The Chaotic Night

Bai Yujun was woken up by the noise.

Still groggy from lack of sleep, her snake head felt dizzy. Outside, a clamor was going on. The noisy sounds, transmitted without any loss through the vibrations of the solid wood of the two-story wooden building, reached Bai Yujun. Sometimes, having too sensitive vibration perception wasn't good.

Her eyes half-open, half-closed, she walked to the window on the second floor. The fiery clouds overhead indicated it was only evening.

Her infrared sensing keenly detected flames in the distance. It should be the county town's city gate tower. In the infrared image, the entire gate tower was engulfed in blazing flames. What was going on? Had bonfires become so popular that they'd started burning down the city gate tower?

She shook her head. Something was wrong!

In the front hall, Senior Sister Wei waved her hand. Bai Yujun quickly put on her clothes and hurried over.

"Senior Sister Wei, what happened to the county town?"

"Refugees from outside the city broke through the gate and are flooding into the town. Help me move these things to the backyard so they don't get looted by the refugees. Move these, and these too."

"Okay."

Outside the door, it was chaotic. Running, screaming, crying—a mess. Bai Yujun helped Senior Sister Wei move the medicine and other items to a room in the backyard. The items were numerous. By the time they finished, it was already dark.

Torches were everywhere outside. The arrival of darkness emboldened those with dark hearts. The sound of doors being smashed and women's screams filled the night sky.

She bolted the front door and secured it with several thick wooden beams.

It wasn't that Bai Yujun and Senior Sister Wei couldn't defeat the rioters and were afraid of them. It was just that they couldn't act. If people broke in, they would definitely steal things. If two beauties were here, it would be strange if the intruders had no ulterior motives. If the intruders resorted to force, then killing would be the only option. Senior Sister Wei didn't want to kill, which was why she barricaded the door.

Standing on the second floor, she could see the entire county town lit by fires under the night sky.

Several wealthy families had been breached. Countless refugees climbed over the walls, and wails and screams erupted from within. The main gates were forced open, and crowds surged in. Bai Yujun knew that family; they were major merchants in the county town dealing in grain and contraband salt. Tonight, he was dragged out by the refugees and beaten to death with clubs and stones in the street.

It wasn't just the wealthy families; even the poor households couldn't escape their misfortune.

A group of men stormed into a home, beat the man, and stole their grain and women. They even openly insulted women in groups on the street.

It was truly tragic to be a woman in this era.

Bai Yujun felt fortunate that although she was a woman, she was actually a snake demon. Otherwise, her fate would have been no different from those people. Endless chaos began to spread throughout the county town.

"Senior Sister, should... should we do something?"

Senior Sister Wei sighed with a dejected expression.

"There's nothing we can do. Tens of thousands of people have flooded into the town. The two of us can't stop the demons in people's hearts."

"If we kill someone tonight, will our sect punish us?"

"Probably not. We're not rigid people; we can distinguish right from wrong. However, it's still better not to kill anyone. Junior Sister Bai, I'm tired. Sigh..."

Bai Yujun stared blankly at the exhausted Senior Sister Wei as she walked back to her bedroom and closed the door.

Bang bang bang~!

The front courtyard gate was being smashed violently. About twenty people had gathered, making a racket.

The gate of the courtyard, borrowed from the yamen, was shaking under the assault of those men. Some were already forming human ladders, trying to climb into the courtyard to open the door. The Chunyang symbol pasted on the door had failed to serve its purpose. It was understandable; few ordinary people knew what a cultivator was. They had long been turned into ignorant masses by the scholars through various means.

Senior Sister Wei remained silent in her room. Bai Yujun reluctantly drew her saber.

At the front gate.

"Those going in, open the main gate first! Don't let this family escape!"

"Boss... we can't open it from the inside..."

Upon hearing this, the men waiting outside to open the door and loot became enraged. What did he mean they couldn't open it from the inside? Did they expect him to open it from the outside? He didn't expect his subordinate to be so stupid.

"Are you trying to hoard good stuff you found inside for yourselves? You punk, you don't want to live anymore!"

When the people inside heard this, they immediately panicked.

"You're framing us, boss... We can't open it! They've used several thick pillars to brace the door..."

Using pillars to brace the door?

This was the first time she had heard of someone using pillars to brace a door. The two people who went in were both skinny fellows who usually didn't get enough to eat. Trying to move the pillars would be like trying to kill themselves by running into a wall. Just as the group of frenzied rioters were considering whether to climb over the wall or move on to rob another house, a figure appeared on the wall.

"Is smashing doors in the middle of the night really a good idea?"

As soon as the words fell, Bai Yujun landed and charged into the crowd, swinging her saber. Blood splattered everywhere. In less than four seconds, she had taken them all down.

She leaped onto the wall and returned to the backyard. The refugees were howling in pain, clutching their legs. Bai Yujun had just severed all their legs. She hadn't killed anyone and had prevented the forced entry into the residence—a perfect solution.

Returning to the second-floor bedroom door in the backyard, Bai Yujun was about to open it when she suddenly stopped...

As her palm pressed against the door, she heard Senior Sister Wei's soft sobs from inside through the vibrations. Bai Yujun was stunned. Senior Sister Wei was a Golden Core Stage cultivator, capable of sword flight and possessing profound cultivation. Why would she be crying?

After thinking for a moment, she turned and left. Senior Sister Wei had secrets in her heart. It was better to let her have some quiet time.

Standing on the chaotic street, Bai Yujun didn't know where to go or what to do.

The soldiers had collapsed and fled. In the county town, apart from a few who managed to escape, most people were trapped in their courtyards, awaiting plunder. Refugees carrying various valuables—silk, silver, grain—ran past her from time to time. And those pitiable women were also targets of robbery.

Since she didn't know what to do, she decided to follow her mood.

Bai Yujun, saber in hand, flipped into a courtyard. Inside, seven men were gathered around a stone mill. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl lay on the millstone. In the house, there were two corpses of the homeowners. The seven men in the courtyard, illuminated by the torchlight, were laughing and committing acts of violence, laughing with unbridled glee, engaging in the common behavior after a city's fall.

A flash of the saber, and seven heads fell to the ground. She leaped over the wall and entered another house.

Tonight, Bai Yujun had completely unleashed the ferocity deep within her soul.

In this chaotic county town where everyone feared for their lives, a woman in white, wielding a saber, went on a killing spree. Those who insulted women were particularly beheaded by her sharp blade. The more people Bai Yujun killed, the angrier she became. Among the women who had suffered humiliation were girls around ten years old. Those foul mouths, reeking of stench, ravaged those young girls. For every one killed, ten more appeared. Why did those who were equally pitiful turn on each other?