NOVEL WEB Chapter 8:
Chapter 8: Bai Suzhen’s Secret—The One Accompanying Xu Xian Every Night Was Actually a Paper Doll:
[Upon hearing the message Fa Hai had someone deliver to you, you remained indifferent.]
[At the same time, you instructed Wang Er to reply to Fa Hai, telling him that your affairs were none of his concern.]
[Wang Er, realizing that your relationship with Fa Hai was not as harmonious as he had imagined, left with a sullen expression.]
[That night, heavy rain fell over all of Hangzhou.]
[This rain was not normal. You went to a pavilion near West Lake to observe the celestial phenomena and saw two figures—one in green and the other in white—moving back and forth within the clouds.]
[You recognized them as Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing.]
[You had no idea why these two women were up so late at night, summoning the rain instead of resting.]
[A sudden burst of golden light interrupted your thoughts—it was the radiance of Fa Hai’s golden alms bowl, capable of freezing all beings in place and holding immense power against demons.]
[Fa Hai appeared, soaring through the sky. Draped in his sacred kasaya, he wielded the Azure Dragon Staff while raising the golden alms bowl high above his head, launching a fierce attack on the two women.]
[They were instantly immobilized, suffering severe injuries, their lives hanging by a thread.]
[You speculated that Fa Hai had tracked them using the duck feather Wang Er had carried.]
[Having already been intimately involved with Xiao Qing, you couldn’t bear to see them captured. Without hesitation, you unleashed the Buddhist Lion’s Roar, sending Fa Hai flying away and temporarily freeing the two women.]
[Fa Hai saw it was you, and an uncontrollable rage surged within him.]
[As a reincarnated Arhat, you had always been someone he respected. However, after being repeatedly provoked by you, even a Buddhist monk had his limits.]
[At this moment, Fa Hai decided to teach you a lesson and shatter your rebellious nature.]
[He hurled the Azure Dragon Staff, which transformed into a massive dragon and lunged at you. Yet, you remained calm, effortlessly fending it off.]
[You took Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing back to your residence.]
[Fa Hai, seeing this, did not pursue you. Instead, he simply recited a Buddhist chant before returning to Jinshan Temple.]
[Now, with Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing seriously injured, you had a choice to make.]
[Option 1: Extract their demon cores to use as a catalyst for your transformation into the demonic path.]
[Option 2: Use the spirit resonance technique you had mastered to heal them, channeling the energy of the world to soothe their wounds.]
[Option 3: Imprison them, keeping them for your personal pleasure day and night.]
…
Seeing the three options before him, Su Mo didn’t hesitate and immediately chose to heal the two women.
The other two options felt like a joke to him.
He had no interest in tormenting others.
Besides, based on past experiences, no matter how the situation unfolded, any character bound by the romance system would inevitably become his woman.
Why bother making things difficult?
[You chose to heal the two women.]
On the screen, two intertwining figures—one in green and one in white—merged together…
[During the healing process, you were astonished to discover that Bai Suzhen’s primordial yin remained intact, meaning she had never consummated her marriage with Xu Xian.]
[The healing process took three full days.]
[Because you absorbed Bai Suzhen’s primordial yin, your Buddhist attainments advanced significantly.]
[All of your Buddhist techniques grew stronger.]
[By dawn on the second day, their injuries had fully healed. However, as soon as Bai Suzhen recovered, she immediately left, seemingly unable to face you.]
[Xiao Qing, on the other hand, did not leave. Instead, she gazed at you with a resentful yet lingering expression.]
[You felt uncomfortable under Xiao Qing’s intense stare and decided to change the subject by asking about her sister.]
[Why was Bai Suzhen still pure despite being married?]
[Xiao Qing explained that Bai Suzhen practiced the “Nine Heavens Profound Origin Technique,” which required her to maintain purity and never lose her primordial yin.]
[She had married Xu Xian purely to repay a debt of gratitude.]
[A thousand years ago, Bai Suzhen had been a rare white serpent spirit, just beginning to develop intelligence. However, she was captured by a snake hunter. It was Xu Xian’s past life who saved her.]
[As time passed and Bai Suzhen advanced in cultivation, she gradually forgot about this incident.]
[However, when she was on the verge of ascending to immortality, she found herself perpetually falling short—just one final step away from success.]
[She sought guidance from the Bodhisattva Guanyin, who revealed that her predicament stemmed from an unresolved karmic debt in the mortal world.]
[That unresolved karma was the vow Bai Suzhen had once made to repay Xu Xian’s past life for saving her.]
[Upon learning this, Bai Suzhen took Xiao Qing with her and searched for Xu Xian’s reincarnation.]
[They spent fifteen years searching before finally finding Xu Xian in Hangzhou.]
[She then orchestrated a series of coincidences, ensuring Xu Xian would fall in love with her and eventually marry her.]
[However, due to the divide between humans and demons—combined with the constraints of her cultivation method—Bai Suzhen could not consummate the marriage.]
[To resolve this, she created a paper doll that took her place in bed with Xu Xian. He had only ever been intimate with that paper doll, not Bai Suzhen herself.]
[Upon learning this, you found it quite fascinating. You had never encountered such unconventional magic before and were amazed that something as simple as a paper doll could achieve such results.]
[Curious, you expressed your desire to learn these side-path techniques from Xiao Qing.]
[Xiao Qing agreed but also made a request: she wanted to become your study companion and live by your side.]
[Xiao Qing had always been fascinated by human life and wanted to experience the mortal world firsthand.]
[At this moment, you had another choice.]
[Option 1: Drive Xiao Qing away, insisting that you only want to focus on your studies and earn scholarly honors.]
[Option 2: Tell Xiao Qing that you are a monk who has no interest in romantic affairs, and that you only took her primordial yin to enhance your Buddhist cultivation.]
[Option 3: Allow Xiao Qing to stay, but she must wear a scholar’s attendant outfit and never reveal her true identity in front of outsiders.]
Staring at the three choices before him, Su Mo immediately picked the third option.
After all, the reason he played Fated Romance was precisely for this kind of experience.
Especially since he could zoom in and out on the screen.
He even knew exactly how many beauty marks Madam Huang had on her body.
Thinking about this, Su Mo sighed softly.
What a pity.
In the end, this was all just virtual. By tomorrow morning, he would have to return to the daily grind of reality.
And as for Madam Huang…
Forget about seeing her.
Even imagining her was a sin.
…
[You agreed.]
[Xiao Qing was overjoyed.]
[From that moment on, your study room gained a lively, energetic figure dressed in green.]
On the screen…
Xiao Qing, dressed in sheer gauze, would occasionally lean on Su Mo’s shoulder while he was reading.
Now that she had tasted pleasure…
She wanted to experience more of it.
…
[However, you did not wish to indulge Xiao Qing excessively. You merely provided her with three meals a day, occasionally rewarding her with a late-night snack if you were in a good mood.]
[Meanwhile, you mastered various unconventional techniques, such as paper effigy magic, puppet arts, and the Five Ghosts Wealth Summoning Technique.]
[Since leaving, Bai Suzhen had been deeply conflicted. She couldn’t understand how someone like you—a reincarnated Arhat—could possess such an uninhibited personality.]
[Though she had lost her primordial yin, your Buddhist attainment had compensated for what she lacked, allowing her to achieve full enlightenment without it hindering her path to immortality.]
[Now, after over a month without seeing Xiao Qing, Bai Suzhen couldn’t help but grow restless. She decided to pay a visit to find out what had become of her sister.]