Eldest Senior Sister Goes Down The Mountain To Become An Idol - Chapter 1

On a scorching afternoon, cicadas cried endlessly in the mountains. Dark clouds gathered over the summit of Cangshan Mountain. A wild wind suddenly rose, and lightning flashed amid rolling thunder.

This sudden downpour had all the tourists on Cangshan complaining about the meteorological bureau’s weather forecast. These days, their reports were getting more and more arbitrary. Hadn’t they said the next week would be sunny? Yet the rain came just like that, and the thunder struck just like that.

Deep within Cangshan Mountain, inside a cave dwelling that had endured countless changes over the ages, a young girl carrying a travel backpack walked in to take shelter from the rain. Like a puppet on strings, she came here without the slightest awareness of her own, guided only by some invisible pull.

She walked all the way to the cold jade bed deep inside the cave dwelling. Someone lay on the bed, a person who looked similar to her. The only difference was that the woman on the bed had the appearance and figure of a top-tier game model, while the girl standing beside the bed looked like an oversized piece of merchandise produced by some small factory.

The final bolt of lightning fell out of nowhere. A ray of white light flew out from the space between the woman’s brows on the cold jade bed and shot straight into the young girl’s body.

Twenty thousand years ago, this continent had been filled with cultivators. Back then, spiritual energy between heaven and earth was abundant, and ascending to immortality was by no means some absurd dream. The woman lying on the cold jade bed was a cultivator from ten thousand years ago.

Only later, the Heavenly Dao withdrew spiritual energy and severed the heavenly ladder. From then on, mortals no longer had any chance to ascend.

The master of the Tianji Pavilion divined that there would still be a slim chance of survival ten thousand years later. Because of this, all the sects and cultivation clans arranged for the cultivators under them to enter secret realms and withdraw from the world, quietly awaiting that chance.

Xu Yi, the head disciple of the Cangyun Sect’s sect master, was also one of the disciples who went into seclusion back then. Only, she was different from the others. At the time, her cultivation had already reached the very peak. She was only one tribulation away from ascension.

Unfortunately, the tribulation she needed to face happened to be a heart-demon love tribulation, and her love tribulation had fallen upon a mortal.

A mortal’s lifespan lasted no more than a hundred years. After ten thousand years, who knew how many times that person would have reincarnated? By then, the red thread of fate between them would most likely have long since snapped. In order to continue their marriage fate, Xu Yi extracted a wisp of her divine sense and turned it into a lonely soul, accompanying her fiancée through life after life. Once the spiritual energy of this world recovered again, she would be able to break free from her demons and emerge from the secret realm—to transcend her tribulation and ascend.

Xu Yi merged her true body’s soul with the wisp of divine sense from this reincarnation. Not quite used to it, she moved her new body slightly. Looking at the strange clothes on her body, her brows furrowed faintly.

She walked out of the cave dwelling and set down several concealment formations. Now that spiritual energy had revived, those old monsters from back then would gradually wake up one after another. She did not want to return later only to find that her physical body had been stolen and refined into magical artifacts or medicinal pills.

The shoes were strange, but unexpectedly fit her feet and were comfortable. The clothes, thin as a single layer and utterly improper, felt cool and soft when worn. She was not used to them. In her ancient memories, even demon cultivators and demonic cultivators had never dressed so boldly.

However, there were also new memories in her mind, currently merging with her own. Even if she was not quite accustomed to it, she knew that dressing this way was the most appropriate and common practice in the present world.

The most urgent matter at hand was to find the fiancée who could help her transcend her tribulation—Miss Gu.

In this vast sea of people, where was she supposed to find someone? Before Xu Yi had even descended the mountain, she already felt a deep headache coming on. But how could cultivators of their generation, who pursued the Great Dao, be frightened off by such a small difficulty? Even if she had to endure countless hardships and dangers, she would definitely find her Miss Gu.

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Even her steps down the mountain grew much lighter—until she reached the middle of the mountain and ran into a group of people waving and shouting at her.

“Xu Yi! Xu Yi! Over here! Hurry and come here!”

“Oh my god, you scared me to death. Everyone else was running down the mountain to hide from the rain, so why were you running into the mountains alone? Do you have a death wish?”

“I heard Cangshan is really strange. Xu Yi, don’t fall behind.”

Xu Yi remembered these people. They were members of a mountaineering club. Because the original body had also loved wandering into deep mountains and old forests, she had gotten to know this group by chance. Although she had not joined their club, she often took part in their hiking activities.

A short-haired girl wearing a red headband walked up to her. Her tone was full of concern as she asked, “Xu Yi, are you all right? We couldn’t find you and almost called the police.”

“I’m fine.” Xu Yi took half a step back, not quite used to standing too close to others.

The girl noticed her movement and awkwardly stepped back to her teammates’ side. Smiling, she said, “It’s good that you’re fine. We should head down the mountain early.”

Nothing strange happened on the way back. That sudden heavy rain also seemed like nothing more than a prank from the heavens.

After arriving at the homestay at the foot of the mountain, Xu Yi followed the memories in her mind and found her room. She tidied up her luggage a little. The two sets of memories in her mind were merging very slowly. After all, this body was far too poor in quality and could not contain her true body’s soul at all. She could only unravel and sort through everything thread by thread, which also caused the memories of this body to become increasingly chaotic.

Xu Yi lay on the bed and roughly organized this body’s memories.

She was also called Xu Yi. She was now eighteen years old and had just graduated from high school. The little girl believed that she was an orphan abandoned by her parents since childhood. Only Xu Yi knew that this body had been born from heaven and earth and had no parents at all. In this life, she had been raised by a one-eyed old granny in the countryside. A few years ago, that old granny had also passed away.

The little girl loved traveling through mountains and rivers and being close to nature. This was because she was drawn to natural spiritual energy and instinctively wanted to be near it. The little girl had an odd personality, disliked speaking, and behaved strangely when interacting with others. This was because Xu Yi had once cultivated the Heartless Sword Dao.

Xu Yi suddenly sat up from the bed, her heart filled with confusion. Once one cultivated the Heartless Sword Dao, getting married would break her Dao. But if she did not get married, how was she supposed to pass her love tribulation?

While she could not figure out why, there was a knock at the door.

Xu Yi opened the door. It was the short-haired girl from the club. Her name was Zhang Ya, and she was currently standing at the door with a plate of fruit.

“Xu Yi, I bought some fruit. These are for you.”

Xu Yi had long since practiced inedia and felt nothing toward the food of the spiritual cultivation world, let alone ordinary food from the mortal world. Not only did it contain no spiritual energy and could not assist cultivation, but the impurities within the food itself would also affect a cultivator’s body.

But right now, her body was hungry. Her stomach, utterly uncooperative, began to rumble loudly in front of Zhang Ya.

“Thank you.” Xu Yi took the fruit plate from her hands.

The two of them stood facing each other by the door. Xu Yi had accepted the fruit plate and was waiting for Zhang Ya to leave.

Seeing that Xu Yi was finally willing to accept something from her, Zhang Ya waited for Xu Yi to invite her inside. Perhaps their relationship could take another step forward.

Half a minute passed, and Xu Yi was the first to lose. “May I ask if there is anything else?”

“…No,” Zhang Ya blurted out, then quickly had a flash of inspiration. “There is something I want to talk to you about. Can you let me in?”

Xu Yi turned sideways to let her pass. Zhang Ya finally entered her room as she wished, only to find that it was so clean and tidy it looked as if the cleaning auntie had just tidied it up.

Xu Yi put down the fruit plate and sat properly on one of the only two chairs in the room. “Please speak.”

Zhang Ya felt as if she were experiencing what it was like to be called in for a talk by her superior. She tried hard to raise the corners of her mouth to relax a little, but Xu Yi’s pressure, which she had forgotten to restrain, frightened her so badly that her face went expressionless.

In a stiff tone, she said, “Our club’s next stop is Mo City. The scenery at South Mountain in Mo City is pretty good. Do you want to come with us?”

“Thank you for the invitation, but unfortunately, I have important matters to attend to and cannot accompany you.”

She had been rejected. Zhang Ya’s heart filled with sorrow. They had known each other for almost a year, yet up until now, she had not even managed to add Xu Yi’s contact information. Getting close to Xu Yi really was difficult.

Back then, Xu Yi had still been underage, so Zhang Ya had endured it and never expressed any of her feelings. Now that Xu Yi had finally come of age, why did she seem even harder to approach?

“What important matter is it? Is it convenient to tell me? I’m not trying to pry into your privacy. It’s just that if you’ve run into some difficulty, maybe I can help you.” Zhang Ya refused to give up. She knew that Xu Yi’s background was pitiful, and the school season was about to start again. Perhaps Xu Yi was worried about her studies? If Zhang Ya offered a helping hand now, perhaps Xu Yi might lower her guard around her a little.

Xu Yi kept a serious and proper expression on her face, but the tips of her ears flushed faintly red. She lowered her head, revealing the fair nape of her neck. Her voice, which in the past had always been calm and slightly cool, now carried a trembling trace of nervousness. Very softly, she said, “To find Miss Gu.”

Miss Gu?

They had known each other for almost a year, and this was the first time Zhang Ya had ever heard Xu Yi mention Miss Gu. Who was Miss Gu? Why was she looking for her? Fine, look for her if she wanted to, but what was with that shy expression?

“Who is Miss Gu? Why are you looking for her?” Zhang Ya was far too curious and could not help asking, even though it was presumptuous.

Xu Yi’s usually wooden face, which rarely showed any extra expression, was stained with a blush. Even her delicate, fair neck turned pink. She did her best to restrain the indecorous urge to cover her face in embarrassment. With her voice trembling, she said with effort, “To find Miss Gu and get married!”

“Get married?!” Zhang Ya failed to control her emotions and screamed out loud.

Leaving aside how devastated Zhang Ya was at this moment, let us speak instead of that Miss Gu, who was currently in a difficult situation.

It was rare for Gu Yueyue to have a free day at home. Her assistant, Xiao Ye, kept her company, prepared lunch for her, and urged her to eat at least a little.

Xiao Ye carried over a bowl of fresh mushroom soup and half-crouched beside the sofa. She coaxed, “Sister, at least eat something. The company may not be acting human, but we still have to keep living our lives.”

Gu Yueyue sat curled up on the sofa, arms wrapped around her legs, staring blankly at that bowl of soup. Her dry, dark lips opened and closed, and a hoarse voice came out. “What did the company say?”

“What else can they say? Our contract is about to expire, and Sister, you have no intention of renewing it. Of course the company is going to squeeze you dry.”

“I went to take a look. The company practically wants to work you like a production team’s donkey. There’s still half a year left on the contract, and Hongsheng wants to use these six months to ride your popularity and push their newcomers. Old Yao’s side has already decided on a bundled CP publicity plan for you.” The more Xiao Ye spoke, the angrier she became, and the soup in her hand spilled all over the floor. “It’s that guy who can’t sing or dance, and when he acts, he just has a paralyzed face and stares with wide eyes. His name is Qiao Yuanbin, right? So disgusting. He’s even two years older than you, yet he spends every day marketing himself as a cute little puppy-boy. He’s greasy as hell.”

Xiao Ye put down the soup and sat beside her. “Just thinking about you, Sister, being paired in a CP with that kind of man gives me goosebumps! Apparently he even has a sugar daddy behind him. A man!”

“I don’t have any prejudice against that group, okay? It’s mainly that I heard his sugar daddy is bald, has big yellow teeth, and a beer belly. Not only does he have a wife and children at home, even his little grandson is about to be born. Oh, right, I also heard that Qiao Yuanbin is the one on top. Tell me… how does he even get it up?”

“…” Gu Yueyue had been in the industry for many years and had seen all sorts of monsters and ghosts in this giant dye vat, but hearing Xiao Ye put it that way still thoroughly disgusted her.

“Sister, the main thing is that rich backers these days all look way too creatively designed. Otherwise, I’d be willing to be kept too. It would be best if a rich woman came along, and she’d have to be as beautiful as you, Sister. Whether she wanted to treat me as a substitute or torment my body and heart, as long as she gave me money, I could cooperate with the performance.”

Gu Yueyue was amused by her words, and the corners of her lips curved up slightly.

Seeing her smile, Xiao Ye let out a breath of relief and handed the bowl and chopsticks to her. “Sister, eat properly. This circle is just like this. Whoever has someone backing them will have a smoother path. They’re clearly bullying us because we have no power and no influence, but we can’t just accept defeat like this, can we? Eat well and nurse your body back to health. At worst, we just endure these six months. Half a year later, we’ll set up our own studio. Then you can focus on acting properly, and who cares whether it’s Qiao Yuanbin or Zhao Yuanbin? Whoever it is, we won’t indulge a single one of them.”

“When the time comes and you’ve earned enough money, Sister, you can become a backer yourself and keep ten or eight pretty little sisters, spoiling them until they can walk sideways through the entertainment industry. You can favor a different one every day without repeating.” The more Xiao Ye spoke, the more excited she became. Gu Yueyue laughed out loud. “Wouldn’t I end up becoming the very thing I hate the most?”

“The dragon-slaying maiden eventually becomes the evil dragon. An award-winning actress and an eighteenth-tier little star—how thrilling. We have to have dreams.” Xiao Ye picked up more food for her. “Eat more and get your health back.”

Author’s Note:

A new pit has opened~ I hope everyone likes it. [Updates every night at exactly nine o’clock, right on time.]

Xu Yi: Miss Gu, please keep me!