Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 16

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds and fell on the small town, the people in the town finally woke up.

Wang Er and the others hiding in the inn had spent a tense, sleepless night. When they saw that ray of sunlight, they breathed a sigh of relief as if reborn, followed by faces full of excitement.

Last night, not a single one of them had actually been harmed!

The crowd cheered. Just then, the inn door was pushed open, and Wang Er was about to rush forward to congratulate the group and say words of thanks. The stench that hit him head-on made him stop abruptly, looking at the people entering the door.

Among them, the immortal masters named Liu Su and Li Si were covered in filth, Zhang Cheng and Li Xiu were still unconscious, and only the seemingly most aloof Immortal Master Luo was clean, untouched by any dust.

Wang Er glanced at her and quickly went forward to greet the other four, “Esteemed immortals, you’ve worked hard. I wonder about that monster…”

Liu Su said, “The monster is dead. Send all these pregnant women back. Be careful to avoid the black, smelly mud outside. We will send people to clean it up later.”

Wang Er nodded quickly, his face showing joy. The pregnant women behind him even cried with joy, hurrying to kowtow to the group.

Wang Er quickly stopped them, thinking that the immortal masters didn’t look too well at the moment, and they shouldn’t add to the trouble.

A moment later, the five people sat in a room.

Li Si looked at the filth all over his body with disgust and said, “What happened here? Senior Sister Liu and I were investigating outside and were about to return when we heard a loud bang. Immediately after, these dirty things started falling from the sky. The key is, the cleansing spell was useless against it.”

Liu Su also frowned and looked at the only conscious person, Guan Luowei, saying, “Junior Sister Luo, what happened here?”

Guan Luowei’s face was calm as she said, “That monster came to attack the inn. Senior Brother Zhang was knocked unconscious by it, and Senior Brother Li risked everything to kill the monster before losing consciousness.”

“Senior Brother Li killed that monster?” Li Si asked.

Guan Luowei nodded. “To be precise, it was Senior Brother Li’s sword spirit.”

Li Si and Liu Su exchanged surprised glances and simultaneously turned their eyes to Li Xiu’s sword spirit.

Li Xiu’s sword spirit: “…” It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it, don’t slander me.

However, the group didn’t dwell too much on this topic. Liu Su looked at the unconscious Li Xiu and Zhang Cheng, tried to probe their bodies with spiritual power, and slowly frowned, saying, “Junior Brother Zhang is fine, but Senior Brother Li has suffered some injuries. These injuries are strange and sinister, and I’m afraid we can’t heal them. Fortunately, the matter in Fengxiang Town has been resolved, and we will set off to return to the sect immediately and let Master treat him.”

As she spoke, Liu Su took out two pills and fed them to Li Xiu. She continued, “Junior Sister, I’m afraid we’ll have to borrow your Wind-Riding Boat again for our return trip.”

Guan Luowei nodded and said, “It’s fine.”

After the group bid farewell to the people of Fengxiang Town, they rode the Wind-Riding Boat back to the sect day and night.

At the same time, within the Lingxiao Immortal Sect.

The person sitting upright on the bed suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes and vomited a large mouthful of bl00d. Then, his pupils gradually constricted to pinpoints, and the events of Fengxiang Town flashed through them like a revolving lantern.

If one looked closely, one would even notice that the perspective of this projection was that of the sinister entity.

A moment later, the person’s pupils slowly returned to their normal state, and he coldly spat out a person’s name: “Luo Yan.”

••••

Guan Luowei’s group caused a stir in the sect upon their return, not because of anything else, but because the smell on them was truly too foul. Not only that, but they were also covered in mud, looking very unseemly.

Liu Su ignored these gazes and, together with Li Si, hurriedly took the two unconscious people to Daoist Chenxu for treatment. As for Guan Luowei, since she had just entered the sect and was unharmed, the two let her return first.

After returning to her room, Guan Luowei sat on the bed, quietly adjusting her breathing, while simultaneously pondering the events of the past few days. Ling Chenyan couldn’t stay still for more than a few minutes before trying to sneak out.

Just as she slipped to the door, a voice stopped her, “Where are you going?”

Ling Chenyan turned her head and met Guan Luowei’s eyes, which had opened at some point. She said awkwardly, “I’m just going out for a stroll.”

“I’ll go with you.”

Guan Luowei said, about to get out of bed. Ling Chenyan was going to trick the little lyre spirit, how could she bring her along? So she said, “No need, Master, I’m just wandering around.”

Guan Luowei looked at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “I’m just wandering around too.”

Ling Chenyan: “…Alright then.”

“You seem…” Guan Luowei glanced at her, then withdrew her gaze, her expression indifferent as she said, “Very unwilling?”

A warning bell went off in Ling Chenyan’s heart. She quickly said, “How could that be, Master? I’m very willing. Let’s go quickly.”

Only then did Guan Luowei give a satisfied smile and left the room with the silver sword.

Ling Chenyan intentionally tried to find out information about the lyre spirit, deliberately walking in crowded places along the way, using her soul form to weave through the crowd and eavesdrop on their conversations. In the end, she discovered that everything in the Lingxiao Immortal Sect was as usual, and there seemed to be no news of the Illusion God Lyre awakening its spirit.

Ling Chenyan felt puzzled. Could it be that the old man who went to guard it hadn’t discovered it?

The two, one person and one sword, were walking along the road when suddenly a voice called out to Guan Luowei, “Junior Sister Luo.”

A gentle woman walked towards them, smiling and glancing at the silver sword before saying to Guan Luowei, “Junior Sister Luo, so you were here. I was just about to look for you.”

Guan Luowei stopped and looked at Lin Qinghuan, asking, “Senior Sister, what do you need me for?”

“Master wants to see you,” Lin Qinghuan said. “Master said he has something to ask you. Come with me.”

Guan Luowei turned and followed Lin Qinghuan’s steps. The two walked and talked.

Lin Qinghuan said, “Junior Sister Luo, I heard that your trip down the mountain was to take on the task of Fengxiang Town?”

Guan Luowei nodded and said “Hmm.”

“Oh,” Lin Qinghuan thought for a moment, as if realizing something, and said, “No wonder Senior Brother Li and Senior Sister Liu were so disheveled. I heard the senior and junior brothers in the sect talk about that monster. Its form and techniques were cunning and something never seen before. I originally planned to take on this task with Senior Brother after he recovered, but I didn’t expect you to have already resolved it.”

Lin Qinghuan tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and turned her head to look at Guan Luowei. “Junior Sister Luo, I heard that Senior Brother Li killed that monster. Is that really the case?”

Guan Luowei nodded. “Yes.”

“Then Senior Brother Li is really amazing,” Lin Qinghuan said. “When he wakes up, I must ask him exactly what happened.”

Guan Luowei didn’t reply, and Lin Qinghuan didn’t continue speaking. The two walked in silence all the way to Daoist Chenxu’s cave. Lin Qinghuan stopped and said, “Junior Sister Luo, I’ll take you this far.”

Guan Luowei paused and nodded.

Lin Qinghuan then looked at the silver sword beside her and said with a smile, “Junior Sister Luo’s sword is really good.”

Guan Luowei’s expression didn’t change much. “Senior Sister, then I’ll go in first.”

“Okay,” Lin Qinghuan stood in the distance, graceful and slender, and waved her hand, saying, “Junior Sister, goodbye.”

Guan Luowei nodded and glanced at her as she walked past. Their eyes met, and Guan Luowei suddenly felt a familiar aura from those eyes.

But the next second, that aura disappeared in a flash. Lin Qinghuan curved her eyes and smiled. “Junior Sister, hurry in, don’t keep Master waiting too long.”

Guan Luowei nodded, feeling somewhat puzzled. The feeling from that moment was fleeting, making it almost impossible for her to grasp. She vaguely seemed to sense something, but in the end, nothing came of it.

After Guan Luowei went in, Daoist Chenxu only casually asked a couple of questions about the situation at that time and then let her leave.

Ling Chenyan floated in the air, her heart concerned about the little lyre spirit, but she looked at Guan Luowei beside her and sighed faintly.

Guan Luowei was clearly oblivious to this. After leaving Daoist Chenxu’s cave, she went to the mission hall and accepted an primary task on Daoist Guizei’s peak, preparing to investigate.

Daoist Guizei was stronger than the others, and there might be more restrictions on his peak, but since he wasn’t on the peak at the moment, this was also an opportunity for her.

Ling Chenyan knew that it was impossible to sneak away past Guan Luowei, so she followed her.

There were few disciples on Daoist Guizei’s peak, but almost everyone was very mysterious, just like Daoist Guizei himself. And Daoist Guizei’s peak was very cold and eerie because of its low terrain and year-round lack of sunlight.

Guan Luowei could sense no less than a hundred restrictions, both visible and hidden. This was just her rough estimate.

It seemed that Daoist Guizei definitely had secrets.

Guan Luowei’s task this time was to go to the medicinal herb garden to help gather spiritual herbs. The person who received her was an old man with a white beard. The old man seemed to be in a hurry, gave a few instructions to finish gathering the herbs before dark, and then left in a rush.

Before leaving, he specifically instructed Guan Luowei not to wander around. Daoist Guizei’s peak was full of restrictions. If one accidentally triggered them, it would be either death or injury. In the past, many disciples had lost their lives due to curiosity, their deaths being gruesome. This also led to almost no one daring to accept the tasks issued by Daoist Guizei’s peak.

Those who dared to come basically completed the tasks obediently, took their achievement points, and left. The old man felt that a little girl in front of him shouldn’t cause any major trouble, so he left.

Gathering medicinal herbs was very simple for Guan Luowei. Ling Chenyan found it interesting and followed along.

The two, one person and one sword, quickly completed the task. As Ling Chenyan was about to harvest the last patch of the herb garden, her nose twitched, and she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance.

Involuntarily, Ling Chenyan followed the fragrance, even forgetting to tell Guan Luowei.

When Guan Luowei finished collecting the medicinal herbs, she looked up and realized that the silver sword that should have been hanging beside her was gone.

••••

Ling Chenyan followed the fragrance all the way to a narrow path. On both sides were towering mountain peaks, and only this small, seemingly endless path in the middle stood abruptly before her. The fragrance that had led her here came from the source of that path.

Ling Chenyan was in a dilemma. Her intuition told her that there was definitely danger ahead, but the fragrance was constantly luring her forward, as if a demonic voice was whispering in her ear, “Come on, come on…”

Ling Chenyan floated forward uncontrollably. The next second, a voice like a thunderclap on flat ground woke her up, “Yin Ye, come back.”

Ling Chenyan suddenly regained her senses, but the scene before her changed instantly.

The endless winding path was gone, and in front of her was an unfathomably deep cliff. Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but take a step back. The pebbles under the sword rolled down the cliff, but disappeared silently in mid-air, without even leaving a trace of dust.

Ling Chenyan turned around in fright to leave, but Guan Luowei was quick-eyed and quick-handed, catching the rushing sword in her arms.

Ling Chenyan almost cried, “Ma, Master, what’s going on…”

At this moment, Guan Luowei looked at the thing before her, a trace of thought appearing in her eyes.

She asked, “Why did you come here just now?”

Ling Chenyan: “I, I smelled a very strange fragrance, and then… I unknowingly walked here.”

Strange fragrance?

Guan Luowei’s expression suddenly became very ugly. She stared grimly at the cliff in front of her, a storm brewing in her eyes.

A fragrance that can attract a spirit?

In both her previous and current lives, she had only heard of one such thing: the Spirit Awakening Pill, refined using the inner cores of the Demon and Monster Clans, combined with Turbid God Grass.

The Spirit Awakening Pill was the only pill in the world that worked on spirits and only on spirits. Named “Spirit Awakening,” its actual effect was to confuse the spirit’s senses, making it unable to distinguish the aura of the person in front of it and causing it to develop a fondness for the person who fed it the pill.

This kind of pill had a fatal attraction for spirits, but because the materials for making it were too rare, and it could easily provoke the Demon and Monster Clans to pursue and kill, leading to the outbreak of war, this pill had already been forbidden by the cultivation world.

But today, how could it be discovered on Daoist Guizei’s peak?

What made Guan Luowei’s expression even worse was that the fragrance of the Spirit Awakening Pill indicated that the pill had already been refined. In other words, those Demon Clan disciples were very likely already dead.

Almost in a flash of lightning, Guan Luowei thought of another thing. Daoist Guizei had volunteered to guard the Illusion God Lyre. Could it be that this Spirit Awakening Pill was prepared for the Illusion God Lyre?

Wouldn’t that mean that the Illusion God Lyre had already awakened its spirit?

Guan Luowei frowned slightly, but she clearly remembered that in her previous life, the Illusion God Lyre was eventually obtained by Lin Qinghuan. It seemed that even with the help of the Spirit Awakening Pill, Daoist Guizei had still failed to subdue the Illusion God Lyre.

The cliff was bottomless, and countless restrictions were hidden within it, but the news about those Demon Clan disciples might be right below this cliff.

Guan Luowei thought for a moment and still chose to jump off the cliff.

Ling Chenyan hid in Guan Luowei’s arms and followed her down the cliff with a terrified expression. As for those incredibly terrifying restrictions in her eyes, sometimes Guan Luowei only needed to wave her hand, and those restrictions would vanish into thin air.

It seemed that the Great Demoness’s strength was indeed more terrifying.

Below the cliff.

Darkness swallowed everything, not even a sound could be heard. Guan Luowei held the sword in her arms. Her Great Ascension cultivation allowed her to walk on the pitch-black cliff bottom as if on flat ground.

But she looked at the silver sword in her arms, which was obviously trembling slightly, and with a flick of her fingers, she took out a night-luminescent pearl.

The surroundings suddenly lit up. Ling Chenyan saw white bones all over the ground, broken weapons, and scattered pieces of cloth. The bloody and rotten smell permeated the air. This place didn’t resemble the territory of an immortal cultivation sect at all; it was no better than hell.

Guan Luowei held the sword, with the night-luminescent pearl floating beside her for light. She felt a strong demonic aura here. Following the demonic aura, she arrived at an open space.

In front of her was an extremely large altar, covered in bl00d and minced flesh. From here, she not only felt a strong demonic aura but also an eerie and sinister aura that was hard to ignore.

She had only felt this kind of aura on the monster in Fengxiang Town, but the sinister aura of this altar was not as strong as that monster’s.

She stepped forward and finally saw traces of the missing Demon Clan disciples.

A layer of tattered Demon Clan disciple robes covered the piles of white bones. The clothes had been soaked in bl00d and turned into a deep dark red. Guan Luowei turned over the bones, and sure enough, she saw a large hole in the abdomen area of the clothes.

Their demonic cores were dug out while they were alive, their bl00d drained, and then they were offered as sacrifices after death. These Demon Clan disciples hadn’t suffered too much cruel treatment; even their deaths were the same.

Guan Luowei took a deep breath and looked down from mid-air. In the very center of the altar, a strange image was engraved. She discerned it for a long time before realizing it was an eye—twisted, cold, evil. The moment she recognized it, countless negative emotions instantly surged up.

Guan Luowei’s eyes turned red as she remembered the tragic incident of the Demon Clan in her previous life. Her eyes reflected the raging flames. On that day, the sky was filled with clamor, and the Demon Clan was a mountain of corpses and a sea of bl00d. Weapons clashed and pierced bodies, and severed limbs and broken bodies were visible everywhere in the Demon Clan territory. The scene shifted, reflecting on the seemingly righteous people.

“The Demon Clan is cruel and tyrannical, their actions are too extreme. Today, our Lingxiao Immortal Sect will take the lead. We righteous cultivators will fight the Demon Clan to the death!”

“Fight to the death!”

“Fight to the death!”

“…”

Guan Luowei laughed, she laughed loudly at the sky, looking at the greed, calculation, and excitement hidden in the eyes of those righteous people, and slowly raised the long sword in her hand.

Demonic power instantly erupted from her whole body, and her killing intent reached its peak at this moment.

Seeing that Guan Luowei’s state was not right, Ling Chenyan quickly called out, “Master! Master! What’s wrong with you?”

Guan Luowei ignored her, as if she had fallen into a quagmire.

[Damn it, System, what’s wrong with the big villain!]

[Crap, it seems she’s been dragged into a past nightmare] the system said: [Quickly wake her up!]

[How do I wake her up! I just called her, but she’s ignoring me.]

[Make her feel pain or forcefully stimulate her with external force!]

Ling Chenyan gritted her teeth and, waving her body, cut Guan Luowei’s palm, causing bl00d to splatter. One drop of bl00d landed on the half jade pendant hanging at her waist and then slowly disappeared.

Guan Luowei’s eyes cleared for a moment before turning bloodshot again.

Ling Chenyan: “…”

[It’s useless, System!]

[Don’t you understand what a painful blow is? With the cut you made, even lighter and you wouldn’t have broken the skin. Stab her, stab her with the sword!]

[Huh?]

Ling Chenyan was stunned and subconsciously wanted to do as the system said, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. In that short moment, the jade pendant at her waist suddenly emitted a mysterious glow. A man in green robes emerged from it and stretched out his five fingers towards Guan Luowei.

Ling Chenyan looked at the person who suddenly appeared, wanting to stop him, but she found that she couldn’t move.

She looked anxiously at the man in front of her and cursed angrily, “You bastard, come at me if you have the guts, let go of my master!”

The man in green robes ignored her, his hand still emitting a green light that slowly flowed into Guan Luowei’s body. Miraculously, the red bloodshot in Guan Luowei’s eyes slowly receded, and her eyes regained their clarity.

Before Ling Chenyan could feel happy, she saw the awakened Guan Luowei’s eyes turn cold. She grabbed Ling Chenyan in one hand, the sword tip pointing directly at the man in green robes.

“Who are you?”

The man in green robes took a few steps back, smiled at her, and his figure slowly dissipated, finally turning into a green light that entered the jade pendant at Guan Luowei’s waist.

Guan Luowei’s body stiffened, as if she had thought of a certain possibility, and her expression as she looked at the jade pendant became obscure.

Ling Chenyan finally belatedly reacted and quickly stepped forward, saying, “Master, are you alright?”

Guan Luowei put down the jade pendant and shook her head at her. “I’m fine.”

“That’s good,” Ling Chenyan breathed a sigh of relief. “I was so scared just now. What happened to you?”

Guan Luowei’s eyes flickered slightly, recalling the uncontrollable feeling from just now, and she slowly narrowed her eyes. “The pattern on this altar is very strange.”

“What pattern?” Ling Chenyan curiously floated up, preparing to take a closer look. She had already reached the top when Guan Luowei spoke. It was too late to stop her, so she could only shout, “Close your eyes! Don’t look!”

Ling Chenyan blinked as she looked at the pattern, pondered for a moment, and said, “What is this drawing? It’s a mess, not even as good as what I draw.”

Guan Luowei: “…”

She helplessly grabbed the reckless silver sword back into her hand and looked at her coldly. “You really have a lot of courage.”

Ling Chenyan smiled awkwardly.

Guan Luowei glanced at the pattern below again. She hadn’t been prepared just now, which was why she had fallen for the strange pattern’s trick. Looking at it carefully now, she found that the pattern was surprisingly somewhat familiar. She seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but she had forgotten.

Guan Luowei shook her head, preparing to leave this place, but Ling Chenyan tightly hugged her arm and said, “Master, it’s coming, it’s coming! That alluring fragrance is coming again!”.

Guan Luowei’s expression shifted. Upon hearing this, she tucked the sword further into her arms and asked, “In which direction?”

Ling Chenyan was held in Guan Luowei’s arms, her nose filled with her unique cold fragrance. For a moment, she couldn’t even smell the alluring fragrance of the pill.

She was stunned for a moment before pointing the way, “Oh, oh, over there.”

Guan Luowei walked for a long time in the direction Ling Chenyan pointed, finally seeing a cave at the end.

Ling Chenyan swallowed and said, “That pill should be inside.”

Guan Luowei looked at the complex restrictions at the entrance of the cave. She didn’t plan to hide anything from Daoist Guizei anymore. Since he had killed so many of her Demon Clan disciples, she would definitely not let him off easily.

It wasn’t suitable to kill him now, but destroying his restrictions, taking his pill, and causing him some trouble were things she could still do.

On the other side, an old man shrouded in black robes slowly withdrew the spiritual power he had sent into the cave. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he disappeared from in front of the cave in an instant.

Daoist Guizei returned to the bottom of the cliff with a surge of spiritual power, only to see that the restrictions on his cave had been broken and the pill had disappeared.

“Roar!” The roar, carrying spiritual power, almost spread throughout the entire mountain peak. Many mountain peaks in Daoist Guizei’s peak collapsed, and even disciples on other peaks could faintly hear a bit of this extremely angry roar.

On the other side, Guan Luowei, after returning to her room, slightly curved her lips when she heard the old man’s roar.

Now she could be certain that Daoist Guizei was definitely connected to the evil thing in Fengxiang Town. As for this Spirit Awakening Pill, it was probably prepared for the Illusion God Lyre’s spirit. However, those who needed the Spirit Awakening Pill were usually extremely evil cultivators or members of the Demon or Evil Cultivation clans who were not recognized by spiritual objects. Daoist Guizei was a member of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect, so why would he use this thing?

••••

The sky outside gradually darkened. Guan Luowei had been holding the half jade pendant since returning, demonic power surging in her hand, not knowing what she was doing.

Ling Chenyan also vaguely guessed that the man in green robes who had appeared today should be Guan Luowei’s father.

“Master, I want to go out for a bit, is that okay?”

The demonic power in Guan Luowei’s hand continued to surge, but upon hearing this, she opened her eyes and looked at her, saying, “You’re going to see that little friend?”

Guan Luowei had thought about who the silver sword would look for if it went out. The number of people she knew in the Lingxiao Immortal Sect could be counted on one hand. The only person she could go to was the little friend she herself mentioned, the one who had invited her to be a guest on the night she disappeared.

Now, who that little friend was was obvious.

Seeing Ling Chenyan nod, Guan Luowei didn’t stop her. She reached out and threw something to her, saying, “Take this with you, it might be useful.”

Then, she cast a spell to conceal her aura and let her go.

Ling Chenyan quickly arrived in front of the Xuanjing Cave, but this time, the familiar golden light didn’t arrive quickly. She tentatively called out, “Jin Jin? Jin Jin…”

The next second, the golden light did indeed arrive as expected, enveloping her and taking her to a cave.

Ling Chenyan happily prepared to give Jin Jin some of the good things she had collected, but she saw that the little guy looked listless, his eyes somewhat unfocused and filled with confusion.

He was completely unlike the delicate and lively appearance she had seen before.

Ling Chenyan was startled and said, “Jin Jin, what’s wrong with you?”

The little lyre spirit shook his head and said, “I don’t know either. I’ve been feeling very confused and sleepy these past few days.”

As he spoke, he yawned.

Ling Chenyan suddenly remembered that the person guarding him was that strange old man. After what happened this afternoon, she already knew that this old man was probably up to no good towards Jin Jin. Jin Jin’s current state was likely his doing.

“Almost forgot!” Ling Chenyan suddenly remembered the thing Guan Luowei had thrown to her before she left today. She quickly took it out, sprinkled some on the lyre, and then said to the little lyre spirit, “Jin Jin, do you feel better?”

Jin Jin’s brow furrowed a little less, but he still shifted his body uneasily and said, “A little better.”

Seeing that Jin Jin’s eyes didn’t seem as dazed, Ling Chenyan took the remaining half bottle of Spirit Awakening Dew and sprinkled it all over the Illusion God Lyre’s body, completely disregarding the fact that this Spirit Awakening Dew was a rare treasure of the world.

A moment later, the little lyre spirit’s eyes finally regained their clarity. He looked at the woman in front of him and said happily, “Sister Yin Ye!”

Ling Chenyan nodded, then said with a solemn expression, “You need to be careful of that old man outside.”

“I know,” Jin Jin said. “That old man smells so bad, and when his spiritual power comes in, I feel a little dizzy, and I can’t even smell his stench anymore.”

Ling Chenyan understood and handed him the remaining half bottle of Spirit Awakening Dew, saying, “Keep this. Next time you feel unclear-headed, sprinkle some of this on the lyre.”

Jin Jin blinked his big eyes but then stretched out his small hand and pushed the Spirit Awakening Dew back, saying, “No need, Sister Yin Ye.”

Ling Chenyan was surprised and about to speak when she heard Jin Jin continue, “I’ve already thought about it, Sister Yin Ye.”

He blinked his eyes mischievously and said, “I want to go with you!”