Transmigrated Into The Arms Of The Heroine Of A Sadistic Novel - Chapter 37

Qin Changxin’s fear of taking a boat completely vanished after touching the cat.

She stroked the cat and looked at the not very big wooden boat. Although she really wanted to lie on the cat, she was afraid the cat was too heavy and would sink the boat, so she quickly sat down and shook her head, saying, “No need, this is fine.”

“Then if you feel sick to your stomach or dizzy, you must tell us!” Lin Yanyu actively rubbed against her chin, secretly observing Feng Xianchen and Zhuang Jingwei. Seeing that the two didn’t show any strange reactions, she confidently burrowed into Qin Changxin’s arms.

Feng Xianchen rowed the boat, and Zhuang Jingwei navigated. The wooden boat slowly sailed toward the center of the lake.

Traveling to the island by water was slower than by sword, taking about two days.

But even though Feng Xianchen rowed the boat very steadily, Qin Changxin still felt incredibly uncomfortable. She managed to endure the first half-day, but when night fell and the cold wind blew over the lake, she let out a low groan of discomfort.

Feng Xianchen quickly stopped the boat. Zhuang Jingwei came over to feed Qin Changxin a Revitalization Pill, exchanged a look with the cat form Lin Yanyu, and asked, “Can you control the water?”

“No problem.” Lin Yanyu flicked her tail. The original host couldn’t maintain water-based spells for long, but she could manipulate the surrounding spiritual energy to control the water.

“You carry Changxin and try following the boat by controlling the water,” Zhuang Jingwei suggested.

Lin Yanyu didn’t expect they could travel this way. She immediately perked up her ears, jumped out of Qin Changxin’s arms, walked back and forth on the water’s surface for a bit, felt there was no issue, then transformed into a giant cat and knelt down toward Qin Changxin: “Come up.”

Qin Changxin listlessly lay on the giant cat, feeling like her whole body was sinking into the cat’s fur.

The feeling of hugging a cat and lying on a giant cat was still very different. Qin Changxin could feel the giant cat slowly moving forward, and the warmth emanating from beneath its body quickly spread throughout hers.

The cat was slightly thin, and her spine would occasionally poke her, but most of the time, she was in contact with soft cat fur.

Qin Changxin couldn’t help but take a deep breath, sniffing the lingering Soul-Locking Incense on the cat, rubbing the fur, and closing her eyes to fall asleep peacefully.

Lin Yanyu carried the young girl, following the wooden boat, treading on the water and walking silently.

She walked very slowly, not seeking speed, but only stability, so the young girl could rest well.

Zhuang Jingwei, on the boat, looked at her from time to time. After about half an hour, she suddenly sighed with emotion: “You are truly very considerate of Changxin.”

“She is my master, I should be good to her.” In front of others, Lin Yanyu still had to use this identity. As for their specific relationship, for now, it was enough for just the two of them to know.

“Changxin has never considered taking a demon attendant.” Zhuang Jingwei suddenly changed the subject. “A master servant blood pact is for life. Even if she found a demon willing to serve her, she would not enslave them. Did you ask to form the pact with her?”

Lin Yanyu’s gaze shifted. She hadn’t expected the truth would be guessed by Qin Changxin’s companions so quickly. But it wasn’t surprising; after all, Feng and Zhuang had spent so much time with the young girl, they were the ones most familiar with Qin Changxin compared to her, an outsider reader.

She thought for a moment and admitted, “Yes, I need the identity of a ‘demon attendant’ to live in the human realm for a long time.”

“Although Xianchen hasn’t mentioned your identity to me, your demeanor and strength are absolutely extraordinary, at the very least, you are the descendant of a Demon King.” Zhuang Jingwei continued, “The only demon race currently ruling the Demon Realm is the Xuan Cat. Since you are a Xuan Cat, and Xianchen is so close to you, I believe you must be the daughter of Xuan Qing, the Demon Realm Ruler, correct?”

Her voice was unhurried. Due to her weak body, it sounded a little lacking in energy, but Lin Yanyu had already sensed murderous intent.

Feng Xianchen naturally noticed it too, and anxiously pulled on Zhuang Jingwei’s sleeve, shaking her head repeatedly: “Sister, don’t be like that! Sister is a good demon!”

She looked at the cat’s back, but Qin Changxin was already sound asleep and hadn’t woken up, meaning she probably couldn’t hear them talking.

“The Demon Realm Ruler sealed the entrance to the Demon Realm eighteen years ago and has been living in seclusion ever since. What exactly brought you to the human realm?” Zhuang Jingwei ignored her, just looking at Lin Yanyu, her gaze turning cold. “Xianchen and Changxin are my dearest friends, whom I grew up with. If you dare to harm them, don’t blame me for being impolite!”

“Senior Sister Zhuang!”

“You manage the wooden boat; you don’t need to persuade me.” Zhuang Jingwei lightly patted her hand and said seriously, “The Young Master of the Demon Realm appearing in the human realm and even entering a pact with a human if this news is spread to the Demon Realm and deliberately misinterpreted by malicious demons, I fear it will trigger another war between the two races!”

“But only Sister and I can enter and exit the Demon Realm right now; other humans and demons can’t!” Feng Xianchen reminded her. “Since they can’t even go to the Demon Realm, how can they spread the news?”

She took out the half-piece of blood-stained white jade to show Zhuang Jingwei. Lin Yanyu, seeing this, also summoned her half-piece of white jade, which combined with Feng Xianchen’s, floating in front of Zhuang Jingwei, and added, “Indeed, unless there is another way to open the entrance to the Demon Realm, only my sister and I can enter and exit the Demon Realm.”

Zhuang Jingwei was startled and frowned slightly. After a long while, she said, “Take it back. I understand.” She paused, then whispered to herself, “I was flustered…”

As she spoke, Lin Yanyu felt her murderous intent subside somewhat, though it hadn’t completely vanished.

“You have the master-servant blood pact on you; I won’t do anything to you,” Zhuang Jingwei still threatened, “But if you dare to harm them or the human realm, should Changxin be reluctant to strike, I will execute the punishment in her stead.”

Lin Yanyu believed she would absolutely follow through. She nodded and said, “Then please also believe me. I have no intention of doing anything detrimental to the human race, after all… my deceased demon-slayer mother died for the peace between the two races.”

Zhuang Jingwei wanted to say more, but Feng Xianchen covered her mouth with her hand. Zhuang Jingwei gave up, pulled the young half-demon who was rowing the boat into her embrace, and whispered something to her before letting her go.

The group continued their journey in silence. When dawn broke, Lin Yanyu asked while treading on the water, “Can I carry Changxin straight onto the island, or must she return to the boat when we reach a certain distance?”

Feng Xianchen stopped paddling and thought for a moment before saying, “There’s a barrier near Sparrow Feather Island, but it’s guarded by our academy’s contact person. When you get there, you can have Sister Changxin present her token of identification. If they don’t let you through, you’ll have to wait for us.”

“That works.” Lin Yanyu didn’t think it would be a problem. She controlled her spiritual energy to secure Qin Changxin to herself, then pushed off the water’s surface and shot forward.

Her movement was light, but Qin Changxin was still woken up. Waking up to find herself bound to the cat by spiritual energy, she was quite shocked.

Surrounded by unfamiliar waters, with no wooden boat in sight, Qin Changxin, half-asleep and half-awake, felt inexplicably panicked. Grabbing the cat’s fur, she asked, “Where are you going? Where are Feng Xianchen and Senior Sister Zhuang?”

“I’m fast; I’ll go ahead and see if we can enter the island. They’re right behind us!” Lin Yanyu answered while running. “You’re awake? Can I speed up a little? Do you get dizzy riding a horse?”

“No.” Qin Changxin sighed in relief and tugged at the spiritual energy binding her. “I’ll sit up, I won’t fall off.”

Lin Yanyu first slowed to a moderate speed, then dispelled the spiritual energy that was securing her. Seeing the young girl sit up stably, she gradually accelerated.

Qin Changxin had been seasick and uncomfortable last night, and the cat offered to carry her, so she hadn’t said anything. But now that she was awake, she felt embarrassed, thinking that she shouldn’t let the noble Young Master of the Demon Realm serve as her mount.

She blushed and leaned toward the cat’s ear to say something, but heard Lin Yanyu reply, “What’s the big deal? Even Zhu Bajie carries his wife, why can’t I carry my girlfriend?”

“Zhu carries his wife?” Qin Changxin was stunned.

“Yeah.” Lin Yanyu guessed she didn’t know who “Zhu Bajie” was, so she started making things up. “A long time ago, there was a pig demon in our Demon Realm who married a beautiful human. On their wedding day, he wore big red clothes, a big red flower, and waddled his pig nose and big ears, huffing and puffing as he carried his wife home…”

Before she could finish, she felt Qin Changxin gently rub her cat ear. Then she heard the young girl stammer, “What wedding day? I, I’m not even an adult yet…”

“You know you’re not an adult yet,” Lin Yanyu lightly snorted. “Then why did you confirm our relationship so early? We’ve already formed a master servant blood pact, together for life. Are you afraid I’ll run away?”

“No way!” Qin Changxin immediately blushed. She placed her hand on the back of the cat’s neck, wanting to pinch, but afraid the cat might be caught off guard and lose control of her spiritual energy and fall into the water. She resisted the urge and settled for stroking instead.

She lay back down on the cat’s back, subconsciously sniffed, but no longer smelled the Soul-Locking Incense. She couldn’t help but ask, “Is your soul… truly completely intact?”

“I guess so?” Lin Yanyu said. “The Soul-Locking Incense is gone, yet I’m still alive. That can only mean my soul has fully recovered.”

She didn’t even know when it recovered maybe when she first transmigrated, or maybe when she fainted after they exchanged inner breath the last time.

“Then when should we exchange inner breath again?” Qin Changxin asked.

Lin Yanyu thought about it. Although the current plot hadn’t escalated to the extent of the original text, they hadn’t yet seen the situation on Sparrow Feather Island, so it was hard to estimate the time required for the mission. She said, “Let’s find time after we return to the academy. This place gives me a sense of insecurity.”

“Alright.” Qin Changxin wrapped her arms around the cat’s neck and looked forward. “I heard that Sparrow Feather Island is surrounded by poisonous mist. Be careful.”

“Mhm, after all, the birds that attacked Ningzhou City that night were poisonous, so the environment here is definitely not simple.” As Lin Yanyu spoke, she was already using Spirit Manipulation to control spiritual energy to gather in front of her, forming several thick ropes of spiritual energy, which she sent out to scout the way.

Qin Changxin quietly watched her perform the technique. After a moment, she asked, “Can I learn Spirit Manipulation from you?”

“That depends on your human rules,” Lin Yanyu said. “As for me, I’ve practiced since childhood by fighting with other demons. I learn whatever techniques are available, regardless of whether they are human or demon spells. I don’t understand your demon slayer rules.”

“A Purple Tassel Rank demon slayer is qualified to learn Spirit Manipulation. You can teach me,” Qin Changxin said. “But I need to tell my Master first, or she’ll get angry.”

“What kind of person is your Master, anyway?” Lin Yanyu casually asked. “She wouldn’t be very rigid, would she?”

Qin Changxin subconsciously shook her head. Realizing Lin Yanyu couldn’t see her, she said, “Master isn’t rigid, just extremely cautious. My mother entrusted me to her, and she has always protected me. Perhaps you think Master is rigid because she is too protective of me. Everything I’ve seen and experienced these past few days is completely new to me.”

This wasn’t the first time Lin Yanyu had seen such a “hothouse flower,” someone protected by elders until they entered society. Moreover, this was the young girl’s mother’s dying wish. After hearing it, she expressed her understanding and, afraid the young girl would be sad, she gently consoled her.

“But… Master might try to stop us from being together,” Qin Changxin suddenly said, her emotions dropping instantly, and she became distressed. “Before I confessed my feelings, I only thought about how to confess. Now that I have, I just…”

“Just take things naturally. You’re not even an adult yet,” Lin Yanyu cut in at the right time and patiently advised. “You have to approach romance step by step, and gradually increase the acceptance level with your elders and friends. Besides, this is the first time for both of us. For now, it’s enough to just slowly get to know each other.”