CH 13

Everyone snapped their heads at Qin Wanwan. A bunch of big knives was brandished at her. “You want to beat us, officials?”

“I don’t!”

“That’s right!”

They both responded in unison. Qin Wanwan gaped at Jian Xingzhi in shock, “Why are you slandering me so much!”

Jian Xingzhi was temporarily tongue-tied. He stalled for quite some time and finally found a reason, “Don’t you think they have stepped out of line?”

“When did you start to be so righteous and brave?”

“The person who practices cultivation,“ said the Righteous and Brave Jian Xingzhi, “must eliminate evil and protect the weak, one must learn through experience.”

“It’s me who practices cultivation, not you!”

“Hence, I’ll help you create opportunities to learn.”

With that, a big knife swooshed down, Jian Xingzhi clutched Qin Wanwan’s Qiankun bag and tugged it softly. The Qiankun bag smoothly slipped into his hand and soon, he slid it into his sleeves. At the same time, he retreated to the side with Qin Wanwan.

“This Official is talking to you, how dare you not take us seriously!”

The guard glared at Qin Wanwan. Qin Wanwan gnashed her teeth and pointed at Jian Xingzhi, “What he said has nothing to do with me!”

“It doesn’t matter if you have anything to do with it, take them down!”

The guard roared loudly. Qin Wanwan saw that the situation was not good and spun around, escaping at the light speed. She was chased by the guards and fled to the town in a hurry. 

Jian Xingzhi split into another way with the guards behind him. He moved dexterously, scaling over the wall and escaping the chasing guards. He landed on the street. Sensing that there was no one around, he calmed down. He glanced back at the place where the sounds of fighting were loud in the distance. Shaking the Qiankun bag in his hand, he walked into a high-end luxury inn not far away.

As soon as he entered the inn, the waiter greeted him respectfully, “Gongzi, do you want to book a room?”

“Give me two of your Deluxe Room.”

“We are sorry, but,” the waiter smiled reluctantly, “There is only one room left for that type…”

Jian Xingzhi immediately frowned, “Only one room left?”

666 was attempting hard to persuade him that sharing a room together could cultivate their feelings. Then, she heard Jian Xingzhi yell, “Do you know who my Master is?! You order them to take their feet off the room! I can’t sleep in an ordinary room!”

The waiter was taken aback. Soon a man retorted to him in a fierce voice, “Who is your Master? Let me see, who is scared of your Master, huh?”

Jian Xingzhi glanced sideways with disdain, “You don’t deserve to know my Master’s name! If you have the guts, you will wait here. She will be here in a while!”

Jian Xingzhi focused back to the waiter, “Prepare water for me. I want to take a bath.”

The moment I turned around, a “Ding” sounded in my mind.

“Trouble +1”

666, “……”

It had to admit it, in the matter of pulling hatred, its Master was a genius.

The waiter quickly prepared the water for Jian Xingzhi. Jian Xingzhi got into the bath comfortably. 666 saw that he was in a good mood. She mulled it over and chose to bite the bullet,  “That, Master, don’t you think the way you perform your task… Is a little bit too arbitrary?”

“Arbitrary how?”

“That… We may have to perform tasks, but we also have to conform to common sense. In the script, although this Jian Zhiyan brings troubles, he didn’t seek trouble himself, so he actually couldn’t be blamed for the troubles. It’s either because he was too beautiful and was molested; or because he accidentally saved people that shouldn’t be saved and were hunted down by the killer. You act like this… It’s not like a persecuted Male Pet at all, but more like a spy sent by the enemy to kill the Female Lead…”

666’s voice was getting as small as a mosquito. “Based on the current calculations, the possibility of success of your core task, that is to make the Female Lead pledge to protect you until you ascend, has been decreasing all the time.”

Jian Xingzhi, “……”

“Then what should I do?” Jian Xingzhi frowned, “How can I get her into trouble without stirring up trouble?”

“Listen to me,” 666’s eyes sparkled. “So it’s like this, you dress up a little coquettishly and make sure you look good. Then, go downstairs and get drunk by yourself.”

“Will that even work?”

Jian Xingzhi was doubtful. 666 pecked fast. “You have to have confidence in your appearance! There is only one question now,” 666 hesitated, “Will the Female lead come back?”

“She will,” Jian Xingzhi’s tone was affirmative. He glanced at the Qiankun Bag on the stool next to him, “Her Qiankun bag is with me.”

666 was speechless. It suddenly realized the wisdom of Jian Xingzhi. 

While Jian Xingzhi rinsed himself clean, Qin Wanwan was being chased all the way to the alley by the pursuers.

These people were mortals. As a cultivator, she couldn’t use spells on them or kill them. She could only endure being chased by them, barely escaping with her three-legged cat’s[1] kung fu.

These mortals had no Spiritual Power, but they were adept at martial arts. If this chase were a competition, Qin Wanwan would not be their opponent at all. She barely avoided their attacks. As she avoided them, her movements became more proficient.

Before long, she noticed that on the panel in her mind, there was a “Martial Arts Proficiency” bar that was increasing all the time. Every time she dodged, every time she made a move, and every time she received an attack, a “+1” would pop up.

Her movements became smoother. She eventually saw a high wall near her. She crossed over the high wall and jumped into the pool in the backyard of the high wall. She swam all the way out of the water. As she swam ashore, she observed her surroundings. She found that she was in a small river. She quickly crawled out, got up, and walked in the opposite direction of Xunxian Town.

“Wait wait,” 38 stopped her, “Where are you going?”

“Leaving ah,” Qin Wanwan’s pace was fast, straining her best to express her anger, “Do you think I’ll go back to Jian Zhiyan? Let me tell you, I will never. After he pierced me with that sword, I reluctantly forgave him. And now, with his performance today, I can conclude that he must be a spy whose task is to kill me! I will leave right here and right now. I will break off my relationship with him. There will be no more contact between us! I warn you 38, don’t you dare say a good word for him today. I have had enough of this man!”

38 had never seen such an angry Qin Wanwan. It was startled, with a bit of fear. Qin Wanwan kicked away the branches blocking the road on the ground and marched towards the official road aggressively. 38 was silent for a while, but in the end, it kindly reminded her, “Then, Master, have you considered how to live in the future?” ”

“What to consider?”

Qin Wanwan was confident, “Qin Wan has saved a lot over the years and I also scraped off the gold powder in Qin Wan’s room in the Wen Xin Sect. It is  enough for us to enjoy luxury for a lifetime.”

“Then,” 38 cautiously asked, “Where is the gold powder?”

38’s question made Qin Wanwan freeze. She paused and touched her waist by reflex. She was instantly dumbstruck. 

She placed a tracking spell in her Qiankun bag. When she activated it, she directly recognized the location of where her Qiankun bag was. Without the least hesitation, she turned around and dashed back towards Xunxian own.

She couldn’t enter the town through the main gate, so she had to return to the town the same way she left. She swam back from the river, went back to the yard, and climbed over the wall. She landed in the alley. Luckily for her, the pursuers had left. She sped in the direction of her Qiankun bag regardless of her wet clothes and aquatic plants on her head. 

38 realized that she was furious and persuaded her, “Don’t be angry. In fact, Jian Zhiyan is also your lucky star. Your foundation is too weak and you don’t have enough experience in fighting with people. He may cause trouble here ad there but the degree is just right for your state. If you fight a few more fights and accumulate more experience in actual combat, it won’t be too hard to go to Tian Jian Sect. This is very in line with your script. You’re the Great Female Lead, what are you afraid of fighting for?”

“I understand.” Qin Wanwan really understood that Jian Zhiyan’s role was the troublemaker who would always cause trouble to the protagonist group and wouldn’t die before his role ended. They could effectively promote the plot and bring additional benefits to the protagonist every time they cause trouble. However, it did not prevent them from becoming the most vexing role in all TV dramas.

This kind of plot construction method that relied on troublemakers to promote the plot had been out of date for many years. As an excellent protagonist, Qin Wanwan did not allow herself to let such people near her.

When she snatched back her Qiankun bag, she would absolutely, straight away, sell him away!

She would sell him to the mine! Let him give full play to his strength and expertise! Let him dig spiritual stones all his life!

While Qin Wanwan rushed frantically in the direction of Jian Xingzhi, Jian Xingzhi had already changed his clothes. Following 666’s instructions, he put on a pink gown and pinned his hair with a jade hairpin, and sat next to the lobby window.

All the people around glanced at him. From time to time, their gazes would linger.

“Put your arm by the window and hold your chin using your hand, look at the street, a little sad.”

As 666 taught him, Jian Xingzhi held his chin with his arm leaning on the window. He looked at the street with sad eyes.

Soon after, the people sensed that the beauty in front of them had a kind of killing intent unique to a master. They hastily withdrew their gazes and dared not look again.

666, “……”

“Order some more wine, Make an act of being hurt by love and get drunk.”

666 continued to instruct him. Jian Xingzhi nodded and summoned the waiter, “Waiter! Give me twenty jars of good wine!”

666, “……”

Perceiving something wrong, Jian Xingzhi frowned, “What’s the matter?”

“That… Master,” 666 nervously braced, “A beauty will at most just drink a jar.”

“Don’t you tell me to get drunk?” Jian Xingzhi was dissatisfied, “How can I get drunk with only a jar?”

666, “……”

Twenty jars of wine were served. Jian Xingzhi looked at the wine and glanced around. None of everyone around, except for the guest of the Deluxe Room who he offended at the beginning, dared to look directly at him.

He began to doubt 666’s plan, “Will they really come to trouble me because of my beauty?”

“It was originally possible…” As for now… not necessarily.

Jian Xingzhi was not surprised. He knew that this system was unreliable.

He still had to do the task in his own way.

Jian Xingzhi pondered about it.

He picked up the wine, and sighed softly to the air, “Sure enough, Master is right. This Xunxian Town is full of stupid and weak people. No one has the ability to fight in this town.”

His words provoked the martial arts practitioners around. They banged their hands on the table and stood up one by one. Several people roared, “How dare you say that? Who is your Master? Let her come out, fight us!”

“It’s easy for you to say that,” Jian Xingzhi sneered contemptuously, “My Master will beat you in one hit! Don’t run your mouth if you don’t have the guts.”

“You bastard, you dare to say we are ‘running our mouth’?!”

“Just wait and see.”

“Little brother, don’t talk so aggressively…”

“Haven’t I said not to run your mouth carelessly? Be careful that my master beats you.”

“Ouch, that’s it. I have enough. I’ve never seen such an arrogant person in decades…”

Jian Xingzhi cursed fiercely with everyone in the lobby. Qin Wanwan ran all the way to the inn and was drained. From a distance, she saw Jian Xingzhi sitting by the window, arguing with people. She rushed into the lobby and shouted in anger, “Jian Zhiyan! ”

Jian Xingzhi glimpsed in her direction. He saw Qin Wanwan with aquatic plants on top of her head and drenched all over. Her eyes blazed with fury, glaring at him. 

He was stunned for a while and soon recovered. He put an overjoyed expression, “Master, you are finally here?”

Everyone in the lobby, who had endured for a long time, hoisted their knives together at Qin Wanwan the moment they heard Jian Xingzhi call her ‘Master.’ 

Qin Wanwan instantly realized something was wrong. She only had time to shout “Wait, I’m not…” before a big knife came like the wind and cut straight at her.

“Since this Daoist friend is so arrogant, don’t blame us for being ruthless!”

The crowd clamored. Qin Wanwan shouted in frustration, “I have nothing to do with him!”

“The deed of sale is here.”

Jian Xingzhi slammed the deed of sale on the table. Everyone snapped their heads back at Qin Wanwan, “You still dare to lie! ”

“Jian Zhiyan!”

Qin Wanwan had torn him into pieces in her heart and Jian Xingzhi was blissfully unaware of it. He happily grabbed a plate of peanuts and watched the fight from a distance.

Whenever someone stealthily attacked Qin Wanwan from behind, he would flick a peanut from his hand to prevent Qin Wanwan from being injured while slowly counting the number of tasks completed in his mind.

“Trouble +10.”

The task was completed just like that by taunting different people.

Now it’s “Fight +5.” Whenever Qin Wanwan fought with someone who rushed up for different reasons, the number of fights would be increased by “+1” immediately.

He watched the excitement from the side. As he watched, he found that Qin Wanwan’s movements became more fluent each time.

She seemed to have a strange ability to correct errors. Every time she drew her sword, she could correct it a bit more accurately than the last. 

For a Sword Cultivator, this kind of ability to correct errors was much more precious than any Spiritual Root. Many Sword Cultivators wield their swords 10.000 times, but all of them had no difference from the last. They couldn’t notice their mistakes when they wield their sword. Even someone with an extraordinary talent like Jian Xingzhi sometimes had to repeat it many times before he could notice his mistake. 

But Qin Wanwan was different.

Her Sword was still immature, but it contained the Spiritual Aura that many Sword Cultivators couldn’t even ask for. 

Jian Xingzhi subconsciously got up and stared intently at Qin Wanwan. Seeing that Qin Wanwan was exhausted, he picked up the whole plate of peanuts and prepared to end the fight all at once.

At that moment, the door of the inn was slammed open by the wind. A staff with paper money rotated in, circling the lobby, just to help Qin Wanwan push back the crowd.

A young man walked into the hall. He lifted his hand gracefully, and the staff returned to his hand. His pair of clear and moist eyes darted at Qin Wanwan. He gave her a smile.

“Miss Benefactor, this Humble One is sorry for being late.”

【Mini Theater】

666: “Most of the time, his brain is not very bright. Fortunately, his whim at a critical moment simply became a show of his wisdom.”

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Footnotes

[1] 三脚猫(的功夫) – sān jiǎo māo(de gōngfū). Three-legged cat(‘s kung fu). Someone with little-to-none skill. Not proficient, Sucks. ↵

Lei’s Corner

I usually read a novel after it’s all wrapped up so I actually don’t know that earlier chapters are revamped to make the plot clearer. I only know it bc Ry told me. I wonder what the old plot looks like. Such a shame that JJWXC won’t let us see the prior version of the chapter.

Does anyone know where I can find the old version? Maybe I can make a comparison of the old one and the new one from that.

Ai, Jian Xingzhi ah. I lovr this stupid man so much.

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