Ye Feng was dazed for a moment.
This tool of a fellow countryman—well, her face really was a perfect match for his aesthetic preferences.
Zhu Lan’s hair was a bit messy, but the way her eyes curved when she smiled made one feel as if the very air was filled with sweetness.
Zhu Lan didn’t know what Ye Feng was thinking; she only felt regret right now.
It must have been the consecutive setbacks that made her brain fuzzy.
Otherwise, how could a genius like her be used by such a stupid scam?
Damn it all!
“You idiot male lead, I’ll fight you!”
Zhu Lan suddenly erupted, throwing a punch at Ye Feng.
“Bang!”
Zhu Lan was sent flying again, crashing to the ground.
Her clothes were blackened by mud, leaving only her face clean.
She was killed instantly when at full health, let alone in her current low-health state.
Zhu Lan was well aware of the gap in their strength.
But the male lead was just too much of a jerk.
She made up her mind: if she didn’t die today, one day she would definitely ride over the male lead’s face and lord it over him!
Ye Feng walked over and squatted down.
His large hand tore ruthlessly, leaving multiple patches of Zhu Lan’s snowwhite skin exposed to the air.
Zhu Lan watched helplessly.
She wanted to resist, but she truly didn’t have a single shred of strength left in her body.
After pushing one’s potential, a person would enter a weakened state.
Ye Feng’s hand hadn’t stopped.
Even larger areas of white, tender, and tempting skin came into contact with the air.
It was over.
The male lead really wanted to ravage her!
Zhu Lan was powerless to stop him and could only let Ye Feng act recklessly.
She had snatched opportunities dozens of times, but only succeeded once in obtaining the Seven Killing Technique.
She clearly knew the plot and had four levels of Qi Condensation cultivation more than the male lead; how could it turn out like this?
Just as things were about to reach the point of meeting in total honesty, Ye Feng suddenly stopped.
He saw tears swirling in Zhu Lan’s eyes, looking heavily misty as if they would fall at any moment.
She looked like a pear blossom bathed in rain, a sight that would move anyone to pity.
“Look at you. Why are you so obsessed with snatching my opportunities? If it weren’t for your realm being too low right now, I would definitely have taken the Primordial Yin of your Pure Yin Body.”
The words Ye Feng spoke were dangerous, but he did indeed stop his movements.
Hearing that her greatest secret was known by the male lead, Zhu Lan’s mental defenses completely collapsed, and tears couldn’t help but flow down.
“I—I don’t want to either! Who told me to be reincarnated as cannon fodder? Cannon fodder have no opportunities and no talent. Aren’t we just stepping stones for others? And, and I even have a Pure Yin Body. Since you already know about the Pure Yin Body, you must also know how miserable the ending for a Pure Yin Body is in the cultivation world. If I, if I don’t cultivate well and have some opportunities to protect myself, who knows when I’ll be caught by someone to be used as a cultivation vessel for plucking and supplementing? In the end, I’ll be sucked dry and die a miserable death, waahhh…”
Zhu Lan sniffled, her tone growing more and more aggrieved.
“Do you think everyone is as lucky as you? You can get an opportunity just by drinking water. I’m cannon fodder, cannon fodder, man! I’m at the seventh level of Qi Condensation and I still can’t beat you. You only need to think about where to go play; since you’re the male lead, opportunities will find their own way to your door.”
Ye Feng fell silent upon hearing this.
It wasn’t that he had nothing to say—in fact, he had many ways to throw those words back in her face—but this fellow countryman of his was simply too beautiful.
She looked stunning even while crying.
When such a beauty cried so pitifully, his heart couldn’t remain hardened.
“All I wanted was just a few insignificant opportunities that leaked through your fingers. If it makes you very unhappy, you can slap me twice. I’ll sincerely say sorry to you.”
“The Seven Killing Technique, the Nine Yang Profound Emperor Scripture, and the Abyss-Overlooking Sword are not exactly ‘insignificant opportunities’.”
Ye Feng ruthlessly exposed Zhu Lan.
Zhu Lan: ……
Fine, she was found out.
She sniffled to hide her embarrassment and continued aggrievedly, “Sorry. In a bit, I’ll transcribe the Seven Killing Technique and return it to you. Fellow, for the sake of us being from the same place, can you let me go? I… in the future, I won’t snatch your opportunities anymore. At most, at most I’ll only snatch a few insignificant little scraps.”
Ye Feng ignored the little scheme in Zhu Lan’s words and asked the question he was curious about: “Then why did you target only me? You should be able to snatch other people’s opportunities. The opportunities of the female lead and the villains are all quite good.”
“Because you’re the weakest.”
Zhu Lan’s matter-of-fact look made Ye Feng’s face darken with lines.
Zhu Lan immediately and tactfully changed her tune.
“No, I mean, at this current stage, you are only temporarily, relatively, not as powerful. In the later stages, you’ll be the most powerful.”
After thinking for a moment, she added another sentence, “You really are very powerful. I was at the seventh level of Qi Condensation and still got slain by you across realms. You crossed four levels of Qi Condensation, waahhh…”
Zhu Lan felt miserable at the thought of it.
She was just cannon fodder, getting slain across realms by a genius just like that.
Ye Feng offered a rare word of comfort.
“You don’t have a primary offensive cultivation method yet. Right now, only your realm has gone up. It’s normal that your actual combat ability isn’t high.”
In truth, Ye Feng hadn’t originally intended to torment her this much.
If she had just once during those dozens of opportunities not run away immediately after snatching them, but instead left some spirit plants behind, he would have stopped long ago.
This fellow countryman was also a bit of an idiot, being so stubborn and acting as a tool for so long.
To be honest, those medicinal herbs didn’t have a huge effect on Ye Feng.
Some of the names were made up on the spot by him just to trick his fellow countryman into getting up and continuing to run as a tool.
Later, he discovered that this fellow countryman actually had a burst of energy, being able to get up and keep running after falling down so many times.
In that case, he might as well let her be his tool and take some real opportunities.
“Fellow, I’m too cold, tired, and hungry right now. I don’t have paper or a pen at hand, so I can’t transcribe the Seven Killing Technique for the time being.”
Having temporarily escaped the crisis of being ravaged, and seeing that the male lead had truly stopped, Zhu Lan’s mind became active again.
“I’ll rest for two days and then give the Seven Killing Technique to you. How about that?”
Ye Feng shook his head.
“Not great. Also, are you treating me like a pig? Do I look like an idiot?”
Zhu Lan wilted again.
“However, it’s not impossible. Seeing as you’ve been my tool for so long, I’ll give you one chance.”
Ye Feng’s words gave Zhu Lan hope once more.
However, his next sentence left her completely stunned.
“An honest person doesn’t speak in riddles; I’ll lay it all out. I’m definitely going to take the Primordial .Yin of your Pure Yin Body. But as compensation, I can provide you with subsequent protection and give you a very generous amount of compensation.”
“Top-tier cultivation methods, top-tier divine weapons, top-tier magical treasures, and countless wealth. Furthermore, after I obtain the Primordial .Yin, if you are unwilling to let me touch you, I won’t. But I will still protect you so you can spend this life in peace.”
Ye Feng felt that his words were quite sincere.
After all, he was currently the one in power.
But Zhu Lan didn’t even want to hear another word after the first sentence.
Isn’t this just entering the male lead’s harem?!
After the greatest benefit of the Pure Yin Body was taken away, the male lead wouldn’t need to care about her at all.
He could just go find the dozens of old lovers from the original story and have a different one every day.
Success came from the Pure Yin Body, and failure came from the Pure Yin Body.
If she could find some remote backwater and live a moisturizing life with the little money she gained from cultivation, wouldn’t that be better!
Who wanted the male lead’s protection!
She could perfectly well cultivate and protect herself.
Besides, the male lead had so many lovers.
When a villain felt like doing something bad on a whim, it would definitely be the people around the male lead who suffered.
Being the male lead’s brother or friend was a high-risk occupation.