CH 20

Qiu Wuji held her breath in the pool. She sighed lightly but did not feel too disappointed. It was within her expectations. 

She could go against small details like adjusting her clothes, but reversing major events would be impossible. If she tried to change it haphazardly, the world would inevitably deviate from what was written, and chaos would ensue.

Strictly speaking, Qiu Wuji did not have an extremely firm determination to reverse events. She knew that the Poison Hand Demon Lord would release the centipede and wanted to observe what it would do. This was not a mindset of “must be changed,” but rather one of observation, which ultimately led to her failure.

She didn’t know why she wasn’t so resolute… Perhaps, there was a slight possibility that she was worried that if she really reversed things, it would cause problems for Chu Ge? At best, the book would be destroyed and his income would disappear, at worst, it could affect his health and safety?

She didn’t know.

But in the end, she used all her skills and was prepared for any surprise attacks, yet she was strangely “corrected” back… She didn’t know whether to be disappointed or relieved.

Qiu Wuji shook her head slightly, not understanding her own thoughts. She didn’t continue to dwell on it and focused on suppressing the poison in her body.

In Chu Ge’s writing, the Fallen Dragon Pool was formed by the fall of an ancient Green Dragon Snake, leaving behind shed scales before leaving. Thus, the pool was filled with poison expelled by the Green Dragon Snake. The scales suppress the toxins in the pool, balancing each other out.

In theory, the poison is not too complicated. The ancient Green Dragon Snake climbed to the heavens before flying away, and its cultivation at that time was similar to that of Qiu Wuji. Therefore, it was capable of expelling the poison, and so was Qiu Wuji.

However, how long the Green Dragon Snake took and how much pain it endured are unknown, and it was probably not an easy process. If Qiu Wuji were forced to endure the poison for thousands of years, the sect would likely collapse, and her path to ascension would be blocked. Therefore, expelling the poison was not an option, and detoxification was necessary.

In most cases, those who fall into the pool and become poisoned immediately leave. However, Qiu Wuji didn’t leave but instead dived deeper into the pool. She spread her divine sense, and through the thick fog, she saw a brightly colored mushroom growing at the bottom of the pool.

Although it looked poisonous, Qiu Wuji smiled instead.

This is what she asked Chu Ge to change in the plot, “Qiu Wuji found the antidote on the bottom of the pool,” and it had nothing to do with Chu Tiange.

This is also in line with her “logic.” Things that grow in poisonous places are often the antidote. It’s just that under normal circumstances, people wouldn’t search for it at the bottom of the pool. But if one intended to search, they could save themselves.

Qiu Wuji swam to the mushroom and lightly touched it. It was bright and poisonous-looking, but now it looked cute, causing her to recall the memory of hitting Chu Ge on the head while touching the mushroom’s cap.

Without hesitation, she plucked the mushroom and swallowed it whole before quickly leaving the bottom of the pool.

As soon as she reached the edge of the pool and began to meditate, she heard footsteps. Chu Tiange stumbled through the hole that the Poison Hand Demon Lord had opened earlier.

“Uh… Sect Master? I pay my respects to the Sect Master,” Chu Tiange said, seeing Qiu Wuji’s pale complexion. “Are you injured?”

Qiu Wuji opened her eyes and said faintly. “I accidentally ingested poison, but I’m resolving it. I know you have a snake spirit fruit in your pocket that can detoxify. Keep it for yourself to refine pills. It’s a good thing.”

Chu Tiange: “…”

The Sect Master’s profound ability of divination is truly unfathomable. Of course, someone as strong as her could resolve the poison on her own, so there’s nothing to ask about. Chu Tiange was filled with deep respect for the Sect Master and left obediently.

Watching his back disappear, Qiu Wuji knew that the red thread that someone had tangled between them had truly been cut off.

In theory, this plot was designed specifically for Chu Tiange, and everyone else was a supporting character. However, since she was in it, Qiu Wuji could still benefit from it.

The Green Dragon Snake’s scales were essential for her to construct the Four Symbols Array, not to mention that the process of expelling and detoxifying the poison could further improve her strength.

…..

“Is the author crazy? Qi Wuji picked mushrooms to detoxify herself?”

“Is this mushroom the one I’m thinking of?”

“Chu Tiange spent a long time messing around, only to go in and talk to Qi Wuji for a few words and then leave? Is that all it takes to get Qi Wuji to think that his luck is good and he’s worth cultivating?”

“Brother Chu, just blink if you’ve been kidnapped.”

“I thought this book was a harem story, but now it doesn’t seem right?”

“Is the author an idiot? Is this a fake chapter?”

Chu Ge leaned back in his chair, silently watching the explosion in the book review section without saying a word.

This is a natural result. In a harem story where the female lead is poisoned, the cliché way to solve it is with aphrodisiac detoxification, but even if that doesn’t happen, at least the protagonist needs to go in and help a little and create some ambiguous moments. Whether it was good or not depended on how it was written. Many gentlemen had been waiting for this moment after spending days on end completing the plot.

However, not even a word like that was written. The female lead getting poisoned was equivalent to nothing. What was the point of this plot design? Was this just a meaningless harem story?

It’s completely normal for readers to be outraged. Even Chu Ge himself would curse at this if he read it.

But as Qi Wuji said, it’s time to stop the nonsense.

Not to mention that she didn’t want it, Chu Ge himself didn’t want it either. He risked the chance of his book completely failing and suffered from jealousy towards his own protagonist. Chu Ge didn’t know if he was a unique author like no other. But he didn’t regret it.

Just for the charming smile of Qi Wuji, he didn’t regret it.

As for the future of the book… it all depends on whether Zhang Qiren’s initial proposal is feasible or not. If it was possible, he could slowly turn it into a speculative novel, or even eliminate the female lead and have all the beauties turn into skeletons. There was still a group of readers who would enjoy it.

Chu Ge even came up with a more radical idea of using Qi Wuji as the main character and turning it into a female lead story. He even laughed at himself for thinking about it. If he were to turn it into a female lead story, it would definitely fail because it wasn’t a genre for women.

Amused by his own thoughts, Chu Ge eventually let out a soft sigh.

He had said that he was walking out of the prison he had drawn for himself… but the future was uncertain, and he was gambling.

Besides, nobody wanted to be bombarded with hate messages.

He shook his head, closed the webpage, picked up the cup on the table and took a sip, but it was empty. Chu Ge stood up and prepared to pour himself some water.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Qi Wuji standing quietly behind him. It seemed like she had just looked away from the webpage that was closed, and her gaze fell on Chu Ge’s face.

The two stood face to face like they were frozen, silently looking at each other. Chu Ge still had the cup in his hand, and it looked a bit comical, but neither of them paid attention.

It seemed like there was a veil covering the two of them, making it hard to see clearly.

After a while, Qi Wuji smiled slightly and said softly, “Thank you.”