Chapter 2: C2: A Peerless Beauty's Current Life
Date: November 9, 2021
Time: 2:03 pm
(Third Person)
Within the continent of Jizhuan there was no less but greater than 30 kingdoms. One was the kingdom of Jiajing. King Jing was the one who ruled who rumoured to be persecuted, vicious and corrupted. His land, although it can't be considered so poor but it was also not too big nor prosperous, it was just enough to have five big cities and 10 small towns in every 15 provinces.
The smallest and the poorest town of Jiajing known as Ki Xie. Figures of bones and skinny children on ragged clothes running in the roads every afternoon, fighting for a piece of hard as a rock bread. This scene looked so pitiful, can also make people's heart pained so much as if you felt it being squeeze.
Most population of Ki Xie town was malnourished and many have been sick on bed. The cultivation of people here limited to as Beginner Late Level 3 Apprentice. Reasoning was the lack of Dan pills, the spiritual energy was also too thin in this place and doesn't have any other cultivation resources.
The yards of each houses filled with withered trees, plants and weeds with cracked and loose soil. If there was a chicken, pig, cow or carabao only few of few ones have the ability to owned it, even if they can have the animals, it were so thin almost only skin sticking to the bones left and little meat. It can't feed a single person even just for a day. Well... if only the animals didn't move it might already be considered dead by now.
Now everyone facing few of the greatest crisis: famine, draught, water shortage and plague. The people lack foods to the point that everyone can only have one or none meal a day. The hopes were only put on some elderly men with few capable youth hunted in the near mountains and eveyone gets their family portion after the hunting. Some men unluckily couldn't bring back some prey. Their family can only sighed bitterly and forcefully drink a mouthful of water before sleeping with empty stomach on the old wooden bed of their tattered houses.
There's only one well built house, it's the Official Liu's mansion, while the rest can be seen around the Ki Xie town and everything was in a sorry state. Everyone who see this could easily come with the conclusion of corruption.
This cause trouble to every residence in Ki Xie town. Repeating this manner and cycle many people started experiencing dry cough. Add to the facts that people were scarce on food and nourishment, one after another and another, many life force can be felt slowly fading (dying). Many were distressed and feeling so helpless, no one can think of solution to their biggest problem and just waiting for their days to come.
Many people couldn't help but feel pity towards themselves and hatred to a certain person. The people were already begging Official Liu for help but only recieved cold shoulder in return.
Felt being toyed and ignored, many people tried to protest but only viciously punished or mercilessly killed in return. So no one dared to open their mouths even though they wanted to for the fear they would leave the world earlier. Right, they have no voice about this matter.
This matter doesn't known by an unknown peerless beauty who lived next to the corrupted Official Liu's mansion that also part of his land in this deserted and pitiful small miserable poor town of Ki Xie.
For her this little and miserable Ki Xie town was her cage. Peerless beauty's snow white slender, long and jade-like pair of hands were tightly scuffed by a pair of an unordinary shackles looked like two grey bracelets but have slight strong seal that Avance Early Level 1 Apprentice or higher can break the seal. For who did this? Of course it was the corrupted Official Liu!!!
{Yun Tian Hua}
That bastard tried to use me as bait to the other officials, nobles and any other prestigious and import figures? No way! I wouldn't be sold off if not for what happened three years ago...
That time, the very same day, the painful memories of betrayal was still imprinted and clear in my mind. I tried carefully to buried them deep down my heart three years ago...
"Third Miss Yun flew off from the ring!"
"Yun Tian Hua lost?!"
"What?!"
"Well...It seems like she doesn't deserve the title of genius female cultivator."
"Third Miss Yun lost conciousness!"
"She deserves it!"
"Yeah. After all she's a jinx. A misfortune."
"She caused the death of the people close to her!"
"Jinx!"
"Ominous girl!"
...
"Humph! Is that what you call genius female cultivator, Master Yun?... Losing to Intermidiate High Level 5 Warrior, what a shame. Really couldn't hold a candle to your eldest daughter, Yun Lian Yue..."
That's the third elder of Chang Clan. Chang Clan was one of the reputable family in the Soaring City, the capital city of Jiajing. They hold a mighty authority in the capital city.
Well the Yun Clan is also one of them. Truthfully, this reputable families were competing each other in every way. There's an unspoken war between the eight reputable families.
"Ahaha...The third elder of the reputable Chang Clan was right and broadened my knowledge. Forgive me for my wrong judgement. My third wrench daughter truly doesn't deserve the title."
The words I vaguely heard from my father was truly disappointing and heartbreaking. He didn't even look at me with any emotion. He just waved his hands and let the guards take me to wherever.
After that duel, I suffered serious internal injuries. It became one of many reasons why I wanted to cast out by my heartless clan who didn't show any care nor sympathy.
I know they were just cruel to the bones and I don't have anything that could possibly change their rotten personality. But I always wished that I can. I pained knowing that they can eagerly cast me aside, feeling disgusted and unwilling when I become waste and trash, when I lost value for them.
Did I do something wrong?
This doubting question always surfaced every time I remember that painful past.
They are indeed very cruel. They can murder anyone secretly and put the lies and blame it on other's head. Much worse they wanted to sacrifice me. That's right, they... wanted to framed me. I was accused for something I didn't do while unable to defend myself.
From birth, I was called a jinx. A ominous girl that could only bring extreme bad luck to everyone close to me. But ironically, the truth they just falsify the people's death because I was an eyesore to them. It also wasn't an exception when mother died out of poison after giving birth to me. I'm oblivious to it and I just recently
discovered when it's too late.
Because of this jinxy thing everyone stay away from me like I caught on some contagious plague or something. I have no friends. I left alone and I have no choice but to take care of my own needs. Well it's only an exception for the two people. One was my eldest sister, Yun Lian Yue.
But I really am innocent and I don't know why would they do that. I didn't plan to provoke them but they keep exhausting their energy to deal with me.
Again I remember at that time...I felt how weak and useless my body was. My body was full of severe injuries and blood turned dry, sticking my clothes to my skin. They didn't even dared to waste their taels on me for medication.
I felt aggrieved... Eh, who's vicious clan out there can still want a cripple who lost cultivation at their place?
...None!!! If they did that, might as well prepared to be laughing stock and gloated for misfortune of having a genius turned to trash after losing an unintense duel in the arena.
Anyway, I'm certain that they won't keep someone like me. I was nothing compared to how they loved and cherished their 'fake' good reputation than everything.
But how could this body of Intermediate Peak Level 7 Warrior, I who was used to be a known genius female cultivator, lost a duel over Intermediate High Level 5 Warrior- a huge gap of a stage and two levels apart! If it wasn't for the fact that I was poisoned by the Diminishing Spiritual Essence Pill, can I lost to her?!
The Diminishing Spiritual Essence Pill was a lethal poison that could make a cultivator's spiritual essence rapidly exhausted while using spiritual qi and after a long time the dantian will finally focefully broken and the cultivator cannot cultivate for a lifetime or worst it might also can take a person's life! I was quite fortunate enough for me to recieved severe internal injuries instead...Only it would be almost incurable!
But still hopeless, it also have unrelated side effect which can cause a total blindness.
I regret not being careful enough. I don't even realize that they spike my drinks! If it was not for me, having profound knowledge about alchemy and medical knowledge for two lifetimes, I may not live until now.
Using the long lost acupuncture tecnique on the book that my master gave me -a very very very old book that pages were almost torned out and words already unreadable, I accurately pricked the acupoints needed in process as instructed.
After working for half a day on expelling the poison I immediately treated my injuries through my secret: blood fast healing...
My blood was some kind of miraculous medicine that can heal or cure many diseases or the likes.
Luckily I was alive but on the same day, I lost everything helplessly like you've been thrown into a bottomless dark abyss. I didn't get kicked out of the clan earlier because I made myself a little genius in cultivation but sinse I lost the duel also my cultivation, I became the biggest disgrace of the Yun Clan.
Too, my fiance who's a prince of Jiajing the one I foolishly infatuated in was snatched by someone dear to me.
My oldest sister who was kind to me whom I loved and respected the most betrayed me and all those happy memories with her were just...lies. I couldn't believe that she'll stole my fiance and the elders even approved to it.
I looked at her blankly. I couldn't see her. Everthing was white. Not even a blurry image can be seen. Be angry or not? I don't know what to feel. My oldest sister, Yun Lian Yue, was the most beautiful, kind, gentle and talented lady in the capital city, the Soaring City, and many people told me that I was nothing compared to her. I also thought so.
But little did we know, the image she showed in front of the people was just a pretence. In front of me the maliciousness replaced her gentle self. How I know? I heard her sinister laughter.
Uh... Finally she showed her true self. I have been fooled by that her fake personality for many years ehaha... I don't know that she can act well and she can really hid it deeply. I bet she's always felt awful when she spoke those gentle and kind words to nobody like me.
"Why?" That was the only thing I can utter in confusion. I don't know her expression but I can feel a few fluctuations from her. My hearing elevated a few times much better than I the time I can see.
"Third sister Tian Hua... Or should I just call you Xian Tian Hua? Hehehe Brother Xilian was right! You and I were not related! You're not a Yun! You're not one of us! I hate you! I only get back what's belong to me! And prince Jing Fang An was mine and my lover since a very long time. If not only for you suddenly came to our lives maybe..."
That was she said before she left me behind, hastily.
"What?! What do you mean I'm not a Yun?! Why do you said my name is Xian Tian Hua?..."
Many questions in my mind surfaced it's just that my words were unheard and unanswered. I couldn't imagine that there's such a huge secret hidden to me for so many years.
From her brief exclamation I learned many things. I'm not a Yun. Prince Jing Fang An was already together with my eldest sis-no it should be senior Yun Lian Yue even before we have an engagement. And senior Yun Lian Yue hated me.
I'm so confused. Everything was chaotic! I felt nothing but only react heavily to her words. Maybe because I still can't accepted the fact that no one in the Yun Clan was kind, everyone was not good, pretentious and have hidden personal intentions.
Well since I'm not a Yun then maybe that's also the reason for their impartiality and hostility towards me.
Everything was crushed. From poisoning me so I will deliberately lost the duel to snatching my finance and also people calling me jinx, I see... They planned everything from the beginning.
Is my life... really just a lie? What shall I do then? Shall I continue or end everything here?
I felt devastated. I could only cried silently, smiled bitterly and swallowed all the grievance by myself. I didn't have people to rely and lean on. I can't utter a single word to anybody 'cause I knew that no one wants to listen, no one...
I didn't thought that I was kind enough to stop pursuing this matter and starts anew after everything... On account of blood relationship. I can't make myself hate them especially my eldest sister- I mean senior Yun Lian Yue.
I let bygones be bygones. I left the Yun Mansion and ready to embark on a journey. I need to live! Even just for myself. My life was already a greatest gift given to me by my mother whom I didn't even see.
Few days later...
I wandered aimlessly in the woods. I use my other senses to stay alive. I ate leaves and drink water from lakes or rivers. FortunatelyI didn't met any danger yet. Everything was great but that's just that.
After everything, I didn't expected that they would send assassins to kill me. It broke my heart. I felt inexplicable pain that much more heartbreaking than the past.
But soon it turned cold and numb. Why? It was bugging me. Didn't I'm almost powerless and dying, why wouldn't they let me go?
Executing a plan. Assassins plunged me but I immediately slipped away. They didn't saw me but illusion fooled their minds. I scatter a power poison at them. After then, I heard a loud thud. It seemed like they collapsed.
Cold sweat tickled down from my forehead. My heart throbbed fast, so was my breathing. I'm nervous, this was the first time I will do something like this.
Clenching my fist and took a deep breath, I sprinted away.
Can't take it anymore, I just left my Yun Clan member's identification token there as buried and dirtied in the ground. I'm afraid that they suspect that they'll know I'm still alive.
Ahh I need to leave...
*<{C2 Finished}>*
{[To Be Continued]}
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