Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Sister, You Smell So Good~

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Her legs immediately went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Wanqing tilted her head in confusion, not understanding why Lin Muyu was acting this way.

Lin Muyu didn’t answer, her mind in complete chaos.

In the novel, she had only provoked a few words before being sent to the Hehuan Sect by the male lead to become a cultivation cauldron, but in this life, she had already ❤️ with the female lead…

Wouldn’t that mean she’d be dismembered, torn apart by five horses, unable to live or die as she wished?

“Forget it, let destruction come.”

Lin Muyu collapsed onto the bed with lifeless eyes, completely without spirit.

Su Wanqing looked at her like this and frowned, full of confusion: “Am I that scary?”

Hearing these words, Lin Muyu wanted to cry but had no tears. Wasn’t this the very evil star she had always wanted to avoid? Indeed, you can avoid the first day but not the fifteenth.

“Why don’t you just kill me? I’m afraid of pain and don’t dare do it myself.”

Hearing this, that cold sword was once again placed on Lin Muyu’s neck.

Lin Muyu obediently closed her eyes, though her body trembled uncontrollably.

“You’re really strange. You’re obviously scared to death, but you talk about wanting to die.”

Su Wanqing ultimately didn’t strike. She performed a beautiful sword flourish and sheathed her sword.

“You really don’t plan to kill me?”

A tear rolled down from the corner of Lin Muyu’s eye as she looked pitifully at Su Wanqing, making Su Wanqing feel irritated. Her expression turned cold as she said:

“I said I would take responsibility. You don’t need to seek death.”

Hearing this, Lin Muyu stubbornly retorted: “Then how do you plan to take responsibility?”

Su Wanqing was stunned, looking troubled. She didn’t know how to take responsibility either. Should she marry her?

But they were both women, her master would definitely not agree.

After thinking for a while, she asked: “What do you want?”

A flash of disappointment crossed Lin Muyu’s eyes.

Asking what she wanted, this clearly meant not taking responsibility and planning to brush her off with things.

But this was fine too. She didn’t plan to provoke the female lead anyway, to avoid being thrown to the Hehuan Sect by the male lead. Living leisurely in the village was quite nice.

Adjusting her mindset, Lin Muyu smiled stiffly: “Then give me some money!”

“Just money?”

Su Wanqing was somewhat surprised. She thought Lin Muyu would make excessive demands, but unexpectedly she only wanted some money. Money she didn’t lack.

She took out a storage pouch and straightforwardly handed it to Lin Muyu.

Lin Muyu joyfully accepted the storage pouch. Money was the best thing.

Though it felt like she was making some improper transaction.

Never mind, she was the one who suffered more anyway. Better to take the money first.

Lin Muyu fiddled with the storage pouch for a long time, then frowned: “How do you open this thing? Did you forget I’m an ordinary person?”

“So ordinary people can’t open it?”

Lin Muyu looked up into those confused eyes. Why did the female lead seem a bit dense? She waved the pouch in her hand helplessly:

“Of course I can’t open it! I don’t know spells!”

“Oh.”

Su Wanqing responded coldly. Her slender fingers moved slightly in the air, and the storage pouch immediately emitted a beam of light, landing on the table.

“Wow…”

“Why are they all stones?”

Lin Muyu was about to marvel at the cultivator’s methods when dozens of crystalline stones on the table interrupted her thoughts. Wait, where was her money?

Although she felt these stones were extraordinary and could sense a comfortable aura from them.

But these weren’t money!

Lin Muyu stared at Su Wanqing in bewilderment.

“Is it not enough? This is already all the spirit stones I’ve obtained in a year. I don’t have any more.”

Su Wanqing frowned slightly. She didn’t know how much she should give, so she simply gave out all the spirit stones she had painstakingly saved.

“These are spirit stones? But I can’t use these things.”

Lin Muyu looked bitter. What would an ordinary person do with spirit stones? Cultivators’ spirit stones didn’t circulate in the mortal world because they were too valuable.

The pile of spirit stones before her could definitely buy an entire small city. The female lead was truly a rich woman.

But an innocent man suffers for his wealth. Lin Muyu hadn’t read novels for years for nothing, she couldn’t possibly protect this pile of spirit stones and would instead face disaster because of them.

“Mortal world money? I don’t think I have any.”

Su Wanqing scratched her head awkwardly. This was her first time descending the mountain, to complete a sect mission.

She had no plans to buy mortal world items, so she hadn’t prepared mortal world money.

“I’m returning this to you.”

Lin Muyu irritably pushed the spirit stones in front of her back to Su Wanqing.

It seemed the female lead had no money. She had been taken advantage of for nothing.

“You… really don’t want them?”

Su Wanqing tilted her head, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes. Were there really people who didn’t like spirit stones?

Unfortunately, Lin Muyu was very clear-headed. Even if she liked them immensely, she couldn’t use them, and might even be killed and robbed.

“These are useless to me! Since you don’t have money, consider that you took advantage of me for nothing. I won’t pursue it, and we’ll have no connection whatsoever from now on.”

Lin Muyu gave up. Her current goal was to send the female lead away and return to her peaceful life.

“No!”

Su Wanqing’s eyes sharpened. Her master had told her that once karma was involved, she had to find a way to resolve it, or she would encounter heart demons that would cause her cultivation to fail.

“Then what do you want…”

Seeing Su Wanqing’s terrifying gaze, Lin Muyu shrank her neck and responded weakly.

Su Wanqing reached toward her neck and pulled forcefully. A smooth, round jade pendant immediately appeared in her hand, displaying a faint glow, clearly very precious.

“Take this.”

She tossed the jade pendant, and Lin Muyu quickly caught it with her hands, scolding: “Aren’t you afraid of breaking it?”

“This thing isn’t that easy to break, and it can protect you when you’re in danger. Consider it compensation for you.”

She spoke casually, but Lin Muyu could see faint reluctance in her eyes, an expression that hadn’t appeared when she gave the spirit stones.

“Maybe we should forget about it…”

Lin Muyu said weakly. She was afraid this thing was too precious for her to bear.

Before she could finish speaking, a cold sword was once again placed on her neck.

Su Wanqing’s calm eyes contained no emotion whatsoever.

“If we forget about it, then only your life can sever the karma.”

Lin Muyu was somewhat numb. Why did this person like putting her sword on her neck so much? It was very frightening!

She suddenly didn’t want to die so much anymore.

“Then I’ll keep it.”

Lin Muyu secretly glanced at Su Wanqing. Seeing no danger, she gently pushed the sword away from her neck.

She found a clean silk handkerchief in the room and carefully wrapped the jade pendant.

Then the two entered a staring contest mode.

Su Wanqing asked in confusion:

“Why do you keep looking at me?”

“Why aren’t you leaving yet?”

Lin Muyu responded simply and directly. Their transaction was done, and this rude person should leave.

She should also return to her peaceful life and read her beloved books.

She hadn’t finished reading this afternoon’s book either, and had been… what terrible luck.

Su Wanqing was speechless upon hearing this. She actually wanted to drive her away?

The corner of her mouth twitched as she responded: “I seem to be about to break through. I need to stay here for one night.”

She found it strange too. She had clearly just reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment not long ago, but after sleeping, not only had her injuries healed, her cultivation had also greatly improved, already on the verge of reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment.

“Just one night.”

Looking at the pitch-black outside, it really wouldn’t be right to drive a girl away.

“Gurgle.” Lin Muyu had just relaxed when she realized her body was soft and completely without strength, until her stomach started growling.

She glanced at Su Wanqing, who was already sitting cross-legged on the bed, and asked calmly:

“Are you hungry? Want to eat something?”

“I’ve long achieved spiritual sustenance and don’t need to eat.”

Su Wanqing spoke with her eyes closed and red lips slightly parted.

“I really envy you cultivators, no need to eat, no need to worry about daily necessities.”

Lin Muyu pouted and walked toward the cabinet with slightly limping steps, muttering:

“And your energy is so vigorous…”

Today’s exercise had been a bit much. Lin Muyu decided to reward herself well, taking out her treasured few eggs and making a hearty bowl of egg fried rice.

“Smells good! Are you sure you don’t want some?”

“No need.”

Su Wanqing was as cold as always.

“Alright then.”

Lin Muyu munched away, stuffing rice into her mouth while staring at Su Wanqing’s cold face, internally complaining:

Why is she so enthusiastic in front of the male lead but so cold in front of me?

Anyway, after tomorrow, they would never see each other again.

Although such an absurd thing had happened today, after the female lead got together with the male lead, the male lead shouldn’t come looking for trouble with her, right? After all, she was the victim.

After cleaning everything up, Lin Muyu also climbed onto the bed to sleep.

“Hey, move over that way.”

Lin Muyu’s bed wasn’t very big, and Su Wanqing had directly occupied more than half of it.

Silence filled the room, except for the annoying cicadas outside the window still singing loudly. Su Wanqing seemed not to have heard, neither responding nor moving.

Gentle moonlight scattered on her body like an elegant fairy.

“…”

After staring at Su Wanqing in silence for a moment, Lin Muyu decided that a good person doesn’t fight with petty women. She would suffer a little and sleep in the corner.

Curling up slightly, Lin Muyu’s petite frame just fit into the remaining space on the bed.

Today’s exhaustion made her fall asleep quickly. At this moment, she looked like an adorable little hamster.

But at this time, Su Wanqing, who was sitting upright on the bed, frowned tightly, seeming to be in great pain.

“No, why is there still charm poison hidden here?”

“Damn it, that demoness actually made double preparations.”

“No, I can’t stay here anymore!”

Ending her meditation state, Su Wanqing was about to cast a spell to leave when she suddenly discovered her whole body had begun to go limp, and she couldn’t cast spells either.

Her eyes became hazy as she looked at the adorably sleeping Lin Muyu beside her, and desire stirred in her heart.

“Sister, you smell so good…”