Feng Luan could clearly sense that something was wrong. It was not merely that her Golden Core could not cultivate—the body itself fundamentally did not belong to her!
She raised the hand that had just seized the Silver Wolf. It was slender and emaciated, and the back of it was covered in scars, some old and some newly added.
Feng Luan’s pitch-black eyes swept over her surroundings once more. Seeing the astonished and stunned expressions on everyone’s faces, she was just about to ask a question when—
An ethereal voice seemed to resound in her mind, followed by an explosive wave of pain. Feng Luan could not help closing her eyes as fragmented, unfamiliar memories echoed within her. That strange grief, inferiority, and despair came from the depths of the soul.
Her pitch-black eyes suddenly opened wide. Memories that did not belong to her lingered in her mind, connecting with the scene before her.
Those inexplicable emotions did not belong to her. They belonged to the original body, whose life had already ended. Because she was unwilling to accept her fate, she had confined her soul within her body until Feng Luan’s soul arrived in this world.
In other words, she had undergone transmigration! And she had taken over someone else’s body.
The continent she now inhabited was called the Void Spirit Continent. The Void Spirit Continent had four kingdoms: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, as well as a place called the Central Realm located between the four nations.
The original body had the same name as her—Feng Luan—and was the eldest miss of the direct lineage of the Feng Family of the Black Tortoise Kingdom. The difference was that the other girl possessed a waste spiritual body and could not cultivate.
According to common sense, the original host was the eldest miss of the direct lineage of the Feng Family and should have lived a life of comfort and luxury.
However, the original host’s parents had never been by her side from childhood onward. On top of that, she could not cultivate, so her life had been extremely difficult.
Despite being the eldest miss of the direct lineage of the Feng Residence, she had repeatedly been bullied in various ways by the collateral branch, who had even tried to put the original host to death.
Feng Xiaoxiao, acclaimed as the Number-One Prodigy of the Black Tortoise Kingdom, was a member of the collateral branch of the Feng Residence—the daughter of the original host’s elder uncle.
On the day she was born, a celestial phenomenon appeared. Hundreds of birds sang in unison, and even the surrounding plants gained spirituality.
That was also the day the original host was born.
However, the original host had not been born a good-for-nothing. On the contrary, she had been a genius among geniuses. The reason Feng Xiaoxiao was called the Number-One Prodigy of the Black Tortoise Kingdom was merely because she possessed the Phoenix Divine Bone.
It had belonged to the original host.
Because the original host’s parents were immensely powerful, many factions launched assassinations against them after their attempts to recruit them were rejected. To protect the original host, they left the Black Tortoise Kingdom and went to an unknown place, remaining away for more than ten years.
After the original host’s parents left, Feng Xiaoxiao’s father—the original host’s elder uncle—used the excuse that the original host was young and incapable of managing the enormous Feng Family to forcibly seize the Feng Family’s residences and shops.
Feng Xiaoxiao had also taken a liking to the original host’s Divine Bone. When she was five, she drugged the original host unconscious, cut open her back to perform bone extraction, and fused the bone into her own body, transforming herself into a genius of the black tortoise kingdom.
She also treated the original host as a thorn in her side at every moment. This arena tournament had been planned entirely by Feng Xiaoxiao.
She had pretended to say that she had found the Silver Wolf as a gift for the original host, but in truth, she wanted the original host to die miserably at the Silver Wolf’s hands. The original host had already been physically weak, had contracted a wind-cold illness the day before, and had suffered several bloody wounds from the Silver Wolf after entering the arena, ultimately dying from excessive blood loss.
And then she had arrived.
After Feng Luan fully sorted through the memories, she could not help letting out a cold laugh.
Perhaps Heaven had avenged her and allowed her to live another life. Since she had taken over someone else’s body, the other girl’s grudges were now her grudges. She would reclaim everything that belonged to the original host.
Whether it was the Feng Family or the Phoenix Divine Bone.
Even the Luo Family—she would make them all pay their blood debts in blood.
The blow Feng Luan had just used to send the Silver Wolf flying had exhausted all the strength in this body. Her head now felt somewhat dizzy. Combined with the excessive blood loss and wind-cold illness, she needed to return and rest immediately.
Ignoring everyone’s gazes and the Silver Wolf lying on the ground, Feng Luan straightened her back and walked slowly, with some difficulty, toward the cage door.
The person guarding the entrance watched Feng Luan approach with a complicated expression. Even through the cage, he could smell the heavy scent of blood on her.
“Open it.”
Her weak voice nevertheless carried the imposing aura of a cold, regal ruler. The gatekeeper did not dare disobey and could only honestly unlock the door.
By the time he realized why he had obeyed so readily, Feng Luan had already walked out of the cage.
Feng Xiaoxiao watched the scene before her in shock from the window. Even after Feng Luan left, she still had not recovered.
What was going on?
Was Feng Luan not supposed to die horribly beneath the Silver Wolf’s sharp claws? And she had heard that silver Wolves ate human flesh. She had already prepared herself to watch the Silver Wolf tear the other girl apart bit by bit.
Ye Chen also seemed not to have expected this result, but that did not mean he would look at Feng Luan with newfound respect. After all, the Silver Wolf was merely a second rank spirit beast, and it could not cause them any harm.
Moreover, in his eyes, Feng Luan was a completely useless good-for-nothing. As for her defeating the Silver Wolf, that had merely been a stroke of luck.
Watching Feng Luan’s departing back, Feng Xiaoxiao grew anxious. She released Ye Chen’s hand and flew out through the window.
“Stop!”
Only when they heard the clear voice did everyone recover. They had actually been stunned just now because Feng Luan had sent the Silver Wolf flying.
Feng Luan’s brows drew tightly together, but she did not stop because someone had obstructed her. Dragging her bloodstained, heavy body, she continued forward.
Seeing that Feng Luan completely ignored her words, Feng Xiaoxiao—who was always cold and kind in front of others—flew forward to block her.
Feng Luan nimbly avoided her hand. Her black hair brushed lightly across her cheek, while her ink-dark eyes stared straight at Feng Xiaoxiao, whose attack had missed. That gaze made the latter shiver.
Her thin lips parted, and she casually spat out a single word.
“Scram.”
This brought Feng Xiaoxiao, who had been frightened by that gaze, back to her senses. She was a dignified seventh-order spirit practitioner and genius, yet she had actually been intimidated by a good-for-nothing.
And this good-for-nothing had actually dared to speak to her like that?
Feng Xiaoxiao’s eyes held anger. “What did you say?”
Feng Luan’s gaze lightly swept over Feng Xiaoxiao. Her body was extremely weak. Knocking down the Silver Wolf had already exhausted all her strength, and after dodging the other girl just now, she had completely depleted what little remained.
When Feng Xiaoxiao saw that Feng Luan merely glanced at her before falling silent, she grew even angrier. She was just about to scold her when a deep, steady male voice rang out—
“What are you doing?”
Feng Xiaoxiao immediately choked back the vicious words at the tip of her tongue. She had nearly forgotten that they were outside.
Ye Chen slowly walked out from the entrance of the restaurant, stopping somewhat to the left of the two women.
Feng Luan looked over. After meeting that face, she searched through the memories in her mind for information about him.
The current crown prince, Ye Chen.
He was also the original host’s fiancé.
The anger in Feng Xiaoxiao’s eyes instantly turned into a mist of tears. Her cold face became pitifully endearing as she complained first, “Your Highness, I was only asking elder sister where she was going, but she told me to....”
Feng Luan’s brows lifted slightly.
In her previous life, she had been absorbed in cultivation and had not given much thought to people like this. Now that she had lived another life, seeing Feng Xiaoxiao’s superb acting and tearful expression, she wanted to say only one thing.
What a magnificent White Lotus.
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