Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 14
The wooden house was spacious, and the bright moonlight streamed into the room from the window, peaceful and serene.
Guan Luowei hadn’t spoken since returning, only staring at the object in her hand for a long time. Ling Chenyan had originally intended to wait for Guan Luowei to take the initiative to ask what had happened when she left, but seeing the current situation, she curiously leaned over to take a look.
It was half of a jade pendant, emerald green, emitting a soft glow under the moonlight, with intricate mysterious patterns carved on it. Ling Chenyan didn’t see it clearly because the next second, she was brought in front of Guan Luowei.
The demonic power in the big villain’s eyes had dissipated, and her face was now indifferent, revealing no emotion.
She asked, “Want to know what this is?”
Ling Chenyan nodded.
“This is the love token my mother and that man exchanged back then,” Guan Luowei said, looking at the half jade pendant in her hand. “This half belonged to that man.”
Ling Chenyan discerned something unusual from Guan Luowei’s way of referring to him. She cautiously asked, “Is that man your father?”
“Father?” Guan Luowei sneered. “He is just a traitor, the most shameless person.”
Ling Chenyan alertly pricked up her ears. Judging from Guan Luowei’s reaction, this jade pendant must have been found today. But how could something belonging to her father appear in the Lingxiao Immortal Sect?
Guan Luowei didn’t continue speaking, and Ling Chenyan also chose not to ask further.
Currently, both the origin of this half jade pendant and the missing Demon Clan disciples indicated that Guan Luowei would have to stay here for a long time.
If the captured Demon Clan disciples weren’t in the Xuanjing Cave, where else could they be? The Lingxiao Immortal Sect had a total of four peaks. The sword peak where Daoist Chenxu resided had already been turned upside down. There were still three more to search one by one.
••••
The next day, Guan Luowei heard the discussions of passing disciples on her way to attend a lecture.
“Did you hear? Last night, it seems someone broke into our sword peak and searched everywhere for something. It’s said that even Elder Chenxu went out to capture the little thief, but they haven’t found him yet.”
“So arrogant, could it be a Demon Clan person?”
“I don’t know, but it’s said that the defenses of the other three peaks have been greatly strengthened. If that thief comes again, I’m afraid it will be difficult for them to escape.”
“…”
Guan Luowei calmly took in all of these people’s conversations. As expected, the defenses of the other three peaks had been strengthened.
In addition, there was one more piece of news she needed to pay attention to. The news said that Daoist Guizei was worried about the sect’s treasure and personally went to guard it.
Daoist Guizei was the person who had ambushed Guan Luowei that day. According to her judgment, Daoist Guizei’s cultivation was no less than hers, and Guan Luowei always felt that the other person’s aura was a bit strange. It was like a dying person clinging to their last breath, and their whole body exuded an aura that made her very uncomfortable.
However, something that could sustain a person with such high cultivation must be either some kind of evil art or pills with countless side effects.
As for the sect’s treasure, it must be the Illusion God Lyre. In her previous life, it wasn’t until Lin Qinghuan was accidentally favored by the Illusion God Lyre and it recognized her as its master that the Lingxiao Immortal Sect discovered it had awakened its lyre spirit.
In this life, due to her involvement, the Illusion God Lyre’s spirit might be discovered ahead of time. Would its master also change?
••••
After the lecture, many disciples made plans to go and receive tasks together. In the Lingxiao Immortal Sect, in addition to the monthly allowance issued by the sect, disciples within the sect could obtain achievement points by completing tasks to acquire cultivation pills or techniques. Achievement points could be used to exchange for various techniques and pills.
In addition, outer disciples needed to complete two primary tasks each month, while inner disciples needed to complete one intermediate/advanced task and two primary tasks each month.
Even though Guan Luowei didn’t need those pills and techniques, she still had to do these tasks in order to stay in the Lingxiao Immortal Sect.
And she could also take the opportunity of completing tasks to visit the various peaks.
Thinking this in her heart, Guan Luowei walked into the mission hall with the others. Originally, she had planned to find some primary tasks from other peaks to complete first, but as soon as she walked in, someone called out to her.
“Junior Sister, you’re here to take a task too?”
Guan Luowei looked up and saw it was Li Xiu, the one who had fought her yesterday. She nodded and said, “Yes.”
“That’s a coincidence,” Li Xiu walked closer and said with a smile, “We also happen to be going to do an intermediate task. Junior Sister, if you don’t understand the rules since you just arrived, you can join us.”
The person next to him chimed in, “That’s right, Junior Sister, our task this time isn’t difficult. It seems like a Demon Clan crime occurred in a village at the foot of the mountain. We plan to take this task. If there really are demons causing trouble, hmph, we’ll have to ask the sword in my hand if it agrees.”
If it had been a hundred years ago, when the Demon Clan caused trouble, it might have been possible, but in the past hundred years, under her grandfather’s repeated orders, such a situation hadn’t occurred for many years.
Guan Luowei had originally planned to refuse, but the person’s words just now made her change her mind. So she nodded and said, “Alright, then I’ll trouble Senior Brother.”
Li Xiu smiled and said, “It’s my duty.”
••••
There were a total of five people taking this task. Besides Guan Luowei and another senior sister, the remaining three were men.
The senior sister was named Liu Su, and like Li Xiu, she was a mid-Golden Core disciple. The remaining two men were Zhang Cheng, a late-Foundation Establishment disciple, and Li Si, a mid-Foundation Establishment disciple.
With such a lineup, if the thing causing trouble wasn’t too strong, they should be able to handle it with ease.
Li Xiu spoke first, “It’s a long way down the mountain. To get there faster, let’s ride our swords.”
The other three nodded in agreement. Only Guan Luowei lowered her eyes to look at the sword hanging at her waist and slightly raised her eyebrows.
Li Xiu had already stepped onto his sword. Seeing that everyone else had gotten on their swords but Guan Luowei was still on the ground, he asked with some confusion, “Junior Sister Luo, why haven’t you gotten on your sword yet?”
Ling Chenyan turned her back guiltily, pretending not to hear.
Guan Luowei glanced at the silver sword without exposing her. Instead, she took out a small boat from her storage bag. The small boat slowly grew larger, big enough to hold about ten people, before Guan Luowei continued, “Riding swords will inevitably consume stamina. Why don’t Senior Brothers and Senior Sister ride this boat with me?”
In fact, before Guan Luowei could finish speaking, the others had already widened their eyes. Liu Su said in surprise, “Is this a Wind-Riding Boat?”
Guan Luowei nodded, her gaze once again falling on the sword at her waist. This was also one of the betrothal gifts given to her by a certain sword.
The four of them didn’t know the origin of the boat, only assuming that Guan Luowei was a descendant of some immortal cultivation family. They didn’t refuse and followed her onto the boat.
After the few of them set the course, they gathered together to discuss the task.
Li Xiu said, “The place we’re going to is Fengxiang Town. This town has always been very peaceful until a few days ago, when people started dying one after another. According to the news, more than half of the dead were pregnant women, and the rest were young and strong men. Their deaths were gruesome. The babies in the pregnant women’s wombs were cut out alive and eaten, while the young men were sucked dry. The scene looked very terrifying. Someone found something resembling Demon Clan aura at the scene, so it’s suspected that the Demon Clan is responsible.”
After he finished speaking, the expressions of the four of them were a bit solemn. Such cruel methods, according to past experience, did indeed have a higher probability of being the work of the Demon Clan.
“However, some days ago, some disciples did take this task,” Li Xiu thought for a moment and then said, “It’s said that they encountered that monster that night. That monster exuded demonic power all over its body and had high cultivation. It sucked a man dry in front of them but didn’t kill them, only injuring them before leaving the town.”
Liu Su frowned and said, “If it was the Demon Clan, why would they let disciples of our Lingxiao Immortal Sect go? I’m afraid someone is impersonating the Demon Clan to commit these acts and shift the blame to them.”
Zhang Cheng deeply agreed, feeling that what Liu Su said made sense, but Li Si said, “I think it might really be the work of the Demon Clan. As for why they didn’t dare to kill our Lingxiao Immortal Sect disciples, maybe they were afraid of our sect’s retaliation.”
Liu Su shook her head. The Lingxiao Immortal Sect and the Demon Clan had always been at odds. If they had such an opportunity, the Demon Clan wouldn’t show mercy. Moreover, with the Demon Clan’s temperament, they wouldn’t be afraid of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect’s retaliation.
However, before she could say what she thought, she heard Li Xiu say, “Junior Sister Luo, what do you think?”
Caught off guard by being called out, Guan Luowei raised her eyes slightly and said, “I agree with Senior Sister Liu.”
Li Xiu nodded. “What Junior Sister Liu said also makes sense, but with such cruel methods, I think perhaps only the Demon Clan could do it.”
Guan Luowei’s eyes flickered, falling on Li Xiu’s delicate face. She saw that when he mentioned the Demon Clan, the usual gentleness on his face disappeared, replaced by disgust, as if just uttering the words “Demon Clan” made him extremely repulsed.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this for now,” Li Xiu said. “Let’s first discuss what we should do after we get there.”
••••
As they approached the town, fog suddenly rose, and amidst the hazy mist, the blue bricks and green tiles could be faintly seen.
Guan Luowei and the others jumped off the boat. The person who had come to meet them hurried forward, a bitter smile on his face. “Greetings, esteemed immortals. I am Wang Er, responsible for guiding you. It’s getting dark now, please hurry and return to the town with me.”
Li Xiu and Liu Su exchanged a look, both seeing a hint of fear in Wang Er’s eyes.
After Li Xiu made the necessary arrangements, he led everyone to the town’s inn.
The sky outside was already enveloped by fog, and the dimness made it impossible to tell the time. There was no one on the street, only a few houses had lanterns hanging at their doors, their scarlet light swaying in the wind.
The group arrived at the inn and found that the inside was much livelier than the outside.
Li Xiu glanced at the people in the inn and said to Wang Er, “Brother Wang, have you brought all the pregnant women to this one inn?”
Wang Er sighed and said, “How could that be? Fengxiang Town has a large population, and the number of pregnant women is also not small. This is only a part of them. Some others either have guards at home and are not afraid, or they have already left during the day. The remaining ones gathered here are just seeking psychological comfort, but fortunately, all of you immortal masters have arrived.”
Li Xiu roughly estimated that there were at least fifty pregnant women in the inn, and there were only five of them.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiu decided to first set up a formation outside the inn. When night truly fell, three people would stay to guard these pregnant women, and the other two would go to check the situation in the town.
Guan Luowei stood outside the inn, looking at the almost solidified fog, her fingertips slightly moving, releasing wisps of black energy. A moment later, the black energy disappeared. Guan Luowei withdrew her fingers, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Ling Chenyan asked, “Did you discover something?”
Guan Luowei glanced at her and said, “The demonic power is very faint. It shouldn’t be the Demon Clan.”
“If it’s not the Demon Clan, why is there demonic power?” Ling Chenyan asked in confusion.
Guan Luowei narrowed her eyes, a dangerous light appearing in them. “That can only mean that it fought with the Demon Clan before and was injured, or it carries something that gathers demonic power.”
What Guan Luowei didn’t finish saying was that such things were usually demonic cores cultivated by the Demon Clan. In other words, the thing causing trouble was very likely to have killed a Demon Clan person and devoured their demonic core.
As the night grew darker and the weather got colder, Ling Chenyan looked at the desolate appearance of the town and felt inexplicably scared.
She tugged at the corner of Guan Luowei’s clothes and whispered, “I’m a little bit scared.”
“Hide behind me later,” Guan Luowei paused, her Adam’s apple bobbing slightly, and said, “I’ll protect you.”