Transmigrated Into The Arms Of The Heroine Of A Sadistic Novel - Chapter 16

While Feng Xianchen waited alone downstairs, the servants brought up the dishes and pastries one by one.

“You can all leave. Go about your own business. I don’t need service.” She smiled as she dismissed the servants who wanted to stay and serve the food, closed the door of the Cloud Piercing Tower, sat down facing a table of delicious food, sighed as she looked toward the stairs, and conjured a spiritual energy shield to keep the food warm. She then took out an empty plate, selected a few pastries and arranged them. After testing them for poison with a silver needle she carried, she walked up the stairs with the plate.

She really couldn’t set her mind at ease, and felt it was better to go and check.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached the door of the room, she heard Lin Yanyu fiercely swearing, something like “a lifetime is a lifetime,” and “are you afraid of betraying your master,” which startled her and made her withdraw the foot she was about to step into the room.

Was Sister either expressing loyalty to Sister Changxin or confessing her feelings?

Feng Xianchen felt as if she had accidentally overheard something she shouldn’t have. She hesitated, thinking she should perhaps just go downstairs and wait, but her gossipy curiosity was like a cat’s claw, constantly scratching at her heart. She paced back and forth a few times outside the door with the pastries, and finally decided to lean against the door.

Then she heard Qin Changxin announce that Lin Yanyu didn’t need to call her master, and that she wanted to be Lin Yanyu’s companion, sharing life and death.

Feng Xianchen was stunned and couldn’t help but take a bite of the mung bean cake to calm herself.

In her memory, the last demon exorcist who dared to say such a thing to her demon attendant was her mother, Feng Funing, and Feng Funing’s demon attendant… was precisely Lin Yanyu’s mother, Xuan Qing.

The thought of the tragic end of their two mothers’ parting of life and death made Feng Xianchen shiver. She immediately put down the half eaten mung bean cake, rushed into the quiet room.

“Why did it take you so long to handle it?” She handed the plate to the two of them and urgently asked Qin Changxin, “Sister Changxin, do you want to come home with me to detoxify? My uncle often deals with poisons!”

“No need.” Qin Changxin quickly shook her head. “The competition is at Hai time (9-11 PM), and Yang Hengyu must have come prepared. I need to prepare quickly as well.”

After learning that Yang Hengyu had poisoned her, Qin Changxin no longer respectfully referred to her as “Sister Hengyu” in front of her friends.

Feng Xianchen opened her mouth, but before she could think of words to persuade her, she heard Lin Yanyu say: “This Young Master thinks you should go back with Feng Xianchen. Your Cloud-Piercing Tower has been vacant for too long, even the quiet room is dusty. How can there be any tools to help you in the competition?”

“Exactly! Exactly!” Feng Xianchen quickly nodded vigorously, following up on the conversation. “Sister Changxin, to be honest, I was even afraid that woman would poison your food!”

Lin Yanyu actually wanted to say the same thing. Hearing this, she pursed her lips, and seeing Qin Changxin’s eyes dim slightly, she couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her.

Although the little girl was the unfavored second miss in the original text, constantly suppressed and bullied by her vicious sister, she had become numb after reading the entire novel. However, now that she was genuinely sitting next to the little girl, she still felt sad for her.

Thinking of this, she also finished bandaging her wound, tied a beautiful knot, crouched down, transformed into a little black cat, jumped to Qin Changxin’s side, rubbed against her hand, and looked up to meet her gaze.

Qin Changxin curved her lips, tidied her clothes, picked up the black cat, and rubbed it a few times without reservation.

Then she asked Feng Xianchen, “Then you still dare to eat these pastries?”

Feng Xianchen was stunned, and the plate in her hand was taken away.

Qin Changxin picked up her favorite red bean crisp, took a small, refined bite, and chewed slowly, looking more like she was savoring it.

“I am, after all, the second miss of the Qin family and a Purple Tan tier Demon Exorcist. If Yang Hengyu truly poisoned and killed me, what face would the Qin family have left to be one of the four great families in Bamboo State City?” After eating, Qin Changxin said unhurriedly, “Even if Father dotes on her, he has a bottom line; even if he doesn’t care about me, he still has to send me to the Kuitian Academy and cultivate me well. I have avoided her for a long time, and I have always been mindful of her feelings since childhood. Since she is getting more and more presumptuous year by year, I must suppress her arrogance!”

Her voice was still cool and indifferent, but to Lin Yanyu, it sounded “pouty and fierce.”

Lin Yanyu didn’t know how she came up with the adjective “pouty and fierce.” Perhaps it was because the little girl was underage and hadn’t fully grown up? However, she quickly recalled the blackened Qin Changxin who killed her sister and ascended to the throne in the original text, and felt that this speech was quite consistent with the little girl’s character.

So, she raised her two front paws and very actively applauded the little girl, praising her: “So capable! Truly worthy of the Demon Exorcist that this Young Master fancies!”

Qin Changxin was embarrassed and held her paws, then got up holding the cat and said, “Let’s go downstairs for a meal first. I’ve already said I want to treat you to lunch.”

The two people and one cat returned to the dining table. Feng Xianchen removed the “Spiritual Energy Warming Shield” and helped Qin Changxin uncover the bowls placed over the dishes.

“Oh my It’s my favorite asparagus with shrimp!”

“It’s tofu mixed with spring onions! It’s been a long time since I’ve had such tender tofu!”

Lin Yanyu squatted on the table, listening to Feng Xianchen happily shouting and exclaiming, and couldn’t help but wag her tail happily.

When she transformed into human form to eat, she saw Feng Xianchen, while munching on food, ask Qin Changxin about the arrangements for the accommodation of the batch of “Little Scarlet Tan” newly recruited after the new year. Lin Yanyu casually asked, “Little Scarlet Tan?”

“This is our nickname for the newly admitted Scarlet Tan-tier Demon Exorcists,” Qin Changxin explained. “Because Scarlet Tan-tier Demon Exorcists are mostly under ten years old, they are called ‘Little Scarlet Tan.'”

“The newly admitted are ‘Scarlet Tan-tier,’ and you are ‘Purple Tan-tier.’ Do your Demon Exorcists use colors to distinguish their cultivation levels?” Lin Yanyu, who was familiar with the original setting, asked knowingly.

“Sister, you might not know, but our Demon Exorcists are divided into four tiers,” Feng Xianchen earnestly explained to her. “From lowest to highest, they are the Scarlet, Azure, Purple, and Silver tiers. Because the predecessors took the Tan flower as the symbol of the Demon Exorcist, these four tiers are called Scarlet Tan-tier, Azure Tan-tier, Purple Tan-tier, and Silver Tan-tier. Our mother, Feng Funing, was a Silver Tan-tier Demon Exorcist, which means she was the strongest Demon Exorcist in the human world!”

Lin Yanyu had just popped a fish ball into her mouth. Hearing this, she nodded, indicating that she was listening carefully.

“Actually, whether they are descendants of a Demon Exorcist family or commoners who can attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation, as long as they can pass the entrance exam to the Demon Exorcist Academy, they can be granted the ‘Scarlet Tan-tier token and wear the Demon Exorcist uniform with the scarlet Tan flower pattern,” Qin Changxin served her a bowl of soup. “However, it’s best to start cultivation as early as possible. Therefore, the academies that cultivate Demon Exorcists in various places mainly recruit children under the age of ten.”

“What levels are the Azure Tan-tier and Purple Tan-tier?” Lin Yanyu swallowed the fish ball and asked knowingly again.

“One can be promoted to ‘Azure Tan-tier after five years of study at the Demon Exorcist Academy. Those with excellent performance during this period can be promoted to ‘Purple Tan-tier, which is equivalent in status to a teaching Elder. After graduation, they can take their master’s personal letter and go to the various Demon Exorcist factions to take up a position,” Feng Xianchen quickly answered. “Of course, Purple Tan-tier Demon Exorcists can also choose to stay and teach at the academy. Sister Zhuang and Sister Changxin are Demon Exorcists who chose to stay and teach.”

Lin Yanyu pretended to be suddenly enlightened and exclaimed, turning to Qin Changxin and sincerely praising her, “I didn’t expect you, Little Beauty, to be so impressive! This Young Master underestimated you.”

Qin Changxin smiled faintly, this time not correcting her address.

After the meal, Qin Changxin returned to the upstairs alone, locked her bedroom door, tidied up the room, opened the wardrobe, and prepared to change her undergarment.

The material of her Demon Exorcist uniform was special and was not cut by the wind blade, but her undergarment was torn and stained with blood. She had been on the run and was kidnapped to the demon world and scared all night. Now, the blood and sweat were mixed, sticky against her skin, which was uncomfortable.

After taking off all her clothes, Qin Changxin looked down at the gauze wrapped around her abdomen. She touched the beautiful knot lightly, perhaps recalling something, and unconsciously curved her lips.

Injuries and poisoning shouldn’t be things that bring joy, yet why was she so delighted?