After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon Fodder Character, The System Turned out to be Completely Unreliable! - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Departure — An Accident Occurred

Ye Lingxi sprinted all the way, trying to make up for the trouble just now, running so hard she was gasping for breath.

Finally, she arrived outside the gates of Baicao Sect. Lan Muxu had been waiting for quite a while. She was dressed in green, no longer with those wide sleeves, making it more convenient to move. Her hair was tied into two braided ponytails, standing at the bottom of the stairs and looking up at her.

Ye Lingxi, dressed in plain clothes and dripping with sweat, had her messy hair scattered over her shoulders, looking just like a servant.

“Did you pack your entire fortune?” Lan Mushu pointed at the stuff she was carrying.

Ye Lingxi gave an awkward laugh: “I… I…”

I’m not like you side characters, all high and mighty and flashy. How could I compare to you?

Lan Mushu gestured for her to come down. Ye Lingxi, seeing this, obediently walked down.

“Your outfit doesn’t look so good,” Lan Muxu examined her, “Don’t you have any other clothes?”

“Aren’t you planning to wear that same outfit too?” Ye Lingxi replied.

Lan Muxu shook her head: “Of course not. All my things are right here.” She pointed at a pouch tied to her waist.

Ye Lingxi leaned over to look: “Isn’t that just a fragrance pouch? I even have a jade pendant.” The jade pendant on her was from her sect as a disciple token.

Lan Mushu said, “I knew you’d say that. This might look like an ordinary pouch, but it’s actually a treasure chest.”

“Isn’t that easily stolen?”

“A treasure chest?”

“Yes.”

Ye Lingxi thought for a moment: “Then all your stuff is in there?”

“Exactly, everything is inside. Only costs 200 taels of silver.” Lan Muxu even tried to sell it.

Ye Lingxi: “”

“I’m not buying it. That’s clearly daylight robbery.” Ye Lingxi said and started to walk off.

Lan Mushu stopped her: “Don’t go yet! How about I give you a small one?” She took out a smaller pouch, “Though it doesn’t hold as much as mine, it’s enough for all your stuff.”

“Really?!” The word “give” really piqued Ye Lingxi’s interest.

“Of course.”

“Then I’ll accept it.” Ye Lingxi opened the pouch and in an instant, all her belongings were sucked into it. Her eyes widened, “Wow! That’s amazing!”

Lan Mushu nodded in satisfaction at her praise, then looked at her again, “Your outfit still doesn’t look good.”

“What’s wrong with it?” Her rough cloth outfit wasn’t that bad. Having clothes like these was already a luxury.

“It doesn’t match the grandeur of our Dragon Vein Mountain.”

Ye Lingxi: “”

The hell, even the standardized disciple outfit isn’t grand enough for you guys? What a joke.

“I’ve got it.” Lan Muxu opened her pouch and used spiritual power to give her a makeover. Her plain blue outfit suddenly turned into a luxurious golden robe. Her hair was tied into a high ponytail, making her look energetic and lively. “Now that’s much better.”

Ye Lingxi looked at the new clothes on her and was delighted. She never imagined she could wear such fine clothes. “Thank you.” She hugged Lan Mushu, and the broken sword in her hand nearly stabbed her face.

Thankfully, Lan Muxu dodged quickly: “You should put that sword away. It doesn’t look very nice like that.”

Ye Lingxi agreed, but then froze.

Lan Mushu waited a long time and noticed she wasn’t moving: “What’s wrong?”

“Well, how do I put the sword away?”

Lan Mushu: “”

“Like this.” Lan Muxu taught her how to store the sword: “Extend your index and middle finger, twist, and focus your spiritual power to retract it.”

Ye Lingxi mimicked her, and with a final twist, the broken sword was stored away.

“It actually worked.” Ye Lingxi held up her fingers, delighted.

Lan Mushu smiled: “Now everything’s ready. Let’s head out.”

“OK!”

“OK? What does that mean?” Lan Mushu asked.

Ye Lingxi replied: “OK means ‘good’ or ‘alright’.”

“You’re such a strange person, saying things we don’t understand.”

Ye Lingxi smiled silently. How could she explain that she wasn’t from this world?

“Did I?”

“You did.”

“Maybe it’s your imagination.”

Lan Mushu: “…”

They walked for a long time. Ye Lingxi couldn’t go on anymore; she was starving, and the sun was unbearably hot.

She squatted down. Even during running training, she never felt like this.

Lan Mushu noticed and came back to ask, “What’s wrong?”

“I think I got heatstroke.”

Damn this cursed weather. Baicao Sect was always cool, even cold. Why is it so blazing hot out here?

She sat on the ground, wanting water.

Lan Mushu gave her a bottle, and she gulped down several mouthfuls.

Feeling a bit better, she asked: “Why aren’t you affected?”

“Maybe because I drank some cooling herb juice.”

“What?”

“It’s juice extracted from herbs that cool the body.”

“When did you drink it?” Ye Lingxi’s lips were already cracking.

Lan Mushu replied innocently: “Just when we started climbing the mountain.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“You drank that stuff and didn’t share with me?” She weakly grabbed Lan Mushu’s clothes.

Lan Mushu looked innocent: “I asked if you wanted some before we started. You just charged ahead without listening.”

Ye Lingxi: “”

So you knew it would be hot here?

“Fine, fine, my fault. Give me some of that stuff now.” Ye Lingxi couldn’t take it anymore. So it wasn’t her—it was the environment.

This area used to be volcanic, and there were many demons here. To prevent others from getting hurt, the lava and temperature were significantly increased.

Lan Mushu pulled out several jars, rummaging around. Ye Lingxi asked again: “Do you have food?”

“Yes.”

“You didn’t eat breakfast?”

“No. Ting’er called me, and I just left.”

“Why didn’t you eat?”

“Do you have food?”

“Of course.”

“Why didn’t I know that?” Ye Lingxi was stunned.

Lan Mushu: “I thought you didn’t want any, so I told them to take it away.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

She felt like dying.

“Wang Defa?!”

Lan Mushu didn’t know what she just said, but it clearly didn’t sound good: “What’s that?”

“Oh, nothing.” Ye Lingxi picked up a bottle: “Is this the cooling herb juice?” She weakly held it up for Lan Muxu to see.

Lan Mushu was busy finding food and casually replied: “Yeah, I’m getting you some food right now.”

Ye Lingxi opened the bottle and took a sip.

But she didn’t feel cool at all. Instead, her body started heating up. Could it be that the “cooling” effect here was to make you sweat first to cool off?

“Found it!” Lan Mushu finally brought out a filling piece of food, a compressed cake made from various ingredients. “What are you drinking?”

“This.” Ye Lingxi showed her the bottle.

Lan Mushu took a look and said: “You drank the wrong one. This isn’t cooling herb juice.”

“Huh?” Ye Lingxi was dumbfounded. “Then what is it? Will I die from it?”

“No, but it’s a new herbal potion I invented. I don’t know exactly what it does yet, but someone accidentally drank it as wine a few days ago.”

Ye Lingxi froze, holding the bottle. Thinking of how Ji Fuyu had gotten drunk a few days ago and acted weird, she realized what it was.

“Don’t tell me this is…”

“I know.”

“You knew and still kept it mixed with the others?!” Ye Lingxi yelled at her.

Lan Mushu pouted: “I just thought if we ran into trouble, we could test it out. I didn’t think you’d drink it.” She held up the bottle and asked, “So, how does it taste?”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“You still care about the taste?! Look at me now!” Ye Lingxi was about to explode.

Lan Mushu: “I didn’t make you drink it.”

“But I asked you earlier, and you said this was the one!”

Lan Mushu thought for a moment: “Did I?”

“Yes!” Ye Lingxi was sure.

“Well, what can we do? You’ve already drunk it.” Lan Mushu carefully asked, “So how are you feeling now?”

Ye Lingxi’s throat started to feel like it was smoking. She felt extremely hot.

She began untying her clothes. Lan Mushu’s eyes widened: “What… what are you doing?”

“I’m hot.”

“Are you still going to eat this?” Lan Mushu handed her the compressed cake.

Ye Lingxi took it and stared at the weird-looking food. Isn’t this just a compressed biscuit like from my world?

This author is seriously lazy.

But thinking about how her body was heating up, feeling uncomfortable, and seeing Lan Mushu made her heart itch, she realized what this stuff was.

Damn it! It’s an aphrodisiac!

“Lan Mushu, what the hell are you doing making this stuff?!”

“You recognize it?” Lan Muxu looked excited.

Ye Lingxi gritted her teeth: “Screw you!”

Lan Mushu: “…”