I am the villain in the book

"Buzzing..."

Outside the cave.

The expressions of the waiting crowd changed upon hearing the vibration coming from the cave.

Although they didn't know the specifics of what was happening inside, the commotion was likely not a good sign.

Moreover, since the sound had started, the rope on the ground hadn't moved at all.

"Young Master."

Zhang San approached Wei Changtian, but was interrupted by the latter waving his hand.

"Wait a little longer."

"Yes."

Seeing Wei Changtian's gloomy face, Zhang San didn't say anything more and immediately retreated to the side, remaining silent.

The others exchanged glances, equally噤若寒蝉, not daring to utter a word.

The bright moon emerged from the mountains, its clear light dyeing the surroundings in silvery white, the entire forest cold and silent, as if in slumber.

Did she fail?

Did she choose the wrong option of four chances for life and one for death?

Is Ning Yuke so unlucky?

Wei Changtian frowned, staring at the cave entrance, unsure of what to think.

He was indeed in a bad mood, but not because he failed to get Myriad Blades Attraction and the Starry Sky Scabbard, but because...

Strange, why do I feel guilty?

This was originally just a transaction, and I didn't deceive Ning Yuke.

Besides, even if she doesn't die today, she will be killed by Ning Yongnian before long...

Wei Changtian kept making excuses, trying to dispel the feeling of guilt in his heart.

But no matter how he tried to convince himself, he couldn't truly treat it as if nothing had happened.

After all, Ning Yuke entered the cave for his sake.

He didn't know how long he stood there, but the vibration in the cave had long stopped.

"Zhang San."

Wei Changtian shook his head, just about to ask someone to pull out Ning Yuke's corpse, which he didn't know was still intact, but his eyes suddenly froze.

He abruptly turned his head to look at the ground, only to see the long rope that hadn't moved for a long time suddenly shrinking a few inches into the cave.

Facts proved that Ning Yuke was indeed not that unlucky.

The Gen position is the Gate of Life, she chose correctly.

"Young Master!"

Coming out of the cave entrance, Ning Yuke saw Wei Changtian at first glance.

She didn't even bother to untie the rope around her waist, and immediately ran towards him, as if she had a thousand words to tell him.

However, when she really stood in front of Wei Changtian, she didn't know where to start, and after hesitating for a long time, she just handed the object in her hand forward and said softly:

"Young Master, this is what I got inside."

A palm-sized piece of ancient jade, and a scabbard that was black all over, but with a few silver-white spots embedded in it.

That's right, it was indeed Myriad Blades Attraction and the Starry Sky Scabbard.

He earned two thousand system points for nothing, and also seized Xiao Feng's great opportunity.

Wei Changtian reached out and took the two items, but he didn't feel the joy he had expected.

He looked up at Ning Yuke, who was a little disheveled, and asked softly:

"Then what's going on here?" Wei Changtian pointed to Ning Yuke's messy hair and the few cracks in her clothes.

"This..."

Ning Yuke lowered her head embarrassedly: "I ran too fast when I came out and accidentally fell..."

Her appearance at this time was a bit like a child who had done something wrong, and Wei Changtian paused slightly when he heard the words, and then said thank you seriously.

"Thank you."

"Young Master..."

A soft murmur echoed in his ears.

Ning Yuke looked up at Wei Changtian, her smile was very happy, as if she was happy to be able to help the man in front of her.

"Young Master, would you... like to hear what I encountered in the cave?"

"..."

Logically speaking, since he had already obtained the items, the right thing to do now was to send Ning Yuke back to the Prince's Mansion as soon as possible, but...

Wei Changtian was silent for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"Okay, I also want to hear it."

A quarter of an hour later.

"...Young Master, that's about it."

Not far away on a bluestone, Wei Changtian and Ning Yuke sat side by side, while the others wisely stayed far away.

Ning Yuke had completely recounted what she had encountered in the cave, which was basically the same as described in the original book.

"Princess..."

Wei Changtian looked up at the dark clouds in the night sky that covered half of the moon, and asked with a smile: "Can I ask you why you went to pull out the Gen position sword?"

"This..."

Ning Yuke's face turned slightly red: "Don't laugh at me when I say it."

"Tell me, I definitely won't laugh at you."

"Well... it's actually because of my name."

Ning Yuke explained in a low voice: "My name has the word 'Yu' (玉, jade), and jade comes from the mountains..."

"So you chose the Gen position, which represents the meaning of the mountain?" Wei Changtian smiled dumbly.

"Y-Young Master said not to laugh at me..."

Ning Yuke was even more ashamed, and muttered to herself: "Life and death are destined, wealth is determined by heaven, maybe this is God's will?"

"That's true."

Wei Changtian nodded noncommittally, just about to ask something else, but Ning Yuke's next unintentional sigh made him freeze in place as if he had been electrocuted.

"I don't know who said this..."

I don't know... who said this...

It was as if a long-standing unsolved case was suddenly enlightened by a trivial clue, and Wei Changtian suddenly realized something because of this sentence.

Something he had never cared about before, never taken to heart, but which at this moment greatly influenced his understanding of the world.

"Life and death are destined, wealth is determined by heaven."

Wei Changtian was very familiar with this sentence, and even knew that it came from "The Analects of Confucius".

Then why is it engraved in the cave of an ancient swordsman in this world?

Where is the problem?

This was the first time Wei Changtian seriously considered the relationship between "The Ultimate Peak of Martial Arts" and the world in front of him.

The original book did describe the words in front of the five forks in the cave, but the author did not explain why these words said by the sages of his previous life would appear in a cultivation world.

From the author's point of view, this was not a problem, anyway, it was a fictional world, the world setting could be put together, and it would be exhausting to pursue logical rationality everywhere.

From the reader's point of view, this was not a problem, anyway, he was reading a爽文, and it was enough to read it quickly.

But from the perspective of Wei Changtian, this transmigrator, this is a big problem!

Since the setting of this world is highly consistent with the setting in the book, then all these irrationalities in the book must have a reasonable explanation.

"Princess... have you ever heard of Xunzi?"

"Xunzi? No."

"Confucius?"

"No."

"Wang Yangming?"

"No..."

"Princess, you have never heard of the five sentences in the cave?"

"..."

Ning Yuke shook her head blankly for the fourth time, and Wei Changtian also took a deep breath at this time, and finally confirmed one thing.

Since these words were not said by the natives of this world, then there is only one reasonable explanation—

He is not the only transmigrator.

At least the owner of this cave is the same as him, also from the five-thousand-year-old splendid Chinese land on Earth!

"Young Master..."

Next to him, Ning Yuke pulled Wei Changtian's sleeve with some worry: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay..."

Wei Changtian shook his head and was about to find a reason to perfunctorily pass it off when Zhang San hurriedly ran over at this time.

His expression was very serious, he just nodded to Ning Yuke, and then leaned to Wei Changtian's ear and said in a very small voice:

"Young Master, something happened to Shun Prince's Mansion."

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