Transmigrated as the Villainous Love Rival of the Abusive Novel's Heroine [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Secrets

Setting aside whatever plans Shui Wei might be harboring, Yin Shaoqing simply believed the woman didn’t have the brains for anything sophisticated. If Shui Wei were even half as clever as Jiameng, she wouldn’t be getting beaten up every other day.

Stepping across the Star Lake, Yin Shaoqing concealed her form, ensuring Yun Qianxue wouldn’t see her.

From a distance, the figure in the pale blue shift was working hard, carrying load after load of salt, sweat drenching her collar.

She looked very much like that light blue-scaled fish nimble and earnest.

Yin Shaoqing leaned against a pavilion pillar with her arms crossed, her eyes half-closed. She neither stayed far away nor drew near, simply existing there in silence.

A gentle breeze blew across the water, rippling the lake and sending a wave of coolness toward Yun Qianxue.

As the sweat-soaked, stifling clothes cooled down, Yun Qianxue’s fingertips trembled. She unconsciously curled her lips into a shallow, spreading smile.

Around this Star Salt Lake, not an inch of life could take root; plants simply could not grow.

Using the motion of turning around, Yun Qianxue shook her head with a wanton smile.

Sniff… where did this affectionate scent of peach blossoms come from?

Carrying the wooden buckets, Yun Qianxue was exhausted, but her mood had improved significantly. Perhaps her heart had been bewitched by that peach blossom fragrance, for she actually felt quite at ease.

No longer obsessing over her Senior Brother or risking her life for him; just carrying salt and drawing water here with someone accompanying her how nice.

Clatter! The sound of the Heavenly Law runic chains struggling rang out incessantly, growing more frantic by the second.

Surprisingly, Yin Shaoqing wasn’t annoyed. She had no intention of withdrawing her fragmented consciousness from Yun Qianxue’s mind. She just kept listening, her fingers rubbing the Tiangang Sword, considering that she might actually spare Shui Wei’s life.

“Hey, I say, is there something wrong with you?” Grabbing Shui Wei, who was about to run toward the Star Lake, Jiameng wished she could break the woman’s leg again.

“I’ve told you, the Exalted One values that girl very much. Are my words just wind in your ears?”

Tsk…

Hearing this, Shui Wei impatiently shook off Jiameng, saying heartlessly, “Are you not annoyed? Always rambling. Either we have a fight and if you win, you can nag as much as you like or if you can’t win, then just go wherever it’s cool and stay there, alright?”

In the Zhoutian Pavilion, the various gates practiced different paths. The Tianwei Gate specialized in body refinement; those at the Golden Core stage possessed powerful physical bodies capable of moving mountains and filling seas. Shui Wei was one such person.

In contrast, the Diming Gate excelled in illusions. Jiameng’s tall and slender frame wouldn’t even survive a single slap from Shui Wei.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time Jiameng had heard such thin-blooded and ungrateful words, yet her face still turned pale with anger. She clenched her fists and roared, “If you want to find death, go ahead! Why should I care about you!”

After shouting, she flicked her sleeves and left, no longer offering a single word of advice to that heartless woman.

“Hmph, she’s sick in the head.” Shui Wei felt no guilt; instead, she sneered. Nowadays, everyone really wanted to control her did they truly think she, a Golden Core cultivator, was easy to bully?

Jiameng, returning to the Star Lake in a fury, took out her anger on the piles of Star Salt. Towering pillars of salt shattered across the ground, which ironically made things easier for Yun Qianxue.

“What happened to you?” Seeing Jiameng’s reddened eyes and tears that were on the verge of falling, Yun Qianxue began to feel distressed as well.

She set down her salt buckets, pulled out a handkerchief, and offered it.

Jiameng turned her back, refusing to let Yun Qianxue see her face, her voice muffled.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry about it.”

This counts as ‘fine’?

Yun Qianxue, having been humiliated many times, understood all too well. Jiameng’s heart had likely been hurt by someone.

Many times in the past, when her Senior Brother left her with other women and remained silent while they insulted her with innuendos, she had looked exactly like this.

Those tears that refused to fall thinking about it was truly laughable.

Leaning in the pavilion, Yin Shaoqing frowned. Why are Yun Qianxue’s eyes welling up too?

“System, what’s going on?”

Yin Shaoqing was displeased. She had placed Yun Qianxue in the Diming Gate specifically for Jiameng to enlighten her, not for her to accompany Jiameng in crying.

“Oho, that’s a long story.” The fat civet cat sprawled outside the Kuixing Gate, rolled over, and comfortably basked in the sun.

Yin Shaoqing’s face darkened, her clear, pleasant voice dropping low. “Make it short.”

Angry again.

The fat civet rolled its eyes disdainfully. Trashy host, why get angry at me? If you’re so capable, go get angry at the female lead!

Despite its thoughts, the cat honestly recounted the events from beginning to end: “Blame it on being too lenient with that Shui Wei…”

Because of Jiameng’s contributions and her pleas, Yin Shaoqing had refrained from dealing a heavy blow to Shui Wei several times.

This had led Shui Wei to truly believe she was incredibly formidable and that Yin Shaoqing didn’t dare touch her. She had actually begun to plot against Yun Qianxue.

Yin Shaoqing listened with a grim face until the end, then she actually laughed.

Cradling her long sword, she laughed heartily and began to clap her hands, once after another, saying slowly, “I really gave her too much face.”

Fat Civet: “!”

Decisively choosing to go deaf! The host is going crazy again!

Whenever the host laughed like that, nothing good happened. The fat civet fearfully licked its bristling fur, offering three seconds of silence for Shui Wei.

A pity that stupid woman didn’t know how strong its host’s possessiveness was. The female lead she chose to save was someone no one else could touch!

The Diming Gate enjoyed eternal spring and a never-ending breeze. Yun Qianxue, who was comforting Jiameng, suddenly looked up toward the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Her heart had just skipped a beat; that sense of danger was exactly like the times she had been on the brink of death.

She turned to look at Jiameng. As a fellow Golden Core stage cultivator with a more powerful and sensitive soul, Jiameng had already entered a combat-ready state.

The tears and sadness had vanished from her cold face. At this moment, Jiameng’s eyes held a chilling light, and the majesty of a Golden Core expert surged forth, kicking up massive waves in the Star Lake.

She shielded Yun Qianxue behind her. Seeing this, Yin Shaoqing’s brow relaxed slightly but then furrowed again.

She actually felt a slight… displeasure?

Since Jiameng was protecting Yun Qianxue, there was no need to worry about her clumsily falling into the lake.

This gave her time to deal with that idiot Shui Wei.

The terrifying killing intent and sense of threat from the center of the lake vanished abruptly. Jiameng, however, did not lower her guard and immediately escorted Yun Qianxue back to the Lotus River Dock.

“What was that just now?” Yun Qianxue asked with lingering fear. She had thought a great battle was about to break out.

“Who knows.” Jiameng frowned. “There are too many lunatics in the Zhoutian Pavilion. Old monsters frequently wander into the Diming Gate by mistake, though they’ve never actually started a fight.”

But she couldn’t relax. How many of those demons captured from the Northern Abyss could be considered normal?

Each one was an evil ghost wearing human skin.

“Is that so…” Yun Qianxue lowered her eyes. After the waves subsided, the scent of peach blossoms had vanished.

Yun Qianxue squeezed her fingers. For some reason, her heart felt a bit empty.

“What are you thinking?” Having been disturbed by that sense of threat, Jiameng had spontaneously snapped out of it; her previous sadness was like wind and smoke, vanishing in an instant.

Yun Qianxue remained silent. She wasn’t certain yet.

“Oh, by the way, the Exalted One seemed to have come by earlier. Did she give you a hard time?” When Yin Shaoqing left Shui Wei and Jiameng, her displeasure was very obvious.

At that time, Jiameng was truly afraid their Exalted One would run to the Diming Gate to teach Yun Qianxue a lesson.

Fine. Yun Qianxue’s intertwined fingers relaxed, and her tangled thoughts were set aside. She had confirmed it.

The peach blossom scent was there, and that person came as well…

“Hey, I’m asking you a question. Why are you smiling like a fool?” Jiameng was puzzled.

“It’s nothing.” Yun Qianxue smiled but didn’t speak.

She had simply discovered a little secret.

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