The Cool and Aloof Immortal Master Has Fallen to the Demonic Path (Transmigration) - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

She was a mayfly constrained by fate, and Shen Yin cultivated immortals to save people, naturally making her her savior.

Since she could save a thousand people, would she be willing to save one more—her?

Although she was a demon, she was once human, and moreover, she was a good demon now.

She was willing to call Shen Yin an Immortal, only begging Shen Yin to save her.

Yi Hu was not an ungrateful person. She had already made up her mind in her heart: if Shen Yin extended a helping hand today, she would definitely not stand by and watch Shen Yin fall into the demonic path in the future, even if it meant doing her meager best, ending up in utter destruction.

If Shen Yin was unwilling to save her, she would ask Shen Yin to kill her and grant her a death that ended the cycle of reincarnation.

Yi Hu knew that she couldn’t leave this cave by herself, and Yun Dongyue would definitely return. Dying at Shen Yin’s hand would surely be quicker than dying at Yun Dongyue’s. She had died too many times. She didn’t want to die, but she wasn’t afraid of death; she only wished for a less painful demise.

She might still have one path left, and that was to take a gamble inside the Ancient Spirit Clan’s Sacred Land, betting that there was miraculous medicine to save her. But with the layers of arrays leading to the center of the Sacred Land, if she could break them, she wouldn’t be a useless demon.

Yi Hu knelt on the ground, her heart slightly trembling. She was afraid Shen Yin would reject her.

Shen Yin looked at the female demon kneeling on the ground. Her head was bowed, and her face was indistinct, with only her trembling body announcing her anxiety. Shen Yin was not an evil demon and indeed possessed a benevolent heart.

Shen Yin glanced into the cave, slightly frowning: “Did you eat something inside the cave?”

She was still curious about the mayfly’s transformation into human form. Demonic creatures naturally need to cultivate day and night to successfully gain sentience. That requires a long period of accumulation and a lucky chance to transform into human form, but the mayfly’s destiny almost cut off the possibility of cultivation. If she had transformed overnight due to a lucky chance, with her nascent sentience, she should be completely ignorant of everything in the human world, not reacting like this.

The sky gradually darkened. Yi Hu’s long-knelt knees gradually became numb, and her body trembled more severely. She looked up and saw Shen Yin’s solemn face. She had not been moved by her. As the night fell, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the deep, black eyes no longer held compassion. She had neither agreed to save her nor harbored any thought of killing her.

But she was still going to die. This was the mayfly’s fate.

Yi Hu gradually became utterly disappointed. She slowly stood up from the ground, walking toward the direction of the moonlight. Shen Yin called out to her: “Giving up?”

She didn’t want to give up either, but her life didn’t allow her to persist any longer. She turned back to look at Shen Yin. She was more beautiful in the moonlight. The silver-white moonlight draped a faint, light veil over her, hazy and ethereal like a dream. Yi Hu’s spirit wandered, and she slowly lowered her eyes: “Immortal Master, may I beg you again tomorrow? Today’s me is going to die.”

Yi Hu turned around and once again faced the moonlight. She chose a quicker death for today’s self, gradually moving further away from the cave. She slowly walked toward the faint moonlight, finally unable to support herself. She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and collapsed onto the ground. Today’s self would die again.

She didn’t know if Shen Yin would still be here when she was reborn tomorrow. If she wasn’t, she would lose the possibility of begging her.

There was no cycle of suffocation. A warm current slowly entered her body from her fingertips, flowing through her meridians to her whole body. Borrowing the faint light, she saw Shen Yin holding her fingertips. A faint golden light emanated from her palm, the source of the warmth. She craved this warmth somewhat, unconsciously tightening her grip on the hand at her fingertips.

Shen Yin did not blame her for her presumptuousness. She allowed Yi Hu to hold her hand tightly. Yi Hu’s eyes gradually became moist. For the first time, she did not die at dusk. She slightly curled her body. As Shen Yin’s hands were about to leave, Yi Hu propped herself up and knelt at Shen Yin’s feet: “Thank you, Immortal Master.”

Shen Yin remained silent, her gaze lingering on the puddle of bright red blood. She looked slightly surprised: “Your blood is red? Are you human?”

“No, you should be a demon.”

She muttered to herself, mused for a moment, and then fell silent again.

Yi Hu thought that since Shen Yin was willing to save her, she might as well kneel down again, her words sincere: “I beg the Immortal Master to save me. I will surely repay your kindness and serve you until death.”

Shen Yin still didn’t react. Since this was the early-stage Shen Yin, she was still the master who doted on her disciple madly. Thinking that Shen Yin cared most about the female lead, she quickly added: “I will also wholeheartedly protect the Immortal Master’s disciple.”

“Where do I have a disciple?”

Shen Yin’s moment of confusion didn’t seem feigned. Could it be that the female lead hadn’t become Shen Yin’s disciple yet? But the female lead being rescued back to the Immortal Spirit Sect was the beginning of the story in the book. Had the story not even started yet? Could this be a prequel?

Yi Hu tried hard to recall everything about Shen Yin. The Immortal Spirit Sect was once the largest sect in the world, leading the righteous path against the demonic path for many years, but because of a change, the Immortal Spirit Sect’s foundation was damaged, leading to a tripartite balance of power. The cause of this change was a betrayer, and this betrayer was Shen Yin’s master—Mo Tianji.

In the Immortal Spirit Sect, only the disciples of the Chief Elder and the disciples of the Sect Master could compete for the position of Sect Master. The position of Chief Elder was competed for based on strength. The most capable of the same generation would be the Chief Elder. Mo Tianji was the Chief Elder in their generation, and Jing Shu was the Sect Master.

Jing Shu had two disciples, Shen Yuehua and Feng Lingyan, while Mo Tianji had two disciples, Bai Ruxue and Shen Yin. Mo Tianji and Jing Shu had a poor relationship. Among the four of them, Bai Ruxue was the eldest, Shen Yin was next, followed by Shen Yuehua, and the youngest was Feng Lingyan, who was much younger than them and didn’t grow up with them.

The main competition for the Sect Master position was among Bai Ruxue, Shen Yuehua, and Shen Yin at that time. Shen Yin had the best talent among them. She could memorize any spell at a glance, but Mo Tianji didn’t like her. Mo Tianji favored Bai Ruxue and was abusive towards Shen Yin. However, Jing Shu liked Shen Yin very much, often secretly guiding her and even intending for Shen Yin to become the next Sect Master.

Shen Yuehua also liked Shen Yin very much. Because Mo Tianji often deprived Shen Yin of food, Shen Yuehua would occasionally bring her some delicious pastries, so their relationship was good. Therefore, Mo Tianji disliked Shen Yin even more, often catching Shen Yin in the slightest mistake and beating her severely. Later, as she grew older, Shen Yin was still covered in injuries that her long robes and clothes couldn’t hide. Even Bai Ruxue couldn’t stand it and tried to persuade Mo Tianji many times, but Mo Tianji didn’t change.

To protect Shen Yin, Jing Shu found an excuse to punish Shen Yin, sending her to the back mountain forbidden area to meditate in isolation. She was isolated for a century, and only found out after Mo Tianji betrayed the Immortal Spirit Sect.

Since then, Shen Yin became even more silent and withdrawn. She ignored all the persuasions of Bai Ruxue and others and also distanced herself from Shen Yuehua. She seemed to have completely detached herself from the Immortal Spirit Sect, keeping to herself. Few within the sect could even catch a glimpse of Shen Yin.

Because of Mo Tianji’s betrayal, Shen Yin lost the possibility of competing for the Sect Master position, and even the right to inherit the Chief Elder position was stripped away. Shen Yuehua smoothly became the Young Sect Master, and Bai Ruxue was assigned to manage the southeast.

The Immortal Spirit Sect had eight major administrative areas, radiating outwards from the Immortal Spirit Sect—east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast—for hundreds of miles. Shen Yin had no intention of competing. After Bai Ruxue became the Southeast Master, she also became busy, constantly traveling. Shen Yin, on the other hand, spent years in closed-door cultivation.

It wasn’t until Bai Ruxue returned to the Immortal Spirit Sect pregnant with her child, who was the female lead, that Shen Yin was frequently seen in the sect. She began to handle some of the southeast affairs for Bai Ruxue. Good times didn’t last. After the female lead was born, the Demonic Sect attacked the Immortal Spirit Sect en masse. At that time, all the Elders who had been close to Mo Tianji rebelled. Although the Demonic Sect was eventually repelled, the foundation of the Immortal Spirit Sect was destroyed. Those who were missing were missing, and those who died were dead. The remaining living Elders infused all their cultivation into the Great Sect Protecting Array and passed away.

Bai Ruxue also disappeared.

Shen Yuehua succeeded the Sect Master position. Because the Sect’s divine weapon, the Flowing Smoke Lamp, recognized Feng Lingyan as its master, and Shen Yin, the strongest rival, was stripped of her inheritance right, Feng Lingyan naturally became the Chief Elder. The other fellow disciples also succeeded their respective Masters’ Elder positions.

But only the southeast, which had been managed by Bai Ruxue, was left unattended. The Demonic Sect attacked from the southeast that day. The southeast was originally the weakest area, and the losses were the most severe. No one was willing to take over such a mess. It was initially decided to eliminate one peak, but Shen Yin stood out and protected the southeast from being removed.

Shen Yin seemed cold, but she had love in her heart. She remembered Shen Yuehua’s kindness to her, so even if they weren’t close anymore, she strongly supported all her decisions after she became the Sect Master. She remembered Bai Ruxue’s kindness to her, so she didn’t want Bai Ruxue’s hard work to be ruined, and she actively cleaned up the mess. It was precisely because she was too sentimental that she was misled by Mo Tianji and fell into the demonic path. She always remembered that it was Mo Tianji who brought her to the Immortal Spirit Sect, giving the homeless her a place to stay.

This meant that the female lead hadn’t arrived at the Immortal Spirit Sect yet, and it was even possible that she hadn’t been born yet. Maybe she could change the possibility of the Immortal Spirit Sect being severely damaged?

However, Shen Yin’s next sentence shattered all her illusions: “I will indeed have a disciple. When I find my Senior Sister’s daughter…”

She murmured to herself, Yi Hu heard it clearly.

It was too late after all.

The moonlight grew intense. Yi Hu’s body gradually felt the sensation of suffocation again. She very proactively held Shen Yin’s hand, waiting for her to slowly pass her True Qi. Shen Yin glared at her, feeling somewhat helpless toward this mayfly demon who had latched onto her: “Since you are a demon, why don’t you have any demonic power?”

Of course, it was because she didn’t gain sentience through cultivation and transform into human form.

“Immortal Master, save me!” Yi Hu said, about to kneel down to Shen Yin again.

Shen Yin supported her, not allowing her to kneel. Her expression was slightly stiff: “You don’t want to die?”

Yi Hu smiled bitterly: “Who would want to die?”

“You are a demon, not a human.”

Shen Yin’s reminder felt like it tore an opening in her heart, the pain unbearable. She clutched her sleeve: “Do demons not get to live?”

The intense longing for life in her eyes made Shen Yin somewhat lost in thought. In a rush, she recalled a girl like a beggar pleading with the high and mighty cultivator, her voice filled with sorrow: “Immortal, save me!”

Shen Yin was moved: “What is your name?”

“Yi Hu.”

“Hu (Fox)?” Shen Yin felt strange: “You are a mayfly, why did you take the character ‘Hu’?”