Female Lead, Something's Not Right (GL) - Chapter 17
“Mhm.” Shen Shu quietly responded, standing there silently with nothing else to say.
Gu Shiyan didn’t understand what she was doing. She frowned and was about to get up when she heard a voice from behind her again.
“How are your injuries?” Shen Shu asked with concern. “Yu Kong said your dantian was damaged.”
“Thank you for your concern, True Monarch. The Goddess said I just need to soak in the spiritual pool for a few more days.” Gu Shiyan walked to the side and chanted a cleansing spell. The water droplets quickly disappeared. Thinking that this was the Goddess’s courtyard and she didn’t want the True Monarch to do anything inappropriate, she quickly put on her clothes and walked out.
In the afterglow of the sunset that evening, the shimmering surface of the spiritual pool reflected on the girl’s swaying skirt, intertwining with her clear, cool gaze, creating a scene of boundless beauty.
“The Suzaku Tower’s seal has been broken, and I will be away from the sect for a long time. There are some things I need to give you.” Shen Shu took out a high-grade storage bag surrounded by spiritual energy. She pricked a drop of blood from Gu Shiyan’s fingertip, and the blood drop landed on the storage bag, instantly emitting a bright light. The items inside the storage bag appeared in Gu Shiyan’s mind.
Gu Shiyan was surprised. “This is?”
The wind and snow swirled, and Gu Shiyan was shivering from the cold. Shen Shu quietly came up behind her and gently wrapped her arms around her. Gu Shiyan was engrossed in the surprise of the storage bag; any item taken out of it was extremely rare and expensive.
“Five Lotus Confluence?”
Shen Shu brushed away the snowflakes from Gu Shiyan’s hair and said softly, “That is an ancient cultivation method, Five Lotus Confluence. I thought of you when I saw it at the auction. You have three spiritual roots: earth, wood, and metal. It will be extremely difficult for you to reach a higher cultivation level after forming your foundation. This cultivation method does the opposite and allows all five spiritual roots to be cultivated at the same time. In the future, I will help you find water and fire spirit seeds to complete your spiritual roots, and then you can practice this method.”
Gu Shiyan’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. She couldn’t and didn’t want to accept something so valuable. This feeling was very uncomfortable. It made her feel like she was True Monarch Hehua’s spiritual pet or an object of a transactional relationship in a brothel.
“Please forgive me, True Monarch. This disciple cannot accept this cultivation method.” Gu Shiyan put the storage bag back into Shen Shu’s hand. She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt the temperature was getting even colder.
Shen Shu’s brow twitched. Considering what the girl in front of her had just gone through, she asked kindly, “Why? Your cultivation is low now, and you can easily be bullied. I can’t always be by your side. Besides the cultivation method, this storage bag also contains some life-saving artifacts, miraculous elixirs, and some spirit stones. This is a high-grade storage bag, and no one can open it except you. If you…”
Gu Shiyan’s face was tight. In her haste, she interrupted the other person and spoke her mind. “What’s the reason? A high-grade storage bag and life-saving artifacts. What is the reason for you giving me all these things, True Monarch? I am just a small outer sect disciple of the Alchemy Division, and you are True Monarch Hehua, the chief disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. We only had a few moments of passion by chance. What are you trying to say by giving me all these things!”
Shen Shu’s eyes narrowed, and a cold, sinister voice came out. “By chance?”
Gu Shiyan became more agitated and even took a step forward, standing in front of Shen Shu. She looked up at the person who was a full head taller than her, and her small body erupted with great power.
“If it wasn’t by chance, was it mutual affection? Or am I supposed to be sentimental and believe that after one night of passion, the favored daughter of the Heavens, Shen Shu, fell in love with a disciple with ordinary talent!” Gu Shiyan’s mouth was like a machine gun, spewing everything out without thinking of the consequences.
“Whether you’re treating me as a distraction on your cultivation path or these actions are out of fear that I will pester you, I want to make it clear that you don’t have to. This disciple knows her place and only wants to cultivate peacefully and walk her own path, with no other thoughts.”
Gu Shiyan’s emotions ran high, and she felt increasingly wronged. All she wanted was to live a good life, but this person came to provoke her three or four times.
From her rebirth until now, her emotional journey had been twisted and difficult, with no one to confide in. She could only bottle it all up inside. Now that she had this opportunity, it was like opening a floodgate. A torrent of emotions rushed toward Shen Shu like an untamed horse. In its wake, everything was ravaged. By the time Gu Shiyan came to her senses, everything had already happened. The words she had said were like spilled water.
She lowered her head helplessly, like a child coming home late and fearing a scolding from their elders. Golden tears fell one after another, leaving small, round indentations in the snow.
“This disciple has said all that needs to be said. If I have offended the True Monarch, I am willing to be punished.” A pitiful, soft voice came from the little one’s mouth.
The anger in Shen Shu’s heart had been provoked to its peak. The feelings between them, in Gu Shiyan’s eyes, were just a mistake. Her concern was misunderstood, and her kindness was not accepted. In the past, she would have never gone to such lengths for anyone else. Even if she were misunderstood, she wouldn’t have cared. She would have either ignored the other person or killed them. She disliked trouble.
But Gu Shiyan was the exception.
She wanted to explain and hoped the other person felt the same way about her. But Shen Shu knew in her heart that the few times they had been together were all because she had forced her, even using the despicable lust demon flower to entice her.
This was the first time Shen Shu had ever wanted to possess something. It was also the first time she was afraid to explore the young girl’s true feelings. She could only act like a frog being boiled in warm water, slowly softening the other person and then trapping them.
Shen Shu lowered her hand, her expression as dejected as an eggplant after a frost. She quietly fastened the storage bag around the girl’s waist without another word and disappeared in a flash.
Gu Shiyan touched the storage bag at her waist and murmured helplessly, “What the… I said all that for nothing…”
Just as she was in a daze, she heard the rustling sound of snow being stepped on behind her.
Yu Kong’s voice was still as calm as ever. “You and Shen Shu?”
Gu Shiyan turned in surprise. She didn’t know how much the Goddess had heard. Her face, already red from the cold, became even redder from anxiety.
“I and the True Monarch…” Puffs of white steam came from Gu Shiyan’s mouth. She nervously wrung her hands and stammered, unable to form a coherent sentence.
Yu Kong didn’t press her further. “It was my oversight. The cold on this snowy mountain is biting. It is not a good idea for you to stay here for a long time. There is an alchemy room in the snow-covered courtyard. You can refine elixirs inside and rest in the outer room.” Yu Kong led Gu Shiyan toward the alchemy room.
Gu Shiyan decided to play dumb and not break the unspoken boundary. As soon as she entered the alchemy room, a warm current immediately drove the cold out of her body. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the alchemy room. It had been a long time since she had refined any elixirs. Outer sect disciples could only refine elixirs after reaching the sixth stage of Qi Refining so that their spiritual energy would be more stable, allowing them to control the heat better.
Yu Kong saw Gu Shiyan’s fondness for it. “There are some common herbs in the cabinet. You can try if you’re interested.”
Gu Shiyan’s heart was itching, but she shook her head and refused. If there was anyone in the Tianxuan Sect who could be compared to Shen Shu, it was the Goddess in front of her.
Everyone praised Yu Kong for her compassion and for having all beings in her heart. As a Buddhist cultivator, she would go down the mountain every few years to heal the sick and save the world. She adhered to the principle of cause and effect. As long as someone asked for her help, she would do so regardless of their identity, status, or position, which was how she earned the title of Goddess.
But for some reason, she always felt a sense of unease about the Goddess’s kindness toward her. “Goddess, I don’t want to trouble you here. I can just come over from the Alchemy Division and soak for an hour every day.”
Yu Kong seemed to realize something and walked in front of Gu Shiyan. Although she was blindfolded, she made the motion of looking down at the girl with her divine sense.
“Do you know why we met?”
Gu Shiyan was a little nervous. “It’s… fate?”
Suddenly, Yu Kong reached out and pulled off the white veil covering her eyes. In Gu Shiyan’s extreme shock, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of golden eyes that were empty of desire and looked down on the world.
“It’s a calamity.”
Author’s Note:
Ahhhhh! How many of you like the Goddess!
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