The Substitute Female Supporting Character Sees the Bullet Screen

Nie Yinzhi's gaze remained fixed on the clam mist. She had watched Bai Ying's death in its entirety. The lively and adorable young girl, who would not have reached her fifteenth birthday until next spring, should have been enjoying her life with her little quarrels, if not for these unfortunate events. An Huai should have been racking his brains to think of the perfect gift for her coming-of-age ceremony, instead of being here, his eyes red with hatred.

Did Xiao Ling really think that Nie Yinzhi would say something to comfort her?

Nie Yinzhi couldn't help but chuckle, but there was no mirth in her eyes. The resemblance between her and Xiao Ling was evident, but her gaze was cold and indifferent. She said matter-of-factly: "As for me, I would naturally choose to die myself."

Her words drew the attention of the surrounding cultivators.

Xiao Ling turned her head at the sound of Nie Yinzhi's voice, her smile freezing on her face. For a moment, she looked stunned, then suddenly erupted in a frenzy: "You wouldn't! How could you... you're not that kind of person..."

Of course, she wasn't that kind of person. But whether she was or not had nothing to do with Xiao Ling.

【Damn, I never dreamed Nie Yinzhi would answer like that】

Nie Yinzhi, you're lying, hm!

【The side character's ability to speak nonsense is incredible. I suddenly feel a bit sorry for the protagonist】

【I can't stop laughing, what else could Nie Yinzhi say? 'Your choice is right, and I would do the same'? Does Nie Yinzhi even know Xiao Ling well enough to comfort her and share her misery?】

Nie Yinzhi: Salt in the wound, haha hahahaha

【Exposing this in front of all the high-ranking figures of the cultivation sects, my god, even the Cloud Scripture Sect can't protect her now. What will happen to Xiao Ling? Will she be executed?】

【If Xiao Ling is executed, then the main characters of this drama can be replaced】

【Amazing, can this drama change its name? Change it to 'The Legend of Nie Yinzhi', with Nie Yinzhi as the protagonist and Xiao Ling as the side character】

Inside the clam mist, Zhu Yan's divine consciousness continued to flow. His consciousness had taken refuge in Xiao Ling's spiritual platform, but was now being traced by Gu Jiang, who captured his entire consciousness.

Before being thrown into the clam liquid, Gu Jiang had only dispersed Zhu Yan's consciousness, not extinguished it. Now that everything had been seen, there was no need to leave any room for Zhu Yan to escape. Gu Jiang pulled Zhu Yan's consciousness out of the clam liquid and crushed it.

The consciousness was connected to the soul. With the destruction of the consciousness, the soul would also dissipate. No matter where he was, he would be left with nothing but an empty shell.

Gu Jiang made it look easy, but the struggle against Zhu Yan's consciousness had indeed drained him. Every significant movement, even if it was just a consciousness, would intensify the heavenly pressure on him.

The shared senses between Nie Yinzhi and Gu Jiang had not yet been cut off. Feeling his fatigue, and with over a dozen Nascent Soul stage righteous cultivators watching closely, she scratched a word in Gu Jiang's palm: Leave?

She didn't care about Xiao Ling's fate. With so many cultivators from the immortal sects watching, even Sang Wumei would find it difficult to protect Xiao Ling.

Strictly speaking, Nie Yinzhi had no direct enmity with Xiao Ling, just being pushed to the opposite side by people like Sang Wumei. Nie Yinzhi just wanted to disappear from Xiao Ling's story.

She glanced at An Huai. He was the one who had the right to deal with Xiao Ling, wasn't he?

Gu Jiang's palm itched from the scratching, and he pinched Nie Yinzhi's fingers, nodding. The red light of the Red Leaf Blade enveloped them, and they disappeared from the forest of swords and knives in an instant.

The surrounding cultivators were startled. Luo Sheng raised his hand, stopping the commotion, and in a flash, he disappeared from his original spot, reappearing next to a clump of grass on the inner side of the cliff. His finger tapped, and a talisman fell, aiming at the rabbit's brow.

"Feng Hanying," Luo Sheng called out in a flat tone.

With such a big commotion on the Sword Forest Cliff, Feng Hanying, not being a dead rabbit, naturally noticed. Yanyan Tu had long since hopped out of the forest and was hiding in the inner grass, secretly observing. He had also long since realized that among these righteous cultivators, there were some whose cultivation he couldn't see through.

With a Nascent Soul peak stage cultivator present, he should have been discovered long ago, but due to Gu Jiang's presence, the other party hadn't made a move.

As soon as Gu Jiang and Nie Yinzhi disappeared cleanly, Feng Hanying severed this strand of consciousness, narrowly avoiding Luo Sheng's talisman.

Luo Sheng lifted the rabbit's ears and met the bewildered red eyes of Yanyan Tu.

Yu Yaoqing followed over, "Master, how is it?"

"Escaped," Luo Sheng replied.

The clam mist on the cliff converged back into the disk. Xiao Ling leaned against the stone, blood flowing down her neck, staining half her body. Her lifeless, gray eyes made her look rather innocent. "An Shidi, kill me, avenge Little Bai Shimei."

An Huai's hand gripping the sword was bulging with veins, his teeth clenched so hard that blood seeped out. The smell of blood filled his breath, and the hatred and regret in his eyes seemed to ooze out. A faint red light spread from the depths of his pupils as he raised his sword.

Yan Yi shouted, "An Huai!"

Taixin Gate's Liu Hua, seeing the young man on the verge of a demonic inferno, quickly took out a Clear Heart Talisman from his sleeve and shot it at him. At the same time, Master Yuanming's chanting of Buddhist scriptures poured into his ears.

An Huai's muddled mind instantly cleared, the red light in his eyes receding. His sword veered off and slashed across Xiao Ling's shoulder, spraying blood. "I won't kill you. Killing you would be too easy. You don't just carry Bai Ying's life on your hands."

The boy's voice was hoarse, squeezed out from his throat. "Xiao Ling, Senior Sister Xiao, every day you listened to me talk about Bai Ying, how could you still laugh?"

Xiao Ling lowered her eyes, not knowing if she was telling the truth or not, merely saying, "I don't remember."

Yan Yi patted An Huai's shoulder and said to Xiao Ling, "It doesn't matter if you don't remember, but many people will remember what you've done."

Xiao Ling's wooden expression was touched for a moment, then returned to indifference.

Several Nascent Soul peak stage cultivators gathered together. "Have you figured out Gu Jiang's situation? Why is his demonic energy dissolving? Is it due to the Shared Life Curse?"

Luo Sheng, like a wooden statue devoid of emotion, said, "The Shared Life Curse doesn't have this effect. The dissolution of his demonic energy is a good thing. Let's observe first."

Everyone knew it was a good thing. If not for the scarcity of spiritual energy in this world, the highest cultivation level wouldn't be limited to the peak of Nascent Soul.

The dissolution of demonic energy into spiritual energy, this ebb and flow, made the righteous cultivators look at the Demon Sealing Mark over the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, eager to accelerate the depletion of demonic cultivators.

Someone stroked his beard and sighed, "Any progress on the upgrade and improvement of the Demon Sealing Mark?"

Luo Sheng said, "Once we leave here, I will go to the Wuliang Sect to experiment on the new Demon Sealing Mark with Master Huiwu."

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After leaving the Sword Forest, Nie Yinzhi immediately took the demon and flew away on a sword, putting as much distance as possible between them and Mount Jiaodu.

The two of them sat together on the sword, which was quite cramped on the narrow blade. The Hong Hu Sword spirit was summoned, and the sword energy spread out from the blade, forming a snow-white bird with soft feathers. Its wings spread wide, looking like a auspicious creature born in the mountains. Apart from being a bit hot on the bottom, there were no other drawbacks.

Gu Jiang lay half-reclined on the Hong Hu's back, leaning against Nie Yinzhi's embrace, as she gently massaged his temples. At this time, their shared senses had been cut off. "Are you feeling better?"

"Your technique isn't very good," Gu Jiang complained.

Nie Yinzhi was silent for a moment. "I've always been the one being served. I've never served anyone before. If you're not comfortable, just bear with it."

Gu Jiang let out an "mm" from his nose.

Nie Yinzhi compromised. "Then do you think the pressure is too light or too heavy?"

Gu Jiang said, "A bit heavier."

Nie Yinzhi obediently increased the pressure a bit, but Gu Jiang winced in pain. Nie Yinzhi immediately relaxed her fingers. "Too heavy again?"

Gu Jiang didn't know the meaning of "moderation." "Mm, lighter."

Nie Yinzhi felt that the demon was really troublesome! When Chengbi massaged her, she never made so many demands!

She took a deep breath and endured it, continuing to massage him. Since she didn't remember the previous pressure, she just pressed randomly. Nie Yinzhi changed the subject to divert his attention. "With Hong Hu being so conspicuous, can we really avoid the righteous sect's surveillance?"

Gu Jiang squinted his eyes, lazily drawing out his laughter. "Anyone with a bit of ambition is in the Sword Forest."

Nie Yinzhi pondered for a while, worrying, "I think a Sword Forest shouldn't be important enough to draw these Nascent Soul pinnacle stage experts out of seclusion. Brother, they're here for you, aren't they?"

She had never fully understood Feng Hanying's capabilities before, and thanks to the barrage of comments, she had held an unfounded confidence in him. Now, however, it seemed that Feng Hanying's cultivation was still below the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, which meant that the demons he commanded were likely even weaker.

The disparity in martial strength between the righteous and demonic paths was alarming, and their situation was looking dire.

Gu Jiang lifted his gaze to meet hers, "Scared?"

Nie Yinzhi's eyes flickered, "Not at all."

Gu Jiang chuckled, "Don't lie to me."

"I was just worried about hurting your pride as the Demon Ancestor," Nie Yinzhi pouted, emphasizing her words, "Look at how much trouble you had dealing with Zhu Yan. If you were to fight them for real, you'd probably be bedridden for a month."

"Nie Yinzhi, being bedridden doesn't mean I can't kill them." When he had fallen into the demonic path, the heavenly might had been so overwhelming that it had nearly shattered his internal organs. Despite being shunned by both the righteous and demonic factions, he had still carved out a path for himself with a single blade. Gu Jiang raised his hand to pat her forehead, "Don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you."

Nie Yinzhi: "..." But what she was truly worried about was how much pain he would endure, leaving him unable to get out of bed.

It was all Feng Hanying's fault for being such a useless rabbit! He couldn't even share the burden with his master.

Her body suddenly jolted, "Feng Hanying! He's still inside, right? What if those sect elders roast him for dinner?"

Gu Jiang frowned at her sudden movement, clearly displeased, "You worry too much."

Nie Yinzhi fell silent. After all, she did have intentions of cooperating with Feng Hanying. She couldn't afford to alienate her ally before their partnership even began.

"Didn't you say that the cultivation of that law practitioner was higher than his? What if he gets captured and they trace his spiritual consciousness back to him, just like how you dealt with Zhu Yan? What then?"

Gu Jiang patiently explained to her, "That rabbit only contains a wisp of Feng Hanying's spiritual consciousness. Unlike Zhu Yan, who had most of his spiritual consciousness parasitically residing in Xiao Ling's spiritual platform, it's not that easy to trace back."

Nie Yinzhi nodded, "That's good. I hope he can..."

Gu Jiang interrupted her, "Nie Yinzhi, my head hurts."

"Then let me massage it for you."

Gu Jiang: Don't be afraid, I'm here, nothing will happen to you.

Nie Yinzhi: Oh no, what if the rabbit gets roasted for dinner?

Gu Jiang: ...

The rabbit is dead.