Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 442 - 26: The Cannon Fodder Eldest Senior Sister in Cultivation Novels (26)
The show is over.
Jiang Lai stood up and patted the fallen leaves off his body.
"Rong Yin, it seems, has returned to before the liberation overnight."
Initially, I wanted to have a fight with Chu Xiuhuan, but unexpectedly, he didn’t even struggle much and simply fell into the net.
Jiang Lai chuckled, knowing what he was up to.
Now, the only way for him to continue advancing his cultivation is with the Devouring Spirit Fruit from the forbidden area of the Immortal Realm. After all, resisting with all his might might just lead to failure anyway, so it’s better to conserve energy, pretend to be outnumbered, and maybe grab some profit in the Immortal Realm later.
What a pity, Jiang Lai had the same thought.
Following Heavenly Pity Immortal Venerable back to the Immortal Realm, on the way, Meng Tao was supported by two disciples, or rather, being carried, and then directly sent to the Immortal Emperor.
There’s no denying Meng Tao’s assistance in Chu Xiuhuan’s escape. The mere thought of his own brother losing all cultivation for a woman like this enraged the Immortal Emperor, who immediately ordered Meng Tao to be imprisoned in the Abyss Dungeon, awaiting punishment.
This place is filled with unforgivable criminals, and Chu Xiuhuan was also locked here. Usually, they are reduced to ashes, so it’s quite silent, pervaded with an atmosphere of despair and oppression.
Meng Tao knelt inside, surrounded by barriers glowing with a ghostly green light. She reached out to probe it and ended up burning her fingertips.
At this time, a noise came from outside. She stood up eagerly, peering around with anticipation in her eyes.
But when she saw who was coming, the light in her eyes dimmed instantly.
"Why is it you..."
Jiang Lai looked at her haggard appearance and sighed helplessly.
"Does it matter who comes? I know you’re innocent. Do you want to come out?"
Meng Tao looked at him coldly.
"Are you here to mock me? Seeing me like this, are you satisfied?"
Jiang Lai didn’t waste words with her, directly extending his hand. Meng Tao saw this, eyes filled with sarcasm and coldness, expecting Jiang Lai to make a fool of himself next, but the next second, she watched Jiang Lai tear open the barrier before her bare-handedly.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Meng Tao looked alert.
Jiang Lai simply turned and left, leaving Meng Tao to watch cautiously for a long time, making sure there were no guards outside, she escaped full of doubts.
The first thing after escaping was to hurry to Qimeng Mountain to find Rong Yin.
Meng Tao transformed into a small sparrow flying to Qimeng Mountain. On another mountain top, Jiang Lai leaned against a tree, munching on Devouring Spirit Fruits and pondering.
There are only seven trees in total, with less than a hundred fruits combined. Jiang Lai swallowed one whole after another, calculating the time.
"Almost there."
Chu Xiuhuan should be arriving soon.
The dungeon in the Immortal Realm is indeed not very sturdy, related to the novel’s setting, after all, the female protagonist Meng Tao often causes trouble and gets imprisoned, so to facilitate others rescuing her, the dungeon doors are practically just for show.
As Jiang Lai thought, not long after she left, Chu Xiuhuan appeared at the forbidden area’s entrance. The Divine Beast and Immortal Soldiers guarding the door were no match for him, and after dealing with them, Chu Xiuhuan hurried impatiently to the Devouring Spirit Tree.
After searching around, he frowned deeply, shocked.
Where is the fruit? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
This Immortal Fruit can only be picked during the Immortal Emperor’s birthday celebration, so why is there not a single one now?
Chu Xiuhuan, unbelieving, quickly searched other fruit trees, but still, not even a seed was left!
Instantly, Chu Xiuhuan realized something was wrong, and with a heavy heart, he was turning to escape, only to look up and see a Heaven and Earth Net descending from the sky, trapping him tightly.
Six Immortal Officials personally appeared, guarding every corner of the forbidden area, blocking all of Chu Xiuhuan’s escape routes. At this moment, the voice of Immortal Venerable Yuanming echoed from above.
"Xiu Han, you have no escape route, surrender yourself."
Chu Xiuhuan, with red-rimmed eyes, looked at everything around him, and only then realized he was set up.
Someone used him as a decoy, stole all the Devouring Spirit Fruits, and pinned the blame firmly on him!
"I didn’t steal the fruits!"
Immortal Venerable Yuanming sighed, unable to bear personally executing his disciple, he left only a sentence, "You take care of yourself," before turning away.
Chu Xiuhuan was utterly finished now; the Immortal Emperor, furious, went so far as to summon the Immortal Emperor, who then unleashed the true fire, burning Chu Xiuhuan’s soul to dust.
Like him, Meng Tao, who also escaped from the dungeon, didn’t have a much better outcome. She was destined to the same fate as Chu Xiuhuan but was spared because Rong Yin desperately wanted to save her life.
The various Immortal Officials of the Immortal Realm had long been dissatisfied with this. There was public outrage against the leniency shown to them, so the Immortal Emperor, to appease everyone, had no choice but to threaten Rong Yin. If he insisted on keeping Meng Tao alive, he would renounce his Immortal Venerable status and be exiled to the endless wilderness, never to return to the Immortal Realm.
One would have thought such a severe punishment would bring Rong Yin to his senses, but unexpectedly, he agreed.
The Immortal Emperor couldn’t take back his words, and in anger and helplessness, completely gave up on his troublesome brother, Rong Yin.
"Since this is so, I will grant your wish. From this day forth, Rong Yin and Meng Tao shall disperse all their cultivation, extract their Immortal Bones, be reduced to mortals and exiled to the wilderness, never to return to the Immortal Realm for all eternity!!"
In Jiang Lai’s view, this is a magnificent end; anyone who hears of it can’t resist cursing Rong Yin for being an idiot.
"The task is completed. Now that you’ve eaten so many fruits, not to mention the Immortal Emperor, even three at a time wouldn’t be your match."
With his own power, Jiang Lai packaged off the male and female protagonists who were supposed to leave an everlasting legacy, sending them into the wilderness of no future, quelling the original owner’s grievances completely.
The task was executed very neatly, and Little Buding was very satisfied, agreeing to let Jiang Lai enjoy himself in the Immortal Realm for a few hundred years.
But Jiang Lai didn’t want to.
"Living too long isn’t fun either."
With no goals in life, it’s even more boring.
"You know, you don’t have to dedicate yourself entirely to the task. You could... look at the flowers, enjoy the grass, make friends, or even fall in love."
Seeing Jiang Lai like this, even Little Buding felt a bit sympathetic.
Jiang Lai was indifferent.
"I don’t need those things. Stop the nonsense, let’s end this."
"Well... Do you not need to say goodbye to Yu Fanxin? He seems to really like you."
"Many people like me; do I need to say goodbye to each one? Why are you so talkative today? Do I look like I’m lacking love?"
Little Buding was silent.
Indeed, why bother with such matters, if Jiang Lai didn’t care, why should he?
Later, Jiang Lai roamed the Immortal Realm for a while, mainly because she enjoyed the feeling of sword flying, which felt like truly becoming a bird, free and unrestrained. During this time, Little Buding also occasionally gossiped with her about how Rong Yin and Meng Tao were faring after their exile.
"You didn’t see how miserable Rong Yin looked. It’s so tragic; there’s nothing left of an Immortal Venerable in him, and he’s even lame in one leg. Alas... he didn’t have to choose this path."
