The commotion attracted Master Liu.
"Have you all finished drawing?" Master Liu's authoritative voice rang out. Bai Tuantuan quickly replied, "Master, I've finished drawing. I heard that Xiao Ruyan's drawing passed the dean's review, so I wanted to see Xiao Ruyan's artwork so I could learn from it."
Upon hearing this, Master Liu did not blame Bai Tuantuan but said, "Painting requires a calm mind. You are disturbing Xiao Ruyan's painting. Go back first, and I will call you over when she is finished."
Bai Tuantuan quickly agreed, giving Xiao Ruyan a meaningful look.
Xiao Ruyan's face was pale, but she still managed a forced smile and said, "I will show it to everyone when I finish drawing it, so please be patient."
Upon hearing this, Qian Suiping, the daughter of a military officer, immediately said, "Alright, let's have a good competition later and see who's stronger!"
After leaving, Bai Tuantuan did not return to her seat, but instead went towards the direction of the outhouse.
When no one was around, he jumped onto a tree and quickly wrote down the words "Soul Trade".
Looking at the contents, Tangshao froze. [Are you trying to trap Xiao Ruyan? She's never even seen a ghost, how could she believe you? That's impossible!]
Bai Tuantuan left the book near the entrance to the outhouse.
Not long after, Xiao Ruyan rushed over, but tripped and fell to the ground!
Everything went according to Bai Tuantuan's plan, and Xiao Ruyan discovered the book.
Will she follow the instructions above?
"Yes," Iron Pot said without hesitation. "She'll do anything, as long as there's a sliver of opportunity. Otherwise, once her fraudulent enrollment is exposed, she won't be able to stay in the capital."
As expected, Xiao Ruyan looked at the contents of the book, then glanced around, her face full of struggle.
Zheng Fangyu also saw the contents and was shocked. She couldn't understand why such a book existed, which used people's souls to exchange for what she wanted.
"Mother, are you beside me?" Xiao Ruyan suddenly asked, and then Zheng Fangyu saw Xiao Ruyan actually begin to act according to what was written in the book.
"Mother, if you were here with me, please help me. Since you're already dead, use your soul to exchange for my talent in painting. You don't want me to be discovered, right?"
Zheng Fangyu panicked: "No! I'll make Yan'er's soul disappear!"
A stream of energy shot into Xiao Ruyan's body, and in that instant, Xiao Ruyan heard Zheng Fangyu's voice.
"Mother, is that you? I heard your voice! Is it really you? Please help my mother!"
Zheng Fangyu was surprised that Xiao Ruyan could hear her voice, and quickly said, "No, Yan'er! If you do this, I will be annihilated!"
"But Mother, you're already dead, why can't you help me?" Xiao Ruyan said, clutching the book, each word distinct. "Didn't you say you loved your daughter the most? Now you're unwilling to do even this small thing for your daughter?"
Zheng Fangyu looked at Xiao Ruyan in disbelief: "But, I will be annihilated..."
"So what?" Xiao Ruyan said impatiently, "You're already dead! So what if your soul is scattered!"
After saying that, Xiao Ruyan cut her finger, then closed her eyes and chanted a spell as instructed in the book. With the blessing of Bai Tuantuan's energy, Zheng Fangyu's soul began to burn!
Bai Tuantuan would naturally lend Xiao Ruyan a hand.
"No! No!" Zheng Fangyu screamed, but the burning of her soul caused her immense pain.
"Yan'er! Let me go! I'm your mother! Yan'er!"
"How could you be so cruel! Let me go!"
"Ouch! It hurts! I shouldn't have given birth to you! You slut!"
Xiao Ruyan's face was devoid of emotion, but as she listened to Zheng Fangyu's screams, she was incredibly excited. She had actually obtained such a heaven-defying book by sheer chance!
Zheng Fangyu clearly felt that she was about to disappear. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice: "Is it painful? Is it unbearable? It must be hard to bear being betrayed by both your husband and daughter."
"White ball!"
Zheng Fangyu wanted to call out, but she had no strength at all.
Bai Tuantuan chuckled softly: "It's me. I'm enjoying watching how you die. Didn't you look down on me and my mother? Now, my mother and I are living well, while you two are killing each other. Zheng Fangyu, have you ever thought that one day, the one who will make you disappear from the face of the earth will not be your enemy, but your own daughter?"
Bai Tuantuan's words stirred up Zheng Fangyu's anger and resentment.
Zheng Fangyu's rationality was completely overwhelmed by anger, and she lunged directly at Xiao Ruyan!
"Ah!" Xiao Ruyan fell to the ground, staring in horror at the dark figure, and fainted the next second.
Seeing this, Bai Tuantuan jumped down from the tree, blocking Zheng Fangyu's fatal blow. She then rolled Zheng Fangyu's soul into a circle and put it into the bottle, before placing the bottle into Xiao Ruyan's arms.
After doing all this, Bai Tuantuan left.
Why was Zheng Fangyu's soul left to Xiao Ruyan?
"Given Xiao Ruyan's selfish and self-serving nature, she will naturally exploit Zheng Fangyu's soul. Being hurt by her own daughter, Zheng Fangyu's resentment will only grow stronger. Reincarnation? That's impossible."
Bai Tuantuan stopped and turned to look at Xiao Ruyan lying on the ground. She narrowed her eyes and said, "As a daughter, to target her own mother like this will send her to the eighteenth level of hell, never to be reincarnated, right?"
The ladle shivered, stealing a glance at the iron pot. [I feel like she's been reborn so many times, she's getting more and more cold-blooded.]
After a moment of silence, the iron pot said, "She had already made her decision: to ensure that this mother and daughter would never be reborn."
"What about Xiao Guangyuan?" Tang Shao asked. "Given her personality, would she let Xiao Guangyuan die?"
Xiao Guangyuan's actions deserve him to go to hell long ago; he's probably being tortured in the eighteenth level of hell right now.
Xiao Ruyan did indeed avoid displaying her paintings to the public this time.
Since Xiao Ruyan had already fainted, Master Liu had no choice but to lead everyone back to the academy. After finding a doctor and confirming that she was alright, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When Xiao Ruyan woke up, her eyes were filled with tears: "I'm sorry, Master, I don't know why I fainted."
"You are weak and need to rest." Master Liu was helpless, since the doctor hadn't been able to give a clear answer.
After offering a few words of comfort, he sent everyone home.
Master Liu moved the other people's paintings into his room and looked at them one by one.
When he saw Bai Tuantuan's painting, his eyes lit up and he rushed straight to Dean Bai's room.
"Quick, quick, Dean! Look! This painting is wonderful!"
Master Liu happily handed the painting to Dean Bai.
Dean Bai smiled and put down his pen: "You! You get excited whenever you come across a good painting. How many times this month has it happened?"
As he spoke, Dean Bai took the painting. After opening it, his face turned serious, and he slammed his hand on the table: "Fake! Fake! Whose painting is this! Master Liu, you must punish him severely!"
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