Chapter 1 Am I going to die? The sunlight streamed down, casting a golden glow...
The sunlight cast a golden glow, bathing everything in the village in a golden light. The surrounding vegetation grew lushly, and beside a well stood a young girl with a troubled expression.
The girl was dressed in a light-colored cloth dress, with a small cloth bag hanging from her waist. Her long apricot hair was simply tied up with a light pink hairband, and a wooden hairpin was pinned to the side.
She had fair skin and bright, almond-shaped eyes. Despite her simple, unadorned clothing, she exuded an air of complete incongruity with the village.
Gu Xiaozhu looked at the ancient well in front of her, then bent down and reached out to try turning the handle of the water-drawing device again.
It didn't rotate.
"Strange... Is it stuck?" Gu Xiaozhu murmured to herself, then peered down into the well a few times before looking at the windlass on the well—the device used to draw water.
She has been in this world for a year now.
And it was still being worn.
Yes, in the original world, she had just been in a car accident, and the next second she found herself covered in blood in a forest.
The wounds on her body had all disappeared, but her clothes were exactly the same; she was still wearing the casual clothes she had worn when she went out, and they were still covered in blood.
Of course, she also had the standard equipment for transmigrators—a system.
However, after pulling her into this world, the system only briefly mentioned that it was a world of cultivation before disappearing without a trace.
No matter how she called out, the system did not respond.
The clothes, the system disappeared, and the world of cultivation was revealed.
Very good, a disastrous start.
Fortunately, she didn't wander around in the woods for long before she encountered a woman who had come into the mountains to pick wild vegetables.
The woman was a very kind-hearted person. When she saw Gu Xiaozhu covered in blood and wandering alone in the forest, she thought she had been attacked by a wild animal. So she quickly took her down the mountain to the village where she lived and brought her home.
Not only did she not ask where Gu Xiaozhu's strange clothes came from, she even provided her with a new set of clothes.
After Gu Xiaozhu lied and used "amnesia" as an excuse, the woman even asked her if she wanted to stay.
Having nowhere else to go, she agreed to the woman's request.
From then on, the village had a new member.
Everyone in the village was very kind and took good care of her. They didn't ostracize her just because she was an outsider of unknown origin.
Gu Xiaozhu truly felt incredibly lucky.
She also noticed some changes in her body, all for the better. For example, no matter how much she ate, she never gained weight! And her most unbearable period had miraculously disappeared!
God knows how happy she was when she found out!
Maybe all the luck from my past life has been accumulated here?
That's what she was thinking.
"Sister! Sister!"
A childish voice suddenly rang out from behind.
Gu Xiaozhu turned around and saw a boy of about seven or eight years old running towards her, covered in dirt.
"Xiao Tang? Didn't you go up the mountain to worship your ancestors with the villagers? What are you doing here?" Gu Xiaozhu bent down and looked at the boy who had run up to her, asking in confusion.
Xiao Tang is the grandson of Aunt Li next door. Today happens to be the day when the villagers go up the mountain to worship their ancestors, so early this morning, everyone in the village went up the mountain in a grand procession.
Because she wasn't from this village and her health wasn't very good, Aunt Liu, who adopted her, didn't let her come up the mountain with her, and everyone else in the village agreed.
So today, she's the only one left in the entire village.
She was bored and noticed that the water tank at home was almost empty, so she decided to fetch some water, but she didn't expect that the well pulley seemed to be broken.
A hint of embarrassment appeared on Xiao Tang's face. After hesitating for a moment, he finally revealed the truth: "Um... I accidentally lost the incense that Grandma brought up the mountain..."
Gu Xiaozhu: "...?"
Little Tang: "So...so Grandma told me to go down the mountain and get some more incense."
Gu Xiaozhu: "Did you come down the mountain alone?"
Little Tang nodded, blinked, and continued, "By the way, sister, can you take me up the mountain with you later?"
She glanced at the boy in front of her for a few moments before nodding, straightening up and smiling, "Of course. I have some incense at home; wait here for a moment, and I'll go get it for you."
Little Tang nodded and then stood obediently in place.
Seeing this, Gu Xiaozhu turned and walked to the other side.
But her hands, hanging at her sides, were trembling slightly.
He is not Little Tang.
Gu Xiaozhu walked as usual, and her face showed no unusual expression.
But her heart was pounding wildly, and cold sweat was pouring down her back.
Aunt Li doted on her grandson the most, so how could she let Xiao Tang go down the mountain alone?
Most importantly, she had no idea of the route to the mountain to worship the ancestors. Everyone around her knew the route, so why would Xiao Tang ask her to take him up the mountain with him?
If he's not the real Little Tom, then who is he? What happened to the real Little Tom?
The more she thought about it, the more horrified she felt, and her hands, hanging by her sides, clenched tighter and tighter.
This is a world of cultivation.
In other words, those cultivators and monsters do exist.
That one just now might be it.
what to do?
"Sister Gu, you seem very nervous."
Gu Xiaozhu paused, her eyes widening as she looked ahead.
Little Tang, who should have been waiting obediently behind her, suddenly appeared in front of her, less than five meters away!
At this moment, Xiao Tang was no longer the lively and cute boy he used to be. His face was expressionless, and even his eyes were terrifyingly gloomy.
That's not an expression a child should have!
Gu Xiaozhu froze on the spot, her face slightly pale, and her body began to tremble slightly.
Suddenly, thick black mist surged from the boy in front of them. In the blink of an eye, the innocent and cute boy transformed into a man dressed in black with a long scar on his face.
The man exuded an unpleasant and even repulsive aura, and she could even faintly smell a trace of blood.
Demonic cultivator.
This word inexplicably popped into Gu Xiaozhu's mind.
The demonic cultivator looked at the terrified girl in front of him, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
This feeling of being above ordinary people, instilling fear in them, and holding the power of life and death over them truly fascinated him.
...But now is not the time to think about that.
Feeling the stinging pain in his waist, the demonic cultivator's face darkened even more.
"Xiao Tang... how is he?" Gu Xiaozhu suppressed the fear welling up inside her and forced herself to speak calmly.
The demonic cultivator looked at the girl in front of him, his eyebrows slightly raised, as if he was surprised by the girl's boldness.
Upon hearing this, he frowned slightly, but quickly sneered, a wicked glint in his eyes: "That little brat? Of course he's dead!"
"And next, it's your turn!"
After saying that, he suddenly stepped forward and reached out to grab the girl's neck with one hand!
But for some reason, he, who was already in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, stumbled and his move, which he was sure to win, missed!
Gu Xiaozhu had turned and started to run away the moment the demonic cultivators set off; she was even thinking that she had actually managed to escape.
The demonic cultivators behind her did not capture her immediately.
But she knew that she was just an ordinary person, and it was almost impossible for her to survive against a demonic cultivator.
What to do? What to do?
Gu Xiaozhu's mind was racing, which was truly astonishing. She never expected that she could still think about these things while running away in such a dangerous situation.
She smelled blood on that demonic cultivator, and when he spoke, his eyes would always unconsciously glance at her waist.
He also casually placed one arm in front of his waist, as if he didn't want to be seen.
Is he injured?
She could sense that the demonic cultivator's tone was always impatient and agitated when he spoke to her, as if something was chasing him...
Wait, go after him!
Gu Xiaozhu's eyes lit up.
Perhaps, there really is someone chasing this demonic cultivator, and perhaps this demonic cultivator has even been injured!
He was not only injured, but he also fled to this village.
Perhaps... if she can stall for enough time, those chasing the demonic cultivators will arrive, and she will be saved!
He frowned slightly when he mentioned Little Tom before answering that Little Tom was dead.
She suspected that Xiao Tang hadn't died at all, and had even escaped from the demonic cultivator's grasp. The demonic cultivator was unwilling to admit that an ordinary child had escaped from his hands, so he lied to her.
Then why did he pretend to be Xiao Tang? And why did he ask her to take him up the mountain?
The demonic cultivator wanted to find other villagers through her.
Why?
Suddenly, Gu Xiaozhu tripped and staggered, but in doing so, she unexpectedly dodged an attack from the demonic cultivator behind her.
The sharp blade grazed her hair, severing the ribbon binding it, and her long, apricot-colored hair fell loose over her shoulders.
She fell to the ground, sharp pebbles scraping the skin on her palms, and a faint smell of blood wafted out.
The demonic cultivator's nose twitched slightly. His eyes were dark as he looked at the girl who had fallen to the ground and was still trembling. His gaze swept over her entire body inch by inch, finally settling on her slashed palm.
Blood spread across his palm, and faint golden light emanated from it.
His gaze paused, and the corners of his mouth suddenly began to turn upwards, gradually widening.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"I never imagined... that an ordinary person from the countryside could possess such immense spiritual power in his blood!"
"Once I completely absorb your vital energy, I will not only not need other mortals to restore my power, but my cultivation will even be able to advance to the next level!"
The demonic cultivator's eyes gradually turned crazed, and his eyes began to turn bloodshot: "No... no! There's more than one layer!"
He suddenly reached out, grabbed the girl by the neck, and slowly lifted her up.
Seeing the girl's face gradually turn red and the look of pain on her face, he could no longer hide the madness and greed in his eyes.
"My cultivation level can be raised several levels! From Foundation Establishment to Golden Core... and even..."
Gu Xiaozhu didn't hear what was said next.
She felt increasingly difficult to breathe, waves of suffocation washing over her, almost engulfing her. Her consciousness began to fade, and the sounds around her started to blur.
Am I going to die?
In a daze, she seemed to hear something exceptionally clear, so clear that it didn't seem to be a sound from the outside world, but rather...
The voice echoed in her mind.
I'm back! Surprised? Unexpected...
[...]
[Aaaaaaah, you damned demonic cultivator, what are you doing to my dear host?!]
A note from the author:
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System: (Emits a sharp popping sound)
A small section has been added to fix a bug in the later parts.
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Forced to be bound to a madman
Shen Ruzhi has recently felt that something is wrong with the world.
For example, a monster flashing by on the street, a classmate suddenly losing their facial features, blood suddenly gushing from a manhole cover...
She once wondered if she had a mental illness.
However, all of these were secondary; what truly terrified her was—
She felt like someone was watching her.
Schools, streets, shopping malls, and even homes.
—That prying gaze was everywhere.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore, so before going to sleep, she placed a note in the most conspicuous spot on the living room table:
Hello, could you please stop staring at me?
The next day, the hand holding the note trembled slightly.
Below the black text on the note, a line of glaring red text was left above:
No, you can't!
The recent spate of strange events, coupled with the mental stress of being spied on, caused her to explode, and she angrily added another line below the red text:
If you're so capable, then come out here openly and honestly!
Then that night, she woke up in the middle of the night and found someone standing at the head of her bed, holding a fruit knife.
The moonlight shone through the window into the room, revealing the young man covered in blood, looking like a murderer, and the fruit knife in his hand that was still dripping blood. She could see it all clearly.
In that instant, Shen Ruzhi's breath hitched, and she felt as if she had gone through a whole series of thoughts in her mind, even rehearsing her last words.
Then a mocking voice, tinged with laughter, rang out from above:
"Surprise!"
"As you wished, I'm out!"
Chen Ruzhi: ...
She wanted to strangle the version of herself that wrote that sentence.
Upon learning that she was inexplicably bound to this person, she immediately felt that her future was bleak.
The young man chuckled and said, "Don't be so discouraged, darling~ I've tried several methods that almost killed you these past few days, and I feel like I'll figure it out soon!"
Chen Ruzhi: ...
Help! Help! Help!
Mini-theater:
"Huh? You... gave me flowers?" Shen Ruzhi looked at the young man who handed her the flowers, her face full of wariness.
The young man smiled and waved the bouquet in his hand: "Darling, don't you think our relationship is a lot like this black datura?"
Black datura flower—boundless love and revenge, despair and loneliness on a path of no return.
[A female protagonist who cherishes her life above all else × A male protagonist who is crazy and doesn't care about his life]
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1V1 Double Clean
Neither the male nor the female lead are good people in the absolute sense.
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