Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Disciple Pei Zichen respectfully sends his master's wife to heaven...
The sun sets, and the afterglow is like blood.
On Guiyun Fairy Mountain, trees were broken and mountains collapsed, with corpses everywhere. Jiang Zhaoxue, wearing a wide-sleeved white brocade robe embroidered with the sun, moon and stars in gold thread, had his leg bones broken and was pressed to the ground.
Her golden crown was half tilted and her hair was disheveled, but she still stubbornly straightened half of her body, facing the young man covered by the dark veil in the Yin Yuluan carriage not far away, trying her best to retain the last bit of dignity of the Queen of Penglai.
"Zhongzhou has fallen. The Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion is the last line of defense for Zhongzhou, and you, Master's Wife—"
The young man's clear, jade-like voice rang out from the imperial carriage, accompanied by Yin Qilin's impatient sneeze. Although it was clearly a mocking remark, the tone was exceptionally cold: "You are the only one in Zhongzhou who has the hope of reaching the Ninth Realm of Life Master. You should have been Zhongzhou's only chance of success. Unfortunately, seventeen years ago, your spiritual roots were uprooted by your master, and you were trapped in the mansion."
As he spoke, Yin Zhixian raised his hand and rolled up the silver-gray gauze curtain, and the young man stepped out.
Mountains, rivers, sun, and moon flowed across his purple-black robes, the changing seasons echoing across them. The young man's voice, drawing closer, spoke of a past known to the entire cultivation world: "For him, you've done all sorts of evil things, destroying my very foundation, killing my best friend, and ultimately, ending up like this... You've sacrificed so much, yet he abandoned you and fled for his junior sister, Master's Wife." The young man stopped in front of her, raised his hand to grab her neck, and leaned forward slightly, as if curious. "Don't you regret it?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was speechless, she stared at the young man in front of her.
regret?
How to not regret?
She loved that man for two hundred and seventeen years, and gave everything for two hundred and seventeen years, but in the end, it was not worth a child, who just called her "Master".
Shen Yuqing, her husband, destroyed her spiritual roots and trapped her for her entire life for the sake of that female disciple named Mu Jinyue. He gave her hope time and time again, made her feel loved time and time again, but he also destroyed this hope with his own hands time and time again.
Now is the last time——
At the hour of You today, the Nine Netherworld Realm attacked the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion. At the last moment of their escape, Shen Yuqing chose to take Mu Jinyue away, leaving behind the pregnant Shen Yuqing, who disguised herself as Mu Jinyue and was captured alive by the Nine Netherworld Realm's demon cultivators.
This was probably the last time she loved Shen Yuqing, and also the last time she hated Shen Yuqing.
But her love and hate should not be known to others or used by others, so she just smiled with blood in her eyes and said hoarsely: "What does it have to do with you?"
The young man in front of him heard this and his eyes moved slightly, as if he was unwilling.
However, after a moment, he chuckled, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "But you are his wife."
As the young man spoke, his fingers gradually tightened. "Since he's gone, you should repay the debt he owes me. Master's Wife," the young man turned his head and looked at the endless staircases below. His tone was filled with nostalgia. "Back then, I climbed up the ladder to heaven step by step. It was you who led the way for me. Today—"
The young man looked back, his dark purple eyes full of compassion, reflecting her struggling face, just like when he was young, and said respectfully: "I will see you off."
After saying this, he suddenly exerted force with his fingers.
A sharp pain came from her neck, she could clearly hear the sound of bones breaking, and her vision slowly went dark.
She felt him let go of her body and she fell heavily.
At the last moment, she heard the sound of the young man retreating, the sound of his clothes rubbing against each other, the sound of him kneeling, the sound of his kowtow, and finally Pei Zichen respectfully shouted:
"Disciple Pei Zichen respectfully sends Master's Wife to heaven!"
——Excerpt from "My Solitary Path"
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"ah!"
With a scream, Jiang Zhaoxue suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from a nightmare.
She was breathing rapidly. A girl in green hurried over and said to Jiang Zhaoxue, "My Lady, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was speechless. She subconsciously raised her hand to touch her neck, recalling the dream just now, and her whole body was covered in cold sweat.
Seeing that she was alright, the young girl chuckled, raised her hand to pat her back, and soothed her, "Lady, are you having a nightmare? The fire poison hasn't even started yet, and you're already scaring yourself?"
"He's coming."
In a trance, a voice sounded in Jiang Zhaoxue's mind.
Jiang Zhaoxue's expression froze. Just as he was about to gather his energy to fight back, he heard the young girl's voice say, "Don't get excited! I'm your life beast. My name is Anan."
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, looking around in his sea of consciousness as he listened to the girl's voice say, "When a fortune teller reaches the seventh stage of fusion, a fortune beast will appear that can predict good and bad luck and discern the laws of nature. Today, as you enter the seventh stage, I will discern the laws of nature for you, lift the restrictions placed on you by this world, and let you see the truth. Moreover, you will never be controlled by the author again!"
"The truth? The author?" Jiang Zhaoxue murmured.
The girl responded, "Yes, just as you saw in your dream, the truth of this world is—you have traveled through a book!"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue immediately understood what had happened to him without any explanation due to his extensive online reading.
She wore it.
It’s not time travel, it’s time traveling through a book, and I ended up being a cannon fodder!
Jiang Zhaoxue, a former office worker in the 21st century, died suddenly after reading novels too late. When he woke up, he found himself traveling to this world of cultivation.
In this small world, it is divided into three realms: the True Fairyland, the Human Realm, and the Nine Netherworlds. The True Fairyland is where spiritual power is the main source of power for cultivation. It is divided into two areas, Zhongzhou and Penglai. Zhongzhou is where human cultivators gather, and Penglai is where demon cultivators are located.
Although Jiang Zhaoxue is a human, she was reincarnated as a demon. She was born as the youngest daughter of the master of Penglai Island. She is extremely talented and is a rare fortune teller in the world of cultivation.
The fortune teller is the most special cultivator in this small world.
According to legend, when the God Hao Cang created the world, he took a piece of his heart and created the Book of Destiny, which wrote the fate of everyone in the world.
Ordinary cultivators are under the control of the Book of Destiny.
Only fortune tellers are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Book of Destiny. They have a secret connection with the Way of Heaven, which is the source of the rules of the entire world. They can explore the laws of the world, tell fortunes, and spy on the contents of the Book of Destiny. Most importantly, they can gamble with the Way of Heaven, borrow its power, and change everything.
However, their fatal flaw is their long casting time. Therefore, every fortune-teller has a life-long guardian who will protect them through thick and thin. As long as they have this guardian, they become the most powerful being in the entire cultivation world.
Such a powerful and easy-to-control being is the talent that every sect dreams of. Unfortunately, over the past few thousand years, there have been only a few fortune tellers, and most of them either have poor qualifications or a short lifespan.
Only Jiang Zhaoxue, with his extraordinary talent, grew up to adulthood in full vigor and vitality, becoming the only candidate in the entire True Immortal Realm in thousands of years who had the opportunity to reach the Ninth Realm of Life Master.
It can be said that her birth guaranteed her wealth and prosperity in the first half of her life, and her talent guaranteed her wealth and prosperity in the second half.
If she hadn't met Shen Yuqing, she would have lived a life of idleness and waited for death on Penglai Island, enjoying a life of happiness for ten thousand years.
It’s just that there’s no cure for love-brain, fate is indescribable.
She started to have attacks from the first time she saw Shen Yuqing.
Chen Zeyuan, whose courtesy name was Yuqing.
When she was twenty years old, she met Shen Yuqing for the first time at a sword-testing competition. She fell in love with this favored boy at first sight and openly declared her love for him.
When she returned that day, her brother put her in solitary confinement. When she realized what she had done, she thought, she was finished.
She has a love brain.
After that, she couldn't stop herself and went to see Shen Yuqing whenever she had the chance.
At first, Shen Yuqing ignored her and she didn't have much of a chance, so she felt at ease.
But every time I felt embarrassed, I would slap myself in the face and wish I could suffocate myself by burying myself under a pillow.
Unexpectedly, two hundred years ago, the barrier of Cangming Sea was damaged, and Shen Yuqing was seriously injured while repairing the barrier. While she was ill, she single-handedly rescued the man from the sea. In order to save him, she also made a unilateral heart-to-heart contract with him!
The Heart Contract is a secret technique of Penglai, which has only ever been performed between Taoist partners. From now on, if Shen Yuqing is injured, she must bear half of the consequences, and if he suffers a fatal injury, she will bear the entire responsibility.
Because of this heart-to-heart contract, she lost her status as the heir to Penglai Island. Her father personally led people to the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion to talk with Shen Yuqing's master, Taoist Gujun, for three days. Shen Yuqing knelt at the gate for three days. Ultimately, unable to resist the pressure of "favor" and the sect, he formed a bond with her and married her, promising to become her "life servant" and protect her for the rest of her life.
The night the news came, Jiang Zhaoxue cried all night, knowing that she was finished.
She couldn't understand why she would give up her inheritance rights and marry far away in Zhongzhou just for a bastard.
But she is a love-brained person and she can't control herself.
She came to the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion in Zhongzhou, fearing death. Her parents were afraid that she would be bullied, so they gave her a fairy mountain and fifty disciples as a dowry. After arriving at the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion, she found that—
Ahaha, life is really not easy.
Shen Yuqing didn't want this marriage, so she just left her alone.
She lived in Yunfu Mountain and he lived in Luoxia Mountain. Their chances of meeting each other throughout the year were not much better than those of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
In addition, apart from the elders of the two parties, the outside world was not aware of the heart-to-heart contract. Everyone thought that their marriage was a result of Penglai taking advantage of its power to bully others. The entire Lingjian Immortal Pavilion - and even the entire Central Continent - stood up for Shen Yuqing.
Normally, people would roll their eyes at her whenever she went out, which made her very upset. So she lived alone in Yunfu Mountain all year round and rarely went out.
She could have accepted reality and lived a quiet life as a widow, but she always had attacks.
She couldn't control her desire to see Shen Yuqing and win his love, so for the past two hundred years, she has been humble and worked hard.
I work like a slave for him during the day and regret and cry at night.
In this extreme contradiction, she accompanied him step by step to become the master of the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion and the number one swordsman of the young generation in the world.
She herself was slow in her cultivation and suffered from many injuries.
For example, the fire poison that attacks his body once a month was blocked by her for him when he killed the Fire Kirin.
This is the most unique poison in the world. Penglai Island used up all the rare treasures to save her, but the remaining poison is difficult to eliminate. She will have an attack every month, as if she is in hell, burning in flames and in unbearable pain.
Fortunately, the remaining power of this fire poison is not strong, and it can be soothed by the spiritual power of water spiritual roots. Shen Yuqing has a heavenly water spiritual root, which is perfect for her. Therefore, out of guilt, no matter what conflicts Shen Yuqing has with her, he will come to detoxify her every month.
So the fire poison in her body not only did not cause her pain, but also made her feel happy.
And at this time, after struggling for two hundred years, she also accepted her illness.
After all, love brain is like this, and she is a terminal patient, there is nothing she can do.
She was used to this kind of selfless dedication, and she felt at peace with herself. She could even comfort herself that Shen Yuqing wasn't mean to her, he was mean to everyone, until half a year ago, when he accepted a female disciple -
This female disciple was called Mu Jinyue. She was cute and well-behaved, and very likable. Jiang Zhaoxue was alarmed from the first time they met. Shen Yuqing told her that this girl was the daughter of his senior brother, and now that he was dying, he could not ignore her. So he accepted her as his disciple and told Jiang Zhaoxue not to have any wild thoughts.
But Jiang Zhaoxue always felt something was wrong and kept looking for trouble with Mu Jinyue. The more she looked for trouble, the tighter Shen Yuqing protected her, and finally he let Mu Jinyue live in Luoxia Mountain where he lived.
Shen Yuqing has been a loner for a hundred years. Even his wife Jiang Zhaoxue has never lived in Luoxia Mountain. Jiang Zhaoxue is even more unwilling to let Mu Jinyue live there.
She could accept that Shen Yuqing was not nice to her, but she could not accept that Shen Yuqing was nice to other people!
So yesterday she found an opportunity, stopped the female disciple, and taught her a lesson.
Because of this incident, Shen Yuqing had come to her and had a quarrel with her before. She was so angry that she cried all night, but she didn't take it too seriously. She thought it was just like before, she was jealous and he scolded her. Unexpectedly, just now, she had a dream.
She dreamed that she was reading a book “experientially”.
The protagonist of this story is a young man named Pei Zichen.
He was originally the first disciple of Master Shangyang of Lingjian Immortal Pavilion, a favored child of heaven and a well-known figure in the sect.
At the age of seventeen, he was a golden elixir, full of vigor and ambition. However, because he fell in love with his junior sister Mu Jinyue, his master, who loved his junior sister deeply, became jealous. When he found out that his fellow disciples had falsely accused him of colluding with evil cultivators and opening the Nine Netherworld Realm barrier, for his own selfish reasons, he destroyed his bones and threw him into a cliff.
After that, he upgraded and practiced all the way, becoming the master of the Nine Netherworld Realm, and then led his people back to the fairy mountain, killed his master, destroyed the mountain gate, took back his junior sister, and killed all those who bullied him.
During this process, his master's wife tried to kill him repeatedly in order to help her fellow Taoist, but was killed by him. He then offended the Penglai Fairy Island, and finally it became the Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather, which led to the complete fall of his master's wife's sect.
In the process of seizing Jiuyou, stepping into Zhongzhou, and destroying Penglai, he gradually upgraded, and finally became the master of the three realms, married his junior sister, and ascended to become a god.
Jiang Zhaoxue is this cannon fodder master's wife.
What she did in the article was very simple, in short, it was to send out gift packages.
First, he gave Shen Yuqing a gift package, saved him from danger, made a heart-to-heart contract with him, and accompanied him to become the master of the Lingjian Immortal Pavilion and the number one swordsman in Zhongzhou.
After that, she sent a gift package to the heroine Mu Jinyue, was jealous of her, and provoked her. Then Mu Jinyue was inexplicably poisoned and the poisonous spirit that only existed in Penglai dissipated, and her spiritual roots melted away. In anger, Shen Yuqing dug out her spiritual roots and gave them to Mu Jinyue. Mu Jinyue obtained the heavenly grade wood spiritual roots, and with her excellent comprehension, she later became the number one female fairy.
After that, she began to send gift packages to the male protagonist Pei Zichen.
The method of sending them was rather unusual, as Shen Yuqing had been harming Pei Zichen for Mu Jinyue's sake. To please Shen Yuqing, she constantly summoned reinforcements from Penglai Island and sent men to kill Pei Zichen. Then, every general sent out either turned into a spirit pet, had their cultivation stolen by Pei Zichen, or, at worst, was robbed and returned with nothing left.
In the later period, Pei Zichen relied almost entirely on this method of self-defense to empty out the entire Penglai and complete his initial accumulation.
In the end, they attacked Shangxian Mountain and strangled her neck, which gave the readers a sense of satisfaction.
She doesn't have many plots in the novel, but her contribution is huge. It can be said that she is the original shareholder of the three protagonists. These three characters became rich by eating her and her mother's home, Penglai Island.
Jiang Zhaoxue could not see the plot after her death, including the previous plot. She could only see the part that the character "Jiang Zhaoxue" could see. Through the outline explanation plus the fragmentary experience, she immersively felt the life of the cannon fodder "Jiang Zhaoxue", and then woke up after Pei Zichen broke her neck with a "click".
After waking up, many problems were solved.
Why does she always do such things against her will?
Why is she like a schizophrenic, high during the day and emo at night?
Because, this is the author's setting!!
She said that she was a beast of burden, and it was possible for her to like someone, but how could she sacrifice so much without any bottom line?
Even cows and horses have self-respect.
"Alright, Master. Don't dwell on the past; focus on the future."
Anan knew she was still recovering, so he spoke to bring her back to her senses and explained in detail, "Now is when everything begins. Mu Jinyue has just been poisoned, and Pei Zichen has been sent to the Black Moon Forest to find the trumpet creeper to cure the poison. Shen Yuqing will soon come to question you. According to the original plot in the book, you will confess your crime and curse Mu Jinyue, and then Shen Yuqing will lock your cultivation and imprison you in the Heavenly Fate Palace. After ten days, when Mu Jinyue's spiritual roots have fully melted, Shen Yuqing will take your spiritual roots and give them to Mu Jinyue. With your Heavenly Grade Wood Spiritual Root, Mu Jinyue will grow into the number one female immortal in the world of cultivation, awaiting Pei Zichen's return as the king."
"The Heavenly Fate Hall has a massive formation that blocks cultivators. Even cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing stage can't unleash any spiritual power inside. If you're locked up in the Heavenly Fate Hall, you won't have any power to fight back. Once your spiritual roots are taken, your path as a cultivator will be over. So now is the most crucial time, the one that's easiest to change your fate. If you miss this opportunity, you'll only make one wrong move at a time. Master," Anan said solemnly, "Shen Yuqing will be here soon. Are you ready?"
As Anan spoke, the servants' slightly excited greetings echoed outside the door, one after another, from far away to near: "Greetings, Pavilion Master."
"Pavilion Master Wan'an."
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Jiang Zhaoxue turned around blankly after listening to this and became nervous instantly.
No, it came so quickly! She wasn't ready yet!
There was so much information that her brain was about to smoke, and it was completely stuck, making her unable to move.
The maid next to her reacted quickly and said happily, "Oh, the prince-in-law is here!"
As she spoke, the maid raised her hand to straighten her clothes, and quickly flattered her, "My Lady, I told you that your husband has you in his heart. Look, even though we're arguing, didn't your husband rush over so early today when your fire poison flared up? He must be thinking of you!"
"He's not worried about you, he's here to find you and call you to account." Anan was afraid that Jiang Zhaoxue's love affair would break out again, so he quickly reminded her, "Master, I've broken the world's restriction on you. You can make your own choice. Don't let your feelings for him affect you. Be rational. He doesn't love you. He's here to take your spiritual roots. Find a solution now!"
Just as he finished speaking, the door was smashed open with a bang. Jiang Zhaoxue and everyone looked over and saw a young man standing in front of the door.
She was wearing black clothes with snow-like patterns, her hair was tied up with a jade crown, her brows were as white as frost and snow, and she was so cold that it seemed as if she had her own chill.
Behind him were two rows of disciples, standing with swords in their arms. Each of them had anger suppressed between their brows, looking quite majestic.
Seeing this, the maid knelt down in a hurry, and the young man strode in.
The disciple outside was well prepared and slammed the door shut. The maid looked up in surprise, but before she could react, the young man had already arrived in front of the couch, and his long sword had already jumped out, pointing directly at Jiang Zhaoxue's eyebrows.
"Jiang Zhaoxue, I'll give you one last chance."
The young man's voice was filled with murderous intent. The oppressive feeling of being in a high position for so long crushed Jiang Zhaoxue from above. She met his gaze and listened to his cold warning, as if in a dream: "Hand over the antidote, and I will spare your life!"
The author has something to say:
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At 20:00 on the 18th, red envelopes will be sent to the first three chapters. Good luck with the start of the article.
As an author, I really can't stand the loneliness. I can't write without interaction, so I started writing impulsively without any warning.
【Small Theater】
Summary of this chapter's purpose: Love-brained people cannot get a house
[Small Theater·Before the Opening]
Pei Zichen (putting a stack of RMB on the table): "Author, I want to appear in the first chapter and try to leave a deep impression on everyone so that everyone will support me more in the future. Is that okay?"
Author: "Sure. Don't worry, the opening will definitely leave a deep impression on you. I'll give you a big show right from the start!"
Pei Zichen: "That's great! What's my first scene? A hero saving a beautiful girl?"
Author: “No.”
Pei Zichen: "Ah? How can it be so impressive?"
Author: "You killed the heroine."
Pei Zichen: “…”
Author: "A sharp snap, extremely painful, merciless, and they even specifically declared the person dead. Do you think it left a deep impression?"
Pei Zichen (silently put away the RMB): "Teacher, please delete this scene and stop worrying about me."
Author: "Huh? Why?"
Pei Zichen: "I do want to leave a deep impression, but not as a villain!"
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