HITA Chapter 23

In the early morning, as soon as the window was opened, fresh air rushed into the room. Then, the sun slowly emerged with beams of golden lights. The sun rising in the east covered the earth with rays of sunlight, and soon, the whole world was dazzling with golden light. The world was suddenly full of life and energy.

However, none of these could wake up the sleeping Shi Shuiyue.

After opening the window, Mulan turned around to look at Shi Shuiyue, who was still motionless in bed, and couldn’t help but want to laugh. 

“Sect Master, wake up!” Mulan walked over and patted the blanket on Shi Shuiyue’s body. Shi Shuiyue, whose sleep got disturbed, slowly poked her head out of the blanket. 

“Sect Master, it’s time for you to wake up and eat breakfast!” Mulan poked Shi Shuiyue’s face—so soft.

“Um…you go prepare first.” Shi Shuiyue opened her eyes slightly to look at Mulan, but it didn’t seem like she wanted to get up.

Upon hearing her words, Mulan reckoned that she could only go prep for breakfast first. 

“Aiya.”

The door was closed, but the sunlight from outside the window sneaked inside and shone mischievously on Shi Shuiyue’s half exposed face. 

After several minutes, the rustling sound of the blanket could be heard inside the quiet room. The person under the blanket moved slightly, and then slowly went back into the blanket again.

When Mulan came in with breakfast and found Shi Shuiyue still lying on the bed, her face darkened. 

“Sect Master~” Her lingering voice penetrated the warm blanket and reached Shi Shuiyue’s ears. 

Shi Shuiyue, who was still sleeping, suddenly felt a chill down her back. 

Then, three seconds later, Shi Shuiyue abruptly sat up and turned her head to look at Mulan, who had a sweet smile on her face. She quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva. 

“Mhm…the blanket didn’t want to let me go. It’s true—it’s not that I didn’t want to wake up.” Shi Shuiyue looked at Mulan with an earnest expression. 

With a smile on her face, Mulan nodded her head and handed Shi Shuiyue a spoon. She said in a gentle voice, “Eat breakfast first~”

Shi Shuiyue looked down at the black lump in the spoon and asked, “What is this…”

The smile on Mulan’s face deepened as she said, “This is the nourishing congee that Muqing made.”

Shi Shuiyue: “…”

“You can’t let Muqing’s good intentions go to waste ah!” After Mulan said that, she stuffed the spoon into Shi Shuiyue’s mouth. 

Shi Shuiyue: “…” She glanced at Mulan, who had a bright smile on her face, and quietly swallowed the ‘dark cuisine’. 

She won’t ever sleep in again!

After eating breakfast, Mulan briskly packed up and left. Shi Shuiyue, on the other hand, lay on the bed unable to recover from the trauma. 

“Hey, did something happen? Why is Mulan so happy…” Someone suddenly barged in, and when she saw Shi Shuiyue lying lifelessly on the bed, the corners of her mouth twitched, “What’s wrong with you?” 

Shi Shuiyue tilted her head slightly to look at her and weakly greeted, “Ah, Ning Wu, you’re back…”

Ning Wu: “…” Why did she look as if she had been sucked dry? ‘Tell me, what did you do while I was away?’

After resting for a while, Shi Shuiyue propped herself up on the bed. She tidied her messy hair, and then asked, “Did you find anything?”

Upon hearing this question, Ning Wu’s expression became serious, “I found some amazing things!”

Shi Shuiyue gave her face and pretended to be curious, “Oh, what is it?”

“This…” Ning Wu winked at Shi Shuiyue and said, “I’ll tell you if you give me a kiss~”

Shi Shuiyue: ‘Hello, is this the police? Someone is harassing me!’

“Alright, I’ll stop teasing you.” Ning Wu chuckled. She looked around and noticed that she didn’t see that man around, so she asked, “That’s strange. Where’s that man who has been following you around?”

It would have been fine if it wasn’t mentioned, but as soon as Shi Shuiyue heard this, the relaxed expression on her face immediately dimmed. 

Muqing and Mulan were afraid of triggering Shi Shuiyue, so they didn’t dare mention it in front of her. They also placed a gag order on the other members of the sect. Shi Shuiyue, of course, was aware of this, but she didn’t say—nor did she want to say—anything about it.

Now, with Ning Wu’s reminder, all the emotions came out all at once and made Shi Shuiyue gasp for her breath. 

“Hey, are you alright?!” Ning Wu was shocked by Shi Shuiyue’s sudden emotional reaction. She hurriedly poured a cup of water for her and asked, “Are you okay?”

Shi Shuiyue took a sip of the water that was handed to her. She gradually calmed down and replied, “I’m fine.”

Ning Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I thought you were sick. You scared me to death!”

Shi Shuiyue smiled and said, “To be able to scare you, I reckon I’m really capable.”

Ning Wu glared at her and said, “We’re discussing serious matters—stop interrupting!”

“Ok–ok–ok.”

When Ning Wu first arrived at the Hundred Poison Sect, Shi Shuiyue had sent her out on a secret mission.

It was to go to collect information at the barbarous and remote land—Yuehua City.

The reason was simple. Although it was unimportant and briefly mentioned in the novel, Shi Shuiyue felt that it wouldn’t be so simple. Thus, she sent Ning Wu over to keep an eye on the area in hope that she could gather some useful information. 

Ning Wu poured a cup of tea for herself, took a sip, and then explain—

“As expected, this Yuehua City isn’t that simple.” Ning Wu said, “I stayed there for several months before they finally let the cat out of the bag. It wasn’t until recently that I found out what they were hiding.” 

“What is it?” Shi Shuiyue looked at Ning Wu with wide eyes. 

It was uncertain whether she did it intentionally or not, but Ning Wu picked up her cup of tea and took another sip.

Shi Shuiyue: “…” She seriously wanted to beat her up.

“It turns out that the Token of Connected Hearts is in Yuehua City!” Ning Wu whispered into Shi Shuiyue’s ears. 

What?! This information scared Shi Shuiyue quite a bit, but at the same time, she also couldn’t help but marvel that it was such a coincidence! She just found out what the Token of Connected Hearts was, and now, there was news about it. Wasn’t this just forcing her to go find the Token of Connected Hearts?

Ning Wu was very satisfied as she looked at Shi Shuiyue’s expression. She was also very surprised when she found out about this information! Who would have thought that the Token of Connected Hearts would actually be in a desolate city?!

“Sect Master, this is a big piece of fat meat ah!” Ning Wu hinted—it would be such a pity not to take advantage of such a good opportunity! 

Shi Shuiyue muttered, “Mhm.” Then she calmly said, “I don’t like to eat fatty meat.”

Ning Wu: ‘It was just a metaphor! Metaphor! You don’t have to be so serious ah!’

Shi Shuiyue couldn’t suppress her laughter as she looked at Ning Wu’s expression. She waved her hand and said, “Ok, ok—I know. You must be tired from your long journey. You should go take a rest first.”

Ning Wu rubbed her temples. She was indeed somewhat tired, so she nodded and said, “Then you think carefully about it. I’ll go rest first.”

Shi Shuiyue voiced an agreement and carelessly played with the teacup in her hand. 

Seeing that Ning Wu had disappeared into the distance, Shi Shuiyue finally put down the teacup.

At this moment, Muqing came over and looked excitedly at Shi Shuiyue, “Sect Master, Mulan told me that you finished the nourishing congee that I made?”

Shi Shuiyue: “…”

“Ahhhhh—Sect Master, you really do still love me!” Muqing hugged Shi Shuiyue. 

Shi Shuiyue stuck her head out of her embrace and sulkily said, “I want to eat osmanthus cakes.”

Muqing released Shi Shuiyue and said with a smile, “I’ll go buy it for you now, Sect Master. Lalala~” Then she skipped outside. 

Shi Shuiyue rubbed her own face. Then she took out the mind map that she had compiled and wrote the characters ‘Yuehua City’ next to her name.

Shi Shuiyue reckoned that it seemed like she must go take a look at the situation this time.

Yuehua City, Token of Connected Hearts…Shi Shuiyue turned her head to look at the bright sunlight outside the window. Her eyes flickered—there must be something that she didn’t know yet.

The sunlight pierced through the bamboo forest, and pieces of golden fragments landed on the ground. The light wasn’t as majestic as the rising sun, nor as melancholy as the setting sun. It also definitely didn’t have the freshness of the sky after the rain. Instead, it was indistinct and confusing, which made it somewhat puzzling. However, it was this kind of sunlight that shone down into the bamboo forest and allowed the unknown floras in the depth of the forest to flourish. 

It was like a novel—a story—that gradually improved its characters, and finally became a complete collection of stories.

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Ran Shu looked at the scorching sun above her head and couldn’t help but lick her chapped lips. 

She didn’t know how long she had been traveling, but she knew that she had to continue walking because there were still people chasing after her to kill her. Thus she had no other choice.

Speaking of which, Ran Shu felt very aggrieved. She was supposed to be watching TV in her air-conditioned home, but who would have expected that she would travel to this desolate place. Moreover, there were people inexplicably chasing her down to kill her!

It was clearly the original host who did those things! Why were they chasing after her?!

Also, that Tang Xing just had to be so persistent in hunting her. What kind of grudge and grievance did he have with her?!

She really wanted to go home ah…

With this thought in mind, Ran Shu walked aimlessly for a long time. Suddenly, a tall archway appeared in front of her. 

“Yuehua…City.” Ran Shu read out the characters on top of the archway.

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After Yu Ranran posted this chapter, she finally stood up and stretched her back. Then she picked up her phone and casually scrolled through her social media. 

#Street Robber Taken Down by a Female Soldier! Just Simply Satisfying!#

Yu Ranran curiously clicked on the link and saw a video of a beautiful woman agility beating a robber.

And that woman was Shi Shuiyue. 

At this time, the God of Transmigration—

“Bomb!” The God of Transmigration threw out a set of cards with a flaunting expression. He pointed at the other three people at the table and arrogantly said, “Give me the money! Give me the money!” 

The other three gnashed their teeth in anger as they looked at him. He was just a little lucky—what was there to be proud of?!

The God of Love and Marriage looked at him and snorted in disdain, “You’re still in the mood to play cards with us? I heard something went wrong in your department ah!”

The God of Transmigration waved his hand nonchalantly and said, “It’s okay, just a small problem. I already took care of it. Let’s continue…”