Blame the Villain – Chapter 214

Villainous Emperor (14)

Song Xuyi had a dream while she was in a daze.

In her dream, she once again experienced the journey through every small world she had been to.

She didn’t know if it was her imagination or if these things really happened; suddenly, her mind was filled with many memories she didn’t have before—she seemed to have met someone she was very fond of and liked in some of these worlds.

The person’s face in the dream was very unclear, yet Song Xuyi always felt they were the same person…

At the end of the dream, Song Xuyi seemed to hear the sound of many people cheering—

“Great! She’s about to wake up!”

…

Who was about to wake up?

Then, Song Xuyi felt herself falling rapidly, feeling dizzy, and once again fell into a coma, as all previous memories faded away like the tide…

Accompanied by the system’s relieved voice saying “Finally repaired,” Song Xuyi opened her eyes.

“You’re awake!” The first thing she saw was the handsome face of her body’s original owner’s father. Even though he had lived for over ten thousand years, the man didn’t look old at all and appeared more like Song Xuyi’s elder brother.

“The thousand-year period has long passed. I told you to return to the mountain early, but you didn’t listen. You were too greedy, wanting to enjoy the little bit of incense offerings from humans, and ended up getting yourself caught in it.” The man softened his tone and sighed, “I also blame myself for letting you go down to the human world back then. You were still young and didn’t understand the unpredictability of the human world, which led to this disaster—”

“Father, I’m sorry for worrying you. It’s my fault as a daughter.” Song Xuyi didn’t understand the current situation, but seeing the tiredness in the man’s eyes, she instinctively spoke softly to apologize.

“As long as you’re okay, my child, rest well! Now that you’re awake, focus on cultivating at home and don’t get involved with human matters anymore…”

The man continued to nag about Song Xuyi taking good rest. Song Xuyi, who always got along well with elders, didn’t know how to respond to his words and remained silent, not arguing back like her original self. Seeing Song Xuyi’s demeanor, the man was relieved and praised her several times, saying, “My child has finally grown up!” He then left Song Xuyi’s room.

“System, what exactly happened?” Almost as soon as the man left the room, Song Xuyi began to ask the system, “In my memory, Ruoyu was possessed by an evil god, then I was attacked by the evil god and lost consciousness. What’s the situation now?”

The system took quite a while to respond to Song Xuyi.

Over the years, the system had been trying to wake Song Xuyi but hadn’t been successful. However, seeing how hard her body’s original owner’s father was trying to wake her, and with Song Xuyi’s condition improving over the years, the system felt relieved and resumed its previous task—continuing to contact the main god.

Yet, the system tried many times but couldn’t reach the main god. Recently, there was a wave throughout the entire system, and all those memories of Song Xuyi that had been sealed suddenly surfaced…

The system was scared half to death, thinking this was a consequence of its improper attempts to contact the main god over the years. It had been trying its best to repair the system these days, and only recently managed to fix it.

So when facing Song Xuyi at this moment, the system felt a bit guilty inside. After Song Xuyi asked the question, it thought for a while before cautiously replying—

“Xuyi, you’ve been asleep for eight years.”

“I don’t know what’s happening in the human world because I’ve been trapped here with you. I’ve been trying to wake you up all these years. Luckily, after a certain world, I reinforced the system, so the Yin Shen didn’t notice me, which is why I’ve lasted until now…”

The system then recounted what happened back then in the God-testing Cave. Song Xuyi hadn’t expected that her one careless thought would result in Jiang Ruoyu forming a ten-year agreement with the Yin Shen.

Combining this with the synopsis of the original story, Song Xuyi suddenly remembered more: in the original story, Jiang Ruoyu wielded the Huan Sword and caused chaos across the universe and turmoil in the three realms, likely because she made a deal with the Yin Shen…

But in the original story, Jiang Ruoyu didn’t leave the imperial palace. How did she contact the Yin Shen?

…

Song Xuyi had countless questions in her heart, but the most important thing now was to contact Jiang Ruoyu and help her escape the control of the Yin Shen.

Song Xuyi closed her eyes.

The entire Jiang Kingdom worshipped Song Xuyi. In the past, Song Xuyi could use her divine sense to observe things around through the eyes of her statues. Afraid of unexpected changes, she didn’t plan to enter the imperial palace of Jiang Kingdom this time. Instead, she searched for her statues around the capital area. However, this time, Song Xuyi’s divine sense scanned most parts of the Jiang Kingdom’s capital and found none of her statues…

What happened?

A sense of foreboding rose in her heart. However, having just woken up, Song Xuyi’s divine power was extremely weak. After using her divine sense for a while, she felt like she couldn’t continue and had to stop to meditate and cultivate her divine sense.

When Song Xuyi woke up from her meditation, she realized it was already late at night in the human world.

Not wanting to give up, Song Xuyi began to try again, and finally, she found a statue.

Song Xuyi quickly attached her divine sense to it and opened her eyes—

She found herself in a beautifully decorated, large room that seemed more like a personal living space rather than a temple. Layers of black gauze hung in front of Song Xuyi’s statue, making it impossible to see the entire room clearly.

Is this… is this family secretly worshipping me?

Song Xuyi pondered for a moment, but her spirit couldn’t resist looking through the black gauze to observe the surroundings—

A hazy mist rose from the bathtub, and in it, Song Xuyi saw a snow-white shoulder as smooth as cream. The woman’s black hair flowed like a waterfall down her back. Her neck was slender, her arms long and graceful, and her slightly turned cheek was as exquisite as if painted by a brush…

This was an extremely beautiful woman.

Song Xuyi didn’t expect to be so coincidental and happen to see someone bathing.

Her cheeks started to burn hotly. Song Xuyi glanced once and didn’t dare to look again, quickly lowering her eyes. She was just about to return to the statue when she accidentally glimpsed something else: next to the woman’s bathtub was a set of clothes, with a bright yellow color that was clearly the imperial robe that only the emperor could wear…

Who is this woman…?!

A strange feeling suddenly surged in Song Xuyi’s heart. She wanted to convince herself it was a mistake in perception, but the more she looked, the more familiar the person in the bathtub seemed…

As Song Xuyi’s eyes widened, the person in the bathtub moved—

She slowly stood up, revealing shoulder blades like butterfly wings about to take flight and a slender waist…

The woman seemed about to turn around…

At that moment, Song Xuyi sensed a faint, almost undetectable danger. Following her instincts, she instinctively stepped back—

And sure enough, a mass of dark, violent energy appeared where Song Xuyi had been standing. If she had been a moment slower, she would have been completely engulfed by it!

Song Xuyi’s eyes widened, and she used almost all her strength to drive her divine sense back into the statue.

The dark energy relentlessly pursued Song Xuyi but seemed to have some fear of the statue. It lingered unwillingly beside the statue for a while before gradually dissipating…

Song Xuyi bit her lower lip; her instincts told her she should immediately use her divine sense to leave because this dark energy looked extremely dangerous.

However, Song Xuyi, for reasons unknown even to herself, kept her divine sense hidden inside the statue, suppressing all her aura, and continued to watch the person in the bathtub through the statue’s eyes.

After all, the statue was one of the many vessels of the divine spirits in the human world, inherently possessing a divine aura, making it the best hiding place for a spirit. As long as the statue wasn’t smashed, even the Yin Shen couldn’t detect Song Xuyi’s divine presence.

The black gauze blocked most of the statue’s view, and Song Xuyi could only see the woman stepping out of the bathtub without putting on the imperial robe on the floor. She wore inner clothes and let her hair down, slowly walking towards the statue—

Song Xuyi lowered her eyes and saw the woman’s bare feet beneath the black gauze.

Even though she knew the woman couldn’t possibly sense her presence, Song Xuyi still felt incredibly nervous.

The black gauze fell.

Song Xuyi saw a face.

The face was both familiar and unfamiliar to Song Xuyi. It was still the same stunning beauty, but far more refined and mature than when she was fourteen. Her height seemed a bit taller, her figure curvier, and perhaps because of being possessed by the Yin Shen, despite her extraordinary beauty, Jiang Ruoyu’s allure seemed to carry a layer of danger. Especially the small red mole at the corner of her eye, which used to make Jiang Ruoyu look playful and cute, now inexplicably reminded Song Xuyi of blood spattered on snow…

It seemed that in just an instant, the young girl Song Xuyi watched grow up had transformed from a maiden into a now enchanting and bewitching woman.

While Song Xuyi was observing Jiang Ruoyu, Jiang Ruoyu was also studying the statue.

Her eyes were dark and seemingly bottomless, scanning the statue inch by inch. In the earlier rush, Song Xuyi hadn’t noticed, but now she realized that this statue was once the one from the imperial palace of Jiang Kingdom.

Jiang Ruoyu had actually moved the statue from the imperial palace into her own chamber?

“Did I sense it wrong?” Jiang Ruoyu suddenly muttered, frowning. After glancing around, she slipped on a pair of wooden clogs and left the room.

Song Xuyi didn’t dare to make any sudden moves; Ruoyu was extremely smart and might double back unexpectedly.

Sure enough, before long, several small streams of black, violent energy seeped through the gaps of the doors into the room. They inspected the room before slipping back out.

Then, with a creaking sound, the door opened again and then closed once more.

Jiang Ruoyu, holding a jug of wine, walked back into the room.

“Xuyi, come and talk me out of drinking.”

Jiang Ruoyu’s gaze swept over the statue, and Song Xuyi even suspected that Jiang Ruoyu had already discovered her. Then, with a wave of Jiang Ruoyu’s hand, the jade statue suddenly started to move. It mechanically stepped down from the pedestal and walked to Jiang Ruoyu’s side, speaking in Song Xuyi’s voice—

“Ruoyu, you cannot drink!”

Song Xuyi was shocked; the voice and tone coming from the statue were almost identical to hers!

Jiang Ruoyu seemed accustomed to the statue’s admonitions and continued drinking on her own, instructing the statue on what to do: “You should say, ‘Drinking harms your body. While you’re young now, drinking too much will surely make you age faster,’ and then take my wine jug away…”

The statue spoke as Jiang Ruoyu instructed and then took away Jiang Ruoyu’s wine jug.

…

But Jiang Ruoyu snatched the jug back once more!

Probably because she had been drinking, Jiang Ruoyu’s eyes looked a bit red. She took a few more sips from the jug and, for some reason, suddenly became angry—

“You’re definitely not her! If it were her, I’d never dare to snatch things from her hands! I really want to see her…”

Jiang Ruoyu didn’t say anything more. She stared blankly out the window, and no one knew what she was thinking.

The statue stood stiffly beside her, making her appear even more lonely…

No one knew how much time passed until a knocking sound came from outside. Jiang Ruoyu’s expression instantly changed to the cold demeanor she had when possessed by the Yin Shen.

“Jiang Xin has taken her own life! The ministers are all kneeling and requesting you to take the throne—” a eunuch cheerfully announced to Jiang Ruoyu.

Jiang Ruoyu responded with an indifferent “hmm” before walking out of the room.

Song Xuyi quickly seized this moment to withdraw her divine sense, her eyes filling with tears uncontrollably—

She never imagined that Jiang Ruoyu would miss her so much!

Is this how Ruoyu has been living for these past eight years?

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LP: Re-translated on December 10, 2024

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