Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1462 - 1451: The Lady Who Doesn’t Seek Status

After Zhang Yanjing got married, Ye Qiu’s small side courtyard became much quieter. Duan Yinyin and she didn’t get along, and her cousins were all male and couldn’t come by often, so her life quieted down. Besides visiting the Old Lady daily, she spent her time alone in the room writing and painting.

Sometimes even the Old Lady couldn’t stand it, urging her to go out more often. Nowadays, societal norms were gradually becoming more open, and people weren’t gossiping as much.

Actually, Ye Qiu found it quite pleasant to stay alone in the room. No one disturbed her, and she spent her time writing and reading storybooks without realizing it.

However, after the Old Lady mentioned it several times, she felt guilty about refusing repeatedly, so she took her maid to the bookstore. In the capital, there were two types of bookstores: one catered to scholars, selling mainly famous works and explanations for the imperial examination, always regarded as a prestigious place.

The other was for ordinary people and women, selling storybooks and miscellaneous books, while also offering cheaper paper and pens, making this type of bookstore far livelier, allowing female guests to visit without attracting attention.

Ye Qiu picked a few travelogues, initially planning to choose two more storybooks, but found they were all written by pretentious scholars, featuring noble ladies and downcast scholars, which failed to pique her interest.

"They all seem like pure fabrication, the stories are too clichéd, not as good as those exaggerated tales the old grandpas back home tell," a casual comment by her maid reminded Ye Qiu. Since there were no good books available in the market, why couldn’t she write one herself?

Moreover, although social customs were slightly more open nowadays, women were still largely restricted. If she wrote storybooks that elevated women’s status, wouldn’t she contribute positively to societal norms if she became famous in the future?

Ye Qiu decided to act immediately. After returning home, she started writing. For her first story, she chose to write about the martial arts world, although the main characters were male, the female heroes each had their own charm, all possessing a world-embracing mindset.

Soon, a book called "Heroic World" was circulating throughout the capital’s streets and alleys. Even the teahouses had storytellers narrating it, and whenever this story was told, there were constant cheers inside and out.

"Although the language is a bit colloquial, it is indeed well-written," Jian Yunchi nodded repeatedly, as this was the second time he had been reading through it. There was no other choice; it was serialized, and he couldn’t read anything else before finishing it.

"Have you asked the bookstore? When will the next installment be released?" he asked eagerly.

The attendant answered respectfully, "I asked, and they said we’ll have to wait for the fifteenth."

Jian Yunchi was greatly disappointed: "Today is only the tenth! Have you found out who this book’s mystery author, Mr. Yang Liu, really is?"

"The bookstore people wouldn’t say, claiming they signed some confidentiality agreement. However, I tracked the bookstore people a few times and found that each release happened three days after they visited Marquis Zhongyong’s mansion, so I believe Mr. Yang Liu must be someone from Marquis Zhongyong’s mansion."

"Oh? This is indeed intriguing." Jian Yunchi’s mind flashed through several individuals from the mansion, realizing that the mansion’s few men were either busy being officials or studying at the academy, scarcely having time to write this. The ladies in the mansion didn’t seem likely, as Madam Zhang Li from an aristocratic family was always rule-abiding and would never expose herself like this. The Second Madam of the Duan Family was recently at odds with the First Madam, so didn’t seem capable of writing such an open-minded work as "Heroic World." As for the Old Lady, she was even less likely.

Thinking through it all, Jian Yunchi had only one candidate in mind. Knowing that person could write such excellent calligraphy, producing a masterpiece like "Heroic World" wouldn’t be surprising either.

Following that, Jian Yunchi found out that Ye Qiu wasn’t only writing "Heroic World"; while that book wasn’t finished, she released another masterpiece. He admired Ye Qiu’s creativity and feared she might make a mess of "Heroic World," so he ordered his servant to buy her new work to see what it was about.

"’Immortal Path’? What kind of work is this?" Jian Yunchi opened its pages to look at the synopsis, "On the Purple Cloud Continent, a farm girl from a humble lineage accidentally gets the opportunity for cultivation, thus embarking on a dangerous Immortal Path."

"Is this a storybook about mortal immortality?" Jian Yunchi was intrigued. Though he had heard of novels about mortals becoming immortals, they often involved great fortunes, like consuming Immortal Pills or passing Immortal tests. But he found Ye Qiu’s novel seemed to have an unusually unique touch.

So many crises, is becoming Immortal truly dangerous?

He flipped through the pages and couldn’t stop himself; after reading just a few volumes, he felt completely immersed in the world, becoming one with the protagonist.

This was the charm of Ye Qiu’s writing. She had been to many Immortal Worlds, so her depictions of those landscapes felt exceptionally real. The opportunities and crises the female protagonist experienced were truly captivating.

When Jian Yunchi read about the female protagonist Lu Xiaoman encountering scoundrels, losing treasures, and unintentionally entering a secret realm, he, for the first time, felt more restless than reading "Heroic World."

He couldn’t help wondering, did the scoundrels face retribution? What adventures lay within the secret realm? When would the protagonist finally unravel the strange poison within her?

Jian Yunchi knew the next volume wouldn’t be out any time soon, so he carefully reread "Immortal Path" again, enjoying the depiction of misty peaks, flocks of cranes soaring over mountains, and various Exotic Treasures. He wished he were on the Purple Cloud Continent, like the protagonist Lu Xiaoman, searching for the elusive chance at immortality.

The more he savored it, the more he felt becoming Immortal wasn’t easy. The so-called Immortals were merely individuals older than mortals, mastering a few Daoist Skills. Beyond Qi Cultivation was Foundation Establishment, above Foundation Establishment was Golden Core, above Golden Core was Nascent Soul. But what lay beyond Nascent Soul? To what extent must one cultivate to truly become Immortal? And becoming Immortal, would there really be nothing left to regret?

"Teacher, it is already time from 5 p.m to 7 p.m, should we light the lamps and serve dinner?" A servant interrupted cautiously.

Jian Yunchi looked out the window, unaware it was already sunset. How long had it been since he devoted himself so fully to one thing? And that was because of the storybooks.

He reluctantly set the book aside and sighed lightly, "Serve dinner."

And with that, he thought of the book mentioning after Foundation Establishment, one could engage in Fasting. Consuming a Fasting Pill could sustain a person for a month without food. If their An Dynasty had such secret techniques, wouldn’t starvation be eradicated?

Meanwhile, knowing Mr. Yang Liu released a new book after the previous "Heroic World" exploded in popularity, no one wasn’t expectant. Just like Jian Yunchi, anyone who read "Immortal Path" couldn’t help but long for the world within the pages. Yet upon seeing the note "purely fictitious," they’d feel some melancholy. How wonderful would it be if the Purple Cloud Continent were real? If they could, like Lu Xiaoman, experience fortunate encounters, there would be no regrets. Becoming Immortal—who wouldn’t long for that?