After transmigrating As The Sickly Junior Sister - Chapter 8

So, as a demon, she had no golden finger at all. She only had one skill: planting gu in people. And to cure it, she had to personally step in.

What kind of skill was that? It was basically a trap, one that specifically trapped herself.

The impact was a little too great. Jiang Li very much wanted to faint on the spot.

“Although your cultivation has been sealed and you temporarily cannot plant gu at will, every full moon night, your instincts will still activate. But there is no need to worry too much. I refined some more medicine to suppress your instincts. As long as you take it in time on the night of the full moon, you will be fine.”

Phoenix patiently explained, then turned to look in Ye Qingruo’s direction and kindly offered guidance. “Your gu is not completely without benefits either. For example, that severely injured human cultivator over there. As long as you dual cultivate with her once, her injuries will heal. What a good thing. You even get a beautiful little wife for free.”

Jiang Li had no will to live. A good thing?

If she ran over and said to Ye Qingruo, “Hey, let’s dual cultivate. This is for your own good,” she would probably not even know how she died afterward.

“Senior, do you know why I joined Qingxi Sect? What does Ye Qingruo have to do with my parents’ disappearance? I don’t remember any of it,” Jiang Li asked, voicing the doubt that had been troubling her all this time. Why had the original owner gone to such lengths to get close to Ye Qingruo?

Phoenix rolled her eyes. “How would I know? You two never told me. Anything else? If not, I’m leaving first.”

If not for that thousand-year-old peach blossom friend of hers worrying about these two juniors—and also happening to still be in seclusion—she would not have bothered with this matter. Her nest still had not been found.

Jiang Li shook her head. Phoenix then flew away, leaving only her and the little fox behind.

Xiao Hu said worriedly, “Ah Gu, I should stay by your side. Senior placed a restriction on this sword. As long as I stay inside it, I won’t be discovered. If someone tries to harm you again, I can come out and block them.”

Jiang Li was surprised. “You know someone wanted to kill me?” She clearly had not mentioned the black-clothed man.

Afraid that Ye Qingruo would wake up and notice her demonic aura, Xiao Hu directly transformed into Jiang Li’s sword and transmitted her voice. “When Senior and I followed your aura and arrived, we saw Ye Qingruo being injured while taking you away. But don’t worry. Although that black-clothed man managed to keep his life, Senior crippled all his cultivation.”

“That’s good.” Jiang Li held the sword in her hand. She had only just felt happy for a moment when she began worrying again.

How was she supposed to cure Ye Qingruo of the gu?

Although she had not done it deliberately, she had still implicated Ye Qingruo. But Senior Phoenix had said there was no other way except for her to personally step in. How worrying.

One person and one sword communicated through their thoughts and returned to the place where Ye Qingruo was meditating and regulating her breathing.

Not long after, Ye Qingruo opened her eyes.

“Junior Sister Jiang Li, let us hire a carriage and return to the sect.” Ye Qingruo’s voice still could not hide her weakness. Although her external injuries were not serious, her internal injuries were severe. After regulating her breathing for a while, her spiritual power had not recovered much. For the time being, it was difficult for her to fly on her sword, let alone bring another person with her.

Jiang Li nodded. “All right.” To be honest, she was rather happy. Not flying on a sword was great. She was afraid of getting dizzy.

Fortunately, nothing else happened along the way, and they returned smoothly to Qingxi Sect.

As soon as they entered the mountain gate, Ye Qingruo left behind one sentence: “I need to enter seclusion to heal. Junior Sister Jiang Li may do as she wishes.” Then she directly flew up the mountain toward the Sect Master’s Hall.

Jiang Li opened her mouth, but not a single word came out.

How was the love gu supposed to be cured? After considering the possibility of offering herself, Jiang Li silently shook her head. Never mind whether Ye Qingruo liked women or not; even if she did, she would not casually dual cultivate with someone.

Seeing that Jiang Li still looked troubled even after returning to her room, Xiao Hu took the initiative to ask, “Ah Gu, are you worrying about Ye Qingruo being affected by the gu?”

Jiang Li nodded heavily. She was extremely worried.

At the end of the day, this was her responsibility. She really was worried about the next full moon night.

Xiao Hu did not think much of it. “What is there to worry about? Just directly invite her to dual cultivate. It can heal her injuries and improve her cultivation. As long as she isn’t stupid, she won’t refuse you.”

Jiang Li rolled her eyes. “It’s not as simple as you think.”

She did not think Ye Qingruo was the kind of person who would act recklessly just to improve her cultivation.

Xiao Hu did not understand. “Is it very complicated? After our nine-tailed fox clan reaches adulthood, we look for Dao companions to dual cultivate with. I know human cultivators are not as informal as us demons, but you are taking the initiative to offer yourself. She is the one benefiting. Could she actually be unwilling?”

At this point, Jiang Li remembered the new disciple manual she had read. It had also introduced some of the demon races, including the nine-tailed fox clan. Curious, she asked, “Xiao Hu, does your nine-tailed fox clan really change Dao companions every day to dual cultivate?”

That was not being informal. That was simply being far too open-minded!

Xiao Hu immediately denied it. “Rumor. That is absolutely a rumor. Our nine-tailed fox clan does not change Dao companions every day. If we meet someone who suits our heart, some of our clansmen will only have one Dao companion their whole life. It’s just that we don’t wrong ourselves. If we don’t get along well with a Dao companion, we change to another one. In your situation, if it were me, I would directly try things with Ye Qingruo. If it doesn’t work out, once the gu is cured, you can just part ways.”

Jiang Li was speechless for a moment. “Even trying it requires mutual consent.”

Seeing that Jiang Li did not adopt her suggestion, Xiao Hu came up with another idea. “There is another way. My cultivation is higher than Ye Qingruo’s. Once the full moon night comes, I can knock her unconscious. Then you can do it with her a few times and cure the gu while she is unaware. How about that?”

Jiang Li: “…”

She really had to thank her. It seemed necessary to teach her little companion what mutual consent meant.

Jiang Li took a deep breath and slowly said, “Not good. Xiao Hu, do you know what it means to respect the other person’s wishes? Especially when it comes to something like dual cultivation…”

After a long lecture, Xiao Hu was completely dumbfounded. “Humans are too complicated. Then what do you say we should do?”

Human knowledge really was not simple. Nothing worked. She did not want to think about it anymore.

Jiang Li was melancholy. If she knew what to do, she would not be so worried.

The next day, at the training grounds.

Elder Ye announced three matters. First, Young Sect Master Ye Qingruo had entered seclusion again. Second, he himself would also enter seclusion for a period of time. Third, all sect affairs would be temporarily handled by the sect master’s chief eldest disciple, Xinyi.

After saying this, Elder Ye returned to the Elder Hall and entered seclusion.

Xinyi walked up onto the high platform in high spirits and said in a clear voice, “Fellow disciples, the Lower Three Sects’ new disciple competition is coming soon. As long as you win, you will be able to enter the Upper Three Sects to cultivate. I hope everyone will give it their all and bring glory to the sect…”

The Upper Three Sects had a transcendent status and were great sects in the cultivation world. Qingxi Sect, Jiaoyue Sect, and Shenzhu Sect were collectively known as the Lower Three Sects, and all of them were small sects.

The new disciple competition between the small sects could also be considered a grand event. Every time, the Upper Three Sects would send people to observe. For the sect that won the competition, the victorious new disciples would receive the opportunity to study in the Upper Three Sects for half a year. This could be considered the reward.

After all, the places where the Upper Three Sects were located not only had abundant spiritual energy, but also many cultivation techniques and opportunities. Such a chance was extremely rare and valuable for disciples of small sects.

Of course, there was no need to worry that new disciples would switch allegiance to a major sect, because this was not allowed in the cultivation world and was also looked down upon.

Even if you wanted to join a great sect, the great sect would not accept you in order to preserve its own reputation.

After Xinyi gave his instructions, the disciples began cultivating even harder. Some people’s gazes swept over Jiang Li intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that she still had no cultivation and was no different from before she descended the mountain, they coldly withdrew their eyes again.

It seemed this beautiful good-for-nothing had gone out training with the young sect master and still had not improved at all. In the new disciple competition, she was not a threat.

Jiang Li sat bored in a corner of the training grounds, pretending to meditate with her eyes closed. After Xinyi, the chief eldest disciple at late Foundation Establishment, left, the highest cultivation levels present belonged only to a few late Qi Refining disciples. Xiao Hu then boldly transmitted her voice.

“Ah Gu, something big happened.”

Jiang Li did not show anything on her face and asked with her eyes closed, “What happened?”

“That Elder Ye is the black-clothed man who chased and tried to kill you. I remember his face.” Xiao Hu remembered that when Senior Phoenix struck, she had knocked off the black-clothed man’s mask that blocked divine sense and saw his appearance.

Jiang Li’s heart jolted. The black-clothed man was Elder Ye. She could not help thinking of the scene when Ye Qingruo had chosen a disciple to descend the mountain with her. Elder Ye had casually appointed her, and Ye Qingruo had just happened to draw her name by lot.

As expected, it was not heaven’s will. There was something shady going on!

Then what about Ye Qingruo?

Was she involved, or…

After thinking about it, Jiang Li first ruled out the possibility that Ye Qingruo was involved. Otherwise, the white moonlight would not have come back and risked her life to save her.

Then did Ye Qingruo know that the black-clothed man was her own father?