her body fluctuated slightly, then quickly receded.

Just then, another female cultivator from the Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect ascended the arena: “Hundred Flowers Immortal Sect inner disciple, Liu Xu, early Golden Core stage, please enlighten me.”

Another inner disciple, another early Golden Core stage.

From a distance, Chu Jiuqu looked toward Mo Xun and Yun Wushang: “Junior Sister Yun, you…”

Before she could finish, Yun Wushang flew into the air, spun, and landed on the arena.

Her sword remained sheathed, and she didn’t cup her hands toward her opponent like Mo Xun did. Instead, she stood proudly and said coldly: “Start.”

Liu Xu frowned slightly: “May I know your name…”

“Only by defeating me are you worthy of knowing my name,” Yun Wushang replied.

“Fine. Since you take such an attitude, don’t blame me for fighting seriously!” Liu Xu said, a little annoyed, and attacked Yun Wushang with her sword!

A fierce wind swept across the arena. Her Spiritual Root was actually a mutated Wind Spiritual Root!

Mo Xun watched Yun Wushang nervously. Even though she knew she would win, she couldn’t help but worry for her.

And in this intense moment, Chu Jiuqu walked up to her and whispered: “Junior Sister Mo, just now, were you treating Junior Sister Yun’s injuries?”

Mo Xun was startled. Her gaze was still on Yun Wushang, but her attention unconsciously turned to Chu Jiuqu. It took her a moment to find her voice: “…Why do you ask, Senior Sister?”

Chu Jiuqu was silent for a moment, then replied: “Junior Sister Yun’s origins are a mystery. Her true identity might be beyond your and my imagination. It’s best… not to get too close to her.”