Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 9
Twilight was fading when the two returned to Lingyun City, the sky already dark. Lingyun City was brightly lit, with crowds of people coming and going on the streets, looking even more lively than during the day.
After returning to the inn, Guan Luowei began communicating with the Demon Emperor. Ling Chenyan had nothing to do, so she chatted with the system.
[System, who was that monk? Why is he even more powerful than you, able to let me communicate directly with the big villain?]
[More powerful than me?] the system bristled. [He was only able to let you communicate directly with people because of the Prison Heaven Cage!]
[Okay, okay,] Ling Chenyan said. [You’re the most powerful, so who was that monk?]
[He is Master Guixu,] the system said unhappily. [He was the most talented disciple of the Buddhist sect in nearly a hundred years, but unfortunately, he was troubled by love and became the decadent figure you saw.]
[Master Guixu?] Ling Chenyan tried hard to recall, feeling the name was familiar, but it wasn’t important. More than gossip, she now wanted to know about the Prison Heaven Cage. Ling Chenyan continued to ask, [He’s not important, first tell me what the Prison Heaven Cage is?]
System: [The Prison Heaven Cage is one of the four divine artifacts. According to the original text, the four divine artifacts were actually fragments decomposed from ancient divine swords after a war. They are the Prison Heaven Cage, the Illusion God Lyre, the Heart-Questioning Mirror, and the Evil-Suppressing Heavenly Book. Through the changes of time, three of these four artifacts have fallen into the hands of mortals.]
[As you can see, the Prison Heaven Cage is in the Buddhist sect, recognizing Master Guixu as its master. The Illusion God Lyre is now in the Lingxiao Immortal Sect. There hasn’t been news of it recognizing a master yet, but in the future, it will recognize the female lead, Lin Qinghuan, as its master. The Heart-Questioning Mirror belongs to the Snake Demon clan, and it is said that the holder is Medusa, who is also one of the male lead’s concubines.]
[As for the last one, the Evil-Suppressing Heavenly Book, it is not currently in the hands of mortals but is still in the Silent Moon Secret Realm. This secret realm will likely open in three years, and the male lead will participate in it and successfully obtain the Evil-Suppressing Heavenly Book. Of course, in the end, all four divine artifacts will be obtained by the male lead to wipe out the Demon Clan and restore peace to the world.]
Ling Chenyan’s lips twitched. [I think if the male lead died, the world would be peaceful.]
System: […]
Ling Chenyan: [So, the reason why the big villain, after being reborn, could clearly directly enter the Lingxiao Immortal Sect and kill the male lead but hasn’t made a move until now is related to the Illusion God Lyre?]
[You got it right,] the system said. [The biggest effect of the Illusion God Lyre is to weaken the opponent’s strength. With the blessing of the Illusion God Lyre, the demon witch can only exert at most 60% of her strength and is accompanied by a ten-second immobilization effect, so the demon witch doesn’t dare to act rashly.]
Ling Chenyan frowned, thinking that unless the male lead never left the mountain gate, it would be as easy as flipping her hand for Guan Luowei to kill him.
Seeing that it was still early, Ling Chenyan was bored staying in the room, so she quietly slipped out of the door while Guan Luowei was still communicating with someone.
Guan Luowei caught a glimpse of the sneaky figure out of the corner of her eye. She slightly moved her fingertips, conjuring a strand of demonic silk that quietly attached to the silver sword, and then confidently withdrew her gaze.
On the other side, Ling Chenyan’s nose twitched, smelling an alluring aroma of wine. Following the scent, she floated all the way to the entrance of a wine cellar. Just then, someone was going to the cellar to get wine, and Ling Chenyan followed them in, having a very smooth journey.
After the two people left, Ling Chenyan quietly poked her head out from behind the door and said to the system, “System, look, so much wine!”
System: [Although… how did you smell it?]
Ling Chenyan chuckled. “I don’t know. Ever since I became a sword, I feel like I can always smell some strange aromas.”
The system was puzzled, but looking at Ling Chenyan already floating towards the wine jars, it silently covered its eyes.
There was a lot of wine stored in the cellar, but Ling Chenyan obviously chose the most expensive batch to plunder. Floating from one jar to another, Ling Chenyan drank quite happily. Before long, the entire sword was dizzy and disoriented.
The system began to dissuade her: [Host, this behavior of yours is wrong. This is stealing!]
“Nonsense,” Ling Chenyan retorted. “I’m clearly robbing the rich to help the poor.”
System: [Robbing others to help yourself?]
Ling Chenyan chuckled and praised generously, “You’re so smart.”
System: […]
The system thought for a moment. After all, this shop was backed by the Lingxiao Immortal Sect. The owner was a member of the Lingxiao Immortal Sect and had secretly used the sect’s power to oppress ordinary people. Most of these stored wines were obtained in this way. Rather than letting them be used to curry favor with the Lingxiao Immortal Sect, it was better for her host to plunder them.
The system convinced itself and didn’t realize that Ling Chenyan had already swayed it, making it genuinely feel that the male lead and the Lingxiao Immortal Sect were not good people.
After plundering a pile of wine, Ling Chenyan walked to a stone wall. With a gentle swipe of the sword, she easily cut through the thick wall as if cutting tofu.
The wall collapsed, and Ling Chenyan felt like her eyes were about to be blinded by the room full of gold and jewels.
She chuckled and said to the system, “System, we’re rich! From today on, if I have a bite to eat, you’ll have a bowl to wash!”
System: […That won’t be necessary.]
So it watched as Ling Chenyan staggered to the pile of jewels, pawed through the gold twice, and took out an inconspicuous small box from within.
The system was puzzled. [Host, there are so many jewels, what are you doing with this broken box?]
“My intuition tells me that the things inside are more valuable than these jewels,” Ling Chenyan said confidently.
System: […]
After taking the small box, Ling Chenyan went to another pile of porcelain boxes. “Seven-grade Treasure Ginseng Spirit Grass, six-grade Soul-Calling Dew, five-grade Transformation Maple Branch… *sluuurp*, we’re rich, we’re rich.”
Ling Chenyan grabbed things randomly, and finally realized that she couldn’t carry them all. Her eyes rolled, and she said to the system, “System, quickly give me a storage treasure, you definitely have one, right!”
The system really wanted to say no, but Ling Chenyan continued, “Lend it to me for a bit, and I’ll give you half of the gold and jewels later.”
The system said righteously, [What’s with lending? We’re all family. It’s yours.]
Ling Chenyan took the storage device and stuffed things in randomly. Finally, she left the secret room contentedly, easily broke through the wine cellar entrance again, and staggered back.
Inside the room, Guan Luowei was discussing her next plan with Tong Di when suddenly, the door was kicked open, and a silver sword stumbled towards her, giggling as it went, “Master! I’m back! Did you miss me?!”
Guan Luowei was taken aback. She saw Tong Di on the other side of the communication screen widen his eyes and whisper, “Wow, I didn’t expect Her Highness to play like this.”
Guan Luowei: “…”
Her expression turned slightly cold, and she glanced at Tong Di, saying, “That’s all for today. We’ll talk about the rest later.”
As soon as Tong Di saw Guan Luowei’s expression, he immediately smiled obsequiously, “Understood, I understand everything.”
With that, he quickly closed the communication before Guan Luowei could get angry.
Guan Luowei looked at the suddenly darkened communication screen, feeling a little helpless. She looked at the culprit who had ruined her reputation, her nose twitching slightly, and frowned. “Where did you get the wine?”
Ling Chenyan chuckled and didn’t answer. She leaned closer to Guan Luowei, the entire sword almost touching Guan Luowei’s face. “Master, do you want a wife?”
Guan Luowei retreated without showing any emotion, leaning against the headboard. Her black hair cascaded behind her shoulders. She crossed her arms, her long eyelashes slightly lifted as she looked at the drunken silver sword in front of her, a hint of confusion in her eyes. “What is a wife?”
Ling Chenyan thought for a moment and said, “A wife is like a Dao companion, but not quite the same. A wife refers to a female Dao companion.”
Guan Luowei raised an eyebrow slightly. “No.”
“Don’t be like that! Consider it again carefully.” Seeing Guan Luowei’s decisive refusal, the silver sword began to act shamelessly. “You definitely need one. I can introduce you!”
“Introduce me?” Guan Luowei looked at the silver sword with a half-smile. The candlelight shone on her porcelain-white face, making the red mole look even more vivid.
Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but be captivated by her beauty and patted her chest confidently. “Yes, the one I introduce to you will definitely be the most, most, most, most perfect Dao companion in heaven and on earth.”
“Oh?” Guan Luowei raised an eyebrow. “Who are you going to introduce to me?”
Seeing that Guan Luowei seemed to be relenting, Ling Chenyan quickly straightened her sword body. “Of course, it’s me!”
“You?” A hint of amusement appeared in Guan Luowei’s eyes. She sized up the silver sword from top to bottom and finally curled her lips. “Then tell me, what good are you?”
“Good!” Ling Chenyan felt hopeful and immediately mustered all her energy to introduce herself. “First of all, I’m very cute and can bring you a lot of happiness. Secondly, I’m the sword of the master, and I’m the most obedient. You just call me, and I’ll come back to your side. You don’t have to worry about me running off with others at all. Finally, I’ve prepared a betrothal gift for you!”
With that, she shook her sword body, and a large pile of gold, silver, jewels, and precious herbs poured out. Seeing that the entire bed was about to overflow, Ling Chenyan rolled off the bed and continued to pour things out, saying as she did, “Master, look, these are all prepared for you. In our world, these would be worth at least tens of millions. I’m much better than those men who can’t even bear to give a hundred thousand as a betrothal gift. I’m a hundred times better than them.”
From the moment she saw the silver sword pouring out gold, silver, and jewels like beans, Guan Luowei’s eyes were filled with astonishment. Then, she looked at the silver sword still pouring out jewels with a complex expression and sighed silently.
So, who else had been harmed during her absence?
At the same time, the system was frantically jumping in Ling Chenyan’s mind: [Host, wake up! Do you know what you’re doing?! And half of these treasures are mine! Why did you give them all to the demon witch?! Host, please wake up!]
The system was on the verge of tears. If it had known this would be the outcome, it would never have let Ling Chenyan drink so much wine.
Ling Chenyan, as if completely blocked out the crazy frantically jumping system in her mind, walked up to Guan Luowei with a small box after pouring everything out. “Look, this is a seven-grade Treasure Ginseng Spirit Grass. It’s very useful for cultivation. This is also prepared for you!”
The shocked expression on Guan Luowei’s face had long since faded, but when her gaze fell on the seven-grade herb, there was still a hint of surprise.
Although her cultivation from her previous life had returned, it was obtained through a sudden breakthrough at the brink of death and was not very stable. The sequelae of the forced breakthrough had also returned with her rebirth.
And this seven-grade Treasure Ginseng Spirit Grass was indeed very useful to her.
Guan Luowei looked at the sword in front of her with a complex expression. So, she actually knew everything and had many opportunities to take her life, but she still didn’t.
She pursed her lips, looking at the sword urging her to take the herb, her eyes flickered, and she reached out to take the herb, saying softly, “Thank you.”
Seeing that she had accepted it, Ling Chenyan was overjoyed and said, “Then from now on, you are my wife!”
As soon as the words fell, a blush quietly appeared on Guan Luowei’s porcelain-white cheeks. She nodded helplessly, and then a slightly playful smile appeared on the corner of her lips. “Alright.”
The system looked at the silly sword happily circling around Guan Luowei, and then at the demon witch with a playful smile on her lips and a confident look in her eyes, and closed its eyes, unable to bear to watch.
What could it do with this silly host? It wanted to see what expression the host would have tomorrow when facing the “wife” she had courted for herself.
Ling Chenyan, living in the moment, obviously didn’t have this worry. She happily put away all the things in the room, and then righteously said to Guan Luowei, “Okay, since we are now husband and wife, let’s sleep together tonight!”
Guan Luowei looked at the excited silver sword, her lips curving into a smile. “Okay.”
Ling Chenyan immediately burrowed into the quilt. Then, the quilt was torn into two pieces, the cotton wadding inside puffed out, and a strand of it even flew to Guan Luowei’s nose.
Guan Luowei: “…”
She looked at the silver sword that had already fallen asleep and shook her head helplessly.
••••
The next day, Ling Chenyan was awakened by a heart-rending cry outside.
“Search! Search for me! Search room by room! This thief, if I find him, I will tear him to pieces! My thousand-year-old floral wine, my savings, my treasures, *wuwuwuwuwu*!”
She opened her eyes groggily and looked down to see the quilt torn in half.
Ling Chenyan: “…Did someone come to chop me last night?”
After she spoke, Ling Chenyan suddenly felt someone move beside her. She turned her head and saw Guan Luowei leaning against the headboard, half of her face showing a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “Awake?”
Author’s Note:
Ling Chenyan: Who am I, where am I, what did I do?
System: You are a sword, you are on the big villain’s bed, you tricked the villain into becoming your wife.
Ling Chenyan: …Help!