who is she?
...Hua Rong.
Where is she from?
...
Where are we going?
...
The soul was torn apart, leaving only pain.
Who is it?
Who... is attacking her?
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When Hua Rong woke up, her first feeling was that she was very weak.
She moved her body, and the pain immediately spread from her limbs to her entire body.
Before she could even figure out where she was, she heard the door open.
"You're awake? You're really lucky to be alive."
Hua Rong looked up and saw a man dressed in black with a wicked smile standing not far away, his sharp phoenix eyes coldly staring at her.
Hua Rong looked at him, and her confused mind was suddenly filled with a lot of things.
The man before them was Prince Shen, Yu Jing, of the Northern Liang Dynasty.
Her true identity is that of an assassin, and her target was this prince. Judging from the current situation, the assassination attempt has failed!
"Aren't you going to tell me who ordered you to do this?"
Hua Rong's face remained expressionless. Her phoenix eyes, which resembled the man's, swept around her surroundings, allowing her to clearly see her current environment.
This is a dungeon, and the most torturous of all, a water dungeon.
Her lower body was completely submerged in water; it was dark, gloomy, and devoid of any sunlight.
If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't be able to survive a single day here.
Compared to physical torture, this kind of mental torment is the most deadly.
Hua Rong, however, felt no fear whatsoever.
Or rather, she didn't understand what fear was.
Water droplets dripped from her hair, and she felt utterly powerless, all of which testified to the inhuman torture the original owner had endured before.
Yu Jing, annoyed by her stubbornness, snorted coldly. He walked over, grabbed Hua Rong's chin, and said with a deep gaze, "You'd better stop trying to hide anything, otherwise—"
He leaned close to her ear, his voice tender yet sinister: "Even your face can't save you!"
Hua Rong remained silent, which angered Yu Jing so much that he stopped talking and left in a huff.
She wasn't worried; according to the storyline of this world, she would be transferred to a better cell than the water dungeon she was in now.
Then Yu Jing will "lock" the male protagonist, Wang Yifeng, inside.
The original owner, Dongfang Huarong, fell for Wang Yifeng's charm trap and became a pawn planted by Yu Jing in Wuyinglou, the number one assassin organization in the martial arts world where she now resides.
As for the female lead, she is the beauty that Yu Jing rescued, Lin Zhi, the eldest daughter of Renyi Manor who survived the massacre of her family.
Renyi Manor... was a sect destroyed by Wuyinglou.
The order was given by Yu Jing.
Yu Jing's character is a male supporting character who appears domineering and cold on the outside but is actually deeply devoted on the inside.
Finally, with the help of Wang Yifeng, who became the leader of the martial arts alliance, he became the emperor of the Northern Wu Dynasty.
The original owner's fate was that the Shadowless Pavilion was destroyed, and she was personally sent to Lin Zhi by Wang Yifeng. Lin Zhi then administered a lot of torturous poisons to her, and she died after suffering endless torment.
Hua Rong remained calm, showing no reaction whatsoever to the plot being instilled in his mind.
She moved the chains binding her limbs, her cold gaze lingering for a moment on the purplish-blue, scabbed wound on her wrist before turning even colder.
She closed her eyes and began to draw upon the internal energy within her body.
"puff"
The spitting out of blood made Hua Rong realize that her internal energy had been sealed.
Thankfully, it wasn't scrapped.
She closed her eyes again, enduring the pain in her body, and felt the internal energy blocked in her meridians.
"puff"
Another mouthful of blood.
"Give up, it's no use." A mocking voice came from the cell opposite the water dungeon.
Hua Rong opened her eyes, turned her head, and looked over.
He was an elderly man who didn't look very well, but the sharp glint in his eyes told Hua Rong that he was in at least better condition than she was.
“You have a way.” Hua Rong said, his voice a little hoarse, but not unpleasant; instead, it carried a cool and aloof quality.
The old man seemed surprised by her confident tone. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, "The internal energy can be reversed, but at the same time, there is a risk of qi deviation and severed meridians."
Hua Rong's eyes flickered; she knew this man wasn't lying.
The method used to seal her internal energy should have involved sealing acupoints with silver needles.
This technique is very powerful, but it also has its flaws.
The problem can be solved by forcibly reversing the internal force.
However, in a crisis where the chance of completely severing meridians reaches 90%, almost everyone will subconsciously forget this method of unsealing.
Hua Rong closed his eyes again and carefully observed the veins of the body.
It is twice as wide as the average person's, which means that it is a body naturally suited for martial arts training.
In other words, the risks involved in reversing meridians are half that of the average person.
If this continues, they will be powerless to fight back and will only become fish on the chopping block.
Although it's possible to be like the original owner, it's certain that she would also be fed medicine by Wang Yifeng, the successor of the Divine Doctor Valley, just like her.
Hua Rong would not allow himself to fall into that kind of predicament.
She opened her eyes and said to the old man, "Thank you."
The old man was somewhat surprised: "You—"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Hua Rong's distorted face.
He gasped, that was ruthless...
Almost without hesitation!
The old man boasted that he was also a ruthless killer, but that was mostly directed at others.
He had seen people who were just as ruthless to themselves, but none of them could compare to Hua Rong.
The consequence of this failure is becoming a useless person!
After an unknown amount of time, Hua Rong opened her eyes, her vision clear.
"You...you succeeded?"
Hua Rong felt very comfortable, as if she were soaking in warm water.
The internal energy that had been blocked for so long flowed through the whole body, and even the wounds on the wrists and ankles stopped bleeding.
Even someone as aloof as her couldn't help but smile at this moment. When she turned to look at the old man, her smile hadn't faded yet: "Yes, thank you, senior."
The old man's smile was somewhat stiff, but he waved his hand without the slightest hesitation: "Not at all, not at all."
With his inner energy unsealed, Hua Rong began to try to master this unfamiliar power.
Then she discovered—it was unusually simple.
It was as if she had once possessed an even more terrifying power...
Without much thought, she carefully avoided the guards and accumulated strength every day.
Occasionally Yu Jing would come, and whenever that happened, she would automatically seal her inner energy.
Yu Jing was highly skilled in martial arts, though not as skilled as her, but still able to detect the abnormality in her body.
Hua Rong was very cautious and would not let himself give away any clues.
Hua Rong discovered that Yu Jing seemed very interested in her body. Although he would whip her or repeatedly immerse her in the dirty water, he would ensure that he would not harm her body.
Her eyes darkened slightly; whatever the reason, she would eventually leave this place.
After a month of this, she was transferred to a cell in a much better environment.
To avoid arousing suspicion, she pretended to be sick.
And that's how she first saw Wang Yifeng, the male protagonist of this world.
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