Chapter 1: Returning the favour

When Pei Si Yan opened her eyes and saw the unfamiliar thatched hut, she wiped the sweat that had somehow trickled down her forehead.

Well, she really had travelled across.

Is this place called the ... Spirit Abyss Continent? It seems like it's no different from ancient China.

Pei Siyan looked around at the simple and dilapidated tables, chairs and benches in the thatched hut and the thick layer of cobwebs hanging from the beams of the room, and suddenly realised something very bad - could it be that she was going to be made to struggle in poverty and step by step rise to the peak of wealth or power like those inspirational TV dramas and thus achieve a grand career?

Don't! Although in the original world, she was not happy, but at least she didn't have to worry about the problem of food and clothing, but the situation in front of her is simply not within her acceptance and ability, probably not even have the courage to start, and directly to the pillar "bang" a crash, dead.

"You're playing with me, for God's sake! Strongly protest, put me back!" Pei Si Yan struggled to get up from the ground, but found that her limbs were sore and she had no strength at all.

"You're awake." Coldly a woman's voice rang out, Pei Si Yan searched for the sound and saw a face that looked exactly like hers, in a trance she even thought that there was a huge mirror in front of her, but the completely different hairstyle and clothes quickly broke the illusion.

Pei Si Yan carefully surveyed the woman, she was cowering in a small corner, no wonder she didn't see it just now.

Most of the woman's hair was loose and draped over her shoulders, a white flower hairpin was inserted crookedly in a small bun at the back of her head, her face was pale as if she was a ghost, even her lips didn't have much blood, she was wearing a wide-sleeved, black veil long dress, which looked ordinary but had a complicated and ornate floral pattern floating in the sunlight.

Pei Siyan saw such a weird woman, and bravely greeted her, "Hello, may I ask you are ..."

The woman looked at Pei Si Yan and spoke after a long time, her voice was clear and nice, "I saved your life."

"Eh?" Pei Si Yan froze, what did this woman do?

"Then, you should repay me right?" The corner of the black-clothed woman's lips hooked and Pei Si Yan nodded stupidly as she continued, "Please return to the imperial capital in my place, inherit Wufan's position and guard the Tantai family!"

Pei Si Yan looked at the pale face of the woman in black, completely unable to understand the meaning of her words, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."

"My name is Tantai Yan, I'm the heir of one of the four great elders of the Blue Country, Wu Pan," the woman said slowly, her face becoming more and more pale and transparent, "I went out today, and by chance, I saved your life, so you must repay me!"

Pei Si Yan was speechless, what was that person playing at, saving her life wasn't so strong that she opened her mouth and asked for repayment, right? And is that woman saying what she says?

If she believes--

Living hell in broad daylight!

"Wait," Pei Si Yan couldn't believe this strange woman's words, "You said you saved my life, what happened before?"

Tantai Yan covered her mouth and coughed a few times, her hand didn't move away from her lips, her voice came out muffled, "You were hijacked by a group of mountain bandits just in time for me to see it, so I stepped in and saved you. If I didn't save you, what awaits you will be a very terrible end!"

"Mountain, mountain bandits ..." Pei Si Yan stuttered a little, although it was impossible for mountain bandits to exist where she lived, she had seen what kind of image and actions mountain bandits were in many books and TVs.

Tanya Yan's eyes had been staring at the silent Pei Si Yan without a moment's hesitation, not avoiding it.

"You still don't believe it?" She guessed Pei Si Yan's mind and said, "Are you feeling sore and weak all over? This is the mountain bandits' fear that you'll wake up halfway and feed you a masking agent."

Pei Si Yan moved her arms, they were still sore but much better than when she first woke up.

"Originally you had to sleep for one more hour, it was my antidote that made you wake up earlier," Tanya Yan added, "If you don't believe me, you can lick your lips, there should still be the liquorice flavour of the residual antidote."

Pei Si Yan once again did as she said, and sure enough, there was a faint liquorice flavour.

"You believe me, right?" Tanya Yan said.

What a very strong piece of evidence, so Pei Si Yan had to believe Tanya Yan's words, and said with gratitude, "Well, thank you for saving my life, I really don't know how to repay you for your great kindness."

A trace of blood surfaced on Tantai Yan's bleak face again, but it appeared sickly.

Pei Si Yan's heart was startled, she always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with her, just as she was about to open her mouth to ask, Tantai Yan snapped first, "The grace of saving your life, the grace is as great as a mountain, knowing how to repay it is a common human condition, I don't think that you should shrug off the request that I made before, right?"

Pei Si Yan hanging down his head in despair, round and round the final problem is still back to the beginning of the "instead of what she went to the imperial capital to inherit the Wu Pan", how she is like this, can not change one?

"What is Wu Pan?" Pei Si Yan lifted her head listlessly and asked.

Listening to the name like some kind of magic witch, her mind immediately appeared in a black robe wearing a black hat, round eyes and hawk nose, skinny bones, holding a broken broom witch, then the witch became Harry Potter ...

No, no, that is the image of people's European witches, look at Tantai Yan's dress dress is a standard ancient Chinese, although this place is called the Spirit Abyss continent, not the land of China.

Tantai Yan revealed an unbelievable expression and looked Pei Si Yan up and down.

Pei Si Yan followed her eyes to look at herself, still wearing the beige short-sleeved top and white skirt from before she crossed over, it looked out of place with Tantai Yan's classical black long skirt, no, I should say - it didn't fit in at all with this place in this era.

Guess in Tantai Yan s eyes ... she looks like a crazy person?

Tantai Yan suddenly smiled and said, "When the Blue Country was founded, there were four people who devoted themselves to assisting Emperor Taizu and made great achievements, and they were appointed as Wu Pan, Wu Li, Wu Fen, and Wu Luo, and they were in the position of one person on top of ten thousand people, assisting the Emperor, and their positions were inherited by their first born children."

Upon hearing this, Pei Si Yan exclaimed, "Auxiliary, auxiliary to the emperor? Can a woman also be an official and participate in politics?" She had thought that it was a sorceress in white clothes, standing proudly above the tall and magnificent building curling with white mist and divine splendour, overlooking the living world, gauging the heavens and praying for the country's fortune.

Who would have guessed that she would be assisting the emperor?

Why bring a "witch" word, obviously misleading, that Taizu must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

The point is that she ... can assist the emperor? Do not give people help is already Amitabha Buddha, Buddha blessed, if a young emperor ascended to the throne, she will not bring the children to bad?

Bring bad little emperor, the government must be chaotic, wolves ambitious people will take the opportunity to set off a bloody wind, the country will be in turmoil ... a series of chain reaction, she Pei Siyan into what?

Woe to the nation and calamity to the people of the great traitor?

"Please, please go back ... instead of me," Tanya Yan's voice sounded again, showing deep fatigue and weakness.

Pei Siyan stammered, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't, it will cause you a lot of trouble, so I can't promise you ... And why can't you go back to the position you inherited yourself, preferring to find me ... "

Bright red ** slowly flowed down from the corner of Tantai Yan's mouth, she bent down and spat out more blood, staining the weeds on the ground, piercing the eyes.

"You ... "Pei Si Yan was shocked, rolling and crawling to pounce over, "What happened to you?"

Tantai Yan flipped her long sleeve and a sharp arrow was thrown on the ground, the arrow was soaked in blood. She moved her hand that had been covering her chest, Pei Si Yan was horrified to see that on her chest there was a wound that almost ran through her body, the black clothes cleverly covered the bright red blood, which could only be discovered under a close and careful look.

"You know why now, don't you?" Tantai Yan laughed miserably, "When I brought you to escape, I was hit by an arrow from a mountain bandit."

"I, I'll take you to a medical ... doctor!" The soreness in her body disappeared, and Pei Si Yan reached out to help her.

Tantai Yan shook her head, "It's no use, this is a fatal wound, I rely on the Life Renewal Dan to barely maintain it until now ... Promise me, please go back and take my place to inherit the position of Wushan, guard the Tantai family, don't care about right and wrong, who's right and who's wrong, just for the sake of power... . only superior power can trample the other clans underfoot and protect themselves."

"What foolish words, you will definitely be able to survive." Although she had never met before, Pei Si Yan could not bear to watch a living life fade away, no matter what, she must save someone.

Tantai Yan pushed her hand away and smiled, like a flower about to fade in the sluggish autumn wind.

"When I was a child, an old man who travelled the five lakes and the four corners of the world said to me that when I was twenty years old I would meet a woman with the same appearance as me, who would be able to free me, who would be able to help me ... to guard the Tantai family, and I've finally met you today . . this is your predestined fate, you can't escape it!"

"Don't say it." Pei Si Yan was on the verge of crying with anxiety, she didn't know why she had the urge to cry looking at Tantai Yan, there was inexplicably a strong sadness in her heart.

"Please hear me out, don't be afraid, there's a person who will help you, no matter how much of a predicament you're in, his name is Li Qingyan, remember that name, the only person you can trust, okay?"

Pei Si Yan desperately nodded her head, not daring to look at Tanya Yan's face.

"Go back in my place, and you will receive supreme power, status and wealth." Tantai Yan's words were thick with temptation, reminding Pei Si Yan of the mysterious voice that guided her to the Spirit Abyss Continent.

Rights, Status and Wealth ...

Pei Si Yan smiled bitterly, could this be the Hongtu career that that voice in the darkness had spoken of? A sense of guilt arose in her heart, for her own wish, did the heavens actually want to take away another person's life?

Looking at the dying Tantai Yan, she couldn't bear to refuse anymore, not to mention that she wasn't a person who didn't know how to repay a favour.

Tantai Yan's hands gently caressed Pei Si Yan's cheeks, causing the latter to look up at her. All the blood on her face had faded, but her bright red lips were eerily gruesome.

"When I die, change into my clothes and bury me in that pit behind the house. Then head south along the river and you'll reach the imperial capital."

Pei Si Yan softly agreed, "Good."

"It's going to be hard for you in the future, no matter what please make sure to guard the Tantai family."

"Good ...," Pei Si Yan's voice was trembling uncontrollably.

Tantai Yan added, "Forget what your name used to be, from now on, you are Tantai Yan, and Tantai Yan is you."

"Hmm." Pei Si Yan bit her lips, looking at the person in front of her whose eyes were gradually about to close, she finally couldn't help but cry out, teardrops falling drop by drop on her clothes.

Tanya Yan smiled again, smiling serenely and gently, her gaze turned to the roof that had broken open a large hole, looking out at the blue as blue sky, murmuring, "Thank you ... me, I can finally rest assured ... so strange. Why is it his figure that is getting clearer and clearer in my mind before I die?"

Pei Si Yan held Tanya Yan's cold hand and silently listened to her.

"... I'm so tired, I'm going to have a good rest. Shuzhe, I can come and see you ...