"No! I'm a virgin, I don't want to be ruined by a man. Besides, I don't like men, I only like money. And there are so many ways to make money in this world, why should I do it this way?"
Cen Xi refused her request without even thinking. Actually, she wanted to say that sleeping with too many men wasn't necessarily a good thing; what if she got a venereal disease or AIDS? Where could she go to cry then? She valued her life, okay?
"Why? Aren't men good enough? Especially men you can manipulate. Have you been hurt in some kind of relationship that makes you so averse to men? Let me tell you, the best way to get revenge on a man is to cheat on him. Men care a lot about their pride, and he absolutely won't tolerate this. After you've cheated on him, just kill him."
“Take me for example. I was originally the wife of Fan, a scholar from Shangyang City. Before I married him, I was also a young lady from a wealthy family, just from a lower social class, the daughter of a merchant. When he married me, he said that as long as I believed him, he would definitely make me an official’s wife later.”
“At the time, I believed him, so I married him. He was indeed very talented. After I passed the imperial examination, I did become an official’s wife for a year. But later, in order to climb the ranks, he got involved with the daughter of the Minister of Rites. In order to marry that woman, he had his mother make things difficult for me in every way.”
"Girl, do you know what happened? I was pregnant at the time, and that old hag made me stand for three hours every day as punishment. In the end, I miscarried, and that old hag blamed me for not protecting her grandson. She was so mean!"
"Later, before I could get over my heartbreak, that damned man said I couldn't even have a child and was unworthy to be a wife, so he demoted me to his concubine!"
“My family was already weak, how could they dare to fight against the official? Moreover, my family was afraid that I would offend him, so they desperately sent him money, saying that I was ignorant and that he could discipline me as he pleased, as long as I didn’t go back to my family home.”
"That's how I went from being a wife to a concubine. After the new mistress came in, I became a thorn in her side, and she tormented me in various ways every day."
“I hated it, I resented it, so I had an affair with a servant in the mansion. I even deliberately informed my dead husband, my mother-in-law, and my new mistress. At that time, I didn’t want to live anymore. I just wanted to disgust this family.”
"They were indeed disgusted, so I was subjected to family discipline and beaten until I was barely alive. They then threw me into a mass grave. Perhaps it was my destiny to survive, because I was picked up by the former leader of the Su Nu Sect."
"It is widely rumored in the martial arts world that the Su Nu Sect uses men to cultivate evil arts, but this is not true. The Su Nu Sect's Su Xin Jing does not require men to cultivate internal energy at all. The sect leader does this simply to disgust men all over the world."
"So, why did the man in your bed die?"
After the woman had said so much, Cen Xi finally managed to chime in.
"Because the leader of the Su Nu Sect is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also an expert in both medicine and poison. If it weren't for that, do you think I would still be standing here safely?"
“After my master rescued me, I stayed in bed for two whole months. It took me a year to recover my strength with countless good medicines. Later, I spent three years practicing the Pure Heart Sutra to the eighth level. Moreover, I became very proficient in my master’s medical and poison skills. It can be said that she found the right successor.”
"Perhaps she never wanted to be the sect leader in the first place, so after I fully mastered her skills, she made me take over her position as sect leader. The day after I became the sect leader, she disappeared without a trace, and I still haven't found her."
"Oh? What happened to that family who tormented you before? Are you...?"
Cen Xi hadn't finished asking her question.
The woman in front of him said again:
“I killed them, of course. I beheaded the man and hung his head in the government office where he worked. As for my mother-in-law, I had a man rape her every day until she got pregnant, and she actually did. Didn’t she like to put on airs and make people stand as punishment?”
"I took her back to the Su Nu Sect and made her stand in front of me every day as punishment. It's really not easy for someone her age to get pregnant. She couldn't stand it for three days and fainted."
"There was nothing I could do. She always liked watching people being punished by standing, so how could I not do as she pleased? So I had someone splash water on her to wake her up and make her continue standing. I didn't expect her to be so fragile; she died five days later."
"As for the new mistress, isn't she fond of seducing men and having them fawn over her? I sent her to the Prince of Nanning's military camp, where she'll be bossed around every day, ridden by thousands, and slept with by a thousand men. I imagine she'll be living a good life there."
"After taking my revenge, I felt it was boring to stay on the mountain, so I came out for a stroll. Little did I know that there were countless injustices in the world and so many girls like me, so I expanded the Su Nu Sect and made a name for myself in the martial arts world. Now everyone is afraid of us."
"In the past two years, I don't know if it's because I've made a name for myself or what, but men these days are much more well-behaved. It's rare to see a man treat his wife badly anymore. So my team hasn't had many new members in the past year."
"So, young lady, would you like to join us? Men are all the same; given the opportunity, they'll be fickle and change their affections constantly."
"Take that scholar in bed, for example. You saw it yesterday. I let him touch me. Although his face turned pale and then red, and he looked very angry and ashamed, he came running over to me that night with the note I gave him."
"Even men who usually seem well-behaved and pretend to be calm will obediently follow you if you put in a little effort to seduce them. There are no men in this world who are loyal for a long time, so girl, don't be sad. Join us and you can play with any man you want."
The woman talked for a long time, and she finished the whole pot of tea, but she still seemed to want more.
Cen Xi felt she couldn't let her continue, so she immediately cut her off before she could say anything more:
"Which eye of yours saw that I was sad? I don't think I said anything, sister."
"Also, although your experience is tragic, and as you said, many men in this world are like you described, there are still good men out there, right? Yes, this world is extremely unfair to women, but you really don't need to be so extreme."
"You disguise yourself as ruthless and vicious, and you deliberately provoke scholars. That's just because you can't let go of your feelings for your deceased husband. Why do this to yourself?"
"Letting them go is also letting yourself go, and it's for your own good. There's a saying where I'm from: if a man sleeps too much and has an unchaste private life, he's very likely to get infectious diseases, such as venereal diseases and AIDS. If you get these diseases, you're not far from death. Look, you've finally escaped this sea of suffering, why bother arguing with those stinky men?"
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