dtnovels Chapter 6 Xuanling Gate
Chapter 6 Xuanling Gate
Within the Xuanling Sect, Wen Li was avoided by everyone who went there.
Behind her, several Xuanling Sect disciples whispered among themselves, "Where has this plague gone this time?"
"Who knows? Anyway, it's not a good thing."
Wen Li's brain was about to be driven crazy by Si Xiaxia's noise.
"How is this possible? How could this be! How could he have turned evil so quickly?"
"Ninety-nine percent means he could destroy the world in the next second! What do we do? The mission is going to fail! Waaaaah---"
Wen Li was almost laughing in anger; she hadn't even cried yet, but Wen Li had already started crying.
"Si Xiaxia, you're such a chatterbox. The mission hasn't failed yet, and you're already jinxing it. What if you made a mistake in your test? Besides, Shen Yingsi does have some ability now, but destroying this world is out of the question."
Si Xiaxia forced herself to calm down; there must be some mistake. His Highness saved someone today, how could he be a bad person?
"You're right, it must be a problem with my ability. I'll test it a few more times, it must be fake."
Si Xiaxia calmed down, but Wen Li felt inexplicably uneasy.
Before Wen Li even reached her small courtyard in the Xuanling Sect, she saw Second Master wagging his tail and panting as he charged towards her from afar. Wen Li crouched down and patted Second Master's head.
Second Master was a common yellow-haired dog she picked up on her way to the capital. In her previous life, at this time, she was still unconscious due to injuries sustained in the Endless Space, while Shen Yannan was busy searching for medicine. The cowardly and bullying beasts of the Xuanling Sect killed and ate Second Master.
Of course, Wen Li later took their lives too.
Now that she has another chance, she absolutely cannot leave Second Master here alone. No matter how dangerous the mission is, she must take Second Master with her. Only then can she feel at ease.
“Ah Li”.
Caught off guard, Wen Li heard that familiar voice. Looking up, she saw Shen Yannan sitting right in front of her door. The tall man, over six feet, huddled in the doorway, his usually mature and composed demeanor now resembling that of a homeless puppy.
Shen Yannan, dressed in a black outfit, with his sharply defined facial features and handsome, dashing looks, coupled with his superior height, was undeniably good-looking. But the villain couldn't compare to the protagonist, not even in terms of appearance, Si Xiaxia thought to herself.
"Ah Li, have you been avoiding me lately? What did I do to offend you?"
Shen Yannan, the obscure eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom, held no title or real power despite being a prince, his status as awkward as hers. His birth mother, of lowly status, climbed into the emperor's bed while he was drunk and gave birth to his child. At the time, the emperor and empress had been married for several years without conceiving, so Shen Yannan was left behind. His birth mother, however, was sentenced to death. Just when everyone thought Shen Yannan would become the crown prince, the empress suddenly became pregnant. From the moment Shen Yingsi was born, no one in the palace treated him as a proper master anymore.
The Xuanling Sect was established by the imperial court ten years ago. The powerful demon-hunting families, many of whom preferred to remain aloof, created the Xuanling Sect to train demon hunters. Initially, people rushed to send their children there, but later, discovering that most demon hunters at the Xuanling Sect didn't live past three years, people lost interest. Only the poor or homeless would risk their lives for a living at the Xuanling Sect.
As for Wen Li and Shen Yannan, these were scions of noble families who were not valued by their families. They were discarded by the noble families in response to the imperial court's policies.
"No, you've been very good to me." Wen Li smiled reassuringly at Shen Yannan.
Shen Yannan instantly relaxed: "Look, I specially went to the south of the city to buy you hibiscus cake, your favorite."
Wen Li took it and tasted it; it still tasted the same. "Thank you, Anan."
"I've been buying for you for almost ten years, why are you suddenly thanking me? By the way, be careful when you and Shen Yingsi go out this time. If anything happens, hide. Just come back safely."
Wen Li looked at Shen Yannan's face and suddenly felt a little melancholy, realizing that it had been a long time since they had spoken like this.
One of them was the villain, and the other was the vicious female supporting character. They worked so hard for so long, but ended up like that.
"Shen Yannan, is the position of Crown Prince really that important to you? Even if it means paying with your life?"
Wen Li suddenly spoke up, leaving Shen Yannan somewhat puzzled: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden? You know what the Jiang family means to you, and the position of Crown Prince means the same to me. It would be worth it even if it cost me my life."
Wen Li took another bite of the hibiscus cake and said as if she had made up her mind, "It's worth it for me, Wen Li, to give my life for the Jiang family. This time, I'll die again."
After saying that, Wen Li opened the door and went inside. Just as she was about to close the door, Shen Yannan reached out and stopped her.
"Ah Li, I will help you. You won't die. We will both get what we want."
Although he didn't understand why Wen Li was acting so strangely today, he knew that none of them could die.
Shen Yannan's gaze was resolute, revealing a chilling ambition. Wen Li's heart trembled; a year or two ago, she had helped Shen Yannan infiltrate the Eastern Palace and poison Shen Yingsi with demonic poison. According to the plot of the book, Shen Yannan had now colluded with demons.
Wen Li suddenly felt weak all over; it was too late for anything now.
"I'm a little sleepy, I need to go to sleep." With that, she closed the door.
Noticing Wen Li's unusual mood, Si Xiaxia carefully said, "Host, you mustn't stop him from doing bad things. He's an important character who drives the protagonist's fate. Although his ending is tragic."
Wen Li stared at the short red hilt on the Red Ling Sword and retorted, "Won't my fate be tragic?"
"Host, as long as you ensure that the male lead successfully overcomes his tribulation and the main storyline remains unchanged, your ending can be slightly altered."
"You mean you have to do bad things, but then you can run away after you've done them?"
Wen Li stroked the red ribbon sword in her hand, the light reflected from the sword illuminating her face. It was just an ordinary sword, only the small piece of red ribbon tied to the hilt could be called a peerless treasure.
"He deserved to suffer such a fate for his own selfish gain and the harm inflicted on the people. I sowed the seeds of this, and I am not afraid to swallow the fruits of my labor."
What? What? Si Xiaxia originally thought this vicious female supporting character was fearless, but it turns out she's looking for death.
Wen Li's courtyard wasn't large, with only two rooms: a bedroom and a dining room/kitchen. The bedroom contained a bed and a wardrobe, nothing more. Despite this, it was a place Wen Li cherished. She didn't want to return to the Wen family and be treated poorly, nor did she want to live with the other members of the Xuanling Sect.
When they first arrived, Wen Li was constantly bullied, as was Shen Yannan. Wen Li had practiced ghost talismans since childhood, allowing her to fight back when bullied, while Shen Yannan could only take the beatings. Once, when Shen Yannan was being bullied, Wen Li saved him. From then on, he became Wen Li's constant companion, and for a long time afterward, they were each other's only source of emotional support, pulling each other back from the brink of death countless times. And then what?
No matter what happened afterward, they couldn't bear to see each other suffer. This time, she still couldn't let him go.
For the next month, Wen Li stayed in her small courtyard, diligently cultivating and completely ignoring everything outside. Only Shen Yannan would come to bring her meals each day.
He knew that Wen Li was working so hard to participate in the selection in order to find the servant who had been dismissed from the Jiang family years ago. He wanted to persuade her to rest, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. He could only remind her to eat every day.
Wen Li wasn't in a hurry, but Si Xiaxia could only worry silently. For the past month, she had repeatedly thought through the details of her previous life and compared them with the content of the book. There were absolutely no problems at the beginning, but the protagonist suddenly turned evil at the end. She was already puzzled, and now that the protagonist's evil level had become inexplicable, she was even more troubled.