Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 27

While the two were bantering, Guan Luowei pursed her lips, not answering the woman’s words.

Qingtan maintained a polite smile on her face, not minding Guan Luowei’s coldness, and merely tilted her body slightly, saying, “Esteemed guest, this is not the place to talk. Please come with me.”

Inside the spacious and luxurious room, fragrant smoke curled and gathered like clouds. A hanging lamp made of East Sea mermaid pearls hung high above, emitting a bright yellow light, making the entire hall glitter with gold, opulent and magnificent.

The woman in the cheongsam had her dark hair styled into a bun, sitting gracefully to the side. She looked at the woman in the main seat who had taken off her bamboo hat, a hint of amazement flashing in her eyes before she concealed it and said, “Esteemed guest, how may I address you?”

The black card that the woman in front of her had taken out earlier was one of only two black cards that their Lingbao Pavilion had ever issued. One black card was in the hands of the Pavilion Master of Dan Pavilion, who had been cooperating with Lingbao Pavilion for many years, and the other, it was said, was given to someone who had done a great favor to Lingbao Pavilion in the past.

But the woman in front of her didn’t look very old. No matter how she looked at it, she couldn’t be the Pavilion Master of Dan Pavilion or that benefactor. So, there was only one possibility: she was either a descendant of Dan Pavilion or a descendant of the benefactor. And regardless of which one it was, it was worth her personally coming out to receive her.

Under Qingtan’s gaze, Guan Luowei raised her eyes to meet hers and said faintly, “My surname is Guan.”

Qingtan’s eyes flickered slightly, and she only smiled, saying, “Miss Guan, may I ask if you have come to our Lingbao Pavilion to consign or to purchase?”

Guan Luowei didn’t stand on ceremony with her and said, “I have come to purchase several medicinal herbs: a seventh-grade Yin-Yang Flower, a sixth-grade Longevity Root, a sixth-grade Ice-Fire Lotus, and a sixth-grade Extreme Ice Spring. If your pavilion has these, please help me keep an eye out.”

Qingtan quickly noted down the several medicinal herbs she mentioned and said, “Are these the only four medicinal herbs?”

Guan Luowei nodded.

Qingtan nodded imperceptibly and instructed, “Steward Li, I remember that Lingbao Pavilion’s warehouse should have a sixth-grade Extreme Ice Spring. Go and fetch it.”

Guan Luowei’s expression shifted slightly, and she said, “Thank you. How many spirit stones will it be? I will pay in full later when all the medicinal herbs are gathered.”

A faint smile appeared on Qingtan’s charming face, and she said, “Miss Guan, you are being too polite. When my Lingbao Pavilion was almost in decline, it was fortunate to receive help from you… from that side, which allowed us to rebuild. Now that you have come here, it was already very impolite of Qingtan not to greet you in advance. This sixth-grade Extreme Ice Spring will be Qingtan’s apology.”

After Qingtan finished speaking, she looked at Guan Luowei’s expression. Seeing that her expression had softened slightly and the vigilance in her eyes had lessened, she slowly felt relieved. From the moment they met, she had noticed that this Miss Guan’s attitude towards her was a bit strange.

It was like wariness, and also like vigilance, faintly mixed with some other complex emotions. But fortunately, the relationship had now eased. The Extreme Ice Spring was indeed precious, but compared to the benefactor, it was nothing.

What Qingtan didn’t know was that Guan Luowei’s wary attitude towards her was actually due to the words in a sword’s heart.

Soon, Steward Li brought the Extreme Ice Spring over. Qingtan personally handed the item to Guan Luowei and smiled at her again, saying, “Miss Guan, our Lingbao Pavilion will have an auction in two days. At that time, there might be the seventh-grade medicinal herbs you need, as well as some other treasures. If Miss Guan is willing, you can contact me in advance, and I will reserve a VIP auction room for you. As for the other two medicinal herbs, we will also help you keep an eye out.”

Actually, the grade of these medicinal herbs was not particularly high, but they were relatively rare, and ordinary people would not need them.

A thoughtful look flashed in Guan Luowei’s eyes, and she said, “Alright, I will attend the auction in two days. As for the other two medicinal herbs, I will trouble you, Pavilion Master.”

“It’s no trouble at all.” Qingtan’s eyes crinkled into a smile, quite resembling the allure of a beauty whose smile could topple a city.

Ling Chenyan had been bickering with the system since just now.

Ling Chenyan, as if thinking of something, suddenly said, [System, I remember Qingtan’s younger sister suffered from some kind of soul-loss sickness, right?]

[What do you want to ask this for?]

[Nothing, I was just thinking, if we take the initiative to cure Qingtan’s younger sister, then Qingtan wouldn’t need to go out to gather herbs to save her sister, and she wouldn’t get to know Mu Yunze, right?]

[That makes a lot of sense, but do you know how to cure it?]

[I don’t know, but the big villain might.]

The system’s brow twitched, [Then how are you going to ask her to save someone?]

[…You’re right, but if we don’t cure her, wouldn’t that dog of a man Mu Yunze ruin another beauty? I even wanted to make his family fall apart so he could experience the big villain’s pain from the previous life.]

Ling Chenyan racked her brains trying to figure out how to bring it up, while the two who had just finished their discussion were preparing to part ways.

Just as Guan Luowei turned and took a step, she suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Qingtan.

A hint of surprise flashed across Qingtan’s face, but she quickly resumed her smiling appearance and said, “Miss Guan, is there anything else?”

Guan Luowei didn’t know why she had stopped. A look of hesitation flashed across her face, then she said, “It’s nothing.”

Qingtan looked at her with some amusement and said, “Nothing?”

“…” Guan Luowei gritted her teeth and struggled for a moment before slowly calming down and saying, “I heard that Miss Qing’s younger sister is suffering from a difficult disease. I might have a way to cure her.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the smile on Qingtan’s face froze, her eyes staring fixedly at Guan Luowei. After a long moment, she slowly closed her eyes, then came back to her senses, rubbed her temples, and said softly, “I’m sorry, that was impolite.”

“It’s alright,” Guan Luowei said.

When Qingtan opened her eyes again, a hint of sadness and hope appeared in her beautiful eyes. She looked at Guan Luowei and said, “Miss Guan, can what you said be true?”

After that incident, her younger sister had become like this. Over the years, countless divine physicians had come to her door, claiming that they could cure her younger sister Qinghan, but in the end, her sister had been tormented, and the soul-loss sickness still had no cure. They could only use some pills every year to prolong her life and strengthen her physique.

Although she felt that her sister would definitely get better, the hope was slim. In recent years, when people came to her door again, she rarely, like before when she was desperate, invited everyone over to treat her sister.

But the woman in front of her was a descendant of her benefactor. She believed her words, or rather, she hoped what she said was true.

Guan Luowei saw the almost shattered hope in her eyes and nodded, saying, “Yes, my clan has secret techniques related to this.”

Hope suddenly burst forth in Qingtan’s eyes, and she said, “Good, good. If my sister can get better, I will agree to anything you want, even my life.”

“Your life is not needed,” Guan Luowei said, “However, I need you to find a few medicinal herbs first, and this matter will also need me to wait for some time.”

“Alright,” Qingtan’s voice was hoarse with excitement, and she said tremblingly, “Thank you, Miss Guan.”

“No need,” Guan Luowei nodded faintly in acknowledgment.

Although she said she would help them, she also had her own selfish motives. Firstly, as the silver sword said, she indeed wanted to make Mu Yunze lose everything. Secondly, since this was Yin Ye’s wish, even if it was a bit difficult, she would try her best to fulfill it.

After they parted, Qingtan looked at Guan Luowei’s receding figure from afar, a dazed look in her eyes, recalling many years ago when her younger sister, before suffering from soul-loss sickness, would still smile innocently at her.

But now, she could only lie on the bed like a piece of wood, without joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, all day long.

It was all her fault. If she hadn’t been so jealous back then and had gone to the appointment, wouldn’t her sister be like this? Wouldn’t she still smile brightly at her and call her “Sister” like before?

••••

Ling Chenyan hadn’t expected Guan Luowei to bring up this matter proactively. She not only found it strange but also very surprising. After returning to the inn, she couldn’t wait to ask about it.

“Master,” Ling Chenyan, having returned to her nearly three-foot form, floated in front of Guan Luowei and asked calmly, “Why did you offer to help that Pavilion Master?”

Guan Luowei looked at her faintly, as if seeing through her previous thoughts, and said, “Don’t you want to?”

Ling Chenyan’s heart skipped a beat, thinking that she did want to, but she couldn’t say it.

“I haha,” Ling Chenyan said with a chuckle, “I didn’t even know she had a younger sister, how could I have wanted to help?”

“Is that so?” Guan Luowei’s expression seemed to become a bit colder, and she said, “Now you know.”

“…” Ling Chenyan stammered, “I’ll listen to Master.”

Guan Luowei glanced at her and said nothing more.

That night, Ling Chenyan, for the first time in a long time, didn’t sleep beside Guan Luowei but instead lay in the sword box she had prepared for herself.

Ling Chenyan looked up at the sky, feeling depressed in her heart, [System, why do I have the feeling that my husband secretly hid money and was discovered by his little wife, and then was kicked out of bed at night?]

[Don’t say it, you really shouldn’t say it.]

[So why exactly didn’t she let me sleep on the bed?]

[Guess.]

[…Don’t guess a woman’s mind.]

Two days later, as the moonlight rolled, Guan Luowei arrived at the auction house with the silver sword. Qingtan personally greeted them and led the person and the sword all the way to a VIP room.

The VIP room was like a small vacation suite, with everything inside, all complete. Directly in front was a huge screen, and the scene inside was clearly the items about to be auctioned. Unlike the audience sitting below, in the VIP room, they could see these soon-to-be-auctioned items more directly, not even missing the details.

On the left was an entire wall of glass, from which they could see the tens of thousands of people sitting below, but those outside couldn’t see anything inside.

Qingtan only gave a few instructions here before leaving the VIP room, leaving only the person and the sword, as well as two attendants.

Guan Luowei sat on the sofa, watching the host on the screen passionately describing the items, her fingertips lightly tapping on the sofa arm. Three of the final four missing medicinal herbs were already prepared, only the last seventh-grade Yin-Yang Flower was still missing.

The auction soon began.

At the beginning, there were some small items, but it wasn’t until the fifth item, a fifth-level spiritual artifact, was auctioned that the atmosphere of the auction truly began to heat up.

“Next, we will auction a fifth-grade spiritual artifact, the Evergreen Sword. That’s right, another fifth-grade spiritual artifact, but unlike the previous one, this spiritual artifact has awakened a faint spiritual intelligence, so—the starting bid is 300,000 spirit stones! Each increase must not be less than 10,000 spirit stones!”

As soon as the auctioneer’s voice fell, someone couldn’t wait to speak, “I bid 310,000!”

“350,000.”

“380,000!”

“…”

These low-level spiritual artifacts naturally couldn’t attract Guan Luowei’s attention. The bidders below quickly dwindled to only two, and the bidding price had already exceeded five hundred thousand.

One of them said, “I bid 550,000.”

“600,000.”

The first bidder gritted his teeth and said again, “I bid 630,000!”

“700,000.”

The previous person had a look of resentment on his face and finally didn’t speak again.

The young man who spoke later, although his tone was faint, still had sweat on his palms. Now seeing that the other person no longer bid, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when he thought he had it in the bag, a woman’s voice suddenly came from above, “800,000.”

The young man’s expression suddenly became very ugly.

At the same time, inside the VIP room, Ling Chenyan looked at Guan Luowei, who had suddenly spoken, with a look of surprise, not understanding why she would spend money to buy such a thing.

Just as she was full of doubt, the system spoke, [If my guess is correct, the person who just spoke should be Mu Yunze.]

Ling Chenyan: “!”