Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 2

Lan Feier didn’t have many other skills, but she was somewhat skilled at escaping. She knew that going head-to-head with Sheng Baihe with her cultivation level would only lead to death. Even if Sheng Baihe, to maintain his righteous protagonist persona, didn’t attack her, he would hold a grudge against her for this, and who knew if he would secretly plot against her in the future.

It wasn’t worth it. Lan Feier shook her head, then turned to look at the alluringly beautiful face beside her, tormented by the poison.

Losing her own life for Wen Wuning’s chastity wasn’t worth it.

“What’s wrong?”

Feeling Lan Feier’s gaze, Wen Wuning looked up in confusion. At this moment, her mind was already muddled like paste, her thoughts hazy, and her usually cold voice was now somewhat dazed and soft.

Wen Wuning wasn’t a defenseless person, but perhaps under the influence of the drug, or perhaps because the other person had appeared at the most critical moment to save her, she showed her most unguarded side.

And when a beauty, especially a cold beauty, showed this side, it was very lethal.

At least it made the timid and cautious Lan Feier unable to abandon her.

Sighing inwardly, Lan Feier resigned herself to her fate and continued to lead the person through the forest.

In fact, in this interspatial space, with Lan Feier’s cultivation level, it was already difficult to protect herself, let alone carrying a Wen Wuning.

Lan Feier knew she couldn’t keep running. Sheng Baihe would catch up sooner or later. She had to find a place to hide, but a hidden place wasn’t as common as cabbage; it wasn’t easy to find.

“Ah—”

Suddenly, her foot slipped, and Lan Feier fell downwards.

Weeds brushed against her cheeks. Lan Feier closed her eyes and hugged Wen Wuning tightly. When she could open her eyes again, her feet were braced against both sides of the rock walls, using the force to control her falling figure.

Her vision was pitch black. She didn’t know the situation and didn’t have the ability to fly Wen Wuning up. Lan Feier had no choice but to let her body fall, the only thing she could do was to push against the rock walls on both sides to control the speed of her descent.

This chasm was not shallow. They fell for a full four or five minutes. The distance between the two rock walls grew wider and wider. Suddenly, the distance increased sharply. In the pitch-black chasm, she couldn’t even sense where the opposite rock wall was. She managed to stop her foot in time, and with quick eyes and hands, she turned and grabbed a protruding rock on this side of the wall.

The weight of both of them suddenly concentrated on this one hand. They hung in mid-air, unable to touch any side.

The chasm was pitch black, but down below there was some light, she didn’t know where it came from. A chilling wind blew upwards from below. Lan Feier hugged the slipping body in her arms and used the faint light to look downwards.

This chasm suddenly turned into an inverted bowl shape, and she and Wen Wuning were now hanging at the bottom of the inverted bowl. She estimated that they were about twenty to thirty stories high from the ground.

“Creak!”

The rock she was holding onto made a sound of being unable to bear the weight. Lan Feier looked up at the pitch-black chasm above, where she couldn’t see the opening at all. With her abilities, it was impossible to bring Wen Wuning up.

Lan Feier looked down again. She could only go down first. Thinking positively, this was actually a good place to avoid the male lead.

Below were many towering stone pillars. Lan Feier spotted one closest to them. She exerted force in her waist, hugged Wen Wuning, and swung towards it. Releasing her hand at the right moment, she took a few steps in the air before landing heavily with Wen Wuning. As soon as she landed, she twisted her body and grabbed a protruding rock on the stone pillar to resist the forward momentum.

And the rock that had borne their weight finally broke off from the cliff wall.

“Thump.”

That sound?

Lan Feier gently placed Wen Wuning in the center of the stone pillar. She felt her way to the edge and looked down, only to see ripples spreading in circles on the ground, the center being where the rock had fallen.

She hadn’t noticed it before, but there was a shallow layer of water below.

Lan Feier looked up at the vast, empty cave, her brow furrowing, feeling uneasy.

Such a unique and secluded place usually hid opportunities, and opportunities also meant danger. She didn’t want opportunities; she just wanted to save her life. Opportunities were better left to the protagonist.

Moreover, she had originally thought that she could at least avoid the protagonist here, but with the protagonist’s constitution of attracting opportunities, he would find his way here sooner or later. This place wasn’t safe either.

Lan Feier was worried and returned to Wen Wuning’s side.

Wen Wuning’s eyes were tightly closed, her brows furrowed, her breathing heavy, and her face flushed red. Sweat-dampened strands of hair clung to her pale forehead. She was making a sound like crying, she couldn’t tell if it was coming from her throat or her nose.

As a 21st-century university student who had been exposed to the complex environment of the internet, Lan Feier had seen the pig run even if she hadn’t eaten the pork. She was very calm about this ambiguous scene.

She placed Wen Wuning’s sword beside her and reluctantly took out a treasured Qingxin Pill from her bosom, then stepped forward and fed it to Wen Wuning.

The Qingxin Pill wasn’t actually a precious medicinal pill. Disciples of the Wen family received a certain amount every month. In Wen Wuning’s eyes, it was definitely as common as cabbage, but for the poor Lan Feier, it was truly the best thing she could take out.

“Senior Sister, hold on. Although this poison is vile and overbearing, as long as you get through this period, you should be fine.”

She didn’t know if it was because she heard her words or if the Qingxin Pill had taken effect, but Wen Wuning slightly opened her eyes, seemingly glanced at Lan Feier, and even seemed to respond with a sound.

Seeing that she was a bit more conscious, Lan Feier said in a low voice, “Senior Sister, Senior Brother Sheng won’t be able to find this place for a while. Rest assured and rest. I’ll go explore around and will be back soon.”

This place didn’t make her feel any immediate danger, but that might be because her cultivation was too low and her senses weren’t sharp enough. In any case, this place looked mysterious, and she couldn’t just sit and wait for danger to arrive.

Telling Wen Wuning was twofold: first, she was afraid that Wen Wuning would think she had abandoned her, which would affect her ability to concentrate on resisting the effects of the drug; second, they would see each other often after going out, and as a junior sister, she should inform her senior sister of any actions she took, which could also be considered as respecting her senior sister.

Part of the light in the cave came from the faint phosphorescence on the rock walls, and the main source was from the water below.

She didn’t know if it was the effect of the drug, but there was always a faint fragrance around Wen Wuning. The fragrance was irritating to smell, and if it also had aphrodisiac effects, it would be terrible. Lan Feier pinched her nose and looked around, then used her sword to jump onto a neighboring stone pillar.

The air suddenly felt much better. Lan Feier lowered her hand and looked back at the stone pillar where Wen Wuning was. For the time being, Wen Wuning should be safe.

The stone pillar she was on was lower. She leaned against the edge and looked down.

The water ripples below had disappeared, and a faint light shone from the bottom of the water. This light wasn’t everywhere, only in one area. The light wasn’t strong, but the range was quite large.

Based on her many years of reading novels, she didn’t believe that this cave had no inhabitants.

She just didn’t know if that thing had gone out to hunt or what.

Curiosity made Lan Feier want to go down and find out, but her cautious personality held her back. She knew she was just a passerby, and opportunities wouldn’t belong to her. Even if she encountered one, she was destined to be cannon fodder.

Anyway, she didn’t have any great ambitions. She wasn’t greedy. Being able to live in this world was enough.

Thinking this, she withdrew her gaze and stopped thinking about it. She retreated to the middle, lay down, and closed her eyes to rest.

Sheng Baihe, who was searching for Wen Wuning, was passing over the ground above them.

The chasm was overgrown with weeds. If one didn’t walk directly over it, it would be impossible to notice that there was a chasm wide enough for one person here. And Sheng Baihe was different from Lan Feier. His cultivation was higher, and his movements were not as grounded as Lan Feier’s cautious steps.

Moreover, because the chasm was too deep, he couldn’t sense Wen Wuning’s aura, so he missed them.

He never would have imagined that deep beneath his feet was a strange cave, and the person he was looking for was inside.