Chapter 1 001 Trouble
Chapter 1
The new emperor of Beicang Kingdom had just ascended the throne, and the palace was at its busiest. Rows of palace servants were hurrying about, and a strange sense of insecurity was revealed in the busyness.
Because the new emperor Kou Yuze's throne was obtained by committing treason and murdering his father. And it was all for a woman.
"That Yingji is such a disaster!"
Several palace maids hid in the corner and discussed privately.
The Duxue Kingdom prayed for peace and presented their princess, Yingji, to Beicang. As the marriage procession was about to arrive at the Beicang capital, Kou Yuze broke into the tent, killed his father, and took the princess away.
"It caused father and son to kill each other, resulting in the crime of patricide. How can it not be considered a disaster?"
"This Ying Ji isn't the first time she's committed such heinous crimes. Back in the Duxue Kingdom, she already committed an immoral act with her own brother. She completely bewitched the Duxue Kingdom's eldest prince, and as a result, such a distinguished and proud figure was stripped of her royal status, her cultivation abolished, and she was expelled from the Duxue Kingdom..."
Yingji put Lingbei down and stopped listening to the discussions she overheard.
This snow-white listening shell was a little gadget given to her by Kou Yuze. She had once casually mentioned her extraordinary hearing abilities through spiritual practice, and since she was a mortal, she had never experienced the ability to discern distant sounds. Kou Yuze had given her this item, which allowed her to hear sounds inaudible to human ears.
In this land of nine regions and twelve kingdoms, everyone is born with spiritual power and the ability to cultivate. Long ago, only two or three in ten people possessed spiritual power, allowing them to cultivate and prolong their lives, even achieving immortality. The lifespan of a mortal body was a mere few decades. Millennia later, ordinary people without spiritual power became a minority.
Unfortunately, Yingji is the poor latter.
Ordinary people lacked innate spiritual power, so they could only spend vast sums of money and effort to acquire spiritual weapons for self-protection. However, many of these spiritual weapons, which ordinary people fought for, were simply crafted by spiritualists.
For example, this Lingbei is just an ordinary shell that Kou Yuze injected spiritual power into.
Yingji lowered her eyelashes, staring at Lingbei, lost in thought. She would soon get what she wanted from Kou Yuze, and now she had to plan how to leave Beicang and get the next thing.
"Our princess has gone to bed—" Bajiao outside the door wanted to stop him, but failed to stop Xue Zhonghong.
Xue Zhonghong rushed in angrily: "Look at what you have done!"
In a split second, Xue Zhonghong was in front of Yingji, grabbing her soft neck and lifting her slender body. Yingji's feet left the ground, and the silver bells on her body rang out in panic.
Yingji clasped Xue Zhonghong's wrists with both hands, and looked at him pitifully with her sparkling, watery eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Huang, Brother Huang..."
Her complexion was delicate, her hair tangled in clouds, and her eyes gazed at him tenderly. Xue Zhonghong stared closely at this celestial face, so close he could even smell her delicate fragrance. The anger in Xue Zhonghong's heart was inexplicably soothed, somewhat dissipated.
The next moment, his expression suddenly became even colder.
He will never repeat the mistakes of his elder brother!
He threw Yingji to the ground with a sudden jerk. The silver bell on Yingji's ankle rang twice in fear, then fell silent.
Xue Zhonghong squatted down in front of Yingji and patted her face without mercy.
"Don't tell me you've forgotten who you are! You were given to the old Emperor of Beicang in exchange for a truce. How dare you seduce Kou Yuze? You've never changed your bad habits!"
"Idiot! You don't think Kou Yuze can take you into the palace, do you? You're just a toy he snatched while he was trying to seize the throne! How many people in Beicang are now threatening to kill you! Saving your life temporarily is all Kou Yuze can do! Being killed, imprisoned here for life, or being sent to another country as a gift, these are all the possible outcomes of your life!"
"Brother Emperor, save me!" Ying Ji clutched the corner of Xue Zhonghong's sleeve pitifully, and the silver bell on her body began to cry softly again.
Her eyes were wet, and her long, curled eyelashes were stained with tears. She looked so weak and pitiful, and she was extremely pitiable.
Xue Zhonghong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at his sister as if he were examining a commodity.
Born without spiritual power but with a beauty known throughout the Nine Realms, this was her misfortune, but it was his bargaining chip, his luck.
"Aying." Xue Zhonghong's voice softened. "My royal brother has an appointment with Venerable Di Fu tonight. Please come and accompany him."
Yingji looked at him in confusion.
"You should understand how Venerable Di Fu is pleased with you, right?"
Yingji's hand, which was clutching the corner of her brother's sleeve, slowly slipped down, and her already snow-white cheeks turned even paler.
"Royal brother, I came to Beicang to marry a princess." Ying Ji reminded in a low voice.
"Kou Yuze can't take care of you now! No one else will know!" Xue Zhonghong coaxed patiently, "If you help me this time, I will take you away from here."
Yingji shook her head slightly.
Xue Zhonghong's patience ran out. He grasped Yingji's neck with his large hand, pressed her face forward, and threatened her coldly, "Aying, you have no choice but to obey."
Yingji felt pain at the back of her neck, and her brows furrowed. She looked at Xue Zhonghong and shook her head.
Although she saw spiritual power emerging from Xue Zhonghong's palm, Ying Ji was certain that he would not dare to kill her in Beicang.
Xue Zhonghong suddenly thought of something and said, "Don't you want the Soul Devouring Dagger? My dear sister, if you help me obtain the technique, I'll give you the Soul Devouring Dagger as a gift. How about that?"
Yingji's eyelashes trembled slightly, she hesitated slightly, and struggled to nod.
Xue Zhonghong let her go and looked at Yingji with contempt.
Most women are greedy, especially the one in front of him. She can easily betray herself with just a dagger.
Xue Zhonghong was high above, and with a flip of his wrist, he threw the Soul-Devouring Dagger to Yingji's feet.
Yingji hurriedly picked it up and stroked it carefully.
For ordinary people, it's difficult to kill a spirit user, and they can only use spiritual weapons. The spiritual energy is too weak to kill a spirit user. The spiritual energy is too strong, and ordinary people can't use it at all. But the Soul Devouring Dagger is just right.
"Who do you want to kill?" Xue Zhonghong's mood brightened as he thought about the martial arts he was about to obtain. "Tell my brother, and I'll help you."
He stroked Yingji's head gently, like rewarding an obedient kitten.
"How could I dare to kill someone? I just kept him to protect myself." Yingji smiled sweetly. She stood up and walked to the table to pour tea.
Xue Zhonghong's eyes couldn't help but fall on Yingji's graceful figure. His gaze darkened, and he sighed, wishing she wasn't his biological sister.
"Royal brother, when are we leaving?" Ying Ji held the teacup and placed it on the table in front of Xue Zhonghong.
"No hurry." Xue Zhonghong looked at Yingji's clothes, "Go find some nice clothes and dress up."
Yingji half-closed her eyelids, and the broken sadness that appeared on her face at that moment made Xue Zhonghong feel a little bit reluctant to see it.
She quickly smiled and nodded in response, then turned and walked behind the screen.
The floor-to-ceiling screen, painted with the mountains and rivers of Beicang, reflected her graceful figure as she changed clothes. Xue Zhonghong frowned, forcing himself to look away and drink from the tea on the table.
It was the green Xuan tea from my hometown. Xue Zhonghong, his mouth dry, drank three cups in a row.
Yingji emerged from behind the screen. Her figure was slender and curvaceous, a thin, fitted top, revealing a slender waist between the hem and the waistband. Her long, white gauze skirt fluttered in the wind, revealing a pair of straight, long legs. She slowly walked to the dressing table under the window, sat down, opened her makeup box, and slowly and methodically applied her makeup.
Xue Zhonghong sipped tea, admiring the beauty putting on her makeup. Time slipped by unnoticed, and he inadvertently glanced at the incense burner on the three-legged table.
He suddenly asked, "What kind of incense do you burn in your house?"
Yingji dabbed some lip balm on her fingertips. She leaned closer to the bronze mirror, slightly opened her mouth, and slowly applied the lip balm along the contour of her lips. She curled her lips in satisfaction at the mirror before asking lazily, "My Royal Highness, are you asking about the type of spices used in the cooking, or what was added to them?"
Xue Zhonghong stood up suddenly, but suddenly felt dizzy.
"Just a little bit of aphrodisiac was added to the spices." Yingji said calmly.
"You are crazy!" He looked at Ying Ji in disbelief, as if he could not believe that his sister, who had always been timid and humble, would be so bold as to poison him!
The anger of the superior made him immediately raise his hand to mobilize his spiritual power, but he was shocked to find that the spiritual power in his body was gone.
Yingji then slowly turned around, and a femme fatale smile gradually appeared on her beautiful face with makeup on.
"Green Xuan tea contains Soul-Locking Water, which can suppress the spiritual energy in the human body for at least an hour." Ying Ji held her chin up, "Because I was afraid it wouldn't work, I put a dizzying talisman under the chair to help the Soul-Locking Water suppress the spiritual energy."
Xue Zhonghong was furious, immediately drawing his sword and charging at Yingji. Even though his spiritual power was temporarily suppressed, he still seemed like a tall, strong man to the delicate Yingji.
"You lowly thing!" Xue Zhonghong thrust his sword forward, Yingji dodged immediately, and Xue Zhonghong chopped the screen in half. He turned around and angrily stabbed Yingji again.
After several attempts, he felt his steps getting heavier. His body tilted and his waist hit the edge of the table, and the long sword in his hand fell out of his hand.
The cramping pain in his chest and abdomen shocked Xue Zhonghong, and he stared at Ying Ji angrily.
Yingji's repeated dodging made her breathing heavier. A thin layer of sweat covered her delicate face. She said sarcastically, "I said it was just a magic incense, and you believed it?"
Being schemed against by this mortal without spiritual power, Xue Zhonghong was furious. He didn't even bother to pick up the long sword that had fallen on the other side of the table. He immediately rushed towards Ying Ji, pinning her under him and strangling her neck with both hands.
"You are not only as lowly as mud, but also vicious and despicable! I have been deceived by your weak virtue for so many years!" Xue Zhonghong continued to insult, using all the dirty words that could be used to insult a woman.
"You—" Xue Zhonghong's curses came to an abrupt end. Blood flowed from his mouth and landed on Yingji's face, blooming bright red flowers.
He slowly lowered his head and looked at the soul-devouring dagger that pierced his chest.
"Royal brother," Yingji whispered in the same gentle and soft voice, "You asked me who I wanted to kill with the Soul Devouring Dagger. Do you know now?"
Yingji thrust the Soul Devouring Dagger deeper. She then pried open Xue Zhonghong's hands that were gripping her neck and pushed him away with force.
She leaned forward and stabbed deeper and harder, and her trailing white gauze skirt was stained with blood on the ground.
For the first time, fear appeared in the eyes of the man who had been superior since birth. "I, I am your brother!"
"Brother?" Yingji smiled brilliantly and beautifully. "My dear brother, who bullied me, despised me, and treated me like a pawn and a whore?"
She didn't stab him in the heart, which made Xue Zhonghong feel lucky. After all, they were siblings, and his sister was just being bullied and wanted revenge, not really taking his life.
Suppressing spiritual power for an hour? Then he'll just delay it!
"Aying, I'm your brother. Do you still remember when we were little and we read and admired flowers together?"
Yingji thought about it seriously and said, "I just remember being splashed with ink and being stung by the thorns on the branches."
Xue Zhonghong was stunned.
Yingji sat next to Xue Zhonghong, leaned over to his ear, and whispered softly, "I didn't stab the heart because I want my brother's heart to be intact."
Xue Zhonghong didn't understand.
Ying Ji suddenly stood up, holding the Soul-Devouring Dagger in both hands, and stabbed Xue Zhonghong's body again and again, avoiding his heart and piercing countless bloody holes.
Carrying her hatred and grievances.
She was named Ying because her family looked down on her as insignificant as a firefly. But even if she was as insignificant as a blade of grass, she would not believe in fate! No one could control her!
Blood spurted out, splashing all over her face and body, and her snow-white gauze skirt had already been soaked red.
The silver bells on her ankles rang out pleasant sounds.
Ying Ji gripped the Soul-Devouring Dagger tightly, cut open Xue Zhonghong's chest, and took out his hot, intact heart.
——The third thing is the heart of a blood relative.
"Ying Ji--" Kou Yuze smelled a strong smell of blood and broke in.
Yingji knelt in a pool of blood. She turned her blood-stained face, seductive and beautiful, like a poppy weeping blood.
Kou Yuze suddenly remembered the night when the crescent moon hung high in the sky.
He blurted out: "You killed someone again!"
The author has something to say:
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The copywriting I wrote at the beginning of 2021 is finally published. I have been waiting for a long time~
The story is set in oriental fantasy, but the heroine is a mortal, a mortal with "wolf ambitions".
Happy reading~
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