Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 110 : . Hatred

Xiao Han had been gone for five years, and during this time, she hadn't returned once. Gu Xun'er didn't know where she had gone and didn't dare to venture down the mountain into a completely unfamiliar environment. Thus, she could only glean some news about Xiao Han's recent situation from the casual chatter of Qishan disciples.

Due to her constant unease about Xiao Han's departure, Gu Xun'er had been gloomy for these five years, often curling up under the tree at the entrance of Xiao Han's cave dwelling to daydream. Xiao Yunxi would occasionally come to tease her, bringing food, and the human and fox would sit together under the tree. In her presence, Xiao Yunxi didn't like to talk much, mostly just hugging a bottle of wine stolen from somewhere, drinking alone.

These uneventful days passed silently for five years, until Gu Xun'er heard from the disciples that Xiao Han was together with a woman named Shen Ye.

Gu Xun'er didn't know how she felt when she heard this news. She only felt dazed, as if in a dream, unreal.

It was as if her whole being had been forcefully submerged in water, a feeling of suffocation surging up like a tidal wave, making even her soul feel like it was about to shatter. Pain.

How could it be? How could Senior Sister like someone else?

Senior Sister was hers...

The dazed Gu Xun'er lay under the tree, completely unaware of someone's approach. Even when that person's hand was placed on her head, she remained in a trance.

Looking at the listless little white fox, emanating an aura of disbelief and despair, a strange expression flashed through Xiao Yunxi's eyes.

As usual, she sat down next to Gu Xun'er, leaning against the tree trunk, one hand holding a jug of wine, the other gently stroking the little fox's fine fur.

When Xiao Yunxi sat down, Gu Xun'er finally noticed her arrival, but at this moment, she had no mood to deal with this somewhat intimidating Qishan Sect Leader. She just listlessly glanced at Xiao Yunxi before withdrawing her gaze, continuing to brood.

Xiao Yunxi didn't speak either, just broke the mud seal on the wine jug, narrowed her eyes slightly, drinking while looking into the distance.

When the jug was nearly empty, Xiao Yunxi finally set it aside and looked up at the dejected little fox beside her. Suddenly, as if struck by a playful mood, she pinched the fox's fluffy ear.

For animals, ears are definitely a sensitive area. Even though Gu Xun'er was only a soul attached to this fox body, she couldn't escape this fact. The moment Xiao Yunxi's fingers touched her ear, Gu Xun'er jolted, her entire fox body instantly bristling.

"Yip!" Gu Xun'er reflexively escaped Xiao Yunxi's evil hand, her fur puffed up to twice its size. She bared her teeth at the laughing Sect Leader, making a threatening gesture that held no intimidation at all.

Shaking her ears, Gu Xun'er felt embarrassed and annoyed, wanting to rush up and bite Xiao Yunxi, but mindful of her unfathomably high cultivation, she ultimately didn't dare.

Whimpering discontentedly, Gu Xun'er turned around, presenting her fluffy big tail to Xiao Yunxi, fully displaying her dissatisfaction.

"The little one has quite a temper," Xiao Yunxi said with interest, examining the little fox that hadn't grown at all in twenty years, once again extending her mischievous, evil hand.

Now just an ordinary fox, Gu Xun'er had no power to resist against a powerhouse of unknown high level. She could only lie still and submit to being petted.

Feeling the warm, fluffy fox cub under her hand, Xiao Yunxi sighed, suddenly wanting to raise a furry creature of her own.

It would be even better if it could be as cute as the one Little Han raised.

Maybe she should just lure this cub back to raise herself. After all, Little Han had entrusted the little one to her before leaving, so taking it back to her own cave dwelling shouldn't be too much, right?

For some unknown reason, a sense of being coveted suddenly surged in Gu Xun'er's heart, making her shudder violently, feeling somewhat bewildered.

After teasing the fox for a while, Xiao Yunxi finally remembered the main issue. She sighed and mentioned as if casually, "Little Han really knows how to cause me trouble."

Hearing the familiar name, Gu Xun'er's ears pricked up instantly.

She had more or less come to terms with it. Her arrival in this world was an accident to begin with, and this might not necessarily be Senior Sister's past. It could very well be an illusion created by ill-intentioned people specifically to target her and Senior Sister, with the purpose of driving a wedge between them. When she had entered seclusion, the situation was already very precarious, so this possibility could even be said to be quite high.

Moreover, even if this really was Senior Sister's past, so what? In her memory, Senior Sister had always been the Fourth Young Miss of the Xiao family in Wutan City, growing up in the Xiao family. But in this world, Xiao Han was an orphan who had been picked up, growing up in Qishan. So if this world was also real, it must be Senior Sister's previous life.

Why should she care whether Senior Sister had liked someone else in her previous life? Gu Xun'er was confident that if she could appear in Xiao Han's previous life, Xiao Han would definitely only like her!

Yes, she didn't care at all! Not one bit!

Gu Xun'er thought indignantly, her resentment almost materializing.

Rubbing the little fox's head, Xiao Yunxi narrowed her eyes slightly and said as if joking, "The fox Little Han raised really does seem to understand human nature, just like a real person. It makes me want to raise one too."

Before her words had even fallen, Xiao Yunxi felt the little fox under her hand stiffen slightly. She grinned like a child who had successfully played a prank, looking quite punchable, but unfortunately, Gu Xun'er's entire attention was absorbed by Xiao Yunxi's earlier words and didn't see it.

While teasing the fox, Xiao Yunxi thought about her disciple. Just thinking about Xiao Han's girlfriend named Shen Ye made her frown involuntarily.

After Xiao Han had written to inform her about Shen Ye, she had a bad premonition. Although she had never met this Shen Ye, this woman gave her a very strange feeling. Her intuition told her that this woman would bring something bad to Xiao Han.

Xiao Yunxi had always trusted her intuition, so after feeling something was off, she pondered deeply for a long time and still decided to go and see for herself.

She only had this one disciple, raised from childhood. She couldn't allow anything to go wrong.

After rubbing Gu Xun'er's head one last time, Xiao Yunxi stood up. Gu Xun'er shook her head and looked up at Xiao Yunxi somewhat puzzled.

Xiao Yunxi smiled at her, and without seeming to do anything, a simple and unassuming long sword appeared before her. This sword looked unremarkable, like a cheap item bought from a roadside vendor. But Gu Xun'er dared not underestimate this sword. Xiao Han had often told her about Xiao Yunxi's sword before; it was a genuine Heaven-grade spirit tool.

Having stayed in this world for nearly twenty years, Gu Xun'er naturally knew what the words "Heaven-grade spirit tool" represented.

After summoning the long sword, Xiao Yunxi rubbed Gu Xun'er's little head one last time, then left laughing amidst Gu Xun'er's bristling whimpers.

Gu Xun'er shook her body angrily, once again puzzled as to how such an unreliable person could raise a disciple as calm and steady as her Senior Sister.

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After that, Gu Xun'er never saw Xiao Yunxi again.

Xiao Yunxi had died.

When she heard this news, Gu Xun'er felt dazed, as if unable to believe it. How could that carefree and unrestrained Qishan Sect Leader have died?

But she had to believe this news because the entire Qishan was hung with white lanterns.

With the Sect Leader dead and the Young Sect Leader not yet returned, it was Xiao Yunxi's senior sister, Xiao Yunjin, who stepped forward to take charge of the overall situation.

The originally cold Xiao Yunjin became even more gloomy, and even her closest little disciple, Xiao Zishan, didn't dare to speak much.

Xiao Yunxi's departure was too sudden, catching Qishan off guard. However, fortunately, the daily sect affairs had been managed by Xiao Han on her behalf, and after Xiao Han left, they were handed over to Xiao Yunjin, so Qishan wasn't in a state of panic now.

Gu Xun'er heard from some personal disciples that Xiao Han had been schemed against and fallen into a secret realm called the Gate of Transmigration, and Xiao Yunxi had entered the Gate of Transmigration to save Xiao Han. Afterwards, Xiao Han came out alive, but Xiao Yunxi didn't.

Gu Xun'er suddenly understood why Xiao Han had such a strong reaction when she mentioned Xiao Han's teacher at the Green Lotus Core Flame's location.

How could Xiao Han not be heartbroken when her respected teacher, who was like a mother to her, died because of her?

Gu Xun'er suddenly felt uneasy. With Xiao Han's personality, how could she let this go?

Two days later, Xiao Han returned, and Gu Xun'er had never seen Xiao Han like this before.

In her memory, Xiao Han had always been indifferent, maintaining a calm and unruffled demeanor no matter what happened, always in control.

But now, the Xiao Han sitting before her had bloodshot eyes, her gaze revealing bone-deep hatred, her aura chaotic and frenzied, like a desperate beast on the brink of explosion. She sat on the edge of the bed, her fingers interlaced, the tips of her fingers piercing her skin from excessive force. Fresh blood flowed down her hands, dripping onto the ground drop by drop, making a tick-tock sound that was particularly jarring.

Gu Xun'er circled around her worriedly, finally jumping onto her knee and nuzzling her comfortingly.

"I will make them pay," she heard Xiao Han's voice, gritting her teeth, filled with an undeniable hatred. "I will make Shen Ye and the Luo family accompany my master in death!"

Gu Xun'er's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the one who caused Xiao Yunxi's death was actually that Shen Ye?

The person she loved had killed her most respected and closest teacher... Gu Xun'er couldn't imagine how desperate Xiao Han must be feeling now.

Xiao Han sat quietly in the room all night, and early the next morning, she left. Before leaving Qishan, she went to find Xiao Yunjin. Gu Xun'er didn't know what they talked about, but Xiao Yunjin's expression was clearly not good.

Gu Xun'er instinctively felt that Xiao Han was probably going to do something dangerous. She anxiously circled around Xiao Han, wanting Xiao Han to take her along. She knew how stubborn Xiao Han could be, and now that she was just a pet fox, how could she possibly make Xiao Han change her mind?

However, Xiao Han didn't even glance at her, directly summoning her long sword and leaving on it.

Gu Xun'er whimpered, the anxiety in her heart growing heavier.

At this moment, Gu Xun'er suddenly felt her vision becoming blurry. After a bout of dizziness, she found herself having left Qishan and arrived at an extremely unfamiliar place.

This was an extremely treacherous cliff. As far as the eye could see, black chains stained with mottled bloodstains extended into the darkness beyond what the eye could see. Below the cliff was a sea of viscous darkness. The wind howled all around, sounding like the bloody wails of vengeful spirits, making one's hair stand on end.

Gu Xun'er was stunned for a moment, then realized that she had returned to her soul state.

Where was this?

Just then, she saw Xiao Han at the edge of the cliff and a group of people not far from her.

Xiao Han seemed to be seriously injured, her white robe in tatters, her entire body covered in blood.

Gu Xun'er's eyes widened slightly. Even knowing this might just be an illusion, seeing Xiao Han injured still made her heart ache terribly.

"...Xiao Han, you can't escape. Hand over the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Technique', and I might still spare your life," the man in the lead called out arrogantly, holding a scantily clad woman.

Hearing this, Gu Xun'er suddenly clenched her fists, anger instantly surging up. This person actually dared to speak to Senior Sister like this!

Xiao Han clutched the wound at her waist, which seemed to be the most severe injury on her body. Fresh blood seeped through her fingers, dyeing her white robe blood-red. Her gaze was as fierce as a wolf's as she swept it over the people in front of her. That cold and ruthless aura made everyone unable to look her in the eye directly.

"Have I ever treated you poorly in any way?" Xiao Han slowly opened her mouth to speak.

Gu Xun'er noticed that when Xiao Han said this, the woman nestled in the threatening man's arms changed color dramatically.

Was she Shen Ye? Faced with her former love rival, Gu Xun'er naturally harbored no good feelings towards her, let alone the fact that this person had hurt Xiao Han and caused Xiao Yunxi's death.

"Indeed, I was bewitched. What you wanted was power, was glory and wealth. These are things I couldn't give you. All I could offer you was a sincere heart, but you didn't need my heart at all," Xiao Han laughed softly.

"Killing my teacher, selling me out to these people, Shen Ye, you've gained quite a lot, haven't you?"

Suddenly, a clap of thunder sounded in the sky. The already gloomy sky was covered with dark clouds, and muffled thunder rumbled within the clouds.

Gu Xun'er's expression changed drastically. She could feel a terrifying pressure suddenly arising in the air, and the surrounding energy suddenly became turbulent.

"Shen Ye, I gave you my whole heart, yet you trampled it underfoot, crushing it into the mud. If there's a next life, I will never again easily give away my true feelings!" Her blood-red eyes slowly moved, her bloodthirsty gaze sweeping over each person.

Although Xiao Han's words weren't directed at her, Gu Xun'er still felt as if every word was hammering at her heart, as if about to shatter her heart, painfully.

Senior Sister, is this why you were coldly resistant to my initial advances?

"Don't you want the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique?" Xiao Han smiled, raising her hand that had been at her side, forming a simple seal with both hands.

"Since you've come, don't leave. I will use your souls to pay tribute to my teacher's spirit in heaven!"

"You dare!" The man in the lead instantly changed his expression, shouting loudly but not moving an inch.

"What wouldn't I dare? Young Master Luo, don't you want my technique? I believe you don't really understand what kind of technique the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Technique' is, do you?" Xiao Han slightly raised her head, her tone carrying a madness Gu Xun'er had never seen before. "In that case, let me demonstrate it for free."

As her words fell, violent lightning roared down.

"Senior Sister!!" Gu Xun'er instinctively lunged towards Xiao Han, having realized Xiao Han's intention.

Xiao Han intended to perish together with these people.

She finally reached Xiao Han's front, but her hand passed straight through Xiao Han's body. She watched helplessly as the thick lightning bolts struck indiscriminately towards Xiao Han, unable to do anything.

Gu Xun'er frantically tried to mobilize the Dou Qi within her body, but in the next second, she was enveloped by a familiar sense of weightlessness. The last thing she saw was the cliff crumbling with a thunderous roar, and Xiao Han falling.

Fear instantly spread over her. She wanted to cry out Xiao Han's name but couldn't utter a single word.

Accompanied by the sound of falling and colliding rocks, she plunged into darkness.