Tick-tock—tick-tock—tick-tock—
A century later, Liu Yunqing seemed to hear the sound of blood dripping from his body again.
The excruciating pain and the chilling helplessness of life slipping away could easily evoke Liu Yunqing's fear and hatred, even after a century.
"Sister, didn't you say you would only take three drops of your heart's blood?"
Liu Yunqing's voice trembled, filled with fear and anger at being deceived.
The aloof woman standing not far away remained unmoved, her gaze fixed solely on Liu Yunqing's heart, her tone indifferent yet perplexed:
"Oh, three drops don't seem enough. Why are you looking at me like that? You don't have any spiritual roots, it would be a waste to give you this heart's blood."
"But I'll die!!!"
The aloof woman's gaze shifted from Liu Yunqing's heart to her face, carrying a hint of disappointment and impatience.
After a moment of silence, the aloof woman's expression returned to its haughty indifference. She sighed, her tone carrying an air of condescending charity:
"I will make it up to your mother and brother."
Anger, hatred, resentment, and despair—these familiar emotions surged into Liu Yunqing's heart once again.
It was taken from her heart's blood!
I want her dead!
Such an attitude, such indifferent humiliation!
She's greedy? Wanting to live is greed?
Shouldn't she want to live?
To compensate my mother and younger brother?
Why?
Is this some great blessing?
Fortunately, her mother and younger brother loved her and would not accept such an exchange; they would definitely plead for her.
But the next instant, the cheers that had lingered in Liu Yunqing's soul for hundreds of years pierced her heart once again like a sharp blade.
"Thank you for your generosity, Miss! You may take as much of your heart's blood as you wish!"
"Yes! Sister Yun Zhao, I've held her down for you. I'd drain all the blood from her body, not just her heart, as long as... hehe!"
Liu Yunqing was incredulous, yet clearly aware that she had experienced this scene a hundred years ago.
But her heart was still being torn apart, even more painful than when the long tube for drawing blood was pierced into her heart!
The pain felt so real, it made your soul boil!
But she was clearly just a soul that had been nurtured for a hundred years, so why was the pain still so clear?
...
"Pfft—she's really lucky, she's about to wake up?"
Suddenly, a malicious laugh clearly reached Liu Yunqing's ears.
What followed was even louder laughter and mockery.
Liu Yunqing tried to lift her heavy eyelids, but she was in too much pain and too tired, and she couldn't open her eyes immediately.
That malicious, mocking voice rang out again:
"Playing dead? Xiao Ling, come on, spray her with your pee!"
A warm, fishy-smelling liquid instantly drenched Liu Yunqing's face, and her chaotic and distant memories gradually surfaced along with the surging nausea.
Liu Yunqing struggled to open her eyes, not caring about the stench of the spirit pet's urine. Looking at the malicious person, she even showed a relieved smile.
So I've been reborn. That's wonderful.
Since that's the case, let's kill someone first to liven things up!
Liu Yunqing reached out and wiped the spirit beast urine off her face, then looked up and smiled brightly at the other person.
Taking advantage of the other party's stunned state, Liu Yunqing's eyes sharpened, and her entire soul slammed into the other party's sea of consciousness.
The man screamed in agony, clutching his head. Liu Yunqing flipped over and sprang up, picked up the longbow that had fallen to the ground, looped the bowstring around the man's neck, pulled, and twisted, the entire bowstring instantly embedding itself into the man's neck flesh.
In an instant, the man's entire head turned purplish-red. Liu Yunqing showed no mercy, continuing to tighten the bowstring with one hand and drawing the dagger from the man's waist with the other, then stabbing it towards his heart.
"Squeak—"
"bite--"
Just as the dagger was about to pierce the man's heart, the monkey that had previously urinated on Liu Yunqing's head swatted the dagger away with its paw and then pounced on her again.
At the same time, the person restrained by the bowstring began to struggle instinctively, making it difficult for the already injured Liu Yunqing to hold on.
Liu Yunqing refused to let go, determined that either the man would die today, or she would be captured and taken back, where she would be drained of her lifeblood just like in her previous life.
She doesn't want to die, so only someone else can die.
Liu Yunqing's expression hardened further. She let the monkey scratch and bite her, focusing all her strength on tightening the bowstring, determined to strangle the person in front of her.
However, the difference between a mortal's body and a cultivator's body is ultimately too great. Even though Liu Yunqing's soul is powerful and that person is controlled by her, killing him is not so easy.
And then there was the clever monkey, whose attempt to bite Liu Yunqing's wrist was dodged, it turned around and bit her neck.
Liu Yunqing frowned, then her eyes lit up. She blocked the man in front of her, and then, imitating a nimble monkey, she lowered her head and bit off the blood vessel on the side of the man's neck.
Then, unable to hold on any longer, she managed to grab the man to shield her vital organs before collapsing, trembling all over.
"Squeak squeak—!!!"
The monkey let out an angry and terrified scream, tearing a piece of flesh from Liu Yunqing's shoulder.
But with the death of its master, the spirit monkey, who had formed a master-servant contract, also perished.
After confirming that both the man and the beast were dead, Liu Yunqing forced himself to get up, searched the bodies, and then dragged them into a secluded spot in the dense forest.
Before leaving, Liu Yunqing made sure to cut open the corpse.
The Fuliu Mountains are teeming with man-eating beasts, let alone the bodies of cultivators.
After walking only a few dozen steps, she heard noises coming from where the body was hidden. Liu Yunqing's pale, cracked lips slowly curved into a weak but triumphant smile.
That man hated Liu Yunzhao, but since he couldn't do anything about her, he often tried to torture her.
He probably never imagined that such a secluded place would one day become his burial ground!
Fortunately, he wouldn't be alone for long. The Liu family would always send a lot of people down to keep him company.
For example, Liu Yunzhao, and that mother and son.
With hatred etched in his mind, Liu Yunqing cleaned up the traces of the fight on the mountain path and continued running forward along the bloody footprints he had left behind.
Only after running to the edge of the cliff and quickly making some marks of a fall did they prepare to turn around and leave.
However, as soon as Liu Yunqing turned around, his soul sensed the excited barking of the Liu family's spirit-seeking dog.
Oops!
The person I just killed was the head of the family's son. It's likely that the man was carrying a treasure given to him by the head of the family, the kind that would immediately send a message if he was in danger.
Liu Yunqing glanced in the direction the spirit-seeking dog had come from, then looked back at the cliff shrouded in white mist, where nothing could be seen clearly. His youthful features scrunched up in a frown.
She planned to leave the Liu family after killing them, but wanted to leave openly and honestly when no one was paying attention.
Now I'm penniless...
As the spirit-hunting hound drew ever closer, Liu Yunqing frowned even more deeply as she looked towards the cliff.
Only the patriarch and the Foundation Establishment Elder can command the spirit-seeking dogs.
By the time they arrive, I'm afraid I won't even be able to die.
She had no time to hesitate.
Looking at the churning sea of clouds below the cliff, Liu Yunqing swallowed hard, steeled her resolve, closed her eyes, and leaped off the cliff.
"You wretch! How dare you—!!!"
What is there to be afraid of?
Hearing the angry roar brought by the wind, Liu Yunqing, whose body was falling, forced herself to stretch out her limbs in order to occupy more space.
The next instant, Liu Yunqing felt a sharp pain in her left arm, accompanied by a "crack" sound.
"snort--"
Liu Yunqing groaned in pain, but her eyes burst with intense joy.
There really is a tree here!
She was indeed destined to survive!
Despite the pain of broken bones, Liu Yunqing clung tightly to the tree trunk with both hands and feet, a twisted smile of pain and pleasure appearing on her disheveled face.
Fearing being discovered, she dared not laugh out loud, only biting her lip and laughing until her whole body trembled.
In her previous life, she took Liu Yunzhao as her role model and wanted to contribute to her family even though she hadn't been able to detect his spiritual roots.
So when Liu Yunzhao heard that she was suffering from a hidden illness and needed three drops of heart's blood from a blood relative to cure her, and that her own blood was the best, Liu Yunqing nodded in agreement without hesitation.
But Liu Yunzhao had been lying to her from beginning to end! He wanted to kill her!
And her most trusted and beloved mother and younger brother, whom she relied on for emotional support, were also acting from beginning to end!
Finally, finally... You can only trust yourself forever, and you can only rely on yourself forever!
This is the truth.
Liu Yunqing stopped laughing, her trembling body coming to a halt, and her eyes gradually hardened.
Her heart's blood holds a secret, and Liu Yunzhao will not let her go.
Now that she has a second chance, she certainly won't sit idly by and wait for her fate!
She wants to become stronger!
He was stronger than Liu Yunzhao, stronger than all of Liu Yunzhao's backers, and then he completely cut off the "knife" hanging over his head!
Liu Yunqing let out a long breath, suppressing her turbulent emotions.
Judging that the people on the cliff had left, she began to carefully move towards the cliff face.
Just as Liu Yunqing used up her last breath and reached out to touch the cliff wall, a spiritual force descended from the sky and silently struck the cliff wall connected to the tree roots.
Liu Yunqing's eyes were bloodshot as she fell down along with the tree trunk.
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