The Movie Queen's Demon Sect Leader [Transmigration] GL - Chapter 23

Luo Xuange and the others followed the photographer to the streets. They heard that the contestants were supposed to freely express themselves to capture the most beautiful photos.

Although Jiang Yihan and Luo Xuange were both dressed in ancient-style clothing, standing in the middle of a busy street full of pedestrians seemed awkward. However, both had cameras following them, so everyone understood what kind of event this was, or perhaps two-dimensional enthusiasts playing dress-up. They paused for a couple of glances and then moved on.

“I suddenly feel that your outfit would look quite artistic with a guqin,” Jiang Yihan suddenly approached Luo Xuange and shared her thought.

Luo Xuange subconsciously widened the distance between them, timidly glancing at the camera: That woman must be off filming now, right?

She still remembered when the Left Protector got a little too close to a female disciple; the Left Protector’s only martial arts friend confiscated all the washboards in the Demonic Sect. To this day, she remembers the Left Protector’s knees being crippled for three months!

Hiss, you must keep your distance from all outsiders when you’re in front of friends! Especially in front of a female friend with an unpredictable temperament, you must be careful! Otherwise, the consequences are truly unbearable, which is why she had always been unwilling to make friends.

Question: Why didn’t she keep her distance from Meng Xiaomeng when she was with An Ruoshui?

Answer: An Ruoshui hadn’t suggested being good friends at that time.

Jiang Yihan knew that Luo Xuange disliked intimacy, so she didn’t mind when Luo Xuange dodged. Her gaze simply burned as she looked at Luo Xuange: “I’ve been here before. I know there’s a qin shop. We can go take a look; they have guqins there. You can pose for a few shots inside the shop.” This outfit, paired with a qin, even if Luo Xuange couldn’t play, the photos taken would be pleasing to the eye and attract fans who appreciate beauty.

“Guqin?” Luo Xuange frowned slightly: “Didn’t you say this outfit paired with a flute earlier?”

“But now that I’ve seen the overall makeup, I think a qin would be better,” Jiang Yihan said. Seeing Luo Xuange’s frown still tight, she suggested again: “Anyway, there are other instruments in the qin shop. Let’s go take a look first. If a qin doesn’t work, we can switch to something else. What do you think?”

“Mm.” Luo Xuange hesitated briefly before nodding in agreement.

Through their interactions over the past few days, Jiang Yihan had shed her hostility and jealousy towards Luo Xuange. Now, she regarded Luo Xuange as a good friend sharing hardships, so she paid much more attention to Luo Xuange. Seeing her partner shine under her own arrangements was also a very pleasant thing, at least Jiang Yihan thought so.

When the two arrived at the qin shop, Luo Xuange’s expression stiffened slightly. Although there were many instruments here, there were no top-grade or high-quality instruments as she had imagined.

The shop owner saw customers approaching and immediately came up to greet them enthusiastically. However, when he saw the cameras behind Luo Xuange and Jiang Yihan, the owner’s face instantly changed.

“What are you doing here again? I told you, we won’t sell our qin to you. No matter how much money you offer, we won’t sell! Get out, get out!”

Jiang Yihan was stunned. She had accompanied a friend here once before, and the shop owner had been very polite. Why had he suddenly changed? And… a qin shop that doesn’t sell qin, what kind of business was the owner running?

Luo Xuange was still examining the other instruments in the shop, but she snapped back to attention to hear the owner driving people away.

Immediately, everyone present exchanged bewildered glances, looking at each other before turning back to stare at the shop owner: What’s going on?

The shop owner was still huffing and puffing, shooing them away, but the proprietress beside him sensed something was wrong. She quickly came over and asked Luo Xuange and the others, “What are you here for?”

Jiang Yihan was still lost in her thoughts, and the other staff members couldn’t speak in front of the live camera, so they all waited for Luo Xuange to speak.

Luo Xuange did not disappoint and began to explain: “We are contestants in the Celebrity Seed Audition. Because the competition requires us to take a set of photos that embody the contestants’ ‘beauty,’ we wanted to borrow a few instruments from your qin shop to pose with for photos.”

“Oh, oh, no wonder you look a bit familiar. You’re Luo Xuange, right?” The proprietress looked closely at Luo Xuange, then suddenly slapped her thigh: “Aiyo, it really is Luo Xuange! My daughter absolutely loves you. She’s at cram school today. Could you give me an autograph? When she gets first place in her grade next semester, I’ll give her your autograph.”

At this moment, not only was Sect Leader Luo stunned, but also Jiang Yihan beside her and a host of netizens in the live stream: Holy moly, such a divine move?!

Jiang Yihan looked at the proprietress and gave an awkward smile. What kind of person needs to go to cram school? Someone with bad grades, that’s who. Could her daughter really go from being a poor student to a top student in one semester? If she was truly Luo Xuange’s fan, then imagine the psychological trauma the little girl would have when she watched this live stream video after coming home!

Luo Xuange, naturally, didn’t overthink it like Jiang Yihan. Seeing the proprietress’s sincere smile, she immediately agreed to the autograph request.

Looking around, the proprietress anxiously patted her pockets. She usually carried a pen and ledger with her, but where had they gone today?

Luo Xuange saw her sweating anxiously and was about to tell her not to worry, when she suddenly saw the shop owner’s Four Treasures of the Study (writing brush, inkstick, inkstone, and paper) placed on a long table in the corner.

Upon closer inspection, there were also characters the shop owner had just finished copying. Since not much time had passed, the ink on the paper was still wet.

“Can I use this to write?” Luo Xuange raised a finger and pointed at the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table.

The shop owner’s suspicious gaze swept back and forth over Luo Xuange. He didn’t believe a little girl could display calligraphy, so he was unwilling for Luo Xuange to defile his paper and brush with strange writing.

The proprietress didn’t mind and nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, you can.”

Luo Xuange nodded slightly, walked to the writing desk, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and paused for a moment in front of the blank paper.

The live stream exploded once again—

Netizen 1: The old man calculates with his fingers; Luo Xuange is about to use her cheat code again.

Netizen 2: Lol, you really think she’s an all-rounder? Calligraphy isn’t something you can just practice casually and write well. The characters the shop owner just wrote, at least two or three years of practice went into them. Luo Xuange is actually putting on a show in front of the shop owner now, I really don’t know who gave her the nerve.

Netizen 3: I don’t know who gave Luo Xuange the nerve, but this empress asserts that the commenter above will very likely be face-slapped by my Luo in a moment.

Netizen 4: +1, my Luo never does anything without confidence. Just wait and see, my Luo will slap them back, leaving the haters and antis stunned.

Netizen 5: Hehe, truly what an idol, what fans, equally brainless, equally cult-like.

Netizen 6: Cult? We are the Demon Sect!!!

Netizen 7: Demon Sect? I like it lol.

Netizen 8: That’s right, we are the Demon Sect! Sect Leader Luo is invincible. If haters dare to offend, we’ll slap them back.

Netizen N: Loud laughter, slap them back +10086

Luo Xuange didn’t know that her fans had already glimpsed her true identity. She was currently hesitating about what to write, as it was impossible to just write her name and leave after picking up a calligraphy brush.

She pondered for a few seconds, but nothing came to mind. Then, inadvertently, a drop of ink fell from the tip of the brush onto the white paper.

The shop owner’s eyes burned with anger at the sight: “You!”

However, Luo Xuange curved her lips as she looked at the fallen drop of ink. She picked up the brush and began to draw around the ink, ultimately creating a vibrant, unyielding, and proud plum blossom branch in one fluid stroke. She signed it Luo Xuange.

Luo Xuange put down the brush and calmly looked at the proprietress: “Take a look, is this acceptable?”

“Yes, yes, yes, this is truly beautiful!” The proprietress walked closer, her eyes filled with disbelief. After a moment of viewing, she happily said: “Aiyo, if my daughter doesn’t get first place, I’ll frame this painting and hang it in the shop as a treasured item, hahaha!”

Meanwhile, the shop owner, seeing the painting and the calligraphy, opened his mouth but remained silent for a long time. The shop owner: I want to ask the master if they accept disciples!

The live stream was silent for a moment, then suddenly exploded with a screen full of bullet comments.

Netizen 1: Holy moly, my face hurts!

Netizen 2: Disciples, say nothing else, my face hurts!

Netizen 4: This backhand slap feels so good. My cunning Luo Xuange… no, my Sect Leader Luo is invincible!

Netizen 5: Where are the experts from just now? Come and spew your nonsense, lol!

Netizen 6: Enough said, going to vote. Let’s go, let’s go, we don’t play with people who use cheat codes.

Netizen 7: If this wasn’t live, I would never believe such a cheat god exists!

Jiang Yihan stepped forward to look at the painting. As she was overwhelmed with emotion, envy, jealousy, and hatred, she suddenly caught sight of the shop owner’s constipated expression. She walked to the shop owner, her mood greatly improved: “Boss, we’re here today to borrow a guqin. We won’t take it away; we’ll just use it in your shop. If there’s any damage, we’ll compensate you at the original price after the competition. What do you think?”

The shop owner scrutinized Luo Xuange repeatedly, and finally, under the threat of the proprietress’s gaze, he nodded in agreement.

Seeing the shop owner relent, Luo Xuange and Jiang Yihan both breathed a sigh of relief: “Thank you.”

Jiang Yihan didn’t know why she had suddenly become so invested in Luo Xuange. Before, she had been full of jealousy and resentment, but now she was open-minded.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Yihan felt that perhaps her open-mindedness stemmed from self-awareness. What could an ordinary person compare to a cheat-god? Wasn’t that just asking for abuse? It was better to cling to their coattails and get a share of the benefits!

Luo Xuange saw many guqins in the shop, but they were all of inferior quality. To outsiders, they might seem very good, but in Luo Xuange’s eyes, they were low-grade.

In her previous life, she disliked music, but the Right Protector and the Demonic Sect’s Saintess were extremely fond of it. So, the two conspired to make a bet with her, and ultimately, Luo Xuange lost. The consequence of losing was ordering the entire sect to diligently study music. Thus, the Demonic Sect searched everywhere for high-quality instruments, even stealing rare and exquisite ones, and bidding high prices for unique instruments.

For a time, this drew much ridicule from the martial arts world. The formidable Shadow Palace, instead of cultivating internal energy techniques, went to learn how to compose music, write lyrics, and play stringed instruments like weak scholars, which was truly a great absurdity.

And then…

The Demonic Sect’s Right Protector, with a single guqin, could take lives and seal throats, causing people to suffer qi deviation and internal energy chaos. From then on, the martial arts world no longer dared to underestimate the Demonic Sect’s music, and many martial artists even began to imitate them.

Later, Luo Xuange became interested when she saw that the guqin could take lives. She inquired multiple times, but the Right Protector always avoided the topic. Finally, the Saintess enlightened Luo Xuange…

The Saintess said: “Hehe, it’s just because she had just started learning and played horribly. She wanted to show off in front of the martial arts world, so she deliberately used internal energy to send the qin’s sound into others’ ears, which ultimately disrupted those people’s internal energy techniques, causing them to suffer qi deviation and cripple their own martial arts.”

The truth was ruthlessly exposed, and the Right Protector, in a fit of pique, left the sect with her guqin. When she returned, she played the qin wonderfully and wanted to show off every day. However… when martial artists saw her with a guqin, they would tremble and fall to their knees, begging for mercy!

The Right Protector, utterly exhausted, finally decided to return to the sect and enter seclusion, focusing solely on studying music and no longer interfering with martial arts disputes.

The martial arts world, upon learning of the Demonic Sect’s Right Protector’s seclusion, rejoiced and celebrated for seven days and seven nights before finally stopping.

Author’s Note:

Left Protector: Ahem… Sect Leader, actually, the man you encountered that day wasn’t my friend; he was my beloved! It’s just that we are both men, so we kept it hidden from everyone. Because of our existence, you’ve misunderstood the word “friend,” we are truly at fault…

Right Protector: Cough, cough, I want to say two serious words. First, this Protector is proficient in various musical instruments and melodies. Second, as for this Protector’s dark history from back then, if anyone dares to bring it up again, this old lady will take Foolish Xiaomeng to your house in the middle of the night to perform a Chinese and Western ensemble!!!

••••

Luo Xuange, the actress from another world

I transmigrated. I thought I came to unite the jianghu for thousands of generations, but I was wrong. The Demonic Sect here doesn’t fight or kill; they just drink wine and sing songs, and occasionally, when they’re in the mood, they climb walls in the middle of the night to watch the old emperor’s high-definition, explicit bed scenes.

Only one day, when we were watching with great interest, the little princess, who came out to admire the moon in the middle of the night, discovered us. Those bastards from the Demonic Sect abandoned this Sect Leader and ran off! Without internal energy, martial arts, or the ability to scale walls and leap across roofs, I fell into the little princess’s clutches just like that.

I thought I would be thrown into prison and then beheaded in the autumn, but I was wrong!

The little princess pushed me onto the bed, her eyes filled with shyness, anger, and resentment, asking me if I was satisfied with the dish she had meticulously researched last time.

I rummaged through my memories for a long time and finally found the original owner’s memories. That girl was also quite tragic. When she was young and ignorant, she ran off to emulate robbers, and accidentally ran into the little princess who was on a secret inspection tour. She took the princess back to the Demonic Sect and played all sorts of tricks on her. And if that wasn’t enough—why flirt if you’re not going to marry? Why did you promise her that when you grew up, you would marry her and make her the Sect Leader’s wife???

None of this is important. What’s important is that the original owner grew up and forgot about the little princess!

The little princess, in a fit of rage, ran to the Demonic Sect to confront her, clinging to the original owner every day. Later, she learned that the original owner loved a famous martial arts dish, and the little princess, who had never lifted a finger in the kitchen, actually ordered the Imperial Kitchen to teach her culinary skills.

Coincidentally, the original owner happened to want to steal a treasure map, so she disguised herself and went to the Imperial Kitchen, making her favorite dish. The little princess spoke a few words in front of the emperor, and the original owner was personally appointed by the emperor as the Head of the Imperial Kitchen (Fifth Rank), also tasked with teaching the little princess how to cook.

Damn the original owner, if you’re going to steal a map, then steal a map. If you’re going to teach cooking, then teach cooking. Why did you have to flirt with the little princess again?

[The real Sect Leader Luo: I didn’t flirt with her! I just wanted to be friends with her!]

Three months passed, and the little princess was melancholic all day. Was she in love with the little chef, or the little demoness? The princess fell ill amidst her confusion, and the palace was in chaos. The original owner seized this opportunity to steal the treasure map and faked her death to leave the palace.

The little princess finally recovered from her illness, only to discover that the little chef had died. This caused the little princess to fall ill again. The incompetent doctors in the Imperial Hospital couldn’t cure the princess, and the enraged emperor ordered all talented commoners from across the land to be summoned to treat the little princess.

If they could cure the little princess, the emperor would grant them three treasures from the national treasury.

The original owner had long coveted three musical instruments in the national treasury. So, she disguised herself as an itinerant doctor and entered the palace, curing the little princess. However—the original owner accidentally exposed her identity, and several of her aliases were revealed.

The original owner was so frightened that she immediately fled the palace. But having obtained three treasures, she was so happy that she agreed to participate in the martial arts tournament hosted by the martial artists.

At this point, the little princess unexpectedly learned that the little chef was actually the little demoness she loved, and that the little demoness, knowing she was ill, had actually disguised herself as an itinerant doctor to enter the palace and treat her (this was a beautiful misunderstanding). Overjoyed, she brought thousands of soldiers and horses to watch her beloved fight.

The little princess also brought, incidentally, “delicacies” she had personally researched for several days, to express her admiration for the original owner.

However, the original owner’s tragically low emotional intelligence completely misunderstood all of this. When the original owner defeated the martial arts alliance leader and was about to take over the position, she saw the troops brought by the little princess.

The original owner’s inner thought at the time was: The imperial court actually sent thousands of soldiers and horses. It seems this martial arts tournament hosted by the martial artists is a trap. This is no place to linger; I should take advantage of their unpreparedness and escape quickly.

Just then, the little princess, seeing her beloved win the championship, blushingly brought her carefully prepared lunch.

And the little princess’s cooking was unmentionable. A simple five-grain fish dish, the little princess cooked into a pot of ‘&*#￥%…’ The original owner, unable to escape the little princess’s persistence, acupunctured herself to seal her taste buds and forced down that bowl of ‘love lunch,’ ultimately dying of food poisoning.

Sorry, I can’t help but laugh.

However, the next second, I couldn’t laugh anymore. Because after I arrived, the innocent little princess was no longer innocent. That’s right… she turned dark!

“Um, Your Royal Highness, could you please untie me? You’ve tied me up for a day and a night now, and your hand holding the rope must be tired, right?” Luo Xuange lay weakly on the bed, complaining bitterly as she looked at the ropes on her body.

The princess smiled charmingly, hidden coldness in her eyes: “Luo Xuange, I told you you can’t run away. In this life, you are destined to be mine.”

“Your Royal Highness, could you please pretend that the old me is dead? And then, mercifully release the current me, the innocent me?” Luo Xuange blinked innocently: “Your Royal Highness, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda.”

Princess: “Even the Demonic Sect Leader can say, ‘Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda’? Luo Xuange, you are truly ridiculous.”

“Uh… but, I already said. I have amnesia, I don’t remember anything from before. Can we, from now on, go our separate ways?”

“It doesn’t matter, as long as I remember,” the princess said with a smile: “I still remember how loving Xuan Ge and I were back then. When Xuan Ge came to marry me with a ten-mile bridal procession, she promised to be responsible for me. Is Xuan Ge now trying to learn from those faithless people?”

Luo Xuange averted her head and let out a chuckle: In terms of acting, as a professional actress, I respectfully admit defeat to Your Royal Highness!

Several days later

Luo Xuange woke up to see the Left and Right Protectors and the Demonic Sect’s Saintess standing by her bedside. Luo Xuange was overjoyed: “Have you come to rescue me?”

“Sect Leader, the sect has recruited a new batch of disciples, and expenses are too high. A few of us discussed it and decided to marry you off to the princess. After all… the dowry the princess sent is indeed quite substantial.”

“Yes, yes, Sect Leader, eat well and drink well here. But don’t worry, if the princess dares to bully you, we’ll definitely scold her behind her back!”

“Sect Leader, to prevent you from escaping the wedding on the day of the ceremony, we specifically brought the sect’s Heavenly Lock. Even if your internal energy suddenly recovers, you won’t be able to break free from this lock! You should obediently marry the princess.”

“Sect Leader, the Heavenly Lock isn’t cheap. If your internal energy really recovers suddenly and you desperately try to break free, please remember not to damage the lock.”

“Sect Leader, don’t worry… the princess is beautiful, rich, and her family has all sorts of treasures. When you calculate it, our sect has really hit the jackpot!”

Luo Xuange: I think the original owner wasn’t poisoned to death; she was angered to death by you all!

(A work of self-indulgence, just enjoy the show, everyone)