Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 29
“Sheng Baihe, I’m going to kill you!”
An angry growl came from behind her.
Lan Feier’s feet suddenly felt like they had taken root in the ground, unable to move.
But what could she do?!
What could she possibly do?!
Even the heavens were helping Sheng Baihe!
Sheng Baihe had advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage. Wen Wuning was no match for him, and killing her would be even easier than crushing an ant. If she stepped forward now, she would surely die.
She didn’t have the ability to protect Wen Wuning.
She couldn’t defy fate, couldn’t defy Sheng Baihe.
She was just an insignificant cannon fodder, a cowardly and selfish person. She shouldn’t have followed Wen Wuning in the first place…
“You won’t kill me. Once you become mine, you won’t kill me.” Sheng Baihe’s handsome face held a twisted affection.
However, a flash of red light appeared in the grass, followed by a muffled groan, and a figure flew heavily and landed on the grassy slope.
Immediately after, a ball of red light flew out of the grass and towards the green sword on the nearby ground.
Wen Wuning sat up from the grass, her gaze cold. She looked at the red light hovering around the green sword.
The red light appeared a second time. This time, Wen Wuning finally knew what it was.
It turned out that the red sword had also escaped from the painting that day and had been hidden on her body all along.
That day…
Her gaze shifted to Sheng Baihe, who lay motionless on the grassy slope.
Wen Wuning got up from the ground, picked up the green sword, and walked through the grass.
The red light circled the green sword a few times before finally disappearing into Wen Wuning’s hand.
Wen Wuning walked to the bottom of the grassy slope and found Sheng Baihe spitting out bl00d, lying on the ground unable to move.
Although the red sword was not an ordinary weapon, it couldn’t possibly injure a Foundation Establishment cultivator with just that one strike.
This probably wasn’t from the red sword. Wen Wuning noticed that the spiritual power around Sheng Baihe was chaotic. This was likely because his Foundation Establishment was too sudden, and instead of properly adjusting his Qi, he had engaged in a fierce fight, causing a spiritual power backlash.
Sheng Baihe’s sudden advancement this time, seemingly a good thing, was actually a great loss due to his unstable foundation and rash advancement. If he didn’t adjust his Qi properly, it would even be detrimental to his future cultivation.
Sheng Baihe’s face was twisted in pain.
If she wanted to take his life, this would be the best opportunity.
Wen Wuning’s eyes were obscure and uncertain.
Sheng Baihe obviously knew this as well. This was the best time to take his life. He stared at Wen Wuning at the bottom of the grassy slope, a self-deprecating and sarcastic smile squeezed out of his painful, ferocious face.
He laughed at his own stupidity.
“You humiliated me twice. It’s really hard to quell the hatred in my heart if I don’t kill you.” Wen Wuning squatted down beside Sheng Baihe, and the green sword suddenly pierced the ground next to his cheek.
Sheng Baihe, with the sword hanging over his neck, laughed wildly upon hearing this. Bl00d surged from his mouth with the laughter, and some flowed back into his throat.
Sheng Baihe coughed up bl00d as he laughed wildly, and bl00d foam splattered on the cold green sword.
“Right, that’s all you remember!”
He hadn’t expected to fall for a woman again.
He thought Wen Wuning was different, not like those two-faced, cheap women.
But so what if she was different?!
The result was still the same!
All women were worthless! Untrustworthy! They all deserved to die!
“But you did save my life.” Wen Wuning withdrew the green sword.
Sheng Baihe’s laughter stopped abruptly, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at Wen Wuning.
“I’m returning this life to you now. Take care of yourself.”
With that, Wen Wuning took out something from her bosom and placed it beside Sheng Baihe’s hand.
“What is it?” Sheng Baihe struggled to turn his head to look, only seeing a translucent white bead.
“It’s the white feather flower you gave me back then. Now I’m returning it to its original owner. From now on, we owe each other nothing.”
Sheng Baihe forcefully grabbed the bead, clutching it tightly in his palm, staring at the graceful figure walking away.
At this moment, he understood one thing: endure, he had to endure!
He had been too confident all along.
Thinking he was the protagonist, everything would develop according to the book, and everyone would treat him as described in the book.
Things would happen, but people might not be the same as in the book.
Such changes couldn’t happen again. He had to endure.
Wen Wuning had originally intended to use the white feather flower she refined into a pill for another purpose, but since she wanted to make a clean break with Sheng Baihe, she had to be clear about it.
In this wilderness, Sheng Baihe was unable to move. Whether he could survive depended on the will of heaven.
Seeing the figure under the distant tree, Wen Wuning rushed over in a few steps. She carefully examined Lan Feier and, seeing no injuries on her body, breathed a sigh of relief. “Let’s go.”
However, Lan Feier acted as if she hadn’t heard. She stared blankly at Sheng Baihe on the distant grassy slope.
“We’ll walk our own path from now on.”
Wen Wuning wanted to take Lan Feier’s hand, but Lan Feier dodged her. Lan Feier’s action was very abrupt. She even took a step back to keep a distance from Wen Wuning.
Lan Feier’s resistant reaction surprised and confused Wen Wuning.
Withdrawing her empty hand, Wen Wuning thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, “Were you frightened?”
Lan Feier remained silent, her gaze cold, retreating warily.
Wen Wuning was slightly stunned. Lan Feier’s eyes at this moment were like looking at a complete stranger.
Lan Feier kept retreating. When Wen Wuning approached slightly, she even let out a low growl, like a wild beast.
Wen Wuning immediately dared not act rashly. But seeing Lan Feier suddenly turn and dart into the forest, she couldn’t worry about anything else and flew up, grabbing Lan Feier. Lan Feier, like a wild beast, turned around and bit Wen Wuning’s hand.
The smell of bl00d immediately filled her entire mouth.
“Don’t be afraid, Junior Sister…”
The restrained and gentle voice startled Lan Feier.
Wen Wuning gently stroked Lan Feier’s head and her back, which was arched like a beast’s.
Although Lan Feier had saved Wen Wuning once, Wen Wuning knew Lan Feier’s strength very well.
She knew she was smart and cautious, but her cultivation was low.
Seeing Sheng Baihe fight her this time, and Sheng Baihe even advancing mid-fight, Wen Wuning could guess how scared she was.
“Senior Sister, I wanted to run away just now.”
Lan Feier released Wen Wuning’s bloody hand, her face bloodless as she muttered stammeringly.
Wen Wuning was slightly stunned, stroking her head as before, her tone unchanged.
“No need to feel guilty. It’s normal to be afraid.”
This way, she didn’t need to worry. This junior sister was smart and knew how to weigh things. Even if she wasn’t by her side in the future, she would definitely be able to take care of herself.
Compared to Wen Wuning’s frankness, Lan Feier remained stammering and silent. Wen Wuning’s comfort didn’t help her even a little. Her face remained as pale as paper.
Seeing that dusk was approaching, Wen Wuning had no choice but to take Lan Feier down the mountain first.
Before dark, Wen Wuning entered a small town at the foot of the mountain and found an inn.
As soon as they entered the inn, Wen Wuning suddenly lost consciousness again and fainted.
That night, Lan Feier sat by Wen Wuning’s bed in a daze.
The night outside the room grew darker. The person who had been sitting like a stone statue by the bed for two hours suddenly moved.
Lan Feier got up and quietly left the room. She found a horse overnight, left some money for the horse dealer, and led the horse away from the town alone.
From beginning to end, Lan Feier didn’t look back even once.
In this gamble between Wen Wuning and fate, Wen Wuning might not necessarily lose.
And the cowardly, timid, and selfish her, Wen Wuning didn’t need.
She was originally a selfish person who cherished her life, not on the same path as Wen Wuning at all!
Having figured this out, Lan Feier sneered.
She took out the thing Wen Wuning had given her and threw it casually into the darkness, flipped onto the horse, and galloped away with a loud shout.
••••
Dusk fell, and the night in the mountains always came exceptionally early.
In the secluded forest, the wind rustled through the trees. A slender figure walked out from the shadows. She walked to the unconscious person on the grassy slope, lowered her head, and examined his features in the dim afterglow.
Handsome and refined, with an extraordinary bearing, but the fierce aura between his brows was too heavy.
“Quite the infatuated one.” A flirtatious, teasing voice spread through the forest.
Just as a gust of wind passed and one blinked, there was no one in the wilderness, not even the person lying on the ground. Only a patch of dark bloodstains remained on the grassy slope, where two wild wolves, drawn by the scent, were lingering.