After Defying the Villain’s Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!

Chapter 22

Lin Mubai felt this must be a nightmare, yet the nightmare did not end.

As time passed, he found himself deeply trapped, unable to extricate himself.

He no longer treated this as a dream but as the life of Jiang Chen and his own life.

Because everything was too real, real enough to drive him insane.

Afterward, Junior Sister Qingning changed.

The girl who used to smile now often wore a cold expression. She no longer wished to call Jiang Chen ‘Eldest Senior Brother’, and if they happened to meet, she would treat Jiang Chen as if he were air.

Jiang Chen kept trying.

It took him a long time to finally find a treasure of heaven and earth that could match the “Jade Spirit Grass,” but when he offered it to Qingning, she not only refused it resolutely but also looked at him with wariness.

Due to the exhaustion of his Righteous Qi, he in the image briefly awakened but still fell into a coma, which made Lin Mubai in the void very happy.

He believed that without him, Jiang Chen would no longer be misunderstood. Without him, Eldest Senior Brother should be able to be happier.

But the result…

Jiang Chen’s ‘misdeeds’ continued, whether by coincidence or misunderstanding, he always seemed to be in the worst place at the worst time, leading to the worst assumptions.

Jiang Chen wanted to explain, but no one believed him. Because everyone thought that once or twice could be coincidental, but if everything was related to Jiang Chen, then it wasn’t coincidence, it was fact.

Only Lin Mubai, as an observer, knew that all of this was indeed coincidental, coincidentally frightening.

Looking up at the sky, he began to view fate with some displeasure.

Not long after, Jiang Lianyue was accepted into the sect.

Xiao Hongyi rarely showed a smile, and the entire Ninth Peak seemed to sweep away the previous gloom.

However, this situation did not last long.

When Jiang Lianyue was afflicted with cold poison, and Jiang Chen rushed over with the Fire Impurity Pill that took him a hundred days to refine, Lin Mubai in the image did not follow him, but he was certain that there would be problems. And indeed, there were.

Jiang Chen ended up being accused of peeping, and the target was the sect prodigy.

Sect Master of Jiuyan Sect was furious, and the Hall of Enforcement was ready to act. But all of this was blocked by Xiao Hongyi.

Although she destroyed Jiang Chen’s Core Formation, she cried in the deep of the night.

“Master, in the entire sect, you are the only one standing by Eldest Senior Brother’s side. You must remain steadfast. If even you despise Eldest Senior Brother, it would be the greatest harm to him,” Lin Mubai silently prayed in the void.

But this plea was clearly in vain.

One day, a person named Lin Feng joined the sect.

Just one glance and Lin Mubai in the image felt an inexplicable fondness for him.

On the surface, Lin Feng seemed passionate, decisive, and determined. But as an observer, Lin Mubai saw another side of Lin Feng: cunning, lecherous, ruthless, and unscrupulous in achieving his goals.

Jiang Chen kept trying to prevent the Junior Sisters from getting too close to Lin Feng and wanted Xiao Hongyi to see Lin Feng’s true colors.

But no matter what Lin Feng did, it seemed to be favored by the heavens, turning misfortune into fortune. And Jiang Chen was always seen as the villain in everyone’s eyes.

Over time, Lin Mubai realized that Xiao Hongyi’s gaze toward Jiang Chen had changed. t was no longer filled with disappointment but with cold disillusionment.

Fortunately, things did not develop entirely in the worst direction.

After awakening, perhaps seeing the changes in Jiang Chen, Lin Mubai in the image gradually softened his attitude and began to see Eldest Senior Brother in a new light.

Although not fully trusting, the hostility was no longer there.

Believing that Jiang Chen was right about reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of li, Lin Mubai in the image left the sect to travel the world after getting his Master’s permission.

One day, he encountered a disciple of the demonic sect senselessly slaughtering the innocent and immediately spoke out to stop him, eventually resorting to using the barely cultivated traces of his Righteous Qi to reluctantly kill the demonic disciple.

The righteous and demonic paths were inherently at odds, and it was common for them to fight each other.

But who would have thought that the demonic disciple he killed turned out to be a newly promoted true disciple of the Ghost Controlling Sect!

Enraged, the sect sent people to relentlessly pursue him.

This is the downside of having an Innate Dao Bone. One’s luck is simply too bad.

The Jiuyan Sect could have resolved this issue, but Lin Mubai in the image saw it as his trial and wanted to face it alone.

But what could he use to face it?

His Righteous Qi was depleted, and his combat abilities were inferior even to those of ordinary cultivators of the same level!

Fortunately, Jiang Chen appeared at the critical moment.

While holding a single sword, Jiang Chen protected him for a hundred days.

True disciples of the Ghost Controlling Sect fell one after another in their attempts to kill him, and even when the older generation shamelessly intervened, Jiang Chen managed to help him escape.

And that wasn’t all.

During this time, he was injured, and Jiang Chen even sacrificed his own core to help him rebuild his Core Formation, nearly condemning himself to a future where he could no longer advance!

Who wouldn’t be moved by such actions?

Watching himself and Jiang Chen in the image, chatting and laughing with ease, Lin Mubai was so overjoyed that he wept.

This was the scene he had longed for in his dreams!

Only this scene could slightly alleviate the guilt and remorse in his heart!

Lin Mubai thought he had seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

Little did he know that the real nightmare was just beginning, and it was unveiled by a conversation:

“Eldest Senior Brother, I think I’ve fallen for her.”

“Who?”

“The true disciple of the Ghost Controlling Sect, the one who has been after me these past few days.”

“What? That’s a demonic enchantress! Your Core Formation nearly collapsed because of her!”

“I know, but I can’t stop thinking about her. Even though I know she wants to kill me, I can’t help wanting to see her again…”

“Mubai, stay away from her. It’s not about right or wrong. I just have a feeling that enchantress has ulterior motives.”

“Eldest Senior Brother, that’s prejudice! If you could turn over a new leaf, why can’t you believe she can too?”

Lin Mubai in the void knew it wasn’t because the demonic enchantress was so breathtaking that he was infatuated with her.

It was that since she had entered his heart, he could no longer appreciate any other woman.

To see the demonic woman a few more times, Lin Mubai in the image deliberately extended his time traveling abroad.

Jiang Chen was well aware of this but could only silently accompany him.

Seeing him troubled by love, Jiang Chen took him to wander the mortal world, indulging in wine and song for a thousand days.

Even so, he could not forget the beautiful figure in his mind.

Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore and decided to take swift and decisive action.

When the Ghost Controlling Sect woman appeared again one day, he mustered the courage to express his feelings, but her response was:

“Compared to you, I find your Eldest Senior Brother more appealing.”

Lin Mubai understood.

The woman he fancied actually had eyes for his Eldest Senior Brother.

There was no anger, no resentment, and no unwillingness. He simply smiled wryly and left his sincere blessings.

As a gentleman, he naturally wouldn’t let jealousy turn to hate. Besides, matters of the heart can’t be forced.

Though he didn’t get what he sought, his heart was now at ease.

He and Jiang Chen returned to their sect together, and their relationship had grown much closer through their daily interactions.

Clearly, the Ghost Controlling Sect woman had not affected the hard-earned relationship between the Senior Brother and him. Although the silhouette of her lingered in his mind, Lin Mubai considered her merely a passerby in life.

But fate, it seemed, had other ideas.

“Second Senior Brother, no sooner had you left the sect to travel than Eldest Senior Brother followed suit. Everyone in the sect knows what kind of person Eldest Senior Brother is. You must be careful. He likely wants to seize your Innate Dao Bone!”

One day, Lin Feng suddenly said.

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