Only then did Shu Jianyue realize that there was a circular birthmark on the sole of Yuchuan’s foot, while Yanxi had a crescent-shaped one—truly just like a sun and a moon.
“Well, one stepping on the sun and one stepping on the moon, you two certainly don’t lack ambition.”
The moment Shu Jianyue’s words fell, the rumbling of thunder could be heard outside, growing louder and louder with each crash.
“Hmm, in this world, words like that shouldn’t be spoken carelessly. Bite my tongue.” With that, she gave her own mouth a symbolic smack.
Yet she did not know that because of her words, half of a mountain outside had just been completely cleaved away by lightning.
“Little Yu, Xi’er, sleep tight. Mother is going to do some cultivation.” Once they fell asleep, Shu Jianyue stepped out of the tent, walked over to an open area, took out Qianxi Fuling Jue, and began practicing.
Having comprehended the first level of Qianxi Fuling Jue, she began practicing Fuhuan Shenbian. Only after mastering the first form of Fuhuan Shenbian did she exit the space.
It was time to settle the scores and repay the grudges.
She had stayed in the space for quite a while, but barely a quarter of an hour had passed outside.
Because a mountain in the village had been collapsed by a lightning strike, many villagers had gone to take a look.
Shu Jianyue spread out her mental power to scan around, then began searching for her target.
In her previous life, her mental power ability had already reached the seventh rank, and now, after having her marrow cleansed, it had advanced considerably.
Unfolding her mental power, she could perceive all people and things within a thousand miles.
Catching sight of where the person she sought was, she went out the door and swept over in a flash.
Arriving at Cheonghwa Chalo in Burong-zhen, Shu Jixiang was right there in a second-floor private box of the teahouse, staring infatuatedly at a young gentleman.
Shu Jianyue found a mask, put it on, and flew straight in through the window.
“Who’s there?” Along with a soft reprimand, a sword thrust forward simultaneously.
With a light tap of her toes, Shu Jianyue parried the sword away, pointed at Shu Jixiang, and said faintly, “I’m here for her. I won’t disturb you all; we just have some personal matters to handle.”
She even sensed one of the shackles in her sea of consciousness tremble slightly.
So, one of the shackles was related to Shu Jixiang?
The handsome young gentleman sitting in the head seat narrowed his eyes as he looked at her mask. He actually couldn’t see through her cultivation!
He was already at the sixth stage of Zhuji, yet he still couldn’t see through her cultivation. That meant her cultivation could only be higher, not lower.
Moreover, the aura of mystery about her made him feel it was best not to offend this person.
“I am Gong Chengxi. May I ask which sect fairy you hail from?”
Shu Jianyue cast a glance at him, rolled her eyes back, and casually made up, “Hwansinjeon.”
“Can we leave now?”
“Hwansinjeon?” Gong Chengxi furrowed his brows. Why had he never heard of it?
“As for whether she is willing to leave with you, you must ask her. We are not close to her.”
Shu Jianyue gave a soft chuckle and stepped forward. “There is no need for her consent, as long as you do not stand in my way.” With that, she picked up Shu Jixiang in one grasp.
Shu Jixiang shrieked in terror, “Young Master Cao, save me! I don’t know her!”
Cao Feifan’s face darkened for a moment. He didn’t even know who this woman was; asking him to save her was simply absurd.
However, for the sake of appearances, he still spoke up, “Miss, she did not agree to go with you, so you cannot take her away.”
Shu Jianyue furrowed her brows. “Who are you to her? An older brother? A fiancé? A lover? A master?”
“Since you are none of those, why poke your nose into others’ business? Did you eat too much salt and end up bored?”
Hearing that last retort, the corner of Gong Chengxi’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch. Quite an amusing line.
He cast a glance at Cao Feifan, thought for a moment, and stood up, saying, “Miss, resolve your matters here then. We happen to be leaving now. Farewell.”
The moment he left, the others also stood up and followed him out.
Shu Jixiang tried to grab hold of Cao Feifan, but he dodged away.
Seeing that they had cleared the room for her, Shu Jianyue simply let go, letting Shu Jixiang drop to the floor.
Shu Jixiang looked at the masked woman before her, fully certain she did not know this person. Yet even the young master of Gong Cheng had been so polite to her, which meant her cultivation had to be extraordinary.
“Miss, may I ask why you are looking for me?” Her words were laced with caution.
Shu Jianyue let out a light laugh and took out a hemp rope—moreover, a straw-woven rope commonly found everywhere in rural villages.
“Someone entrusted me to settle a rope grudge with you. I wonder if you still remember.”
Looking at the rope in her hands, Shu Jixiang’s heart gave a strange thud. It couldn’t be that good-for-nothing, could it?
Impossible. How could someone who had never stepped out of the village know this person?
Shu Jianyue did not waste her breath with her. Before Shu Jixiang could even react, she wrapped the rope around her neck and hung her from the beam of the inn.
Shu Jixiang struggled, trying to use spiritual power to sever the rope, only to find that she couldn’t summon her spiritual power at all. Her eyes bulged with terror, nearly popping out. “Just who are you?”
“The one here to take your life.” Shu Jianyue, sitting by the window, looked at her with a half-smile.
The original owner hadn’t committed suicide by hanging herself; this woman had strung her up.
The reason was merely that she had fancied Cao Feifan, the eldest young master of the Cao Estate. If the original owner were to enter the Cao Estate as a concubine, there would be absolutely no possibility left for her to marry in.
She hadn’t considered at all that if the original owner died, Madame He’s bargaining chip would be gone.
And the reason Shu Jianyue had sought out Shu Jixiang first was that the original owner harbored the deepest hatred for her; most of the suffering the original owner had endured from childhood to adulthood had been inflicted by her.
This had nothing to do with the shackle, yet unexpectedly, it struck right on target.
Shu Jianyue pondered, rubbing her chin. Madame He wanted to send the original owner into the Cao Estate, so she would send Shu Jixiang into the Cao Estate instead, shattering Madame He’s ambitions and avenging the original owner at the same time.
Killing her wasn’t the only option; a fate worse than death was also vengeance.
Seeing that Shu Jixiang had only a breath left while hanging, Shu Jianyue finally let her down and crippled her Dantian.
The moment her Dantian was crippled, Shu Jianyue felt one of the shackles in her sea of consciousness vanish.
Smiling faintly, she picked her up, flew toward the Cao Estate, and tossed her onto Cao Jinzhong’s bed without any hindrance.
Cao Jinzhong was a lecher through and through; seeing a little beauty in his bed, how could he possibly let her go?
After leaving the Cao Estate, Shu Jianyue returned to the village and set fire to the Shu family’s residence.
This courtyard was the best one in the village, yet the original owner had never lived in it; she had always stayed in the dilapidated old house at the foot of the mountain.
Standing on the mountain, Shu Jianyue watched the Shu family running about in panic and thought, ‘Your vengeance can be considered avenged, and I no longer have any ties with the Shu family.’
Just as the thought crossed her mind, she felt a twinge of pain in her heart.
Shu Jianyue knew that was the original owner’s lingering emotion acting up.
Watching the genealogy records burn to ashes, she went ahead and burned down the house at the foot of the mountain as well, completely severing any fallback for that wretched family of the Shu household. With that, Shu Jianyue left the place where the original owner had grown up.
Before she had taken more than a few steps, a tiny white rabbit hopped out, staring at her curiously for a moment.
Shu Jianyue caught it straight away and threw it into the space, thinking she would roast it to eat later.
After some thought, she brought Yuchuan and Yanxi out.
Yet as soon as the two children came out, dark clouds immediately began gathering in the sky.
Shu Jianyue thought the weather was changing and it was about to rain. Just as she was about to take the children back into the space first, a streak of lightning cleaved down.
“Holy crap, what is going on here?”
Holding the two children, Shu Jianyue hastily dodged, but the lightning seemed to be aimed specifically at her, chasing her persistently.
“Ah, ah…” Yuchuan called out toward the sky.
Shu Jianyue couldn’t understand what he meant at all.
Seeing that the lightning was about to strike her, she swiftly hid back into the space.