TSIME Chapter 3

Chapter 3
Encounter (1)

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Su Qingyi lingered under the cliff for a whole week.

As to why, it was because she was worried that Jing Yan would pop up out of nowhere by surprise. She couldn’t let Ran Shu be the one who saved him. Su Qingyi didn’t even dare to go far for the toilet, not to mention bathing and changing clothes. Thus, a week later, she was sloppy and her body exuded a peculiar smell. She tore apart her skirt and wrapped it around her waist, and she used her sash to bundle up her hair. Now, she presumably could pass as a wild woman on the loose, not an inch of a noble cultivator demeanor could be seen on her.  

She cultivated for a whole week and now had a slight resistance to the severe cold. When the snow ceased, she carried a large wooden stick for self-defense and began to patrol daily.

“System,” she called out, clutching a stick in one hand and stepping on a large stone with one foot. She bent over and placed her hand over her thigh. She bit the carrot in her other hand and mumbled, “Did you make a mistake on your calculation? It’s been so long, yet I haven’t seen anyone? “

The System uttered no word. Su Qingyi was accustomed to its silence and resumed biting her carrot, “This Jing Yan is the one and only Jian Xian in this generation. How come he fell to the point of needing my rescue? It’s our luck that I can draw Qi into my body these days and can use my blood to create talismans. Else, how can I save一”

She was in her way of whining when the System blared an alarm in her mind, “The target appears! One kilometer above, the target appears!”

She raised her head as the System finished its prompt and witnessed a man plunging straight down from the sky. Su Qingyi was shocked and didn’t have time to take care of herself. Within a second, she tossed up the levitating talisman she had drawn in a torn cloth with blood. The cloth transformed into a huge plume, catching the falling figure, and slowly floated down.

When the plume floated down in front of her, Su Qingyi was busy coughing the carrot stuck in her throat. The young man lying on the plume opened his eyes and glanced at her without emotions. His eyes widened when he saw her and an intense emotion fluctuated in his eyes. He immediately straightened himself and seized Su Qingyi’s sleeve. In an agitated tone, he voiced, “You… You…”

Before he finished, he coughed violently. Thus, a coughing party consisting of two people commenced. 

One was because he suffered an internal injury, and the other…… was because of a carrot.

During the two people’s coughing fit, sounds arrived from above the cliff. Su Qingyi, who was a professional fugitive with proficient skills in fleeing, discerned that they must be tracking for the person in front of her. She held her breath and grabbed the tip of the plume. She coughed and ordered, “Sit still!”

Soon afterward, she ran towards her snow cave. The man sitting on the plume was staggered by her speed. He clutched both sides of the plume tightly with his hands and stabilized his figure. However, due to the external bumps,, he coughed blood one mouthful after another. Su Qingyi darted back and swore in a soft voice, “Fuck!” 

She paused, tore some of her sleeve cloth, and stuffed his mouth. Then, she continued to drag the plume quickly into the cave. She had created more than one array in the cave these days. She placed the plume and the man in the innermost array before she ran out and swiftly cleaned up the traces outside. Only after that did she return to the cave and squat on the ground vigilantly, listening to what was happening on the outside.

Neither of them dared to make a sound and held their breath. The man raised his hand with difficulty and removed the cloth out of his mouth. He sized up the girl in front of him with an odd expression.

Outside, the sound of people searching came from far and near. Su Qingyi was so nervous that her breath stuttered. Not long after, she noticed a woman in green. She wa encircling her abdomen and landed with some people. The woman wore a gold hairpin and was shrouded with blood. She carried a harp in her hand and scoured in all directions. Around her were women in light green long gowns, which was the standard attire of the Huan Ying Palace. 

In this cultivation world, the Ten Great Sects were, 

Tian Jian Sect;

Yi Jian Sect, which cultivated the Sword like Tian Jian Sect; 

Xing Yun Sect, which cultivated the Talisman and Array; 

Huan Ying Palace, which cultivated the Sound;

He Huan School, which cultivated the art of Yin and Yang;

Qing Xu Temple, which cultivated the Dao; 

Wu Shang Sect, which cultivated the Zen; 

Ru Sect, which cultivated the Scholarly Skills;

Bai Ze Valley, which cultivated the Beast Taming; 

and Bai Cao Valley, which cultivated the Alchemy.

As the Head Disciple of Xing Yun Sect back then, she had seen most of the Sect Leader of those sects. Later, most of those Sect Leaders participated in besieging her. It included the person in front of her, Xiao Yunyun, the Palace Master of the Huan Ying Palace.

In the rumor of her refining the disciples of the Ten Great Sects, one of the disciples was Xiao Yunyun’s Head Disciple, Xiao Jiaojiao. In the Cultivation World, the position of the Head Disciple was the same level as that of Father and Son; Mother and Daughter. They were closest because Head Disciple was often raised in the Sect from childhood to adulthood. Xiao Yunyun was grieved by the loss of her Head Disciple, hence, she contributed the most to each siege. 

For that alone, Su Qingyi knew that if she were the past her, she would take her revenge now, but the present her……

Su Qingyi glanced down at her chest.

—For this body which had no advantages at all except for her big breasts, she determined to cling to her insignificant sockpuppet^[1]. Hence, she shrunk more on the array laid out in the cave.

The people outside explored for some time. After a while, a woman eventually spoke out her concern, “Palace Master, you are injured, you can’t delay the treatment for your injury any longer. That person’s cultivation has been sealed and he fell from the cliff at full speed. There is no way he survived that! Palace Master, please return and heal your wounds first! I will continue the search here!”

“Alright…” Xiao Yunyun’s voice was a bit faint. “You… must find him. If he is alive, I must see him in person; If he is not, I must see his corpse!”

With that, some of the people outside followed Xiao Yunyun to depart, leaving only a few disciples to continue the search. They probed every nook and cranny, and at last, they reached the cave. A disciple cautiously slashed down the branches at the entrance with a sword and diligently took a look inside. Su Qingyi gripped the torn cloth painted with an explosion spell in her hand, staring dagger at that disciple. The female disciple observed the cave once more. She observed in all directions and turned her head, “No one here.”

After that, she exited the cave. Sounds of discussion came from the outside. The people outside eventually left the cliff, continuing their case outside the cliff. 

Su Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and slumped on the ground. She fixed her erratic breath and took out the carrot in her arms. She bit it and chewed it in her mouth for a while. She tasted the sweetness and finally calmed down. Then, she remembered there was another person with her in the cave. She instantly froze when she recalled her unkempt appearance. She met the Son of Heaven she needed to assist like this! And, she even choked on a carrot in front of him!

What kind of impression would this leave on him!!!

She froze while holding the carrot in her hand. She inhaled a deep breath and turned her head to the person she rescued. 

It was not until this time that she finally had time to look at him.

She was mesmerized.

In the rumors she heard in the past, she had heard Jing Yan-daojun was good-looking, but at that time, Xie Hantan was by her side. She firmly believed that no one in the cultivation world could look better than Xie Hantan. However, at this point, she pretty much wanted to confront herself in the past and slapped herself, both in the face and head.

The person in front of her was dressed in a blue and white robe, with a jade crown on his head. Obviously, he was stained with blood, but he still looked neat and tidy. The whole person was clean and clear, like a cold spring in the mountain.

His face was superb, phoenix eyes^[2] and thin lips with fair skin, as if he was carved from white jade, glowing slightly beneath the fire’s light. Those eyes encompassdd the Heaven and the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, with a strange indifference, like Immortals, unattainable.

They were all cultivators. Some were born like Immortals, they couldn’t be touched by anything in this world; Some were born like Demons, they couldn’t escape the Red Dust^[3]. Jing Yan was, without a doubt, the former. It was as if tainting him with the Red Dust was equal to sinning against Heaven.

He stared at her quietly, his eyes were open, facing a stranger without a shred of suspicion or fear. Su Qingyi adjusted her heart at once. Stared by him, she actually felt nervous. She pondered and handed him a carrot. She expressed, “Umm… Do you want to eat carrots?”

Again, Su Qingyi desired to slap herself. Why did she ask that?!!

Jing Yan was reticent. He cast his gaze on the carrot intently and noticed the tooth marks on it. It took a long time before he slowly answered, “I don’t.”

“Uh-huh, I also think so.” Su Qingyi put away the carrots. That was very embarrassing. 

She glanced at the bloodstains on Jing Yan’s clothes, thought for a while, and asked, “That… How about you treat the wounds on your body first? ”

“It will be fine in a few days. ”

Jing Yan’s words were so short that people couldn’t reply to them. Su Qingyi nodded. It was silent for some time before she asked again, “Do you need any help?” 

Jing Yan didn’t answer right away, as if he were weighing it seriously. He looked up at her, “Then, please excuse me. Can you bring me a basin of hot water?”

The Son of Heaven requires hot water!

A luminous font flashed in Su Qingyi’s mind. She gave a nod and carried the basin outside. She stuffed the basin with snow and returned. After that, she set it on the firewood.

Both were silent. After a while, after seeing the snow melt into water, Su Qingyi moved the basin down. She tested the temperature and pushed the basin over. She also passed him a torn cloth for a towel.

“Thank you.” Jing Yan nodded politely. He struggled to straighten himself up and grasped the cloth.

Every move of him was particularly arduous. Looking at it, Su Qingyi couldn’t bear it. She hesitated and offered, “Do you want to wipe your body yourself, or… should I help you? ”

“Thank you,” Jing Yan politely thanked her again. He propped himself up. He put the strip of cloth in warm water and twisted it, “I’ll do it myself.”

The Son of Heaven is a person who cares about propriety between men and women!

Su Qingyi made a judgment in her mind. She turned her back and didn’t peep at him. Jing Yan’s movements were rigid. His eyelashes fanned down. He removed his clothes and wiped off the blood on his body.

After more than half an hour, he finally cleaned up the mess. Su Qingyi sat in the corner and dozed off. She was about to fall asleep when she heard the clear male voice behind her, “I am done. Guniang^[4] can turn around.”

“Ah? Oh!”

Su Qingyi turned around and took the basin outside. She sprayed the bloodied water outside. She had no courage to return after that. She pretended to wash the basin for a long time to adjust her mood. Only by then did she return to the cave. Therefore, the moment she returned, Jing Yan had fallen asleep.

The oppressive aura became less when he closed his eyes. Su Qingyi sighed with relief. She lay down on the rough pile beside him and followed him to the land of dreams.

Su Qingyi’s breath evened.

In the darkness, Jing Yan unhurriedly opened his eyes. With his gaze, he studied her thoughtfully.

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Footnotes

1. 马甲 – mǎjiǎ; lit. Vest. False Identity. Cover. Sockpuppet.↵

2. 丹凤眼 – dānfèngyǎn; Phoenix Eyes. This eyeshape is described as slender, outer corner is slightly upturned while the inner corner downwards. Eyelids are thin; the upper eyelids tend to cover the lower. It has wavy lines and its shape changes like water. Its owner was said to have a charming beauty and wisdom. Image in Attachment below. ↵

3. 红尘 – hóng chén; Red Dust. The earthly/worldly pursuit or desire. Such as fame, wealth, lust, etc.↵

4. 姑娘 – gūniáng; Girl. A polite way to call a girl. 姑娘 is used to address a girl/young lady/young woman/unmarried woman.↵

Attachment

桃花眼 – táohuāyǎn; Peach Blossom Eyes. (Left)
丹凤眼 – dānfèngyǎn; Phoenix Eyes (Right);

Lei’s Corner

I didn’t break the at least once-a-week update schedule! (yet)! Hoorah!

Chapter 3 Encounter (2) a.ka How Not to Deal with the Jian Xian.

I definitely believe that you shouldn’t stuff someone’s mouth with cloth in your first meeting 👀

The Bai in Bai Ze Valley is 白 (Bái – White), while the Bai in Bai Cao Valley is 百 (Bǎi – Hundred)

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Words count (excluding title, footnotes, TL’s corner): 2184

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