Chapter 250 - 31: Berserk Junior Sister Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 31)

Jiang Lai was briefly stunned for a second.

Quickly realizing, she understood that everything she saw must have happened in her past life.

Because she could clearly feel the suffocating and despair as the icy sea water slowly seeped into her limbs and bones, she could even feel the process of her own slow death.

It was long and arduous, her survival instinct drove her to swim upward, but the sea repeatedly pulled her back.

In the end, she died with great unwillingness, filled with immense hatred.

"Junior Sister, are you okay?"

Jiang Lai blinked, then slightly shook her head.

"It’s nothing, but it seems like besides seeing past life events, I can also see things that happened recently which I was unaware of, and I even saw memories belonging to others’ past lives."

"Others’?"

"Yes, it seems like this can be preserved, others should also be able to see our past life memories. Let’s search, maybe we can find Second Senior Brother’s, then we’ll know where he is."

While searching, Jiang Lai saw Mu Wu’s past life.

Nothing unusual, as the plot had it, a cultivation prodigy who fell the night before mastering great power.

Many have been here, leaving numerous memories.

Finally, Jiang Lai found Wu Lie’s.

From here, she saw Wu Lie’s past life memories.

Though not detailed in the plot, guessing from the traces, Wu Lie’s past life was the destructive Demon Ancestor, leading hundreds of thousands of the Demon Clan, nearly conquering the world, an almost invincible existence.

Unfortunately, universal laws maintain balance, and to preserve order, the Demon Ancestor was defeated by the joint efforts of the Three Sects’ forefathers, who then tore his soul into fragments, fearing his reincarnation.

But they underestimated the Demon Ancestor’s powers; a thousand years later, his soul reassembled, reincarnated, and became today’s Wu Lie, with innate Demon Bone, advancing rapidly in cultivation but unable to see the light of day.

Wu Lie knew he was different; in his childhood, this difference caused his entire family to be murdered; filled with hatred, he obliterated the culprit’s entire family, then went into hiding, eventually arriving at Penglai, joining the Tiangang Sect.

Here, his abilities found reasonable explanation, and with slight concealment, would not be noticed by others.

No wonder he became the greatest villain cannon fodder; apparently, the prowess he reveals is deliberately restrained.

At this time, Jiang Lai also saw recent events concerning Wu Lie, learning where he had gone.

"Let’s go; he’s already left."

"Left?"

"Yes, after seeing things here, he was probably triggered, slipped into demonic deviation, and passed out, then someone saved him."

The master senior brother frowned tightly.

"Demonic deviation? How could... who saved him?"

"Mu Wu."

Who else, this kind of fortuitous encounter of picking up powerful figures by the roadside is obviously meant for the female protagonist.

Later, it was because she and the male protagonist could jointly kill Wu Lie, and Wu Lie repeatedly spared the female protagonist, which had a significant relationship.

Why did he spare her again and again?

Jiang Lai smiled slightly.

Of course, because he liked her.

But later, liking her didn’t succeed, Yu Yunzhou got ahead, Wu Lie’s arrogant and aloof nature prevented him from expressing his feelings again, he just quietly saved her several times, and after his Demon Bone was discovered, when the female lead brought people to deal with him, he softened and spared her several times again.

In the end, as the protagonists grew, even though the plot portrayed Wu Lie as almost invincible, it couldn’t withstand the protagonist’s halo.

Now thinking about it, the reason Wu Lie probably fell for the female protagonist was because this Secret Realm trial saved his life.

Jiang Lai calculated everything, but never expected that in a novel, it wasn’t just the master senior brother who was infatuated.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lai felt a headache, and her face darkened slightly.

The master senior brother knew Jiang Lai didn’t like Mu Wu.

Now Mu Wu was involved with people from the Tiangang Sect, which made him uncomfortable too.

"Then let’s go out, it’s good that he’s fine."

After exiting, everyone came to inquire about Second Senior Brother’s situation.

"He’s already left before us."

"Second Senior Brother is truly a hidden expert, handling this all alone."

Leaving the Netherworld Realm, originally thinking they had passed all trials and could just return the same way, but upon checking the map again, they found a corner of the map folded over.

The fourth senior brother silently glanced at Jiang Lai.

"Even this could escape your notice."

"It makes no difference, just walk a few more steps."

In front of the Netherworld Realm, there was actually another Secret Realm trial area.

Those who made it this far were already few in number.

Zhang Qingqing was considering giving up; she was too tired, participating in the Secret Realm for the first year, narrowly escaping death time and again, constantly living in fear, making her mentally and physically exhausted.

Yet, she didn’t dare to go back at this point.

So she whispered.

"Do we have to keep going forward?"

Jiang Lai looked at her.

"What’s wrong? You don’t want to continue?"

Zhang Qingqing silently lowered her eyes, clenching her sleeves.

"I just feel so tired, everyone’s exhausted, and Third Senior Brother... he’s injured, afraid of worrying you so he didn’t mention it, and hasn’t the master senior brother also been hurt?"

The two men looked at Jiang Lai simultaneously.

"It’s nothing serious, just a minor injury."

"Yes, not so fragile."

Zhang Qingqing couldn’t help but say.

"Why does everything have to revolve around you? Can’t you see that everyone’s very tired? You’re being protected by so many people so you don’t feel anything, but the brothers are really having a hard time. Originally, joining the trial for the Tiangang Sect was just for the sect’s obligations, but now because you want to complete the task, everyone’s so worn out."

This was the first time Zhang Qingqing had said so much.

It must have been brewing for a long time, from initial cautiousness to being almost on the verge of tears, her voice grew louder, and finally she was too choked up to form complete words.

Jiang Lai looked at her.

"If you’re tired, you can stop and go back at any time, I won’t stop you."

"We’re a team, how could you expect me to return alone?"

"So you know we’re a team, you should have voiced your concerns earlier rather than accusing me like this."

Zhang Qingqing looked at her.

"Do we dare? From beginning to end, the senior brothers revolve around you, are they your dogs? Why do they have to listen to you for everything?"

Jiang Lai almost wanted to laugh at this, then looked at the three senior brothers.

"Reflect on yourselves, on what you’ve done to let others see you as dogs."

The third senior brother stared at Zhang Qingqing, coldly speaking.

"She’s our Junior Sister; how we treat her is our business, it’s not your place to interfere."

"Hu Mang! She doesn’t even like you, and yet you treat her like this, don’t you have any dignity?"

The third senior brother’s face darkened.

"Even if she wanted me to die, I’d willingly do so. What’s it to you, who are you to me?"