After nine lifetimes, You Shuyao still died at the hands of Huo Jingsha.
Her identity was that of an assassin. Although her martial arts skills weren't the best in the organization, she was the youngest and most beautiful. Therefore, the leader sent her to assassinate Huo Jingsha, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Most men can't resist the allure of a beautiful woman. If they can't subdue her with force, they can use her beauty to get close and then assassinate her, which would be considered a successful mission.
Once her purpose and method were clear, she needed to find a way to get close to him and then seize the opportunity to strike. So, she infiltrated the governor's mansion and used a five-hundred-tael silver note to become Huo Jingsha's personal maid, successfully staying in the place closest to him. After that... she used her unparalleled beauty to successfully get into his bed.
Over the years, the leader has spent a lot of effort cultivating these female assassins within the organization, deeply exploring each person's potential, striving to maximize their strengths, and using their expertise to defeat the enemy in one move.
Huo Jingsha was highly skilled in martial arts, and he was no match for You Shuyao in a direct confrontation, not to mention the countless guards he had both overt and covert. She could only resort to her most proficient tactic: the beauty trap. This was a unique skill she had honed over ten years; You Shuyao called it "Seductive Killing," using her beauty as bait to bewitch her opponent and kill them silently, with a success rate that was practically 100%.
However, what she thought was a sure thing turned into a nightmare that she could not escape for nine lifetimes, as she attempted to assassinate Huo Jingsha.
This is a terrifying number. People say that nine times nine equals one, but she simply doesn't know how she survived. She attempted assassination nine times, failed nine times, died tragically nine times, and was reborn nine times.
You Shuyao was convinced that Huo Jingsha was a demon born specifically to bring her death.
This made her wonder if she had offended him at some point. But she hadn't. She had no grudge against him. She was only doing the assassination on the orders of her leader. But with each failed assassination and each time she was tortured to death by him, a deep-seated hatred had accumulated between them. You Shuyao made up her mind that it was either him or her who would live!
She upheld this belief through countless lifetimes, but no matter how detailed or meticulous her schemes were, or how she constantly refined her plans based on her experiences from previous lives, only one person always survived in the end—Huo Jingsha.
Damn it! You Shuyao will always be the one who dies!
She hated Huo Jingsha so much that she wanted to confront the King of Hell, but before she could even meet him, she was inexplicably reborn. All she could do upon opening her eyes was beat her chest in despair, oh my god! Had she entered a vicious cycle from which she could never escape?
Looking back on these nine lifetimes, how could the word "cruel" possibly describe them? Huo Jingsha was simply a beast... no! He was even worse than a beast! Methods of dying such as tearing tendons and bleeding, piercing the heart with an arrow, shattering the internal organs, and being slowly sliced to death were all inhumane ways of dying.
She wanted nothing more than to rip his heart out and see if it was so black that its color was unrecognizable, and if it was so rotten that it emitted a foul stench!
But to be honest, it was because she was not as skilled as him. It was as difficult for her to kill him as climbing to the sky, while for him to kill her was as easy as crushing an ant.
Filled with resentment, after her ninth death, You Shuyao opened her eyes again... Looking around, she couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Holy crap!"
It's the same damn place, the familiar bedroom, the familiar furnishings, and the same familiar sadness and frustration.
She slowly sat up, her beautiful but pale face devoid of expression, numb and weary. What more did they want from her? Every time she died at Huo Jingsha's hands, she would be reborn and wake up at this time, in this room, on this bed.
Is it really going to take forever to achieve unity? Very well, this is the tenth time. Maybe, perhaps, possibly, something different will happen than before!
"I hope so... I hope so!" she muttered to herself, her voice flat, devoid of any joy at being reborn, only numbness.
Now, she has completely lost her spirit of overcoming setbacks. Especially when she thinks of her ninth life, she was cut in half at the waist by Huo Jingsha. Although she was in two halves, she still managed to hold on for a while before dying. Her eyes were filled with fear and pain as she stared into his eyes. How terrifying! It's a miracle she hasn't gone mad yet!
Just then, a woman pushed open the door and entered...
"Hmph! You really think you're some kind of young mistress? Still not up at this hour? Are you waiting for someone to serve you?"
The woman who spoke was named Cuiwei, a maid in the Huo household like You Shuyao. She had always disliked You Shuyao, and seeing her still in bed at this hour, she immediately spoke sarcastically. You Shuyao glanced at Cuiwei indifferently. In her previous life, she might have engaged in a war of words with Cuiwei, and the two had often fought openly and covertly. But today, she was too lazy to deal with her and simply lay there silently waiting.
"Don't think you can shirk your responsibilities by not talking! The master has already returned to the manor and is waiting to be served. Since you're not here, Mingxia will serve him in your place. How dare you lie here and daydream?"
This time, You Shuyao gave her a "whatever" look, completely defying all odds.
Cuiwei had always been at odds with her, yet she had come all this way to tell her this—she clearly had ulterior motives! Based on her experience from previous worlds, she knew Cuiwei was lying. The truth was that Mingxia's service was also a setup, and there was more to it than met the eye!
Her goal was to make herself and Mingxia fight to the death in front of Huo Jingsha, annoy Huo Jingsha so that she would send them both away, and then she could reap the benefits! She liked Huo Jingsha and would do anything to steal the position of Huo Jingsha's personal maid. You Shuyao saw through her long ago, but because she remembered her mission, she never let Cuiwei succeed.
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