Chapter 9: None of Them Are as Pretty as Me

In the Desolate Beast Forest, east of the Violet Mist Holy Land, lay a desolate region within Qianye Province, spanning ten thousand miles from east to west.

The Desolate Beast Forest had been explored for tens of thousands of years and was divided into nine distinct layers, each with its own variety of desolate beasts.

From the ninth to the seventh layer, it was a treasure ground for hunters.

The further one went in, the higher the danger. As for the third layer, that was a region only those in the Upper Five Realms could step into.

And in the fifth layer, marked on the map as “Golden Core cultivators enter with caution,” a young woman stood beside a saber-toothed black tiger in the dead of night, a dagger in her hand.

This saber-toothed black tiger was at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, an overlord in the fifth layer of the Desolate Beast Forest, and it was extremely vigilant!
The young woman had worked day and night, relentlessly seeking opportunities to assassinate it for a month. If one attempt failed, she would try again! Finally! This saber-toothed black tiger couldn’t hold out any longer and was killed by the young woman in a single strike tonight!

The young woman’s name was Hua Lengyue. She was just sixteen, dressed in a tight-fitting night-crawling suit. Her figure had not yet fully developed, but it was still quite good.

Especially that pair of taut, straight legs! Under long-term training, one could even feel their perfect explosive power!

The young woman’s face was also very pretty. Below her pert, fine nose, her cherry lips were like small cherries.

Just as the young woman was taking the demon core of this Golden Core realm desolate beast, a flying sword arrived!
The young woman recognized it as her father’s messenger flying sword. The wax seal on it indicated that this was a top-secret letter!
Receiving the sword and taking the letter, after reading it, Hua Lengyue’s fingertips danced with black flames, burning it to ashes. This black flame only burned its target, so there was no need to worry about “a fire on the mountain, the warden falls in love with me” [a Chinese meme about accidentally starting a forest fire and getting arrested].

It was just that the young woman’s curved, willow-like eyebrows couldn’t help but show her confusion.

“The Saintess wants me to protect someone?”

Hua Lengyue murmured in confusion.

Her voice was very pleasant, like the tinkling of a spring, but it was an icy spring, somewhat cold.

The messenger flying sword also contained this person’s information.

After reading the information, Hua Lengyue was even more confused.

The information showed that this was a complete ordinary person! Without a trace of cultivation, a teacher, with a rather good-looking wife, and was henpecked.

It could be said that he was just an ordinary person who couldn’t be more ordinary, except for the portrait in the information indicating that he was somewhat handsome.

Hua Lengyue couldn’t figure out why the Saintess wanted her to protect such an ordinary person.

Although she, Hua Lengyue, had not yet entered the world, and her name was not known, it was because she was the sharpest dagger! At a special time, she was to deliver the sharpest stab for the Violet Mist Holy Land!

Hua Lengyue also knew that she was being trained as the Saintess’s dagger.

Her father had told her that the Rakshasa Hall was the shadow of the Violet Mist Holy Land.

And she was the Saintess’s shadow.

She was willing, and hoped, to become Her Highness the Saintess’s shadow, to secretly eliminate all obstacles for Her Highness.

But her first mission was to protect a mortal?
She couldn’t figure it out, she really couldn’t.

But even if she couldn’t figure it out, she would still carry out everything for Her Highness the Saintess!
This was just her master’s mission.

Since it was written “act immediately,” Hua Lengyue did not dare to delay.

Putting away the demon core, the young woman whistled. A sharp eagle’s cry pierced the long sky, and the young woman leaped onto the eagle’s back!
At an extremely fast speed, after three days and three nights, the young woman finally arrived at Luo City. That black eagle was already so tired its wings were weak.

Soon, the young woman very efficiently found that courtyard.

Since the mission stated that she was only to protect this man when he went out, and not when he was at home, Hua Lengyue could only wait outside.

The courtyard gate opened, and the scholar-like man walked out, his wife seeing him off at the door.

The man’s appearance was alright, somewhat handsome.

But his wife was unbelievably beautiful!
Hua Lengyue even felt that this young, beautiful wife was only slightly inferior to her own Saintess in terms of looks by just two notches!

Unfortunately, this woman was not a cultivator; no spiritual power could be felt from her. In a hundred years, she would eventually become a pink-skulled skeleton. Otherwise, she would have at least made it into the top ten of the Beauty Rankings!
The man went to the academy to teach, and she, responsible for his safety, naturally followed!
Listening to his teaching, talking about “addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division,” “cold currents and warm currents,” “gravity and acceleration,” these strange pieces of knowledge made her head spin.

She felt that this was not a proper teacher; he didn’t teach any of the Four Books and Five Classics at all.

But, as she listened, the young woman became somewhat engrossed.

It seemed like what he was saying… had some truth to it…
How to put it… it wasn’t a matter of whether this teacher was proper or not…

It was just… very special…

The private school had two classes in total, lasting one shichen [two hours].

After school, this improper teacher didn’t go back, but wandered around the streets.

However, this teacher’s luck didn’t seem to be very good. As he was walking, a dog suddenly ran over to bite him. Hua Lengyue had no choice but to scare the dog away with her killing intent.

A flowerpot was about to fall on his head. Hua Lengyue shattered the flowerpot first.

Another time, a blacksmith’s hand slipped, and a large iron hammer flew directly towards him. Fortunately, Hua Lengyue threw out a demon core in time to knock the hammer away.

Hua Lengyue came to a conclusion: this person’s… luck was terrible…
However, he was indeed an ordinary person.

And, he was also a good man. This could be seen from him waiting in a long line just to buy jewelry for his wife.

Just when Hua Lengyue thought he was a “decent person,” a “good husband who dotes on his wife,” she saw the jewelry shop owner suddenly shout:
“Congratulations, young master! You’ve won the prize! The grand prize! Congratulations, young master, on winning a ticket for a private performance by Miss Nongqin of Chunfeng House!”

Hua Lengyue saw that Lin Pei hadn’t even reacted yet, and even Hua Lengyue herself hadn’t figured out what was going on.

Suddenly, from Chunfeng House across the street, a dozen or so scantily clad women who had dedicated themselves to the “seafood business” grabbed Lin Xun and pulled him into Chunfeng House!
The scene was momentarily spectacular!
Hua Lengyue had never seen such a scene before!

By the time she reacted, Lin Xun had already been pulled into Chunfeng House under the “envious, jealous, and hateful” gazes of the men on the street.

For a moment, Hua Lengyue didn’t know what to do.

Should she snatch him out? After all, he looked quite reluctant.

But he also seemed to be a little bit happy?
Unable to figure it out, Hua Lengyue could only quickly take out the exclusive messenger flying sword given by the Saintess.

There were a hundred of these swords in total, each costing at least one high-grade spirit stone to make! And they were single-use. The flying sword could find the Saintess’s location at any time!

The letter from last night had said she could use it anytime if something came up!

The flying sword streaked across the sky at an extremely fast speed!

Two incense sticks’ time later, with no idea if that Lin Pei had been squeezed dry or not, the flying sword returned.

Opening the envelope, inside was a personal letter from Her Highness the Saintess. But looking at the contents, the young woman’s big, Maybelline-like eyes blinked again and again, and her whole person was dumbfounded:

“It’s fine. Anyway, none of the little bitches inside are as pretty as me.”

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(End of this chapter)