CH 3

It was a dark and windy night perfect for killing.

The Tianxuan back mountain had very heavy miasma today, and most of the full moon had been covered by dark clouds. Demonic energy tumbled faintly, almost like the beginning of a storm.

According to the description in the book, it was precisely because Xie Wuyan had accidentally fallen here that his scent enticed many other demons to stir.

Just when Xie Wuyan was about to be swallowed by other demons, Feng Yaoqing showed up just in time to lead the disciples to disperse the demons. She took care of him for three whole days before pulling him back from death’s door.

Shen Wanqing calculated and came to the back mountain ahead of time. This meant that the other monsters and demons wouldn’t have time to come over, thus, she would be considered safe.

Taking advantage of this, by stabbing Xie Wuyan to death, she could make an outstanding contribution to the better future of humankind.

But after all, there was still a difference between a female lead and a side female character.

In the original description, Feng Yaoqing had just gone up the mountain with a lamp in hand. She furrowed her brows and immediately discovered an anomaly. She drew her sword and walked over to find the villain demon king and successfully saved him.

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A blood stain was wiped off the corner of his lips, and his body was full of hostility like a Shura ghost1, and his long black hair made his complexion even paler. From his cheeks to his neck, bloodstains streamed out like a spider web, making it look more hideous and scary.

Shen Wanqing’s eyes lit up.

Look at his charisma, look at his appearance —

It’s. The. Big. Demon. King. Yeah!

Without any hesitation, she happily put the lamp aside, pulled the dagger from the sheath, and lifted her index finger to slightly swipe the sharp edge.

Even though it was just a light swipe, the tip of the blade cut open her skin in an instant, oozing a drop of blood, and it was almost too late to respond to the pain.

Very sharp!

Shen Wanqing was relieved.

This was a good dagger that was fatal!

Shen Wanqing looked for an angle and found that this posture from the side did not support her well and was very uncomfortable.

If she stabbed halfway through and he were to awaken by the pain, and the knife she used with all her strength had not fully penetrated him2, would she be directly counter-killed?

Resolutely, Shen Wanqing stood up, sat on top of Xie Wuyan’s waist very decisively, and fixed his body rigid.

She then stretched out her hand to caress his neck, fumbling about to find his meridians, whilst thinking in her heart—

If I pierce the main artery with the knife, blood will splash all over me.

That is very undignified, and if someone in the Xuetian Sect sees me when I go back, it would be difficult to explain.

Thus, she was ready to cover herself a little with her hand. If she could block a little bit of blood, then that was good enough.

After preparing and getting ready, Shen Wanqing clenched the dagger tightly, raised her hand, and prepared to stab him to death.

However, just as she was about to raise her hand and plunge down—

Xie Wuyan opened his eyes.

It was a pair of rare red pupils.

His long and narrow eyes, even if they didn’t carry any emotion and were just quietly and unwaveringly looking at her, his gaze still gave her the chills.

He looked at Shen Wanqing in such a calm manner that there were no emotions in his eyes, nor was there fear or anger.

The only thing was that the blood red color in his eyes deepened a little. The spider web-like blood stains spread around the outer corner of his eyes, causing the surrounding atmosphere to become even more gloomy and full of threatening power.

Shen Wanqing: “…”

F*ck! The demon king opened his eyes! !

In the original book, didn’t the female lead gradually get thinner from taking care of him for three days and three nights before he was able to barely open his eyes? Didn’t it say that his demonic powers were damaged and sealed off, completely unusable, no different from an ordinary person?

How could the plot change by itself?

How could this guy treat people unequally!

Within a short second, her feelings and thoughts surged.

Right now, there were only two options before her.

One was to continue to stab to the end regardless of what was happening.

But it was obvious that every time this character appeared in the book, the author would spend a hundred words to describe him as an ‘evildoer who astonished the world’ and ‘the great villain who had such a strong aura that swept everyone away.’ Right now his whole aura emitted the words, ‘even though I am very weak right now but I can still kill you.’

Shen Wanqing thought, I might not be able to kill him.

And it was guaranteed that she probably would be counter-killed instead.

The second option was to distort the facts and turn black to white3.

Since she couldn’t manage to kill him, she could take the place of the heroine and come first to save him. In short, the romantic line between the villain and female lead needed to be broken first before the main leads could walk towards their happy ending in harmony.

But this required more brain power, and also Shen Wanqing didn’t know how to heal, so she still needed to get Feng Yaoqing to heal his wounds if she took him back.

So this plan was left in the air.

And—

Shen Wanqing glanced at the dazzling sharp dagger in her hand, it was a bit hard to explain.

And this posture, no matter how one looked at it, it did not seem like she was saving him.

And now, Xie Wuyan began to move.

His icy cold gaze deepened. Although he didn’t say a word, his index finger knuckle moved lightly, and in an instant, the sound of the wind in the forest grew louder and louder.

Such a scene, for Shen Wanqing, was like a life-threatening talisman.

At this moment, she took a deep breath, raised the dagger in her hand, and stabbed it very decisively.

Xie Wuyan’s eyelids didn’t move even a bit.

However, the knife swiped his cheek and plunged straight into the mud on the side.

“Okay.” Shen Wanqing let go, patted her palms, and lied without feeling embarrassed, “It was dangerous just now, you know? An ant almost crawled on your face while you were sleeping, but don’t worry, just for you I stabbed it to death with a knife.”

Xie Wuyan: “…”

Shen Wanqing also knew how outrageous her words were.

But it was good that she had such a thick-skin, she said such a nonsensical statement in a justified and straightforward tone, as if she was telling the truth.

The big villain in front of her still didn’t say a word, he just narrowed his eyes, staring up and down Shen Wanqing’s face like a beast looking at his prey.

“You don’t have to thank me that much, just invite me to dinner in the future.” Shen Wanqing was panicking on the inside, but she still held onto a little lingering desire for survival, speeding up her speech, “Staying here alone and being unfamiliar with this place, you definitely will be entangled by demons. Don’t worry, I will save you! I am very close to the people in the Xuantian Sect, I will ask them to heal you.”

At the moment, Shen Wanqing had only one idea.

As long as she did not give Xie Wuyan a chance to think, perhaps she could divert his attention and wait for Feng Yaoqing and the patrol team to arrive. Then, her precious life could be saved.

Perhaps because she was too nervous, she clenched her fists tightly, and the wound on her fingertips that had just been scratched by the blade opened up again. A drop of blood slid down the gap between her fingers and gently splashed onto the back of Xie Wuyan’s hand.

Xie Wuyan’s eyes moved lightly, undetected.

However, unexpectedly, just when the atmosphere was extremely rigid and Shen Wanqing suspected that her life was about to end here, Xie Wuyan raised his lips and let out a very low chuckle.

“Okay.”

He agreed so simply and neatly, it caused Shen Wanqing to be unable to react.

Why was the villain so easy to convince?

“However,” Xie Wuyan’s smile disappeared, he said with diction, “can you get up from me first?”

Shen Wanqing fell silent for a while, then looked at herself and their current posture.

She stood up without saying a word, and moved away to the side.

At this moment, the wind in the forest suddenly became more and more turbulent.

Dark clouds rolled over, completely covering the full moon in the sky.

It seemed that those monsters had already smelled his scent and rushed over.

Although Shen Wanqing’s cultivation was very low, she could still feel the approach of the scent of demons.

Although Xie Wuyan was awake now, it was obvious that his physical condition was not recovering very well. It’s easy to strangle oneself, but it’s hard to get the upper hand against these evil ghosts. 4

“Let’s make an agreement.” She hesitated for a while, and then whispered, “I feel like we can’t deal with these things.”

Xie Wuyan raised his eyebrows to look at her, “So?”

“Well, I’ll get people to save us. Hold on a bit,” Shen Wan said righteously, preparing to sneak away, “Don’t worry! I will come back to rescue you!”

In fact, her real thoughts were to stop Feng Yaoqing from going up the mountain so that Xie Wuyan could be killed by these evil ghosts and then they could come and collect his corpse.

Although there was a small detour, she could still achieve her goal!

However, at this moment, flames flashed in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, a robe was seen flying, and a sword broke through the void with its bright reflection, heading straight into the forest.

Then accompanied by a miserable scream, a yellow talisman flew away and ignited.

A flaming ghost hidden in the forest was removed just like this.

Feng Yaoqing put away her sword and stood with her arms crossed. She glanced in the direction of Shen Wanqing, her clothes fluttering in the wind and her brows slightly furrowed: “Why are you here?”

She came so early…

Shen Wan felt stuck for a bit. Taking a deep breath, she took advantage of the situation and glanced at Xie Wuyan, saying, “Look! I said I would get people to rescue us! I didn’t lie to you, right?”

Xie Wuyan gave her a cold look: “…”

Feng Yaoqing saw Xie Wuyan who was seriously injured, took a few steps forward, squatted down to check his injuries and asked, “The Heart Locking Curse? Who are you? Why would someone hurt you so badly?”

“I am a demon eliminator.” Xie Wuyan had no color in his face, and the hostility in his eyes had been completely reduced. He coughed a few times and looked weak, “Half a month ago, I saved a few children from a demon priest, but they held a grudge in response. A few days ago, I was ambushed by them and was forcibly planted the Heart Locking Curse. These days I have been followed by demons and monsters. I had no other way, so I decided to take a chance and come to the Xuantian Sect.”

Shen Wanqing looked at Xie Wuyan’s harmless appearance and thought from the bottom of her heart that his acting was really good.

No wonder the male and female protagonists were deceived by him.

It seemed that the description in the book was incorrect.

This Xie Wuyan may not have been rescued by the heroine on the verge of death, but had designed this scheme from the very beginning.

Even for the sake of authenticity, he cruelly cast the Heart Locking Curse on himself.

“I understand.” Feng Yaoqing nodded, “Don’t worry, Xuantian Sect will never treat those of righteousness badly.”

Shen Wanqing didn’t expect Feng Yaoqing to doubt Xie Wuyan.

Just while she was wondering how to expose Xie Wuyan’s identity in front of these people in the future, she was suddenly called on by Feng Yaoqing: “So, why is Miss Shen here? Shouldn’t you be resting back in your room?”

Shen Wanqing said in response: “…to strengthen the stomach and promote digestion.”

[The author has something to say: Xie Wuyan: It’s not important if you kill me or not, it’s more important for me to hear how much more obscenities you can say.]

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[Translator’s note: Finally our FL and ML meet. Happy readings!]