City Lord's Mansion (Part 1)

"Mm..."

"Could you not..."

Xiao Mei spoke softly. She did not want to give away her first time in some alley, and the man before her was such a philanderer—she absolutely could not give it to him.

No matter how precious an alchemist was, what use was that if he did not truly love her?

To be toyed with at will, then discarded?

She did not want her life to end up like that...

The lecherous look in Liu Xi's eyes only intensified as he watched Xiao Mei's seemingly reluctant yet welcoming manner. Her petite appearance deeply captured his attention.

Xiao Mei had genuinely wanted to push Liu Xi away. Where was this "reluctant yet welcoming" behavior? But with merely her Dou Qi cultivation, how could she possibly push him away?

Yet in Liu Xi's eyes, it was "reluctant yet welcoming." His hands roamed all over her as he tried to undo the sash around her waist.

"Ugh!"

Xiao Yi Xian sighed softly. In the end, she was still a good person. How could she allow someone like this to continue existing?

A trace of purple light flashed through Xiao Yi Xian's eyes. Her brows furrowed slightly as she murmured, "Sword Control Technique!"

Xiao Yi Xian held two fingers together, and the Dou Qi within her body began circulating along an inexplicable path—

Crack!

The sword case on her back trembled. "You Su" instantly flew from its sheath, its blade scraping past the case as the longsword let out a soft, lingering hum beside their ears.

Whoosh!

A silver-white sword swept through Liu Xi's head before Xiao Mei's astonished eyes. In an instant, scorching blood soaked Xiao Mei's dress.

Thud!

A headless corpse clad in green collapsed to the ground. A round object came to rest nearby, its eyes still bearing that disgusting expression from before.

"Ah!"

Xiao Mei let out a shriek at the sight before her. A flower raised in a greenhouse was still a flower, no matter how powerful it became.

Xiao Yi Xian flicked the blood from You Su with some disgust before putting it away. She still remembered making a post back then: "If this venerable one transmigrates into Battle Through the Heavens, the first thing I'll do is kill Liu Xi. What a filthy man.

"As a veteran reader of ten years, this venerable one is well versed in every trope. Xun Er in my left arm, Queen Medusa in my right, with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran behind me."

Now that she had truly transmigrated here, she could no longer fulfill the greatest wish of her previous life, nor could she ever see her adorable daughter again.

"Life truly has its ups and downs!"

Xiao Yi Xian elegantly leaped down from the wall and left.

Xiao Mei stared blankly at Xiao Yi Xian's white figure. That mask like a ghostly face and that silver-white sword were things she would never forget, deeply etched into her heart.

Without realizing it, she had arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. Yes, the City Lord's Mansion!

Every city actually had a city lord, yet there had not been the slightest plot involving the City Lord's Mansion in the original novel.

Even the three great clans of Wutan City had all been active, while this City Lord's Mansion alone seemed to stand apart from the rest, without making a single move.

If she had not happened to walk here, she might not have remembered that such a thing as the City Lord's Mansion even existed.

It was simply too obscure, too lacking in presence.

Looking at the tightly shut gates, she suddenly felt an inexplicable yearning rise within her. That familiar sensation made her brows furrow lightly.

There was definitely something inside the City Lord's Mansion drawing her in, and it had to be an extremely potent poison. Otherwise, her Calamity Poison Body would not have reacted so strongly.

Within that small area, she could also sense powerful experts—at least Da Dou Shi or above.

With her current strength, even with You Su, a three-star Dou Zhe was the most she could remain invincible against.

That was the advantage she held in cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques. Cultivation techniques gave her the foundation to fight above her level, while Dou Techniques gave her the strength to do so.

The highest-grade techniques in Wutan City were only Xuan-tier. On the Dou Qi Continent, techniques were divided into Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang tiers, and the difference between each tier was enormous.

It seemed she would have to take a stroll through the City Lord's Mansion tonight and stir up a little trouble while she was at it.

She did not possess the protagonist's constitution for attracting enemies and causing trouble, but she did have the desire to actively cause trouble!

Xiao Yi Xian lightly wound a strand of her long purple hair around her finger. The faint fragrance of medicine still intoxicated her.

After the last rays of sunlight faded, Xiao Yi Xian walked toward the Xiao Clan, stepping on her own shadow. With practiced ease, she climbed over the wall and entered the Xiao Clan.

"Xiao Yan, I've come to find you!"

Xiao Yi Xian pushed open Xiao Yan's door and walked in. What greeted her was a large basin, within which a figure sat cross-legged in green spiritual liquid.

"Hmm?"

"Ah..."

Standing outside the door, Xiao Yi Xian looked speechlessly at the silver moon that had just risen and complained, "He isn't even a woman. What's he screaming for?"

Yao Lao floated over, glancing sideways as he said with a grin, "Girl, why didn't you react at all?"

Xiao Yi Xian rolled her eyes at the shameless old man. What could she say?

Could she say that she had spent eighteen years looking at that familiar body?

Could she say she was not interested in men?

Yao Lao floated back and forth before Xiao Yi Xian, leaving her forehead covered in black lines.

Looking at Yao Lao, who had lived for several hundred years yet still acted like some pretty boy, she did not know why she suddenly wanted to slap him.

"Ahem!"

Xiao Yan came over after getting dressed. Xiao Yi Xian's sudden entrance had truly startled him just now—he had nearly suffered qi deviation.

Xiao Yi Xian rolled her eyes at Xiao Yan and said, "I'm borrowing Yao Lao. I'll return him later!"

"Huh?"

Xiao Yan was instantly dumbfounded upon hearing this. What was that supposed to mean?

"She wasn't here to see me?"

Xiao Yan no longer knew what to say. Did girls nowadays all prefer someone more mature?

Was he not handsome enough?

He was the handsome man of the Xiao Clan, after all~

Xiao Yi Xian did not know what Xiao Yan was thinking, but as she watched Yao Chen still floating about, another black line appeared on her forehead. Reaching out, she grabbed the Storage Ring floating beneath Yao Lao, then smilingly used her soul force to stuff Yao Chen inside.

Yao Chen had barely been stuffed in before he floated back out, saying with a grin, "Don't worry, I'll block the Storage Ring's connection to the outside. I don't know anything..."

Before Yao Chen could finish, Xiao Yi Xian stuffed Yao Lao back in again. She did this several times in succession.

The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth twitched as he watched. Such a brutal girl, and Yao Lao wanted him to win her over?

Wouldn't that mean getting beaten up every day in the future?

He could not help thinking of Xiao Xun'er again—the gentle, considerate little sister who was completely different from the girl before him.

It was as though that "Brother Xiao Yan" was still lingering in his mind...

"Pah, pervert!"

Xiao Yi Xian glanced disdainfully at Xiao Yan, who was drooling over there. What was he thinking about at a time like this?

"Ahem, knock before you come into my room next time!" Xiao Yan said awkwardly after coughing lightly.

"Tell me, Xiao Yan, what exactly did you see? I don't think it was much, but you got the better end of the deal, didn't you?" Xiao Yi Xian said with a smile, faint purple Dou Qi radiating from her hand.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xiao Yan suddenly recalled some unpleasant memories and hurriedly agreed, still somewhat fearful. As someone who had lived on Earth in his previous life, he knew that place was far too open-minded. A man's body really was not all that appealing.

A man running naked might draw attention, but if he was bathing, most people would probably just laugh and point things out...

Like no muscles, no abs, poor physique, poor skin—not nearly as explosive as a girl's body... Though it had not been a big deal to him, he had simply been a little dumbfounded and surprised...

Xiao Yi Xian shook the ring in her hand and left. As Xiao Yan watched her departing back, he could not help recalling what had happened during the day...

For some unknown reason, Xiao Ning had gone crazy and stormed into his room. Though he had knocked, he had done so by smashing the door to pieces...