After Transmigrating Into a Pirated Novel to Teach Them a Lesson - Chapter 10

At night, a cool breeze blew gently, and rain passed through the forest, striking the leaves.

Fu Chenxue drew a barrier in front of the cave residence to make sure the rain would not fall inside.

Liu Changning was covered with a fluffy blanket, curled up in Fu Chenxue’s arms. She complained, “It’s so noisy outside.”

Ever since Liu Changning began cultivating seriously, her hearing had become shockingly sharp. Sometimes, she could hear movements that Fu Chenxue could not hear at all.

“It’s just the sound of rain. How about I cast a silencing spell for you so you can sleep properly?” Fu Chenxue coaxed her.

The silencing spell was a spiritual technique Fu Chenxue had figured out herself based on the core-method manuals. In common terms, it was a one-click mute button.

But the moment Liu Changning heard that Fu Chenxue wanted to cast a silencing spell on her, she quickly said, “No, no. Once you cast that, I won’t be able to hear anything.”

Fu Chenxue smiled. “Not being able to hear anything is better for sleeping.”

Liu Changning said unhappily, “But then I won’t be able to hear you speak either. I don’t want that.”

Fu Chenxue could only give up. She covered Liu Changning’s ears and said warmly, “Sleep. The rain outside will probably stop after a while.”

The slap in the face came very quickly. This rain lasted for three whole days.

Fu Chenxue looked outside with a dark expression, thinking that people really should not casually raise flags.

Recently, aside from soaking in the spiritual spring to heal her injuries, Liu Changning had also become very interested in the things inside Fu Chenxue’s Qiankun pouch. Every day, she would take them out, touch them, and shake them.

Every single time, Fu Chenxue was scared half to death, afraid that she would touch some kind of poison. Once, while Fu Chenxue was meditating, Liu Changning was holding the Corpse-Severing Venom and Corpse-Dissolving Dew, carefully studying them. When Fu Chenxue opened her eyes and saw it, she quickly snatched them back. “Didn’t I tell you not to touch these? What if you get hurt?”

Even after the medicine bottles were taken away, Liu Changning was not angry. Instead, she pounced over and acted spoiled. “Why do they sound different?”

Fu Chenxue was puzzled. “What sounds different?”

Liu Changning said seriously, “When I shook them just now, the sounds of these two poisons were different.”

Fu Chenxue froze. “What did you say?”

Liu Changning said, “For example, the one in your left hand right now is Corpse-Severing Venom, and the one in your right hand is Corpse-Dissolving Dew.”

Fu Chenxue lowered her head and saw the words printed on the bottles. That was indeed the case.

Liu Changning did not look like she was teasing her either. After thinking for a moment, Fu Chenxue switched the positions of the two bottles in her hands. “Which bottle is the Corpse-Severing Venom?”

Liu Changning touched her right hand. “This one.”

Fu Chenxue mixed them up again. “Which bottle is the Corpse-Severing Venom?”

Liu Changning said, “It’s still in your right hand.”

They tested it many times back and forth, and Liu Changning answered correctly every time.

Fu Chenxue was extremely surprised. At the same time, she confirmed that Liu Changning had an extraordinarily high sensitivity to sound. It was as if Fu Chenxue could see things, while Liu Changning, even unable to see, could distinguish things through sound. What kind of magical ability was this?

Sure enough, transmigrating into a book could bring surprises different from the original story.

Fu Chenxue hurriedly asked, “What’s different about them? Why can’t I hear it?”

Liu Changning lay in her arms. “The sound of Corpse-Severing Venom is very similar to the rain from a few days ago.”

The rain from a few days ago?

Fu Chenxue felt that this description was too abstract.

She shook the two medicine bottles and felt that their sounds were no different at all.

Liu Changning picked up the Corpse-Dissolving Dew again. “I’ve remembered this sound too.”

The two spent the whole afternoon playing with all kinds of bottles. Liu Changning was always able to answer correctly. After she answered, Fu Chenxue would explain what the medicines did. Some treated external injuries, some stopped bleeding, and some improved cultivation. As for the poisons, Fu Chenxue had not wanted to explain them at first. However, Liu Changning was unexpectedly interested in those and pestered her to explain them several times.

In the end, the two fell asleep among a pile of strange medicine bottles.

Liu Changning hugged Fu Chenxue’s arm in satisfaction, smelling the faint scent of first snow on her body.

How nice it would be… if they could stay in this cave forever.

She somewhat did not want to return to the Yubing Sect anymore.

The person before her treated her so well and was so gentle, making her experience a subtle emotion she had never felt before.

Liu Changning did not know what this feeling was, but it affected her day after day, making her rely on the other person more and more. Every night, when she heard that person’s light breathing, she would secretly touch her cheek.

What does she look like? This question lingered in Liu Changning’s mind for a long time, but she could not get an answer.

She could only feel that the person’s wrist was very thin and smooth, like a piece of cool jade. Her lashes were very long and always brushed against Liu Changning’s hand until it itched. And her lips were thin. They must be very beautiful…

Liu Changning was trapped in these questions every day, feeling extremely conflicted.

When her eyes recovered, she definitely had to see this person clearly.

No… she had to be the first person she saw clearly.

Liu Changning’s thoughts wandered wildly. Meanwhile, Fu Chenxue, who was asleep, turned over in a daze. Something seemed to roll out of her sleeve and fall to the ground.

The moment Liu Changning heard the sound, she sat up. She shook her head, then reached toward the source of the sound.

It was somewhat cold when she touched it.

Liu Changning found it strange. She picked the object up and carefully felt it in her hands.

It felt… like something such as a flute or xiao. After a while, she determined that it was a jade xiao, because it was much longer than an ordinary flute and had eight holes.

How strange. Where had this jade xiao come from? Why had she never discovered it before?

Thinking this, Liu Changning placed the jade xiao back into Fu Chenxue’s sleeve and lay down again.

Forget it. It was probably something she carried with her. It was better to put it back properly.

Liu Changning turned over and hugged Fu Chenxue, continuing to sleep peacefully. But for some reason, the cold feeling on her fingertips refused to fade.

…Wait. Does this person have the habit of playing the xiao?

A strange thought rose in Liu Changning’s mind again. The two of them had stayed in this cave for a year and a half, but Liu Changning had never once heard her take out a jade xiao, let alone play it. Moreover, she was a medical cultivator. It was unlikely for her to have such an elegant item on her.

The sleeping Fu Chenxue turned over and mumbled in her dream, “Pirated novels can go die…”

Liu Changning: “?”

What was she saying?

Liu Changning felt restless. She put the jade xiao down, and a strange thought suddenly rose in her heart.

A medical cultivator. A jade xiao…

Liu Changning quietly took out the jade xiao again and carefully judged it by touch.

Fu Chenxue was tired today and slept very deeply, not noticing anything unusual. Liu Changning used a thread of spiritual energy to probe the jade xiao.

Spiritual energy flowed out steadily. The moment it touched the jade xiao, the xiao also responded with fine strands of spiritual energy.

This seemed… to be a magical artifact, not an ordinary xiao.

Liu Changning frowned. Her mind was extremely chaotic, and all sorts of messy thoughts slowly surged in.

A magical artifact? Although wandering cultivators could also have their own life-bound magical artifacts, the other person was a medical cultivator. No matter what, a medical cultivator’s life-bound magical artifact should not overlap with that of a music cultivator. One entered the Dao through medicine, while the other entered the Dao through music. They were two completely unrelated paths…

In all her life, Liu Changning only knew of one medical cultivator who had entered the Dao through music.

That person was her master, Fu Chenxue.

Liu Changning was startled by her own thought.

Fu Chenxue? Her master, whom she had never truly met?

Liu Changning’s heart grew uneasy, but she could not help genuinely suspecting it.

Could the person before her… be her master?

If it really was her, why would she pretend not to know Liu Changning? And why did she not take Liu Changning back to the Yubing Sect? Why had she instead spent so long with her in this cave…

Liu Changning began carefully pondering the things the other person had said before. She had said she was an unaffiliated wandering cultivator, but her medical skills were higher than Liu Changning had imagined. There were many high-grade spiritual pills in her Qiankun pouch. Thinking about it carefully, how could such things be so easy to obtain? She had even generously given them to Liu Changning…

Most importantly, Liu Changning had once asked for her name. She had said only that she was an unaffiliated wandering cultivator, that she did not want to reveal her name, that she only wanted to teach Liu Changning the core cultivation method, and that Liu Changning’s master would not mind.

Right. Liu Changning seemed to have never seen this person’s life-bound magical artifact before.

Liu Changning tightened her grip on the jade xiao. The thought in her heart was extremely bold.

Could it be? Could it be that this person was her…