After transmigrating As The Sickly Junior Sister - Chapter 16

Unexpectedly, another cluster of light specks flew before her eyes:

Young Sect Master, I’m bringing Jiang Li back right away. Meet us at the foot of Qingxi Mountain in thirty minutes. Hurry and save her!

Ye Qingruo pressed her lips together and slowly closed her eyes.

Not long after, she suddenly frowned, rose, and went out.

At the foot of the mountain, Xiao Hu had just arrived. She had taken human form and was supporting Jiang Li as she looked up toward the mountain. Would Ye Qingruo come?

She probably would, right? No matter what, she was Jiang Li’s little wife. She was also affected by the love gu, so she could not just stand by and watch Jiang Li die, right?

Just then, a white figure rode a sword beneath the moonlight and arrived.

Ye Qingruo was dressed in a pale blue Daoist robe embroidered with cloud patterns. Her skin was white as jade, her brows and eyes calm. Her entire aura was like the moonlight beneath this autumn night—clear, bright, and coldly lonely.

“What happened to her?” Ye Qingruo glanced at the unfamiliar red-clothed girl, then was startled to realize that the other party’s cultivation was above hers. She silently tightened her grip on the Binghua Sword.

As soon as Xiao Hu heard her, she hurriedly said, “Young Sect Master, you finally came. She’s been poisoned. Hurry and see how to cure it.”

Noticing Ye Qingruo’s guarded movement, Xiao Hu curled her lips and helped Jiang Li sit down beside a tree. Then she stepped back a few paces and stood farther away.

Her meaning was: I’m not here to fight, and I have no malicious intent. Jiang Li is waiting for you to save her.

Seeing this, Ye Qingruo looked at the unconscious person, a trace of doubt flashing through her eyes.

Then she took out an antidote pill and fed it to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li woke up very quickly. When she clearly saw the person before her, she was surprised. “Young Sect Master?”

What was going on? Was she dreaming?

Why had she dreamed of Ye Qingruo again?

Xiao Hu spoke at the right time. “Ah Gu, you’re awake! It’s all thanks to the young sect master saving you. I was scared to death.”

She really was smart. She had known that looking for Ye Qingruo would be reliable.

Before Jiang Li could ask clearly what had happened, Ye Qingruo said lightly, “You are not disciples of Qingxi Sect. There is no need to call me Young Sect Master.”

Xiao Hu immediately changed the way she addressed her. “Oh. Then, Jiang Li’s little wife, thanks to you. Thank you.”

Jiang Li: “!!”

She told you not to call her Young Sect Master. She did not tell you to start calling her nonsense!

Jiang Li instinctively explained, “Young Sect Master… Ye Qingruo, Xiao Hu is talking nonsense. Don’t misunderstand.”

“I’m not talking nonsense. Senior Phoenix called her that.” Xiao Hu respected Senior Phoenix very much and always followed her example. After hearing it once, she had learned it.

Jiang Li glared. “Senior was also talking nonsense.” Hurry up and shut your mouth. If you keep spouting nonsense, Ye Qingruo will definitely cut you down.

Xiao Hu shrugged and pretended to cover her mouth, no longer making a sound.

Ye Qingruo swept a glance over Xiao Hu, then looked toward Jiang Li, her tone strange. “You were only poisoned by an ordinary poison. Why did you specifically come to find me?”

It was as if she had not heard the phrase “Jiang Li’s little wife,” or perhaps she simply had not taken it to heart and did not care.

Jiang Li: “…”

She wanted to know the answer to that question too.

So she looked toward Xiao Hu, who was covering her mouth beside them, inquiry showing in her eyes.

Ye Qingruo also followed her gaze, and both of their eyes landed in the same place.

Xiao Hu blinked and moved her hand away from her mouth. “Why are you both looking at me like that? Weren’t you the one who said to find someone familiar? Other than Ye Qingruo, do you have any other familiar people?”

If they would not let her call Ye Qingruo Jiang Li’s little wife, then fine. But why were they looking at her as if interrogating her? She had clearly made a great contribution. If she had not gone to find Ye Qingruo, would Jiang Li have woken up?

None of them knew how to be grateful.

Jiang Li’s breath stalled slightly. She very much wanted to pry open her little companion’s head and see whether it was filled with paste. “Senior Brother Ji Da. And Master counts as someone familiar too.”

Ye Qingruo added calmly, “Since you are both demons, you could also have gone to the demon realm for help. This poison is nothing much. An ordinary antidote pill would do.”

Xiao Hu froze, then awkwardly turned her head away. “I forgot. I was only thinking about who counted as someone familiar.” At the end, she quietly added, “Besides, not everyone in the demon race knows how to detoxify poison. I don’t.”

She did not have an antidote pill.

After figuring out what had happened, Jiang Li wanted to cover her face. She could not bear to look. What kind of teammate was this? Every part of her exuded a kind of foolishness that was hard to watch.

Ye Qingruo lowered her brows and took out a bottle of pills from her storage pouch. Her movements paused, then she silently put it back.

Yao Sect’s pill hall had all kinds of medicine. Sect disciples should not need to spend many spirit stones to buy them.

She had no relation to Jiang Li. Giving her medicine was best forgotten.

A trace of discomfort passed through Ye Qingruo’s heart. Seeing Jiang Li and Xiao Hu staring at each other, she put away the Binghua Sword. “If Junior Sister Jiang Li is fine, I will take my leave.”

Seeing that she was about to go, Jiang Li quickly thanked her solemnly.

“Young—Ye Qingruo, if it reaches the night of the full moon and you cannot suppress the love gu, you can come find me at any time. I don’t mean it like that… Sigh, I mean anything is fine.”

The white figure did not pause at all and directly flew away on her sword. It was unknown whether she had heard Jiang Li’s later words.

“Look at you, gazing after her like that. She has the cold pond. She doesn’t need you,” Xiao Hu said, shaking her head and unable to resist making a remark.

Jiang Li turned back, her attitude sincere. “Thank you for this time too. Let’s return to Yao Sect.”

Xiao Hu proudly raised her head. “That’s more like it. Although Ji Da and your master count as familiar people, I can’t appear in front of them. What if I sent them a message and they didn’t come? Looking for Ye Qingruo was still the most reliable.”

Ye Qingruo knew they were demons, and they were also very familiar.

Jiang Li smiled. “It was all thanks to you this time. I have no way to repay such great kindness. If you ever need me in the future, just say so.”

Xiao Hu rolled her eyes in disdain. “Forget it. Weren’t you quite capable just now? Having a wife backing you up really is different. Two big villains bullying me together.”

“We bullied you together? Did we?”

Xiao Hu nodded heavily. Yes. When the two of them had stared at her together, it looked as if she had done something wrong.

If it had only been Jiang Li, Xiao Hu would have slapped her straight away. Unfortunately, there had also been Ye Qingruo. Her useless courage always weakened whenever she saw Ye Qingruo.

Just thinking about it made her angry—angry at herself for being so disappointing.

After returning to Yao Sect, Jiang Li knew she had no talent for refining medicine or poison, so early the next morning, she went to find her cheap master.

After listening to her, Elder Ji Lei furrowed his brows. “Are the steps correct? Did you inject too much spiritual power while refining medicine? Show me once.”

After personally watching Jiang Li’s furnace explode at the moment the pill should have formed, Elder Ji Lei was speechless for a long while.

There was no problem with anything she did. It was just that the pill would not form. This was not a matter of talent at all. Was she naturally incompatible with pill furnaces?

How could this be? His heaven-sent good disciple.

After a long silence, Elder Ji Lei sighed. “Your master only knows how to refine pills. I cannot teach you much else. Go to the library pavilion and see if there are any cultivation techniques that interest you. Practice those first. I will think about what is going on.”

So Jiang Li went to the library pavilion again. After searching and searching, she found that most of the books were secret manuals on alchemy and poison refining. Occasionally, there were a few books related to cultivation, or else some sword techniques and saber techniques.

She searched until the setting sun hung low, but still did not find anything suitable for herself.

“Is this fellow disciple Elder Ji Lei’s personal disciple, Jiang Li?”

Jiang Li turned around. It was the thin, gaunt-looking demon cultivator who guarded the library pavilion.

“That is me. Greetings, Senior Brother.” The other party was older and had a higher cultivation level than her, so calling him Senior Brother was appropriate.

Seeing Jiang Li acknowledge it, the demon cultivator introduced himself. “Junior Sister Jiang Li may simply call me Niu Buyi. I wonder what cultivation technique you are looking for. I have guarded the library for over a hundred years. Perhaps I can help.”

Xiao Hu transmitted her voice. “He is an ox demon, with dual spiritual roots and late Foundation Establishment cultivation. Demon cultivators who can enter Yao Sect are all good-natured. You can ask him.”

Jiang Li cupped her hands and said, “Then I will trouble Senior Brother Niu. I want to find cultivation techniques aside from refining pills and poison. I wonder if there are any.”

Niu Buyi thought for a moment, then pointed toward an inconspicuous small room. “Inside there are some cultivation techniques that have been lost for a long time. They have nothing to do with refining pills or poison. It’s just that none of them are complete. If Junior Sister Jiang Li is interested, you may go inside and look.”

After thanking him, Jiang Li walked in. Inside, there was only one display shelf. Every cultivation manual on it was incomplete. Some had only a few pages left, and some had blurred writing.

Just then, a book with only half its volume left turned over by itself, revealing its cover.

Jiang Li rubbed her eyes in disbelief and secretly transmitted, “Xiao Hu, did you see that? That book moved on its own.”

Xiao Hu, hidden inside the sword, replied, “I saw it too. Be careful.”

“All right.” Jiang Li answered in her heart and gripped the sword, using it to poke the book.

Xiao Hu silently rolled her eyes. You’re being careful, all right. You’re using me to poke it…