The female supporting character in the cultivation world only wants to grow flowers and become stron

In fact, compared to the number in the original text, the actual situation is much better.

If she remembered correctly, at this point in the original text, the demonic beasts had already crossed one-third of the Taique Sect's territory, destroyed countless villages and cultivation cities, and reached the bottom of Taique Sect Mountain, threatening the safety of Taique Sect's cultivation city.

This time, the fact that only the edge of the Endless Forest was trampled is already considered an optimistic situation.

To be honest, all of this was thanks to Lin Yitang, Fan Niannian, and the others. It was they who relayed the information about the beast tide back when they completed the tiger demon mission, which made the sect take it seriously. As a result, they sent out a large number of outer disciples to investigate the beast tide situation when recruiting new disciples, and secretly dispatched personnel to resolve many beast tides before they officially broke out.

Otherwise, as in the original text, the beast tide would begin without any warning or warning.

Lin Yitang then asked where the team leader, Ye Qiuli, had gone.

The team leader thought for a moment and said that it seemed that Senior Sister Ye from Danfu Peak had also gone to the front line, and was located further ahead of them. She had only arrived in the last few days.

Lin Yitang nodded, understanding in his heart, because Ye Qiuli had advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, so she was responsible for a deeper level than they were.

When Lin Yitang thought of Ye Qiuli becoming a legend in the cultivation world because of "annihilating the beast tide" in the original work, a faint, cold smile appeared on her lips.

Her thoughts drifted back to the time when she was reading the book.

The beast tide described in the text at that time shook the entire cultivation world.

During that catastrophe, Ye Qiuli's figure was particularly eye-catching. Although she had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, she had already demonstrated extraordinary strength and talent. With just herself and her sword, she shocked the entire cultivation world and was hailed as the greatest contributor to the annihilation of the beast tide.

At the time, Lin Yitang was engrossed in reading the article, but upon reflection, he realized that these "merits" were riddled with doubts.

Ye Qiuli's legendary feat of annihilating the beast tide was undoubtedly built upon the sheer number of demonic beasts she slew. The sheer number of demonic beasts she killed is staggering.

While others might kill a few or dozens of monsters of the same rank, Ye Qiuli single-handedly killed hundreds, or even thousands, of monsters of roughly the same rank!

It's important to understand that even with companions by your side, killing a demon beast of similar rank is no easy feat. Demon beasts generally possess powerful physiques and offensive capabilities; defeating ten of them by oneself is already considered a remarkable achievement.

However, Ye Qiuli alone killed nearly a thousand of them, a number that caused a sensation throughout the cultivation world. Just how powerful a cultivator was, and what kind of effort did they put in to accomplish this?

However, when Lin Yitang compared these figures with the actual battle situation, he found that they were largely inflated.

First, as far as she knew, one-third of the number of monsters Ye Qiuli claimed to have killed was indeed accomplished through her own strength. These monsters were indeed killed by Ye Qiuli herself using magical artifacts, talismans, and her own cultivation.

However, the remaining two-thirds were not her doing.

One-third of the demonic beasts were "voluntarily given" by Ye Qiuli's two senior brothers.

These two senior brothers were the direct disciples of Danfu Peak. They were not only Ye Qiuli's senior brothers, but also Lin Yitang's senior brothers. One of them was a talisman cultivator with amazing combat power; the other was a pill cultivator, proficient in the art of alchemy.

To curry favor with their junior sister, they didn't hesitate to offer up the demonic beasts they had slain, hoping to greatly increase Ye Qiuli's merit points. Although these demonic beasts were nominally killed by Ye Qiuli, they were actually the spoils of war of the two senior brothers.

The remaining third of the monsters were... thanks to Lin Yitang, the villainous female supporting character in the original story.

In fact, during that beast tide, the original owner, Lin Yitang, volunteered to fight the enemy from the very beginning. She came out much earlier than Ye Qiuli and other inner disciples.

Despite suffering oppression, the original owner was still a disciple of the Taique Sect, with a simple mind and a heart still yearning to repay the sect. Upon hearing of the sect's crisis, she was filled with fervor and rushed out to join the fight against the demonic beasts.

Moreover, the original owner was ultimately a top genius, having reached the late stage of Qi Refining at this point in the original story. Because he emerged early and the demonic beasts weren't particularly high-level, he slew a considerable number of them, alleviating a significant portion of the pressure from the beast tide.

However, for various reasons, her contributions were severely underestimated, or even deliberately erased. In the end, these achievements that should have belonged to the original owner were attributed to Ye Qiuli.

Even more outrageous, in order to ensure that Ye Qiuli's legendary image was not tarnished, some high-ranking members of the sect even punished Lin Yitang.

They forced Lin Yitang to "return" her merit points to Ye Qiuli as compensation for Lin Yitang's jealousy and sabotage of Ye Qiuli at Danfu Peak. This outcome was undoubtedly extremely unfair to Lin Yitang.

However, many people felt extremely satisfied after watching this part of the story.

In order to beautify the female lead's image, the original novel covered up this plot point. The book claims that Ye Qiuli stole Lin Yitang's merits because the original owner was jealous of Ye Qiuli's talent and opportunities, and harmed the female lead.

In the original owner's view, Ye Qiuli's immediate acquisition of a large number of merit points was undoubtedly a desecration of her own efforts.

Therefore, she deliberately attracted more demonic beasts when Ye Qiuli was in a difficult battle, in an attempt to create a crisis to weaken her opponent.

However, the specific details of what happened are not clearly explained in the original text. As for where the large number of monsters attacking Ye Qiuli came from, there is no explanation of their origin, nor is there any clear evidence to suggest that they were brought by Lin Yitang.

The original owner's hard work did not bring the rewards it deserved. On the contrary, it became a stepping stone on Ye Qiuli's road to fame.

Under the instruction of his two senior brothers, the original owner of this body was forced to attribute all the credit to Ye Qiuli. It was this action that made Ye Qiuli a legendary figure in the cultivation world.

Whether this self-deceptive explanation holds true or not, the fact remains that while Ye Qiuli's legendary reputation was at its peak, the original owner of this body became a pariah, hated by everyone. Everything she did only served to benefit Ye Qiuli.

A cold smile crept onto Lin Yitang's lips. If it were her pre-transmigration self, seeing Ye Qiuli being besieged by numerous demonic beasts, and unaware of the reason behind it, she would indeed have assumed that the original owner of the body, who had a grudge against the female lead, had harmed her.

But now she understands that the naive original owner could never have come up with these methods to harm Ye Qiuli.

The real culprit may still be hiding in the crowd.

No, it's also possible that Ye Qiuli did something herself that led to her being surrounded and attacked by the monsters.

If she remembered correctly, at this point in the original text, Ye Qiuli seemed to have obtained several monster eggs. Although she had found them, perhaps it was precisely because those monsters smelled or sensed the aura or scent of their own cubs that they started causing trouble for Ye Qiuli?

Not to mention that this endless forest is inherently dangerous, and it wouldn't be surprising to encounter monsters attacking you at any time or place.

Regardless, she still had to advance the front lines first, looking for opportunities to uncover the truth as she went.