Quick Transmigration: The Villain Also Wants to Be a Good Person – Chapter 2

Ch 2: Tianbao 1

“System, what time period are we in now?”

Chenxi felt pain all over his body, and his mouth was full of blood. What on earth was going on? A noisy sound filled his ears; everywhere was filled with clamor.

“Ding, Host, we’ve entered a point near the end of the plot. Tianbao and Junbao are fighting in the training grounds. However, this system has made a slight modification. Eunuch Liu wasn’t killed by you, but rather knocked away by Junbao with a single palm strike and then pierced through by a soldier’s spear. This way, you won’t become a wanted criminal of the Imperial Court.”

Kill him, kill him. Practicing day and night. For their own promotion and wealth, they don’t treat us like human beings.”

These fellows, they’re clearly just a group of scattered soldiers. If it weren’t for me, how would they have become elite soldiers? Now they actually blame me for my strict training. They’re a bunch of ungrateful people. Soldiers who don’t train properly in peacetime, how can they win against the enemy on the battlefield? No matter how much these people train, it’s useless.

Now that Eunuch Liu is dead, my staying here is useless; I just need to figure out a way to leave.

Chenxi slowly got up, enduring the pain.

“Junbao, I was wrong. Forgive me this once, and from now on, let us sever ties.”

Qiu Xue hurriedly said, “Junbao, you can’t let him go. He killed Xiaodonggua, and so many righteous people from Jianghu. How can such a court lackey be let off so easily?”

Chenxi looked at Qiu Xue before him, and his disgust surged like a tide. He never imagined that the woman once saved by Dong Tianbao would now be so ungrateful, scheming to put Tianbao to death!

Recalling the past, Chenxi couldn’t help but sigh at the tricks of fate. If it weren’t for Dong Tianbao saving Qiu Xue, she would have probably already been captured and killed by Eunuch Liu’s men. Yet, things are unpredictable; who could have imagined that the current situation would develop to this point?

At this moment, Chenxi knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes. The more so at this time, the more he needed to be cautious in his words and actions. Everyone needed to calm down. He understood that, given the deep brotherly affection between Junbao and Tianbao, remaining silent and observing the situation might be the best course of action.

The original ending of the drama was even more heartbreaking. Under the relentless pursuit of Qiu Xue and others, Dong Tianbao was ultimately driven to a desperate situation, losing his sanity and attacking Junbao frantically. In the end, Tianbao also lost his life, meeting a tragic end.

“Alright, you can go.”

Chenxi thought for a moment and then said.

“Junbao, I hope that with this parting, we will never meet again. You and I are not on the same path.”

Tianbao’s words made Junbao feel sad.

Chenxi clenched his fists tightly, secretly vowing: From today onwards, I will relive this life as Dong Tianbao! I want to see if, without me, this so-called ‘Big Villain’ interfering, you can still live as freely and smoothly as in the original drama?

While thinking, Dong Tianbao picked up a waist knife, walked to the stable, and led out a horse. He mounted the horse and galloped towards the North.

At this time, a large group of soldiers stood there, each looking at each other, their expressions flustered, like headless flies, at a loss. They really didn’t know how to deal with this sudden change, their hearts filled with fear and confusion.

Eunuch Liu had actually died so miserably! And Dong Tianbao, who had always been seen as someone who didn’t treat them like human beings, had now resolutely left, leaving these soldiers to face this utterly chaotic situation alone. Now, they were like a group without a leader, completely lost and in a difficult situation.

At the thought that if the Imperial Court investigated this matter, they would all probably be held accountable and might even suffer severe punishment, the soldiers couldn’t help but feel a chill run down their spines.

Just then, everyone’s gaze fell on Zhang Junbao. He looked calm and walked steadily, leading Qiu Xue slowly out step by step. Facing this imposing figure, these soldiers, though apprehensive, only dared to be angry but not to speak out, and one after another obediently made way, not daring to stop him in the slightest.

As a result, the originally fairly orderly team instantly became disorganized. These soldiers had truly become scattered soldiers, no longer able to gather into a powerful force.

Junbao and Qiu Xue arrived at the inn.

Qiu Xue urged Junbao to continue joining the anti-tyranny righteous ranks, eliminating evil and protecting the good, acting righteously and valiantly. At this point, Junbao felt tasteless. After all this, he wanted to become a monk. So he and Qiu Xue parted ways.

He traveled alone, stopping and starting, and in a year’s time, he passed through more than a dozen cities. He discovered that wherever he went, there were bullies and soldiers oppressing the commoners. At first, when he encountered these things, he would be filled with righteous anger, and he couldn’t help but intervene each time.

But slowly, he realized he couldn’t handle it all. There were simply too many such incidents. Moreover, some people used the banner of eliminating evil and protecting the good, acting for Heaven, but were actually engaged in petty thievery and self-interest. He now had some reputation, and sometimes people would actively invite him to act for Heaven. If he had any different opinions, he would be subjected to moral kidnapping. Seeing through all this, he increasingly felt that the world was muddy.

So, after a year, he came to a mountain, and heard from the locals that it was called Wudang Mountain. On the mountain, he felt a sense of peace. So he built a small Daoist temple on the mountaintop, where he widely accepted disciples and taught Tai Chi.

And where did Tianbao go?

After separating from Tianbao that day, he originally planned to go directly north to join the Border Army. However, Chenxi discovered that although Tianbao’s martial arts skills were superb, as a modern person, although he had Tianbao’s memories and physical strength, it was still like watching a movie—completely unable to integrate. He asked the system, and the system said that because he was a modern person who had never practiced martial arts or fought anyone, even with those memories, it wasn’t possible to instantly comprehend everything. He only needed to spend some time practicing and refining, and he would soon be able to learn. In terms of the body, Tianbao had practiced martial arts since childhood, so this wasn’t a worry. The main thing now was to change his way of thinking.

So, in that year, Tianbao lived in a remote village in the North, diligently practicing martial arts and his thinking, while studying military strategy.

In those years, not only was the Imperial Court politically corrupt, but in the North, a minority ethnic group rose, and there was constant war on the border. Internally, peasant uprisings frequently erupted.

Chenxi’s first thought was definitely to fight the foreign tribes; this way, he could also establish merit and a career. The original body had previously followed Eunuch Liu in suppressing rebels internally, so his reputation wasn’t good. Officially, he was a Thousand-Household Commander and Jinyiwei Commander, but others called him a court lackey. Since that’s the case, he might as well go to the border pass to defend against foreign enemies and not care about internal affairs.

Although this is the world of Young Zhang Sanfeng, it should be the Late Song, Early Yuan Dynasty. Perhaps the screenwriter didn’t know anything and forcibly made it the Late Ming Dynasty, with Eunuch Liu still as the chief eunuch. That’s how this world was generated.

According to the system prompt, the world has now changed. It is indeed the Late Ming Dynasty, the Emperor is indeed called Chongzhen, and that Eunuch Liu was only a young eunuch, not the most powerful eunuch in the court.

It seems that the Heavenly Dao of this world forcibly corrected the mistake. That’s good; I do have some understanding of the history of the Late Ming Dynasty.

“System, what year of Chongzhen is it now?”

“Ding, Host, it is July of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.”

There are still two years until the fall of the Great Ming Dynasty. It seems that wanting to be a wealthy idle person in the future won’t be easy.

Translator’s Blog

Blog

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *