Harmful effects

"Senior brother, what are you doing here?!"

Mo Zuili's eyes widened. Shouldn't the male lead be in the Mo family's backyard, being ambushed by the villain's underling, the two arguing heatedly, and finally the villain's underling getting angry and beating up Shen Ling?

Shen Ling crossed her arms and held her sword. Her black outfit accentuated her tall and straight figure. She tossed her high ponytail and walked toward Mo Zuili to explain, "I just went back to the Shen family and chatted with the elders for a bit. My uncle's health is very poor right now. The doctor is treating him. He probably won't be able to wake up until tomorrow, so I came out to find you, Junior Sister, first."

Mo Zuili glanced discreetly at La Ge, who was staring at Shen Ling with sparkling eyes, then looked back at the male lead, who was smiling broadly, and tentatively asked, "Senior brother, you didn't encounter any unexpected situations, did you?"

Shen Ling smiled and shook her head, saying, "Of course not. Don't worry, Junior Sister, Qingyou City is very safe."

The main issue isn't safety at all!

Undeterred, Mo Zuili pressed on, "Has no one come to cause trouble for Senior Brother?"

Now it was Shen Ling's turn to be puzzled. The young man looked at his junior sister and asked in confusion, "Of course not, why do you say that, junior sister?"

Why do you say that! Because in the original story, you were supposed to have a fighting scene! Now that you're not fighting, how will La Ge deliver your medicine...?

etc.

Mo Zuili's tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed. Since La Ge didn't deliver medicine to the male protagonist, there was no farewell, so he didn't have to die.

Although he wasn't sure if this was a butterfly effect caused by his coming down the mountain, he had already achieved his goal.

There's no plot in this world. If I don't self-destruct later, I won't have to go through the death plot!

With a bright smile, Mo Zuili said in a cheerful tone, "I was just concerned about my senior brother. It's good that you're alright."

Shen Ling didn't think much of it and nodded, making arrangements: "I've already told the elders that I brought my junior sister back with me. After you buy your clothes, you can come back to the Mo family's guest room with me to rest. After I finish talking with my uncle tomorrow, I'll take you to explore Qingyou City properly."

The thought that she wouldn't be forced to die by the plot made Mo Zuili incredibly happy.

Now, go with the male lead to the Shen family for two days. After returning to Yaowang Mountain, you can focus on finding an antidote.

Mo Zuili opened her mouth to agree, but suddenly heard a male voice from behind her.

"What's going on with my cousin here? Has he looked down on the Shen family since becoming their disciple? You've come all the way to Qingyou City and haven't even gone back to visit them?"

Mo Zuili paused, a bad premonition rising in her heart.

Following Chen Ling's gaze, Mo Zuili turned to look at the person who had arrived.

The man had his hair tied up in a crown and had a beauty mark under his right eye. He wore a purple robe, carried a folding fan, and looked nonchalant. He was followed by a strong and burly follower.

Mo Zuili's bad premonition reached its peak after hearing Shen Ling's neither humble nor arrogant reply.

“Cousin, I have already returned to the Shen family and met with the elders. Uncle is not feeling well today and has not yet woken up, so I came out first to take my junior sister back to rest.”

Upon hearing Shen Ling's address, Mo Zuili immediately knew who this person was.

Shen Zhi, the eldest son of the Shen family, used wax to block the gun.

After hearing Shen Ling's words, Shen Zhi raised an eyebrow and shifted his gaze to Mo Zuili: "Your junior sister?"

"Haha." Seeing that the topic had shifted to her, Mo Zuili could only laugh awkwardly, then took La Ge's hand and subtly retreated a few steps away from Chen Zhi.

Shen Zhi glanced at Mo Zuili as if she were trash, then turned to Shen Ling and mocked, "Didn't the Third Elder say that you had a very powerful alchemy master? How come your junior sister is still so weak and pale?"

He doesn't seem like a cultivator capable of wielding a sword; he's more like a useless, decorative vase that only knows how to cry for help.

Considering that Shen Zhi indeed possessed late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and was able to fight Shen Ling to a standstill.

Mo Zuili had no choice but to suppress the urge to roll her eyes to the heavens and decided to hold back her anger for the time being. She pulled La Ge back a few steps and left the main stage to Shen Ling and Shen Zhi.

Upon hearing this, the burly follower beside Chen Zhi quickly chimed in, "That's right. This young lady looks so frail and sickly that she can't lift a finger or carry anything. If you didn't say she was your junior sister, people would think she was some mistress you were keeping."

As soon as he finished speaking, the burly man sensed danger and instinctively dodged the incoming sword to the side.

The owner of the sword relentlessly pursued, tilting the blade and pressing it directly against the strong man's neck.

The sword's owner, Shen Ling, said calmly, "Watch your mouth. This is my junior sister. She is only temporarily poisoned, not as bad as you all claim. Please apologize to my junior sister, cousin."

As she spoke the second half of the sentence, Shen Ling turned her head and looked coldly at Shen Zhi.

Shen Zhi naturally wouldn't apologize for this, and even more ruthlessly said, "Not only is she a pretty but useless vase, but it seems that your alchemy master is even more useless, unable to even cure his own disciple's poison."

Finally, disregarding the cause and effect, she turned the tables and said, "And is this the result of your studies abroad, Chen Ling? You've only just returned to Qingyou City and you're already turning your back on your own people."

Seeing that Shen Zhi was backing him up, the burly man with the sword pointed at him continued to shout, "Tell that little lady to take out her sword and point it at me! You can't even listen to a few words of truth, so you have to get your senior brother to stand up for you?"

Seeing that Mo Zuili did not respond, the burly man shouted even louder: "You can make your senior brother lose his temper for a beauty without saying a word. I didn't realize that this little lady was a potential femme fatale..."

The rest of the conversation was interrupted by Shen Ling swinging his sword. The burly man reacted quickly and was not killed by having his throat slit, but only a bloody mark was left on his neck.

Mo Zuili stood aside and watched the two begin to fight, surprisingly remaining completely calm and composed.

Instead, after calmly reflecting and reviewing the situation, I realized that I had drawn conclusions too early and too hastily.

He thought that Shen Ling's return would trigger the plot, and seeing that Shen Ling had not been ambushed, he hastily concluded that the male lead's plot could also be changed.

Despite escaping the ambush, she still encountered the villain in the Rainbow Feather Pavilion. Mo Zuili had already recognized the burly man as the lackey who had plotted against Shen Ling in the original story.

Mo Zuili looked up and saw the two fighting at the gate. She realized that she couldn't get out with La Ge, so she had to pull La Ge back to a corner away from the center of the battle.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Shen Zhi, the eldest son of the Shen family, not only did not stop the two from fighting, but instead opened his fan and watched the show with great interest.

Shen Ling's strength as a protagonist with a domineering personality is undeniable. In the original work, if he hadn't been ambushed first, he wouldn't have been entangled with Shen Zhi's lackey for so long.

In normal circumstances, the two only lasted a dozen or so moves before the burly man was already at a disadvantage and could only defend.

Just as Mo Zuili thought the battle was about to end, and they both took off their outer robes and were about to rush out the door with La Ge, Shen Zhi snapped his fan shut and threw it straight at Shen Ling.

Shen Ling turned her head to dodge, but the fan, as if alive, turned in the air and attacked Shen Ling again.

Mo Zuili's bad premonition reached its peak when she saw Shen Zhi join the battle.

Looking up around, there were windows, but they were all high up.

Seeing the chaotic battle, Mo Zuili pulled La Ge along, her eyes darting around, and looked at the wooden stool in the corner, saying, "Move the stool over here, let's climb out the window."

Waggle was stunned by this sudden turn of events. It took Mo Zuili two calls for her to react before she reacted and followed Mo Zuili like a puppet to get the wooden stool.

After securing the wooden stool, Mo Zuili helped La Ge walk ahead.

Mo Zuili's purpose in coming down the mountain this time is to verify the male lead's halo and the plot's modifiability. She must do her best to protect La Ge and ensure that he doesn't die.

As long as Lager doesn't die, it proves that the plot can be changed and that he himself won't die in the future.

Otherwise, Mo Zuili would have to quickly consider other plans, with finding Qi Shuyan as her primary objective.

With trembling body, La Ge finally climbed to the top of the stacked wooden stools. When he pushed open the window and struggled to squeeze out through the narrow opening, the battle had already reached a fever pitch.

Mo Zuili's heart pounded. The moment the wax cabinet flipped over, she immediately used all her strength, clinging to the cabinet next to her and stepping on stacked wooden stools, trying her best to maintain her balance as she climbed upwards.

As Mo Zuili climbed onto the windowsill with her right hand and stretched her head to climb out, an unexpected event occurred.

In Mo Zuili's sight, the wax figure that had fallen outside the window and was clutching its right shoulder vanished instantly.

A suction force from behind caused Mo Zuili to fall straight backward.

The moment the back of her neck was gripped tightly, Mo Zuili suddenly realized where her ominous premonition came from—she had become a human shield in place of La Ge!

The pain in the back of her neck left Mo Zuili no time to complain. She struggled to look up and saw Shen Ling gripping the sword tightly, her black outfit already torn in several places.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the hand holding the fan on the person behind him was dripping blood, indicating that neither side had gained anything.

It's impossible to say that there was no fear in this situation, but Mo Zuili was indeed very fearful. After all, she had the mark given to her by Chu Qing, and she herself didn't die here in the original novel. If Shen Zhi really wanted to kill her, it was uncertain who would die first.

Mo Zuili was more furious at this moment. What kind of skill is it to use innocent people as human shields!

After calming herself down, Mo Zuili tried to negotiate peacefully: "Don't make a move! I am Mo Zuili, the eldest daughter of the Mo family, and my father, Mo Yuan, is a powerful cultivator in the Dao Integration stage! Release me, and we can talk things over."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhi chuckled dismissively and said, "Little lady, who are you trying to fool? If your father were at the Dao Integration stage, would he let you hang out with Shen Ling?"

Moreover, you clearly possess the cultivation of a peak early Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet you're so weak that you can only exert the strength of a peak Qi Refining cultivator at most. What daughter of a Dao Integration stage expert would be as useless as you?

Mo Zuili suddenly laughed out loud, claiming that she hated being called a waste by others and had been working hard to cultivate herself to get rid of the waste title.

Is "沉致" due to a lack of vocabulary? It's just this one word over and over again!

Mo Zuili took a deep breath and roared, "You're the trash! You're a trash who's weak and stupid! If you don't want your eyes, donate them to someone in need!"

Can't you see my senior brother came back simply to visit his seriously ill uncle? Who cares about the position of patriarch of a small clan! You couldn't beat Shen Ling, so you used me as a human shield, you useless piece of trash!"

Perhaps they didn't expect that Mo Zuili, who looked so frail and sickly, would suddenly become so irritable the next second, after just a moment ago she was tearfully claiming to be a powerful figure and saying flattering words.

Shen Zhi was stunned for a moment, and Mo Zuili took advantage of this moment to quickly take out a stack of fire talismans from his Sumeru Ring, infuse them with spiritual power, and stick them to Shen Zhi's chest.

Shen Zhi realized what was happening and immediately released Mo Zuili, trying to back away, but it was too late.

The moment the fire talisman exploded, because of the close proximity, Mo Zuili suffered the same damage as Shen Zhi.

He was thrown six or seven meters by the wave of fire, fell to the ground and rolled several times, then lay on the ground vomiting blood uncontrollably.

This stack of fire talismans was taken by Mo Zuili from the Mo Family Martial Arts Pavilion. Although they are only third-tier fire talismans, each one is a masterpiece.

Out of the corner of her eye, Mo Zuili saw Shen Ling sheath his sword and run over to help her. Clutching her chest and vomiting blood, she pointed in Shen Zhi's direction and cried out, "Kill him...kill him! If you don't nip it in the bud...it will grow back like spring breezes..."