Test-Chapter 25: Such Trash

Chapter 25: Such Trash

“Yes, Xue’er listens to Grandfather.”

Shen Xue smiled sweetly, appearing obedient and sensible.

Seeing Shen Xue’s smile, the image of Shen Yan’s cold attitude surfaced in the Patriarch of Shen Family’s mind, and his displeasure and disdain for Shen Yan grew even stronger.

…

Shen Yan was supported by Hong Ri and returned to the West Jade Court.

When Yin Yue saw Shen Yan almost covered in blood, her expression was one of great shock. She hurried forward to meet them: “Young Miss, what happened?!”

Hong Ri said to a guard: “Go quickly and fetch Physician Huang!”

Hearing this, the guard also quickly left the West Jade Court to bring Physician Huang to treat Shen Yan’s injuries.

Shen Yan returned to her room. More blood gushed from her mouth, winding its way down from the corner of her lips. Her beautiful face was deathly pale.

Yin Yue brought clean cotton cloth and carefully wiped away the bloodstains from Shen Yan, her heart aching terribly. “Young Miss, how did you get hurt so badly? Who… who did this to you?”

“It was the Patriarch!” Hong Ri’s eyes were red. She said somewhat angrily. She couldn’t understand why the Patriarch would treat his own granddaughter this way. Even if the Young Miss had no Spiritual Energy, she shouldn’t be treated like this!

Hearing this, Yin Yue’s face froze.

For a moment, silence fell over the room.

Shen Yan raised her hand and took the cotton cloth from Yin Yue’s hand, then wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her tone was faint as she said, “It’s fine.”

Hong Ri and Yin Yue felt even more heartache upon hearing this.

Soon, Physician Huang arrived.

“Everyone, please leave.” Shen Yan asked Hong Ri and Yin Yue to go out.

Afterwards, Shen Yan once again spoke to the man in red within the Extraordinary Ability Space: “Close your eyes.”

Feng Xingyao heard this, closed his eyes, and then sent a teasing telepathic message to her: “You certainly know how to cause trouble. The old injuries haven’t healed yet, and you’ve added new ones. If you were a little more obedient, perhaps that so-called Patriarch of Shen Family wouldn’t be so harsh on you. Sometimes you need to learn to be smarter, not like an ox that only knows how to charge head-on.”

Shen Yan remained silent.

She knew which way of handling things was the smartest, but she didn’t do it.

Perhaps it was because of her personality.

Physician Huang helped her treat her wounds and apply medicine again.

Physician Huang’s tone was gentle as she said, “Yanyan, you’re so badly injured, yet you don’t make a sound. Aunt Huang really doesn’t know what to say to you. Actually, sometimes you don’t need to be this strong. You can cry and complain to Aunt Huang.”

Shen Yan shook her head: “Aunt Huang, it doesn’t hurt.”

…

After Physician Huang left.

Shen Yan put her clothes back on. In this quiet room, she spoke as if talking to herself.

“I know which response is the smart one, but people are often influenced by their own emotions and make different choices.”

Feng Xingyao, inside the Extraordinary Ability Space, heard her belated reply and was taken aback for a moment.

The corner of Feng Xingyao’s mouth lifted slightly. “Then control your emotions.”

“Mm.”

Shen Yan realized she had been too immersed in the original host’s identity, so when she saw the hypocritical face of the Patriarch of Shen Family, she felt indignant on the original host’s behalf.

Immediately after, Shen Yan entered the Extraordinary Ability Space.

Their gazes met, without any concealment, very openly.

Then, Shen Yan’s eyes swept over the places where the sealing chains had pierced through his body, but she found that his clothes covered the wounds. She asked politely, “Are you feeling better today?”

The man’s eyes were dark like black obsidian. As his brow arched slightly, there was a kind of innate, wicked charm about him. Red clothes, black hair, and cool-white skin—this scene was like a painting. A faint smile appeared on his handsome, captivating face, looking utterly languid.

“A little better.”

Shen Yan felt his appearance was both bewitchingly beautiful and possessed an indescribable, aggressive quality, extremely dangerous.

If it weren’t for necessity, she really wouldn’t want to make a deal with a man like this.

Jiuzhuan also appeared. He threw himself into Shen Yan’s arms, then sniffed with his nose and smelled an extremely strong scent of blood.

Jiuzhuan raised his little face. “Master, how did you get hurt again?”

Shen Yan: “…”

Since coming to this different world, she had indeed been injured quite frequently, but fortunately, her life was never in danger.

Jiuzhuan stretched out his small hand and pulled hard on her pinky finger. “Master, you have to quickly find the Blood-Devouring Pearl and have him break the toxin seal for you!”

Shen Yan frowned slightly.

And Feng Xingyao noticed the bruising and swelling on the back of her left hand, caused by the Patriarch of the Shen Family with his cane.

Feng Xingyao suddenly spoke.

“Jiuzhuan, come here.”

Jiuzhuan heard this and instinctively ran in front of Feng Xingyao. “What is it?”

Feng Xingyao said: “Massage my legs.”

Jiuzhuan puffed up angrily: “…” He knew it! When Feng Xingyao called him, it was never for anything good!

The tearing pain from her left hand, which Jiuzhuan had just tugged, hadn’t faded yet. Shen Yan clenched her left hand slightly, then stretched it out again.

Shen Yan had come into the Extraordinary Ability Space for an important matter.

She needed to practice ‘Meteor Fire Fist’ here.

Because she had already decided to sign up for the competition held by the Qiutian Sect, and then use that opportunity to enter the Lingyan Forest. But merely entering the Lingyan Forest wasn’t enough; she needed sufficient strength to seize the Blood-Devouring Pearl.

She knew that only by relying on herself did she have the greatest hope.

Jiuzhuan was startled when he heard Shen Yan wanted to practice Cultivation within the Extraordinary Ability Space.

“Master, your injuries haven’t healed yet!”

Jiuzhuan wanted to stop Shen Yan from this self-abusive behavior, but then he heard Feng Xingyao’s voice come from behind.

“Let her practice Cultivation.”

Hearing this, Jiuzhuan turned around and looked at Feng Xingyao disbelievingly.

Then, he crossed his arms, looking horrified. “You… you wouldn’t be trying to make the Master die, so you can take back the lovely me, whom everyone loves, would you?”

Feng Xingyao laughed. “I don’t want such trash like you.”

Jiuzhuan, upon hearing this, was furious and humiliated.

He angrily put his hands on his hips. “I am the famous Jiuzhuan Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, a divine artifact! You actually insult me as trash! I won’t accept this!”

“Oh?” Feng Xingyao raised an eyebrow.

Jiuzhuan instantly lost his nerve. He looked like he was about to cry, speaking pitifully, “I give up, I really do.”

During the time Feng Xingyao and Jiuzhuan were talking, Shen Yan had already started practicing using her Fire Element Ability. She was smart. She grasped the essence of the fist technique and then tried to replace Spiritual Energy with her Fire Element Ability.

With a ‘boom,’ fist-fire was unleashed.

The temperature rose within the spacious Extraordinary Ability Space.

Jiuzhuan stared in amazement at Shen Yan’s direction, his heart filled with shock. The Master actually did it!

“Wow, wow, wow!” Jiuzhuan shouted excitedly.

Feng Xingyao propped his cheek on his hand, his eyes watching Shen Yan’s fist technique with great interest.

He could tell at a glance that the Cultivation Techniques and Battle Skills Shen Yan was using were of the lowest grade.

At that moment, his wide sleeves slid down and pooled above his elbows, revealing a glimpse of pale white skin. The wrist that had been pierced was now completely healed, showing no trace of injury.

But only he himself knew that although his external injuries had healed, his internal injuries had not recovered, and even if they could, it would require a very long time.