A flash of white light passed. Shen Qing only felt sharp pain all over her body, but it wasn't the pain of being torn by demons.
She struggled to open her eyes and instinctively rubbed them with her hands. The next second, she was astonished to find that her hands were still as fair and delicate as before and firmly attached to her body.
Then, it seemed as if something had been forcefully stuffed into her spiritual consciousness, forcing her to close her eyes and take a closer look.
After a moment, her face turned pale, and tears welled up in her eyes.
It turned out that she had died once. The memory of being devoured by the demons was real.
It turned out that this world was a cultivation novel featuring a black lotus-style female protagonist, and she, Shen Qing, was just the vicious supporting female character in the story.
Her senior sister, Lin Yibai, was the only pure white jasmine in the sect. She was the kind-hearted female protagonist who was unyielding and brave, striving to be strong even under Shen Qing's bullying.
Everything Shen Qing had experienced in her previous life was just a pre - arranged plot in the story.
As a supporting female character, she was destined to be a foil to Lin Yibai and a tool for the female protagonist to show her superiority.
Even her master, Real Person Heng Ling, the number one in the cultivation world, was only given the title of a "high - level love - struck fool" in the story.
How ironic!
But why!
She was a living person! This world truly existed!
How could she be willing to become a stepping - stone for Lin Yibai and live that tragic life all over again.
Shen Qing clenched her fists tightly, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.
In this life, she would not follow the plot!
Shen Qing looked around. The messy place was her small courtyard.
She pursed her lips, instantly understanding.
It must be her fourth senior brother, Nan Zhijin, the sword fanatic, who had come here again to try out new moves with her.
It was called a sparring, but in fact, every time Shen Qing was beaten black and blue.
In her previous life, Shen Qing had always had a good impression of her senior brothers. She thought Nan Zhijin was spurring her on, but after learning the plot, she realized how disgusting Nan Zhijin was.
He clearly wanted to defeat Lin Yibai, who was known as a genius, but he was reluctant to spar with Lin Yibai, so he could only come to Shen Qing.
Moreover, he always invented some vicious and insidious moves and used them on Shen Qing.
It just so happened that Shen Qing had half a spiritual bone in her body, so her recovery ability was extremely strong. The wounds would disappear in a few days.
That was why no one noticed Nan Zhijin's disgusting behavior.
But now, there was already a slight crack in Shen Qing's Dao foundation, and after being beaten severely by Nan Zhijin, even with the spiritual bone, she couldn't recover in time.
So Shen Qing ignored the mess all over the place and limped towards the medicine hall.
In the past, she always thought that if others knew that her injuries were caused by Nan Zhijin, it would give others a bad impression of him.
So every time she got injured, she gritted her teeth and endured it.
This time, Shen Qing didn't care about all that. Since Nan Zhijin showed her no mercy, she might as well tear off this fig leaf!
She, Shen Qing, would not let her injuries go unavenged!
Along the way, Shen Qing was stared at by the passing disciples.
Some even gathered together and whispered to each other.
"Is that Shen Qing from Nianbai Peak? How did she get hurt like this?"
"Don't bother with her! She always loves to play the victim and deceive people. Maybe she inflicted these injuries on herself!"
"Exactly. If it weren't for her, Senior Sister Yibai wouldn't have been seriously injured and in a coma. Even her Dao foundation was almost shattered. She's still lying in bed and can't wake up!"
"..."
Shen Qing ignored those voices and walked firmly towards the medicine hall.
The disciples in the medicine hall saw a blood - covered figure staggering towards them from afar. They were shocked and were about to go and help.
But then they recognized that it was Shen Qing.
The disciples in the medicine hall immediately relaxed and even felt unlucky.
Shen Qing finally reached the medicine hall. Enduring the pain all over her body, she said to the disciple in the medicine hall who was pretending to be busy, "Shen Qing from Nianbai Peak, here to collect this month's spiritual medicine."
The disciple just focused on what he was doing and ignored Shen Qing.
In desperation, Shen Qing raised her voice a bit, instantly attracting the attention of all the disciples in the medicine hall.
"I said I'm here to collect the medicine. Didn't you hear me?"
The disciple reluctantly turned around, looked at Shen Qing with disgust, and said angrily,
"Junior Sister Shen Qing, right? The medicine in the medicine hall this month hasn't been replenished yet. You'll have to wait for a while to collect yours. Go back first."
Shen Qing frowned and looked at the neatly arranged packages of spiritual medicine behind the disciple.
"Aren't those behind you?"
The disciple said impatiently, "Those are for the inner - sect disciples. Junior Sister Shen Qing is the personal disciple of Real Person Heng Ling. What can't you get? Do you really have to snatch the spiritual medicine from the inner - sect disciples?"
Then he murmured in a low voice, "It's not enough to snatch from Senior Sister Yibai. Now you still want to snatch from others. Why don't you just become a bandit?"
"What did you say?!"
Seeing that Shen Qing was getting angry, the disciple was afraid of Shen Qing because she was still a disciple of Real Person Heng Ling. Although there were rumors that Real Person Heng Ling had already abandoned this disciple, after all, she was a personal disciple, and her status was much higher than his, an inner - sect handyman disciple.
Out of respect for Real Person Heng Ling, the disciple was about to bow his head and apologize when he was interrupted by an arrogant voice.
"You're not wrong. Why are you afraid of her!"
Shen Qing turned her head and saw a female disciple in red with a cute appearance glaring at her.
Seeing Shen Qing turn her head, she gave Shen Qing a fierce stare.
"Senior Sister Yibai is such a good person. If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have been seriously injured."
Shen Qing was almost laughed out of anger and instantly recognized the identity of this person.
This was Hong Chaoyang, the daughter of Real Person Hongyu and Lin Yibai's best friend in the story.
Hong Chaoyang was not a bad person at heart, but she trusted Lin Yibai completely and used a lot of Real Person Hongyu's resources to help Lin Yibai.
It was a pity that Hong Chaoyang never knew until she died that the resources she kindly gave to Lin Yibai were all given by Lin Yibai to another person.
Another person who killed her...
Thinking of this, a trace of pity flashed in Shen Qing's eyes.
Being manipulated by Lin Yibai until death, how could she not be stupid?
"Hey! What do you mean?!"
Shen Qing withdrew her gaze, shrugged, and didn't want to argue with Hong Chaoyang.
After all, they were just like cannon - fodder characters. Even if she won the argument, she wouldn't feel a sense of accomplishment.
"Right, right, right. You're always right."
Hong Chaoyang was blocked by Shen Qing's answer. She wanted to refute but didn't know where to start.
Unable to figure it out, she simply stopped thinking.
So, Hong Chaoyang raised her head and said to the disciple in the medicine hall, "Hong Chaoyang from Yuling Peak, here to collect this month's spiritual medicine."
The disciple in the medicine hall had recognized Hong Chaoyang's identity long ago and handed the prepared package of spiritual medicine to her.
After Hong Chaoyang put the spiritual medicine into her storage bag, she gave Shen Qing one last glare and then left gracefully.
Shen Qing's face turned cold. Staring at the disciple in the medicine hall, she asked, "Why does she have it, but I don't?"
The disciple in the medicine hall shouted guiltily, "Senior Sister Hong made a reservation!"
"Can you stop coming here to bully people? If there is, there is; if there isn't, there isn't. Would I lie to you?!"
This shout attracted the attention of all the disciples in the medicine hall. When they saw Shen Qing, their gazes became unfriendly and blaming.