Chapter 162 - Balance in Character (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“That’s decided, then. We have no disciples in our sect, anyway. We will keep this girl as our disciple,” Qi Chengyu said.

“No way!” Lonemoon surprisingly objected.

“Why not?”

“Not only because of cultivation technique.” Lonemoon frowned. Things may not have been turning out according to the plot, but it did not mean that what was said in the plot would not still come true. He did not feel safe handing the female lead over to Qi Chengyu, who had no clue about the plot – especially not when the little girl still seemed to be suffering from bad luck. “She… is quite special. You can train her, but you cannot take her as your disciple.”

“Special?” Qi Chengyu paused. “What’s special?”

Lonemoon kept quiet. He could not tell her that the little girl was the female lead who might cause Qi Chengyu to die. “She… she…”

“She has a demonic seed in her,” Shen Ying said suddenly.

What?

Everyone was shocked. They all turned to look at her.

“What!” Lonemoon snatched the fruit from Shen Ying’s hand. “What demonic seed? How do you know that?”

“I saw it!” Shen Ying tilted her head.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“You didn’t ask!”

“…” Where’s my knife!

“Isn’t there a symbol of a lotus on her forehead?” Shen Ying took another fruit and bit it. “I thought you knew it.”

“What has this got to do with the…” Lonemoon paused mid-sentence, recalling something important. Suddenly, his eyes widened. “She… She isn’t the mental demon seed that Ning Zi’an cut away, is she?” At that time, the female infant did indeed have an identical lotus mark on her forehead.

“That’s right!”

Holy shit!

Right my ass! This was such an important matter, yet she did not bother to say anything about it. Lonemoon felt a sudden urge to beat her to death. Thinking back to the plot, he realised everything was turning out exactly the way it should.

The male lead in the plot trained himself in the ruthless sword technique, but he was different toward the female lead whom he had just met. Not only did he teach her his skills, he went the extra mile in protecting her and ultimately fell in love with her. Lonemoon initially thought that the female lead was just attractive, but thinking about it more carefully, it appeared possible that he treated her that way because they were of the same body. That was probably why they felt attracted to each other. What’s more, at the time, the male lead did not even know he was Celestial Emperor Chen Ge.

“Wait!” Lonemoon exclaimed, remembering something. “Her looks… She doesn’t look like a mental demon seed.” He checked the child’s spirit roots and meridians. She didn’t even have a bit of demonic Qi in her, much less a demon seed. She looked like a completely average child. At the most, she had a better body-type. Of course, this could be attributed to her pure Yin body-type.

“Oh…” Shen Ying recalled something and added, “Your male lead made the lotus flower melt into her body.”

“Lotus flower?” Lonemoon pondered over this and turned around, shocked. “It’s not the… Heart-Cleansing Lotus, is it?”

“I think it is.”

As she spoke, everybody felt a weight in their chest.

Yu Hong grimaced. “No wonder… no wonder Junior Sister’s luck… is this way.”

“What’s wrong?” Shen Ying, the illiterate immortal, turned to Chef and asked, “What’s the problem?”

“Master…” Yi Qing fell silent, then began to answer, “It is said that the Heart-Cleansing Lotus is a treasured belonging of the immortal families. It cleanses the spirit and relaxes the consciousness, purging it of all evil thoughts and desires. It keeps one pure and clear. That’s why it’s called the Heart-Cleansing Lotus. There is a cause and effect to everything in this world, so the Heart-Cleansing Lotus usually only appears in places with rich Yin Qi. But…” Yi Qing paused. “The mental demon seed is, by nature, evil. Implanting it into her body is akin to poisoning her. The Heart-Cleansing Lotus thus controls this demonic Qi and ensures that she never becomes a demon again.”

“Uh-huh.” She already knew this. “And then?”

“And then…” Yi Qing frowned more deeply and answered in an even tone, “The next time she reincarnates, she will be able to get rid of the demonic Qi. If I’m not wrong, this is the third time she has been reborn. That’s why the demonic Qi is more or less gone. But as in all things, you win some and you lose some. She made use of the reincarnation process to get rid of the demonic Qi, so she must pay the price. Obviously, the price she’s paid is… her luck!”

“Huh?” What does that mean?