Chapter 6: The Protagonist's Aura? But She's Using Cheats

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“Shangguan Yun, to lay hands on a fellow senior disciple is disrespectful and insubordinate. However, in consideration of our shared sect bond, I will not pursue this matter further this time. Next time, the sect will deal with it accordingly!”

“Shi Murang shows no remorse and refuses to admit her fault. The master has decreed that no one may visit her until she confesses.”

“Shangguan Yun and Jiang Wanwan, both disciples, leave the Nine Nether Cave immediately!”

Mo Zichuan spoke with a stern face. After finishing, he turned and lifted Jiang Wanwan in his arms, walking out without daring to glance in Shi Murang’s direction, his steps somewhat unsteady as if frightened.

Jiang Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief.

Being held by Mo Zichuan, she happily buried her head by his neck, savoring his unique aura.

She took the opportunity to flash a triumphant smile at Shi Murang.

Look, Shi Murang, I’ve won. The senior brother and master don’t trust you at all.

Shi Murang watched her with a slight raise of her brow, thinking she was nothing but a petty clown dancing before her eyes.

“System, has Jiang Wanwan never experienced palace intrigue before?”

“Until the final moment, the last winner is never certain.”

“Stupider than my several imperial brothers. If I had such fools by my side, the throne wouldn’t be mine to claim.”

[Host, the heroine in a pampered favorite script doesn’t need to do much; others will come running with gifts at her slightest move.]

The system’s implication was that Jiang Wanwan, as the heroine, required no intelligence because the storyline favored her completely.

Shi Murang smiled, calculation and cold ambition gleaming in her eyes—traits of one who aims for the top.

At that moment.

Watching Mo Zichuan and Jiang Wanwan’s departing figures, Shangguan Yun stood frozen, pupils shrinking, mouth agape wide enough to fit an egg!

No! It can’t be! How could senior brother say such things?

Wasn’t he the one who cherished the senior sister above all, who obeyed her unconditionally?

How could this be?!

He trembled for a moment before panicking and looking toward Shi Murang. As expected, her gaze darkened.

This was not the first time she had been crushed.

When she looked up again, her delicate face was expressionless, devoid even of pain or disappointment, as if a lifeless doll.

Shangguan Yun, who witnessed Shi Murang’s transformation firsthand, felt immense anguish, helpless to act.

Because he finally understood!

He understood why there was hope mixed with fear in Shi Murang’s eyes, why she refused to trust him.

As a bystander, Shangguan Yun found Mo Zichuan’s words shattering hope hard to believe; how much more so for Shi Murang, caught in the whirlpool herself?

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Because of that understanding, his fear only deepened.

Fear of losing Shi Murang forever.

“Senior sister, I…”

“Don’t speak. Leave,” Shi Murang interrupted flatly, her gaze toward him now devoid of hope, replaced by resolve and coldness.

“I am no longer your senior sister.”

“Jiang Wanwan is.”

Shangguan Yun’s breath caught, his heart pounding long and hard, unable to calm.

In the end, he could only leave behind some healing medicines and flee in confusion, his steps as unsteady as Mo Zichuan’s earlier.

“I will find a way to save you!”

Whether she believed it or not.

Shi Murang laughed scornfully, which suited her perfectly.

Let everyone slowly turn against her, didn’t they?

To treat them with their own medicine, to make them suffer as she suffered, to repent forever and live in anguish.

Otherwise, it would be far too easy.

In the original story, after being cast into the Nine Nether Cave, her injuries worsened and her foundation was destroyed.

Blinded, she then realized Jiang Wanwan’s scheming and manipulation, but no one in the sect would listen to her.

Driven mad by Jiang Wanwan’s subtle words, she desperately sought to escape and exposed Jiang Wanwan’s true colors to the sect, defending her own innocence.

That madness was witnessed by Shangguan Yun and Mo Zichuan as they stormed in, and both despised and mocked her, utterly shattering her hopes.

Later, Jiang Wanwan released a sealed Beast King within the Nine Nether Cave, absorbed the Nether Flame, causing countless casualties in the Heavenly Dao Sect and inflicting severe losses.

Shi Murang accused Jiang Wanwan of these deeds but was counterattacked and branded as the culprit for letting the Beast King escape and stealing the Nether Flame, isolated once more.

In the end, Jiang Wanwan tamed the Beast King, claimed the Nether Flame, saved her fellow disciples, and earned renown in the cultivation world, becoming the new pride of Zhai Zhe.

Shi Murang was hung up in the main hall, her golden core shattered with a single palm, nailed to the pillar of shame.

The hateful faces of disciples she once respected and protected all turned into blades that betrayed and wounded her.

Even recalling the original story’s developments made Shi Murang close her eyes, still feeling that heart-wrenching pain and utter isolation.

Those hurtful words, those repeated injuries—they tormented her like shackles.

Yet Shi Murang was no fool like the original naive senior sister. She would not meekly seek forgiveness or spiral into a madness of self-justification.

The more pain she felt from the original plot, the more radiant her smile became. Beneath that smile lay deep malice and madness.

Seven days later.

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“Boom—!”

A tremendous sound echoed from the main peak of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

All disciples received the message and hurried to gather there.

At the same time, inside the Nine Nether Cave.

The brightest cage was empty; Shi Murang’s figure was gone.

Like a ghost, Shi Murang darted through the Nine Nether Cave. The Heavenly Gang Dragon Flame, exchanged with Shen Beijia, now played its role.

With the Heavenly Gang Dragon Flame enhanced by the system, Shi Murang moved freely through the cave as if strolling through her own backyard.

Following the original plot, Shi Murang easily found the Beast King’s lair.

It was a lake resembling molten lava.

Surrounded by intense heat, even the spiritual energy was mixed with violent fire spirits. Unprepared cultivators stepping in would be instantly burned!

Those with weaker cultivation could be reduced to ashes!

At the lake’s four cardinal points were formations, with several chains weaving through the rocky walls, like a great net imprisoning the entire magma lake.

Occasionally, vibrations from the lava’s depths could be felt.

Without careful listening, it was hard to realize the source was a living creature’s breath.

“There is a destructive aura all around here. With Jiang Wanwan’s strength, one careless step would mean instant annihilation. I really don’t understand how she managed to break the formation and release the Beast King.”

Shi Murang surveyed her surroundings with satisfaction, wrapping her entire body in spiritual energy before formally entering the magma domain.

The system, hearing her voice, was considerate enough to provide explanations.

[As the heroine, Jiang Wanwan’s aura smooths all her paths!]

[The bigger the aura, the more powerful the opportunities belong to the heroine!]

[But don’t worry, Host; with me around, we will be unrivaled in the world!]

The system boasted about itself, making Shi Murang laugh.

She found the system amusing and nodded eagerly. In a good mood, her tone even lifted.

“Since they say everything was done by me, then let’s make it true.”

“Hero aura or not, who cares when I have cheats~”