The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 1250 - 1223: Behind the Mary Sue 22

Jie Dongyang was discovered by a village girl who went up the mountain to collect firewood.

The village girl took him home, and when he woke up, he found he couldn’t remember anything.

However, because he looked extraordinarily handsome, the village girl and her parents believed he was not of ordinary birth, and thus coaxed Jie Dongyang into finally marrying the village girl.

Of course, that’s another story.

In short, Anning searched Jie Dongyang’s belongings thoroughly, tossed him to the foot of the mountain, and then returned home to continue her cultivation.

This time, quite a few people descended to the mortal world through the Immortal Channel with Anning, among them were several who had plans for her.

Jie Dongyang was one of them.

This was one of the reasons Anning settled in Hongliu Village to teach children how to read.

Hongliu Village had a good environment and some spiritual energy, allowing Anning to continue her cultivation.

Additionally, Anning wanted to use the geographical advantage here to lure snakes out or, in other words, wait for opportunities to arise.

She taught the children well and then sent them out; naturally, those who deliberately inquired about her would know, and these people would certainly come looking.

Of course, they won’t harm Anning now.

They will find ways to make Anning lose her guard against them, make Anning fall in love with them, and while she’s in the mortal world with her mind the most unstable, win her over, so when they return to the Cultivation World, they can implement their plundering plans step by step.

These people all had their own agendas.

With Anning’s temperament, knowing these people had plans for her meant she surely wouldn’t give them a chance to grow powerful; they intended to attack while Anning’s emotions were unstable in the mortal world, so naturally Anning would completely eliminate them while their cultivation was suppressed.

Jie Dongyang was Anning’s first step.

Then Ping Dabao went to the Prefecture City to take the college examination, and the results soon came out.

He surprisingly passed as a Scholar.

When Ping Dabao returned to Hongliu Village, the whole village was elated.

Their village finally produced a Scholar, and people from the surrounding villages would no longer dare bully them. Those larger villages would have to make concessions on many matters, and the government office people wouldn’t dare to freely plunder their village anymore.

This was a tremendously good thing for the entire Hongliu Village.

Ping Tiezhu and his wife were almost ecstatic.

Neither of them had imagined their family would ever produce a Scholar.

A Scholar! Their Hongliu Village hadn’t had one in hundreds of years. From then on, their family wouldn’t have to pay land taxes or perform corvee labor; it could be said the Ping family’s fortunes had reversed.

After waiting for Ping Dabao to return, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly prepared things, and the whole family went up the mountain to thank Anning.

Ping Dabao even knelt down and kowtowed earnestly to Anning several times.

Anning smiled and helped him up: "Since you’ve passed as a Scholar, it shows you have talent. In a few days, continue to come and study with me. Let’s keep working hard to aim for the Advanced Scholar in the examinations."

With these words, Ping Dabao was filled with even more confidence.

Ping Tiezhu couldn’t stop smiling.

Afterwards, the Ping family held a feast and invited everyone in the village to dine.

After the celebration ended, Ping Dabao continued to study with Anning.

While Anning was teaching the children, she dealt with several disciples from Great Sects who harbored special intentions towards her and, similarly, she gathered quite a lot of valuable items.

Anning stayed in Hongliu Village for five years.

During these five years, she taught two Advanced Scholars, ten scholars, and over twenty scholars.

Besides that, she also trained more than ten martial arts experts.

After five years, the Immortal Channel was about to open.

Anning went to bid farewell to the people of Hongliu Village.

She said she’d spent enough time in the mortal world and could return to the heavens, and this time she was here to say goodbye.

Of course, Anning left some life-saving items for the villagers of Hongliu Village, and she specifically left a letter for Ping Dabao.

Then, Anning left Hongliu Village to travel around Great Zhou.

A few months later, she found the Immortal Channel, and when it opened, she used her identity token to smoothly return to the Cultivation World.

Upon returning to the Cultivation World, she discovered there were far fewer people who came back this time.

And Zhu An Yue hadn’t managed to return.

Anning wasn’t concerned about what happened to Zhu An Yue.

She returned to the Zhu family as quickly as possible and was immediately summoned by Family Head Zhu.

Upon seeing Family Head Zhu, Anning cried: "Father, I—when I reached the mortal world, I found I wasn’t together with my sister, and I don’t know what happened. I ended up alone on a big mountain and struggled to make it out, only to encounter many things. I’ve been searching for my sister, but with such a vast sea of people, I don’t know where to find her. Plus... I’ve encountered many malicious people. Father, do you think my sister might have met some ill-intentioned people?"

Anning cried earnestly, fully portraying concern for her sister.

At first, Family Head Zhu was somewhat angry that Anning hadn’t been able to protect An Yue. Now, seeing her crying like this, he could only sigh and comfort Anning.

Anning cried for a long time before calming down: "Father, why don’t I go to the mortal world again? This time I will surely find my sister."

Family Head Zhu waved his hand: "No time, the Immortal Channel is already closed. You’ll need to wait many years to descend again."

Anning cried, hiccupping: "What should I do? Sister... will Mother blame me?"

Family Head Zhu patted Anning on the shoulder: "Don’t worry, I’ll talk to your mother."

"Thank you, Father."

Anning hastily thanked him and praised Family Head Zhu a few more times. Afterwards, Family Head Zhu accompanied her to see Mrs. Zhu.

Anning, once again, put on a full performance, and although Mrs. Zhu held grievances against her, since Family Head Zhu stated it wasn’t Anning’s fault, she dared not do anything to Anning.

After soothing Mrs. Zhu, Family Head Zhu sent people to inquire about whether those who went to the mortal world had ever encountered Zhu An Yue.

It turned out that upon inquiring, he found that many people hadn’t returned.

There were also quite a few disciples from renowned sects, and those people had inexplicably lost contact.

Although their life tokens were intact, proving they were still alive, it was unknown where they had gone.

Moreover, those sects also sent people to ask the ones who returned alive, and all claimed they knew nothing.

Some even came to the Zhu family to inquire with Anning.

Family Head Zhu accompanied Anning to meet those people.

Among them were people from the Tianxing Sect.

The one who came was the Sect Leader’s Disciple from Tianxing Sect, who upon seeing Anning, asked if she knew anything about Jie Dongyang.

Anning was slightly startled and asked with particular surprise: "Did your sect also send people to the mortal world? I don’t know; I haven’t seen your sect’s disciples. When I reached the mortal world, I found myself in the mountains, and after descending to inquire around, I couldn’t find any trace of my sister nor any fellow cultivators. Fearing danger, I didn’t roam around much and found a village to retreat to, staying there for five years, teaching some disciples, and then returning. I’ve hardly left the village; as for the Young Master Jie you mentioned, I really haven’t heard anything about him."

The man saw Anning speaking sincerely, and since the Zhu family’s elder daughter was also missing, he didn’t ask further.

Finding it cumbersome for these people to ask repeatedly, Anning went into seclusion after only a few days of returning.

While she was in seclusion, Xiao Qing finally emerged with Xiao Yuan.