Tang Yuehua: Power is Addictive, Teacher, I am Muzhu! [Second Update]

The North City Liu Family's grand mansion, its vermilion lacquered doors with bronze knockers shut tight.

Tang Yuehua stood before the gate, only Tang Jiu and Tang Shi following behind her.

"Smash the gate."

Tang Jiu unleashed a punch, and the entire vermilion lacquered gate, latch and hinges included, was blasted away.

Over a dozen guards armed with weapons rushed out from the courtyard.

Before the leader, a four-ring Soul Sect, could even reveal his martial soul, Tang Jiu had already sent them all flying, hanging them on the wall, only to slide down after a while.

"Call Liu Ren out."

The guards' weapons clattered to the ground, and a few quick-witted ones stumbled towards the inner courtyard.

Liu Ren, halfway through his drink with a concubine, pushed the door open cursing, two Soul Emperor level enforcers behind him.

He saw Tang Yuehua and instead smiled, "Miss Tang has thought things through and wants to talk about the transfer? But you smashed my door—"

His words were cut short.

The Noble Ring unfurled, a circle of golden light exploding from Tang Yuehua at the center, instantly covering the entire Liu residence.

The Noble Ring itself had no offensive power; its core was to calm the mind, suppress killing intent, and enhance majesty.

In the original work, Tang Yuehua, only at innate level nine, could use this to suppress Tang San's Killing God Domain at level fifty-nine, making Tang San mistake the attacker for a Titled Douluo.

Now, with the power of the Jiang Ce symbiote, her thirty-five thousand year cultivation was equivalent to a Soul Sage.

Coupled with the five-fold amplification from the Black Latex Suit, this domain's aura was magnified to a degree that even a Peerless Douluo would have to take notice.

The two Soul Emperor enforcers' faces changed drastically.

Their soul power circulation was not hindered, but their spirits were crushed by an irresistible majesty, leaving them breathless.

Every time they tried to launch an attack, that pressure would explode in their minds, completely obliterating the thought of attacking.

Tang Yuehua stepped forward, her figure appearing before the stout enforcer like a phantom.

Her right arm, clad in the Black Latex Suit, condensed into a short blade, and she struck his temple with the back of the blade.

The stout enforcer's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The thin enforcer was about to retreat when tentacles wrapped around his arms and yanked him back, his knee driving into his lumbar spine.

With a crisp crack, he collapsed into a soft heap of mud.

The courtyard fell into dead silence.

Two Soul Emperors, taken down in mere seconds by this legendary, innate level nine, seemingly useless noble daughter.

The guards' weapons clattered to the ground, some collapsing to the ground with weak legs.

"How is this possible—she was only at innate level nine?!"

Liu Ren's drunkenness completely vanished. His legs trembled like a sieve, and he wanted to run, but two tentacles wrapped around his ankles, hoisting him upside down.

"You're crazy! If you dare touch me, the North City Chamber of Commerce will make Moon Pavilion disappear from Heaven Dou City tomorrow!"

Tang Yuehua retracted her blade and walked up to him, looking down at his flushed face.

"Young Master Liu, I'm not here to discuss land, nor supply channels."

She took out a ledger from her Storage Soul Tool and opened it before Liu Ren.

"I've already made several copies of this stolen goods ledger. One for the President of the North City Chamber of Commerce, one for the Heaven Dou City Defense Army, one for the Moon Pavilion safe, and one for you as a souvenir."

She flipped to the last page, where the details of the Liu family's ten years of poaching and trading were listed in dense script.

Liu Ren's face turned from flushed to deathly pale.

"The Liu family is finished."

Liu Ren's lips trembled, wanting to say something, but two tentacles had already lowered him from his upside-down position.

"But you still have a choice. All of the Liu family's supply channels will be merged into Moon Pavilion, and your cousin Liu Yi will take over the Chamber of Commerce seat. As for you—I will give you a new identity."

"What identity?"

"Moon Pavilion's first dog."

The tips of the tentacles transformed into fine thorns like spider fangs, slowly drilling into Liu Ren's neck.

Memory overwrite.

Liu Ren's eyes shifted from terror to confusion, from confusion to emptiness, and from emptiness to a strange docility.

A moment later, he knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the floor tiles.

"Master."

Tang Yuehua looked down at Liu Ren at her feet, a never-before-seen light flashing in her eyes.

To personally force the outcome to the ground and watch it transform into what she desired—

This was entirely different from sitting in the intelligence room and making marks on a map.

Her heartbeat was a few beats faster than usual.

So, this is what Teacher meant when he said things become "simple" once you possess power?

"It's not over yet." Jiang Ce's voice echoed in her consciousness. "Those poaching mercenary groups outside the city are a menace; take care of them while you're at it. Also, you're wet."

At the end of his sentence, Jiang Ce began to cackle wickedly.

Tang Yuehua, the good girl, had changed.

Tang Yuehua's body trembled slightly.

Yet, the light in her eyes grew increasingly brilliant.

The abandoned kiln in the north of the city, the stronghold of the poaching mercenary group.

Tang Yuehua stood at the entrance as the golden halo of the Noble Ring pushed inward.

Inside, over thirty outlaws were gathered around a campfire dividing their spoils. The moment they were swept by the halo, they were all crushed by the mental pressure, unable to catch their breath.

The Soul Emperor-level captain had just stood up when he was slapped down by Tang Jiu. Tang Shi flanked from the side; for two Soul Saints to fight a group of Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings suppressed by a domain was easier than slaughtering chickens.

Tang Yuehua stood in the center of the abandoned kiln, her tentacles piercing into each person's temple one by one.

Memory overwriting, rewriting, and the implantation of new loyalty.

After all thirty-plus people were converted, she walked out of the kiln alone and leaned against a crooked old tree, panting softly.

"Feeling better?" Jiang Ce's voice sounded right against her ear.

Tang Yuehua bit her lip and nodded.

Watching those who were once stronger than her kneel at her feet, one by one, rewritten into slaves—the openness in her heart was indescribable.

This was the sensation brought by power!

"This is the sweetness of power. Before, you were suppressed by the rules and could only survive within them; now, you are the one who sets the rules."

"This feeling is addictive."

Tang Yuehua's eyes were unfocused, her voice trembling.

"Then get addicted. As long as I'm here, you won't be able to flip the sky. If you ever try to flip the sky, I'll turn you into a wooden bead that can only go 'oh-ho-ho'."

"I wouldn't, Teacher."

"You are Yuehua's light, after all."

"Besides, Yuehua is already Teacher's bamboo."

"A very good realization. Since there's no one around, let's try something else. Go into the small woods."

"Yes, Teacher."

Tang Yuehua's eyes held anticipation.

The next morning, the North City Chamber of Commerce meeting hall.

The chairman sat at the head of the table, with copies of the ledger detailing the fencing of stolen goods spread out before seven or eight merchant owners on either side.

Liu Yi sat in the Liu Family's seat.

Tang Yuehua sat upright at the other end of the long table, the presence of her two Soul Saints, Tang Jiu and Tang Shi, standing behind her without the slightest concealment.

"Moon Pavilion will not pursue joint liability for Liu Ren's affairs. Liu Yi will take over the Liu Family's seat, and the North City Chamber of Commerce's supply channels will be fully opened to Moon Pavilion, settled at market price."

She took out two contracts and placed them on the table.

"Sign them, and the matter of the ledgers ends here."

A veteran merchant owner slammed the table and stood up: "Is Miss Tang threatening us?"

Tang Yuehua lifted her eyelids to glance at him, and the golden halo of the Noble Ring flashed across the tabletop.

The merchant felt as if his mental energy had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand. His hair stood on end, his legs went weak, and he collapsed back into his chair, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"It's not a threat; it's an opportunity for everyone to exit with dignity. The transactions in these ledgers are enough for the City Defense Army to seal the warehouses of certain people present. The Liu Family is already finished; I don't want the entire Chamber of Commerce to be buried with them."

The chairman was the first to pick up a pen, and none of the others dared to utter another word.

A quarter of an hour later, Tang Yuehua walked out of the North City Chamber of Commerce, the contract in her arms filled with signatures.

She stood on the steps, facing the morning light of Heaven Dou City.

The owners of those merchant houses peeked at her from behind their windows—

The once-discarded young lady of the Clear Sky Sect, who had been treated as nothing more than a vase, was now someone the entire North City Chamber of Commerce dared not offend.

"How do you feel today?"

"I think I finally understand why Senior Sister gets so excited every time she fights."

Tang Yuehua's lips curled upward. "Teacher, I'm drenched again, but I don't want to stop."

"Then continue. Choose your next target yourself."

"You're done playing, so now it's my turn."

"Yes, my Teacher."

Tang Yuehua walked down the steps, her pace much lighter than when she had arrived.

There were still several names on the planning map waiting for her to circle, and she already had a candidate for her next target.

[The author will release four chapters upon launch. It's too late now, so I'll continue tomorrow. Thank you all for your support!]