Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Origins

Upon hearing Bai Ke's question, Duan Yu stammered and gestured with his hands, blood gushing from his mouth due to his haste, but Duan Yu didn't care at all, he just kept pointing to the door.

Seeing that even as he was spitting blood, he kept gesturing to the outside of the door, Bai Ke couldn't help but feel curious. They had just broken down the door without noticing anything unusual outside.

He then scanned the area with his divine sense and found a petite girl in front of a small haystack outside the house. She looked quite familiar. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Zhong Ling, the girl from Wan Jie Valley.

Bai Ke chuckled lightly, "Brother Duan, you're really lucky with the ladies. I was quite curious when I first met you, why wasn't that girl with you back then?"

"So Brother Duan was hiding a beauty here, but..." Bai Ke drawled, deliberately teasing, "Isn't it a bit presumptuous of you to have the lady hide in a haystack?"

As he spoke, he used his spiritual power to clear the foreign true energy that had accumulated in Duan Yu's body. In fact, Duan Yu's injury was so severe partly due to the influence of Kumārajīva's flaming blade.

On the other hand, the fundamental reason why his injuries had not healed for so long was that he had absorbed too much foreign true energy while practicing the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

Bai Ke helped Duan Yu clear the stagnant true energy in his body, and with a circulation of spiritual power within him, he repaired most of Duan Yu's injuries.

Let Duan Yu deal with the bloodstains and dirt on its body himself. Bai Ke strode out of the house and walked to the haystack. He didn't move or say anything, just stood there quietly.

Zhong Ling was extremely uneasy at this moment. Just now, she and Duan Yu confronted A Zi and Zhuang Juxian. Duan Yu was already seriously injured, so how could he be a match for Zhuang Juxian, who had a broken leg?

So while he was parrying Zhuang Juxian's attacks, he told Zhong Ling to run away quickly. A Zi shouted for Zhuang Juxian to gouge out Zhong Ling's eyes, but the latter was unwilling to harm the innocent and pretended to fight Duan Yu to a standstill, with no clear winner for the time being.

Therefore, Zhuang Juxian was truly caught in the crossfire when he was struck by Bai Ke's stick, not to mention how the people in his room fought to the death.

In short, after escaping outside, Zhong Ling was really worried about Duan Yu and didn't dare to go far. She just hid in the haystack and desperately summoned nearby poisonous snakes and insects, trying to help Duan Yu escape.

However, both Azi and Zhuang Juxian had practiced Xingxiu Sect martial arts, so they were not afraid of the rudimentary methods of controlling poison that Zhu Liang had learned from Wanjie Valley.

Just as Zhong Ling was at a loss, she suddenly heard a gust of wind and saw a large group of people arrive at the gate of the house and rush inside.

Later, Zhong Ling overheard their conversation from outside the door. It turned out that Elder Song and his group from the Beggars' Sect had come to find the limping strange man. This strange man turned out to be the new leader of the Beggars' Sect. She wondered why they had suddenly turned against each other.

In short, Zhong Ling, hiding outside the door, watched a good show of the Beggars' Sect members killing each other. Just as he was about to take the opportunity to escape with Duan Yu, he was discovered by A Zi again.

Having grown up in the Xingxiu Sect since childhood, Azi was naturally unruly and ruthless. Upon hearing Zhuang Juxian describe Zhong Ling's bright and lively eyes, she insisted that he gouge out Zhong Ling's eyes and replace them with her own.

She had been caught off guard and Zhong Ling had escaped. Now that this little girl dared to come back, A Zi was not about to let her go. She shrieked and demanded that Zhuang Juxian gouge out Zhong Ling's eyes.

Zhuang Juxian was already somewhat unwilling, but after Duan Yu desperately stopped him, he let Zhong Ling stumble away. After A Zi's eyes were blinded by the poison, she only managed to find Zhong Ling's whereabouts by relying on her keen hearing.

This time, Zhong Ling learned from her mistake and carefully ran out without making a sound. A Zi had no idea and just kept urging Zhuang Juxian to make his move.

Duan Yu was in despair. How could his philandering father's sister, born from who-knows-where, be so vicious? Logically speaking, A Zi and Zhong Ling should be half-sisters, but now things have turned out like this.

He was already seriously injured, and he was fighting Zhuang Juxian with all his might. After a few exchanges, the balance of his internal energy that he had painstakingly maintained was instantly broken, and he collapsed unconscious, spitting out blood.

Of course, it was at this moment that Baihe, Xuzhu and the others heard Azi's shouts and rushed over. After Zhong Ling ran out, she wanted to go out and find some help.

Unexpectedly, they heard another whooshing sound, but they didn't know whether it was friend or foe, so they didn't dare to show themselves and just went back to the haystack to observe.

After waiting anxiously for a while, Zhong Ling faintly heard A Zi call out "brother-in-law" from inside. Despair filled her heart; she feared that her Duan Lang was likely in grave danger.

Zhong Ling made up her mind that if Duan Yu couldn't survive this ordeal today, she would give up her own life to die for him. In her next life, she would definitely practice martial arts diligently so that she wouldn't have to risk her life to save her like she did today.

Just as she made up her mind, she heard footsteps coming straight towards her hiding place. Zhong Ling was startled. The person was standing in front of the haystack, motionless, and she didn't know what he was doing.

Zhong Ling hesitated for a while, then gritted her teeth, stood up, and rushed outside, shouting, "You bad people, give me back Duan Lang's life..."

Bai Ke originally wanted to tease the little girl Zhong Ling and stand in front of her to see when she would finally come out, but he was stunned to see this situation after waiting for a while.

Duan Yu and the others, who were inside, followed the noise and came out. They saw Zhong Ling baring her teeth and claws at Bai Ke like an octopus, and they found it both funny and absurd.

Bai Ke helplessly reached out and pressed Zhong Ling's forehead, "Stop shouting, if you want to find your Duan Lang, go over there. Aren't you afraid your Duan Lang will get jealous by all this tugging and pulling at me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ling slightly raised her head and looked in the direction Bai Ke pointed. She happened to see Duan Yu staring blankly at her. She immediately let out a soft cry, squatted down, covered her face, and didn't know what to do.

Bai Ke raised an eyebrow and teased Duan Yu, who was staring in disbelief, "What are you still standing there for, Duan Lang? Why don't you come and help your little Zhong Ling up?"

Bai Ke's cry of "Duan Lang" was so poignant and melodious, truly echoing Li Qingzhao's line "so sad, so miserable, so wretched," that it caused everyone present to burst into laughter.

Duan Yu's face flushed red. He told those around him not to laugh at him, but he rushed over to Zhong Ling, anxiously greeting her:

"Zhong Ling, my sister! What happened to you? I'm all better now. Get up quickly, don't let others laugh at us."

His words only made things worse, reminding Zhong Ling of her past embarrassing moments. Overwhelmed with shame, she buried her face in Duan Yu's arms and refused to look up again.