After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon Fodder Character, The System Turned out to be Completely Unreliable! - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Secret

Ji Fuyu’s hair was yanked, forcing her to look directly at Ye Lingxi, who was still trapped inside the cage.

“Don’t treat her like that, it must be painful.”

“What, you feel sorry for her now?”

“It’s not that. I just mean, if you kill her, you won’t be able to achieve immortality,” Ye Lingxi quickly changed the subject. Sorry, Demon King, I had to say that.

Lian Qi sneered, “Well, well, who would’ve thought she’s such a vicious woman? Now I definitely have to tell her.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Come on, man, just spit it out already!

“You don’t know this, but when Mingyue Shangshen found her phoenix egg, she sensed it was a twin. However, inside the egg, the evil half devoured the righteous half. And not completely either—there are still male organs on her body.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“She became a neither-male-nor-female phoenix. But the righteous side was devoured in the egg. Everyone advised Mingyue Shangshen to kill her, but Mingyue, in her mercy, chose to raise and teach her. Still, no matter how she was raised, she became a demon anyway. Isn’t it ridiculous?”

“Why?! Why did you get her pity while our Witch Clan didn’t?” Lian Qi growled with a twisted expression. “What did we ever do wrong?! All we wanted was freedom. And yet you—not only did you gain her affection, even after turning into a demon, she still wouldn’t kill you completely.”

Ji Fuyu, her hair still being pulled, grabbed at the roots near her scalp to lessen the pain. “Affection?! Her affection was fake!”

“She feared I’d turn into a demon. Feared I’d harm the world. She never truly saw me as one of them. Never!” Ji Fuyu forcefully broke free and slammed her palm against him!

Lian Qi was flung backward. He propped himself up and steadied his stance, while Ji Fuyu declared, “I am a phoenix—I will undergo nirvana and be reborn. No one can kill me! That’s exactly why she’s afraid—afraid that if I never die, there’ll be no one left who can suppress me.”

Lian Qi laughed. “You’re wrong. Sure, you’re a phoenix and can be reborn, but what if your divine consciousness is completely crushed? Then it’s a whole different story. Do you really think you could still reincarnate?”

Ji Fuyu clearly didn’t believe it, but she couldn’t hide the shock on her face. “Impossible…”

“If she didn’t care about you, why would she suppress you beneath Dragon Vein Mountain? Oh, right—Dragon Vein Mountain is actually Mingyue’s true body. She did all that so you’d be together forever. She sealed you in her dragon mouth to keep everyone else away and assigned only her own disciple to guard you. Other than Fu Guang, no one knew you were suppressed there.”

Ye Lingxi had been listening all along, and finally everything made sense. So this story did have a lot of hidden secrets—it was all finally coming to light.

“But I heard that Bai Luotang is also Mingyue’s disciple. Why didn’t she know?”

“That’s because a hundred years ago, Bai Luotang was injured during a fight with her when she lost control. Her foundation was damaged and she became a cripple. She’s forgotten many things.”

“Oh, I see.”

“But now I’m more and more curious about that seal on your body. Other than a god, no one should be capable of such a thing.” Lian Qi once again used a talisman to suppress Ji Fuyu. He lifted her small chin and asked, “So tell me, Demon King, what exactly did you do?” His gaze drifted toward Ye Lingxi.

Ye Lingxi, awkward and flustered, looked away and let out a few strategic coughs, even whistling.

Lian Qi chuckled, walked past Ji Fuyu, and approached Ye Lingxi, sizing her up. “Or maybe… are you the god?”

“What nonsense are you saying?! I should be asking you—how do you even know all this?”

“How do I know? Because I was there.”

“You? You were there? Why were you there?”

“Why should I tell you that? All you need to know is—she’s a deformed fetus. She should’ve been a disgrace to everyone!” As Lian Qi finished speaking, he shot a talisman into her divine consciousness—but was instantly bounced back.

He laughed. “I get it. I finally understand!”

“You are her! What a day—Demon King and Shangshen, both appearing right before me again!”

Ye Lingxi felt a strange pulling force for a second, then it was gone. And then she saw him laughing maniacally.

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“Are you done laughing?”

“Of course not! I can’t believe it—you’re the reincarnation of Mingyue Shangshen!”

“What?!”

The two of them looked at each other in disbelief. Ji Fuyu was especially shocked. She scrambled up and grabbed Lian Qi’s trousers. “What did you just say?!”

“I said, she is Mingyue,” Lian Qi repeated, his voice echoing in her ears. “You were wondering why your magic was sealed? That’s why.”

Ji Fuyu looked as if she were turning to stone.

Ye Lingxi shouted at her, “Ji Fuyu, snap out of it! He’s just messing with us! How could I be her?! I’m just an ordinary person—you know that! I can barely even awaken my divine sense, and you know that’s true!”

Before she could finish, Lian Qi grabbed her face. “Why do you talk so much? It’s very simple why you couldn’t awaken—your divine consciousness hasn’t fully merged with your body yet. Of course it’s hard to access. But now that it has awakened, looks like I’m not the only one who knows your secret.”

Ye Lingxi blinked in disbelief, brows furrowed.

Fu Guang—he always knew. Then does that mean he also knew Ji Fuyu was the Demon King?

“It’s all a lie! They’ve all been lying to me!” Ji Fuyu kept repeating the same sentence.

Ye Lingxi tried to call out to her again. “Ji Fuyu!”

Lian Qi said, “You should worry about yourself. Today, I’m taking both your powers.”

“You liar.”

“Me? A liar?” Lian Qi laughed as if he’d heard the funniest joke. “Fine. You want the truth? I’ll give it to you.”

“If I’m really Mingyue Shangshen, then why am I so lacking in talent?”

“Lacking? You inherited her golden eyes, didn’t you?”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Those eyes took me days of blindness to get!

“The first time I saw you, I noticed your golden eyes. I immediately wondered why you had them. Then she appeared. In that moment, I knew—but I wasn’t sure. Seeing how your magic is sealed because of her, now I’m certain.”

“You’ve talked so much and still haven’t said anything useful.”

“You’re mocking me!” Lian Qi fumed. “You know it’s dangerous to provoke me, right?”

“Oh? Is it?” Ye Lingxi responded with a scoff.

Lian Qi, enraged, accidentally broke open her cage. He lost his balance and fell. Everything he had been controlling stopped responding. This was the moment Ye Lingxi had been waiting for. She dashed to Ji Fuyu and tried to help her up.

“Let’s go!” But Ji Fuyu didn’t respond. She was mumbling, “They lied to me again. Lied again…”

“What’s wrong with you?” Ye Lingxi asked, shaking her. “Ji Fuyu! Ji Fuyu!”

Suddenly, Ji Fuyu raised a hand and flung Ye Lingxi away.

Ye Lingxi was stunned. “What’s that supposed to mean?!”

Ji Fuyu stood, her face dark. Before Ye Lingxi could react, Ji Fuyu grabbed her throat. Don’t be fooled by her childlike form—her strength was just like before.

“What are you doing?!” Ye Lingxi gasped for air.

“Die! Die!” Ji Fuyu screamed, completely unprovoked, choking her just like their very first encounter—but this time her sanity seemed fragile and broken.

Ye Lingxi struggled as Ji Fuyu’s strength increased. It felt like her soul was being torn apart. Her eyes glinted with a terrifying, icy light. The whole place was filled with a chilling aura.

“Ji Fuyu…” Ye Lingxi continued to cry out weakly.

Lian Qi stood by, watching them fight like it was entertainment.

Just as Ye Lingxi was about to lose consciousness, a shout pierced the air.

“Stop!”

A group of people rushed over and saw Ji Fuyu strangling Ye Lingxi.

Fu Guang ran up and tapped several points on Ji Fuyu’s body. She collapsed, unconscious.

Ye Lingxi gasped and coughed violently, her throat nearly crushed.

Jing had returned to his original form. Lian Qi recognized him immediately. “It’s you?”

Sensing danger, Jing turned into a puff of smoke and fled with Ji Fuyu.

“Where’s Mu Yun?!”

“She’s dead,” said a new voice.

But to Lian Qi, that voice was all too familiar. A man walked in holding a folding fan.

“Little brother, long time no see.”

“Lian Sheng? No—should I call you Sect Master of Jiuxuan Sect, Su Yunli? What are you doing here?!”

Su Yunli closed his fan. “Good question. Wherever Fu Guang is, that’s where I’ll be.”

Lian Qi: “…”

Fu Guang said, “Enough.”

“Tch, now Fu Guang’s scolding me,” Su Yunli muttered under his breath.

Lian Qi: “…”

“You shameless traitor. You’ve already betrayed our clan, and now you show up here?”

Su Yunli pointed at him with his fan and stood beside Fu Guang. “If you think I betrayed the Wu Clan, I have nothing to say. But the one truly responsible for the Wu Clan’s destruction isn’t me—it’s you!”