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According to the tropes of a power fantasy, there are always countless minor characters acting as tools. Some deliver opportunities and weapons to the protagonist, while others provide guidance to refine his swordsmanship. Ning Ning, however, belonged to the third type.

A vicious female supporting character who constantly stirs up trouble.

The original owner of this body was also named Ning Ning, the personal disciple of the sect elder Tian Xianzi. Born into a wealthy merchant family and pampered since childhood, she gradually developed an arrogant, self-centered temper.

In this prosperous era of the dynasty, the arts of martial combat, Daoism, Confucianism, and immortal cultivation vied for supremacy. The Xuanxu Sect, which Ning Ning had joined, was the premier sect for the way of the sword among them.

She possessed exceptional talent and was spotted at a glance by Tian Xianzi during the disciple recruitment ceremony, where he took her as his personal disciple. Her master was profound in strength yet lived a solitary life; counting Ning Ning, he had only four personal disciples in total.

The original owner's life had been smooth sailing, and she was doted upon by her sect. However, she never expected that a sudden turn of events would occur today.

Every year on the day of the Spring Awakening, the Xuanxu Sect held a grand tournament for disciples to spar and exchange techniques. The original owner was haughty and arrogant, looking down on everyone else. She never imagined that she would happen to be matched against Pei Ji.

Pei Ji's bloodline was impure, and his sword intent was suppressed by Devilish Qi. Because of this, his performance during the entrance examination had been mediocre, and he was relegated to an outer sect disciple.

But the protagonist is the protagonist, after all. A moment of misfortune is merely the prelude to a comeback. Through constant practice, Pei Ji gradually learned to restrain his Devilish Qi, revealing an incredibly sharp sword intent. No one knew this secret; only he could feel the changes in his body, waiting for the day he could play the pig to eat the tiger.

The original owner was that tiger.

It was too tragic, truly too tragic.

If she had fought with all her might, she shouldn't have lost.

But the girl looked down on a common outer sect disciple and only used about fifty percent of her strength. By the time she realized her opponent's strength was not to be underestimated, she had already fallen into a dead end where she could no longer parry.

Losing to him caused the young girl to blow up on the spot.

It was at this moment that Ning Ning transmigrated into the body.

According to the plot, she had to follow the path of the vicious female supporting character step by step. She not only had to continuously court death around the male lead, but she also had to shamelessly torment other characters around her, all the way until the very end of the story.

The first step in this death-courting journey was to head to Pei Ji's residence after the match and humiliate him to his face.

The system that brought her here said it like this: "Think about it. It's similar to you being third in the class, only to be overtaken by the third-to-last in the final exam. Tell me, wouldn't you be angry? Wouldn't you want revenge?"

Ning Ning had never tried it.

Ning Ning had consistently ranked first in her grade for years.

Furthermore, she had barely even used foul language from childhood to adulthood, let alone bullied anyone.

"You don't need to feel too much guilt."

The system comforted her: "The villain is also a necessary part of the plot! Think about it: if you don't bully the male lead, he won't cultivate desperately to surpass you. If he doesn't cultivate desperately, his cultivation won't advance by leaps and bounds. With his personality, if his cultivation doesn't improve, how could he survive in the cultivation world? He'd kick the bucket before you knew it."

Finally, it emphasized its point, delivering the verdict: "He is a heaven-favored child! The male lead of the entire story! If he were to fall just because you refused to bully him, how could you bear it!"

It was nothing but twisted logic.

However, Ning Ning was spineless enough to be persuaded by it. She felt that she was just a piece of trash with no firm principles.

After all, according to the plot, the original owner's self-destructive behavior wouldn't cause any real harm to the male lead; instead, it would inadvertently help him obtain various opportunities and treasures.

On the contrary, she was the one who suffered the consequences, ending up in such a pathetic state every time that she couldn't even step down gracefully.

So much so that when she read the original novel, whenever the supporting female character started causing trouble, Ning Ning would involuntarily think: Great, the male lead gets to show off and slap some faces again.

Seeing her attitude soften, the system continued, "The most important thing is that when the mission ends, I will personally help you fake your death and escape, allowing you to start a new life in this world—you weren't willing to die so easily in your past life, were you?"

When these words were spoken, Ning Ning fell silent and stopped arguing.

In her original world, she had died of a serious illness.

Seventeen years old, terminal stomach cancer, lying in bed in excruciating pain, unable to move or speak, even breathing a burden.

The system was right; she truly didn't want to die in vain so early.

Ning Ning was not a pretentious person, so she nodded immediately and agreed, "Okay boss, thank you boss, I will work hard, boss!"

And so, she ultimately arrived at the residence of the male lead, Pei Ji.

Unlike the independent courtyards of the inner sect disciples, outer sect disciples lived in rooms shared by three people. This directly resulted in Pei Ji suffering unscrupulous bullying from his roommates for a long time.

His background was truly impoverished; having grown up in a small village, his knowledge was severely limited. Furthermore, Pei Ji possessed Devilish Qi within his body—he was the offspring of a Devilish Cultivator, and there was bloodline discrimination in the cultivation world.

They mocked him as an unclean half-breed and often beat and kicked him. As for Pei Ji standing out in the grand competition today...

It was currently the time of the evening banquet, and most people were not in the dormitories. Ning Ning had been standing at the entrance earlier, vaguely hearing sounds coming from inside.

"Speak up! What kind of despicable methods did you use? You're just a piece of trash, how could you have such progress overnight?"

"Let's search his clothes; we're bound to find something low-class!"

"You brat, you dare hit me? See if I don't kill you!"

After that, the voices grew weaker, and she couldn't hear them clearly anymore, only able to vaguely distinguish the rustling sounds of punches and kicks.

Seeing that there was no movement in the room, Ning Ning worried that the male lead might be beaten half to death. Without time to think too much, she exerted force into her palm and gently pushed the wooden door open.

With a creak, the overwhelming crimson from outside the door surged in, looking truly like a tide of blood. Under the dim candlelight and the fragmented shadows of the setting sun, she saw the scene inside the room.

There were three people in total.

A disciple in white stood to one side with his back to her, trembling violently for some reason. When he turned his head, his eyes were full of terror, as if he had seen a man-eating monster.

The black-haired, black-clothed youth stood holding a sword, the blade pointed directly at another person's throat. As she pushed the door open and entered, Ning Ning happened to hear his lingering words, chilling to the bone: "...I don't mind killing you."