Title: After the Villainess Awakens
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 23 - If you want to repay him with your body, you'll have to line up first (2)
Leng Mushi stared at him and frantically tried to communicate with her eyes, but Xiao Mian had already pressed the handkerchief he used to wipe his neck on the corner of her mouth. Not only that, Xiao Mian stretched out a fingertip to support her chin and nudged her jaw shut.
Leng Mushi's mouth was wiped clean. Xiao Mian folded the handkerchief again and stuffed it into his clothing.
Leng Mushi's face was red from having to hold back her thoughts. There was something wrong with the hero's brain!
Fenlian: I want this immortal. He's so gentle!
Leng Mushi couldn't speak, but this definitely wasn't possible.
The law crushed Fenlian's fantasy: stop dreaming. With his talent, he'll crush you into dust in the future.
Xiao Mian said something. Leng Mushi saw his lips opening and closing, but she couldn't understand what he said. Her brain had turned into mush. Fenlian kept screaming.
"Huh?" Her tongue finally worked a bit, and she uttered a confused syllable.
Xiao Mian good-naturedly repeated, "I need your help to fill another bag. I'll help you up. I just need you to hold the bag."
Leng Mushi heard his words and babbled back, but even she couldn't understand what she was saying. She wanted to ask - Can you be more inhumane? I'm already like this, and you still want me to hold the bag? Go find your precious Tianyin! Are you taking advantage of the situation to get revenge?!
Xiao Mian couldn't understand her and didn't look at her meaningful expression. He moved Leng Mushi and the stool to the spot under the other bag. He hugged Leng Mushi and jumped onto the stool. Standing behind her and holding her in partial hug, he manipulated her arms like she was a puppet and had her grab the opening of the bag.
Leng Mushi: … this b*stard was definitely taking advantage of the situation to get revenge!
Her arms were sore from holding the bag up, but she couldn't put them down. Xiao Mian adjusted her posture. With an agile leap, he jumped across from her and drew the runes with a solemn expression.
He truly looked too serious. Leng Mush stared at him and scolded him with her gaze, but as she watched him, she felt a bit uncertain. Could it be that he wasn't doing this to mess with her?
He probably wasn't. The law said the hero was a very pure-hearted and kind person.
Her hands felt so sore. Leng Mushi gradually regained more control. She could control her face to make expressions. Her tongue was also under control, and so were her limbs. However, she couldn't let go of the bag because Xiao Mian was guiding the spiritual energy.
After a long time, when the flow of spiritual energy in Xiao Mian's hand was stuttering, Leng Mushi asked with a slurred speech, "What's going on? Are you okay? Why is it taking so long to fill this bag?"
Xiao Mian raised his eyelids and looked at her. He didn't answer. He had drawn the runes incorrectly several times. If his shixiongs saw it, their jaws would definitely drop. He knew this set of runes inside out by the second day he entered the sect.
Of course, Leng Mushi couldn't tell his oddity. She didn't know cultivation spells yet.
After the bag was finally filled, Leng Mushi put down her arms and vigorously swung them around. She hissed from the soreness. Xiao Mian smoothly jumped down. He picked up the stool and went with her to return the stool to the tavern owner.
He walked in front, and Leng Mushi followed behind him. She tossed away that feeling of being embarrassed to death.
She was even in the mood to discuss with the law in a low voice and covered her mouth. "He must be really annoyed, right? This counts as a success, right?"
The law irresolutely muttered to himself for a while before answering: Umm, based on his appearance, you've basically succeeded.
Successfully captured his full attention.
Fenlian was still chattering: I don't understand what you're saying. You two have a secret. Why can't you give me this delectable young immortal?!
Leng Mushi couldn't explain her matter with the law, so she could only fall a few steps further behind Xiao Mian and quickly say to Fenlian, "Of course I can't give him to you. He's a heartless man. Did you forget that I cursed him? Besides, he's not good in bed."
Fenlian: Eh? He looks good on the surface, but he's actually useless?
Leng Mushi: "Yeah, I tried him out, so don't keep thinking about him." He was her sister's man.
Leng Mushi grasped what Fenlian cared about. She said Xiao Mian wasn't good in bed, and Fenlian immediately had nothing to say.
The law derisively laughed.
After Leng Mushi finally stabilized the two annoying creatures, the immortal that she had slandered spoke.
Xiao Mian slowed down and pretended to inadvertently ask, "Were you serious when you asked Elder Xu Yang if he has a cultivation partner? Are you looking for a cultivation partner with a high level of cultivation?"
Xiao Mian stood still and looked at her. With a solemn look, he said in a teaching tone, "But there's no shortcut in cultivating. If you take a crooked path, you might end up as someone's cauldron, and your spiritual roots will slowly be hollowed out. Not only will you not make progress in cultivating, your soul will…"
"Huh?" Leng Mushi quickly interrupted him by waving her hand. "Okay, okay, I got it. I didn't mean it that way. It was just a momentary curiosity. That's why I asked him."
Of course she knew that there was no shortcut to cultivating, but she also knew it wasn't that dangerous to find a cultivation partner with a high level of cultivation. Would a person with a high level of cultivation even be interested in her messy spiritual roots?
Sure enough, the hero's wariness and delusions of victimhood were very serious.
T/N: Next update on Sunday, February 18th, 10:15 PM EST.