Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 3
After returning from the old man’s place, Ling Chenyan felt a sudden wave of drowsiness, and when she woke up, she found that the system seemed to have returned.
“System, you’re back?”
The system sounded a bit weary: “Yes, the plot has gone completely off track, and we don’t know where it went wrong. The main system’s instruction is to save the male lead and help him grow in the subsequent actions.”
Ling Chenyan silently held her breath and pretended to be dead.
System: “Host, it’s time for you to shine! Your first task is to save the male lead from the Demon Clan.”
Ling Chenyan: “I’m just a sword, how am I supposed to save him?”
System: “Cheer up, you can do it!”
Ling Chenyan: “…” Do what? I’m just a controlled sword.
While Ling Chenyan was arguing with the system, a demon guard’s voice suddenly came from outside the palace: “Your Highness, the Demon Emperor summons you.”
The current Demon Emperor is Guan Luowei’s grandfather. During the chaotic period of the Demon Clan a hundred years ago, the previous Demon Emperor went mad. At that time, Guan Luowei was not yet born, so the old Demon Emperor, who had just stepped down, had to resume his position and has been in power ever since.
Since Guan Luowei was young, only her grandfather, the Demon Emperor, had been by her side. Her previous Demon Emperor mother passed away shortly after giving birth to her in prison. It could be said that her grandfather’s companionship had been with her from childhood to the present.
Guan Luowei responded with an “okay,” picked up her sword, and walked towards the depths of the Demon Palace.
The old Demon Emperor, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, immediately smiled when he saw Guan Luowei.
“Weiwei’s here.”
“Grandfather,” Guan Luowei greeted respectfully.
“Good, come, sit.” The old Demon Emperor looked very happy. After Guan Luowei sat down, the old Demon Emperor cautiously opened his mouth: “Weiwei, that man you brought back a few days ago, what’s between you two…”
Guan Luowei knew what the old Demon Emperor was thinking. She said calmly, “Just someone who offended me.”
The old Demon Emperor let out a long “oh” and changed the subject: “Weiwei, actually, I called you here today to discuss the matter of passing the throne…”
“Of course, I know you don’t like to deal with these trivial matters of the Demon Clan, but my health is gradually deteriorating, cough cough.” As he spoke, the old Demon Emperor coughed twice and continued, “So, if you’re unwilling, you can find someone else to manage it for you…”
The old Demon Emperor spoke euphemistically, but Ling Chenyan naturally understood that the old Demon Emperor was urging this witch to find a partner. Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but laugh. Unexpectedly, the pressure to get married was a common trait across all times and places.
So Ling Chenyan looked at Guan Luowei with interest. Guan Luowei’s expression remained unchanged, and she said, “There’s no need, grandfather. I’m willing to take over the Demon Emperor’s position and manage the Demon Clan.”
The old Demon Emperor was initially disappointed when he heard her refusal, but her subsequent words made his eyes widen. It wasn’t that he was bragging, but his granddaughter had been spoiled by him since childhood, had a proud and arrogant nature, and disliked trivial matters. In the past, she would have been unwilling as soon as he said the first sentence, but unexpectedly…
The old Demon Emperor looked at Guan Luowei up and down, his eyes almost popping out. Had his granddaughter been possessed?
Guan Luowei knew what the old Demon Emperor was thinking from his expression, but she just lowered her eyes and said, “Grandfather, how about it?”
How about it? Of course, it was excellent!
The old Demon Emperor was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth and repeatedly said, “Good, good, but there’s no hurry now. Grandfather can still serve for a few more years. Didn’t you tell me you wanted to go out and gain experience a few days ago? Grandfather thought about it and thought it was a good idea.”
Guan Luowei nodded, a hint of light flashing in her eyes.
The old Demon Emperor was still grinning foolishly, looking at the sword floating in the air, and reached out his demonic claws towards it. Before long, Ling Chenyan was held in the old Demon Emperor’s hand.
“Weiwei, I heard from your Fifth Uncle today that your sword has awakened a sword spirit?”
Guan Luowei nodded in agreement, and the old Demon Emperor continued, “But if the sword spirit is a bit weak, it might be difficult to handle.”
Guan Luowei thought of the other possibility the old man had mentioned in the morning, glanced at Ling Chenyan with a strange expression, and then agreed with the old Demon Emperor’s statement.
Obviously, Guan Luowei was more willing to believe that the sword spirit was weak than that it was delicate.
“What’s the name of this sword?” The old Demon Emperor asked as if he had suddenly remembered something. “By the way, have you performed the sword spirit baptism with it?”
Guan Luowei answered one by one: “The sword is named Yin Ye, and I haven’t performed the sword spirit baptism with it yet.” After thinking for a long time, Guan Luowei decided to use the name she had given the sword in her previous life.
After listening, the old Demon Emperor stroked his beard and laughed loudly, “Yin Ye, that’s a very good name.”
Good your head.
Ling Chenyan slandered in her heart, but she was too lazy to argue, so she simply lay there like a salted fish and didn’t struggle.
Guan Luowei took the sword from the old Demon Emperor and said, “It’s time to perform the sword spirit baptism.”
Sword spirit baptism not only strengthens the bond between the sword spirit and the sword master but also allows for simple soul communication. However, most sword spirits are like one or two-year-old children when they first awaken, with only simple emotions and obedience to the sword master’s orders, and cannot offer advice to the sword master.
The sword spirit baptism was set for ten days later.
After Guan Luowei returned to the palace, she carefully placed the sword aside, while she sat cross-legged on a futon, as if she was about to start cultivating.
As soon as the system in her mind saw this, it began urging Ling Chenyan to save the male lead. Ling Chenyan pretended to be dead, but the system punished her with electric shocks. Forced by the strange silver-purple lightning, Ling Chenyan sneaked out of the palace.
Behind her, Guan Luowei was still sitting cross-legged on the futon, as if she hadn’t noticed anything.
Bypassing a large circle of guards, Ling Chenyan finally arrived at the male lead’s small dark room with the help of the system.
She looked at the tightly bound male lead and began searching the small dark room for a sharp object to cut the ropes. Although Ling Chenyan was careful, she inevitably made some noise during the process, and these noises were heard by Mu Yunze.
Mu Yunze suddenly opened his mouth: “Is that you? Your Highness? I think we can talk.”
Ling Chenyan was startled and turned her head to find that the male lead’s eyes were only blindfolded, and his mouth was no longer gagged.
Seeing that the sound had suddenly stopped, Mu Yunze thought that the matter could be discussed, so he suppressed his pounding heart and opened his mouth again: “Your Highness…”
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt something stuffed into his mouth, blocking all his subsequent words. Moreover, it tasted strange.
Mu Yunze: “Mmm…?”
Seeing that the male lead couldn’t speak, Ling Chenyan turned around and continued to search for a sharp object. The system shouted angrily in her mind: “Host, how can you treat the male lead like this?”
“Shhh, be quiet,” Ling Chenyan whispered. “Did you forget that we’re secretly rescuing the male lead? What if he makes a sound and someone hears him?”
The system was silent for a moment, thinking that Ling Chenyan was right, but when it saw the sock that had been stuffed into the male lead’s mouth, it silently stopped its intention to praise the host.
Perhaps to prevent the male lead from escaping, there wasn’t a single sharp object in the room. Ling Chenyan frowned, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Oh right, she was a sword now!
Ling Chenyan belatedly realized this, floated in front of the male lead, and tried to control the sword’s blade to make a light cut. The rope on the male lead’s leg was cut, and Ling Chenyan and the system’s eyes lit up. This plan was feasible.
So Ling Chenyan quickly cut all the ropes on the male lead and then hid in the corner of the room, keeping her achievements secret.
A moment later, Ling Chenyan looked at the motionless male lead and whispered to the system, feeling a bit strange, “Is the male lead too happy to move?”
“No,” the system said, “His limbs are probably numb from being tied up for too long.”
Ling Chenyan: “…”
Ling Chenyan was about to go forward to take a closer look when the door behind her suddenly opened. Ling Chenyan, who hadn’t had time to hide, and the ropes scattered on the floor were unexpectedly exposed to the person who came.
The door was fully opened, and the sunlight from outside shone into the room, leaving no place for any evil to hide.
Ling Chenyan’s body stiffened, and she slowly looked up at the woman standing at the door. The woman’s vivid and cold face became even more noble in the sunlight, and her hair, shimmering with light and shadow, was coated with a layer of golden light, like a goddess from the nine heavens.
However, Ling Chenyan had no time to pay attention to any of this. She forced a stiff smile and waved, “Hi.”
The system closed its eyes, unable to bear to watch.
The next second, Guan Luowei had already stepped into the room, followed by two guards.
The two guards naturally saw their Highness’s sword, and at the same time, they saw the male lead who had fallen to the ground with the ropes still tied, not having time to escape.
The two were shocked. One said, “You, you, you…”
The other said, “This, this, this…”
Guan Luowei turned to look at the two, and they immediately shut their mouths, shrinking back awkwardly. How could this happen under their watch? They were doomed!
Guan Luowei didn’t intend to blame them. She looked at the sword floating back to her side, then at Mu Yunze, who was still sitting motionless on the stool, and narrowed her eyes, saying, “I forgot you had the ability to bewitch people’s minds. But I didn’t expect you to dare to bewitch Yin Ye…”
Upon hearing this, the two guards immediately understood and quickly said, “That’s right, that’s right! How dare he bewitch our Highness’s beloved sword? He’s unforgivable!”
The other said, “Yes, yes, double the crime! He deserves to die!”
Mu Yunze, who had done nothing and hadn’t even realized he was being saved: “?”