NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1: She is a Nobody
Chapter 1: She is a Nobody
Peach Blossom Village is a very ordinary village under the jurisdiction of Tianyan Sect, named after a nearby peach grove.
At this moment, the village school is filled with the chatter and laughter of children. Everyone is talking loudly and chatting, except for Li Xi, who sits on her mat with her small round face in her hands, while Ling Niang’s voice chatters incessantly beside her.
She’s pondering something very important.
A few days ago, something calling itself a “system” suddenly popped into her head, telling her a lot of things, urging her to work hard on cultivation and become a true female protagonist.
She knows what a “female protagonist” is. In popular cultivation novels, all male protagonists have many beautiful companions, but the most important female protagonist is the male protagonist’s “main wife,” the one with the deepest emotional connection who can help the male protagonist balance relationships with his many beauties and prevent jealousy.
But why does the “system” want her to become a female protagonist?
The world she lives in isn’t some novel, is it?
She’s just Li Xi, who likes farming but hasn’t really started yet!
That system is very annoying, constantly chattering in her mind. The worst part is that whenever she tries to tell her teacher or family about it, the system zaps her!
Just now, the system suddenly shouted in her mind, saying it had found the wrong host. The person it should have bound to was Han Miaoning, not her, a mere passerby. Then it disappeared.
So, she’s not the female protagonist but a “nobody” now?
Based on novels, a nobody should be a background character, right?
That’s great! Even if the world is a novel, she won’t appear in the protagonist’s world and can just live her own life!
“Xi’er, Xi’er, what are you thinking about? The teacher is here!” Ling Niang gently nudged Li Xi.
Li Xi snapped back to reality and quickly sat up straight.
She likes this teacher very much.
The teacher smiled gently, and all the students in the room quieted down.
“The spring break starts tomorrow, and I want to assign you some homework.”
The children below let out a disappointed “Ah~”.
“However, I’m not assigning much. Each group just needs to practice the spell-forming hand seals I taught you this afternoon and master them by the time you return from spring break.”
The children below instantly cheered up, excitedly shouting, “Thank you, teacher!” “Teacher is the best!”
Li Xi shouted the loudest among them.
The teacher smiled and announced the end of class, then gracefully left.
Li Xi and Ling Niang said hasty goodbyes, wanting to rush home quickly.
But halfway there, she suddenly lost consciousness. When she woke up, she found herself in the peach grove.
It’s the peach grove at the foot of Peach Mountain near Peach Blossom Village.
Although it’s nearby, it takes at least 45 minutes to walk there from the village. Li Xi, despite being at the fifth level of Qi Refining, is still a child and belatedly feels the soreness in her feet.
Li Xi ignores the feeling in her feet, feeling very confused. Why is she here? Wasn’t she on her way home from school earlier?
School lets out quite early, and it’s currently late afternoon. The spring sunlight is just right, and the branches of the peach trees are full of green buds and pink flower buds, presenting a vibrant scene.
The peach blossoms haven’t opened yet, and there shouldn’t be anyone here at this time, but Li Xi has appeared here.
Her small figure stands lonely in the peach grove, surrounded only by the calls of birds.
Li Xi slowly leans against a peach tree, not wanting her back to feel empty and insecure.
“Is anyone there?” Li Xi tries to stay calm, but her voice trembles.
Her voice echoes through the empty peach grove, but no one answers.
“Is anyone there?”
“If no one’s here, I’m leaving!” Li Xi shouts.
Then, as Li Xi turns to walk back towards the village, she’s suddenly tied up by a vine and suspended in mid-air.
No matter how much she struggles, she can’t break free.
She thinks about using some spiritual technique to break the vine, but desperately realizes she doesn’t know any offensive spiritual techniques after searching through all the techniques in her mind.
At the moment when she can no longer struggle, her mind starts racing.
No one in the village would do this to her. Whatever brought her here without her knowledge couldn’t have escaped her teacher’s perception unless it wasn’t human!
It might not even be alive!
“System, is that you?” Li Xi shouts loudly.
After thinking it over, Li Xi concludes that only the system could be this mysterious!
But the system had left, so why would it come back to find her?
“Well, well, the person who caused your previous detection error still has some use after all.”
Suddenly, a young woman in green clothing appears in front of Li Xi. She has a very pretty face with almond eyes and peach-blossom cheeks, and floating long hair, but the arrogance between her brows ruins all the beauty.
She speaks to the void in a sarcastic tone, only glancing at Li Xi with contempt, as if looking at something dirty before averting her gaze.
Li Xi knows that this person must be the Han Miaoning the system mentioned!
Han Miaoning giggles, “Am I really as capable as you say? Besides having a bit of cleverness, she doesn’t have much else going for her, does she?”
System: “Li Xi is just a nobody, how impressive could she be? The previous detection error must have been due to a small problem when I crossed the world barrier. My true master is certainly a heaven’s pride like you!”
She snorts again, “Good that you know. Well, now that I know what kind of person she is, I’m satisfied. Kill her.”
From her perspective, Han Miaoning looked at her once and then started talking to the void.
But she knows Han Miaoning must be talking to the system.
Now this Han Miaoning wants to kill her!
What should she do?
Why does she, an ordinary person, have to encounter such a terrifying madwoman?
She tries hard to think of how to save herself, but notices that Han Miaoning’s expression seems to have changed.
“What? You dare disobey me, your master?”
System: “No, master, it’s because although Li Xi is a nobody, one of her family members is a very important character. If Li Xi dies, it will affect this character’s fate line.”
“What? How can a mere commoner have the same weight as me?” Han Miaoning’s voice is so low it could drip water.
In this world, each character has a different weight. For someone like Li Xi, her death would originally be insignificant, but if her fate is intertwined with that of an important character in a significant way, her life and death cannot be decided arbitrarily.
System: “That’s right, master, but you needn’t be disgusted. In my calculations, if this person becomes your subordinate in the future, it will bring you enormous benefits.”
Hearing this, Han Miaoning’s expression softens slightly, “Being able to become my subordinate is this commoner’s greatest fortune in life.”
While conversing with the system, Han Miaoning speaks without any attempt to hide her words. Although Li Xi can’t hear what the system is saying, hearing just Han Miaoning’s side of the conversation is enough for Li Xi to know that Han Miaoning won’t kill her today.
Her nerves, which had been tense since hearing the words “kill her,” relax slightly, but then she hears something about “becoming her subordinate,” and she tenses up again.
Who will become her subordinate? Herself? She’s just a nobody, so it probably isn’t her. Could it be one of her family members?
Why can’t she hear the system’s words anymore!
Missing crucial information, Li Xi can’t figure out what’s going on no matter how hard she thinks, so she can only try to remember Han Miaoning’s words.
Suddenly, Han Miaoning smiles, “Look at me, there’s still a little mouse here eavesdropping on my conversation!”
As she says this, she suddenly releases the spell, and Li Xi falls straight to the ground, landing hard.
“Since we can’t kill her, let’s make her lose this memory.”
Seeing that Li Xi has no ability to resist at all, Han Miaoning suddenly loses interest.
The system agrees in her mind, and she turns to leave.
Li Xi tries hard to remember everything that happened, but she can’t fight against the invisible force coming from the system. Her memories of this afternoon gradually blur. In the last second before completely forgetting, Li Xi grits her teeth, determined that in the future she must have the ability to…