After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 15

Song Linlin felt like the kiss mark on her palm was burning, and for a moment, she didn’t know what to do, making the atmosphere quite awkward.

If she were to wipe it off now, it would be somewhat heartless.

Yet, Chi Qianning, after kissing her, didn’t say anything, looking elsewhere, as if it wasn’t her who had done it.

Song Linlin stared at her, genuinely shocked, and couldn’t help but think to herself, “Is her period of excitement after drinking blood that long?”

Before this, Song Linlin would never have dared to imagine the other person doing something like this; it was too out of character.

“Someone is coming soon,” Chi Qianning didn’t respond to Song Linlin’s thoughts. She looked in another direction and suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Song Linlin no longer cared about the recent incident. It must be the contact person approaching!

She quickly tugged at Chi Qianning’s sleeve, excitedly and eagerly asking, “Really? How far away is he?”

“Half a li,” Chi Qianning turned her head and replied flatly.

“That far? How do you know?”

Song Linlin felt a bit silly after asking. This was a world of cultivation, and powerful people could naturally sense someone approaching. But she was still curious and asked, “Did you hear him?”

“Something like that.”

It was a bit complicated to explain, and Chi Qianning anticipated that if she did, Song Linlin would definitely follow up with a ton of questions. So, she decided to be vague.

“Can you sense his strength? Is he strong?” Seeing the other person’s indifferent look, Song Linlin moved closer to her and continued asking.

“Not strong.”

Chi Qianning’s tone was dismissive and unconcerned. “He’s just at the early Golden Core stage, but he’s an empty shell, forcefully boosted by secret techniques, with an unstable foundation. In a real fight, he probably wouldn’t even be able to defeat the strongest person around here.”

At first, hearing ‘early Golden Core stage,’ Song Linlin gasped and was a little nervous, afraid they couldn’t win. Hearing the rest, she secretly sighed in relief.

It was good that they could defeat this person, but why did the last sentence sound so grating? She wasn’t the only one being mocked.

Song Linlin hadn’t forgotten that she, too, had barely advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage by consuming elixirs, also with an unstable foundation.

Noticing Song Linlin’s resentful gaze, Chi Qianning was puzzled for two seconds before realizing why she was looking at her like that. She added, “I wasn’t talking about you.”

“Oh…”

The air fell silent, and neither of them spoke. The enemy was approaching, so Song Linlin stopped talking to Chi Qianning and focused on the movements outside.

They waited for a while longer; time ticked by, and the waiting process was the most agonizing. Song Linlin sat with Chi Qianning, holding her sword.

“He’s here,” Chi Qianning stated flatly.

Sure enough, as soon as her words fell, a slight sound of footsteps was heard outside. The sole of the shoe stepped on the fallen bamboo leaves, and the dry leaves crunched, making a rustling sound.

The footsteps got closer and clearer. Along with the rustling of the steps, there was a faint sound of metal clashing, probably a weapon hitting a metal ornament on the person’s clothes.

Song Linlin’s heart couldn’t help but pound faster. She secretly swallowed the saliva produced by her nervousness. She glanced to the side and saw that Chi Qianning still looked indifferent, like she was watching a show.

The person had already stepped into the Mountain God Temple. Before their foot fully landed, their voice arrived first, “Strange, this kid Mu Tong is late.”

It was a deep, rough male voice. His tone held more dissatisfaction than confusion, indicating his displeasure that Mu Tong was arriving later than him.

Hearing this voice, Song Linlin could already picture the person in her mind: a crude, burly man with a rough, wicked appearance.

When he walked into the temple, he was clearly still relaxed and hadn’t noticed anything amiss. At this moment, Ye Tingran had already drawn her longsword. She waited for the person to enter the attack range and then immediately struck without hesitation.

“Attack!”

Her sword slashed out, a cold light flashed, sending an attack signal to Zhiyu and Liu Zhi, who were hidden in the dark. This sword strike caught the opponent off guard. In a panic, he didn’t have time to draw his sword to block and could only quickly retreat into a corner, where Liu Zhi, who was hidden in that direction, wounded his back with a sword strike.

“Ah!”

Blood splattered, and the longsword was stained. This was an attack he hadn’t anticipated at all. A long gash was left on his back, burning with pain.

“Damn it!”

He cursed under his breath. Only then did he notice that he had fallen into a circle of three young people. These three looked very young, only in their teens. Being wounded by people so much younger than him, Shen Jin felt immense humiliation.

Shen Jin had rampaged in this area for many years, possessing the strength of the early Golden Core stage. Aside from that existence within the Falling Maple Temple, he had always been the one to kill others. He never expected to be ambushed by others today.

He glanced around, confirming that the young woman who first attacked him was the leader of this group. The saying goes, “Catch the king first to catch the thieves.” As long as he dealt with her first, the rest would naturally be easier. He immediately drew his saber and charged toward Ye Tingran.

Song Linlin, hiding in the corner, was secretly peering out to observe the situation. However, upon seeing the fierce fight between the four, she couldn’t help but shrink her neck back.

The excitement accumulated on the way here was doused with a bucket of cold water. She pulled her head back and looked at Chi Qianning, “Do you think I should go out? They’re fighting too intensely; it looks so dangerous.”

“It is quite dangerous for you.”

Chi Qianning patted Song Linlin’s shoulder, relieving some of her tension. She said casually, “If you’re scared, just sit here. The three of them can deal with that person.”

“No, I can’t.” Although Song Linlin was scared, it would be too embarrassing to hide here the whole time, especially since she had actively asked to come along. Holding the longsword in her arms, she said, “I can’t really just come here to watch.”

“Besides, everyone else is fighting, and it’s not right for me to hide here alone.”

Saying this, Song Linlin mustered her courage. Just as she climbed up, Chi Qianning grabbed her sleeve and pulled her back, making her sit back down in her spot.

Song Linlin turned her head, looking at her in confusion, “Why did you pull me back?”

“Don’t go yet,” Chi Qianning lifted her chin, gesturing for the other person to look outside, and said with a hint of helplessness, “Look, they’ve just started fighting and are giving it their all. If you go now, you won’t be of much help.”

“That person is fighting one against three. With his style of fighting, he will definitely run out of steam later on. Wait for them to fight for a while, and then you can slip in.”

Song Linlin quickly nodded after hearing her analysis, choosing not to be rash. “Okay!”

Chi Qianning gave Song Linlin a prolonged look. “What exactly did you learn at the Profound Cloud Sect?”

She couldn’t even see something this obvious.

Song Linlin wasn’t embarrassed. She answered honestly and justifiably, “Of course, I didn’t learn anything much, just some superficial stuff. Otherwise, why do you think I’m so weak?”

Chi Qianning was speechless. She opened her mouth several times, wanting to say something, but didn’t know how to put it.

“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m being very honest with you!” Song Linlin felt slighted by the other person and argued, “You said before that with my physique, cultivating these orthodox techniques is very difficult. It’s already quite an achievement that I managed to become an inner disciple.”

“Alright.”

Chi Qianning decided to ask something else. “How many stances of the Cloud-Soaring Sword Technique have you learned?”

The Cloud-Soaring Sword Technique was the unique skill of the Profound Cloud Sect. Only inner disciples were allowed to learn this sword technique, and the deeper one learned, the greater the power naturally.

Song Linlin thought for a moment. As an inner disciple, she was certainly allowed to learn it. Although it was the original owner of the body who learned it, she could still execute it.

“I can barely use the first stance.”

She was a little embarrassed because most of her fellow disciples had basically learned the second stance, while she was still struggling to use the first.

Chi Qianning didn’t expect her to have learned much. She nodded, “Being able to use it is enough.”

“Later, when you go out, don’t get too close. I’ll direct you, and you find a chance on the periphery to strike him with two sword attacks.”

“Okay!” Song Linlin immediately nodded, but then, thinking about her skill, she couldn’t help but worry, “Will that work?”

Afraid of being misunderstood, Song Linlin added, “I’m not doubting your skill; I’m worried I won’t be able to keep up with your directions.”

Chi Qianning was very confident. “It’s a pipe dream to ask you to kill him, unless you’ve mastered the first four stances of the Cloud-Soaring Sword Technique. But leaving a few injuries on him in the meantime is certainly not a problem.”

“Alright.”

Song Linlin decided to trust the other person. After all, her own combat intelligence was zero, and it couldn’t get any worse.

The two sat on the spot for a while longer. Chi Qianning saw that the time was right and patted Song Linlin, “Go ahead.”

“Th-then I’m going.”

Song Linlin drew her longsword, tossed the sheath aside, stood up, and walked out of the cover. To be honest, she was still a little flustered. After all, that man had been fighting the other three for a long time without showing any signs of losing…

Shen Jin’s peripheral vision, of course, noticed Song Linlin’s appearance. But seeing her nervous state and reluctance to get close, coupled with her mere Foundation Establishment stage strength, which was far weaker than the three people in front of him, he chose to ignore her.

The enemy in front of her was indeed what Song Linlin had imagined: well-muscled and tall. As for his face, it was certainly the kind that only someone who had killed a few people would possess.

Her palm holding the sword was slightly sweaty. Song Linlin only dared to move around the periphery of their fight.

“Don’t be afraid. This guy is nothing but a paper tiger,” Chi Qianning’s voice appeared directly in Song Linlin’s mind. Her tone was still calm and effortless; she didn’t put the man in her sight.

Listening to her words, Song Linlin inexplicably calmed down a lot. She adjusted her grip on the sword, and her eyes became much more resolute this time.

“Use the first move, a diagonal cut to the left rib cage.”

As soon as her voice fell, Song Linlin keenly noticed that the man’s arm was raised, busy resisting the move Ye Tingran was slashing at him.

A flaw!

Song Linlin immediately raised her sword and used the first move of the first stance, accurately slashing diagonally from below. Shen Jin clearly didn’t notice that Song Linlin would suddenly strike, and since he was being blocked at the moment, he couldn’t counterattack and took the blow.

Song Linlin retreated immediately after striking. Shen Jin grunted. A deep wound was slashed across his left chest by Song Linlin. However, because the force of the strike was insufficient, it didn’t break his ribs, which was a blessing in disguise.

Looking at the blood spilled on the ground, Song Linlin was also shocked, staring at the longsword in her hand in disbelief. She hadn’t expected that she had actually done it.

So awesome!!!