After Transmigrating Into a Pirated Novel to Teach Them a Lesson - Chapter 9

After the two finished eating pastries at the teahouse, Fu Chenxue wanted to take Liu Changning to have some clothes made.

Since she was going to spend silver anyway, she might as well spend it happily. Once they returned to the Yubing Sect in the future, they would not need silver anymore. They would use spirit stones instead.

Liu Changning was taken by her to a ready-made clothing shop. When the proprietress saw the two of them enter, she quickly came forward to welcome them. “Are the two young ladies here to have clothes made? My clothing shop is the best in Qingxi Town. We have cloud-damask brocade, patterned satin, plain gauze silk… Whatever kind of clothing the two young ladies want, we have it.”

Fu Chenxue did not plan to make clothes for herself. What she wore was a defensive magical robe. It was enough to make a few sets for Liu Changning.

“Proprietress, what kind do you think would suit her?”

The proprietress looked at Liu Changning in the wheelchair and could not help saying, “This young lady is truly beautiful. Come, come, I’ll measure you first so it’ll be easier to pick clothes.”

After saying this, she was about to reach out. Liu Changning’s hearing was good, so she immediately backed away and said hurriedly as she retreated, “Don’t…”

Fu Chenxue said, “This child doesn’t like other people touching her. Let me do it. Just tell me how to measure.”

The proprietress looked troubled. “If the measurements are wrong, the clothes won’t look good when worn.”

Fu Chenxue could only lower her head and say to Liu Changning, “Changning, don’t be afraid.”

Liu Changning shook her head, clearly unwilling.

Fu Chenxue said again, “Don’t you want to buy new clothes?”

Liu Changning had only come along because Fu Chenxue wanted to. Otherwise, she only wanted to return to the Jade Stone Cave Residence beneath the cliff. How nice it would be for the two of them to stay there together.

“She’s about as tall as my shoulder. Just pick something for her based on that,” Fu Chenxue said kindly to the proprietress when she saw Liu Changning remain silent. She placed her hand on Liu Changning’s head and gently rubbed it a few times.

Seeing this, the proprietress understood. She carefully examined Liu Changning, then picked up a few plain-colored garments from the table and handed them to Fu Chenxue. “Customer, take a look at these. Do you like any of them?”

Goose yellow was too plain, and red was too bright. Fu Chenxue picked and chose, but in the end, she still felt that pale purple suited Liu Changning best.

She returned the other clothes and said, “This one.”

The proprietress quickly nodded and praised her with a smile, “Customer, you truly have good taste. The girls in Qingxi Town all like clothes made from this kind of satin. It’s comfortable and warm to wear, and it especially complements the complexion. This young lady is beautiful, and her skin is so delicate and fresh. It will definitely suit her!”

Liu Changning sat in the wheelchair, feeling uncomfortable all over. Ever since she had heard people in the Demon Realm call her “little beauty,” she felt a chill of disgust toward such compliments about her appearance.

Fu Chenxue smiled. “Indeed. She is very beautiful.”

Of course her own disciple was beautiful.

Who would have thought that when Liu Changning heard this, her heart would suddenly pause, and the corners of her lips could not help rising slightly.

She thinks I’m beautiful?

Liu Changning tugged at Fu Chenxue’s sleeve and said shyly with pursed lips, “Really? Am I beautiful?”

Fu Chenxue placed the clothes into her Qiankun pouch and answered casually, “Mm. Beautiful.”

Liu Changning’s mood became incomparably good. She said happily, “Then let’s go back.”

“Wait a little longer. I still have something to ask.” Fu Chenxue had just learned from the proprietress that this place was Qingxi Town. She also wanted to know how far it was from the Yubing Sect.

However, after asking several people along the road, none of them knew. Fu Chenxue could only give up.

She brought Liu Changning back to the Jade Stone Cave Residence. Liu Changning stayed alone in the corner playing with the wheelchair, touching here and feeling there, simply unable to put it down.

Fu Chenxue lay on the stone bed and read the core cultivation method. After a while, Liu Changning had played enough and pushed her wheelchair over by herself to find her.

Fu Chenxue: “?”

Liu Changning reached out toward her, asking to be carried. Fu Chenxue lifted her onto the bed. “What’s wrong?”

Liu Changning smelled the fresh scent of first snow on the other person and touched a lock of Fu Chenxue’s hair, winding it around her fingers. “It’s time to go to the spiritual spring.”

Fu Chenxue said warmly, “Go on. Remember to come out after four hours.”

Liu Changning froze, a little surprised. “You’re not coming with me?”

“I keep carrying you back and forth. Won’t you feel uncomfortable?” Fu Chenxue knew Liu Changning still disliked being touched somewhat. “I made you a wheelchair. Once you get used to it, you won’t need my help anymore.”

A trace of discomfort suddenly rose in Liu Changning’s heart. She said gloomily, “But I can’t see. And what if something happens to me in the spiritual spring? You won’t be by my side.”

Fu Chenxue looked at her aggrieved expression and smiled helplessly. “All right, all right. I’ll bring you in.”

Only then did Liu Changning smile. “Mm.”

To cultivators, time was the least valuable thing.

The days in the Jade Stone Cave Residence passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, nearly two years had already gone by.

Ever since that day, Fu Chenxue had truly begun teaching Liu Changning how to draw qi into her body and regulate her breathing.

What was pleasantly surprising was that although Fu Chenxue clearly had not fed Liu Changning many cultivation pills, Liu Changning’s progress was extremely fast. After thinking about it carefully, Fu Chenxue guessed that this was probably the legendary protagonist halo.

Today, Liu Changning was meditating as usual. Fu Chenxue knew that Liu Changning might be able to advance to Foundation Establishment next year, and when the time came, perhaps she would also face a tribulation. A tribulation referred to the ordeal one had to face every time one advanced a realm.

Tribulations could be large or small, entirely depending on the cultivator. In the original book, Fu Chenxue had not described in detail how Liu Changning advanced to Foundation Establishment. Perhaps it was only a minor tribulation. Or perhaps the Heavenly Dao would not make things difficult for her, seeing as she was only breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

“What is this?” After Liu Changning finished meditating and was about to get up, she seemed to accidentally touch something. Fu Chenxue turned her head to look.

She saw Liu Changning holding a white medicine bottle. Complicated patterns were carved on it. Fu Chenxue’s heart jolted. “Don’t touch that!”

Liu Changning’s hand trembled. The porcelain bottle fell onto the beast-fur blanket and rolled several times. The stopper fell off.

The beast-fur blanket was immediately corroded into a large hole by the black liquid flowing from the bottle. Thick smoke billowed out, leaving it badly burnt and rotten.

Fu Chenxue quickly went over and pulled Liu Changning up. Then she swiftly formed a spiritual seal and sealed the bottle with its stopper again. “Are you hurt?”

After soaking in the spiritual spring for a long time, Liu Changning could now stand steadily, but when going out, she still needed the wheelchair. She clenched Fu Chenxue’s cold hand and asked nervously, “What happened? Did I pick up the wrong thing?”

Fu Chenxue checked her hand back and forth. After confirming that there were no external injuries, she breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s good that you’re fine.”

“There was poison in that medicine bottle just now.” Fu Chenxue knew very well that as a medical cultivator, the original owner could not possibly have only healing pills in her Qiankun pouch. There would also be other poisons. The black liquid that had corroded the beast-fur blanket was one of them.

“What kind of poison?” Liu Changning asked curiously.

“Corpse-Severing Venom.” Fu Chenxue picked up the medicine bottle. “A kind of odorless black deadly poison, with a watery state. Fortunately, you only spilled it onto the beast-fur blanket. If it accidentally touched your skin, poisonous insects would immediately grow from the corroded area. And they would crawl out from beneath the skin. It’s very frightening.”

Liu Changning did not seem afraid. She asked, “The skin of living people?”

“Dead people too.” Fu Chenxue only treated it as an explanation. “But living people suffer more, because they also have to endure the mental torment of poisonous insects crawling out of their bodies. Usually, they die in less than fifteen minutes.”

Thinking of how her eyes had once been filled with foul-smelling blood in the Demon Realm, Liu Changning hugged Fu Chenxue’s arm tightly and murmured, “That’s so scary. How can there be such a poison?”

Fu Chenxue patted her head soothingly. “It’s all right. I only carry these things for self-defense. Don’t be afraid.”

However, if Fu Chenxue had lowered her head at that moment, she would definitely have seen the corners of Liu Changning’s lips lift in excitement.

Liu Changning thought that if this kind of poison were dripped onto the demonic cultivators who had hurt her, she would definitely be very happy.

Fu Chenxue felt that the incident with the Corpse-Severing Venom today had frightened Liu Changning.

She reminded herself that she could not take out any strange medicine bottles in the future. Otherwise, they might harm the child’s fragile heart. Perhaps they would even make Liu Changning remember the Demon Realm again.

Fu Chenxue rarely mentioned the Demon Realm. She tried her best to ensure that Liu Changning lived like an ordinary person, except when they slept at night. This child was always especially clingy to her then.

“How was your study of the core cultivation method today?” Before sleeping, Fu Chenxue asked as usual.

Actually, even without asking, she knew that Liu Changning had learned very well. Once, when Fu Chenxue walked near the spiritual spring, she discovered that all the stones around it had cracked. Only afterward did she learn that Liu Changning had shattered them with spiritual energy while cultivating.

In her heart, Fu Chenxue frantically gave her a thumbs-up, but on the surface, she still pretended to be very calm. “Mm. Your master will definitely be very happy if she sees this.”

Liu Changning’s earlobes turned red. “It’s more important that you’re happy.”

The two would occasionally bring up returning to the Yubing Sect, but Fu Chenxue always brushed it off vaguely. Some days ago, Liu Changning had accidentally touched the jade flute at Fu Chenxue’s waist and asked hesitantly, “Can a waist sash really have something this strange?”

Fu Chenxue had rather awkwardly put Twilight Sky Cold into her sleeve and did not answer.

It was not that she did not want to say it. It was just that the Yubing Sect had a rule: disciples could only meet their masters after reaching Foundation Establishment. Right now, Liu Changning still did not know that she was Fu Chenxue. That did not count as breaking the rules, right?

Fu Chenxue clenched her fist. This was the novel she had written herself. She had to respect the plot!

The system gave her an approving thumbs-up.