Transmigrating as a Crazy Villainess, She Becomes Invincible by Slacking Off - Chapter 10

“Aunt Yan, Mother won’t be in danger, will she?”

Ruan Dongling quickly immersed herself in the role. After all, who wouldn’t adore such a beautiful and powerful mother?

Having grown up in an orphanage, she had never known the warmth of family or the feeling of being protected and cherished. It was so warm it made her want to cry.

Everyone longs to be the favored one.

But in this world, apart from parents, no one’s favor comes without a reason.

Jiang Yan glanced at Ruan Dongling, smiled gently, and shook her head. “No, she won’t.”

With her arrival, the plot had completely changed.

The old woman Liyang had targeted her, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, only because she had discovered her true identity.

Liyang’s hatred for her mother stemmed from their shared history with Ruan Liuruo—a melodramatic love triangle.

Once Jiang Yan led Ruan Dongling beyond the Dustless Sect’s boundaries, the sounds of battle vanished completely.

The Sect-Protecting Formation had sealed all noise within its confines.

In what seemed like mere moments, Feng Yunxi had returned.

“Those little brats! How dare they bully my daughter!”

Feng Yunxi suddenly appeared beside Ruan Dongling, rubbing her wrist as she spoke.

“Mother!” Ruan Dongling threw herself into Feng Yunxi’s arms.

This wasn’t just her conscious thought; it was a visceral reaction.

“Don’t worry, Ling’er. I took care of those brats while I was at it!”

In the original timeline, the Flowing Cloud Couple had met their demise because of Ruan Dongling.

Their deaths had been the final push that drove Ruan Dongling to complete darkness.

But now, she would never let that happen.

Feng Yunxi quickly embraced Ruan Dongling, gently patting her head. “Ling’er, be good. Don’t be afraid!”

“Mother, you came just in time!”

“You little troublemaker! You never listen! Your father and I have been worried sick about you these past two years!”

“And what do you do? You only ask us for things and never even glance our way! You ungrateful child!”

Feng Yunxi’s words carried a tone of scolding, but her eyes were filled with doting affection. After speaking, she playfully tapped Ruan Dongling’s nose with her finger.

Ruan Dongling had never revealed that her Spirit Root had been excised, and naturally, the Liyang sect members wouldn’t tell Feng Yunxi either.

However, Feng Yunxi had learned that Ruan Dongling had reached Qi Refining Completion and discovered that her Spirit Root had mutated into an Ice Spiritual Root!

Though this was miraculous, Feng Yunxi saw it as her daughter’s destined fortune.

In her eyes, it was only natural. Her daughter possessed such extraordinary talent that such progress was to be expected.

Moreover, Feng Yunxi herself was a peerless prodigy, a celestial chosen one. She even felt slightly dissatisfied with her daughter’s cultivation level.

If she knew that Ruan Dongling had neglected her cultivation for a man, remaining at only the fifth layer of Qi Refining, how utterly disappointed she would be.

Before leaving, Feng Yunxi left Ruan Dongling everything in her Storage Pouch that could be used by cultivators below the Golden Core realm.

Ruan Dongling’s Storage Pouch bulged at her waist, and her heart practically burst with joy.

“We can’t waste any of this! It all needs to go to Yun Yan’er!”

System, if I give these returned items to the Child of the World, then…

If it works, then one becomes ten, ten becomes a hundred…

Ding! Host, please do not exploit bugs! System-returned items cannot be duplicated!

System: See? Is this something a human would do?

Fine, if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. No need to be so harsh.

“Mother, I won’t let you down again! I’ll cultivate diligently and strive to revitalize the Heaven Origin Sect!”

“Mm, you’re a promising child. But your father is no longer the Sect Leader.”

Feng Yunxi affectionately took Ruan Dongling’s hand.

“Your father has reached a bottleneck in his cultivation. To break through, he needs to undergo life-and-death trials…”

“That’s why your father plans to go to the ‘Battlefield of Fallen Gods.’ Of course, I’ll be going with him.”

“We’ll be leaving in a few days. You’ll need to take care of yourself and focus on your cultivation.”

Feng Yunxi spoke earnestly to Ruan Dongling.

Hearing “Battlefield of Fallen Gods,” Ruan Dongling’s heart stirred.

The name alone revealed the battlefield’s immense danger, where even gods could fall.

The region she was currently in was True Martial Prefecture, part of the Six Suns Continent.

Even within the Six Suns Continent alone, there were nine prefectures.

The Battlefield of Fallen Gods marked the border between the Six Suns Continent and another continent.

Mother… Ruan Dongling’s heart tightened at the thought, and she unconsciously gripped Feng Yunxi’s hand.

Sensing her daughter’s anxiety, Feng Yunxi gently patted Ruan Dongling’s hand and said softly, “Don’t worry, your father and I will be fine!”

“What about Senior Brother Changqing and Senior Brother Feisi? Are they still at the Sect?”

Su Changqing and Zhang Feisi were two disciples of her father, Ruan Liuruo. Rumor had it they had already reached the late Nascent Soul stage, just one step away from Spirit Transformation.

Feng Yunxi replied, “Naturally, they’re with your master. They’re both on the Battlefield of Fallen Gods now, undergoing life-and-death trials. This experience will greatly benefit their breakthroughs.”

Ruan Dongling hadn’t expected to be separated from her mother so soon after their reunion.

She sniffled, “Mother, will I be cultivating at the Heaven Origin Sect then?”

“Then… then could you ask them to allocate some extra Sect resources to me?”

Ruan Dongling’s face lit up with excitement.

Feng Yunxi gently flicked Ruan Dongling’s forehead. “Absolutely not!”

“The treatment you receive will depend entirely on yourself! Don’t even think about relying on my or your father’s connections!”

“You didn’t grow up in the Heaven Origin Sect anyway. Looking back, it’s fortunate. If you had, everyone there would know you, dote on you, and be unwilling to let you suffer.”

“Cultivation is inherently arduous. If those old fogies were too soft on you, they’d indulge your whims, which would hinder your progress!”

“But sending you to another sect would worry me…”

“This arrangement is perfect! It’s all thanks to your mother’s wisdom and foresight in raising you with your grandmother…”

“Your father even argued with me about it back then, but time has proven me right!”

Feng Yunxi’s face beamed with satisfaction.

“Still, a few elders have seen you before…”

Feng Yunxi sized up her daughter, her eyes lighting up.

With a swift hand gesture, she cast a spell, enveloping Ruan Dongling in a shimmering green light.

After a moment, Feng Yunxi withdrew her hand, spun Ruan Dongling around, and nodded approvingly.

“Hmm, with this, no one will recognize you for sure!”

Ruan Dongling felt a change in her body. She touched her face, about to examine the transformation, when a mirror suddenly appeared before her.

The girl in the mirror was undeniably cute, though her beauty differed slightly from Ruan Dongling’s peerless radiance, possessing a more approachable charm.

“Thank goodness, I didn’t turn ugly!”

“As if your mother would ever turn her own daughter into an ugly duckling!” Feng Yunxi glared at Ruan Dongling.

“Tsk, this won’t do. Even though you’ve reached Qi Refining Completion, your cultivation still lacks solidity…” Feng Yunxi had initially glanced casually at her daughter.

But that single glance caused her expression to darken slightly. This was no minor issue.

She seized Ruan Dongling’s wrist and began meticulously examining her daughter’s cultivation.

After releasing Ruan Dongling’s wrist, Feng Yunxi’s expression turned grave.

“Ling’er, why is your cultivation so unstable? It’s like rootless duckweed floating on water!”

Hearing this, Ruan Dongling’s heart sank. She recalled that the original owner had been desperate to advance quickly, completely neglecting the concept of consolidating her cultivation.

What a waste of such extraordinary talent.

“If we compare the spiritual energy cultivated by a peerless prodigy to solid bricks, your cultivation, by contrast, is like clumps of cotton…”

“My dear daughter, I understand your eagerness to advance quickly, but there are no shortcuts on the path of cultivation. You must take each step steadily and firmly.”

“With your current cultivation level, you won’t go far, even with your exceptional talent…”

“That old harlot Liyang! How dare she sabotage my daughter like this! If not for the urgency of the situation, I’d settle accounts with her properly!”

Feng Yunxi refused to believe her daughter simply lacked the will to cultivate. She was convinced Liyang had deliberately allowed her daughter to recklessly advance, perhaps even guiding her to do so, all to ruin her!

Ruan Dongling didn’t dare utter a word.

“Enough, enough. What’s done is done. Fortunately, no irreparable damage has been done. You haven’t reached Foundation Establishment yet, so there’s still time to correct this!”

Feng Yunxi formed a hand seal and gently waved her hand, sending a wave of spiritual energy to envelop Ruan Dongling.

The spiritual energy felt like a warm breeze caressing her skin, leaving Ruan Dongling feeling utterly comfortable and warm.

When the energy dissipated, Ruan Dongling was shocked to discover her cultivation level had vanished!

Seeing her daughter’s stunned expression, Feng Yunxi gently stroked Ruan Dongling’s head. “I’ve sealed your cultivation level, my dear. You’ll have to start over from the beginning.”

“Mother! How could you do this?! At least leave me some of my cultivation…” Ruan Dongling protested, but before she could finish, her clothes had already been changed.

“What’s yours is yours,” Feng Yunxi said. “I’ve merely sealed your cultivation within your Dantian. Once you cultivate back to Foundation Establishment, it will naturally unlock.”

Ruan Dongling hadn’t even had a chance to experience what it truly felt like to be a cultivator before her cultivation was gone. Still, she knew it was all for her own good.

Looking down at her clothes, Ruan Dongling noticed they were drab and patched.

What is this? Beggar’s rags?

“Alright! That’s all I can do for you!” Feng Yunxi pinched Ruan Dongling’s chubby cheek.

“Head to Spirit Mist City!” Feng Yunxi instructed Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan steered the Flying Sword in a new direction, heading toward Spirit Mist City.

Spirit Mist City was the largest city closest to the Heaven Origin Sect.

During each Sect Grand Ceremony, disciples would recruit new members in Spirit Mist City.

The disciples responsible for recruitment there were never particularly strong, rarely exceeding Foundation Establishment cultivation. They certainly wouldn’t be able to see through Ruan Dongling’s unusual condition.

By having Ruan Dongling stay in Spirit Mist City and enter the Sect as a beggar, everything would be foolproof!