Hit by a truck, Hua Ping was sent flying and transmigrated straight into a xianxia novel!
But she discovered she hadn't become an evil cannon-fodder woman, nor a powerful, tragic female protagonist.
She was just an unnoticed baby girl, a random passerby.
Hua Ping: W-wait, is this right? This is a hellish start!
Abandoned because of a superstitious belief, the baby girl was thrown into a river.
Her wooden tub bobbed along, passing a rundown mountain village steeped in ignorance and poverty, a peaceful and beautiful town, desolate, silent forests and wilderness, before flowing into the vast sea.
At last, a huge paw covered in scars picked her up.
Little Hua Ping and the owner of the huge paw stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Hua Ping: Wow! A big snakey!
Black Dragon: ?
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The Black Dragon lived in a gloomy, damp, cold land, far from any sign of people.
Baby Hua Ping had nothing to eat. Cold and hungry, she wailed.
The Black Dragon lifted the little one with a disdainful hook of her giant paw, plucked mushrooms, wild fruit, and herbs from the bushes and trees, mashed them into a mush, and fed it to Hua Ping.
She also picked leaves and weeds, turning them into clothes for Hua Ping in all sorts of styles.
Hua Ping ran wild across the wasteland every day, throwing her weight around with the dragon's backing. None of the other monsters dared mess with her.
The Black Dragon scoured every corner for rare treasures for Hua Ping, spoiling her until she became an utterly lawless little wildling.
Once a mother, always a mother. Gradually, Hua Ping began to think of the Black Dragon as her new mommy.
All the monsters on the wasteland were afraid of Mommy. They said the Black Dragon was a terrifying creature and that little humans should stay away from her.
Hua Ping was puzzled. But Mommy is so nice to me!
Although Mommy was always sleeping and acted as if she couldn't care less about her, she let Hua Ping tug her whiskers, touch her horns, pinch her scales, and roll around on her broad back.
Mommy is a good mommy. A big snakey who can't take care of a child isn't a good Black Dragon!
Ten years passed in a flash. A group of people arrived in the wasteland, shouting about ridding the people of evil and slaying the wicked dragon as they charged in!
Hua Ping resolutely stood in front of the Black Dragon, but the dragon smacked her with a huge paw, knocking her out and sending her away from the wasteland.
When she opened her eyes, Hua Ping was in a bustling little town. She had woken up outside the home of a wealthy family, whose kind and gentle mistress and her family took her in.
From then on, Hua Ping lived a comfortable life, with food and clothes in abundance. She no longer had to eat the awful mush the Black Dragon made, pick leaves from trees to make clothes, or shiver in the Black Dragon's arms on cold nights.
But Hua Ping missed her snakey so much. She missed the rough feel of its horns rubbing her cheek, and the tenderness of its huge paw carefully stroking her head.
A few years later, a group of cultivators took up residence in town to recruit new disciples for the great sects.
They also brought everyone some bad news.
Word was that the infamous Dragon Lady of the West Sea had finally broken through her seal, wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and was about to descend upon the human world to bring disaster to all living things.
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The Dragon Lady soon led a horde of monsters in an assault on the immortal mountain. One dragon's roar shook the four seas, and blood ran in rivers wherever she went.
Hua Ping, who had been cultivating with her sect, had no choice but to join the battlefield and face the enemy.
The battlefield was in turmoil. The Dragon Lady wore a flowing black dress, with skin like ice and bones like jade, and a beauty beyond compare.
Damn it, Hua Ping recognized her dragon at first glance!
To everyone's astonishment, Hua Ping flung herself at her.
