Senior Sister Is Too Weak and Cannot Take Care Of Herself (Transmigration) - Chapter 8

Tang Huan listened to the commotion on either side of her and knew that her plan had succeeded. The spiritual snakes had shifted their target as she had predicted and were now chasing her.

Tang Huan breathed a sigh of relief. Fearing the snakes would notice the trick, she controlled her flying sword to fly as fast as she could to lead the snakes far away.

However, she had used up a lot of her spiritual energy maintaining the sword formation earlier, and she was gradually losing control of the alcohol’s effects. These spiritual snakes were much more powerful than before, and Tang Huan’s speed slowly decreased. She was caught up to by the snakes.

The alcohol made her dizzy. Tang Huan stumbled and felt a foul, fishy smell coming toward her. She quickly dodged, barely avoiding one snake’s attack, and then the other snakes attacked her from four directions.

Tang Huan drew her sword to fight, but the lingering effects of the alcohol she had drunk were incredibly powerful. Her limbs felt weak, and she couldn’t unleash her full potential. She had also left in a hurry and hadn’t brought any life-saving magical treasures. All she could do was run, looking incredibly pathetic.

The snakes surrounded her, closing in. Tang Huan took an unintentional step back and found herself in front of a giant snake. She instinctively sensed danger and hastily turned around, only to see that the snake was already very close. From Tang Huan’s perspective, she could almost see the terrifying fangs in its wide-open mouth.

It’s over!

At this distance, there was no way to escape.

Tang Huan closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, waving her hand forward to block the attack and minimize the damage. However, after a while, the expected pain never came.

Tang Huan couldn’t help but open her eyes and look at the snake again. It was as if a pause button had been pressed. The snake was frozen in a comical pose, its wide-open mouth unmoving in the air. If it weren’t for the bloodshot eyes that were still moving, Tang Huan would have thought the snake was just a statue.

What’s more, it was strange that even though the snakes had lost their minds, Tang Huan could faintly sense fear in its expression.

What happened?

Tang Huan’s eyes widened. She didn’t have time to investigate. She quickly took a step back, her body swaying as she left the snakes’ encirclement.

Just as Tang Huan flew a few steps away, the snakes suddenly came back to life and chased after her once more.

But this distance was already enough for Tang Huan to escape!

By now, all the spiritual snakes that had escaped had been killed. Several cultivators were heading in Tang Huan’s direction. Tang Huan changed her course and ran into the crowd. The chasing snakes were now entangled with the cultivators.

Tang Huan looked at the snakes being held back by the cultivators, let out a sigh of relief, and landed on the ground. Her legs were still trembling uncontrollably, and she was drenched in cold sweat. The remaining effects of the alcohol completely disappeared.

I was so close to being bitten by a spiritual snake…

Tang Huan felt a wave of fear wash over her. She took a few deep breaths, but before she could calm her fear, she heard Ren Jingmu’s furious voice from ahead, “Tang Huan! How could you treat Senior Sister Qin Su like that?”

Ren Jingmu had already walked over to Qin Su’s side. He glared at Tang Huan, his face flushed with anger.

The Body-Fixing Spell on Qin Su had already been undone. Due to her lack of energy, Qin Su was still sitting on the ground, her head slightly bowed, clutching the animal hide tightly.

Qin Su didn’t say a word, but her rare display of disheveledness made her look even more pitiful and fragile, arousing compassion in others.

Qin Su had been pampered her whole life. She probably had never been treated so offensively before.

Tang Huan felt she hadn’t done anything wrong, but seeing Qin Su’s appearance and remembering the look in her eyes when she took off her robe, Tang Huan felt a strange sense of guilt. She felt like a cold and heartless killer who had brutally harmed a delicate flower like Qin Su.

“In that situation, if Ah-Huan hadn’t done that, Senior Sister Qin would have been bitten by the snakes! You’re so brave, why didn’t you go and save her?”

Tang Huan didn’t want to argue with Ren Jingmu, but Wang Mengyao happened to walk up to her. When she heard what Ren Jingmu said, she was filled with righteous anger and glared at him.

Ren Jingmu was stunned. He remembered leaving Qin Su to help Bai Feng and felt a little guilty. He averted his gaze, his voice a little softer, but he was still arguing. “She could have used another method. Why did she have to take off…” Ren Jingmu couldn’t finish his sentence because Huang Shuang, who was standing nearby, interrupted him with a serious expression.

“That was the best way at the time,” Huang Shuang said, frowning at the messy white robe Tang Huan was wearing. “Senior Sister Qin’s clothes had two kinds of powder that stimulated the spiritual snakes. If Junior Sister Tang hadn’t led the snakes away, Senior Sister Qin would probably have been in grave danger by now.”

“The pastry that Junior Sister Tang was holding had a kind of powder that stimulated the spiritual snakes. But before Junior Sister Tang brought the pastry, Senior Sister Qin already had another kind of powder on her. These two kinds of powder look similar and are very difficult to distinguish, but the powder on Senior Sister Qin had an extra ingredient, and its effect was much stronger than the powder in the pastry…”

After hearing Huang Shuang’s analysis, Ren Jingmu froze.

In the past, whenever Qin Su was in danger, the first person he suspected was Tang Huan. Only Tang Huan would want to kill Qin Su.

However, even though he didn’t want to admit it, Tang Huan had indeed saved Qin Su this time. If Tang Huan had truly wanted to kill Qin Su, she wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble.

Moreover, the mastermind must have been very aware of the conflict between Tang Huan and Qin Su and even tried to harm Senior Sister Qin and frame Tang Huan. After all, ordinary people would not be able to distinguish between the two kinds of powder.

But the mastermind had clearly miscalculated. They didn’t expect Huang Shuang to be here…

Senior Sister Qin is such a good person. Who would be so malicious to want to harm her?

Ren Jingmu frowned.

Tang Huan’s thoughts also drifted. She hadn’t expected things to turn out this way.

She had prepared to argue her case with facts, but she never expected Huang Shuang to help clear her name. With Huang Shuang here, even if Bai Feng’s plot had actually killed Qin Su, Wang Mengyao probably wouldn’t have been blamed in the end.

But was it really just a coincidence that Huang Shuang, who had the most sensitive sense of smell, was here?

And what about the spiritual snakes that mysteriously froze in mid-air during the battle?

Tang Huan’s gaze involuntarily fell on Qin Su, who was being helped up by a disciple.

After all this commotion, Qin Su’s face looked extremely pale and haggard.

The original owner’s understanding of Qin Su was limited to the fact that she was a sickly person who kept to herself. It wasn’t until Qin Su’s attendant came over that Tang Huan learned that even though Qin Su was weak, she insisted on doing everything herself. The attendant had served her for ten years and had never seen Qin Su undress herself, yet Tang Huan had recklessly stripped her outer robe in public.

Tang Huan’s guilt deepened. The reason she took off Qin Su’s outer robe was because she thought the inner garments in the cultivation world were very thick, and taking off the outer robe was harmless. But for the reserved Qin Su, this was probably an extremely difficult thing to accept. No wonder she had reacted the way she did earlier.

Qin Su was drinking some medicine at the moment. The medicine was pitch black, and just looking at it made Tang Huan feel a bitter taste in her mouth. It was amazing that Qin Su drank it without a change in her expression.

The attendant brought Qin Su’s clean clothes and a cloth to block them from view. By now, Qin Su had already changed her clothes behind the screen and returned to her pure and peaceful self, dressed in her graceful white robes.

“Junior Sister,” Qin Su seemed to notice Tang Huan’s gaze. She coughed twice and looked up at Tang Huan, speaking softly, “You were also frightened today. I have some calming pills here…”

“No, no, that’s not necessary. I’m perfectly fine. Senior Sister, you don’t have to worry about me!” Tang Huan was startled. She had no desire to take those bitter pills and quickly averted her gaze.

It must have all been a coincidence…

Tang Huan frowned. Even if Qin Su had invited Huang Shuang, how could a sickly person like Qin Su have the ability to make the spiritual snakes stop their attacks?

The Tianxuan Sect believed in teaching according to one’s aptitude. Besides the necessary courses, disciples could arrange their own practice for whatever they were interested in during the rest of their time.

After this incident, Tang Huan still liked to lay low, but she felt that laying low forever was not a good idea. After resting for a few days, Tang Huan began to attend the necessary morning classes with Wang Mengyao.

In the boring cultivation world, gossip spread quickly. Now, the entire sect knew that Tang Huan had saved Qin Su. Because of Qin Su’s good reputation, many people changed their prejudice against the original owner and became friendly toward Tang Huan. After a few days, Tang Huan had the illusion that she was going to school with her classmates in the modern world.

Tang Huan took the opportunity to ask a disciple who loved raising spiritual pets about the spiritual snakes. After hearing that the snakes were stimulated by two kinds of powder, the disciple told Tang Huan that under the stimulation of the powder, the snakes’ brains might have been damaged, and it was understandable that they were unable to react in battle.

After hearing this explanation, Tang Huan completely let go of her doubts.

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In the past few days, Tang Huan hadn’t seen Qin Su. She heard that Qin Su was physically weak, and this time she was drenched in rain and frightened, which put her life in danger once again. The elders had used all their methods to save her. Qin Su had been resting behind closed doors ever since.

And it was probably Ren Jingmu who told the elders about the poisoning. The Tianxuan Sect had been under strict lockdown recently. Bai Feng couldn’t find another chance to act, so she also used the excuse of being frightened to stay indoors. However, she would ask Ren Jingmu to visit her every day under the pretense of reminiscing.

Tang Huan also ran into Ren Jingmu a few times in the past few days. Ren Jingmu still looked at Tang Huan with disdain, always looking at her with his nose in the air, but at least he wasn’t trying to fight her like before. Tang Huan couldn’t be bothered with him.

Soon, the day of Bai Feng’s departure arrived.

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After her morning class, Tang Huan was walking back to her residence with a few familiar fellow disciples. On the way, she ran into Ren Jingmu, who had just sent off Bai Feng. Ren Jingmu was frowning, as if he was deep in thought. Tang Huan was about to walk around him as she had done before, but Ren Jingmu let out a cold laugh and stopped in front of Tang Huan.

“I get it! It was you, wasn’t it?”

“No wonder no one could find the poisoner. It’s because the culprit is you!” Facing Tang Huan’s stunned eyes, Ren Jingmu glared at her and laughed scornfully. “You deliberately used this trick to save Senior Sister Qin this time just to make me and the other disciples change our minds about you!”

“I never thought you were so manipulative. I almost fell for your trick. It’s a good thing Bai Feng gave me a heads-up before she left!”

“You’d better stop,” Ren Jingmu said, raising his head and looking at Tang Huan with a cold gaze. “Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”