Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 417 - 1: Cannon Fodder Senior Sister in a Cultivation Novel (Part 1)

Chapter 417: Chapter 1: Cannon Fodder Senior Sister in a Cultivation Novel (Part 1)

"Jiang Lai... Jiang Lai?"

"Jiang Lai, are you awake or not? Sleeping with your eyes open is quite scary."

Jiang Lai was certainly awake, but having just detached from a person’s life, she needed some time to regroup her thoughts.

After a long pause, she blinked and asked without moving.

"When can you send me back?"

She didn’t know what technique they used, but she felt like a soul detached from her body, having thoughts but unable to feel her body’s presence, as light as a feather and her mind clouded.

Little Buding’s silence made her realize something was off.

"Speak up if you have something to say."

"Well, here’s the thing. I already talked to the higher-ups about this issue, originally it was agreed that after completing ten tasks, our contract would be done, and we’d part ways. However, they evaluated your performance and found it exceptional, identifying you as a rare talent, so they rejected my application and asked me to negotiate with you."

Jiang Lai glanced sideways at a blurry mass in the distance, which was surely a blurred-out Little Buding.

To this day, she didn’t even know if he was a person or a dog, yet she had spent hundreds of years alongside him doing tasks, living lives that weren’t her own.

Jiang Lai’s calm demeanor helped Little Buding relax.

Everything could be discussed. Given Jiang Lai’s rationality and intelligence, she would surely consider their offer.

"The offer from the higher-ups is to continue the tasks, and for each additional task, you’ll gain an extra year of life.

You see, if you finish the tasks now, according to the contract, you can indeed get out of your vegetative state, but data predicts you’ll live at most another half a year if you wake up.

What’s the point of living for only half a year? You might as well stay, complete a few more tasks, and gain a few more years of life."

Little Buding also felt this plan was more worthwhile, and as a longtime partner, he genuinely didn’t want to see Jiang Lai dying of illness.

"What do you think?"

"Hmm, your organization is so powerful that if you want me to live a few more years, I’ll be able to do so?"

"Of course!"

Little Buding was brimming with organizational pride, speaking with heightened enthusiasm, fearing Jiang Lai wouldn’t believe him, and vigorously explaining.

"Our organization is the world’s most advanced life-saving medical institution, saving your life is a breeze, but these benefits aren’t free, you’ll need to put in more effort.

It’s very worthwhile, otherwise, what’s the point of living only a little longer?"

"Half a year... truly too short."

"Right, right, right, sign it, you won’t lose out, with our capabilities, letting you live another hundred or eighty years is no issue at all!"

Jiang Lai was quicker to agree than Little Buding anticipated, not hesitating for long before signing the contract, barely glancing at it.

"Are you sure you don’t want to take another look? Aren’t you afraid I might deceive you?"

"You?"

A light laugh, part disdainful and part nonchalant, hurt Little Buding’s feelings.

In the agency, he was known for being clever and tactful! Yet before Jiang Lai, he felt like a novice with no room to maneuver.

"Alright then, since the contract is signed, let’s continue."

Jiang Lai continued to lie back, seizing the chance to sleep.

When she opened her eyes again, there was a mystical aura all around, and a high-pitched ethereal screech filled her ears. Looking up, a massive Immortal Crane flew by just overhead.

Before her was a suspended glass palace wrapped in fantastically vibrant clouds, with purple clouds gathering above the palace and rootless water cascading down from the distant Immortal Mountains, looking both magnificent and unreal.

Jiang Lai raised her hand, examining her attire, a simple white robe cinched with a jade waistband, with a longsword at her elbow, feeling tangibly real to the touch.

"Where is this?"

"Can’t you tell? The Immortal Realm, you’re now an Immortal."

"What nonsense."

The unreal sensation surrounded her entirely, yet she could discern as much.

"Why would I lie to you? Your identity really is that of an Immortal. Alright, let’s proceed with the plot transmission."

Jiang Lai sat down somewhere, cross-legged with eyes closed, pretending to meditate to avoid being disturbed during the plot transmission.

"Plot transmission in progress, plot transmission complete."

This really was a Xianxia world, the grand backdrop being the Immortal Realm above the Nine Heavens, telling the extraordinary love story between the heroine Meng Tao, born human with inherent demonic energy, and the prestigious Immortal Venerable Rong Yin, whose relationship deepened over time after becoming master and disciple.

The heroine Meng Tao, an orphan, followed her senior brother from the Mortal World to compete in the Immortal Sect selections, traversing various trials to finally enter the Immortal Sect under Immortal Venerable Rong Yin’s tutelage.

As the heroine was born with demonic energy that, if left unchecked in the Human World, could potentially threaten the Three Realms, Rong Yin, committed to saving all beings, took Meng Tao as his apprentice, hoping to suppress her demonic energy through cultivation.

Not long into discipleship, Meng Tao sneaked out of Qimeng Mountain to meet her senior brother who joined another sect, and out of curiosity, she stumbled into the isolated forbidden territory, alerting the Three Immortal Venerables. Just before being discovered, Rong Yin found Meng Tao and quietly took her away.

Because someone trespassed the forbidden grounds and wasn’t caught, the disciples guarding it that night were heavily punished. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Jiang Lai’s identity was that of the disciple guarding the forbidden grounds, the most senior apprentice in Qimeng Mountain, and among Rong Yin’s disciples.

Though evidence was lacking, the original character suspected the trespasser was the newcomer, sister Meng Tao, hence harbored resentment towards her and constantly clashed with her, yet each time, Immortal Venerable would protect Meng Tao, causing the original character to suffer the penalties.

Thus, the original character’s animosity towards Meng Tao deepened, while fellow disciples urged the original character to be more generous and forgiving as a senior. In contrast, Meng Tao’s innocent, lively, and cheerful nature made the original character seem narrow-minded by comparison.

Not long after, a Cultivation Disciple from another Immortal Mountain fell into the Demon Path, devouring the Devouring Spirit Fruit in the forbidden grounds, subsequently growing immeasurably in power to be the greatest threat to the Immortal Realm, leading to the Three Immortal Venerables dispatching their disciples to the Mortal World to apprehend the Demon Cultivator.

Original character Jiang Lai led a group of disciples on a mission to the Mortal World, but on the way, the Demon Cultivator appeared, kidnapping heroine Meng Tao and severely injuring the original character and fellow disciples.

Upon learning of this, Rong Yin first penalized the original character for negligence, then, during a crucial moment in his cultivation, used the Immortal Law to locate the Demon Cultivator’s lair, instructing the disciples to quickly save the victim.

To mollify the Immortal Venerable’s wrath, the original character tracked down the Demon Cultivator’s hideout despite her injuries, collaborating with other disciples to set up the Heaven and Earth Net to capture the Demon Cultivator.