After transmigrating As The Sickly Junior Sister - Chapter 12

Jiang Li put away the pill on the table and spoke half-truthfully. “This medicine is actually a love gu. If someone smells it for too long, they will be affected by the gu. Of course, I never intended to use it on you. I was just too tired at the time, and somehow, I lost it. Through a strange twist of fate, I ended up implicating you.”

She did not say that she herself had been formed from a love gu.

Jiang Li truly could not bring herself to say that she was a gu insect. She also did not know whether the white moonlight would believe it…

“A love gu? How is it cured?” Ye Qingruo asked, half believing and half doubting.

So the instability in her mental state that night had been because she was affected by a gu. As long as she knew the reason, things would be easier to handle. It would be best if the demon before her was telling the truth.

Ye Qingruo had only just relaxed slightly when her heart tightened again. Shame and anger mingled in her eyes.

Because Jiang Li continued, “This gu flares up on full moon nights. It needs to be suppressed through dual cultivation. But don’t worry. It should be cured after about seven or eight times.” That was what Senior Phoenix had said, right?

Yes, Senior Phoenix’s original words had been: It is not a big problem. Dual cultivate ten or eight times and it will be fine.

Ye Qingruo lowered her brows. She was supposed to not worry?

Not only could she not stop worrying, she even wanted to go back on her decision and kill the person before her—no, kill this demon—with one sword strike to vent her anger.

She had only just broken off her engagement, and at present, she did not have anyone she loved. How could she do that kind of thing with someone…

Yet that was not all. Jiang Li’s next words directly made Ye Qingruo summon her Binghua Sword again, leaving only killing intent in her eyes.

“And also, only dual cultivating with me can completely cure the gu. Otherwise, each flare-up will become worse than the last…”

As Jiang Li was speaking, a sword stabbed toward her, narrowly stopping half an inch from her neck.

Jiang Li’s breath caught, and she carefully said, “Young Sect Master, calm down. I didn’t do it on purpose either. If you want to blame someone, blame your father for insisting on choosing me to go down the mountain with you. Otherwise, none of this would have happened. Everything I said is true. If you don’t believe me, you can kill me.”

That was right. The instigator was that old bastard Elder Ye. She had also been passive in all this, all right? Did Ye Qingruo think Jiang Li wanted to try it? She was very reserved, okay?

Jiang Li looked righteous and unafraid. It was not that she did not fear death, but that she had seen hesitation in Ye Qingruo’s eyes.

For no reason at all, she firmly believed that the white moonlight would not act rashly.

The hand Ye Qingruo used to hold the Binghua Sword trembled. She forced herself to calm down. “Are you certain that I have been affected by a love gu? And that only… only by doing that with you can it be cured?”

It was difficult for her not to doubt the truth of Jiang Li’s words. This was all far too absurd.

Ye Qingruo had been intelligent and studious since childhood. In her thirty years of life, she had read through nearly all of Qingxi Sect’s collection. She had also seen some records related to gu, but this was the first time she had heard of such a strange method of curing one.

Jiang Li forced a smile and quietly retreated half a step, moving a little farther from Ye Qingruo’s Binghua Sword. “Actually, I also think these words sound rather outrageous, but that is what the demon race senior said. When I first heard it, I didn’t believe it either. Tonight is the night of the full moon. Why don’t we wait until it gets later and see?”

She also thought it was a little ridiculous, unless that so-called Senior Phoenix was lying. But what reason would Senior Phoenix have to deceive a little demon who posed no threat? It could not be a deliberate prank, right?

Jiang Li thought of that obedient-looking little girl. She looked seven or eight years old on the outside, but was actually an old demon who had lived for nearly a thousand years. She did not seem like someone with such a bad sense of humor.

Ye Qingruo furrowed her brows. “How do we see?”

Jiang Li let out two light breaths. “Put away the sword first. We can wait until your love gu flares up and verify it then.”

Having someone constantly holding a sword against her really made her feel unsafe. She was a little scared. Just a little.

Ye Qingruo did not put away the Binghua Sword. Instead, she asked, “How do we verify it?”

“When the time comes, if you can’t endure it, first find someone else and see if they can cure it. If that doesn’t work, then come find me… Hey, blades and swords have no eyes. Be careful.” Seeing Ye Qingruo’s Binghua Sword move half a step forward and press against her neck again, Jiang Li panicked and raised her voice. “At the end of the day, this is my fault. I have a duty to take responsibility for it. If you’re unwilling, then we’ll think of another way. Don’t be impulsive. Impulsiveness is the devil.”

“I will not find someone else to try, nor will I try with you.”

The long sword did not move even half an inch, just like Ye Qingruo’s unshaken heart. Jiang Li was right. She had to think of another way.

Jiang Li slightly turned her head aside and looked at Ye Qingruo’s frost-cold face, secretly transmitting a message to Xiao Hu. “Xiao Hu, if we start fighting in a moment, are you confident you can take me away safely?”

This white moonlight was too dangerous. She kept refusing to lower her sword. Even though Jiang Li knew Ye Qingruo most likely would not kill anyone, it was still terrifying, okay?

Across Jiang Li’s two lifetimes, she had lived for twenty years in total, and she had never had someone hold a sword against her like this for so long. It felt as if her soul might leave her body at any moment.

Xiao Hu remained silent and gave Jiang Li no response.

Jiang Li: “…”

What kind of little companion was this? Could she be a little more reliable? At critical moments, she always went silent. Could she have seen that the situation was bad and run away directly?

She was doomed!

Ye Qingruo fixed her gaze on Jiang Li. Seeing that she seemed to be spacing out, Ye Qingruo frowned slightly. “I do not know when Father will come out of seclusion. After the new disciple competition, it will not be suitable for you to return to Qingxi Sect.”

She did not want to watch her father kill the innocent indiscriminately. In her heart, she also did not want Jiang Li to die beneath her father’s sword.

It was because of that dream that had felt like a glimpse of a past life, and also because of the righteous heart she upheld. What she cultivated was a righteous heart and righteous thoughts.

Jiang Li very much wanted to say that Elder Ye had already been crippled by Senior Phoenix, so there was no need to worry. But looking into Ye Qingruo’s incomparably serious eyes, she opened her mouth and dryly answered, “All right.”

Ye Qingruo looked at Jiang Li, her eyes filled with complexity. “If I find out that anything you said is false, you will be like this table.”

The Binghua Sword slashed down, and the wooden table instantly split in half, shattering into wood chips all over the floor.

Jiang Li fearfully patted her chest. Luckily, the thing that had shattered into pieces was the table, not her. That scared her to death.

Seeing Jiang Li’s frightened expression, Ye Qingruo suppressed the urge to kill and coldly threw down one sentence. “After the new disciple competition, request to leave on your own. Do not let me see you again.”

After saying this, she turned and left. If not for that dream that felt incomparably real, and if not for her father’s dishonorable actions, she truly feared that if she stayed any longer, she would kill this demon with one sword strike.

Jiang Li watched her back and could not help saying, “Then how will your love gu be cured? Tonight is the night of the full moon. Finding someone else may really not work.”

Ye Qingruo’s figure paused, and then she quickened her steps and left. The Binghua Sword she had only just put away nearly appeared again.

Since she had been able to restrain herself last time, she would certainly be able to restrain herself this time too. As for the cure Jiang Li had proposed, Ye Qingruo only half believed it, and she would not consider it at all.

Ye Qingruo took a deep breath, thinking of a certain place. It was time to try another method.

The door closed. Seeing that Ye Qingruo had already left, Xiao Hu finally spoke. “I didn’t expect Ye Qingruo to really refuse to dual cultivate with you. Does she not want to cure the gu? Humans are far too complicated. Ah Gu, you’re no good.”

Jiang Li glanced at the table that had been cleaved into splinters and rolled her eyes. “Why didn’t you speak just now?”

Her little companion’s responses worked only sometimes. Did she know how scared Jiang Li had been? In this cultivation world, not having enough strength to protect herself was truly terrifying.

Xiao Hu was silent for an instant, then said awkwardly, “Wasn’t I afraid of disturbing you two?”

To be honest, she had not dared to speak. Although Ye Qingruo’s cultivation was slightly lower than hers, the aura of that Binghua Sword was far too astonishing.

Xiao Hu did not know why, but whenever she faced Ye Qingruo, she inexplicably felt nervous, afraid that the other party would discover her existence.

Jiang Li rubbed her brow. “That love gu… can it really be suppressed? Senior Phoenix said it would get worse every time.”

She could not help feeling a little worried about Ye Qingruo.

But since Ye Qingruo had been able to wake up midway last time, she should be able to do it this time too, right?

Xiao Hu could not give Jiang Li an answer. Whether she could or could not, they would know when they saw Ye Qingruo tomorrow.

Late at night, after Jiang Li had fallen asleep, a figure silently arrived beside the bed.

Xiao Hu, who was hiding inside the sword, grew alert. After clearly seeing who had come, she silently played dead again. Good heavens. Ah Gu was capable after all. Humans truly liked saying one thing and meaning another.

The person who had come was Ye Qingruo. She had originally thought she could restrain herself like last time, but unfortunately, she had underestimated that gu. It truly did flare up worse each time.

So severe that her mind was filled entirely with Jiang Li’s figure, and she could not control herself from seeking her out.

Ye Qingruo tightly pressed her lips together. Her eyes were faintly red, and her body felt as if it had been thrown into a sea of fire, burning terribly.

She looked at the sleeping person on the bed, her fingers clenching tightly. Because she was restraining herself with all her might, her body was faintly trembling.