HITA Chapter 1

As the saying goes, ‘Wherever there are people, there will be Jianghu¹generally refers to the milieu in which many Chinese wuxia, outlaw fiction, and romantic fantasy stories are set, and wherever there are people, there will inevitably be righteousness, as well as an evil force.’

“I saw the ruthless sect leader coldly looking at him, who was on the verge of dying, and mercilessly snapped his neck. Ahhhh—blood splattered on the hero’s face. This cold-blooded demon!” A crisp voice emotionlessly read out the exclamation as if it was just a sentence. Mulan, who was waiting upon her, felt as if she couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“Just laugh if you want to.” When the woman, who was reading, faintly glanced at her, Mulan immediately turned expressionless and pretended like she didn’t hear anything.

Mulan sensed that the woman had looked away, so she covertly looked over. 

The woman was very beautiful, but she wasn’t the enchanting type of beauty, but instead she was like a green lotus. It seemed like no filth in the world could taint her. However, Mulan knew that the woman in front of her was a demon—Shi Shuiyue, the leader of the Hundred Poison Sect, had killed countless people. Her delicate hands were stained with the blood of countless people.  

“Sect Master, these storytellers are going too far. Should I just kill them for you?!” Muqing, the Left Envoy, walked in with an exquisite box in her hands. It was obvious that she knew how those people outside were slandering her master. 

Shi Shuiyue slowly raised her head and supported her face with her left hand. She nonchalantly said, “They’re not wrong. I’m not a good person in the first place.”

How could the two of them not know this? She was a heinous demon! However, they were only able to survive because Shi Shuiyue had saved them. Thus, in their hearts, Shi Shuiyue was a good person. 

“Alright, let’s stop talking about this. Where’s my osmanthus cake?” Shi Shuiyue waved her hand indifferently, but her eyes were fixed on the box in Muqing’s hands.

Muqing walked forward with a grin. She opened the box and a pleasant aroma wafted out. “Here it is! Sect Master, you must not know but there’s a lot of people at Delicacies Pavilion. I waited in line for a long time ah!”

“Mhm…..thanks for the hard work.” A faint look of satisfaction finally appeared on Shi Shuiyue’s expressionless face after she gulped down the osmanthus cake in one bite.

Upon seeing this, Mulan couldn’t help but laugh, “Sect Master eat slowly, or else you will choke.”

“Mhm.” Shi Shuiyue mumbled a reply. The two of them itched to reach out their hands upon seeing her cheeks bulging out like a squirrel.

“Report! Second Sect Elder sent an urgent message!” A male sect member, who was dressed in a purple robe, rushed in and knelt down on one knee. With his head lowered, he presented the letter in his hands.  

Muqing took the letter and repeatedly checked to ensure that there weren’t any hidden dangers before handing it to Shi Shuiyue. 

Shi Shuiyue looked at the letter, and then looked down at her greasy hands. 

“Qing, you should just read it to me.” As Shi Shuiyue said that, she reached out her hand towards the osmanthus cakes again. 

“You can leave now.” Mulan dismissed the sect member. The sect member responded respectfully, and closed the door as he went out.

Muqing opened the letter and skimmed through it. Her expression suddenly became somewhat serious.  

“Sect Master, I have successfully infiltrated Wulin²generic term for the collective society of martial artists League and learned that Wulin League is planning to form an alliance with Jade Palace Sect to attack our Hundred Poison Sect. Please be prepared, Sect Master. If there is more information, I will continue to report to you. Yours truly, Mo Li.” 

When Mulan heard that, she couldn’t help but sneer, “Such arrogance! A mere Wulin League dares to challenge our sect!”

Muqing didn’t quite agree and said, “However, this Jade Palace Sect isn’t that simple. But didn’t they say that they weren’t going to interfere in our matters with Wulin League? Why…?” Why were they suddenly joining forces with Wulin League?

Mulan didn’t know either. She furrowed her eyebrows and said in an unpleasant tone, “Who knows? None of those righteous people are good anyways!”

“Jade Palace Sect…oh, isn’t it because the daughter of Jade Palace Sect’s leader fell in love with someone from Wulin League? For them to make an exception to help Wulin League, it must have something to do with the daughter of Jade Palace Sect’s leader.” Shi Shuiyue thought about it and said indifferently. 

Mulan and Muqing looked at each other and thought, ‘No wonder!’

“This subordinate shall take our leave now!”

The door closed again. Shi Shuiyue didn’t even look up as she wiped her greasy hands with her handkerchief. She seemed to have thought of something and unconsciously let out a faint sigh. 

“Sect Master…it’s not like I’m Dongfang Bubai³a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong…” Shi Shuiyue muttered. She recalled her own experiences and couldn’t help but wipe away tears of bitterness. 

Her name was Shi Shuiyue. She was originally a regular white-collar worker from the 21th century. Her hobbies were eating, sleeping, and reading novels. Except for her lack of expressions, she was no different from ordinary people. But this ordinary person like herself just happened to catch the eye of the God of Transmigration. 

And this was what the God of Transmigration told her:

“Uh, hello there. Our Department of Transmigration has been suffering tremendously due to the excessive resentment of the novel’s antagonist. Thus, we agreed to satisfy one of her demands. She wanted to try living in a different world…uh…so, in other words, you won the jackpot!”

So, with a bewildered expression, Shi Shuiyue was kicked into the world of that antagonist by the God of Transmigration, and became a villain. She entered the body of Shi Shuiyue, who had the same name as her, and the real ‘Shi Shuiyue’ went into her body in the modern world. 

So, God of Transmigration, was it really okay for you to act so hasty? 

Although she still felt some grievance, there was nothing Shi Shuiyue could do.

Who told her to be an orphan? No one would notice that she was missing even if she disappeared. 

So…how should she put it—she actually felt that this place was quite good.