I speedrunned the fairies' game!

Chapter 10 Borrowing a Light

"The fairy in black?"

"What does this woman look like?"

The two fairies from Cihang Sword Sect asked in unison.

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The waiter was surprised for a moment, then smiled and said, "Reporting to the two fairies, that fairy in black is extremely tall and wears a silver-white veil, so her exact appearance cannot be seen. However, judging from her eyes alone, she must be a great beauty! Just as beautiful as you two!"

"Xi Yue, what do you think?" Cen Qing asked her junior sister, the Holy Maiden, using a secret technique to transmit her voice.

Xiao Xiyue lowered her eyes and replied, "The black clothes and silver gauze do indeed match the characteristics of the Cangming Saintess that Senior Sister Lin is currently pursuing. However, these two points alone are not enough to make a complete conclusion."

Seeing the two women's aura of coldness and majesty, as if they were not ordinary people, the waiter asked curiously, "Gentlemen, is that black-clad fairy perhaps your fellow disciple? Could it be that our Tai'an City is going to hold some kind of immortal gathering? Haha, that would be wonderful! Today, there are unusual phenomena in the city, with scorching sun and flying snow. I knew it must be something extraordinary!"

"Flying Snow?"

Xiao Xiyue's beautiful eyes narrowed.

A distinct ripple appeared on her usually serene and beautiful face.

"Snowflakes falling in the sweltering heat—this must be our sect's ultimate cold-dispelling curse!"

Cen Qing, standing nearby, excitedly transmitted her voice: "Hey, Xi Yue, you said it yourself, before Senior Sister Lin's jade tablet shattered, the direction her remnant spirit flowed was right towards Tai'an City! So all of this is definitely not a coincidence! The only one who could force Senior Sister Lin to use this forbidden spell is that old hag from the Cangming Sect!"

"But."

Xiao Xiyue pursed her lips, her expression hesitant: "Using such a forbidden spell in a densely populated mortal town will inevitably implicate innocent civilians. Would Senior Sister Lin really do that? I... I don't believe it."

“Why wouldn’t she?” Cen Qing sighed and said, “Xi Yue, people change. The Senior Sister Lin you remember no longer exists from the day you defeated her and were chosen as the Holy Maiden!”

"She'll do anything to prove to the elders that she's better than you, the Holy Maiden! How many times has she tripped you up in the past two years? Several times she almost got you killed!"

Xiao Xiyue's pretty face fell, and she remained silent.

The waiter, unable to hear their telepathic exchange, watched them remain silent for a long time before cautiously saying, "Ladies, if you are looking for the fairy in black, it is too late today. Why not come again tomorrow morning—"

"When that fairy booked this shop, she repeatedly instructed that no outsiders were allowed to enter tonight. We are just ordinary people trying to make a living; please don't make things difficult for us."

"Difficult to do?"

Cen Qing was already anxious, and upon hearing this, she immediately frowned. With a "clang," her hand pressed on the hilt of her sword, and the long sword was half-drawn from its sheath, the cold light making the waiter's face turn pale.

"Now, do you still find it difficult? We are determined to stay here tonight, do you understand?"

"Senior sister, stop."

Xiao Xiyue quickly stopped her, saying, "Bullying the weak is not the behavior of a righteous disciple like us."

Her voice was as gentle as ever, yet it carried an imposing aura.

Cen Qing ultimately dared not disobey her junior sister, the Holy Maiden, and sheathed her sword.

"Shopkeeper."

Xiao Xiyue looked at the waiter in front of her and said softly, "Look, all these guest rooms are just sitting empty anyway. That black-clad fairy can't possibly stay in all of them, can she?"

"My senior sister and I are disciples of the Cihang Sword Sect, a righteous sect in Zhongzhou. We have been traveling south to capture the demonic witch, and we are exhausted from the long journey. Therefore, we would like to ask the innkeeper to secretly reserve a room for us. We will leave quietly before dawn, and that black-clad fairy will not know anything. What do you think of this arrangement?"

Cen Qing, who was standing nearby, quickly added, "Shopkeeper, don't you think it's strange that the black-clad fairy booked an entire shop by herself? Aren't you afraid that she might be a demonic witch using your inn to do some shady, evil things? Like... sewing corpses and refining souls or something?"

These words terrified the waiter, who turned pale. Then, he suddenly remembered something: "That's right, that fairy in black... she has a husband! Her husband looks very young, like a refined scholar who has read many books! It's only natural that this couple would stay at an inn in the wilderness, enjoying their private time together and not wanting outsiders to disturb them."

Upon hearing this, the two women were shocked.

"Xi Yue, it is said that the Cangming Saintess Luo Yuling cultivates the Supreme Way of Ruthlessness, and hates men like the plague, therefore..."

"In that case, the woman in black could not possibly be that old hag."

Cen Qing looked at her junior sister, the Saintess, who possessed both beauty and wisdom and was recognized by the righteous path as a "beauty seen only once in five thousand years": "What do you think?"

"Quite the opposite."

Xiao Xiyue narrowed her beautiful eyes and said in a deep voice, "If Senior Sister Lin really uses the Absolute Cold Demon-Slaying Forbidden Curse at the cost of consuming her own essence, she can at least bind Luo Yuling for a while, if not defeat her in one fell swoop. With Senior Sister Lin's cultivation, it will not be difficult for her to get away at that time."

"Now that Senior Sister Lin has perished, it means that Luo Yuling has won. As for how the latter managed to kill Senior Sister Lin under the seal of the Absolute Cold Curse—"

"Isn't an unexpected accomplice the most reasonable explanation?"

"Wow, this deduction is truly insightful! No wonder she is the Holy Maiden."

Cen Qing looked at this genius junior sister who was several years younger than her and couldn't help but feel a deep respect for her.

A picture even flashed through her mind—

Amidst the swirling snow, Senior Sister Lin and the demonic sect's enchantress were both severely injured when a handsome young man suddenly appeared from behind!

Unable to move, Senior Sister Lin adopted her usual high-and-mighty lecturing attitude from the sect and fiercely rebuked the scholar!
The scholar flew into a rage and slashed with his knife!

Senior Sister Lin's neck twisted to the side, and she collapsed into a pool of blood!
"Damn, why does it feel kind of satisfying to think about it?"

"Senior Sister Lin, please don't blame me in heaven. Our Xi Yue will avenge you!"

Cen Qing thought to herself, then looked at her junior sister again: "Xi Yue, if that's the case, then you're certain that the woman in black who stayed at the inn was Luo—"

She hadn't finished speaking.

But then they saw the waiter already eagerly leading the way.
"Please come in, ladies!"

The room on the third floor of the inn.

"My God, Xiyue, you really gave me three spirit stones?"

Cen Qing stared speechlessly at her junior sister, the Saintess, who sat cross-legged opposite her, eyes closed in deep concentration. "Do you know that, according to current market prices, one mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one tael of gold? Three taels of gold for a stay in such a dilapidated inn? We're losing a fortune!"

"No."

Xiao Xiyue shook her head and said, "Senior sister, look, we wasted so much breath arguing with that waiter, but it was not as effective as these few spirit stones. This trip down the mountain has really given us a chance to see and learn about the customs and culture of the mortal world. Isn't this a rare opportunity for us to cultivate?"

"Okay, okay, you have long legs. You're right."

Cen Qing patted her junior sister's long, shapely legs in white silk stockings, then looked at the translucent wooden wall beside her. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and her eyes flashed: "Hey, could it be that the house next door is it?"

“Exactly.” Fairy Xiao slowly opened her eyes, revealing clear and cold pupils: “Next door is the room of the woman in black who is suspected to be Luo Yuling, and her lover’s accomplice.”

Despite her extreme hatred for the demonic witch, the gentle and dignified woman could never bring herself to utter the word "lover."

"You're really something, Xiyue!"

Cen Qing clapped her hands with a smile and said, "In that case, these three spirit stones were not wasted! I need to use the Sound-Gazing Technique to find out the truth."

"Wait a minute," Xiao Xiyue stopped her, "Senior sister, the person opposite you is a powerful demonic cultivator who is one of the top ten demons. If you use your magic rashly, she will definitely notice."

"Then what do you mean?"

"Please, Senior Sister Cen," Xiao Xiyue said, her head bowed, a faint blush rising on her fair cheeks. After a long pause, she spoke in a very low voice, "Go and listen along the wall to see if there's anything unusual."

"You, Saintess Xiao! You're afraid of losing face as a Saintess, so you instigated your own senior sister to do this eavesdropping?" Cen Qing glared at her immediately, then grinned, "But I'm happy to do it!"

As she spoke, she tiptoed toward the wall, and just as she was about to lean in to listen, she heard a woman's rapid breathing coming from next door.

The sound was faint and rapid, carrying a few soft moans that sounded like pain, and it stopped abruptly after several sounds.

The two fairies from Cihang Sword Sect exchanged a surprised glance.

"Xi Yue, can you hear me?"

"Um"

Xiao Xiyue lowered her head and murmured, "That woman seemed to have been beaten very badly. So, could it be that we guessed wrong? That woman in black wasn't Luo Yuling?"

"Possibly. After all, that Luo Sheng Gu is already past her prime, and this voice sounds like..."

Cen Qing was clearly intrigued and immediately went to the wall, ready to listen carefully.

Just then, the sounds of an increasingly intense fight came from next door!
The two women felt a sudden tightness in their chests again.

"Looks like the two of them are fighting."

Xiao Xiyue clenched her fingers around the hem of her dress, biting her lip lightly: "Yes. Most men in this mortal world are vulgar, taking advantage of their physical strength to abuse their wives, which is truly hateful. How about we—"

She hadn't finished speaking.

She seemed to have been beaten too badly by her husband.

The woman next door's breathing began to choke slightly, and finally, it turned into a scream like a pig being slaughtered, as if it had broken free of some kind of restraint: "Oh oh oh oh, sob sob—"

In an instant, the two unmarried maidens of Cihang were dumbfounded and speechless!

After one breath.

"That's fine."

Fairy Xiao said softly, "Senior Sister Cen, let's shut down our hearing and get some rest for the night. Tomorrow we'll go directly to Senior Sister Lin. As for the woman next door..."

"We can completely rule out the possibility that it is Luo Yuling."

"Although that witch is cruel and wicked, and her crimes are unforgivable, she is also strong-willed. No man in this world could humiliate her to such an extent and make her utter such shameful sounds."

"I don't think so," Cen Qing leaned closer and whispered, "Hey, Xi Yue, you're a grown woman now. Don't you think the sounds from next door sound like a man and woman talking—"

"Senior sister, please be quiet."

Fairy Xiao's fair and beautiful face was once again flushed with a captivating blush. "In any case, this matter is no longer our concern. We only need to confirm that the woman next door is definitely not Luo Yuling, and that is enough."

"No no no."

Cen Qing shook her head again: "I've heard that women can change their behavior at certain times, which is only human nature. So, the woman next door might very well be Luo Yuling!"

"Senior sister, do you really have to talk about these pointless things?"

Fairy Xiao raised her head, her usually serene and flawless oval face now displaying a mixture of anger and arrogance: "Then I'll tell you now, I, Xiao Xiyue, will never become like that in front of a man."

"What a shameful and disgraceful sight."

“That’s true.” Cen Qing stuck out her tongue and laughed, “In all of Kyushu, I really can’t think of any man who could conquer our most noble and holy saintess of Cihang Sword Sect.”

After he finished speaking, the sounds of fighting and banging against the wall came from next door again.

"Alright, Senior Sister, shut off your five senses and get some rest. You've really suffered these past two days and two nights of traveling."

Xiao Xiyue sighed softly, her tone softening somewhat.

After saying that, she stood up and walked slowly. Her slender legs, wrapped in white silk, gleamed under the light. Every step seemed to be on cloud-like fabric. In the blink of an eye, she had stepped out the door.

"Where are you going, junior sister?"

"I'm going outside for some fresh air."

In the next room.

The duel finally came to a conclusion.

"Holy Maiden, this junior is too kind!"

Chen Ran put one hand on his hip and deftly sheathed his sword.

Looking down at the disheveled, completely exhausted inner strength, the Demonic Saintess stood before him.

To be honest, her face after removing the veil was absolutely stunning.

It possesses both the liveliness of a young girl and the allure and beauty of a mature fairy.

Although he hasn't encountered any of the main heroines in the game yet, he's certain that their looks are nowhere near as beautiful as this Holy Maiden.

Seeing that the other person's gaze was unfocused and they remained silent.

Chen Ran knelt down, stroking the Holy Maiden's disheveled high bun without any hesitation, and said softly:
“Aunt Luo, after that vigorous exercise, the evil markings that had plagued your body for years were completely removed, but your internal energy is now disordered and you urgently need to calm down and regulate your breathing.”

"Alright, I'll go out for some fresh air first. We can discuss the speedrun later... oh wait, I mean, the southward route!"

After saying that, he walked out of the room and carefully closed the door behind him.

As you stroll along the corridor, a gentle night breeze wafts through the air.

Thinking about entering the real Kyushu tomorrow and officially starting his cultivation journey in this fantastical world, Chen Ran felt extremely content.

"At this moment, it would be even more perfect if we had a Liqun cigarette."

As he thought this, he subconsciously rummaged in his pocket and actually pulled out the last cigarette!
Then the problem is coming.

He had not yet begun his cultivation and lacked the spiritual energy to start a fire, and the shop had already closed.
"Are we really going to use a Fire-Breaking Talisman to light a cigarette? Is that really such an extravagant thing to do?"

Chen Ran was struggling with his own thoughts.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a slender, graceful figure in white at the end of the corridor, her legs long and slender, leaning against the windowsill, gazing at the starry sky.

She was none other than a Taoist fairy!
Not only that, but look at the headdress of the Taoist priest and the pair of high-heeled jade shoes embroidered with cloud patterns on her jade feet, they are from Cihang Sword Sect!
So why would a disciple of Cihang Sword Sect appear in the beginner village of Tai'an City?

Could it be.
In an instant, countless guesses flashed through Chen Ran's mind.

And quickly made a not-too-risk decision—to slowly walk toward that figure.

At that moment, Xiao Xiyue had already sensed the footsteps behind her.

She frowned slightly, her expression remaining aloof as she turned, completely ignoring the ordinary man approaching her, and walked straight towards her room.

As the two brushed past each other.

A deep, magnetic male voice reached her ear:

"Fairy, may I borrow a light?"

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