Transmigrated as the Little Concubine of a Paper-Thin Man - Chapter 19.1

Shi Yunjii hadn’t felt the sensation of directly communicating with another person for a long time. Whether it was joy or something else, her heart was beating faster and faster. Shi Yunjii had to press lightly against her chest to ensure her emotions remained stable.

Unbeknownst to her, outside the window of her small room, Yan Ling, who had been standing there for a long time, was quietly observing her from a blind spot. Her gaze lingered on Shi Yunjii’s face, tracing it repeatedly, as if trying to deeply imprint this face into her mind.

During this period of quiet waiting, Yan Ling had not been without the idea of rushing into the room to confront Shi Yunjii directly, but every time she took a step, she would be deterred by the complex emotions on Shi Yunjii’s face.

Are you… doing well?

After thinking for a long time, Shi Yunjii chose to open the conversation with a simple greeting.

Yan Ling’s answer was very quick and direct: 【No.】

All the words Shi Yunjii had prepared were blocked. She was a little confused: 【Why?】

Yan Ling did not answer directly, but instead asked: 【God… where have you been all this time? Why have you not appeared for so long?】

The telepathic transmission in the mind could clearly convey the communicator’s tone and emotions, and Shi Yunjii could very clearly catch the sense of grievance in Yan Ling’s words. Yan Ling asked: 【…Did I do something wrong, causing you to bring down a punishment?】

【Or… have you decided not to favor me anymore?】

She spoke the last sentence with extreme suppression in her tone, almost exhausting all her strength to utter the thoughts in her heart.

Shi Yunjii quickly clarified: 【Of course not!】

Confirming that the other party hadn’t discovered her at all, Yan Ling grew bolder, moving her gaze down from Shi Yunjii’s face, scanning her thin shoulders, excessively weak waist, and finally resting on her pair of pale, powerless hands: 【So… did something happen to you?】

Shi Yunjii hadn’t expected that Yan Ling would be the one to proactively lead the conversation in the direction she wanted.

She gritted her teeth: 【Yes.】

Yan Ling outside the window slightly narrowed her eyes.

【My ability is insignificant before you… but even so, as your most loyal believer, I still want to ask…】

【Is there anything I can help with here?】

Shi Yunjii reviewed everything that had happened during this period in her mind, confirmed that what she was about to say would not reveal any flaws, and then said directly: 【I hope you help Yunjii.】

Yan Ling: 【Help her?】 She gathered the information she wanted step by step: 【What aspect are you referring to?】

【Yunjii’s family has suffered a great upheaval, and the Sect that originally belonged to her was seized by a traitor.】 Shi Yunjii recounted slowly, 【If possible, I hope you help her complete her revenge and reclaim everything that rightfully belongs to the Yun family.】

This time, Yan Ling was silent for a long time.

She hid herself in the darkness, staring intently at Shi Yunjii in the room, unwilling to miss any of her expressions or movements.

Shi Yunjii was a little anxious: 【Yan Ling? What’s wrong? Is there some difficulty?】

Yan Ling snapped back to attention.

【No.】

She added: 【You don’t need to ask for my opinion, as long as it is your instruction, even if it means going through fire and water, I will carry it out.】

Shi Yunjii sighed in relief.

She thought for a moment: 【The Yun family’s matter… is far from “going through fire and water” for you. You just need to do your best.】

Yan Ling simply said: 【I find it a bit strange. God, is Yunjii… your new favored one? Did you select her because you want to repeat the help you once gave me, on her as well?】

Shi Yunjii rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.

【No.】

Yan Ling: 【Then…】

Shi Yunjii said simply: 【I cannot explain this matter to you for now. Perhaps, perhaps when you help Yunjii complete her revenge, the truth will naturally surface.】 She promised: 【By then, I will give you more rewards.】

This last sentence was not empty talk. Shi Yunjii had already decided that as long as she could successfully return to the real world and save her life, she would certainly spend a lot of money to buy many things for Yan Ling.

This time, Yan Ling was silent for a long time, so long that Shi Yunjii thought there was some malfunction with the new function. She started calling for Yan Ling, and it wasn’t until about the fifth or sixth call that she received a brief response.

【I understand.】 Yan Ling replied, 【I will find a way to investigate the Yun family’s matter and will definitely do my best to fulfill your instruction.】

Shi Yunjii subconsciously wanted to say “thank you,” but fortunately, she remembered the nature of their relationship, so she gently responded with one word.

【Good.】

Yan Ling asked again: 【Do you… have anything else to instruct?】

Shi Yunjii thought for a moment.

【No.】

【Alright…】 Yan Ling’s tone lowered again, 【If there is anything else, call me anytime.】

Neither of them continued the telepathic transmission, and this communication ended here.

Inside the room, Shi Yunjii felt that a great burden had been lifted from her heart, relaxed her body, and lay down on the bed, letting out a comfortable sigh. Yan Ling stood outside the window and watched her for a long time before finally clenching her fists and turning to leave.

Returning to her own palace, she stared at the bed that had been restored to its original state, lost in thought for a long time.

“Why… what exactly is going on?” Yan Ling murmured to herself, “Why hide it?”

After this series of encounters, it would be a joke if she still couldn’t guess that Shi Yunjii was her God. She originally thought that opening the box was her passing a test, which was how she gained the qualification to communicate with God. But what perplexed her was—

Why would the formerly omnipotent God fall to this state, even having to sneak into the Flying Immortal Sect to become her servant? Putting this matter aside, what was even more unacceptable to Yan Ling was: why didn’t Shi Yunjii tell her the truth?

Why didn’t she just admit that she was Shi Yunjii, why did she continue to hide behind the identity of “God”?

“There must be some secret that she can’t tell me…” Yan Ling took deep breaths one after another, using this to calm the turbulent emotions in her heart. After slowly calming down, her heart still leaned towards Shi Yunjii: “Perhaps God has some unavoidable hardship. She has fallen to this state and even lost her voice; her situation is not something I can understand.”

“But…”

Yan Ling closed her eyes, and scenes of her daily interactions with Shi Yunjii flashed through her mind.

“God… is she the real Yunjii, or is she just temporarily using Yunjii’s body to descend into the mortal world?” But soon, she smiled and shook her head: “Impossible, God cannot be Yunjii. A mere young lady from a small Sect cannot possess such great power.”

Yet, after saying this, she hesitated: “Perhaps cultivation… perhaps cultivation truly has methods that others cannot imagine?”

Thinking of this, she flicked her sleeve, instantly disappearing from the Jade Bell Peak.

At the same time.

Zhao Feng felt only a strong gust of wind blow past, and just as he managed to steady himself, he saw Yan Ling appear before him.

Zhao Feng immediately knelt down: “Immortal Master!”

“I need to go out for a trip and will return in two or three days.” Yan Ling said coldly.

Zhao Feng was a bit confused: “Uh… yes, this subordinate understands.” In the past, Yan Ling came and went as she pleased, and never reported her whereabouts to him.

Yan Ling looked at him: “…Yunjii is staying in the Jade Bell Palace, you must take good care of her. I have activated the restrictions in the palace, do not let unnecessary people disturb her.”

Zhao Feng was taken aback and looked up at her: “Immortal Master, are you…”

The expression on his face was a bit strange, and Yan Ling couldn’t quite read it, so she asked: “What?”

Zhao Feng then smiled: “That girl is very fortunate, Immortal Master, by allowing her to stay in the Jade Bell Palace, do you have plans to take her as a concubine?”

He calculated to himself: “Oh my, this is the first time you’ve brought someone into the palace, shouldn’t we prepare?”

After he finished speaking, Yan Ling remained silent for a long time.

Zhao Feng’s heart skipped a beat, thinking he had said something wrong, and he cautiously looked up at Yan Ling’s face.

The sun was just right, shining through the gaps in the branches onto the elegant and aloof white-robed woman.

A rare blush appeared on her face, and her expression was one of surprise mixed with shyness. After a while, Yan Ling finally snapped out of her contemplation, her eyes glazed over as she murmured to herself: “She… she can still be my concubine?”

Zhou E looked at Shi Yunjii and gave a slight laugh, but spoke to Hua Shu: “There are some things you probably don’t know yet.”

Hua Shu frowned: “Huh? What is it?”

“Previously, we investigated the sect theft case with no results, but I was suspicious of this cheap maid, so I placed a monitoring talisman on her,” Zhou E said.

Hua Shu: “So what?”

Zhou E: “A few days ago, I noticed this maid’s movements were a bit unusual. Coming up to the mountainside today, I discovered that her location that day… should have been right here in the Jade Bell Palace, in that…”

Someone who couldn’t stand the suspense asked: “Where? Oh, Senior Sister Zhou, hurry up and say it! Did this cheap maid go somewhere she shouldn’t have?”

Zhou E scoffed: “She appeared in the Jade Bell Palace, specifically in the bedchamber belonging to Immortal Master Ling Ling.” This time, she finished the sentence in one breath: “It wouldn’t be strange for her, as a maid, to be in the bedchamber to serve, but the strange thing is, she stayed in the bedchamber for a very long time that time, even overnight.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present changed.

Shi Yunjii was also stunned for a moment. She thought about it and barely managed to recall that Zhou E was likely referring to the night Huan Zhu planned her escape, when Shi Yunjii lost consciousness in the hurricane formation and was carried by Yan Ling to the bedchamber to rest.

That day, she had indeed stayed in Yan Ling’s bedchamber for a long time.

Hua Shu’s brows were already furrowed tightly: “Is that true?”

Zhou E quickly nodded heavily twice.

She didn’t forget to continue adding fuel to the fire: “Senior Sister, what reason does she, a cheap maid, have to linger in the Immortal Master’s bedchamber? Isn’t this evidence of her seducing the Immortal Master? Of course, I believe the Immortal Master definitely wouldn’t fall for it. The Immortal Master was probably not in the palace that night, and that’s why this cheap maid dared to enter the room to pursue her fantasy of rising up in status.”

Hua Shu turned to face Shi Yunjii.

“Is what Zhou E said true?”

Shi Yunjii gritted her teeth, nodded, and then shook her head again.

“What do you mean by that? Nodding and then shaking your head,” Hua Shu pressed.

Shi Yunjii mouthed the words: 【I didn’t seduce anyone.】

Hua Shu stared fixedly at her, then said after a moment: “The case of the sect theft from last time hasn’t been closed, and since Immortal Master Ling Ling is not here, you don’t need to serve anyone. It’s a good time for you to return to the Main Peak with me for investigation.”

She commanded: “Come out.”

Shi Yunjii had not gone out when Zhou E threatened her with the talisman before, and it was even less likely that she would step out of the restriction this time.

She faced Hua Shu and shook her head stubbornly.

“She is so arrogant,” Zhou E was clearly smiling, but her eyes held a vicious glare, wishing Shi Yunjii dead. “Just now, I politely advised her to come out and talk properly, but she relied on the restriction set up by the Immortal Master to trick and drive me away.”

Hua Shu’s brows were completely knitted together.

“I order you to come out. Come back with us immediately to accept the investigation.” Her hand grasped the long sword at her waist. “This is official Sect business. Even if Immortal Master Ling Ling returns, she won’t be able to protect you.

“I advise you to cooperate honestly and not cause any further trouble. When the Immortal Master returns from outside, we won’t be so politely inviting you.”

Shi Yunjii bit her lip in agony.

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