CH 41.1

The miasma was so violent that it instantly broke into the shape of countless sharp claws, wrapping around Feng Yaoqing tightly.

Ji Feichen propped on the Flying Spirit Sword, going in and out several times, taking time to use his body to block the attacks towards her. The sword energy converged into a golden light, which cut through the thick black fog abruptly.

However, that force grew at an extremely fast speed, almost like a tentacle that grew endlessly, unable to be chopped off. It had a clear target to attack in the direction of Feng Yaoqing.

“Ah Yao!”

Ji Feichen frowned and turned around to protect Feng Yaoqing tightly in front of him. The miasma pierced through his body, and he instantly spewed a mouthful of blood, supporting himself with his sword to open up a barrier. 

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“Jingle, jingle–“

Alongside the sound of the bell, those miasmas gradually converged into human form.

“This is… a living soul?” Feng Yaoqing was stunned, “How come all the souls of those who died in the Full Moon Tower are here?”

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Cultivator He: “Miss Feng Yaoqing, I do apologize.”

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In an instant, the souls shouted like crazy, each with a hideous appearance, weaving their bodies like a big net, and rushing in the direction of Feng Yaoqing.

At this moment, a few spells flew over from a distance, burning and striking in the direction of those souls, igniting a boundary out of thin air, forcing them to retreat a bit.

“Big Brother Ji, Sister Feng!”

Shen Wanqing stopped beside Feng Yaoqing, frowning as her wound ripped apart, almost not mounting down properly.

Xie Wuyan grabbed her and held her arm firmly.

“This is……”

“He’s coming for me.” Feng Yaoqing’s tone was calm, she looked at Shen Wanqing’s eyes and asked softly, “Are you hurt?”

Shen Wanqing shook her head.

She glanced at Cultivator He who was not far away, and weighed up the effect of her Burning Talisman just now. She made a judgment in her heart: “His powers seem to be at a bit of a loss, although there are many souls, but if we break that piece of jade—”

“We can’t break it.” Feng Yaoqing said.

Cultivator He laughed and said: “Miss Feng, it’s not that you can’t break it. But in this way, these souls will never get the chance to reincarnate, and they will completely scatter and disappear altogether. Would the daughter of the Xuantian Sect head do such a thing?”

Feng Yaoqing covered her lower abdomen and stared unblinkingly at Cultivator He’s direction.

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She had also been injured in the abdomen by the Governor’s wife some time ago, her wound had not fully recovered. At this moment, it was completely torn open, and blood was pouring out.

Ji Feichen indeed did have the ability to break the piece of jade, but he hesitated in making a move, only being in a defensive mode and retreating. He took a few steps back and said to Xie Wuyan, “Brother Xie, take the two of them away.”

“You want to leave?”

Cultivator He laughed deeply, striking his own chest with his palm. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the blood sprayed on the jade pendant.

As if the blood had penetrated into the jade pendant, it gradually became dark red.

Those souls became more out of control in an instant, and their power suddenly became even more overbearing.

“He has linked his own life to the Soul Locking Jade.” Ji Feichen frowned, “If he dies, the souls in the Soul Locking Jade will also disappear.”

“There is another way.”

Feng Yaoqing opened her mouth, her voice icy cold.

There was no expression on her face, she didn’t even give anyone a chance to react, and slashed the barrier with her sword.

The black fog had a clear target of attack, and it rushed forward in an instant, wrapping around Feng Yaoqing tightly like satin. She closed her eyes, forcing herself to cough up a mouthful of blood, and sprayed it onto the dark mist.

The blood immediately spread out in the black fog, like veins converging into the jade pendant.

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“Ah Yao! What are you doing!”

When Ji Feichen saw this, he immediately retracted his sword to cut through the black fog, but was abruptly knocked away.

[Villainess system: Warning! Warning! Danger Warning! ]

Shen Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then immediately reached out and grabbed Feng Yaoqing’s arm, trying to pull her out.

“Retreat and take care of yourself.” Feng Yaoqing said, “Since Cultivator He wants to use my soul as bait, then it’s perfect. Let me enter the Soul Locking Jade to cut off the causal link between him and within the jade. Feichen, take this opportunity to kill him.”

“No!” Ji Feichen interrupted, “Do you think it’s easy to leave the Soul Locking Jade just like that…”

“I have to try.”

Feng Yaoqing: “After all, I came here to save people, not to kill people.”

Shen Wanqing looked at her.

Yes, this was the character setting that the author had given to these protagonists.

Whether it was someone or something, whether it was a heinous person who committed the worst crimes or a dead soul, as long as they could save it, they carried a kindness that meant they would sacrifice themselves to do so.

Unconditional kindness.

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That’s why they would spare the villagers at the foot of the Xuantian Mountain, and would not accept the graces they deserved, and would rather die, than let these souls be unable to obtain the opportunity to reincarnate.

This was the character setting that belonged to the protagonists of this book. As characters who drove the whole book’s plot, they could not even possess the selfishness that ordinary people had.

Shen Wanqing suddenly thought.

Was the reason for their tragedy in the book because of the continual appearances of the female side characters, or perhaps because the male and female leads had been set up as sacrifices from the very beginning?

She couldn’t figure it out.

She didn’t let go of Feng Yaoqing’s hand.

Feng Yaoqing turned her head to look at her, and whispered, “Wanqing.”

“Sister Feng, I’m not persuading you not to do anything, but I want to persuade you,” Shen Wanqing looked into her eyes and said every word calmly, “to at least, think about how to live for yourself.”

Feng Yaoqing was stunned for a second.

Shen Wanqing let go of her hand and took a deep breath.

Preaching was preaching.

But she couldn’t let Yaoqing die.

A small cluster of firelight gathered at her fingertips and lightly pressed against her arm.

In the next second, it seemed to have been broken.

At this moment, she was suddenly slapped on the back.

Immediately, she couldn’t move.

An Immobilization Talisman.

“Have I not told you to refrain from using the Blood Burning Technique?”

Feng Yaoqing looked at her, then squinted her eyes and smiled softly: “I can’t always let you charge ahead in front of me. I have promised to protect you before.”

“However, it seems that I have suddenly understood why Feichen dotes you so much.” Immediately, she raised her eyes to look at Xie Wuyan, “Young Master Xie, please take care of her.”

After speaking, Feng Yaoqing turned her head and lowered her eyes.

She seemed to speak softly: “Let’s think about living for myself next time.”

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[Translator’s Note: In a way, I actually quite like Feng Yaoqing here!! Yes, the protagonists are kind…overly kind, so much so that it can be frustrating. But we cannot deny that they are genuinely good people who care for the people and the world.]