Has the Female Lead Turned Villainous Today? [Quick Transmigration] 86

Chapter 086: World Four [8]

Ling Yilin was a patient person. To ensure that the result was reliable enough, she did not give Xuan Qing any hints, but just quietly hid her own figure, maintaining a not-too-far and not-too-close distance to observe them.

Soon, Ling Yilin had a discovery. Xuan Qing had lied in front of her. Although Xiao Bai had been reborn through nirvana, she had not lost all her memories, but had retained a part of them.

Even as a cub, Xiao Bai knew that Xuan Qing was a very important person to her. Xiao Bai would try to monopolize the other party and frantically show off her presence in front of Xuan Qing.

【Master, Xuan Qing has the bloodline of the Azure Dragon, and Xiao Bai has the bloodline of the White Tiger. They should have been daoist partners who had formed a contract before.】

【The contract between demon cultivators can also bind the soul. Nirvana rebirth is just recreating the body. The essential soul has not changed.】

“Even if she loses her memory, the soul will remember what has happened?” Ling Yilin muttered to herself, a thought quickly flashing through her mind, so fast that she couldn’t catch it.

After a week of patient observation, Xuan Qing confirmed that there was no problem with the top-grade spirit stone. After discovering that the spiritual energy of the spirit stone was constantly dissipating, she did not hesitate for too long and directly used the top-grade spirit stone as the core of an array, making a movable spirit-gathering array, and had Xiao Bai carry this array plate every day.

As a demon beast with a mixture of White Tiger and Phoenix bloodline, Xiao Bai’s body was already terrifyingly strong. The spiritual power in the top-grade spirit stone was simply not enough to exceed her upper limit. In just one week, she had gone from a Qi Condensation stage demon beast to the Foundation Establishment stage, and could start to try to transform.

However, the spirit stone could only increase Xiao Bai’s cultivation and could not make her grow up in one go. So after Xiao Bai had learned to transform, she had turned into a milk-drinking baby who looked to be three or four years old, the kind whose teeth had not yet fully grown.

Seeing that after absorbing the spiritual power, Xiao Bai would only hug and nibble on Xuan Qing, Ling Yilin’s heart couldn’t help but sink.

If Ling Yilin had to choose, she would rather have seen the scene of Xiao Bai losing control. That way, it could be proved that the problem was only with the power in her body, and she could solve the problem by going to another world and tempering her power a few more times.

But nothing had gone wrong with Xiao Bai. She didn’t seem to have grown crooked at all. She would only hug and cuddle with Xuan Qing, looking like a carefree little fool.

【Master, do you want to go and find the monks of this world? They seem to have a lot of Buddhist scriptures and techniques that can calm the mind. You can try to learn them, Master.】

“The overall cultivation level of this world is too low. The techniques that they regard as treasures are of very limited use to me,” Ling Yilin narrowed her eyes.

“Xiao Qi, help me lock on a high-level plane with more demonic cultivators and is relatively more chaotic in advance,” Ling Yilin said, having made a decision in her heart.

She would put off the final battle with the guardian for a while. She absolutely, absolutely could not fight the other party with a low buff!

【Okay, Master. I will continuously select a suitable plane for you and update it in real time.】

**

After the small experiment failed, Ling Yilin reappeared at the twelfth branch after the National Day holiday.

As expected, Ling Yilin saw the little tail following behind Yan Zhiming, Meng Jiuge, whose cultivation was already at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation.

“Senior Ling, you’ve come to the Administration~” Meng Jiuge showed a smile after seeing Ling Yilin and very enthusiastically ran over to greet her.

Compared to the slightly immature Meng Jiuge in July, she now looked to be at ease in the Administration. Her eyes had less of a clear innocence and more of a hint of stability and reliability.

This change was enough to show that in the time that Ling Yilin had been away, Meng Jiuge, who had been by Yan Zhiming’s side, had experienced a lot and had learned a lot.

Ling Yilin withdrew her gaze, and with what she considered to be a reserved nod, she greeted Meng Jiuge.

“Is there anything you need at the Administration, senior? Are you here to take on a mission, or to exchange for something with contribution points?” Meng Jiuge asked, her smiling appearance looking not at all afraid of Ling Yilin.

“Are there any missions with a high reward? Preferably one with a little more cash reward,” Ling Yilin said, sitting down on the sofa in the reception area.

When Ling Yilin bought the villa, she had paid in full, which had reduced her little treasury by more than half. The villa looked like she could move in with just her luggage, but the details did not satisfy Ling Yilin, so it would still take three months to renovate, which was another considerable expense for Ling Yilin.

“A cash reward, is Senior Ling willing to spare some time to protect a mission target?” Meng Jiuge flipped through the tablet in her hand and then turned the screen to Ling Yilin.

“A City is holding a concert with a scale of thirty thousand people next weekend. The artist is half a demon cultivator, with a mixed bloodline of a siren. Her singing is extremely infectious, so our Administration needs to send a master over to maintain order, to prevent any accidents during the concert,” Meng Jiuge said seriously.

“What level is this mission?” Ling Yilin asked knowingly.

“B-level. If you are willing to participate, senior, you can get two hundred contribution points and a cash reward of five hundred thousand according to your cultivation,” Meng Jiuge said. When she was facing Ling Yilin, she no longer had the initial apprehension.

Meng Jiuge smiled. “Although a B-level mission does not need a special liaison, if you need one, senior, I can also cooperate with your work.”

To be fair, there was nothing wrong with Meng Jiuge’s performance. She was appropriate in her advance and retreat, her words were logical, and she had also proactively volunteered to help.

But no matter how Ling Yilin looked at her, she found her displeasing. Especially when she thought that Meng Jiuge’s changes were all due to Yan Zhiming’s good teaching, her heart was like the entire spice rack had been overturned, with all sorts of flavors.

“Your master is willing to let you out? She doesn’t think that with your cultivation, you’re enough to protect yourself, does she?” Ling Yilin dragged out her voice. “Little snack~”

Meng Jiuge’s eyes widened, and she blinked at Ling Yilin. “My master has given me some protective magic weapons, and you are so powerful, senior. You definitely won’t let me, this liaison, have an accident, right?”

In the time that Ling Yilin had been out on a mission, Meng Jiuge had also repeatedly analyzed her behavior several times and had made many discoveries.

Putting aside some of the sharp words, Meng Jiuge felt that Ling Yilin had no malice towards her. The address “little snack” was more of a joke and a warning to her, to not just go out and have fun with just courage.

As for why she had designated her to accompany her at the beginning, it was most likely to train her, to let her see the sinister side of the human heart, and not to be foolishly deceived.

To put it bluntly, no matter how outstanding her own talent was, she was now just a little snack in the Qi Condensation stage. For a person like Ling Yilin, whose cultivation was above the Golden Core stage and whose specific cultivation was unknown, she was no threat at all.

If Ling Yilin wanted to kill her, it would be no different from crushing an ant. There was no need to go to such great lengths to save her and then deliberately say those things in her ear.

Ling Yilin: …

What was going on? How did she have a feeling of being manipulated by Meng Jiuge? Did she think that she could make her agree to protect her just by acting spoiled?

“Senior is the most powerful cultivator I have ever seen! I will definitely not have an accident by your side!” Meng Jiuge said with a firm tone. “If it were someone else, I would definitely be worried about having an accident. But if it’s you, senior, then it’s a completely different story!”

“Heh, you’re quite confident,” Ling Yilin snorted, and her originally serious eyebrows unconsciously relaxed. “In that case, then you can follow me. If you’re obedient, I won’t let you be eaten by others.”

“Thank you, senior! Then I’ll go and take the mission!” The smile on Meng Jiuge’s face looked even more brilliant.

She knew that the result of her analysis was correct. Senior was just a big tiger with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. All she had to do was to stroke her fur.

**

Hearing that her little disciple was going on a mission with Ling Yilin, Yan Zhiming’s action of flipping through the documents paused for a moment.

“Remember to bring the defensive magic weapon. Use it when you need to. If it’s broken, I’ll just give you a new one. Don’t feel bad about using the magic weapon,” Yan Zhiming couldn’t help but give a few extra reminders.

Ling Yilin had previously helped the Administration with a high-difficulty mission and had solved a demonic cultivator who had been a headache for the headquarters for a long time. This act had won her the favor of many people.

Yan Zhiming was also one of them. Although she didn’t like that Ling Yilin was always thinking about her own little disciple, she would not deny that Ling Yilin’s actions had directly and indirectly reduced many casualties.

If Ling Yilin did not do this mission and it was completed by other cultivators with lower cultivation, no matter how cautious they were, there would still be a casualty rate of about ten percent.

“Don’t worry, master. As long as the green hills remain, there will be no lack of firewood. I understand this principle,” Meng Jiuge guaranteed.

Yan Zhiming smiled. “Alright, then you can go with Ling Yilin. Just don’t go against her. If you can’t handle it, you can just call me directly.”

**

A concert that could accommodate thirty thousand people was no small scene. The ticket inspection alone took a lot of time. Besides Ling Yilin and Meng Jiuge, the Administration had also sent three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to complete the mission together.

These three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were all old employees of the Administration. After greeting Ling Yilin, the nominal captain, they each went to guard an exit and began to release their divine sense to investigate the situation.

A singer with a mixed bloodline of a siren could attract not only ordinary humans, but many human cultivators and demon cultivators had also become her fans. To be able to get a concert ticket with a good seat, they had all tried to do some magic to pray for good luck.

The concert started at six-thirty and ended at nine-thirty. There would be a break in the middle, but in total, the three-hour concert time was not fake.

Besides the few minutes of changing her style backstage, the singer would be active on the scene, showing off her beautiful singing voice, so that everyone who had bought a ticket could have the ultimate enjoyment.

Meng Jiuge’s music appreciation level was average, but after hearing the singing, she also vaguely understood the difference between a good singing voice and a beautiful and unparalleled singing voice.

Good music would make one’s mood become pleasant, while this singer’s voice could make one immersed in the world created by the singing, directly pulling at your heart and mind, and letting you be completely immersed in it.

Ling Yilin glanced at the little snack beside her who had been taken away by her heart and mind, and her brow couldn’t help but furrow slightly. After a glance at the audience, she directly enveloped the entire venue with her divine sense.

The first half of the concert went very smoothly. Basically, the staff who were maintaining order on the scene could handle some accidents without the need for the people from the Administration to make a move.

But as the second half progressed, seeing that the singer was about to finish her singing and leave, the audience who had gotten high was not happy and began to crazily shout “encore, encore,” wanting the singer to stay and sing again.

This situation was also relatively common in concerts. The singer was very considerate and sang two more songs, and then began to chat with the fans and reason with them. On the grounds that it was getting late and she hoped everyone would go back and have a good rest, she ended this concert at ten.

“No, I still want to listen! I’ll die if I can’t listen! Little Fish! I still want to listen! I still want to listen!”

A voice that was so abrupt that it was like a megaphone came out, making the fans who had regained their senses become excited again, and they began to chime in one by one.

“There’s an abnormality. Quick, switch the car’s backstage music and have the singer’s pre-recorded warm reminder played!” Meng Jiuge’s reaction was very fast. She immediately used the walkie-talkie to contact the backstage.

The contingency plan for a crowd riot, Meng Jiuge had prepared it from the very beginning. She sincerely hoped that this contingency plan would not be used, but the facts often gave people a big slap in the face.

“Thank you all very much for your love. I love you all too! To ensure that the next concert can be held smoothly, everyone must follow the staff’s arrangements… I look forward to seeing you next time!”

In the specially recorded voice, there was a special rhythm. Most of the audience, after hearing this looped voice, also gradually calmed down and began to follow the arrangements and leave in an orderly manner.

And so, the person who was still shouting and yelling became too conspicuous. The ordinary people who had been paid to create chaos were quickly taken down, and the cultivators who had mixed in with ulterior motives were locked on by Ling Yilin.

“D area, row 23, number 14; row 15, number 22; F area, row 4, number 07; row 9, number 15…” Ling Yilin reported a lot of positions in one go and gave a clear and definite command. “Lock on the people in these positions and make them quiet down. It doesn’t matter if they’re dead or alive. I will be responsible for all the consequences.”

When her head was not problematic, Ling Yilin’s external image was that of a very reliable senior, with accurate commands and no shirking of responsibility.

The three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators accepted this command well and quickly went to execute it. On the contrary, Meng Jiuge, who had seen Ling Yilin’s petty temper, was a beat slower and hesitated for half a second before she moved to arrest them.

With Ling Yilin’s accurate reporting of the positions, the several Qi Condensation stage demonic cultivators who were causing trouble were quickly arrested, which made the mastermind hidden behind the scenes very angry.

The mastermind was unwilling to let the plan fail just like that, so he directly, while the audience had not yet left, showed his original form, turning into a large cloud of strange black qi, trying to devour the humans and cause panic.

“Damn it, what is this thing!” Soon, a sharp-eyed person discovered that something was wrong, but in the blink of an eye, the black qi instantly disappeared.

“What, what thing? What are you looking at? The car I called for in advance is about to arrive. Let’s get out quickly, or we’ll definitely be stuck here for half an hour,” a companion turned his head and said, looking at the empty back with a slightly strange look.

“It’s nothing. Maybe I was shouting too hard just now, so I saw wrong,” the audience member touched his own head and attributed the strangeness he had just seen to his eyes playing tricks on him.

**

“Do the great demons of a thousand years now also fall to the point of being the running dogs of the Administration? Are you really willing to listen to the orders of humans and do things for them?”

“Join us. We have a way to make the spiritual energy of this world return to the level of a thousand years ago. At that time, this world will be the world of us cultivators, and those ordinary mortals will all be our slaves!”

“If you are willing to join us, I will put in a good word for you in front of my master. At that time, a city will be divided for you, and you can enslave the mortals inside as you please.”

After the black qi appeared, Ling Yilin immediately applied a large-scale illusion to prevent the audience from falling into a panic. Then she activated an array with her spiritual power and trapped the black qi by her side.

“Who is your master? A very powerful demonic cultivator?” Ling Yilin’s curiosity was piqued.

The spiritual energy becoming thinner and thinner was an irreversible thing. The immortals and gods who could once go up to the heavens and down to the earth and were omnipotent had not been able to change it. Could a demonic cultivator have a way?

“My master is my master. If you are willing to join us, you can see my master,” the black qi condensed into a human silhouette, its voice sounding extremely seductive.

“Is that so? Do you mind sharing your master’s thoughts? How is he going to increase the concentration of spiritual energy with his own power?” Ling Yilin asked.

“Hahaha, so you were worried about this? You don’t have to worry at all. The method that my master has come up with has no problems at all!” the black qi said, its tone becoming excited.

“My master has already figured out the reason for the arrival of the Dharma-ending Age! It’s all because the number of the human race is too large, and they have used up all the spiritual energy between the heavens and the earth to reproduce!”

“It’s also very simple to restore the spiritual energy to the level of a thousand years ago. We just need to wait for my master’s power to be completely restored, and then kill all the extra people.”

“As long as the human race no longer snatches our spiritual energy resources with their reproduction, we can hope to break through to the Soul Formation stage and even ascend to become immortals and gods!”

Ling Yilin did not interrupt the black qi’s self-intoxication, but just checked her phone. After confirming that it was still recording, she continued to act as a listener.

After the black qi had babbled on for more than ten minutes, it finally realized that it had been deceived by Ling Yilin’s words in return and had said many secrets that should not have been said.

“Tiger demon, I’ll give you one last chance. Are you willing to be loyal to my master with me?” The black qi’s figure began to become unstable, and the power in its body also began to expand at an extremely fast speed.

“I don’t have the hobby of being a little slave, but if you are willing to serve me as your master, I can consider letting him live a little longer,” Ling Yilin said, and casually added an array to isolate the aura.

The black qi in front of her was indeed not worth mentioning, but his cultivation was indeed at the solid Golden Core stage. If he were to escape, who knows how many cultivators would die.

Especially the delicious little snack, she would definitely be treated as the first target.

“Bold! How dare you offend my master!” The black qi instantly expanded, from its original height of about one meter eighty to two meters eighty in one go.

The originally black qi-ified body also began to slowly solidify, revealing a bluish-white skin that did not look like a good person at a glance.

It really is a dirty thing.

Ling Yilin narrowed her eyes slightly. Between doing it herself and using a tool, she chose to pull out Xiao Qi’s main body, a long sword that was entirely black.

【Master, the aura that this array can isolate is limited. If you use a power that exceeds the Golden Core stage, it might cause the array to shatter and leak the aura, which will be captured by the world consciousness.】

Xiao Qi remembered its mission and immediately reminded her.

“To deal with him, the power of the Golden Core stage is enough,” Ling Yilin said, a dark red light flashing in her eyes. Then she held Xiao Qi and slashed at him with a sword.

The black qi did have something. After discovering that Ling Yilin’s strength had exceeded its expectations, it directly gave up on solidifying and turned back into a gas, to avoid being split in two.

“Tiger demon, do you really want to go against my master? When you know my master’s identity, you will definitely regret it!”

“I don’t know who your master is, nor am I interested in knowing,” Ling Yilin sneered. Not giving the black qi a second chance to dodge, she directly let the long sword in her hand burn with a black flame and swung it again.

The black flame could burn both the soul and the body. Once it was stained, the flame would only be extinguished after the soul was completely gone.

The black qi was no exception. The pain of its soul being burned made it can’t help but scream. Its body could no longer maintain its gaseous state and turned into a little old man of less than one meter seventy, rolling on the ground crazily.

Ling Yilin looked on with an indifferent expression, just watching as the little old man’s skin was burned away by the black flame, then his muscles and internal organs, and finally, his blackened bones.

After a fire had burned it all, all that was left on the scene was a small pile of black powder.

So fragile. After making an evaluation in her heart, Ling Yilin withdrew the array that had isolated the aura.

“Senior! Are you okay?” Meng Jiuge stood not far away and asked nervously.

“It’s fine. Just a little fry,” Ling Yilin said, glancing at the black ash on the ground. “The troublemaker has been dealt with by me. You…”

“Tiger demon! I want you to be buried with me—”

An abrupt figure came, catching Ling Yilin off guard.

【Master, be careful! There’s an enemy lurking in the dark!】 Xiao Qi reminded her.

Of course, Ling Yilin was not afraid. She picked up Xiao Qi and planned to use the same trick again, to have another pile of black ash on the ground.

But she didn’t expect that this time the demonic cultivator was exceptionally cunning. His shout was just to serve as a distraction. The person he really wanted to devour and kill was Meng Jiuge.

Realizing this, Ling Yilin’s pupils shrank slightly. She no longer cared about suppressing her power and directly grabbed the second black qi with a virtual grab.

【Master, the world consciousness has noticed you. Control your power!】

Hearing this, Ling Yilin subconsciously suppressed the power in her body, which gave the black qi a flaw to escape.

After hesitating for half a second between attacking Meng Jiuge and attacking Ling Yilin, the black qi chose the latter. He knew that he couldn’t escape and simply used this opportunity to self-destruct.

Ling Yilin had no time to think and immediately threw Xiao Qi over. “Stop him!”

【Okay, Master!】 Xiao Qi replied, and swallowed the black qi that was about to explode, instantly absorbing the power in its body.

Clatter—

A corpse of an old man, also less than one meter seventy, with a bluish-gray color, appeared in front of Ling Yilin, announcing the end of this crisis.

【Master! There’s something dirty in his body! The same dirty thing as in the chaotic currents of spacetime!】 Xiao Qi cried out, and the black long sword began to tremble, with a look of indigestion.