Every Day I’m Reforming My Disciple [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 13

The other woman gripped her wrist tightly, and it visibly reddened. Her gaze was dark.

“Master, let. Go.”

Han Le remained unmoved. “You should know why I’m doing this.”

The female lead’s gaze paused. The hand gripping her neck moved upward with force, making her chin lift. A dangerous smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

“Didn’t Master say you wouldn’t hold it against your disciple for killing you?”

“Did I? Why don’t I remember?”

“Then let your disciple help you remember properly.”

After saying this, Han Qu forcefully twisted Han Le’s wrist, forcing her hand away from her neck. Seeing the situation, Han Le immediately reached over with her other hand too, but the other woman swiftly attacked her.

The snow beneath her feet was slippery. Han Le staggered while dodging, and just as she was about to fall, she immediately grabbed the female lead’s clothes. The two of them fell together into the snowdrift.

Han Qu gave her no time to react. She directly got up, pressed Han Le beneath her, and wrapped both hands around her neck.

“Master, you should remember properly.”

“Cough, cough, cough.”

Han Le struggled. Her hand fumbled around beside her, grabbed a handful of snow, and directly smashed it at Han Qu.

Taking advantage of the other woman releasing her to block, Han Le immediately used all her strength to flip Han Qu beneath her. However, her hands were pinned behind her back by the female lead. She straightened her waist, and the smugness in her eyes instantly vanished.

“You!”

Han Le bit down on the other woman’s shoulder, showing no mercy at all, as if she wanted to bite off that piece of flesh alive.

“Kawawa, kawawa.”

A faint, excited sound suddenly came from the side.

The force of Han Le’s bite weakened. The female lead immediately pushed her down and pressed her beneath her again. They saw a blue ice-flame spirit hopping across from them, clapping its hands, seemingly very satisfied with this scene.

“Disciple,” Han Le reminded her in a low voice.

The long leg immediately moved away from beside her body. At the same time, Han Le quickly got up.

The ice-flame spirit looked confused, as if it did not understand why the two people who had been fighting so fiercely just now had suddenly stopped.

She had not expected the guardian spirit to appear so quickly. Han Le immediately pounced over, grabbing the other party with both hands.

“I… I caught it?”

Who knew the guardian spirit would be like an eel? It twisted a few times in Han Le’s hands, then slipped out smoothly.

It had actually been tricked by these two people. Angered, cold mist rose from it, and it bared its teeth as it charged toward the female lead behind Han Le.

Han Qu did not panic at all. She did not even move. But when she gathered spiritual energy in her palm, the guardian spirit suddenly slammed on the brakes in midair.

Han Le turned her head and opened her mouth, just about to say something, when a patch of cold mist flashed before her eyes. Something shot into her mouth with a whoosh!

It was icy to the bone.

Han Le trembled and curled up. “Where… where’s the guardian spirit?”

The female lead stared at her. “It escaped into your mouth.”

What… the hell.

She quickly sat cross-legged and circulated the spiritual energy in her body.

Han Qu stood before her, watching her with her eyes closed. Even her long, curled lashes were covered in a layer of ice.

The spiritual energy used for her transformation had long since been withdrawn, restoring her original appearance. That charming and seductive face was now completely bloodless, frozen deathly pale.

Han Qu tilted her head and looked at the place on her shoulder where Han Le had bitten her. Her eyes were like an abyss.

Just as the female lead had said, this guardian spirit had not delivered itself to her door. It had fled into her mouth. Han Le could clearly feel it crashing around inside her body. Every impact was like blades of wind and swords of frost, causing her heart-rending pain.

The hand Han Le had placed on her leg moved with difficulty. Maybe she should just give up this life.

Just as she decided to end things quickly herself, a warm breath entered her body. The guardian spirit suddenly went wildly berserk. Han Le abruptly spat out a burst of cold air, and then there was no longer any abnormality inside her body.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw the female lead squatting in front of her, holding her hand. Han Le weakly rested her chin on the other woman’s shoulder.

“Is it dead?”

Han Qu instantly tensed. She felt as if her shoulder had lost all feeling, and she immediately pulled back the hand that was placed over Han Le’s.

“Master, congratulations.”

Han Le raised her head, not knowing what there was to congratulate her for. In the next second, the system’s voice bombarded her mind.

“Ding! Plot completion progress bar +1. Total progress: seven percent. Host, please keep up the good work and continue doing your best!”

“Ding! Plot completion progress bar +1. Total progress: eight percent. Host, please keep up the good work and continue doing your best!”

“Ding! Plot completion progress bar +1. Total progress: nine percent. Host, please keep up the good work and continue doing your best!”

The system’s voice continued. “Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the ice-flame spirit’s flame. Completing the task is just around the corner.”

This… really was something worth congratulating her for.

Han Le felt that not only was her body no longer cold, there was even a steady stream of spiritual energy inside her.

She stretched out her hand, palm facing upward. An ice-blue flame emerged, then struck toward the vast white ice mountain. An explosion sounded.

Han Le withdrew the ice flame and, for the first time, smiled at the female lead.

“Disciple…”

As soon as the word fell, the surroundings immediately began collapsing.

She instantly pulled the female lead to her side. This time, she was not thinking of relying on the female lead’s halo to protect herself. She sincerely wanted to protect Han Qu.

Han Qu did not know why she did it. She felt somewhat lost. Only when she saw the other woman’s smile and the worry in Han Le’s eyes as she shielded her in her arms did Han Qu smile.

Why was she doing this? Naturally, it was to make the other woman truly believe that she had been moved by this deep master-disciple affection.

Next came the most exciting moment.

The illusory realm shattered. Han Le heard the tree spirits’ frantic screams. A violent wind rose, and leaves withered and fell all over the ground.

In her haze, she seemed to see the little fox and the others running toward a place in panic. When she opened her eyes again, she and the female lead appeared beneath a mist-shrouded mountain peak.

Han Le’s eyes lit up.

This was the mountain peak where Liyuan Hong was located.

The female lead pushed her away and pretended not to know. “Master, where is this?”

Han Le said, “The place we need to go.” Then she looked at Han Qu, somewhat apologetic. “Just now, I only said those things to lure the guardian spirit out. Don’t take them to heart.”

The female lead had her back to her, and there was a trace of laughter in her voice. “Of course. Your disciple understands Master best.”

Han Le looked at the female lead’s back, her eyes fluctuating slightly.

If possible, she wanted…

“Master, are we not leaving?” Han Qu tilted her head and looked at her. The smile at the corner of her lips crashed into Han Le’s heart. Han Le could not help raising her hand and pressing it against her own heart. Her heart was pounding wildly.

“Let’s go.”

She spoke, quickening her steps until she was walking side by side with the female lead.

The mountain peak was overgrown with wild grass. Han Le was afraid the female lead’s legs would be scratched, so she deliberately walked in front of her. She stepped aside all the grass that reached her calves and had sawtoothed edges, clearing a path for the female lead to follow behind her.

“Be careful.”

Han Qu followed behind her, thinking the other woman was telling her to be careful of the dangers around them. After all, who would pay attention to those sawtoothed grasses?

When Han Le suddenly walked in front of her, Han Qu only assumed she was eager to obtain the sword.

Just as they were about to leave the patch of weeds, a sharp sawtoothed leaf cut Han Le’s leg. Her brows only furrowed slightly, and she did not take it seriously.

“Rrrr…”

A low growl sounded.

It was the black demonic beast from the bridge earlier. Han Le’s eyes widened.

She shielded the female lead behind her. Her gaze caught sight of Liyuan Hong behind the demonic beast. The sword had a fiery red blade and a crimson hilt. It stood embedded in hard stone, carrying a fierce and oppressive aura that made fear rise uncontrollably from the heart.

This sword could only be obtained using the female lead’s blood. If someone tried to forcibly take it, there was only one path: death.

Facing the ferocious demonic beast, Han Le turned her head and looked at the female lead’s fair wrist. Gritting her teeth, she decided to forget it. She would first see if she could obtain it herself. Perhaps there would be an unexpected surprise?

“You hide to the side first.”

As she spoke, ice flame appeared in her palm. Without the slightest hesitation, she charged toward the demonic beast before her.

Han Qu watched her. Reflected in her black eyes was the figure of the other woman continuously battling the demonic beast. Step by step, Han Qu retreated until she reached Liyuan Hong’s side.

Although seventy percent of her own strength was suppressed, after obtaining the ice flame, Han Le felt that she was even more at ease than before. The spiritual energy inside her was vast and surging. She even faintly looked forward to seeing what her strength would be like after leaving Mount Li.

The demonic beast in front of her was beaten until it howled. Having just obtained the ice flame, Han Le only knew how to keep smashing it at the beast. It was simple and crude, but extremely effective.

The black demonic beast had been at a disadvantage the whole time and seemed completely enraged. It howled toward the sky. Its entire body became wrapped in flames, and it charged at Han Le like a massive fireball.

Han Le was struck off guard and spat out a large mouthful of blood. As its next attack came, she quickly condensed spiritual energy and combined it with the ice flame in her palm, forming a huge ice barrier to block it.

Then she suddenly burst through the ice barrier. The ice barrier shattered and transformed into sharp icicles, striking the demonic beast together with the ice flame in Han Le’s hand.

With a boom, the demonic beast collapsed, lifeless.

The spiritual energy in Han Le’s body was emptied. She nearly stumbled and fell. Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, she revealed a smile.

“Ding! Plot completion progress bar +1. Total progress: ten percent. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining three randomly dropped items!”

Han Le casually glanced at the items’ effects. They were quite practical.

When she turned around, she saw that the female lead was actually holding Liyuan Hong.

Her gaze fell on the long bloody cut across Han Qu’s palm.

Han Le walked forward, and a silk handkerchief silently appeared in her hand.

“Master, I obtained the sword you wanted.”

She saw the female lead holding Liyuan Hong and casually gesturing with it in the air a few times.

Han Le did feel somewhat regretful, but this sword did indeed belong to the female lead.

“It’s fine,” she said.

“Is that so? Then if your disciple uses it to stab here, will you blame me?”

The female lead suddenly pointed the sword toward Han Le’s heart.

Han Le’s eyelids trembled, and her heart instantly leapt. “Will you?”

The sword tip pointed at her heart slid down along her chest to her lower abdomen, finally dropping toward the ground. Han Le could not help letting out a breath of relief.

“Whether I will or not—why don’t you guess!”

However, in the next second, the female lead suddenly raised Liyuan Hong and stabbed it decisively into Han Le’s heart.

“Pfft.”

Han Le spat out a large mouthful of blood, splattering it onto the female lead before her.

Seeing Han Qu suddenly freeze, Han Le raised her hand and tightly gripped Liyuan Hong. Ignoring the sharp blade sinking into her palm, she stared fixedly at the female lead.

Han Qu seemed not to have expected that the other woman would not dodge at all. She immediately pulled out Liyuan Hong, released the hilt, and let it fall to the ground.

Her expression was dazed. Seeing the other woman unable to support herself and kneeling on the ground, panic inexplicably rose in her heart. Realizing that she should not be in this state, Han Qu immediately clenched the hand hidden inside her sleeve, her nails digging into her flesh.

She forcibly pulled a smile onto her face.

Looking at the female lead’s triumphant smile, Han Le suddenly felt that she was a little stupid. She clearly knew that Han Qu hated the original owner to the bone, yet she had still tried to reform her.

She had even developed feelings for her that she should not have.

Her heart throbbed faintly. At the final moment before she closed her eyes, she still said those words.

“Han Qu, Master… actually… cares for you.”

She forcefully changed the word “likes” into “cares.”

Yes, cares.

Han Qu’s shoulders could not help trembling, and she began to laugh.

That was the last sound Han Le heard before she closed her eyes.

“Han… Le…”

Watching the other woman’s corpse disappear before her eyes, Han Qu knelt on the ground, her face buried in her body. Broken laughter still escaped her, only this time, the laughter carried a strange emotion.

No one noticed that Liyuan Hong, which had fallen to the ground covered in Han Le’s blood, also disappeared along with her.

Of the three items, only one remained.