I'm A Minor Villain In A Martial Arts Novel (38 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 15
It was a beautiful sword technique.
If any other martial artists had witnessed Nangong Lin’s swordplay, they would have been utterly astonished. Ji Tianwu had also seen Nangong Lin’s sword. Even having seen it, he knew it was a technique he could never hope to replicate.
Unless one possessed heaven-bestowed, ancient talent, one would not even dare attempt to comprehend it. Ji Tianwu lowered his head and looked at Xiong Mian Xuluo’s pitiful state.
Though the demon who had threatened his life was now dead, Ji Tianwu felt more worry than relief.
Gripping his shoulder tightly, Ji Tianwu glared at the entity who had taken possession of Nangong Lin’s body.
“Who are you? What have you done? Get out of her body.”
Seeing his bristling, porcupine-like reaction, Nangong Lin shook her head as if utterly baffled.
[I was planning to leave anyway, even if you hadn’t spoken.]Nangong Lin said this and walked toward Ji Tianwu.
Then, she flicked him sharply on the forehead.
Startled by the sudden strike, Ji Tianwu stumbled backward in confusion.
[You ungrateful brat. I save your life, and this is the arrogant tone you use?]“But… Lin…”
[I can’t return just yet. When she regains consciousness, it’ll hurt. It’s better if I stay in control of this body for now.]Ji Tianwu’s expression hardened.
He sensed genuine care for Nangong Lin from the person before him. That meant this person was not his enemy.
The wariness faded from Ji Tianwu’s face. Urgently, he asked the figure before him,
“Is Lin badly injured?”
[That’s none of your concern.]Nangong Lin said this and reached out to touch Ji Tianwu’s body.
Ji Tianwu flinched, trying to move away, but could not evade her touch.
When she pressed on his pressure points, the bleeding stopped. She rummaged through her robes and tossed Ji Tianwu some golden wound medicine and a piece of plain cloth.
It was a rather careless gesture.
[This is what that child wanted to give you.]Ji Tianwu stared down at the medicine and cloth in his hands.
His vision blurred.
He could feel Nangong Lin’s concern for him.
‘Why… why would she do this… for someone like me…?’
Ji Tianwu realized what he needed to say first.
“Thank you… for saving me.”
[It wasn’t my intention. That dumpling-headed girl insisted.]He looked somewhat angry.
His gaze toward Ji Tianwu was anything but gentle.
[Her innate qi foundation is damaged. When she wakes, she’ll suffer excruciating pain. Why do you think she’s injured?]Ji Tianwu froze.
His hands holding the medicine trembled.
Nangong Lin had been hurt. The reason was painfully obvious—it was because he had been weak.
His weakness had led to his capture by Xiong Mian Xuluo. And then, Nangong Lin had rescued him. She had been injured protecting him.
[Are you angry?]He was furious.
He was angry at himself for having done nothing. While Nangong Lin moved to save him, he had stood helpless. His fists clenched tightly.
He couldn’t even lift his head.
[Do you truly wish to protect this child? This martial world is filled with countless villains. And she already has too many enemies.]And then—
[You’re nothing but a burden.]It was a cold truth, yet undeniably accurate.
Today, Ji Tianwu had been Nangong Lin’s burden. The harsh reality weighed heavily upon him.
[Grow stronger.]Their eyes met—Ji Tianwu’s and Nangong Lin’s. But the warm, amber eyes he always knew were gone. In their place were cold, icy orbs.
The being wearing Nangong Lin’s form reminded him of reality.
Ji Tianwu closed his mouth.
Determination burned in his eyes.
“I will become stronger.”
At this moment… a genius destined to astonish the world found his purpose.
Watching Ji Tianwu, Nangong Lin lifted one corner of her mouth in a faint smirk.
[Of course, even if you do, you’ll still be weaker than my disciple.]Nangong Lin then sank down onto the ground.
[I’ll enter meditation to regulate my qi. Guard me.]“…”
[When you close your eyes and open them again, you’ll see the child you know.] [This is the timeline separator]Nangong Xianzong simply could not comprehend the current situation.
‘To return to the clan just because of some servant’s words…’
They were heading back to the clan after hearing the words of Nangong Lin’s servant and Yao Lan.
The news was that Nangong Lin had left home to search for Ji Tianwu.
He couldn’t understand why Nangong Jintian would return to the clan over something so trivial.
Moreover, Nangong Jintian had mobilized every warrior in the clan and even personally expanded his spiritual sense to locate Nangong Lin.
Nangong Xianzong spoke in a tone full of discontent.
“To abandon the Wulin Alliance’s request for aid just because one child left home!”
“…”
“It’s just that she went out. Besides, she’s always been prone to eccentric behavior.”
It was Nangong Suosuo who answered Nangong Xianzong’s complaint.
“Brother, let me give you one piece of advice.”
She glared at Nangong Xianzong and continued,
“People have something called tact. And if you lack it, sometimes it’s better just to keep your mouth shut.”
“What did you say?”
“Besides, Xiong Mian Xuluo has already escaped the Heavenly Net. You know that yourself, don’t you? What’s the problem?”
Nangong Suosuo wanted nothing more than to silence Nangong Xianzong.
Nangong Yuqing also hung his head, his face filled with unease.
“Lin said she went to inform the elders that Tianwu had disappeared. But why…?”
Nangong Suosuo bit her lower lip firmly. She understood exactly how Nangong Lin must have felt.
‘With Father and me away from the clan, there’d be no one to stand up for Lin. She couldn’t trust anyone.’
Nangong Suosuo looked at Nangong Huashu standing before her. Nangong Huashu pretended to be indifferent, as if completely uninterested in the current situation.
Finally losing patience, Nangong Yuqing turned to Nangong Huashu and spoke.
“Huashu, why in the world did you do this to Tianwu?”
Nangong Huashu was startled and turned to look at Nangong Yuqing.
He shook his head.
“I-I don’t know! He just left on his own.”
He glanced at Nangong Yuqing with clear resentment.
‘Why is everyone making such a fuss?’
Nangong Huashu had ordered the servants to summon Ji Tianwu.
Ji Tianwu had resisted more fiercely than expected, but he quieted down as soon as Nangong Lin’s name was mentioned.
He had abducted Ji Tianwu because of something Murong Xi had said.
“If I were Xiong Mian Xuluo, I’d likely flee toward the Nangong Clan.”
Upon hearing that, dragging Ji Tianwu into the hills had been half a joke.
Nangong Huashu had bound Ji Tianwu and left him abandoned in the hills behind the Nangong estate.
He’d planned to retrieve him before Grandfather and Aunt returned.
It had always irritated him whenever Nangong Suosuo called Nangong Lin and Ji Tianwu geniuses.
Now, recalling the words he’d spoken to Ji Tianwu after tying him up—
“If you’re truly a genius, Xiong Mian Xuluo will take you. After all, he hates geniuses.”
“So why didn’t you just obey? Do you even know how cruel a demon Xiong Mian Xuluo is? You’re as good as dead now.”
“Even if you live, it won’t be a life! You’ll be blinded!”
Nangong Huashu broke into a cold sweat.
He’d never expected things to escalate this far. To be precise, he hadn’t anticipated Grandfather and Aunt reacting so strongly—or that Xiong Mian Xuluo would actually flee toward the Nangong Clan.
‘And now Ji Tianwu has disappeared.’
Once he realized the gravity of the situation, he’d sent servants to retrieve Ji Tianwu—but Ji Tianwu was already gone.
‘Could Xiong Mian Xuluo really have taken him?’
The worst possibility was if Ji Tianwu returned alive. What if Ji Tianwu told Grandfather everything he’d said?
The mere thought terrified him.
Nangong Huashu stole a glance at Nangong Jintian and trembled.
Nangong Jintian remained silent, expanding his spiritual sense outward.
He was searching for Nangong Lin’s whereabouts.
‘Grandfather favors Nangong Lin.’
He’d never seen Grandfather this furious before. If Grandfather learned everything, he might be cast out of the clan.
‘I wish they’d both just die. Never come back.’
Then, surely, he wouldn’t have to suffer humiliation.
At that moment—
A clan warrior came running swiftly toward them. Nangong Jintian, sensing something as well, stopped radiating his spiritual sense and opened his eyes.
The warrior’s face was deathly pale.
He trembled violently, as if he’d just witnessed something horrifying. Nangong Huashu’s face drained of color.
The warrior’s pallor clearly meant something terrible had happened.
But the words that came from his mouth were nothing like what Nangong Huashu had expected.
“Ji Tianwu has returned. Miss Lin is safe as well.”
Having finished speaking, the warrior turned his fearful gaze toward a spot behind them. There stood Ji Tianwu.
Nangong Huashu’s legs trembled uncontrollably.
Ji Tianwu was drenched in blood. That alone wouldn’t have terrified him so deeply.
On his back lay the grievously wounded Nangong Lin. Nangong Yuqing let out a low groan upon seeing Ji Tianwu.
His eyes were fixed precisely on Ji Tianwu’s hand.
“Tianwu… that’s…”
Ji Tianwu walked steadily forward and handed Nangong Lin over to Nangong Yuqing.
Then, he turned toward Nangong Jintian, raised something in his hand, and locked his gaze directly onto Nangong Huashu.
Nangong Huashu felt his breath catch in his throat.
This was not the Ji Tianwu he had always known.
Ji Tianwu had always worn helpless, powerless eyes.
But now, the eyes staring at him were filled with killing intent.
Nangong Huashu collapsed to the ground, wetting himself.
“Xiong Mian Xuluo is dead.”
In Ji Tianwu’s hand was Xiong Mian Xuluo’s head, cleanly severed with astonishing precision.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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Omg I am gonna cry. I hope he isn’t dead. Please come for your daughter
Give us our dad you jerks. How you dare!!??? I hate them. They separated a daughter and father 😭
Lol this uncle know everything 😂. But I want to see her dad. Please save him immediately