Chapter 57: First Meeting, Future Sister-in-Law Says She Likes Me

When Ning Shengsheng woke up, the first thing she smelled was the stench of blood. Only then did she see her surroundings clearly.

Stone walls surrounded her on all sides.

In the center floated a massive stone coffin.

The coffin was wrapped in black mist, and dark red veins crawled across its lid. Strange runes were carved along the edges. A thin tube extended from the very top of the coffin, reaching all the way to a hole in the ceiling.

It was a tomb?

Her eyes were sore and swollen. She closed them, moved her eyeballs around, and opened them again when they felt a bit better.

Now that her eyes had fully adjusted to the darkness, she could see more than before.

Ning Shengsheng was bound by iron chains, and a foul-smelling cloth was stuffed in her mouth. She moved her feet.

She wanted to see if the bindings were tight.

After testing it, she discovered there was absolutely no way to break free.

Just then, a whimper came from her right. She squinted and looked over; something was moving.

It was another person bound just like her!

Ning Shengsheng kicked the person. The person froze, thought for a moment, and then slowly inched towards her.

Once their faces were close, she finally saw the other person clearly.

Opposite her was a girl in a white dress.

Her appearance was plain, but she had a pair of very captivating eyes.

Ning Shengsheng blinked, lifting her chin to signal the girl to help remove the dirty cloth from her mouth.

The girl nodded vigorously.

Just as the two were about to act, footsteps approached.

“High Priest, we captured two more today. Is their blood enough to resurrect Elder Sha Hun?”

“It should be enough. That old guy has drunk the essence blood of over two hundred people.”

Over two hundred people?!

Shock flashed across Ning Shengsheng’s eyes.

This meant that these heretics before her had harmed over two hundred people in Taoyuan Town.

Why hadn’t they been discovered?

Was it because Gu Xuancang was covering it up?

Ning Shengsheng pricked up her ears to listen further, only to see the girl next to her glaring indignantly at the source of the voices.

The footsteps were getting closer to them.

Ning Shengsheng nudged the girl’s shoulder, winking furiously to tell her to pretend to be asleep.

After giving the signal, she closed her eyes first.

She calculated in her mind what useful information the demonic cultivators might spill, like how to sacrifice living people.

Waiting, Ning Shengsheng finally heard the demonic cultivators chatting.

However—

The content was not what she expected.

“High Priest, this girl is awake!”

“Hmph, so what if she’s awake? She’s going to be a dead person soon anyway. What’s she shouting for? Dare to glare at me? Ungag her; this seat wants to hear what she has to say.”

“Pah! You damn demons, you dare to harm the common people? Don’t you know this is the foot of the Qingling Sect’s mountain?”

“Hahahahahaha! We’ve already killed over two hundred people, do you think we know?”

“You evildoers commit all kinds of crimes; the Heavens will punish you! I’m warning you, let me go!”

“This one is awake; the other one must be pretending to faint.”

“This is bad, girl, the demonic cultivator figured out you’re faking it!”

Ning Shengsheng: “……”

She seemed to have encountered a legendary “pig teammate” (incompetent ally).

Ning Shengsheng opened her eyes faintly, knowing there was no point in pretending anymore.

Standing before them were two people in black cloaks.

The one in front held a staff made of white bone. He was likely the High Priest of the Demon Realm.

The one behind him looked ordinary, just a lackey.

“Since they’re both awake, throw them into the blood pool to soak for an hour, then drain their blood and send it into the stone coffin.”

“Yes, High Priest.”

“Hey, did you not hear me? Let me go, or my grandfather won’t let you off!”

The delicate-looking girl glared angrily at the demonic cultivator.

“This one talks too much. Gag her again.”

“You dare! You group of demon—Mmph—Mmph—”

Ning Shengsheng looked up at the stone coffin with a melancholy 45-degree angle. She had seen people with straightforward personalities.

But she had never seen one with a death wish like this.

The two of them were shoved and pushed by the demonic cultivators to the blood pool.

Ning Shengsheng didn’t say a word the whole time. In reality, she was calling out to the Mirror Demon in her sea of consciousness. That guy was usually not far from her.

She wondered if he was nearby today.

They had signed a master-servant contract.

Right now, she could only summon him.

“Stay there and behave.”

The demonic cultivator kicked them both into the blood pool.

The stench nearly made Ning Shengsheng vomit.

Perhaps thinking that since they had no cultivation and were bound by iron chains, the demonic cultivator left after kicking them in.

Ning Shengsheng used all her strength to inch towards her pig teammate.

She lowered her head, bringing her mouth close to the other person’s bound hands.

The person opposite understood and fumbled around, helping her remove the cloth ball.

Using the same method, Ning Shengsheng helped her remove hers.

“Girl, these demonic cultivators are too hateful. Those poor dead commoners, sigh…”

“Let’s figure out a way to escape first.”

“Oh right, no one is guarding us, let’s just run!”

Ning Shengsheng twitched the corner of her mouth in a place unseen. “Um, did you not see that over there?”

The formation drawn in red blood on the ground.

It was clearly very conspicuous!

“Sorry, I was too busy feeling sad for the dead commoners to notice the surroundings. Girl, my name is Yun Huaiyue, from the Hundred Herb Valley. What’s your name?”

“!!!”

Yun… Huai… Yue?

Ning Shengsheng’s eyes widened in shock. This delicate-looking girl was Yun Huaiyue?

That wasn’t right.

The Yun Huaiyue described in the novel was a bright and flamboyant beauty with a heart for saving the world.

“Eh? Girl?”

Yun Huaiyue waved her hand. “Why are you dazed?”

As she spoke, she grabbed Ning Shengsheng’s wrist and checked her pulse.

“You’re not sick. Why did you stop talking?”

“Oh, I was just thinking about something and got distracted. I am Ning An from Ning Country.”

Ning Shengsheng’s thoughts split into three.

One part summoning the Mirror Demon, one part scrutinizing Yun Huaiyue, and the rest pondering the deviated plot.

Yun Huaiyue wasn’t supposed to come out for experience until next year.

Why did she appear in Taoyuan Town at this moment?

What Ning Shengsheng didn’t know was that Lu Youxin was Yun Huaiyue’s cousin. After the sect competition, he wrote a letter back to Hundred Herb Valley, bragging about how thrilling the experience in the Swallowing Sea Abyss was.

And how amazing the young cultivators he met were.

This letter caused Yun Huaiyue to leave the valley early and come to the Qingling Sect.

If it weren’t for her and Xue Chen, in the original plot, Ling Hegui and Lu Youxin would have been seriously injured after being rescued by the Sect Leader.

They wouldn’t have had the energy to write letters.

“You are the Princess Ning An my cousin mentioned? What about Xue Chen? He said there was a breathtakingly beautiful young man by your side.”

“Uh, how are we going to escape now?”

Yun Huaiyue looked around.

Ning Shengsheng noticed something thin sticking up in front of her ear.

Yun Huaiyue was wearing a disguise mask!

No wonder her appearance didn’t match the novel’s description. Ning Shengsheng became curious about this future sister-in-law.

“It’s okay, someone is coming to save us.”

Just as her voice fell, the Mirror Demon appeared by the blood pool.

Seeing Ning Shengsheng covered in blood, her hair messy, looking truly wretched.

He clutched his belly and laughed, “Master, you look so miserable.”

“Is there a way to get us out?” Ning Shengsheng asked.

The Mirror Demon didn’t dare joke anymore and composed himself. “I can only temporarily put you into an illusion. A barrier has been set up in the tomb by the demonic cultivators; I can’t take you out physically.”

“That works too. Go find my brother quickly.”

Ning Shengsheng paused. “Wait, go tell Xue Chen. My brother doesn’t know you’ve acknowledged me as your master.”

“They are in the mountains near Taoyuan Town.”

“Okay, I’ll go right now.” The Mirror Demon threw out an illusion bead, which sucked the two people in.

He secretly hid the illusion bead behind a rock.

Then he turned into a wisp of black smoke.

And slipped out through a crack.

…

Inside the illusion.

“I didn’t expect my luck to be so good. Meeting a legendary figure before even reaching the Qingling Sect!”

Yun Huaiyue stared at her infatuatedly.

Ning Shengsheng stepped back. “It was Junior Brother Lu exaggerating.”

“He didn’t exaggerate. I see your eyes are clear, your forehead is full, and your face is relaxed. You are a smart and good person!”

Yun Huaiyue squatted slightly, leaning her face close to hers, a pair of affectionate eyes blinking.

Ning Shengsheng felt a bit uncomfortable being watched like that.

The other party suddenly smiled radiantly.

“You are so amazing, I like you so much!”

What?

Likes her?

Ning Shengsheng was dumbfounded on the spot.

Surely she had opened the script wrong.

The person in front of her was the woman who loved her brother to death, inseparable and entangled.

She was also her future sister-in-law! Ah!