Ye Luqing’s final memory lingered on the blinding yellow lights of Great Luck.
He felt himself become weightless, floating up to the clouds, then plunging down to the depths of the sea.
A vague voice called out by his ear, and memories from childhood to adulthood flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, until only a single thought remained.
“I really shouldn’t have read a novel while walking…”
Beep… beep…
When Ye Luqing opened his eyes again, he saw an unfamiliar ice-blue ceiling.
To be precise, it was the roof of a cave.
He stared blankly at everything around him, yet for some reason, it all felt oddly familiar.
“This is…”
Before he could finish speaking, Ye Luqing noticed something was off with his voice.
But before he could recover, a crackling electric sound interrupted his thoughts.
“Zzz… zzzzz…”
“Host made direct contact with the “Great Luck Magic Teleportation Array” and has successfully transmigrated as Ye Luqing, a personal disciple of Xuanxiao Supreme Sect”
“Xuanxiao Supreme Sect? Ye Luqing? Aren’t I just…”
The transmigrated Ye Luqing was instantly stunned, and then his face turned pale.
Wasn’t this the very character from “Hei Hua Xianzi Loves Me” he’d been reading about before being sent flying by Great Luck!
What first drew Ye Luqing to this novel was that the main character’s Dao Companion, the Blackened Fairy, had a name very similar to his own.
The more he read, the more obsessed he became, until he was so engrossed that he got teleported to another world while crossing the street.
The novel’s plot was roughly about the cold and powerful “wooden fairy” Xiao Qingxuan and her little sidekick, Ye Luqing.
The early plot was a bit dull, mostly daily interactions between Ye Luqing and Xiao Qingxuan—or rather, Ye Luqing pining after Xiao Qingxuan with unrequited love.
It wasn’t until the two went out on a mission and Ye Luqing sacrificed herself to cover Xiao Qingxuan’s retreat and was killed by demonic cultivators that the super-dense Fated Female Protagonist, Xiao Qingxuan, finally realized Ye Luqing’s importance in her heart.
But by then, Ye Luqing had already perished, her Dao dissipated. No matter how much pain Xiao Qingxuan felt, it was too late for regret. All she could do was chase after her lost love, searching everywhere for a way to resurrect Ye Luqing.
And now, the moment Ye Luqing had transmigrated into was right after Ye Luqing had just “died” and been brought back to the sect, her body preserved in the Mystic Ice Immortal Coffin.
***
“Hiss…”
Ye Luqing quickly sorted through her current situation and found that, actually, it wasn’t so bad?
Transmigrating into a xianxia world, acting cool, slapping faces, and conquering countless beautiful fairy maidens—wasn’t this the dream of so many?
Though she herself was now a beautiful fairy maiden, and couldn’t exactly “conquer” others in the usual sense, there’d surely be a way.
According to the setting, Ye Luqing didn’t have the heaven-defying talent of the Fated Female Protagonist Xiao Qingxuan, but to be accepted as a personal disciple by a Super-Grade Power still made her a rare existence in this world.
And as a transmigrator, she even had a system.
Surely she’d become a renowned figure on the continent in the future.
By then, she could stick to any fairy she wanted.
If she didn’t want to eat beef, she wouldn’t eat beef.
At the thought of her bright future, Ye Luqing couldn’t help but show a satisfied smile.
She climbed out of the Mystic Ice Immortal Coffin and patted the flat, unremarkable “steel plate” on her chest.
“My legend begins…”
“Warning, Fated Female Protagonist Xiao Qingxuan has appeared within one hundred meters of the host. Please be prepared to respond.”
“?”
A question mark popped up above Ye Luqing’s head, and she instinctively dove back into the coffin.
As the Fated Female Protagonist’s quasi-Dao Companion, Xiao Qingxuan should be very happy to see her still alive.
But for some reason, Ye Luqing just felt guilty.
In the original story, Xiao Qingxuan was cold to everyone except Ye Luqing. Even her fellow disciples were kept at arm’s length.
If Xiao Qingxuan realized she wasn’t the original Ye Luqing, she’d probably be sliced into mincemeat…
Even if she wasn’t found out, she’d still likely be pinned down by Xiao Qingxuan and unable to get out of bed.
She came to this world to pin other fairies down, not to be pinned herself.
“Ding, Blackening Reward System activated. Please complete related tasks diligently. The ultimate reward is a return to Earth.”
“Return to Earth?”
Ye Luqing shot upright, her eyes immediately lighting up.
Though the xianxia world was great, she was a stranger here—and with a dangerously yandere fairy by her side, she’d obviously prefer to go back to Earth if given the choice.
“Tell me the details of the tasks!”
“The host has transmigrated into this world, replacing the important role of the “Fated Female Protagonist’s Dao Companion,” thereby altering the World Line.”
“As long as the World Line is restored to its original state, you can receive the ultimate reward: a safe return to Earth.”
“Now introducing the basic info of the Fated Female Protagonist. Name: Xiao Qingxuan. Cultivation: Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm. Current status…”
“Skip the useless stuff, just tell me how to restore the World Line!” Ye Luqing interrupted the system impatiently.
She’d read the novel and already knew all about Xiao Qingxuan. What mattered most now was how to complete the task.
“Understood.”
“In the original plot, Ye Luqing’s death was the key turning point in the World Line, and the driving force that pushed Xiao Qingxuan to cultivate desperately and ascend.”
“Therefore, as long as the Fated Female Protagonist Xiao Qingxuan’s Blackening Value reaches 400% and she undergoes a spiritual transformation, the World Line will continue according to the original plot.”
“Then what’s the point of me transmigrating? Wouldn’t it be easier to just let the dead Ye Luqing blacken Xiao Qingxuan…” Ye Luqing muttered.
Hearing Ye Luqing’s complaint, the system let out a sigh.
“Sigh…”
“Who knows? But some being insisted on saving you, so now I have to work overtime…”
Ye Luqing stuck out her tongue. In her mind, the system now looked like a beast of burden dragged back to work overtime after hours.
“If the host insists on not doing the task, I can send you back to Earth, to the exact moment before you were sent flying by Great Luck. This world will also proceed as normal~”
“That way, it’s a win-win, and we can all relax~”
“Hehe~”
Hearing the system’s increasingly cheerful tone, Ye Luqing waved her hands frantically, indicating she was not amused.
What difference is there between being sent flying by Great Luck again and dying outright? Did it want her to experience the pain of a body-shattering injury all over again?
She didn’t know which being had saved her, but it was still an opportunity.
Thinking this, Ye Luqing’s fighting spirit was rekindled.
She decided to make things hard for Xiao Qingxuan, the Fated Female Protagonist, and reap the benefits of returning to Earth herself.
Seeing Ye Luqing’s enthusiasm, the system’s tone returned to a businesslike monotone as it continued.
“You have three chances to reincarnate. Each time you die, you can return to the previous auto-save point. If you use them all up, you will face true death.”
“Currently, the Fated Female Protagonist Xiao Qingxuan’s Blackening Value is at 82%. Each time you reach a new stage, you will be rewarded. Completing blackening tasks will also grant rewards.”
Ye Luqing breathed a sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed.
After being sent flying by Great Luck and then landing in the novel’s world with a yandere Xiao Qingxuan eyeing her, she’d already prepared to run away from the sect and lay low for a while.
If she’d known she had three lives, she wouldn’t have needed to be so cautious.
She quickly ran through the plot of “Hei Hua Xianzi Loves Me” in her mind. Xiao Qingxuan’s blackening mainly stemmed from Ye Luqing’s death.
With each failed attempt to resurrect Ye Luqing, Xiao Qingxuan felt more powerless and regretful, gradually becoming blackened and growing stronger by any means necessary for Ye Luqing’s revival.
Now, Xiao Qingxuan’s Blackening Value was only at 82% because she hadn’t really started trying to revive Ye Luqing yet and still held onto hope.
So, what Ye Luqing needed to do now was to erase that hope and make Xiao Qingxuan despair from the very start.
She was a master of “corner games,” a seasoned yuzu fan—conquering a novel’s female lead was a piece of cake!
“You only need 18% more Blackening Value to reach Stage One (100%) and receive your reward. Keep it up, host!”
The system’s voice rang out again, but Ye Luqing didn’t pay it any mind.
The corners of her lips curled into a confident smile.
Stage rewards? Eighteen percent Blackening Value?
Just watch me clear the game in one go!
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