“Hahaha…” Feng Xi laughed mockingly.
“Unable to distinguish right from wrong? After all these years, who exactly has been the one unable to distinguish right from wrong?” She slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
“I don’t want to waste words with you. Go back and tell Song He—I will not apologize to Cang Mochen.”
After speaking, she waved her sleeve. Accompanied by the crisp sound of bells, the magical artifact on her wrist sent the surrounding disciples flying.
“I’m going back to my own thatched hut. Don’t come bother me if there’s nothing important.”
Feng Xu stared in shock at her departing figure.
Clad in red, her posture was proud and unrestrained. For a moment, Feng Xu seemed to see the little girl who used to love wearing white gradually drifting farther and farther away from him.
“I heard what you said just now.” Feng Jingce patted Feng Xu’s shoulder.
Feng Xu withdrew his gaze.
“Big Brother, Feng Xi… she has really changed.”
Feng Jingce sighed, just about to speak when Feng Xu continued.
“She has become even more unreasonable and unable to distinguish right from wrong. I regret that I didn’t hand her over to the Enforcement Hall back then and let the elders judge her according to the family rules.” Feng Xu’s hand slowly clenched into a fist.
“Big Brother, if you and I hadn’t been soft-hearted back then, with the charge of colluding with outsiders, how could she have lived until now?”
Feng Jingce had thought he had discovered some clue from the past, but instead, his prejudice against Feng Xi had grown even deeper.
“That’s enough. What kind of person she is cannot be judged by your words alone. No matter what, she is still our sister. Don’t ever harbor such thoughts again.” He reminded him unhappily.
After saying that, Feng Jingce turned around and left with the disciples.
Feng Xu stood there in a daze, dissatisfaction filling his heart.
“Strange… Didn’t Big Brother used to be very strict with Feng Xi? Why is he starting to defend her now?” he muttered.
Then he hurriedly followed after him.
“Hey, Big Brother, wait for me!”
Side Courtyard – Thatched Hut
In front of the door, Qin Yan was forced to kneel on the ground. The maid Xunmei arrogantly threw the clothes from a tray onto the ground before her and raised her hand to slap her across the face.
“Shameless servant! The Eldest Miss kindly sent clothes to the Young Miss, yet you dare act so ungrateful.”
Qin Yan’s face quickly became red and swollen. The burning pain spread across her entire face, making it hard to endure.
“Heh… Eldest Miss? What kind of Eldest Miss is she?” she gritted her teeth, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Qin Yan stubbornly lifted her chin and looked at the woman in white beside the maid, hatred flashing in her eyes.
Feng Ruyan wore a snow-white long dress, elegant and graceful like a fairy.
Her appearance was delicate, her skin pale and smooth. Her brows were like distant mountains, her eyes like autumn waters. Her nose was straight, and the corners of her rosy lips lifted slightly with a faint smile.
However, beneath that seemingly harmless face was an invisible trace of viciousness that made people feel uneasy.
Feng Ruyan’s gaze was cold. When she looked at Qin Yan, the smile on her lips deepened slightly, but the indifference in her eyes remained unchanged.
“You hate me very much?” she asked coldly.
Qin Yan gritted her teeth, not hiding the hatred in her eyes.
“Yes. If it weren’t for you, Miss wouldn’t have been driven out of the Feng family.”
Feng Ruyan frowned slightly, her eyes mocking.
“Your spiritual roots are already destroyed, and you don’t have much time left. Instead of finding a quiet corner to live out the rest of your days, why bother coming out to act like a weather vane?”
Her eyes gradually turned vicious as she lifted her foot and kicked Qin Yan.
“Even if she has come back, it will be just like before—she won’t be able to protect you.”
Just as Feng Xi returned, she saw the scene in the courtyard.
What a vicious white lotus!
Taking advantage of her absence to touch her people…
Qin Yan fell to the ground after being kicked, her face pale, while the instigator stood with her back to her in a lofty posture.
“Such a worthless creature, just like your useless master,” Feng Ruyan mocked disdainfully.
Feng Xi’s eyes darkened as she stepped into the courtyard. The crisp sound of bells rang out, but her sharp voice drowned it out.
“You’re right, truly a worthless creature. Hey, don’t just stand there! The one wearing white—I’m talking about you. Hurry up and get out of my courtyard!”
Worthless creature +1.
Feng Ruyan’s face alternated between green and pale.
She turned around in surprise. When she saw the red-clad woman of breathtaking beauty, she was momentarily stunned.
After a hundred years, she had become so alluring?
Such beauty and natural charm—was this really the same useless girl from back then?
Feng Ruyan stepped forward two steps, putting on an innocent expression and smiling at Feng Xi.
“Little sister, please don’t misunderstand. I was only disciplining this disobedient servant for you. Surely you wouldn’t mind, right?”
Feng Xi looked at her coldly, the corner of her lips curling into a mocking smile.
“Since when did it become your turn to discipline my people?”
The smile on Feng Ruyan’s face stiffened, and a trace of venom flashed in her eyes.
“Little sister, what are you saying? I’m doing this for your own good. This servant dared to offend someone above her. If word got out, it would be your reputation that suffers.”
Feng Xi didn’t bother wasting words with her. She walked directly to Qin Yan’s side and kicked the maid Xunmei squarely in the chest.
“Worthless servant who doesn’t know life from death. You dare touch my people?”
Seeing her maid kicked to the ground, Feng Ruyan’s expression turned ugly.
“Little sister, what are you doing? I meant well. How could you treat me like this?”
Feng Xi gently helped Qin Yan up from the ground.
“Qin Yan, are you alright?”
Qin Yan shook her head, looking at Feng Xi with gratitude in her eyes.
“Miss, I’m fine. It’s good that you’re back.”
Feng Xi patted her hand reassuringly, then turned to look at Feng Ruyan.
“Stop calling me little sister. I’m not familiar with you. A mere adopted daughter of the Feng family, yet you really think you’re the Eldest Miss? A worthless creature will always be a worthless creature.”
Worthless creature +2.
Feng Ruyan’s heart trembled, and an inexplicable chill ran through her.
“You… you dare insult me? Feng Xi, don’t forget—I am the Eldest Miss of the Feng family. Do you dare lay a hand on me?”
Feng Xi sneered.
“Heh. Eldest Miss? If you’re so eager to be ‘eldest,’ why not surpass Feng Jingce first? At least he’s a favored son of heaven, the young master of the Feng family. And what are you? At most… just a worthless creature.”
Worthless creature +3.
As she spoke, a powerful aura radiated from her body, causing Feng Ruyan’s expression to change drastically. She was so frightened she didn’t dare move.
“Feng Xi, you…” She was too shocked to speak.
How could this useless girl have such a powerful aura? Her cultivation clearly looks so weak…
I must be mistaken. After losing the Divine Phoenix inheritance, how could she still be so powerful? Back then, I personally had someone sell her to the Northern Tomb Demon Abyss.
In a place like that, even if she survived and came back alive, her soul should already have been corroded by demonic energy. Even if she returned, she could never inherit the Divine Phoenix legacy.
Thinking this, Feng Ruyan gradually calmed down.
Feng Xi looked at her coldly and warned,
“Feng Ruyan, I’ll let you off today. But you’d better pray you never fall into my hands in the future. Otherwise, kicking your maid won’t be the only thing I do.”
After saying that, she left with Qin Yan, leaving Feng Ruyan standing there with a dark expression.