Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

“Tell me in detail – how did he start pursuing you?”

“Well… one late night, this servant went to Chaerin’s Jinglan Peak, wanting to find Ruoning to discuss matters about you in the Western Region… When I reached the door at the peak’s summit, this servant saw a male disciple kneeling motionless on the steps… This servant saw him kneeling on the ground in the dead of winter without moving, and when called, he didn’t respond. This servant thought this guy had frozen to death! So I gave him some healing, then shared some of the pills and tea I’d brought for Ruoning…”

“Huh, so you’re quite kindhearted?”

Perhaps jealousy was at work – Yino raised his eyebrows again at what he heard.

Yuebai was being tormented by the fingertip spirit markings until she was drenched in sweat, but even so, she still pouted aggrievedly: “But! Back then, Master clearly said in your letter that Master would come to Liuli Sect after half a year, so you told this servant to spend those six months developing Liuli Sect as a base while waiting for your arrival!”

“Now this servant’s relationship with Xumo has become very strained because of Master’s previous actions. Apart from Xumo and Ruoning, this servant has no other connections in Liuli Sect… So when this servant saw that Ye Huai was pitiful, I wanted to do him a favor and simply develop some connections to see if I could extract any internal intelligence…”

“But Master, rest assured! Apart from sharing some food and pills with him, this servant didn’t even have physical contact! Later when Ye Huai came looking for this servant, I kept a very far distance from him!”

“Then how did he fall for you at first sight?” Yino found this kinda absurd.

“That’s what this servant doesn’t know either! This servant also thinks this matter is very strange! I am is an old granny in Jinyue’s words – how would I understand young men’s mentality!”

Yuebai pouted and shook her head, desperately trying to clear her relationship with Ye Huai.

For a moment, Yino also set aside his suspicions and began seriously analyzing this matter.

“This is indeed odd. Being in the same sect, Ruoning should have more interaction with him than you, but I’ve never seen Ye Huai pursue Ruoning either.”

Thinking of that character, Yino couldn’t help but review his past life’s Liuli Sect plotlines.

In the game, as the senior brother, Ye Huai had considerable talent.

With his high cultivation, Ye Huai often helped Ruoning as a senior brother. Sometimes when encountering injustice, he’d also protect Xumo, who pursued Ruoning, treating him as a friend.

Moreover…

In the mid-to-late plot, when Ruoning’s cultivation rose, she also lent Ye Huai a hand as a friend when he was down.

But Yino had never seen Ye Huai fall in love with Ruoning because of this, nor had he ever seen Ye Huai develop feelings for other destined heroines in Liuli Sect.

No matter how you looked at it, Ye Huai didn’t seem like a promiscuous male character.

Otherwise…

As a sect that recruited mainly female cultivators each year, Liuli Sect had quite a few destined heroines with beauty rivaling Yuebai’s. How could Ye Huai possibly maintain his single status and exemplary image as the chief senior brother for decades?

“Yuebai, I think there are only two possibilities.”

“Either you truly have some special charm that made him fall for you at first sight… or he saw through your fox identity and is approaching you under the pretense of pursuit, but has actually been watching and monitoring you in secret!”

After several rounds of analysis, Yino’s cold eyes couldn’t help but turn sinister.

Hearing this, Yuebai also puffed up her small face with considerable gloom.

“Then… then it’s probably the latter?”

“After all, look at this servant – a several-hundred-year-old fox. What feminine charm could I possibly have?” Updates are released by novel✶fire.net

“This servant is already so old… If you hadn’t shattered Xumo’s spirit ring back then, forcing this servant to reveal my true form, I’d probably still be staying in the spirit ring enjoying retirement instead of bothering with these young brats from righteous sects who are energetic and hot-blooded every day…”

“But… maybe he just likes your grandmotherly kindness when caring for people?”

Yino suddenly threw out a joking guess.

At these words, Yuebai’s face immediately reddened, somewhat hurt in her pride: “What are you saying! This… this servant is a fox demon. Though I’m a bit older, my skin and personality aren’t very much like those wrinkled old grannies you humans have, right!”

“See, you said before that you could be my grandmother and I should show respect, but now when I actually call you an granny, you’re unhappy.”

“Mm… this servant just wanted you to be more respectful…”

“Is that so?”

Yino raised his eyebrows and teased with his fingertips.

Seeing Yuebai could no longer hold on and was collapsing limply into his arms, Yino sighed. One hand maintained the socket-like method of securing the girl while the other supported Yuebai to help her stand.

“No acting spoiled and being lazy. Your work report isn’t finished yet.”

“But… this servant’s legs are really too weak to stand…”

“It’s fine, I have a way to help stabilize your body.”

Yino said flatly, firming his fingertips.

Without waiting for Yuebai to bite her cherry lips and speak with a grieved expression again, he quickened his speech:

“Forget it, we’ll discuss Ye Huai’s matter later. He’s no threat for now – just a good senior brother who serves as the protagonist’s tool in the early stages. No need to worry about him… You should continue with the second matter.”

“The second matter…”

Talking about serious business, Yuebai had to pull her thoughts from bitter endurance to continue thinking.

She hesitated a moment, then finally spoke carefully: “The second matter is… recently the Celestial Master issued a new task. She wants this servant to guide Xumo into the Liuli Secret Realm that opens in two days!”

“Waaahhhhhhh!!!”

“Master! You must stand up for Ruoning in this matter! Ruoning finally cultivated to peak Core Formation stage. Master said before that Ruoning had mental barriers blocking her cultivation. Now Ruoning finally managed to await her beloved from the distant Western Region, and is about to break through to Nascent Soul stage… but, but Ruoning’s mother and family actually want Ruoning to give up her cultivation career and marry into Lin mansion to become someone’s wife and concubine!!!”

Atop Jinglan Peak, Ruoning threw herself on the ground and hugged her master’s legs.

Actually, Ruoning had cried once last night already.

But at that time, Ye Chaerin was still hard-hearted, only comforting Ruoning that it was getting late and telling her to rest first, saying they’d discuss whatever it was tomorrow.

The next morning when she got up, Chaerin had just brought breakfast when the blue-haired girl on the bed opened her eyes and immediately threw herself at her thighs again with a thud, starting to cry.

No matter how Ye Chaerin tried to persuade her, Ruoning kept crying pitifully with tears streaming down like pears in rain.

There was no choice.

Ye Chaerin wasn’t truly hard-hearted after all. Seeing Ruoning was determined to cry until she agreed, Chaerin couldn’t help but sigh and assume a cold posture with hands behind her back:

“In principle, as a Liuli elder, I have no right to interfere in your Liu family’s affairs.”

“However…”

“Since Liu mansion is so short-sighted, helping you enlighten your family isn’t impossible.”

“But in exchange, I also have a prerequisite.”

At the end, she lowered her gaze to look at the girl hugging her thighs.

But in just those few sentences, Ye Chaerin discovered the girl had suddenly stopped crying – truly changing faces faster than flipping pages!

“Hehe~ Master, speak, speak!”

“The condition is that you bring your lover to meet me. I have a few words for him.”