When a Yandere Cannon Fodder Meets a Dark, Twisted Villain - Chapter 4

Telling her Master about the existence of the evil ghost was clearly the best solution. Her Master was incredibly powerful and could surely eliminate the entity with ease. However… for some reason, Shi Yining felt a deep-seated reluctance to do so.

She quickly found a suitable excuse for her behavior.

Jiang Liuyue died because of me; I cannot bring her to harm again.

In Qin Wu’s eyes, her disciple’s reaction was undeniably abnormal. Seeing Shi Yining appearing lost in thought and unsettled, Qin Wu seemed to realize something. She stepped forward quickly and seized the girl’s right hand to check her pulse.

Shi Xian stood silently to the side. Though she lived a secluded life, she knew a few things about this martial niece. In the past, Shi Yining had never taken the initiative to visit her at Wuchen Peak. Furthermore, it had been many years since she joined the sect, and very few people still knew of her fondness for sour plums. She didn’t know who had told Yining, nor did she ask.

Back on Wuchen Peak, she had already sensed that the girl was hiding something weighing on her mind…

Shi Xian’s thoughts raced. Her Sect Leader sister had entered a meditative state last night and had an extraordinary premonition; today, Yining was asking if the sect’s exorcism arrays could block ghosts… Was there a connection between these two events?

A gut feeling told her that her suspicion was correct. As for the specifics, she could only watch how things developed; it was impossible to speculate further for now.

Meanwhile, Shi Yining’s body had frozen the moment her Master grabbed her right wrist. She was worried her Master would detect something unusual. Although she wanted to escape Jiang Liuyue’s harassment, she did not want the other woman’s soul to be scattered and destroyed.

Time ticked by. After about a hundred breaths, the grip on her wrist gradually loosened.

Qin Wu’s furrowed brow slowly relaxed. “Fortunately, I detected no yin energy belonging to a ghost. Everything is normal.”

Shi Yining’s tense nerves relaxed slightly, but a flicker of confusion surfaced at the same time. Keeping her expression neutral, she smiled and replied, “I stay safely within the sect, Master. How could I encounter any ghosts? I only mentioned it on a whim. You’re overthinking it.”

Qin Wu glanced at her disciple. “Do I not know your temperament? Since you don’t want to speak of it, I won’t press you. However, you must be sensible. If you encounter a problem you cannot solve, do not hide it from me. No matter what, the sect will always be your shield.”

The sect will always be your shield… Shi Yining had heard these words in her past life as well. Her Master had indeed helped her much; it was her own obsession and stubbornness that led her down the path to destruction, step by step.

Suppressing the sudden surge of bitterness in her heart, Shi Yining smiled and thanked her. In this life, she would not be so foolish again.

Qin Wu reached out and gently brushed away a tear falling down her disciple’s cheek. “You’re a grown woman now, why are you crying?”

Shi Yining hadn’t realized she was crying until her Master pointed it out. She thought she was smiling, but she hadn’t noticed that her smile was laced with tears…

“Master, these are tears of joy. With you protecting me, I’m not afraid of getting into trouble anymore.”

Qin Wu gave her a playful, reproving look. “You’ve caused plenty of trouble in the past. Is it only now that you realize you have someone protecting you? Isn’t that a bit late?”

Shi Yining stepped forward, lightly taking the jade-like arm hidden in her Master’s sleeve and acting spoiled in a low voice. “Master is the best Master in the world. It was I who didn’t appreciate my own blessings.”

The corners of Qin Wu’s mouth turned up slightly, clearly pleased by the words.

Two hours later, at Xigui Peak of the Xuanqing Sect.

Shi Yining returned to her cultivation quarters. Just as she stepped inside, the sound of a creak reached her ears. The door swung shut automatically. There was no wind; it was obvious who was responsible.

Before she could think further, a figure gradually manifested beside her, pressing close without a word. At the same time, a voice dripping with coldness whispered in her ear.

“Does Miss Shi like Sect Leader Qin?”

Shi Yining froze. There are many kinds of “liking,” but Jiang Liuyue clearly meant the romantic kind. She had only ever felt filial respect for her Master, who was like a mother to her. She didn’t know how this evil ghost had come up with such an idea.

She was about to argue, but the words died in her throat. A thought struck her: if she pretended to admit it, would Jiang Liuyue give up on harassing her?

In that instant, the dishonest words escaped her lips: “So what if I do?”

The moment she finished speaking, Shi Yining felt her waist gripped tightly. She secretly circulated her spiritual power and tried to struggle, but she couldn’t break free.

“Jiang Liuyue, let me go!”

“Promise me you won’t like Sect Leader Qin anymore, and I’ll let go.”

“Why should I? Master is beautiful and kind, she’s much better than you— Hiss! Jiang Liuyue, are you a dog? You bit me again!”

“Didn’t Miss Shi already consider me a dog? Since that’s the case, I might as well make the title official…”

Shi Yining’s heart skipped a beat. This evil ghost was retaliating… She had previously told her junior sister that she had been bitten by a dog. At the time, she had said it out of shame and anger without thinking much of it.

“Jiang Liuyue, you certainly hold a grudge.”

“An evil ghost, by nature, holds grudges. If Miss Shi doesn’t agree to my request, I will do even more excessive things.”

In that moment, a frigid chill pierced through her spiritual power, enveloping her entire body. Shi Yining instinctively shuddered. Her intuition told her she couldn’t keep being stubborn. An evil ghost was, after all, an evil ghost; once enraged, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“Fine… I promise. Let go of me first.”

The icy aura dissipated slightly, but it did not leave.

Shi Yining knew clearly that the evil ghost was still by her side.

It suddenly occurred to her that while Jiang Liuyue knew everything about her, she knew almost nothing about this entity. A sense of unfairness welled up in her heart. Since she couldn’t get rid of the ghost for now, she might as well seize the moment to demand an explanation of her origins.

“Jiang Liuyue, you say I caused your death at Ink Lotus Mountain. But as far as I know, no cultivation sects are stationed there, nor are there any mortal villages. Why were you there back then? What was your identity when you were alive?”

After a brief silence, a low response gradually echoed.

“I don’t remember.”

Shi Yining didn’t believe her. “Do you truly not remember, or do you just not want to tell me?”

“I really don’t remember!” Jiang Liuyue seemed somewhat anxious; the cold aura surrounding them fluctuated in intensity. “Miss Shi, for as long as I have existed, I only remember things related to you. As for myself… I can’t recall anything.”

“That doesn’t make sense. Don’t you remember your own name?”

“No. I don’t know what I was called in the past. ‘Jiang Liuyue’ is just a name I chose for the time being.”

There was one thing she didn’t say.

She hadn’t died in the Ink Lotus Mountain Range. Though she had no memories of her past, she could feel that she had not perished; she was still alive. She called herself an evil ghost, but she was not a ghost in the true sense of the word.

Fabricating the story of her death at Ink Lotus Mountain was merely an excuse to stay by Shi Yining’s side.

She didn’t know her own past. Coming to the Xuanqing Sect was driven by an instinct deep within her soul—or rather, a latent intuition told her that Miss Shi was the most important person in her life. She had to stay by her side, protect her, and at the same time, ward off all other potential suitors.

Miss Shi can only belong to me!

In that instant, the cold aura deepened alongside Jiang Liuyue’s obsession. Shi Yining was slowly forced into a corner.

The ghost’s words were unexpected. She doesn’t remember her past… she only remembers me? Who could it be?

Several figures flashed through her mind, but she dismissed them all in an instant. Those people were all still alive; they couldn’t have turned into evil ghosts. For a moment, Shi Yining felt a sense of dazed confusion.

She couldn’t guess… she really couldn’t…

“Jiang Liuyue, can you… can you show me your true face? Since your obsession with me is so deep, I must know you. Perhaps I know what happened to you when you were alive.”

The freezing aura surrounding her stagnated for a second.

“I have never intentionally hidden my appearance. I simply don’t know why, but I am unable to let Miss Shi see my face clearly.”

Leaning against the corner, Shi Yining gazed up at the blurred figure before her. After a long while, she let out a soft laugh. The laugh contained both self-mockery and a hint of helplessness.

She mocked herself for being haunted by a ghost whose identity she couldn’t even guess, and she felt helpless because she couldn’t escape her current predicament. In her previous life, she had been just as powerless over her own fate.

“Jiang Liuyue, since you know all my experiences, then you must also know that in my past life, there was an existence called a ‘System’ by my side?”

She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but after she said those words, the surrounding yin energy seemed to fall into chaos for a split second before instantly recovering. Because it happened so quickly, she couldn’t be certain.

“Miss Shi guesses correctly. I do indeed know.”

“You really do know… In my eyes, there is no difference between you and the System from my past life.”

“No, there is a great difference. I won’t make you lose your memory, nor will I assign you any tasks. I only… I only want to stay by your side.”

“But I am unwilling. Whether it was the System or you, you are both disregarding my wishes.”

Hearing this, Jiang Liuyue fell silent for a moment. She leaned in toward the woman’s neck, inhaling her intoxicating fragrance, and laughed softly. “Miss Shi owed the System nothing, but I died because of Miss Shi. How can it be the same?”

Shi Yining’s expression froze; she could no longer argue. A power she couldn’t resist gradually wrapped around her slender waist. She tried to struggle, but as expected, she couldn’t break the hold; instead, she was held even tighter.

“Jiang Liuyue, you… let go of me first. Your body is too icy. Holding me like this is like being wrapped in a block of ice. It’s really cold…”

“Cultivators have spiritual energy to protect their bodies; they won’t freeze.”

“That’s just sophistry! Who can keep their spiritual energy active every second? You might as well tire me to death! And don’t tell me you don’t know that the yin energy you carry naturally erodes spiritual power and exerts a massive suppression on it!”

Jiang Liuyue let out another soft laugh, this time clearly tinged with a hint of pleasure.

“I am well aware. Don’t worry, Miss Shi, I have a way to solve this…”

As soon as she finished speaking, a sudden flash of spiritual light appeared, transforming into a complex magical seal that instantly vanished into the space between Shi Yining’s eyebrows…

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