After Transmigrating Into a Pirated Novel to Teach Them a Lesson - Chapter 25

The civet-cat spirit immediately put on a bitter expression and defended itself. “I didn’t lie. I really didn’t treat her as a cauldron.”

Liu Changning shook her head, indicating that was not what she meant. “Judging from your voice, you should be female, right?”

The civet-cat spirit quickly nodded, then realized Liu Changning could not see, so it gave a weak little meow.

“Then you and her… how did you dual cultivate?” When Liu Changning asked this, a faint red spread across her earlobes.

The civet-cat spirit blinked its green eyes, then turned to look at the cave Fu Chenxue had entered. Suddenly, it understood!

It had not expected the cultivation world to be playing this boldly now. Even master and disciple could get together. It quickly said, “Naturally, by loosening robes and belts, then throwing oneself into her arms.”

Previously, Liu Changning had only seen the scene of a “cauldron” in the Demon Realm’s water prison. She had seen Yu Tianji drain a male cultivator’s spiritual energy, so she had always thought that was dual cultivation. But after hearing the civet-cat spirit’s words today, she felt that she might have misunderstood.

So dual cultivation was something both parties willingly agreed to.

Although Liu Changning had witnessed many strange things, she had never truly touched upon these matters. She asked urgently again, “Then how exactly is it done?”

The civet-cat spirit gave an “mm” and licked its paw. Only now did it realize that this little disciple in front of it seemed rather direct.

Could this be the legendary “innocence”?

The civet-cat spirit narrowed its green eyes. “That’s simple. Just praise her.”

“Praise her?” Liu Changning could not help frowning slightly.

Once the civet-cat spirit started talking about this, it got carried away. “Praise her for being beautiful. Praise her skin for being fair and tender, as if you could pinch water out of it with one touch.”

Fair and tender skin…

When Liu Changning heard this, Fu Chenxue involuntarily appeared in her mind. She remembered how, back then, she had been too afraid in the spiritual spring and accidentally bitten Master’s neck, causing a bite mark to remain there all this time…

Master always said Liu Changning was delicate and would leave red marks with just a touch. But thinking about it now, Master’s skin was actually very smooth and tender too, wasn’t it?

Liu Changning asked again, “What else?”

The civet-cat spirit’s soft, fluffy tail swayed back and forth. It had not expected Liu Changning to actually take it seriously and even ask what else there was so earnestly. So the civet-cat spirit meowed and probed, “Do you want to dual cultivate with your master?”

The air instantly froze.

The civet-cat spirit realized it had said the wrong thing and quickly withdrew its snow-white paw, muttering, “I was just saying it casually…”

However, Liu Changning did not hear what the civet-cat spirit said next. She froze, that sentence echoing in her mind for a long time.

She wanted to dual cultivate with Master…

She clenched her fingers in panic, forcing herself to calm down.

Dual cultivation? Master treated her very well. Liu Changning did indeed like her, even liked her so much that she did not want to share her with anyone. Whenever someone else approached Master, she could not suppress the urge to monopolize Master entirely.

Back at Ye Luofeng’s medicine temple, she had wanted more than once to take Master away. As long as Ye Luofeng and Master showed even the tiniest bit of closeness, Liu Changning felt uncomfortable all over.

But dual cultivation…

Liu Changning’s cheeks flushed, and her lips pressed tightly together. She also remembered the day she advanced to Foundation Establishment, when Master had touched her forehead with her lips while Liu Changning was dazed.

Liu Changning’s heart beat extremely fast. Seeing her like this, the civet-cat spirit already understood everything and spoke without restraint. “Then what kind of tricks do you like to play?”

Liu Changning raised her head. “Tricks?”

The civet-cat spirit said excitedly, “Don’t you cultivators all have Immortal-Binding Ropes? Don’t you want to tie your master up and put her on the bed?”

Liu Changning: “…”

The civet-cat spirit licked its lips again. “Or tear your master’s clothes—”

Before the civet-cat spirit could finish speaking, it suddenly felt the golden thread on its body tighten. Looking up, it found that Liu Changning was forming a hand seal, the cold aura around her enough to freeze someone to death. It immediately realized it had angered this person and quickly struggled. “I was joking! I was joking! Hurry and loosen it! My bones are about to be snapped!”

Liu Changning did not show mercy. She said coldly, “I’m not that kind of person.”

The civet-cat spirit was in so much pain that it bared its teeth. In its heart, it had already thrown the idea that Liu Changning was “innocent” beyond the highest heavens. It cursed inwardly, what do you mean, not that kind of person? There isn’t a single honest word in your mouth. Once you really dual cultivate, who knows whether you’ll tie your master up or not…

Naturally, Fu Chenxue inside the cave did not know what had happened outside. She went around the cave but did not discover any trace of Xue Linglong at all. She wondered if this civet-cat spirit had lied to her. Had Xue Linglong already been hidden away by it?

Fu Chenxue continued walking forward. Suddenly, her foot kicked something soft. She lowered her head and saw that it was actually a snow-white arm.

Fu Chenxue: “!!!”

Too frightening. What the hell was this?!

Fu Chenxue stepped back. Unexpectedly, at that moment, a weak female voice sounded. “Save… save me…”

Fu Chenxue froze, thinking this could not be Xue Linglong, right? She quickly took out a night pearl from her Qiankun pouch to illuminate the area.

She saw a messy pile of straw, and there was a person lying on top of it. That person’s long hair was scattered, and her neck was covered in kiss marks. It looked as though… she had just gone through something indescribable!

[System: Main character has appeared. Seeking Autumn Peak Master, Xue Linglong.]

When Fu Chenxue heard the system’s prompt, she quickly bent down, shook Xue Linglong’s shoulder, and asked anxiously, “Are you all right?!”

After being shaken back and forth, a trace of clarity finally appeared in Xue Linglong’s eyes. When she saw Fu Chenxue, she first froze slightly, then said weakly, “Chen… Chenxue, why are you here?”

Seeing that she could still recognize people, Fu Chenxue knew her brain had not been damaged. She immediately took her pulse on the spot. “I came under the sect master’s orders to search for you in Dingbai Mountain.”

Hearing Fu Chenxue’s voice, Xue Linglong finally felt as though her heart had found support. She cried pitifully, “Chenxue, I was deceived… She… wasn’t she a girl? Why was she a civet-cat spirit?!”

Fu Chenxue: “?”

At this moment, Xue Linglong’s clothes were disheveled, so Fu Chenxue draped her own magical robe over her and said warmly, “Don’t say so much for now. I just checked your pulse and found that your spiritual energy is very weak. Were you…” Fu Chenxue asked very tactfully, “Were you drained of spiritual energy by that civet-cat spirit?”

Xue Linglong froze. “Spiritual energy?”

Fu Chenxue also knew that it was very embarrassing for the dignified Seeking Autumn Peak Master to have been treated as a cauldron by a civet-cat spirit. She nodded after carefully choosing her words.

Seeing this, Xue Linglong immediately became furious. “Yes! It was her! It was that thing that treated me as a cauldron!”

The moment Fu Chenxue saw that this had really happened, she immediately said, “All right. Then I’ll go kill it right now.”

Xue Linglong: “???”

But Fu Chenxue had already helped her up and led her out of the cave residence. As soon as the two came out, Liu Changning immediately sensed it. She loosened the golden thread that had been tormenting the civet-cat spirit, stood up, and said to Fu Chenxue, “Master, you’re back.”

“Changning, help Elder Xue.” Fu Chenxue sent Xue Linglong to Liu Changning’s side, then turned to face the civet-cat spirit.

When the civet-cat spirit saw a clear mass of spiritual energy rise in Fu Chenxue’s palm, it knew its little life was in danger and immediately complained bitterly in its heart.

It had just been tormented by the disciple, and now it was being threatened by the master. What sin had it committed?!

The civet-cat spirit rolled all over the ground. “Heaven and earth can bear witness! I really didn’t drain her spiritual energy! We were dual cultivating!”

Fu Chenxue did not listen to its excuses. “But her spiritual energy is so weak. Wasn’t it drained by you?”

The civet-cat spirit went mad. “When I first met her, she couldn’t even beat a Foundation Establishment disciple! She was clearly the one using me for cultivation, all right!”

When Xue Linglong heard this, her face flushed red. She turned her head and gritted her teeth. “How was I supposed to know you weren’t originally a girl, but a civet-cat spirit?! You liar!”

The civet-cat spirit immediately put on a bitter expression and licked its paw in grievance. “I am a girl… It’s just… it’s just that I can’t always maintain human form…”

“Then why didn’t you tell me beforehand?” Xue Linglong looked as if her feelings had been deceived.

The civet-cat spirit felt guilty. “…”

Fu Chenxue was confused by this whole situation. At that moment, Liu Changning accurately ran to her side and advised, “Master, Elder Xue’s body is weak. We should return to the Yubing Sect first.”

Xue Linglong also did not want to stay here anymore. She tightened the magical robe around herself. “Chenxue, hurry, hurry. I don’t want to stay here anymore.”

But when she walked past Liu Changning, Liu Changning suddenly smelled an extremely familiar, cool scent. It seemed to be Master’s scent.

Liu Changning froze slightly, then immediately reached out to touch Fu Chenxue’s waist. Fu Chenxue was almost startled by that cold hand poking her. “Changning, what are you doing?”

“Master, where is your magical robe?” Liu Changning seemed to have discovered something terrible, and her tone was very unhappy.

Fu Chenxue rubbed her waist. “Master gave the magical robe to Elder Xue.”

Gave it to Elder Xue?

Liu Changning froze. Wasn’t Master’s magical robe something only she had worn before? Why? Why had Master let someone else wear it?

Because Xue Linglong was angrily walking ahead, Fu Chenxue was afraid she would encounter danger again, which would make it impossible to complete both the sect master’s mission and the system’s mission. She could only take Liu Changning’s hand and quickly catch up.

Before leaving, she loosened Twilight Sky Cold from around the civet-cat spirit. The civet-cat spirit’s green eyes looked in Xue Linglong’s direction, and in the end, it could only return home dejectedly.

Liu Changning was unhappy, very unhappy. Her face was extremely dark, but Fu Chenxue did not notice. She caught up to Xue Linglong and said, “You’ve lost all your spiritual energy. It will be difficult for you to return to the Yubing Sect with us by flying sword. Let’s take a carriage instead.”

Once Xue Linglong left the cave residence, she became much more normal. Only then did she notice Liu Changning beside Fu Chenxue and gave a surprised sound. “What happened to your disciple’s eyes?”

Liu Changning subconsciously touched the white silk over her eyes. Then she heard Fu Chenxue say, “It’s a long story. Her eyes were injured, so for now, they can only be covered to suppress the poison.”

“What poison?” Xue Linglong gathered the magical robe around herself.

Fu Chenxue looked at this “enemy” who would expose her demonic cultivation in the future. After thinking about it, she still chose to tell the truth. “Red-Twist Gu. A type of gu poison from the Demon Realm.”

The moment Xue Linglong heard this, she immediately said, “Red-Twist Gu? Isn’t that something only the Soul Infant Seven-Leaf Flower can cure?”

Fu Chenxue found it a little strange. Wait, how did this peak master also know that the Soul Infant Seven-Leaf Flower could cure Red-Twist Gu? Was she the only one in the entire world who did not know and had to be told by the system?

“But the Soul Infant Seven-Leaf Flower is not easy to find.” Xue Linglong spoke mysteriously. “The Shaoqing Island secret realm only opens three years from now, and the Soul Infant Seven-Leaf Flower is in an extremely cold place…”

Suddenly, Xue Linglong’s voice stopped abruptly. She turned to look at Fu Chenxue and saw Fu Chenxue looking at her with a rather puzzled expression. She smiled awkwardly and changed the subject. “Um, where do we find a carriage?”

Before coming, Hua Fengming had specially prepared spirit stones for Fu Chenxue, so finding a carriage did not take much effort. Fu Chenxue chose a relatively suitable one. Inside was a row of soft down pillows. Xue Linglong picked a spot and sat down comfortably, saying to Fu Chenxue, “Chenxue, come up.”

Liu Changning silently clenched her fists.

Fu Chenxue said helplessly, “You sit first. I’ll carry Changning up.” She turned and opened her arms toward Liu Changning. “Come, Master will carry you.”

Liu Changning felt that Xue Linglong had taken up at least half the space. She sulked and said, “I’m not sitting.”

Fu Chenxue asked, “What’s wrong?”

Liu Changning said gloomily, “I want to sit outside.”

Fu Chenxue said, “Outside is the driver’s seat. You can’t see. What if you sit outside and get hurt?”

Liu Changning pursed her lips, held Fu Chenxue’s hand, and dawdled. “But… but my waist hurts. I can only lie on my stomach.”

“Your waist hurts?” Fu Chenxue did not understand when Liu Changning had injured her waist too. “What happened to your waist?”

Liu Changning said in grievance, “When I was waiting for Master outside the cave, the civet-cat spirit accidentally scratched me a few times. It hurts so much, Master.”

When Fu Chenxue heard this, she immediately lifted the carriage curtain. She saw Xue Linglong sprawled inside and said warmly, “Go outside for a moment.”

Xue Linglong sat upright. “What’s wrong?”

“My disciple is injured. I need to examine her.”

Xue Linglong gave an “oh.” “Then just examine her inside. We’re all women. What’s there to be afraid of?”

Fu Chenxue thought about it seriously, then answered, “No.”

“Why?” Xue Linglong was rather puzzled.

Fu Chenxue said, “It just won’t do. There’s a waterskin outside. Go drink some water first.”

Xue Linglong could only unwillingly drape the magical robe over herself and leave.

Fu Chenxue breathed a sigh of relief. She knew Liu Changning was sensitive, especially when it came to being examined. Fu Chenxue still remembered that when she had first met Liu Changning, she had tried to examine Liu Changning’s injuries, and the two of them had struggled for a long time. Liu Changning had even fallen from the stone bed to the ground, yet she still had not been willing to let Fu Chenxue touch her.

Liu Changning had not seen Xue Linglong for more than two years, so she was almost no different from a stranger. Since she was a stranger, Fu Chenxue felt it was necessary to protect her disciple’s sensitive personality.

Sure enough, when Fu Chenxue reached toward Liu Changning this time, Liu Changning was willing. She handed her hand over as well. Beside them, Xue Linglong saw the carriage curtain being lowered and muttered something quietly, then began drinking water gloomily.

Fu Chenxue lifted Liu Changning onto herself and seriously asked for her permission. “Master is going to untie your clothes?”

Liu Changning blushed and murmured, “Mm.”

Fu Chenxue thought, why is this child blushing? She pushed Liu Changning’s robe up and indeed saw several scratch marks on the side of her snow-white waist. Faint threads of fresh red blood were even seeping out. Fu Chenxue could not help saying, “Why didn’t you call Master out?”

Liu Changning lied without changing her expression. “Master had gone to find Elder Xue. I didn’t want to call Master out at that time.”

These scratch marks were only from when she had been messing around with the civet-cat spirit, and the civet-cat spirit had accidentally scratched her. Liu Changning thought that she could use them to make Master feel distressed for her and bring her everywhere from now on, so she had happily left them there.

Fu Chenxue secretly thought that if she had known earlier, she should have beaten that civet-cat spirit properly. She took wound medicine from her Qiankun pouch and said, “This medicine will hurt a little. Changning, don’t move.”

Liu Changning obediently hummed and lay on Fu Chenxue’s lap.

Fu Chenxue warmed the medicine in her palm before pressing it against Liu Changning’s skin. Under the effect of spiritual energy, the medicine was slowly absorbed. Liu Changning lay there for a while, then suddenly remembered that Xue Linglong was sitting outside the carriage, still wearing Master’s magical robe. She immediately became unhappy and called delicately, “Master, be gentler.”

Fu Chenxue nodded seriously and continued healing Liu Changning.

Liu Changning felt that Master was simply a block of wood in this respect. She deliberately complained in a spoiled tone again, “Master, you’re using so much strength. It hurts.”

Fu Chenxue: “…”

Xue Linglong outside the carriage: “…”

Xue Linglong quickly cast a simple spiritual spell on the driver, making him unable to hear the sounds inside the carriage, while she herself leaned against the curtain and began carefully listening to what was going on inside.

Fu Chenxue coughed lightly, patted the back of Liu Changning’s head, and blushed. “Don’t talk nonsense… don’t make sounds.”

Liu Changning thought indignantly, why shouldn’t she make sounds? She wanted to make sounds. Who told Master to let Xue Linglong wear her outer robe? That was clearly hers!

“That’s how it is. Master hurt me, yet you won’t let me say it.”

“All right, all right. Master will be gentler.” Fu Chenxue thought that she had not used much strength at all. Wasn’t she just applying wound medicine? Why was Liu Changning acting as if it were taking her life?

Seeing that Fu Chenxue was still immersed in her own world and had completely failed to understand her meaning, Liu Changning became even more unhappy. She thought she had to use her killer move.

Suddenly, she remembered what the civet-cat spirit had told her today and came up with a plan. She reached back and held Fu Chenxue’s fingers.

Fu Chenxue, who was applying medicine: “?”

Liu Changning said in a soft voice, “Master, is my skin fair and tender, as if you could pinch water out of it with one touch?”

Outside the carriage, Xue Linglong was drinking water. When she heard this, she suddenly spat it out. “Cough, cough, cough!!!”

Fu Chenxue’s hand shook, and she nearly threw the medicine bottle away.

Liu Changning was still holding her slender fingers. “Master, why aren’t you saying anything?”

Fu Chenxue felt that her face was so red it could drip blood. “Changning, these words… who taught you to say these things?”

Liu Changning thought, was that wrong? Had she misunderstood? Did Master not like this kind of thing, but something even more…

Liu Changning was extremely pleased in her heart, but on the surface, she still sounded aggrieved. “Master only praised my skin last night for being smooth and tender, and praised me for being beautiful…” She deliberately paused. “So why are you being so rough now…”

Author’s Note:

Liu Changning: a true drama queen + master of stirring trouble.