Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Stays Out of It - Chapter 40: Peerless Under Heaven 2

The vital energy raged, and the excruciating pain persisted; Lin Dan was like lying on a torture rack every moment, enduring the suffering of a thousand cuts. Her skin split open, bl00d flowed, her ink-like hair withered, but soon, new skin, bl00d, and ink-like hair grew again, as if she had undergone a complete transformation.

But only Lin Dan herself knew that she wasn’t reborn, but was experiencing death every moment. Her body had become a battlefield of dead energy and life energy; the two kinds of energy circulated in her body, coming and going. As long as she was still alive, the excruciating pain of being cut by a knife would always exist.

Lin Dan clenched the volume of the cultivation technique, and smiled coldly. No wonder the old sect leader was willing to take out the top-level cultivation technique of the Eastern Saint Sect for an orphan to cultivate, and no wonder He Chongling allowed a lowly puppet to develop affection for her. This Asura blade was simply a self-mutilating technique. If she couldn’t discard love, the original owner would stop making progress for a lifetime and still possess super strong vitality, allowing the old sect leader and He Chongling to exploit and oppress her; if she was lucky enough to succeed in the cultivation, she would also have to endure the pain of a thousand cuts every day, and living would be worse than dying.

Walking in pain, sleeping in pain, and even breathing in pain… Who could survive in this endless excruciating pain? It was feared that it wouldn’t last for two or three years before this person would commit suicide. No wonder this volume of cultivation technique was so magical, allowing the original owner to advance to a first-rate master in just five years, but no one in the sect cultivated it. The old sect leader and He Chongling were probably just treating her as a puppet to study. Regardless of whether she could succeed in the cultivation or not, the original owner could be firmly held in their palms and couldn’t make any waves.

What a good plan! Lin Dan’s eyes dimmed slightly before putting the cultivation technique into a sandalwood box for safekeeping. Her nearly shattered meridians had been protected by a continuous stream of life energy, but that Gu worm still couldn’t be removed. If it was hidden elsewhere, it would have been shattered by the vital energy, but it was hidden in the heart, and the life energy firmly protected the heart, which actually allowed it to survive safely.

In other words, the current Lin Dan was still He Chongling’s puppet. If he let her live, she could live; if he let her die, she had to die. However, this level of control was no longer enough to threaten Lin Dan. If she couldn’t shatter the Gu worm in her heart, she could directly shatter the mother Gu in He Chongling’s heart. Once the mother Gu died, the child Gu would naturally not survive.

She was without heart and without emotion, so when she thought of killing He Chongling, there wasn’t the slightest ripple in her heart, let alone killing intent, and the child Gu didn’t react at all. And He Chongling’s mother Gu would hardly take the initiative to sense the child Gu, nor would it be subjected to backlash. It was also obvious that He Chongling didn’t regard the original owner as a person, so how could he let the child Gu in her body affect himself? The original owner’s death was just that; to him, it was nothing more than the death of a small insect, nothing serious.

Lin Dan avoided the guards and came to a spring eye on the back mountain to wash away the bloodstains on her body. She was enduring the pain of a thousand cuts every moment, but the expression on her face was very calm, as if nothing had happened. Although she had lost her memory, she had endured thousands and ten thousand years of pain, and what was this little pain in front of her.

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The next day was the day of the sect leader’s wedding with the Holy Maiden, and the sect was everywhere with lanterns and decorations, bustling with activity. To prevent anyone from harming the handsome man after she left, the Holy Maiden insisted on bringing the man to the hall, and He Chongling also allowed her to do so. He thought it was a good idea to let the handsome man watch him and the Holy Maiden become husband and wife with his own eyes, so that they could completely cut off the idea of the two of them. When the rice was cooked and turned into cooked food, he would find a chance to kill this person.

A maid walked into a secluded courtyard and cautiously called out, “Left Protector, the time is almost up, you should go to the hall.”

Lin Dan then woke up from her meditation and slowly said, “Get me a black skirt.”

“Today is the sect leader’s wedding day, you should wear red,” the maid lowered her head and didn’t dare to look at her.

“Black skirts are stain-resistant,” Lin Dan’s tone was very indifferent. She was going to kill someone, not to attend a wedding.

The maid didn’t dare to persuade her anymore, found a black skirt and put it on for her, and comforted her, “Left Protector, don’t blame Young Master Bai, he was also implicated by He Yufei. After you attend the wedding banquet this time, bring him back, so that the sect leader won’t take his anger out on him.” Young Master Bai was the man the original owner brought back, whose full name was Bai Yan, and He Yufei was the newly promoted Holy Maiden. She originally had no name and no surname, only a number, and only gained her current name after being favored by He Chongling. And in the Eastern Saint Sect, the surname “He” was an extremely sacred thing, a proof that the sect leader recognized this person.

The original owner risked her life for He Chongling for many years, but she couldn’t get him to bestow his surname upon her. He Yufei only needed to smile or say a few witty words to win everyone’s favor. He Yufei was sunshine and rain, and the original owner was like a worm and ant living in the darkness, with completely different fates.

But from today, everything would be different again. Lin Dan would break the shackles for the original owner, sever the ties, and ascend to the peak of martial arts, because she knew that only the strongest people would not be trampled upon.

When Lin Dan arrived, the sect members were also there. They looked at the black robe on her body, and their eyes revealed expressions of either disdain, understanding, or sympathy. The Left Protector had deep feelings for the sect leader; almost everyone knew this, and even if she later found Bai Yan, this male pet, it was only misunderstood as an act of angering the sect leader. They felt that Lin Dan was insignificant, not presentable, and usually didn’t like to speak, so it was no wonder that the sect leader didn’t look up to her, and even the male pet she kept was taken away by a maid.

“Left Protector, I advise you to go back and change a skirt, otherwise you won’t be able to bear the punishment from the sect leader. After all, today is the sect leader’s wedding day. Are you deliberately trying to bring him bad luck by wearing it as if you were attending a funeral?” The Right Protector whispered to persuade her.

Lin Dan just glanced at him indifferently and sat down directly, drinking some strong liquor. Her complexion looked extremely pale, but her lips were as red as bl00d, and her black eyes were filled with frost, very intimidating. The Right Protector looked at her, and for some reason, he couldn’t help but shiver, and immediately didn’t dare to speak.

Lin Dan put down the wine glass and lowered her eyes, waiting. Bai Yan was sitting directly opposite her; if it had been usual, she would have been staring at him a long time ago, but today she didn’t even give him a glance, as if they were strangers. Bai Yan also just glanced at her indifferently and looked at the door, with a look of ease between his brows.

Since being kidnapped to the Eastern Saint Sect, he still played the zither, appreciated flowers, and splashed ink, not showing any panic. For him, being kidnapped seemed to be just a change of place to live, nothing serious. He held a small wine cup in his hand, but didn’t drink, just casually turning his wrist, and his long, slender fingertips lightly tapped the cup wall, his posture very leisurely.

He was always calm and composed, which made him more mysterious and more charming. The hall was constantly being looked at by people, regardless of gender. It seemed that he only needed to reveal a slight and gentle smile, and there would be many people willing to risk their lives for him.

Some people couldn’t restrain themselves and walked towards him, intending to pour him a drink, but retreated after his indifferent glance, and for a moment didn’t dare to be abrupt. Even if he had no martial arts and was physically weak, his innate nobility couldn’t be touched by ordinary people.

Amid the laughter and noise, the sound of drums and music came from outside, and the bride and groom arrived. The people of the martial world were unrestrained, and the two new people naturally didn’t hold a red rope, didn’t ride in a palanquin, and didn’t wear a veil. Instead, they walked in shoulder to shoulder. He Yufei looked at Bai Yan as soon as she entered the door, and when she saw that he was safe, she breathed a sigh of relief.

He Chongling looked directly at Lin Dan, his eyes filled with gloom. The hall was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and everyone was dressed very festively, but only Lin Dan was wearing a black robe and had a cold face. What was the meaning of this? Did she want to ruin the wedding?

He Yufei also saw Lin Dan, and a hint of joy quickly flashed through her eyes. When Lin Dan caused trouble, she would be able to take the opportunity to rescue her master.

Seeing that the festive atmosphere was frozen because of Lin Dan, at this moment, a disciple quickly ran in and loudly reported, “Sect Leader, it’s not good! Qingcheng Sect, Heavenly Sword Sect, Nine Heavens Mountain, Yin-Yang Pavilion, and other sects have gathered their people to attack the mountain, saying they want to eliminate our Holy Sect!”

“These sects were still motionless a few days ago, why did they suddenly attack the mountain today?” He Chongling’s tone was calm and his expression was composed, as if he didn’t take these sects seriously at all.

“Replying to the Sect Leader, your subordinate also doesn’t know!” The disciple bowed in shame.

“Hmph, come if they want, this deity is not afraid.” He Chongling tore off his wedding robes and strode towards the mountain gate, but saw another disciple hurriedly running in, his face full of panic: “It’s not good, Sect Leader, the army that besieged our sect this time has thousands of people, and there’s a Half-step Grandmaster sent by Lianyun City to hold down the line, and there are also more than a hundred first-rate masters, we may not be able to resist!”

As soon as this was said, the sect members, who had been full of energy, stiffened and felt a sense of timidity in their hearts. Those so-called famous righteous sects always came to provoke them at the mountain gate from time to time, and they had never been afraid, but they had never seen such a large formation as today.

The realm of martial arts was divided into five levels: Third-rate, First-rate, Super-First-rate, Half-step Grandmaster, and Grandmaster. Each level of rank increased, the combat power would increase by thousands of times. A first-rate master could wantonly slaughter tens of thousands of third-rate martial artists, while a Half-step Grandmaster could resist the siege of hundreds of super-first-rate masters. As for a Grandmaster, that was a legendary realm. When they truly fought, they could cause mountains to collapse and the sea to surge, and were truly a human killing weapon.

There were only five Grandmasters in the entire Eastern Tang Continent, and the strongest one was the city lord of Lianyun City. He was the last martial artist to step into the Grandmaster realm, but he successively challenged and defeated the four predecessors, ranking first in the world, and was therefore honored as the Cloud Emperor, and the city he governed was thus named Lianyun City.

The strongest person in the Eastern Saint Sect was He Chongling, but he was only a Super-First-rate master, and was still far from the Half-step Grandmaster realm. If it was just the siege of several major sects and Lianyun City didn’t get involved, he would still have the power to fight, but at this time, even a Half-step Grandmaster was sent, and there was a behemoth like Lianyun City behind him, and the Eastern Saint Sect had almost no power to fight back.

If they fought head-on today, all the sect members would probably not escape the word “death”!