Yun Manman hurriedly raised the saber in her hand to block it, but the gas burrowed straight into her wrist.
Her heart jolted. Looking at the black lotus that had suddenly appeared on her wrist, she had a bad feeling.
A voice immediately rang out in her mind. "Scumbag woman, don't be afraid. With me, it's all about companionship!"
Shocked by the voice in her mind, Yun Manman's purple eyes glinted coldly, and killing intent spread through her clear, lilting voice.
"What are you? You want to control me? Have you asked whether I agree?"
The cloud of gas flew out again, bobbing before her eyes, its voice carrying a hint of delight.
Yun Manman lowered her eyes and found that the mark on her wrist remained.
"Scumbag woman, I won't control you, much less hurt you. Just think of me as your space cheat. I can help you a lot!"
"A space cheat? Do you have a medical depot or an armory? Or an inexhaustible supply of things to eat and use?"
The white gas twisted itself into a giant Tianjin fried dough twist and spoke with little confidence.
"Well, I can't do that yet, but as long as you cooperate, I can make it happen for you very soon!"
Yun Manman gave a soft snort, narrowing her eyes. She had known pies wouldn't fall from the sky.
Heaven was really going all out fleecing her alone today.
"I'm low on energy right now. I need you to kill people so I can absorb their resentment. Once I level up, not only will there be rewards, you'll also be able to exchange points for things you want. How's that? Simple, right?"
Somewhat shocked, Yun Manman said disdainfully, "Just shut up. I'm not a murderous maniac. You've got the wrong person!"
"Oh, come on, you don't necessarily have to kill people. Beating or cursing them works too!"
Yun Manman was utterly shocked and speechless. What the fuck was all this?
"What exactly are you? Why can't you do a single decent thing?"
The cloud of gas instantly straightened up and introduced itself rather proudly.
"I am the Resentment Qi Storage Space, dedicated to collecting resentment qi and protecting world peace. Having me is as good as reaching the pinnacle of life!"
Yun Manman was just about to ask whether it could choose someone else. She really wasn't cut out for killing!
But the cloud of gas seemed shrewd as could be, vanishing swiftly into her wrist and leaving only a hurried remark.
"Trust me, you can do it. I'm off to cultivate. Bye-bye, scumbag woman!"
A cold gust swept past, jolting Yun Manman back to her senses.
She glanced at her wrist. The black lotus had now vanished without a trace. She sighed softly. What a spring of troubles!
Silently hugging her saber tighter, she headed toward the village.
Red Star Village was far from peaceful at that moment. Soldiers from Beilin Kingdom had entered the village that day and were burning, killing, and pillaging.
Looking at the scene before him, Old Father Yun thought of his daughter, who had been missing for some time. Panic flashed in his eyes as he lunged forward and grabbed a Beilin soldier's sleeve.
"Where's my Manman? Where have you taken my daughter?"
The Beilin soldier was tearing at a village woman's clothes. Hearing this, he impatiently kicked Old Father Yun away.
His gaze was mocking, his voice filled with disdain and disgust.
"If she isn't pleasuring our brothers beneath them, then she couldn't withstand their prowess and died. Hahaha!"
Old Father Yun slumped on the ground, hatred filling his bloodshot eyes as he tremblingly took a silver hairpin from his sleeve.
It was a present he had bought for Manman's seventeenth birthday. Today, the thirteenth day of the third month, was her birthday, but these beasts...
At that thought, he clutched the silver hairpin, rose, and charged over, driving it viciously into the Beilin soldier's back.
"You beasts! You hurt my Manman. You can die too!"
The silver hairpin pierced the back of the Beilin soldier's chest. With no armor there, blood immediately seeped through his clothes.
People from Beilin Kingdom were naturally tall and burly. An injury like this was nothing to them.
The Beilin soldier had never expected this man to dare attack him.
He turned around and looked at Old Father Yun with disdain and killing intent. "The men of Southern Mo Kingdom really are all weak chickens!"
Yun Manman walked briskly along, wondering what she should say when she saw her family, when she heard a commotion ahead.
As soon as Yun Manman looked, she saw the soldier swinging his saber horizontally at Old Father Yun. With that force and stance,
if the blow landed, Old Father Yun would certainly be cleaved in two.
"Holy shit!"
Yun Manman had no time to think of anything else. Only one thought remained in her mind: nothing could happen to Old Father Yun.
Then Yun Manman pulled a wild move!
She threw away the saber... that she had hugged tightly to her chest all day!
She sprinted forward, killing intent and fury in her eyes. Emotion surged violently in her chest, and she knew these were the original owner's feelings.
The saber declared that it bowed to no one except this move!
The space's resentment qi twisted itself into a giant Tianjin fried dough twist again. Tsk, tsk, tsk. My master is actually a brainless scumbag woman!
Pushing this body's potential to its utmost, Yun Manman swiftly blocked Old Father Yun. With a twist of her wrist and an audible crack, she broke the soldier's arm.
The saber sweeping toward him tilted, but the force behind it remained, and its tip sliced across Yun Manman's shoulder.
Yun Manman frowned slightly and seized the saber.
The Beilin soldier was completely dumbfounded. What was going on with this person who had suddenly appeared?
His arm had actually been broken.
Yun Manman tightened her grip on the saber, ruthlessness and killing intent in her eyes, her voice still somewhat dry.
"You want to kill him? Have you asked me? You're courting death!"
The saber in her hand spun swiftly through a full circle, and Yun Manman hurriedly turned and pulled Old Father Yun out of the way.
With one arm dangling and the other clutching his spurting neck, the Beilin soldier collapsed and died, his eyes filled with disbelief.
It was as though someone had pressed pause on their surroundings. Everyone gaped in shock.
"Where did that Yun girl come from?"
"Is that the Yun girl? She can actually kill a Beilin man?"
Several nearby soldiers who were abusing other women stopped what they were doing at the same time and surrounded her together, anger in their eyes.
Old Father Yun came to his senses then too. With no time to rejoice that his daughter was still alive, he grabbed Yun Manman's arm and pushed her away, his voice urgent and his expression worried.
"Manman, run! Get out of here! I'll hold them off. Hurry and run!"
Yun Manman was slightly surprised and a little puzzled. Was he protecting me?
This was the first time in her life!
When danger came, someone had stood in front of her. Was this what people called familial love?
This feeling was unfamiliar and even bewildering to her, yet a faint warmth spread through her chest.
She didn't know whether these were her own emotions or the original owner's feelings.
Yun Manman smiled a little awkwardly, her voice softening as she looked at Old Father Yun and reassured him.
"Don't worry. I can handle them. Step back a little."
Looking at Yun Manman before him, Old Father Yun felt that his daughter was still his daughter.
Yet something seemed different. When his gaze fell on the wound on Yun Manman's shoulder, his worried expression changed drastically.
"Manman, you're hurt. You..."
Yun Manman patted Old Father Yun's arm unconcernedly, her tone reassuring and serious.
"Listen to me. Step back. I don't want you getting hurt. I'll protect myself!"
Since she owed the original owner for this body, she had a duty to protect anyone who genuinely treated the original owner well.
Old Father Yun unconsciously took a few steps back.
Watching his daughter's back, his eyes were full of confusion. Manman's eyes, and her tone and manner when she spoke...