Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

“Yiqing, has this old man ultimately walked the same path you did back then?”

Walking on the night road defying the Heavenly Mandate, Mu Daosheng sighed toward the sky, feeling only that his old bones were exceptionally frail in the cold wind.

He stopped in front of the Immortal Ancestor Shrine, then reverently knocked on the door three times.

The tiger gates of the ancestral hall opened inward.

Lantern in hand, Mu Daosheng stepped over the threshold and knelt before the tombstones of several Immortal Ancestors.

“Reporting to the Ancestors, this old man has completed the Immortal parasite.”

He prostrated on the ground, closing his eyes, lying to an Ancestor for the first time in his uneventful life.

However, this time, the tombstones of the Ancestors did not glow or manifest their presence.

As the clock ticked by, sweat began to seep more profusely from Mu Daosheng’s face.

At some point, Mu Daosheng heard the sound of light footsteps coming from behind the ancestral tablets.

His eyes widened, maintaining his humble bowing posture, not daring to look up. However, from his peripheral vision close to the ground, he vaguely saw a pair of women’s shoes made of azure brocade wrapped around dainty feet.

“The Immortal parasite is done, are you sure?”

The arrival was a young woman. Her cultivation base was not much higher than Mu Daosheng’s, but her posture and tone were cold to the extreme, carrying arrogance and immortal prestige.

In front of Mu Daosheng, the master of a sect, it seemed she was the celestial maiden who had descended with the Mandate of Heaven.

“This morning, when Yuyan and Yino left for the Dragon Palace, this old man already gifted it with some foods mixed with the Immortal parasite to Yuyan…”

“If nothing unexpected happens, Yuyan should have unknowingly consumed the Immortal parasite by now.”

Seeing that the other party’s cultivation wasn’t particularly high, Mu Daosheng slowly raised his brow to gauge her identity.

The young woman had her hair done up in an azure style. Beneath the strands of hair on her face, several ice-blue tattoos faintly appeared. Her white dress and jade robes were embroidered with ink-wash totems of immortal mist symbolizing the Divine Gate, and her long, slender legs, wrapped in the ribbons of her sandals, also bore several golden spiritual runes symbolizing the Divine Gate on the sides.

Qingshuang

Mu Daosheng recognized her identity.

Qingshuang stood with her hands behind her back, silently gazing into the old man’s eyes. After a long period of indifference, a satisfied sneer finally appeared on her immortal face.

“Well done.”

“With this, we possess the leverage to stifle Yino.”

She spoke coldly, a distinct killing intent surfacing in her beautiful eyes.

Mu Daosheng felt a chill in his heart.

After confirming that the visitor from the Divine Gate was only a young female disciple, Mu Daosheng finally stood up from the ground, no longer so cautious.

“Miss Qingshuang…”

“This old man has already explained to the Immortal Ancestors previously.”

Mu Daosheng raised his volume slightly.

Regardless of cultivation or seniority, he was actually quite a bit higher than this young female cultivator before him. The reason he had prostrated earlier was merely that he wasn’t sure which Ancestor would represent the shrine in responding to him tonight.

“Rest assured. Yuyan is the future Fated Heroine of the Wuji Sect. This is merely using Yuyan to control Yino; how could we truly harm her?”

“If Yuyan were truly injured and the future prospects of the Wuji Sect ruined, that would be flooding the Dragon King’s temple… Let alone you, elder, even the several Immortal Ancestors of the Wuji Sect would not let this matter rest.”

Qingshuang narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, speaking casually.

Mu Daosheng looked at her, silent for a long time, before letting out a somewhat self-mocking cold laugh. “I hope so.”

“Speaking of which, Master mentioned that if Sect Master Mu can establish merit with the Immortal parasite this time, your daughter named Yanran can also be rewarded with an Opportunity in the future.”

Qingshuang continued.

Mu Daosheng shook his head with a bitter smile. “I wouldn’t dare… My Yanran is weak by nature and not particularly intelligent; she is not a girl capable of bearing an Opportunity…”

“Therefore, please report to her ladyship that her kindness is appreciated, but there is no need to trouble herself.”

“Sect Master…” Qingshuang raised her eyebrows, a faint smile playing on her lips. “When the Divine Gate’s Opportunity falls upon one’s head, do you think it is something one can refuse just because they wish to?”

At these words, the atmosphere in the entire ancestral hall instantly became somewhat gloomy.

Mu Daosheng looked up, secretly clenching his fists inside his sleeves.

The girl with the azure hair curved her lips slightly, fearless, and silently turned her gaze to look at the moonlit curtain outside the door:

“Sect Master takes offense easily. Qingshuang merely represents my Master’s intentions and means nothing else.”

“Is that so?”

At some point, Mu Daosheng smiled too. Thinking of Yino’s fiercely confident face from the night before, he couldn’t help but cup his fists in a salute, saying meaningfully, “This old man also looks forward to receiving the good news of Miss Qingshuang’s complete victory in the Northern Territory of Jianlan next year!”

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“Whoa…!!!”

“Is this the legendary Dragon Palace? Senior Brother, look! This palace is too magnificent!”

In the heartland of North, in the forecourt of the Dragon Palace, the little girl from the snow village who had just entered the city exclaimed, having never seen the world before.

She walked in front of the palace, looking left and right, while Yino and Yuyan followed behind.

As a hardcore player who had been a Fallen Immortal in his past life, Yino was long accustomed to the structure of this Dragon Palace. He simply guided the fairy and Yunjin beside him with practiced ease, introducing the Dragon Palace to them along the way.

It was Yuyan’s first time entering the Dragon Palace. Although she remained cold and unruffled on the surface, the jade hand that quietly took Yino’s betrayed her slight restraint and nervousness at the thought of meeting the legendary National Advisor soon.

“Yino!”

“You’ve finally come? We have been waiting for you for a long time!”

At the end of the Dragon Palace corridor, a girl’s haughty voice suddenly rang out.

Everyone looked up, only to see the dragon girl, who used to always be wrapped in a black hood in the Western Region, now wearing a phoenix crown and dressed in golden jade brocade robes befitting a mother of the nation. She stood before them with her hands on her hips.

Her dragon eyes narrowed slightly, and the pair of white jade dragon horns on her head finally needed no concealment, displayed with utmost confidence before the world.

Yino looked up, his gaze falling on the girl’s face, staring in a trance for a moment.

After a long while, he came back to his senses, gave a knowing smile, and then unhurriedly cupped his fists in greeting:

“Disciple Yino greets Senior Nina.”

“… Why do you look not the least bit surprised to see Us dressed like this…”

“Whoa, Senior Nina’s outfit is so domineering!”

Yino opened his mouth wide and clapped his hands.

Instantly, the dragon girl’s face turned red. “Arghh! You’re clearly being sarcastic!”

“By the way, has Senior Nina finished her homework today…”

“Hmph, We finished all the homework by pulling an all-nighter last night!”

The Dragon girl put her hands on her hips, lifting her face with a smirk.

But soon, she realized something. “Wait! It’s not homework! Those are the memorials submitted by the ministers of the Dragon Dynasty that We are reviewing, do you understand?!”

“Then, does Senior Nina need my help writing her homework?”

“Eh… Can you?”

Nian froze. Thinking of the pain of staying up late to write homework last night, she couldn’t help but swallow secretly. “My… My homework is very difficult! Can a bad guy like you write it?”

“Why not?”

Yino rubbed his hands together and smiled kindly. “If the homework I help Senior Nina write gets a high score from Master, can Senior lend me a few treasures from the Dragon Palace as a reward in the future?”

“Woo… You’re still as cunning as ever, thinking about people’s treasures as soon as we meet!”

Sweat slid down her face. Although she muttered unhappily, her small hands gripping her skirt revealed her secret anxiety and temptation.

However, before she could speak, Yino pulled out another killer move from his robes…

“Speaking of which, these are sugar cakes and dim sum I brought from Luo City earlier. I wonder if Senior who stays in the Dragon Palace living like a prince all day, would be willing to taste these local snacks from our Luo City?”

“EEH! Can I?!”

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“Listen to me, don’t approve this memorial.”

“Eh… He wrote it quite well, why not approve it?”

“My official’s concept is too idealistic and ignores reality. Such suggestions cannot possibly be implemented in the current social state of the Dragon Dynasty.”

“Then… Then I’ll believe you this once…”

In the Dragon Palace Library, the Dragon girl sat properly at the desk, puffing out her round cheeks as she carefully wrote down the comments and notes exactly as Yino said.

After finishing, she glanced back at the white-robed boy sitting beside her guiding the government affairs:

“Yino, these are all memorials submitted by the ministers. You mustn’t use this to trick me! If you write nonsense, Master will definitely scold me fiercely when she reviews them tomorrow!”

“Don’t worry. Write as I say, and you’ll get at least ninety points. If it’s wrong, I’ll bring you food to apologize.”

“You… Why are you so confident?”

“Because I know all of the National Advisor’s governing philosophies.”

Yino propped his chin on his hand, reminiscing about the plot from his past life, and smiled faintly.

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Dragon Palace Rear Pond, Lake Pavilion.

Yuyan followed a maid to the pavilion and took a seat.

Changli leaned sideways on the chair, propping her head with her hand. She casually summoned a row of blazing feather swords, then looked up at the somewhat restrained Yuyan across the table:

“Mo Yuyan, seeing that your cultivation is still shallow but your talent is extraordinary, I shall make an exception tonight and teach you several sets of forbidden sword techniques that are effective against disciples of the Immortal Sects.”

“In the future, when you leave this Dragon Palace, if you encounter those disciples of the Divine Gate again, it will be up to you to protect Yino’s safety, understood?”