Chapter 1. Celestial Spirit Root and Five Element Root
Tianxing Sect.
The grand recruitment ceremony held every five years.
New disciples filled the plaza, a sea of faces.
Yun Jin stood in the middle, her expression impassive.
Thousands of years? Tens of thousands? So much time had passed, yet she could still vividly recall everything about this day.
“Little Jin.” A concerned voice called out.
Yun Jin glanced to the side, a faint smile curving her lips.
Ye Danxia, long time no see.
“Little Jin.” Ye Danxia’s face was etched with worry. “In the first round of spirit root testing, I was found to have a Celestial Spirit Root, but you only have the lowest-grade Five Element Root. At this rate, you’ll never pass the sect entrance exam.”
“Oh?” Yun Jin replied noncommittally. “What do you suggest?”
Ye Danxia’s eyes flickered as she said with a light laugh, “As you saw earlier, my talent seems quite high. After the spirit root test results came out, if it weren’t for the unfinished procedures, the Sect Leader would have taken me as a disciple on the spot.”
“Your talent may be poor, but don’t worry. After all, we’re good friends! I just asked, and formal disciples are allowed to bring a male servant or maid to attend them. When the time comes, I’ll say you’re the maid I brought along. This way, you can stay with me.”
As Ye Danxia spoke, a hint of smugness flashed in her eyes.
Yun Jin.
The young miss of the Yun family!
And herself? Just an orphan taken in by the Yun family.
All these years, she had lived in the Yun household on tenterhooks, never knowing what the next day might bring! Perhaps even the heavens couldn’t bear to watch anymore, bringing about such a reversal!
The Yun family suddenly met with disaster, wiped out! Only Yun Jin and herself escaped, coincidentally encountering Tianxing Sect’s open recruitment. They decided to try their luck.
Who could have imagined!
They both passed the first round of spirit root testing. But Yun Jin only had the lowest-grade Five Element Root.
While she herself! Had the rare Celestial Spirit Root that appears once in a century!
At this moment, Ye Danxia felt utterly elated.
What did it matter if Yun Jin was the young miss of the Yun family? How could mortal wealth compare to cultivating immortality?
Moreover, the Yun family was already destroyed! Yun Jin had nothing left but that ancestral ring.
From now on.
She and Yun Jin would lead completely different lives.
But.
Ye Danxia considered herself kind-hearted. Considering that the Yun family had taken her in, she was willing to take Yun Jin as a maid.
Yun Jin silently regarded Ye Danxia, suddenly breaking into a smile.
“What are you smiling at?” Ye Danxia frowned, unable to hold back. “Little Jin, now is not the time to act like a young miss! The world of immortal cultivation doesn’t recognize mortal status. I only suggested this because I saw you wouldn’t pass the test and were about to be driven out. If you’re unwilling, forget I said anything.”
Yun Jin’s smile grew brighter.
In her previous life.
Ye Danxia had said the same things to her.
But in her past life, she had been timid and incapable, actually believing Ye Danxia’s lies, willing to be her maid just to stay.
And the result?
Ye Danxia became the Sect Leader’s disciple, doted on by her master and Senior Brothers who couldn’t bear to let her suffer even the slightest discomfort.
She couldn’t be inconvenienced, so all the hardships fell on Yun Jin instead.
If Ye Danxia was accidentally injured, Yun Jin the maid would be scolded and cursed for failing to protect her mistress.
If Ye Danxia was in a bad mood, Yun Jin the maid would be interrogated by a group of people, concluding that she must have done something to anger Ye Danxia.
Each time, Ye Danxia would stand by and insincerely say that none of it was Yun Jin’s fault.
The result was that her sycophants would torment Yun Jin even more behind closed doors.
Yun Jin endured it all.
She remembered Ye Danxia saying she would help her cultivate. So after carefully attending to Ye Danxia for a year, she made her first request for some medicinal pills to aid in cultivation.
Ye Danxia agreed readily at the time.
Yun Jin thought her efforts were finally going to be rewarded.
But the next day, she was kidnapped by Ye Danxia’s obsessive admirer.
The man said she was ungrateful, daring to make such an unreasonable request of Ye Danxia. He claimed Ye Danxia was nearly crying trying to get pills for her, that Ye Danxia had already shown her immense kindness by giving her a place to stay, and she shouldn’t ask for more!
Yet all she had asked for were the most basic Qi Condensation stage pills!
For Ye Danxia, this was no difficult matter at all.
But with her tears and complaints, somehow Yun Jin became the one troubling her!
Yun Jin wanted to explain, but the obsessive admirer gave her no chance. He released soul-devouring ants that gnawed on her all night.
By the time Ye Danxia found her, she was already at death’s door.
Ye Danxia held her and cried crocodile tears for a while, then a group of people came to console her.
As for Yun Jin herself, she was completely ignored.
It was only due to her tenacious life force that she managed to survive.
After that, she realized Ye Danxia would never help her cultivate, so she asked to leave.
The result?
Ye Danxia played the victim again, asking why Yun Jin wanted to leave, saying she had been so good to her, why was Yun Jin treating her this way!
Before Yun Jin could speak, Ye Danxia’s crowd of supporters swarmed in, labeling her with all sorts of tags—ungrateful, greedy, insatiable, inconsiderate—all became synonymous with her name.
In the end, the Sect Leader personally issued a confinement order against her.
At that time, she hadn’t given up, still focused on finding a chance to escape.
But then.
Ye Danxia’s official boyfriend, the Demon Lord from the Demon Realm, came to the Tianxing Sect in secret to find her, but his whereabouts were exposed, attracting enemies.
That night.
The demon race attacked Tianxing Sect.
The sect suffered heavy casualties. The attacking demons were the Demon Lord’s enemies, and they knew he had a beloved in Tianxing Sect, so they wanted to kill that woman to devastate him.
Somehow, those demons mistook her for Ye Danxia, giving her no chance to explain before brutally murdering her.
After death, her soul watched as Ye Danxia and the Demon Lord loved and fought, leaving a trail of death and destruction wherever they went, while they continued their passionate romance.
Even Ye Danxia’s admirers all met bad ends in the end.
Only Ye Danxia, finally ascending to the higher realms with the Demon Lord.
How absurd it all was!
Even as a ghost, Yun Jin couldn’t understand what she had done to deserve such a fate.
Later, she was bound to a quick transmigration system. Then she understood that the world she lived in was actually the world of a book. Ye Danxia and the Demon Lord were the male and female protagonists of this world. As for her, she didn’t even qualify as a supporting character, just an early-stage cannon fodder.
As the male and female leads, they were destined to rule the world. And she was destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone for the female lead.
But why?
She couldn’t accept it!
She really couldn’t accept it!
Afterward, Yun Jin unhesitatingly accepted the system’s missions, traversing countless worlds, helping numerous clients complete their tasks. When she completed a hundred missions, she gained her freedom and could choose one cheat ability to return to her original world.
Now, she certainly wouldn’t follow the plot of the book!
“Little Jin! What’s wrong with you?” Ye Danxia grew annoyed. “I’m only saying this out of goodwill. I know being a maid might hurt your pride, but at least you’ll have a chance to cultivate, right? With our friendship, I’ll definitely help you in the future. Isn’t that better than being a mortal with a mere hundred years of life? Besides, didn’t you say you wanted to investigate the truth and avenge your family after the Yun family’s sudden calamity? Only through cultivation can you gain the power for revenge.”
Yun Jin looked at Ye Danxia as if watching a clown perform. She smiled and said, “Thank you for your kindness, but I’d like to try on my own.”
Ye Danxia grew angry. “With your trash Five Element Root talent, what’s there to try? Yun Jin, if you keep being so stubborn, I really won’t bother with you anymore.”
Yun Jin nodded. “Alright, please don’t bother with me anymore.”
Ye Danxia: “??”
(End of Chapter)