Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Male Lead, Ye Fan

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At the foot of Qinglan Mountain.

Lin Muyu looked at the long queue in front of her, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and complained.

“I never thought I’d encounter queuing even in the cultivation world… but thinking about it being a novel written by a group friend, it’s not surprising.”

Above her head, a blazing sun mercilessly scorched the earth, equally roasting everyone who forgot to bring sun protection.

“I should have brought an umbrella if I knew…”

Looking at the queue that kept getting longer, Lin Muyu frowned and touched her slightly stinging neck.

Forcing herself to take out a Great Supplement Pill from her chest, she swallowed it and joined the dense queue.

“Those over 17 years old may leave.”

Suddenly, an aged voice appeared in everyone’s ears.

Everyone looked around in all directions but couldn’t find the source of the voice.

Is this a spell?

So amazing!

Hearing the voice before seeing the person, is this what a Cultivator is like?

Just as everyone was discussing among themselves, an ethereal elder riding a pure white crane appeared above everyone’s heads, lightly waving the whisk in his hand.

Instantly, some people who were queuing were transferred outside the venue, separated by a faint light barrier.

From their faces, it could be seen that they were all people who didn’t meet the age requirements.

The outside instantly became like a marketplace, with noisy voices rising and falling.

“I’m only 18 years old, why can’t I participate?”

“Please be kind, I only exceeded by one month, just let me participate.”

“Don’t look down on the youth! If Qinglan Sect doesn’t want me, plenty of others will. When I return after mastering my skills, I’ll show you!”

…

So many chuunibyou teenagers…

Lin Muyu complained a few times, looking at the empty spaces and hurrying to fill them.

She looked up at the elder above who remained calm and composed, and couldn’t help but feel a trace of longing in her heart.

When would she also have such strength so she wouldn’t be easily manipulated by fate?

Looking at the surrounding faint light barrier.

It couldn’t help but make Lin Muyu sigh, that spells were truly omnipotent.

There were even spells that could automatically screen ages.

Although she didn’t know the principle, it truly fascinated Lin Muyu.

Fortunately, the original’s age was correct, indeed 16 years old, so she wasn’t cleared out.

But…

Looking at the blazing sun in the sky.

Why not use a spell to cover the sun too? This is way too hot!

Standing under the sun for a long time made Lin Muyu, who was already somewhat anemic, even more dizzy and lightheaded.

However, after the elder eliminated most of the people who didn’t meet the age requirements, it would soon be her turn.

She could hold on a little longer.

Seeing that it was almost her turn, Lin Muyu poked her head out from the queue to look at the young man and young woman responsible for registration in her line.

The young man had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, bright eyes and white teeth, extremely handsome and extraordinary in temperament.

The moment he appeared, he made the girls blush and the boys jealous.

Even several girls in front of Lin Muyu were whispering to each other.

“Is that going to be our future senior brother? So handsome!”

“Yes, so handsome. I wonder if there’ll be a chance to run into him in the future~”

“Not as handsome as me in my previous life!”

Lin Muyu complained quietly in dissatisfaction.

Back in the day, she was also a genuine handsome guy, and was even confessed to by female students while teaching.

But from the time she was confessed to, she could only carry a thermos, wear administrative jackets, and deliberately not shave to make herself look ugly…

Otherwise, it would be easy to be invited for “tea.”

So regarding this handsome young man, Lin Muyu felt nothing at all, she wasn’t into guys anyway.

Although her current self was a cute girl, she had a man’s heart!

Instead, it was the cold young woman beside the young man who made her glance over frequently.

“That temperament is like someone I used to know…”

“…”

Isn’t this Su Wanqing?!

Lin Muyu’s eyes widened, her heart skipped a beat. How could it be such a coincidence that she encountered the female lead again?

Was it still possible to change queues now?

She had no intention of making contact with Su Wanqing again, after all, cannon fodder like herself would easily get into trouble staying by her side.

Especially since she actually had that kind of relationship with her…

Her current self was very weak. If the male lead found out, wouldn’t he throw her to Hehuan Sect as cultivation material?

Lin Muyu just wanted to develop steadily, then seek revenge on the Peach Fairy!

After getting revenge, she’d go into seclusion for a hundred years without emerging. After the male and female leads ascended, she could wander the world freely.

She had thought that once she got up the mountain, as long as she kept a low profile, she wouldn’t see Su Wanqing again. She didn’t expect to meet her again so soon…

Was this karmic entanglement following bodily entanglement?

This was completely unnecessary!

Lin Muyu looked around for a while, seeing the endless long queues at other lines, she still gave up the idea of changing queues.

Under such blazing sun, and with her current weakness.

Queuing again and standing a bit longer would probably make her faint on the spot.

Fortunately, it wasn’t Su Wanqing who registered her.

She was assigned to the young man’s queue, while Su Wanqing only glanced at her indifferently without saying much.

“Name?”

The young man asked gently with his head lowered.

“Lin Muyu.”

Lin Muyu responded with a flat tone.

However, this indifferent reaction caught the young man’s attention. Usually, girls who saw him were all attracted by his handsomeness.

Except for Su Wanqing beside him, the girl before him was the second person not attracted by his handsomeness.

He couldn’t help but look up and take a few more glances.

What appeared before him was a delicate and cute face.

Due to physical weakness and prolonged exposure to sunlight, the girl’s face showed an abnormal pink color.

But this added a charm of fragile beauty.

Obviously a somewhat childish and youthful face, but with a mature and calm expression, extremely contrasting and adorable.

“Are there flowers on my face?”

Looking at the dazed young man in front of her, Lin Muyu touched her own cheek and asked somewhat strangely.

“Nothing, it’s just that junior sister is too cute~ I couldn’t help but look a few more times.”

The young man in front of her raised what he thought was a handsome corner of his mouth and spoke gently.

Calling her junior sister before even entering the sect?

Damn…

“Ye Fan, do your own job properly.”

Su Wanqing’s cold voice came from the side, her calm eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

…Ye Fan?!

Lin Muyu suddenly realized, wasn’t this the name of the male lead who threw her into Hehuan Sect?

No wonder he was teamed up with Su Wanqing.

Hearing this name, Lin Muyu became somewhat panicked, just like when she first heard Su Wanqing’s name.

No wonder he was so handsome.

These protagonists were exactly what she, a cannon fodder, absolutely couldn’t make contact with!

Every contact would bring some bad luck, making her become a stepping stone for the protagonists.

Lin Muyu instinctively stepped back, but her weak body combined with sudden blood rushing to her head made her unconsciously fall forward.

“Good opportunity, Ye Fan, quickly catch her and build a good relationship with this woman. This woman has a special constitution and will be very useful!”

An aged voice came from inside Ye Fan’s head.

This was a voice coming from the ring on his hand.

Hearing this reminder, Ye Fan instinctively wanted to catch the beautiful figure about to fall in front of him.

But suddenly, the girl in front of him disappeared.

When Ye Fan instinctively swept his gaze around, he found his fiancee was holding that girl in her arms.

“They… know each other?!”