Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 2

Yan Zhuguang’s thoughts shifted. It seemed the system was trying to force her to state her position.
If she handled this badly, the system might…
Yan Zhuguang’s mind turned, and her attitude softened. “I only wanted to confirm whether that white moonlight you keep talking about is really that good.”
When the system heard that, it felt there was hope. “Host, you just saw her. Why did you still refuse?”
Yan Zhuguang asked, “How did she die?”
The system said weakly, “She was poisoned by Frostflight Snow, a slow poison that makes a person stiff little by little, turns them into an ice statue, and finally makes their whole body scatter into snowflakes.”
As expected of a white moonlight. Even her death was so sadly beautiful.
“For someone like her, why would anyone hate her enough to kill her that way?” Even if the final moment must have been beautiful, the process of slowly turning stiff had to be painful.
How much hatred did someone need to use such a method against her?
Who could bear to hurt a person like that?
And also, “The poisons in this world are that powerful?”
The system said guiltily, “Finding the killer is Host’s duty. That wasn’t written in the book.”
Otherwise, there would be no need for this system to exist.
“As for that poison, maybe the author created it on purpose to make the white moonlight’s image stand out more.”
A poison like that in the cultivation world did feel rather strange.
As they drew near the servant disciples’ area, Yan Zhuguang slowed and fell into thought.
“Host,” the system said in a small voice, “what do you think? Will you accept the quest?”
“Let me tell you, if Host does not accept the main quest, then you cannot fully bind with the system. Your authority will not be enough, and there will be many limits on the information you can receive.”
“I have already broken rules by telling Host this much. If Host does not bind with me, I will be punished when I go back.”
“Host, pity me a little. QAQ.”
The system began selling misery. Yan Zhuguang showed a wavering expression, but in her heart she thought of something else.
Go back? So there is someone behind the system controlling it.
The system kept pushing. “Host, I am very useful. After binding, you can get a small map program, a favorability program, and many, many treasures. As long as you complete quests, you can get them!”
“Originally, there were side quests like joining Yimiao Sect and completing the first intake of spiritual energy. Look, you missed them all. What a shame.”
Yan Zhuguang asked, “Then after I accept the main quest now, can those side quests count as completed?”
“Eh?” The system froze. “In theory… I think they can.”
“Only in theory?” Yan Zhuguang raised a brow.
“They absolutely can! Guaranteed!”
The system rubbed its little hands. “Then, Host…”
Yan Zhuguang asked again, “Can the rewards for those side quests be changed into things I want?”
“The rewards are treasures that improve spiritual roots. They are very good for Host.”
Yan Zhuguang repeated, “Can they be changed into things I want?”
“Yes, yes. Whatever Host wants, I can help you exchange them!”
“What can guarantee that after I bind with you, you won’t go back on your word?”
“I will write it into the program right now. Unless someone has the highest-level authority, no one can change it.”
So, Host, please agree already. Sob.
It had finally met a host with such strong ability to act. To tell the truth, it did not want to unbind from her at all.
What former host had ever had her ability? She had not even bound with the system yet, but she had already completed most of the preliminary tasks.
It had a feeling that if this host took the mission, it would absolutely succeed. As long as it bound with Host, it could share Host’s merit. Then it could get promoted, get a raise, and reach the peak of system life. Just thinking about it felt wonderful.
Yan Zhuguang was very satisfied with the system’s attitude. Good. This system had been trained about enough. It was time to give it a sweet date.
Under the system’s hopeful gaze, Yan Zhuguang was just about to agree when a voice suddenly burst in and interrupted their exchange.
“Yan Zhuguang! Where did you go off and die? Why are you only coming back now?”
The system was furious. Host had clearly been about to agree. Why did someone have to cut in? What if Host changed her mind?
In anger, it scanned the newcomer’s information and, while it was at it, scanned the nearby area too. Then its tone became a little stiff. “Uh… Host, bad luck is coming for you.”
The one shouting at Yan Zhuguang was a girl. No, a little girl, only about twelve or thirteen. When she saw Yan Zhuguang, jealousy and malice flashed quickly through her eyes, then turned into gloating pleasure.
She was not exactly pretty. At most, she was delicate enough to look at. But with such a twisted expression, she became somewhat… ugly.
Yan Zhuguang had always been very tolerant toward women, especially pretty, kind-hearted girls. This one before her was neither pretty nor kind, and she had this attitude toward her. Yan Zhuguang was not a saint.
She had seen looks like this many times in her last life. She was very skilled at what expression to use in return.
She only glanced at the girl lightly, then walked past her.
“You -”
The delicate girl felt that she had been provoked. “What are you so proud of? Your spiritual roots are even worse than mine! You only have a bit of beauty. There are plenty of women prettier than you in the cultivation world!”
Yan Zhuguang stopped. She looked back and curved her lips faintly. The sight stunned the delicate girl for a moment. Yan Zhuguang’s lips parted, and her voice was soft enough to make both body and mind go numb.
“But you are still not as good as me.”
Once the girl realized what Yan Zhuguang had said, her eyes reddened with anger. “Yan Zhuguang, you won’t stay proud for long!”
Yan Zhuguang was too lazy to bother with her and left on her own.
If Yun Mixue, as the white moonlight, had a soft beauty without any edge, then Yan Zhuguang was the exact opposite. She was also extremely beautiful, but her beauty was bold, dazzling, and enough to make the soul tremble.
Because of this face, she had suffered plenty of jealousy and hatred. Framing, rumors, assassination – all kinds of attacks had been ordinary to her. That little girl’s methods just now probably did not even count as the surface of the surface.
Of course, those stormy waves belonged to her last life.
In this life… she was still only a girl in her early teens. Although the system had adjusted her looks into the form from her last life in order to please her, she had not even grown up yet.
That little girl had probably seen fewer beauties than could be counted on one hand. Otherwise, she would not be so jealous of this childish face.
Because someone else was nearby, Yan Zhuguang turned thought communication back on. When the system heard her thoughts, it could not help shedding tears.
Host, did you misunderstand your own beauty somehow?
If it had not coveted the beauty of Host’s soul, it would not have skipped every investigation and directly dragged in a remnant soul to make into a host. It also would not have gone to such trouble to modify this body into Host’s original appearance. That had cost its private savings.
It hurt, but for a system with severe face control, it was absolutely worth it. A beauty like this stayed with it day and night!
After secretly looking down on Host’s sense of beauty, the system said worriedly, “Host, something very bad happened…”
“Isn’t it just the spiritual field?”
The system was surprised. “Host, you already know?”
“A child’s trick.”
Then sorry, this system is even worse than a child. The system reflected on whether it had forgotten a system’s duties lately because Host had been too proactive.
This kind of thing should clearly be something it reminded Host about, not something Host said with perfect calm, oh, that does not matter.
The system began to doubt whether it was really useless. Thinking back, what had it done? Apart from giving Host a few pieces of information, it did not seem to have done anything proper.
It seemed to have no advantage that could attract Host to bind with it.
The system could not help sinking into isolation.
Yan Zhuguang had always felt that this thing called a system was nervous and strange all day long. When it suddenly stopped talking, she did not find anything wrong.
She slowly walked to the spiritual field area. Many servant disciples had already gathered there.
A girl about her age, with almond-shaped eyes, brightened when she saw her. She looked left and right. After finding that no one was paying attention, she quietly ran over to Yan Zhuguang, took her hand, and asked in a low voice, “Zhu’er, where did you go? Something terrible happened. The steward has been looking everywhere for you.”
Yan Zhuguang did not like other people calling her Zhu’er. It sounded foolish. She had corrected this little girl many times, but the girl never listened.
“The spiritual field does not need someone guarding it at every moment. I only went outside to clear my mind. What terrible thing could happen?”
“Oh, come on.” The almond-eyed girl could not explain clearly in a few words. She pulled Yan Zhuguang to the side and pointed to a patch in the middle of the connected spiritual fields below. “Look.”
At this time, it was almost harvest season for the spiritual grain. In the other fields, the stalks stood upright in rows. When the breeze passed, waves rippled through them beautifully. But in the field the almond-eyed girl pointed at, all the spiritual rice had collapsed flat on the ground.
Spiritual rice was a very fragile spiritual plant. Now, before it had fully ripened, it had become like this. Even if it were barely rescued, all the spiritual energy in the grain would already have scattered.
And that field was the one Yan Zhuguang was responsible for.
Servant disciples were only managers of the spiritual fields. They did not have the right to eat even one grain of spiritual rice. Now that the whole field was ruined, being expelled from Yimiao Sect would be the lightest punishment for the servant disciple in charge. If it were serious, she might even lose her life.
“Zhu’er, what should we do?” The almond-eyed girl was nearly crying from worry.
Of all the spiritual fields, only hers had become like this. No one would believe it had not been destroyed on purpose. However, the steward in charge of servant disciples was busy every day. Why would he care whether one servant disciple had been framed? Most likely, he would punish her directly.
The people present looked at Yan Zhuguang with pity in their eyes.
Yan Zhuguang did not even move her brows. That made some people rather disappointed. She swept her gaze around and landed on a middle-aged man.
Then she pulled her hand free from the almond-eyed girl’s grip and walked toward that middle-aged man.
“Steward.”
The middle-aged man was the steward in charge of these servant disciples. It was impossible to tell from the way he looked at Yan Zhuguang whether he was angry or not.
Yan Zhuguang did not try to defend herself. She only said, “Steward, the method I mentioned can still be used on other unripe spiritual rice. Are you willing to let me try?”
When she said that, all the other servant disciples were stunned. What was she talking about?