The Vicious Supporting Female Character And The White Lotus Female Lead

After completing the [Zombie Frenzy] mission, Luan Qing Xiao's bonus rose to 200000.
Although it still wasn’t enough, at least the doubled bonus after each mission gave her the hope of paying off her debts.

    This time Luan Qing Xiao also recollected herself in her real world for three days before immediately choosing to enter the next world.

    C-rank world: Cultivation

    【Ding! Long time no see, Host dada~ Do you need 520 to introduce the plot to you first? 】

    Luan Qing Xiao: Don't worry about the plot yet.
I acquired the [Resurrect a Skill] card in the previous world, which can be used in this world.

    【That’s right! Host dada, do you want to use [Resurrect a Skill] to reactivate a time-limited skill you have drawn? 】

    Luan Qing Xiao: Yes, help me revive [Clearing Your Wish List].

    【Ding! [Resurrect a Skill] has been successfully used and [Clearing Your Wish List] is revived.
Currently, one wish will be randomly selected from the remaining nine unextracted wishes written in [Clearing Your Wish List]  by Host dada.
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    【Ding! The extraction was successful! Congratulations to Host for fulfilling her wish: Successfully replacing this world’s female lead with the previous world’s female lead, “Nie Zhen'er.” 】

    A faint smile appeared on Luan Qing Xiao's face.
On the wish list, she wrote ten exactly  identical wishes on it.
No matter which one was picked, she’ll be able to get what she wants.

    Luan Qing Xiao: 520, introduce the plot.

    【Ding! Because this world is a C-rank world, Host’s survival rate will be more difficult and Host will completely inherit the memory of the original owner of the body! 】

    【Loading the introduction of the plot: all creatures are animistic with longevity as the final goal.
In the cultivation universe, all cultivators have the common target —– to overcome their tribulation and ascend to become undying immortals.
Cultivation is a long lengthy journey.
Many people strayed onto the demonic path because of their weakened belief, and many more die, falling short at the last juncture.
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    【Originally, the male lead was Bai Li Yuan Yu, an elder of Bai Ze Zong, who failed to survive the last strike of the heavenly thunder when he attempted to overcome his tribulation.
As a result, his physical body was turned to ashes.
However Bai Li Yuan Yu’s soul didn’t disperse.
Instead, his soul attached to Ying Yuan Yu, an outer disciple of Bai Ze Zong, and earned a second chance at life.
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    【Ying Yuan Yu's natural spiritual roots are too jumbled, making him unsuitable for cultivation.
After seizing this body, the male lead concocted a pill, which removed all the other spiritual roots except the fire root and paved his own cultivation path.
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    【Host dada's current identity is Luan Qing Xiao, an elder of the Shang Qing Palace, who admires Bai Li Yuan Yu.
Later on, she realized that Ying Yuan Yu was Bai Li Yuan Yu, and begin her relentless courting of the male lead.
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    【The female lead, Nie Zhen'er, who appeared to be Luan Qing Xiao’s direct disciple, is actually a human furnace that Luan Qing Xiao incubated for her to please Bai Li Yuan Yu.
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    【Because of Nie Zhen’er’s beauty and flawless virtuousness, she was known as Bai Yao Fairy by the young men of the cultivation world to compliment her to an unstained noble white lotus.
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    【Ding! Releasing the C world mission: the affection value of the female lead reigns above all else.
The task will be considered complete as long as the female lead holds a 100% goodwill towards someone.
Best of luck, Host dada~】

    【Ding! Because manipulating the male and female leads into a romantic relationship is the default setting, as the vicious female supporting character, Host, is issued five compulsory plots to help complete the mission.
Host can complete the mission by gaining the female lead’s 100% favorability, but the compulsory plots must also be carried out~】

    Luan Qing Xiao: … ..
You already warned me in the last world.

    【520 was afraid that Host will forget everything once she sees the female lead, so I can only frequently remind you~】

    Luan Qing Xiao: Makes sense.

    Right now, she was dying to meet Nie Zhen'er.

    After absorbing the original owner’s memories, Luan Qing Xiao opened her aloof phoenix eyes.

    “Disciple Chao Gan Yun wish to see Mistress——”

    Chao Gan Yun was Luan Qing Xiao's second disciple.

    “Come in.”

    Chao Gan Yun walked into the misty hall and didn’t dare raise her head.
Instead, she respectfully glanced down on the floor and stopped two meters in front of Luan Qing Xiao before bowing and saluting.
“This Disciple pays respect to Mistress.”

    “What's the matter?” Luan Qing Xiao searched the original owner’s memory and found that her second disciple hated Nie Zhen'er.
However, she was good at hiding it.
She would often act caring on the surface, while she secretly snitched on Nie Zhen'er.

    The original owner accepted Nie Zhen'er as a disciple, only because she thought her Pure Yin Physique could help Bai Li Yuan Yu improve his cultivation.
The rest of her disciples' opinions were of no concern to her.

    Chao Gan Yun thought she hid herself well, but she didn't know the original owner had seen through her a long time ago.

    The original owner felt Nie Zhen'er's beauty was an eyesore and was afraid Bai Li Yuan Yu would be tempted by her, so she used Chao Gan Yun's hand to chastise Nie Zhen'er in order to vent her anger.

    Chao Gan Yun knelt on the ground.
Since Luan Qing Xiao didn't let her get up, she kept her position and replied.
“Answering Mistress, Junior Sister Zhen'er left the Shang Qing Palace without authorization to play outside.
The day is getting late, yet Junior Sister Zhen'er hasn't returned.
This Disciple is worried that Junior Sister Zhen'er might encounter some accident, so I came to report to Mistress and ask for permission to let This Disciple head down the mountain to find Junior Sister Zhen'er.”

    Her words seemed true and sincere.
However her words appeared to defend Nie Zhen’er while it was actually discreetly denouncing Nie Zhen’er.
Her method wasn’t really sophisticated.

    Luan Qing Xiao's frosty eyes fell on her.
Since Chao Gan Yun couldn't stand the pressure of an Initial Yuan Ancestor, cold sweat dripped from the corner of her forehead.

    “Mis-Mistress, Junior Sister Zhen'er must have forgotten the time because she is having too much fun, s-so… … ” Chao Gan Yun didn't understand why Luan Qing Xiao wasn't speaking.
She mustered up the courage to continue to smear Nie Zhen'er’s reputation.

    “Forgetting the time because she’s having too much fun?” Luan Qing Xiao uttered callously, “No need to find her, go continue your own cultivation.”

    Chao Gan Yun was overjoyed.
Was Mistress finally loathing Nie Zhen'er and giving up on her now?

    “Yes, Mistress.” Chao Gan Yun suppressed the curvature of her mouth and exited the hall respectfully.

    The two smoke kilns were lit with an incense to help people calm down, filling the hall with mist.
Luan Qing Xiao got up amidst the white fog, her clothes blowing behind her.

    She was dressed in a pale green long-sleeved robe with delicate patterns embroidered on the cuffs.
Walking out of the hall through the smoke, she summoned Xuang Han, her bonded long sword, with a flick of her sleeve, and left the Shang Qing Palace on it.

    Luan Qing Xiao's cultivation base was the highest at Shang Qing Palace.
Since she has restricted the main hall and no one can approach it coupled with her hiding her whereabouts, no one realized she had left the Shang Qing Palace.

    The original owner kept Nie Zhen'er as a furnace, so of course she didn't allow her to have an accident before she lost her function.

    The original owner placed the child spirit jade from the mother spirit jade on Nie Zhen'er.
As long as the spirit jade was on her body, the original owner can use the mother spirit jade to detect Nie Zhen'er's location.

    Luan Qing Xiao held the mother jade in her hand to sense Nie Zhen'er's location, and controlled her sword to fly into a forest.

    The woods were lush with trees, making it unfitting to travel by sword.
Luan Qing Xiao retracted Xuang Han and headed inside to find Nie Zhen'er.

    The sun slanted towards the west as the sky was getting darker.

    Currently, Nie Zhen'er was lost in the woods and had burst into tears due to her anxiousness.

    Seeing the sun was about to set and Nie Zhen'er was afraid of the dark, she squatted down on the ground and hugged her knees.
Her slender body trembled slightly as tears fell onto the ground, leaving a damp mark.

    Following the mother jade, Luan Qing Xiao finally saw Nie Zhen'er squatting on the ground in front of her.

    “Zhen'er.” Luan Qing Xiao walked up to Nie Zhen'er and called her.

    Nie Zhen'er raised her head, her eyes teary.
“Mis-Mistress.”

    With the last rays of sunshine illuminating behind Luan Qing Xiao, her whole body was wrapped in the golden light.
Her pale blue wide-sleeved robe was also stained with golden rays.
Nie Zhen'er couldn’t see Luan Qing Xiao’s face clearly.
However, at this moment in her heart, Luan Qing Xiao appeared like a god.

    “Mistress, I was so scared.” Nie Zhen'er stood up and plunged into Luan Qing Xiao's cold embrace, “Fortunately you came to save me.”

    Luan Qing Xiao resisted the urge to hug her baby and reprimanded in a cold voice.
“Not spending your time properly cultivating and instead sneaking down the mountain to play.
Once we head back, see how Mistress will punish you.”

    Nie Zhen'er stiffened.
She raised her head, the tears on her face not yet dry, like rain drops on pear blossoms, creating a fragile beauty, “Mistress, Zhen’er learned her lesson~”

    That soft voice with a small hook at the end tugged at Luan Qing Xiao’s heartstrings.

    “We’ll talk about when we return.”

    Flying back to Shang Qing Palace on her sword, Luan Qing Xiao walked into Fan Chun Hall followed by a pitiful little tail.

    “Speak, what did you go down the mountain for?”

    Luan Qing Xiao sat down up on the platform, while Nie Zhen'er stood down on the lower level and peeked at Luan Qing Xiao’s expression.
She just happened to lock eyes with Luan Qing Xiao’s gaze.
Immediately, she bit her lower lip.
“Answering Mistress, I heard Senior Sister Gan Yun say that down the mountain, a storyteller came into town and was narrating a story about a secular emperor.
I got curious and couldn't resist going down the mountain to listen…”

    Luan Qing Xiao looked at her youthful cheeks.
Thinking Nie Zhen'er was only seventeen years old and her mind was not fully developed, it is inevitable for her to be curious about new things, “Was the story good?”

    Nie Zhen'er stared at Luan Qing Xiao blankly.
“Huh?”

    Shouldn't Mistress be reprimanding her severely? Why would she ask her if the story was good?

    “Zhen’er?” Luan Qing Xiao furrowed her brows.

    “Mistress, Zhen'er was just too surprised.
I-I didn't hear the story because the path down the mountain goes through the woods, but I got lost in the woods.
For the entire day, I couldn't figure the way out.” Nie Zhen'er was about to die of sadness.
“If it weren't for Mistress coming to save me, I wouldn't have been about to return.”

    Her round apricot eyes couldn't help being covered with a shallow mist.

    Nie Zhen'er didn’t know what happened to her.
Before, she never dared to talk much when she saw Mistress.
Today, not only did she hug Mistress, she also-also complained coquettishly to Mistress that she didn’t hear the story…
… It’s all because Mistress was too gentle today, that must be it.

    【Ding! The first compulsory plot is about to arrive.
Requesting Host to punish the female lead to reflect against the back mountain wall for a month! 】

    Luan Qing Xiao: What is the point of this compulsory plot?

    【The female lead will stray into the forbidden area during the time in the back mountain and meet the injured male lead as well as saving him.
For the half of the month in the back mountain the male lead stayed with the female lead, he was attracted by her beauty and innocence.
The female lead also fell for the male lead's thoughtfulness and gentleness.
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    Luan Qing Xiao: If no one saves the male lead, will he die?

    【Yes~】

    Luan Qing Xiao: Any impact if he dies?

    【Host dada, as you know, the male lead is the supporting pillar of the world.
If the male lead dies, the world would also not exist~ The male lead’s death is not allowed~】

    Of course Luan Qing Xiao knew the male lead couldn’t die, she just held the slightest hope for his death.
No one would be happy with any extra love rivals.

    Luan Qing Xiao's tone was ice-cold.
“Nie Zhen'er, you violated the Palace rules by privately going down the mountain.
As your Mistress, I punish you to reflect on the back mountain for a month.
Do you have any objections?”

    The author has something to say: 
Nie Zhen'er: Boohoo! A second ago, Mistress was worrying about whether I heard the story or not, so why is she suddenly punishing me to face the wall? (Aggrievedly holding myself.
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Notes:
all creatures are animistic (万物有灵): a well-known saying that all creatures have some sort of spirit/intelligence
Initial Yuan Ancestor (元婴老祖): a cultivation stage of currently unknown levels
smoke kilns (烟炉): a device usually used to burn fragrance in a cultivation world
Xuang Han (霜寒): the name for Luan Qing Xiao’s long sword.
It literally translates to Frostbite