Title: After the Villainess Awakens
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 14 - Do you have a cultivation partner? (1)
"No, how can I find someone for you?" Leng Mushi hastily refused, "Even the man I like… is heartless."
Fenlian was very unreasonable. "I don't care. You have to find me one. My puppets heard the conversation between the three immortals. You're going to the Taichu Sect to join as a disciple. You have to find a good man for me in the Taichu Sect!"
"But I don't have a spiritual root. They won't accept me as a disciple. At best, they'll accept me as an outer disciple. You can find a mortal instead. There's no danger that way. Royalty and nobility, you can play with them as you like. It'll be so fun," Leng Mushi tried to persuade her.
However, Fenlian firmly refused, "How could a mortal be worthy of a high-level demon? Besides, you said immortals are bold and powerful and can do it seven times a night.
"If you lied to me, I'll kill you now." Fenlian grabbed Leng Mushi's neck.
Leng Mushi was choked to the point of showing the whites of her eyes and her tongue was about to stick out. She frantically slapped Fenlian's arm.
After Fenlian let her go, she saw that she was coughing badly.
She waited until Leng Mushi stopped coughing to say, "If you agree, I'll restore your face. I'm a painted skin demoness. I can change you into anything as long as you obey me."
Leng Mushi pressed her neck and frantically took deep breaths. Sure enough, she was wrong. A demon was a demon. No matter how innocent demons looked, they could be very diabolical!
She wasn't tempted by Fenlian's offer of restoring her face. Although she cared about her appearance, she still had to use this face to carry out the plot. Moreover, she would have a chance to restore her appearance. She wasn't in a hurry to find a man, so she was indifferent to her offer.
But, if she didn't agree, Fenlian might really go through with killing her. She couldn't count on reinforcement to arrive in time to save her, so she had to save herself.
She might as well bring her to the Taichu Sect and then look for opportunities to expose her. When the time comes, there would be plenty of elders in the sect that could deal with her!
Thus, Leng Mushi agreed, "Alright, I agree, but you have to hide yourself well. If your presence is revealed, I'll be implicated!"
"I have a way to conceal myself," Fenlian said. She cut her palm with her nails and approached Leng Mushi with blood-stained fingers.
Having been corroded by blood before, Leng Mushi backed away in fear.
Fenlian restrained her and said, "It won't hurt. I'm going to restore your face. Your rescuer has arrived. We have to hurry up and leave!"
Leng Mushi was in a very complicated mood as she let Fenlian treat her disfigurement. Sure enough, once the wounds on her face and hands were stained with Fenlian's blood, they were quickly healed as if she hadn't been injured. Her skin even looked more delicate than before.
Before the final bit of Leng Mushi's face was healed, Fenlian sweetly smiled and said, "I have to leave a little bit unhealed. Once you find me a brave and powerful immortal, I'll fully heal your face!"
Leng Mushi was mildly amused at Fenlian's antics. She didn't care either way. In the next second, Fenlian suddenly changed into a bloody light and went into the wound on her face.
Leng Mushi screamed in pain before fainting.
She truly felt that she might not be able to last until the end of the plot and regain her freedom like the novel's law said. The plot had just begun, and she had already fainted several times.
When she regained consciousness again, she didn't immediately open her eyes. She felt that the surface underneath her was soft, and she was covered by something light and soft. She seemed to be in a very safe environment.
She raised her hand to touch her face and discovered that her face no longer felt painful, but there was a bumpy spot. It was probably a scab. Fenlian really had left a part of her face untreated. She could feel the ointment on her face.
Her last memory was Fenlian burrowing into the wound on her face.
Leng Mushi opened her eyes and saw that she was in an unfamiliar room. Based on the furnishings, she guessed it was an inn room.
After yesterday, she had a negative association with inns. Right after she propped herself up, she heard voices.
"Sister, you're awake!"
"I hid so well!"
"Are you okay?"
Three voices sounded at the same time, making her head feel as if it was ringing.
She felt weak and started to fall back, but someone ran over and supported her.
The person supporting her was none other than her good sister Leng Tianyin, and one of those voices belonged to her.
As for the other two voices, Leng Mushi worked on identifying them. One of them came from the novel's law from her storage bag. The other one… she couldn't determine where the voice came from, but she observed Leng Tianyin's reaction, and it was obvious she couldn't hear either of those voices.
"I'm hiding in your wound. That elder that's traveling with your group didn't notice me. I think he's pretty good. Help me ask if he has a woman…"
It was Fenlian.
Leng Mushi reached out and slowly touched the scabbed wound on her left cheek.
How dreadful, that demoness really wasn't letting her off. She hid herself so well that even the elder didn't notice her.