Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 24

Under normal circumstances, neither Sheng Baihe nor Lan Feier would have handled things this way.

At least, not so extremely.

Cultivators didn’t necessarily need to haggle over every little thing with ordinary mortals.

The problem lay in the months of eating wind and sleeping dew, and the non-stop arduous travel. These two impetuous modern people lacked the stability of Wen Wuning, a native of this world.

Wen Wuning’s state of mind had been peaceful from beginning to end, while the two modern people were impetuous. It wasn’t usually obvious, but it was easily provoked when something happened.

Sheng Baihe was like an agitated and furious beast. In terms of swordsmanship, he was no match for Wen Wuning, and even if he were, he couldn’t kill her.

“Ah!”

Unable to vent his anger, Sheng Baihe’s gaze turned fierce, and he suddenly abandoned his sword and flew forward.

Seeing him discard his sword, Wen Wuning knew he had no intention of continuing the fight and sheathed her sword.

Sheng Baihe seized the opportunity to close in, his gaze as ferocious as a wild beast, wanting only to possess the person before him.

So that she could never disobey him again!

Feeling the danger, Wen Wuning’s heart sank. For some reason, a bright red light suddenly erupted from her body.

Sheng Baihe was knocked back by the red light. After steadying himself, he looked up and saw Wen Wuning holding her green sword at his throat, her eyes filled with piercing coldness.

“Sheng Baihe, if you dare to come closer again, I’ll kill you!”

Sheng Baihe felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him, instantly calming down. He regained his indifferent demeanor, pushed aside the green sword, but said gloomily, “Senior Sister, one day you will regret pointing your sword at me like this.”

Lan Feier threw the person on the ground and interjected at the right moment, “Senior Sister, Senior Brother Sheng, this person wanted to escape. I brought him back.”

The two turned their heads upon hearing this. Wen Wuning’s gaze lingered slightly on Lan Feier’s bl00d-dripping sword. She walked over and asked the person on the ground who was howling miserably, “Why did you ambush us?”

“You invaded our tribe’s territory! Trespassers must die!”

“Is that so?”

Sheng Baihe’s half-smiling gaze made the person on the ground shiver.

Wen Wuning said, “We were just passing by.”

“How do you prove that?!”

This person didn’t seem to have grasped the situation yet and still dared to yell. Lan Feier raised her foot and kicked him, reminding him of his current predicament.

This kick landed squarely on the person’s bloodied wound, and he immediately let out a pig-slaughtering scream.

Sheng Baihe glanced at this junior sister who usually had no presence, slightly approving of her behavior. He said to the person on the ground, “Take us to your village. You killed our horses, so at least you should compensate us.”

Sheng Baihe had originally been too lazy to say the last two sentences, mainly saying them to Wen Wuning, reminding her that if they didn’t find new mounts, they would have to walk.

In this person’s eyes, they had only killed Sheng Baihe’s three horses, while Sheng Baihe had killed so many of their people and still wanted to ask them for mounts.

How could this person agree? He was about to curse instinctively, but a cold sword stained with bl00d was suddenly held against his neck, forcing his curses back down.

“If you don’t agree, I’ll kill you, and we’ll go find your villagers to demand them ourselves. It’s just a matter of spending a little more time anyway,” Sheng Baihe said lazily.

Taking outsiders back would be punished by the tribe, and it was no different from leading wolves into the house. He couldn’t agree.

But with the sword against his chest, he had no choice but to agree.

Along the way, this person smeared mud mixed with grass leaves on his wounds, making him look like a mud figure, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

Sheng Baihe said lightly, “Don’t try any tricks.”

After walking about two miles, a group of low houses came into view. Before they could take a closer look, another group of mud figures suddenly emerged from the bushes, holding various strange weapons.

Wen Wuning only wanted horses and didn’t want to clash with them. She wanted to explain, but it was useless against these barbarians. Since words didn’t work, they had to resort to force. Sheng Baihe, who had been itching for a fight, drew his sword and immediately began to kill them.

Wen Wuning was forced to get entangled with them.

The injured mud figure tried to escape in the chaos but was kicked to the ground by a flying foot. Before his eyes could focus, his chest suffered a heavy blow. A foot like a boulder pressed down on his chest, and a cold sword was thrust against his neck.

He looked up and met a demonic-looking yet still somewhat green face. His heart trembled with fear.

This young girl had killed two of his companions in front of his eyes without even blinking.

“Which hut does the chieftain live in?” Lan Feier pushed the sword a fraction deeper into the person’s muddy neck, drawing a line of bl00d.

“Don’t… don’t kill me! I’ll take you there!”

More and more mud figures rushed over upon hearing the commotion, joining the melee. Glancing at Wen Wuning and Sheng Baihe who were surrounded, Lan Feier kicked the person and followed him, crouching low, towards the village.

Getting closer, Lan Feier saw the structure of the houses here. The houses were only about three meters high, but there were partitions inside. The upper level where people lived was only about a meter high.

This kind of house structure resembled the stilt houses of the Tujia people, avoiding snakes and insects, preventing dampness, and providing ventilation. The lower level could also be used to raise livestock.

However, the houses here were at most low stilt houses. One could easily imagine how oppressive it would be inside. But from Lan Feier’s observation, the people here were short in stature, even adult males not exceeding 1.6 meters, so building the houses so low was understandable.

As soon as she entered the village, Lan Feier felt many pairs of cold eyes falling on her, making her spine chill.

“Hurry up!” Lan Feier tapped the person’s shoulder with the back of her sword.

The person cried out in pain, “We’re here! It’s just ahead.”

Lan Feier looked in the direction he pointed. It was an ordinary bamboo building. She couldn’t help but be suspicious. She bent down and lightly ran the edge of her sword across his cheek, saying softly, “If you dare to lie to me, I’ll use this sword to slice you into sashimi. Do you know what sashimi is? It’s cutting you into raw slices.”

Lan Feier didn’t deliberately try to intimidate him, but her casual tone was even more spine-chilling.

The person shivered and quickly crawled forward. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, he turned his head and said, “The chieftain is inside.”

“Is your chieftain deaf?”

“Huh?”

The fighting outside was fierce. As the chieftain, shouldn’t he come out to take a look?

Lan Feier took two steps forward and kicked his wound again. “You go in first.”

The person hugged his head, crying and begging for mercy, a trace of vicious hatred flashing in his eyes.

Lan Feier followed him up the bamboo stairs. The room was pitch black, and a strange smell wafted out. Lan Feier didn’t want to go in. “You call the person out!”

The person called out twice reluctantly, but no one came out. Seeing the displeasure on Lan Feier’s face, he quickly said, “The chieftain is old, hard of hearing, and has difficulty moving around. If you want to see the chieftain, you’d better come in with me.”

Lan Feier stared at this person for a while, making his heart pound with fear of being discovered. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to notice his intentions. After staring at him for a while, she shifted her gaze and simply said, “You go first.”

He repeatedly agreed, a sinister smile creeping onto his lips.

Lan Feier lowered her head and followed him into the dark room. The pungent smell inside made her frown. Suddenly, the wooden floor beneath her feet made a soft sound and trembled slightly. The person who had entered first rolled nimbly and disappeared into the darkness. Lan Feier’s eyes turned cold, and she raised her sword and threw it, hearing a scream.

She flew towards the sound and landed on the person. After steadying herself, she forcefully pulled out the sword stuck in his leg, hearing a loud “ah!” as a pillar of bl00d spurted high. It looked like she had hit a major artery.

Lan Feier looked back at where she had just stood. The floor opened downwards like two doors. If she had been an ordinary person, she would probably have fallen down by now.

Lan Feier grabbed the person’s collar and dragged him to the edge of the opening. A fishy, foul smell wafted up from below.

By the light coming in from the doorway, she saw what was below and couldn’t help but be surprised. “Do you raise these things under every house?”

Lan Feier finally understood why she had always felt a chill down her spine along the way. It turned out that the people here raised these cold-blooded reptiles.

Thick skin with scales, four short legs with claws, a long, heavy tail, and a narrow mouth full of cone-shaped teeth. Wasn’t this a crocodile?

“So, you prepared this to wait for me.” Lan Feier squatted down and smiled at the person who was grimacing in pain.

The person felt a chill down his spine and instinctively turned his head to escape. However, he only felt a pain in his stomach, and his body flew out uncontrollably, falling down.

In a panic, he grabbed the bamboo planks, trying to climb up, but the insects that had been waiting below bit his legs in one go.

The terrifying bite force, the sound of leg bones being snapped, was sinister.

“Ah—save me!”

Lan Feier squatted in front of him, calmly watching the fear and resentment intertwined on his face.

The knuckles gripping the bamboo planks had turned white and trembled. The insects below impatiently swung their heads, and the person was swiftly dragged into the darkness. Screams and chilling chewing sounds echoed from below.

Lan Feier clapped the mud off her hands and left.