Volume 1 Chapter 17 (1/2)

Book 1: Winds Begin to Blow in Tai Yuan

Chapter 17 - Plotting to Destroy Profound Origin

”Ahh!”

A woh the stillness of the

dark night The screa the somber

sky apart into fragments like a bloodstained knife

With a loud banging and clattering sound, inside a heavily

curtained, incense-scented chamber full of splendor, an exquisite mirror carved

with eight lotus floas heavily thrown onto the floor, the surface

splitting into several cracks

On the fragmented mirror surface was reflected a

crescent-browed, straight-nosed countenance of attractive fairness;

unfortunately, it had two bone-deep wounds in it, savagely intersecting and

carved into her glossy skin

The beauty of her face and the hideousness of her injuries

shockingly clashed, causing one to sigh at the imperfect nature of the world

A crowd of respectfully waiting ed up like the

tide Under the ferociously vicious gaze of the person in the mirror, they were

forced to bow even lower, and then retreated again like the tide

Pei Yuan swayed like she was about to fall Supporting

herself in front of the dressing table, her one hand shook while braced on the

table surface Even after desperately biting her lips, she still could not

repress the shi+vering throughout her whole body

Overit was all over

The appearance she was so proud of, the extreme beauty she

used to distinguish herself in the Tai Yuan royal family, was completely

destroyed by a randoht

From now on, she would descend to become Tai Yuan royal

fastock From now on, all those imperial sisters whose

appearances were unable to be compared to hers and were held in disdain by her,

would use the ly comfort

her

Just thinking of those seely warm, but in reality bitter

and cold co into an ice pit,

and want to go insane!

”Get out! All of you scram!”

The chamber was quickly cleared of people The curtains

lifted by the flow of exiting people, lightly floated back down

Glireen jade lamps, shone

on the drapes, and illuure that had bonelessly

collapsed onto the ground near the dressing table

The figure's thin shoulders unceasingly shook Faint

whi like a never-awakening nightmare

The half-openinbreeze,

which leisurely swirled inside the chamber Inside the wind's sounds, there

faintly traveled an extre

Quiet, yet sharp, like the grinding of steel wool, or like

icicles on the sulaciers, the whispers held icy

harshness as well as never-ending killing intent and hatred

”If I ever find out who you areneed to killwill not rest until you die ” ---------------

That sharp scream

pierced through the quiet of the Profound Origin sect village like a drill

Everyone heard it, and everyone had different reactions to it

Qi Xunyi's eyes were deep and mysterious He turned his

plans and calculations over and over again, all kinds of conjectures running

through his , was any sort of pity towards his

cousin's tragic situation

Zong Yue clasped his hands while standing in front of the

, facing the boundless darkness The eyes he used to stare into the void

were not empty, but instead seemed rooted in reality It was as if he could see

beyond thedestiny of

human life

After hearing that piercing scream, he slowly raised his

hand, then esture

Strangely, in his eyes, there also was no pity to be found

Far away, on a remote mountain peak, a wide sleeve robed man

leisurely leaned against a boulder Playing with a mysterious and eccentric

in sect underneath

On his knee crouched Master Yuanbao, whose white fur gently

swayed in the hile it also looked in the same direction as his master,

into the darkness in front

Its gaze was heavy, and its mood was very solemn It had

already acco for almost an hour

But it actually couldn't see

Yuan Zhaoxu tilted his head and looked with annoyance at his

pet who liked to pretend Suddenly, he stood up

Master Yuanbao iround,

with its four li the sky

Its htly chuckled ”How foolish”

Master Yuanbao used its two claws to grasp the earth, ready

to cry

Unexpectedly, hisabout Qi Xunyi”

Master Yuanbao's shattered glass heart instantly repaired

itself

Fro over

like a gust of wind Airl's crisp voice was

heard

”Aha, that piercing noise just noas at a high

decibel level, very suitable for soprano singing”

A dai colored

shadow flashed Meng Fuyao cli

doith a plop Gri her knee, she resentfully said,

”That guy was pretty strong, I had to use my best efforts to only barelyhit the tree I didn't even feel anything, yi ya,

only nohen I' do I feel the pain”

After a pause she then said, ”This person's origins,

and Pei family's status, seem to be pretty powerful huh”

Yuan Zhaoxu leaned on the boulder while feeding Yuanbao some

fruits Yuanbao had already forgotten the bitterness of being bullied a while

ago, and opened itsMeng Fuyao's question, Yuan Zhaoxu smiled and replied with another question

”You've been co for half a day, is it because you want me to

personally , the hand that was lowering

the food slowed Yuanbao i Fuyao

Fuyao stared back with disdain, then glanced at Yuan Zhaoxu

with a uy's belly,

looks like it can't digest all of the food It would be unfortunate if it died

of overeating”

Yuanbao i

Fuyao didn't even bother with it Yuan Zhaoxu s out a

piece of cloth to wipe his hands he said, ”Royalty”

Fuyao's eyes focused, and her tone became more serious

”Royalty?”

Lights swirled brilliantly in Yuan Zhaoxu's eyes Laughingly

he replied, ”Regretful?”

Meng Fuyao's long eyebrows jumped up, and the side of herstraight

through her that day”

Yuan Zhaoxu looked at the Fuyao as in high spirits His

eyes flashed, and after a time he chuckled ”Do you knoho it is you

just tried to assassinate?”

”Who?”

”Tai Yuan's Third Prince, Qi Xunyi,” Zhaoxu's

smile becaion

Continent's 'Seven Princes', Prince Yi”

”Prince Yi? 'An apricot flower askew slick with misty

rain, three thousand scarlet colors dancing in starry twilight', the one known

as the number one in literary talent, number one in noble aura, number one in

absurd ridiculousness under the heavens - Prince Yi?”

Meng Fuyao was stunned, recalling that ambush that was like

a venoht that was like a storm cyclone

Yuan Zhaoxu glanced at her ”Looks like it was

fortunate that I didn't reveal his true status to you before, otherwise I'm

afraid you would have been unable to run when you were at the Wind Listening

Small Pavilion”

”Nonsense” Fuyao gave hiry look ”Am

I the type of person to get weak in the legs when seeing attractiveness?”

Yuan Zhaoxu pretended to be earnest, leaning over and

patting Yuanbao on his head ”Master Yuanbao, what do you say?”

”Zhi zhi!”

Yuanbao's tone sounded like coreement