The Child I Raised Turned Out To Be A Reborn Big Shot - Chapter 13

Jiang Yixue calmly sent the steward away and secretly instructed him to directly send someone to deliver the Heavenly Scorpion Grass to Song Xi later. There was no need to say what was being sent.

When the steward left, he was still completely confused. But he had come today precisely to curry favor with Jiang Yixue, so of course he would obey Jiang Yixue’s words one hundred percent.

Jiang Yixue was in a terrible mood. Her mind was full of the tangled mess of red strings from the game. The framework of this otome game world had been built entirely for romance. With one careless move, the red string between the male leads and female lead would be tied together, and then Jiang Yixue would be in trouble.

Just as Jiang Yixue walked in deep in thought, she heard Song Xi say, “Sister, I already understand those moves just now. You don’t need to teach me anymore.”

As she spoke, she picked up the sword and walked to the center of the courtyard. “Sister, I’ll demonstrate them for you.”

No matter how profound the Wanxue Sword Techniques were, they were still only a foundational sword technique.

With Song Xi’s insight, she had actually already learned the whole thing after watching it once.

Earlier, she had pretended not to understand because, first, she was worried there was something wrong with the sword technique, and second, she did not want to expose any flaws.

But now, Song Xi suddenly had a bold idea. She wanted to reveal a slight flaw on purpose and test Jiang Yixue.

The Jiang Yixue of her previous life had been the most jealous person of all. Although on the surface, she would praise disciples who performed well, in truth, she absolutely could not tolerate anyone else’s excellence in secret.

Perhaps this test would be a little dangerous, but Song Xi simply wanted to make herself give up completely.

The Wanxue Sword Techniques carried an unbroken, continuous momentum. In Song Xi’s hands, however, they took on another kind of force. Her sword carried killing intent. As the blade swept past, the spiritual energy fluctuations it stirred brushed across the treetops, sending leaves falling one after another like butterflies fluttering down. Her pink clothes could not conceal her vivid beauty and sharpness.

Her strength was clearly not high, yet in Song Xi’s hands, this set of sword techniques once again produced a lofty, dignified aura, a presence that could not be violated.

Jiang Yixue was stunned watching her. Was this the female lead’s comprehension ability? It had only been such a short while, yet she had not only learned the Wanxue Sword Techniques, but had even incorporated her own understanding into them.

After withdrawing her sword, Song Xi calmed her breathing slightly. During the demonstration just now, she had been observing Jiang Yixue from the corner of her eye the entire time.

Seeing that Jiang Yixue was still lost in thought, she spoke up to remind her. “Sister, I’ve already learned it. Can you let me go see Li Wan now?”

“Of course. Of course you can.” Jiang Yixue returned to herself and asked with a bright smile, “How did Xixi learn it so quickly? Didn’t you say just now that you couldn’t understand it?”

Jiang Yixue did not suspect at all that Song Xi had been acting. Her mind was full of only one thought—

Did the female lead have some sort of golden finger that helped with cultivation, but that the game had never directly explained?

If only that cultivation golden finger could be borrowed. Then she would never have to fear dying at the hands of those four male leads again. She could cultivate until she became a top expert, brush off her sleeves when the matter was done, take Song Xi away, and never again be swept into this chaotic mess.

“I just suddenly understood it.” Song Xi deliberately gave an unclear answer.

In order to test her, Song Xi not only spoke vaguely, but even deliberately acted a little unnatural. She looked exactly like someone hiding a secret.

How could the female lead’s golden finger be casually revealed? Jiang Yixue came back to her senses and also felt that she had absolutely been possessed just now.

Even if Song Xi said it was because of the divine veins, could Jiang Yixue really be like Wei Qi and dig out her divine veins?

Jiang Yixue frowned slightly. Calculating the time, one of the four male leads, Wei Qi, was about due to appear…

From the moment Wei Qi appeared, he knew Song Xi possessed divine veins. From the very beginning, his motives were impure.

The divine veins in Song Xi’s body would only mature once she reached Spirit-level cultivation. So when Wei Qi met Song Xi as a child and saw that no one was teaching her, he secretly taught Song Xi a cultivation technique. That technique came from the same source as the technique he cultivated himself. One was the Yin Scroll, and the other was the Yang Scroll.

Those who cultivated the Yin Scroll would be suppressed their entire lives by those who cultivated the Yang Scroll.

Among the game’s choices, only choosing to cultivate the Yin Scroll would open Wei Qi’s main route. In that route, Wei Qi directly acted and dug out Song Xi’s divine veins, leading to a whole round of angsty romance.

Seeing that Jiang Yixue seemed to be lost in thought again about who knew what, Song Xi could not help tightening the hand hanging by her side.

Jiang Yixue could not tolerate an outstanding genius appearing in Yuqing Sect. In that case, Jiang Yixue was very likely thinking about how to frame her.

Song Xi suddenly felt a little regretful. She really must have been possessed just now. How had she dared reveal a flaw in front of Jiang Yixue while her cultivation was still so low?

Jiang Yixue’s expression was solemn. She crouched down slightly and looked Song Xi in the eye.

Neither of them spoke. The air seemed to freeze slightly, and neither knew what the other was thinking.

Just then, Jiang Yixue suddenly smiled. She reached out and rubbed Song Xi’s head. “You actually learned it so quickly. Xixi is amazing!”

It was as if clean, bright moonlight had lit up in her pale eyes. A leaf drifted down faintly, stirring gentle ripples that spread outward circle after circle, all the way into the taut strings of Song Xi’s heart.

Jiang Yixue’s smile was sincere. In her pale eyes, there was only Song Xi’s reflection, without the slightest trace of pretense.

Song Xi opened her mouth. “I…”

Jiang Yixue interrupted her, her tone serious as she said, “You must remember this. Don’t expose your talent in front of outsiders. If you want to cultivate any techniques, you can ask Sister for them. Don’t trust any shady, improper people.”

“Shady, improper people?” Song Xi did not understand.

Jiang Yixue nodded, her face full of certainty. “People who suddenly appear and say they can help you become stronger. You absolutely must not believe them. Those people harbor evil intentions.”

For some reason, Song Xi kept feeling that Jiang Yixue knew something.

In her previous life, Song Xi had indeed encountered a strange person on Yanshan. But back then, she had wholeheartedly waited for Han Yansu to return, so she had not listened to that person.

That person had worn red clothes. Their appearance had been so bewitching it was difficult to distinguish whether they were male or female, and their smile had carried a soul-stirring wickedness. At a glance, they did not look like any proper person.

But later, when Song Xi thought back to that person’s aura, their strength had definitely not been low. The promise they made about helping her become stronger was certainly something they could fulfill. But there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Behind any benefit, there would definitely be an invisible price. Song Xi had never felt regret over refusing.

Could that strange person have gone looking for Jiang Yixue? Had Jiang Yixue resisted the temptation of power delivered right to her door and instead devoted herself completely to teaching Song Xi swordsmanship?

Song Xi bit the tip of her tongue and asked softly, “Sister, do you think a person can really undergo a world-shaking change?”

“Of course they can. Absolutely, definitely, completely, and certainly.” Jiang Yixue’s tone was especially decisive. “Actually, it isn’t that they undergo a world-shaking change. It’s just that they disguised themselves too well.”

“You’re still young. You absolutely must not casually trust other people. It’s very easy to be deceived. Those shady, improper people will pretend to be upright and respectable while treating you well, then stab you in the back when you aren’t prepared.”

The moment Jiang Yixue heard Song Xi’s words, her head nearly exploded.

This child was good in every way. She was just far too innocent.

With this sort of attitude of believing in beautiful things, she would suffer sooner or later.

So, in order to make Song Xi remember the lesson and make her words clear and easy to understand, Jiang Yixue added a bit of artistic effect to her explanation.

“When the big gray wolf wants to catch the little white rabbit, it disguises itself. So you absolutely can’t casually believe that someone is good just because they look good on the surface. Maybe they’re actually a big gray wolf hiding evil intentions.”

Song Xi: “…”

Although she did not understand what Jiang Yixue was talking about, she somehow felt that Jiang Yixue seemed to be talking about herself.