Time travel, quick transmigration

That night, with only a dim lamp, Shi Yan lay on her bed communicating with 0804.

"Xiao Ba, did Li Longji leave people to guard the Dongling Temple?"

To verify her suspicions, Shi Yan summoned 0804.

0804 floated above her and nodded its little head.

"When Li Longji left, he ordered four of his twelve personal guards to stay behind and keep an eye on the area around Dongling Temple in order to protect your safety."

While they were called guards, they also implied surveillance, a fact Shi Yan understood.

"Xiao Huanling invited me to go out for a spring outing tomorrow, and I agreed. To avoid being seen, I plan to go out quietly. Do you have any good ideas?"

"After all, I came here to cultivate in seclusion. In front of Li Longji, I even put on such a devout attitude of learning Taoism. If his subordinates find out that I went out to play, especially with Xiao Huanling, it will not be a good thing if they report it to Li Longji. He cannot tolerate being deceived, and he will be even more angry that I am getting too close to a strange man."

"I don't want others to know that I have any connection with A-Ling, especially I don't want Li Longji to know that I know A-Ling. I don't want A-Ling to be affected or hurt in any way because of my relationship with her."

0804 was in a bad mood.

"If that's the case, why are you causing trouble? Just stay in the temple and that will be fine."

Shi Yan sensed 0804's dissatisfaction and spoke kindly to him.

"Xiao Ba, I get bored staying in the Taoist temple all day, and I'm also very curious about riding horses. In the real world, where would I ever have the chance to ride a horse, let alone a beautiful white horse like Liu Yun?"

"I also want to go out for a walk and enjoy the scenery in this beautiful spring weather. Xiao Ba, we haven't had a proper time to play since we came here, shall we go play together?"

Shi Yan's tone was extremely soft, almost like she was being coquettish, leaving 0804 speechless.

"If you wanted to go out with me, you should have just said so earlier. Why did you have to wait until Xiao Huanling suggested it before telling me?"

0804 was being a bit arrogant, and while she was happy that Shi Yan wanted to play with it, she was also somewhat reluctant to bring Xiao Huanling along.

However, it couldn't conjure a horse out of thin air for Shi Yan. In order not to disappoint Shi Yan, it decided to reluctantly accept Xiao Huanling to go with them.

“There is a back door in the back courtyard of Dongling Temple that was sealed off a long time ago. There is a bamboo forest outside the back door. You can see the road after passing through the bamboo forest.”

“Few people know about that place. Those who knew about Dongling Temple are all gone, let alone the four imperial guards who were hiding in the shadows and knew nothing about Dongling Temple.”

"If you find it troublesome, I also have an invisibility pill here that can make you invisible after taking it. However, you haven't accumulated enough merit points yet, so you can't exchange it. Once you change the fate of Yang Yuhuan in this era, you will receive 10,000 merit points. Corresponding items require corresponding merit points to exchange, so you can exchange them as needed. For example, one invisibility pill lasts for half an hour and requires 100 merit points to exchange. You just need to take it in advance."

0804's words really surprised Shi Yan.

"Little Ba, you have such a skill? Why didn't you tell me sooner? I thought you were just a little dumpling who only knew how to sleep and at most had some precognitive abilities. I didn't expect you to be so talented."

"So it turns out I also have benefits. If you hadn't told me today, I probably wouldn't have known until I left here."

Shi Yan was somewhat speechless.

She said she was inexplicably pulled into this parallel universe and tied to 0804, a seemingly unreliable little dumpling. They said they were supposed to accumulate merit, but the whole thing was done step by step without any cheats. She even complained in her heart that he was unreliable. Little did she know that there were actually cheats all along, but 0884 just didn't say anything at first.

Upon learning that she could exchange merits for the cheat, Shi Yan suddenly felt much more at ease. Although she couldn't use it yet, she felt reassured.

“In that case, after breakfast tomorrow, Xiao Huanling and I will go find the blocked back door and leave through it.”

0804 responded with a "okay" and returned to Shi Yan's sea of ​​consciousness.

The next morning, Shi Yan changed out of her monastic robes into a lighter dress and told Xiao Die to tell Qing Feng that she would not be attending the morning, noon and evening classes because of her headache. She then asked her to take the breakfast from the food box to Xiao Huanling's room to eat together.

Xiao Huanling had a regular schedule and woke up earlier than both her and Xiao Die.

As soon as Shi Yan stepped into his room, Xiao Huanling came forward to greet her and speak to her.

"You got up so early today. I thought you were going to sleep a little longer."

Shi Yan looked at Xiao Huanling's face, which was smiling brightly with a hint of brilliance and dazzling light, and barely managed to resist the urge to pinch his cheek.

"You think I'm like you? As a girl, I'll become ugly if I don't get enough sleep. You're pretty enough, so becoming a little less attractive won't make a difference, but it's different for me."

Xiao Huanling was stunned for a moment by Shi Yan's novel remarks. Looking at Shi Yan's beautiful face, which was both delicate and alluring, he couldn't associate it with the word "ugly." As for Shi Yan saying he was handsome, he didn't know what was so handsome about him. But he was happy to find that Shi Yan liked looking at his face.

Although he didn't quite understand and didn't agree with her, he didn't refute Shi Yan's words and went along with her.

"You just like to sleep a little longer and aren't in a hurry to get up."

Realizing that Shi Yan was getting up earlier than usual because they had made plans to go out together, he felt a little guilty.

“We can go out a little later. If you haven’t slept well, you can go back to your room and sleep for a while after breakfast. We’ll go out after you’ve slept well.”

Shi Yan smiled gently at the person opposite him.

"Ah Ling is such a considerate and good man."

"I'm just venting to you, don't take it seriously. There are benefits to waking up early."

"Hurry up and eat. We'll leave after breakfast. I'm really looking forward to seeing Liuyun with you."

Xiaodie had already set out breakfast and sat down next to Shiyan. She picked up her chopsticks, took a bite of a spring roll, and looked at the two of them who were drinking porridge with their heads down.

"My lady, my lord, what should I prepare for our outing later?"

His tone was full of anticipation and joy.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan paused for a moment before realizing that she had forgotten to tell Xiao Die that she wouldn't be taking her out today.

"Xiaodie, this time we rescued me and A-Ling, so we went out together. You have to stay here, otherwise if someone comes to Huanqing Residence, we'll be exposed if neither of us is there."

Xiao Die's lips twitched upon hearing this, and she looked pitifully at Shi Yan and Xiao Huanling.

Shi Yan's heart softened at her gaze, but she still hardened her heart. "Xiao Die, you know my situation. It wouldn't be right for A Ling and me to go out without you, but Huanqing Residence really needs someone to look after it, and having too many people would only attract attention. I know you're the most sensible one. I'm going to Chang Le Fang soon, and we'll go shopping together then. I'll buy you whatever you like."

Shi Yan had even used a consultative tone when she said this, so Xiao Die, no matter how disappointed she was, couldn't possibly have any more emotions.

Xiao Die trembled when she met Xiao Huanling's dark gaze. She realized that her actions had been far too presumptuous. She was just a servant girl; she should listen to whatever Shi Yan said and had no right to object. She had forgotten her place; she shouldn't have done that. Shi Yan had treated her well enough as her mistress, yet she had still shown displeasure towards Shi Yan.

"My lady, you and Young Master Xiao have a good time. Don't worry, Xiao Die is here with you."