Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 35
“Huh?” Ling Chenyan was completely confused and subconsciously wanted to retort with “Where wild?” when a figure suddenly appeared beside her.
“Let’s go,” Guan Luowei glanced lightly at Chen Juan, then focused her gaze on Ling Chenyan, her eyes involuntarily flickering, “The blessing ceremony is about to begin.”
Ling Chenyan thought that made sense, turned her head to wink at Chen Juan, mouthed “Talk later,” and then quickly followed Guan Luowei’s steps.
Chen Juan forced a smile. Thinking of Guan Luowei’s light glance just now, she thought she wouldn’t dare to say anything next time.
The bonfire blessing ceremony was a very boring process. It was nothing more than the Buddhist monks reciting Buddhist scriptures in the center of the altar and saying things like “Buddha will bless you.” Ling Chenyan found it boring, but the people around her all had respectful expressions on their faces.
Ling Chenyan had no choice but to shrug helplessly and look at the person beside her.
Guan Luowei was wearing a blue and white robe today, the style simple and elegant, but it gave her an indescribable ethereal and refined air. At this moment, she was looking down as if thinking about something, but it was certain that she wasn’t listening to the old monk’s chanting either.
Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but gently nudge her with her elbow. Seeing the other person turn her head, she smiled and teased, “I didn’t expect someone like Your Highness to not listen attentively in class?”
Guan Luowei withdrew her gaze and said, “His cultivation is not as deep as mine, listening to these is of no benefit to me.”
Ling Chenyan “tsk-ed” in her heart and secretly gave Guan Luowei a thumbs-up, saying, “As expected of my master, her words are so domineering.”
Guan Luowei glanced at her, and the scene of her declaring her ownership in front of everyone last night flashed through her mind. She turned her head away slightly uncomfortably, only to see a familiar figure suddenly sitting cross-legged. But in just an instant, she withdrew her gaze.
Presumably, he had an epiphany, but being so defenseless was no different from courting death.
Although this blessing ceremony was of no benefit to her, it was very different for others. The Buddhist scriptures recited by the monk, if carefully comprehended, could yield many gains. It was said that in the past, whenever someone came to listen, they would gain a deeper understanding of their own cultivation methods afterward, and some even had an epiphany on the spot, their cultivation improving greatly.
Before long, someone indeed began to meditate on the spot, looking like they had an epiphany. Many people around them cast envious glances at that person. Ling Chenyan also turned her head to take a look and then discovered that the person was actually Chen Juan.
“Fate is truly wondrous.” Ling Chenyan looked at Chen Juan meditating all alone and said to Guan Luowei, “Let’s go over there and take a look.”
Although the Buddhist Sect allowed internal strife within the town they governed, under such circumstances, some people would inevitably have malicious intentions.
Ling Chenyan looked at the completely defenseless Chen Juan, shook her head, and sighed like an old man, “Still too young.”
Guan Luowei hesitated for a moment, not expecting that she would end up having to protect her. As soon as the two stood in front of Chen Juan, the gazes coming from all directions paused. Many people with ill intentions silently withdrew their gazes after sensing the powerful aura emanating from Guan Luowei.
As for the other girl who was widening her watery eyes and pretending to be fierce, they didn’t pay her much attention. Not only did they not pay attention, they even found her a bit cute.
Ling Chenyan looked at the people all around who had been scared away by her and said to the system in her heart with great satisfaction, [System, look at those people, they were all scared away by my fierce gaze. I really am amazing.]
[Just the majesty of the sword.]
Ling Chenyan: [?]
Guan Luowei looked at the girl’s feigned ferocity, slightly raised her hand to wipe away the smile at the corner of her lips, and the discomfort in her heart dissipated a lot.
Chen Juan had originally come here with the intention of having fun, but she hadn’t expected to have an epiphany on the spot. She was immersed in the Great Dao for an unknown amount of time. When she opened her eyes again, she saw the scattered crowd and the two people standing beside her.
“What are you doing?” As soon as Chen Juan saw that it was Ling Chenyan and Guan Luowei, she asked with some confusion.
“You’re awake?” The girl’s voice reached her ears first. Chen Juan turned her head and saw the girl putting on an old-fashioned look, scolding her, “You’re really brave! You had an epiphany on the spot and no one was watching over you. If someone had intended to harm you and the two of us hadn’t happened to see you and protect you, do you know how serious the consequences would have been?”
Even with a stern face, the girl still looked adorable. Chen Juan couldn’t help but laugh, “Wasn’t it because I met you guys? Who knew we’d be so fated.”
Seeing her still laughing, Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but grind her teeth and said fiercely, “You still dare to laugh.”
Chen Juan laughed even harder. Just as she was about to continue talking to her, the woman on her right said coolly, “Since Miss Chen doesn’t care about her own safety, why should we say more?”
A chill ran down Chen Juan’s spine. She hurriedly moved a few steps away from Ling Chenyan, cupped her fist in the other woman’s direction, and said, “Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. I will definitely be more careful in the future.”
Ling Chenyan: “?” You actually have two faces?
“By the way,” Chen Juan continued as if remembering something, “are the two of you also here to participate in this grand competition?”
“Grand competition?” Ling Chenyan thought for a moment and shook her head in refusal, “No.”
With her little strength and fear of pain, there was no way she would participate in the grand competition. Moreover, wasn’t this competition only for Dao companions? As a single old sword, where would she find a Dao companion? Could it be Guan Luowei?
Ling Chenyan’s refusal was decisive, and Chen Juan couldn’t help but feel a little regretful, “Ah, is that so? It’s said that there’s a special item in this competition, rumored to be related to an ancient secret realm. But that’s just what Lingbao Pavilion itself says, so it’s probably not credible. If it were true, how could they bear to use such an item as a prize for the competition?”
Hearing Chen Juan’s words, Ling Chenyan suddenly thought of an item from her previous life, the Jade Writing Brush. This item was the only artifact in the Silent Moon Secret Realm related to the Evil-Suppressing Heavenly Book.
In the original text, this item was obtained by Mu Yunze from Lingbao Pavilion. Could it be that because of her, the Jade Writing Brush had taken a different path? If that was the case, then she definitely had to make this trip.
The system had told her earlier that their goal was to save the world and eliminate the villain. After the Lingxiao Immortal Sect incident, the system and Ling Chenyan speculated that the villain should be the black mud-like substance transformed from Daoist Guizei.
Ling Chenyan and the system had limited information and didn’t know what was needed to deal with such a thing, but having more divine artifacts was always a good thing.
The blessing ceremony on the stage had long ended. While everyone was still in a daze, two more figures appeared in the center of the competition stage.
One was the familiar figure of Qingtan, and the other was a monk wearing a kasaya.
Chen Juan had already begun introducing their identities to the two: “…that one wearing the kasaya is the abbot of the Buddhist Sect, Master Guiyi.”
Ling Chenyan nodded, thinking that this monk looked much more reliable than Master Guixu.
After an opening speech, the two separately spoke about the prizes offered for this grand competition. What the monk offered were the relics left behind after the passing of a Buddhist elder and some Buddhist mental cultivation methods.
And Qingtan, smiling gracefully at the audience below, said, “What our Lingbao Pavilion has added this time is a magical treasure from an ancient secret realm. This magical treasure has a great connection to the secret realm and is said to have a significant connection to the legendary divine artifact…”
If that magical treasure was as she described, Lingbao Pavilion naturally wouldn’t take it out and give it to outsiders. It was only because Lingbao Pavilion itself had researched it for many years without any results that they took the opportunity of this grand competition to bring it out.
Even if they didn’t know how to use it, as long as it was associated with the name of a divine artifact, countless people would pursue it.
It was said that merchants were cunning, and this saying was indeed true.
Others didn’t know, but Ling Chenyan knew that Qingtan’s words were not false. This Jade Writing Brush did indeed have a significant connection to the Evil-Suppressing Heavenly Book. While thoughts churned in her mind, she immediately made a decision and looked at Guan Luowei beside her.
“Your Highness,” Ling Chenyan had finally been able to get rid of that embarrassing address since learning this one. She gently tugged on Guan Luowei’s sleeve and said, “Shall we participate in this grand competition?”
Guan Luowei had already learned the function of the Jade Writing Brush from her inner thoughts, but thinking that only Dao companions could participate, she hesitated for a moment and said, “The two of us?”
Ling Chenyan nodded vigorously. It was just pretending to be Dao companions, it shouldn’t be a big deal.
Guan Luowei looked at her determined expression, thought about it, and also felt that it was nothing, so she agreed.
Only Chen Juan on the side had a look of excitement in her eyes and said, “You’re going to participate?”
Ling Chenyan nodded, not understanding why, “Yes.”
For some reason, Chen Juan looked even more excited, even with a hint of strange perversion.
Ling Chenyan didn’t understand why. Because the Dao companion pairs going to register all entered the tents in twos, and only one pair could enter each time, others didn’t know what was happening inside. They could only see that the people coming out had flushed faces, some had indifferent expressions, and some were embarrassed and angry.
Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but become even more puzzled, somewhat curious about what exactly happened in those green tents that made the Dao companions coming out have such strange expressions.
Finally, just as it was about to be their turn to go in, Chen Juan suddenly called out to the two of them, then said with a completely red face, “Good luck!”
Ling Chenyan inexplicably had a bad premonition in her heart. She asked the system in her mind, but the system was also playing dead, vaguely refusing to answer her. So what exactly was going on?
With a doubtful and apprehensive mood, Ling Chenyan and Guan Luowei entered that small tent together.
Different from what she had imagined, everything inside was very normal. There were only four people standing in the four cardinal directions, and when the two of them entered, they showed some surprised and astonished expressions.
A woman wearing a black dress opened her mouth in surprise and said, “Are the two of you Dao companions?”
Ling Chenyan smiled guiltily, “Yes, yes we are.”
The woman nodded calmly and said, “Show your Dao companion marks or kiss for one minute.”
When Dao companions in the cultivation world form a bond, a mark belonging to the two of them will be generated. They can imprint the mark on any part of their body. Therefore, for some playful Dao companions who imprint this mark in some unspeakable places, they naturally cannot ask to see it and can only ask them to kiss for one minute to prove it. After all, two people who are not Dao companions would not easily kiss others.
The woman looked at the two people in front of her and began to guess where these two would have their marks imprinted.
However, after waiting for a long time, neither of them made any move.
Ling Chenyan’s CPU was about to burn out at this moment. She and Guan Luowei were fake Dao companions and naturally didn’t have Dao companion marks. But kissing for one minute, one minute!
No wonder the people who came out earlier had different expressions, no wonder Chen Juan showed that strange smile, no wonder the system was vague and perfunctory.
What to do, what to do?
Ling Chenyan frantically thought about other possibilities to prove their identity. However, those few people had already begun to suspect. The woman who had spoken earlier said, “What? Could it be that you’re not Dao companions?”
“How could that be!” Ling Chenyan denied outright, saying, “Of course it’s true.”
“Then why haven’t you shown your marks or kissed yet?” The woman looked at the two of them, suddenly realized something, and then her expression became strange.
Unexpectedly, these two, one looking aloof and the other innocent, were actually playing it so openly? Was the location of their marks so shameful?
The woman coughed lightly, a faint blush rising on her face, and said, “In that case, then just kiss. That should be fine, right?”
Ling Chenyan: “…” The problem was huge.
She turned her head to look at Guan Luowei beside her, only to meet her gaze. Their gazes met and quickly separated, and Ling Chenyan turned her head back in a panic, feeling her heart pounding like a drum.
Guan Luowei’s face was cold at this moment, but her fingertips placed by her side unconsciously began to curl. She saw the panic and shyness in the girl’s eyes and recalled that soft, light kiss that had landed on her cheek last night.
Ling Chenyan looked at the increasingly impatient gazes of the four people in the tent, and just as she was considering the possibility of killing and robbing after the competition, her wrist was suddenly grasped by a cool hand. Then her body was turned around, and she saw the red mole under Guan Luowei’s eye becoming even more vivid, saw Guan Luowei’s feigned calmness, and saw the shyness and some unknown emotions hidden deep in her eyes.
Warm breath brushed against her nose, and an unexpected softness touched her lips. Ling Chenyan’s mind went completely blank with a bang.
Author’s Note:
Ling Chenyan: My first kiss!