Giving Her a Dignified Death (Part 2) [Monthly Ticket Request]

This was something Shen Tang couldn't understand.

She'd managed to claw her way back from death and had gained a talent for cultivation. Why not just live her own quiet life? Why insist on getting involved? Shen Tang could see it clearly: Miao Shu harbored a towering hatred for her, and had probably followed Qiu Cheng with revenge in mind.

With just a few offhand remarks, Shen Tang successfully ignited Miao Shu's fury. She straightened up and demanded sharply, "Shen Youli, you killed people and seized their wealth, committing unjust deeds, and now you're slandering the dead even after their passing. Aren't you afraid Heaven will punish you?"

A few question marks popped up over Shen Tang's head.

Xun Zhen rested his thumb against the sword guard, drawing the blade a little from its sheath.

But Shen Tang propped her chin on one hand and waved the other at Xun Zhen, signaling him to stay calm. Miao Shu's "impassioned speech" hadn't angered her, nor had it stirred even the slightest ripple. If anything, she was mostly curious. "I killed people and seized their wealth? I committed unjust deeds? Is this Miao family lady telling some brand-new kind of joke? How did you arrive at such an absurd conclusion?"

Hadn't she once had such a good reputation that outsiders mistook her for a pushover, a saint who let people walk all over her? Meanwhile, Shen Tang truly didn't know how her few words could count as slandering the dead, considering what the Miao Family had done. Since there was nothing else to do, she might as well get to the bottom of it.

"Shen Youli, you're something else!" Seeing that Shen Tang was still so self-righteous, Miao Shu trembled with rage, terrifying threads of blood spreading across her eyes. "Did you