Chapter 19: Tormented Beyond Death
Yun Yi sneered coldly in his heart upon seeing this. Anyone who dared to bully his precious Yao Yao deserved more than just a beating—they should be made to suffer unbearably, tormented until they wished they were dead! Even Luo Qingyao, who was fiercely beating Yu Xian’er nearby, couldn’t help but applaud Yun Yi’s words. This man was truly a born sharp-tongue; anyone who crossed him was simply courting death!
Just a glance at the expressions of everyone from Jade Pure Palace was enough to prove this point. Yet, Luo Qingyao found this wicked Lord Yun utterly delicious—so satisfying! Far more gratifying than slapping the Jade Dragonfly hard a few times. Therefore, she decided to join forces with Yun Yi in this little performance—not for any other reason but because the people of Jade Pure Palace were all hypocritical and cruel. Most importantly, they had bullied her!
In the next moment, a frightened and bewildered Qingyao appeared before everyone. She was naturally pure and adorable, but now she deliberately wore an expression of extreme terror that stirred pity in all who saw her. Tears brimmed in her eyes, and her voice was faint and delicate as she cried out, “Ah? How… how could this happen? How is it possible? What did I just do? What have I done? It was clearly Yu Xian’er who wielded a weapon trying to kill me, so why did she end up beneath me? And why did I end up holding her down and beating her? What’s wrong with Yu Xian’er? Is she still the Yu Xian’er I admired so much?”
As she spoke, she threw herself down beside Yu Xian’er, who was bruised and battered, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, utterly disheveled. Qingyao began to weep bitterly, “Wuwu… Yu Xian’er, what… what’s happened to you? How could you become like this? You were my most admired idol (and now my object of disgust). How could you let yourself fall like this? Do you know how deeply this hurts me? You’re the top young talent in Jade Pure Palace, the future head of the palace. How can you be so fragile? Get up, get up, get up! Come on, hit me again!”
Hearing Qingyao’s words, everyone’s minds flashed back to the earlier scene where she stood with hands on hips, grinning arrogantly, beckoning Lan Ruoshui with a crooked finger, “Hmph, if you have the guts, come hit me again!” This was no admiration for Yu Xian’er—it was a blatant, shameless insult!
As expected, Yu Xian’er, already furious beyond measure, could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood before collapsing into unconsciousness. By this point, all of Jade Dragonfly’s favorite disciples and inner circle members had been beaten to a pulp and rendered unconscious by Luo Qingyao.
But it wasn’t over. Luo Qingyao released the fainted Lan Ruoshui and then threw herself onto Jade Dragonfly, clutching her tightly and sobbing, “Wuwu… Palace Master, how could this happen? What’s wrong with Yu Xian’er? Why is she coughing up blood? Isn’t she your most prized disciple? Isn’t she incredibly powerful? Qingyao has always dreamed of becoming the Palace Master’s disciple, strong like Yu Xian’er. So why is she coughing up blood and fainting? Could it be that she isn’t truly the Palace Master’s favored disciple, and that she never learned the Palace Master’s real skills? Wuwu… Palace Master, please tell me, what’s going on?”
Through her tearful accusations, she kept wiping her tears and sniffling, her hand rubbing and kneading Jade Dragonfly’s body so fiercely that even tears dripped onto the Palace Master’s neck.