Chapter 318: Blackened Junior Sister (23)
Seeing the scarlet blood gushing out of her delicate skin, the corners of Qing Xi's mouth could not help but slide upwards, following the madness that swirled in her eyes.
"Jiang Wen Xiu will be distressed when he sees this, right?" Qing Xi spoke to herself as her eerie laughter rang inside the silent room. "Hahaha... I will have to let him buy me new jars and porcelain to replace the broken ones." Her face gradually distorted as she went on, "Hehehe... Yue Ran... Yue Ran... You can never escape from the palm of my hand! You will never be able to escape from me for the rest of your life! Your life is in my hands! Hahaha..."
Ruan Ruan: Master, this female protagonist is not right in the head.
Yue Ran: Ruan Ruan, just stay away from her so that you will not get infected by her stupidity (and the madness that runs in her bones).
The expression Qing Xi had on her face was very wrong, which was a great contrast to her gentle, compassionate, and lovely—well, more like a fake white lotus—appearance in the past. Now, her eyes were sharp and vicious, looking as horrible as an abhorrent evil soul that had just crawled out of hell.
"Junior Sister Qing Xi, what are you doing inside?" A familiar male voice, one belonging to Jiang Wen Xiu, came through the door, and the expression Qing Xi had on her face changed in an instant. At the same time, the hostility on her body disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Senior Brother Wen Xiu..."
The female voice carried a touch of sadness from inside the room. When Qing Xi swung the door open, Jiang Wen Xiu, who was standing outside, noticed the blood dripping from her hand right away. He quickly held her injured hand in distress and cast a healing spell on the cut without any delay.
"Why are you so careless?" Although the voice Jiang Wen Xiu used made it sound like he was condemning Qing Xi, the affection and concern laced in between his every word rang loud. "You should cherish and take more care of yourself, or I will worry."
"Senior Brother Wen Xiu, I... I just found out something. I found out that I..." Qing Xi started, her voice trailing off not long after. "I am not sure if I should bring it up or not."
"It is all right, Qing Xi," Jiang Wen Xiu said in an effort to give Qing Xi a boost of confidence by projecting a solid and dependable aura from his body. "You can tell me whatever you want. No matter what it is, you can always discuss anything and everything with me."
"I..." Qing Xi started off her sentence cautiously and hesitantly. "I had once given Senior Sister Yue Ran a bead in the past, a moon pearl to be exact... and I recently found out that... that I may be able to find the location of Senior Sister Yue Ran through this moon pearl."
"That is great, Qing Xi," Jiang Wen Xiu exclaimed with delight. "Then we may be able to capture that evil witch very soon and bring justice back to this world!"
Qing Xi furrowed her brows in concern, saying, "But..."
Jiang Wen Xiu's face was full of glee.
Everyone on the righteous side had a tough time searching around for the traces and whereabouts of the evil witch for the past two days. It was almost as if the evil witch and the Sword of the Demon had vanished from the world without leaving a speck of dust behind! If the moon pearl of Qing Xi could determine the location of the evil witch, then they would no doubt be able to apprehend both the evil witch Yue Ran and the infamous demonic sword Long Yuan very soon!
However, the young man saw that Qing Xi had a look of hesitation and reluctance on her face, and he could not help but inwardly let out a helpless sigh.
Jiang Wen Xiu felt that Qing Xi was simply too kind and delicate and that she must have placed the blame on herself because of the problem Yue Ran caused. Again. It was always like this. This was how things always went. In the end, he had to console Qing Xi with a few words, as he usually did.
"Qing Xi, Junior Sister Yue Ran—no, I mean, Yue Ran, that evil witch, is no longer the senior sister you once knew," Jiang Wen Xiu said. "So you do not have to blame yourself for something like this!"
"But, Senior Brother Wen Xiu..." Qing Xi had a tangled look on her face. She bit her lower lip as if she had made a firm decision in her mind before murmuring, "When we find Senior Sister Yue Ran, can we give her another chance?"
"Qing Xi, you are too kind," Jiang Wen Xiu said. "But let us talk about this later. Right now, I have to get in touch with the people of the Grand Martial Temple and make arrangements to arrest Yue Ran and the demonic sword as soon as possible."
Qing Xi nodded and then bowed her head as though feeling very sad, yet she had no choice but to do so.
"The plot has changed so much..." Qing Xi muttered in her heart.
The young woman showed a strange and sarcastic smile in a place where Jiang Wen Xiu could not see. She then proceeded to communicate with the system in her heart.
Qing Xi: "System, I want to buy the female lead positioning device."
The system: "Okay, but the positioning device costs 800 points, and the position of the female lead can only be checked every half a month, meaning every 15 days. Do you confirm your order?"
Qing Xi: "Yes, yes, I confirm my order. I want to buy it. Right now. Right away."
The system: "All right, your order has been confirmed."