Chapter 680 - The Time Traveler Lady Who Time Traveled (I)
Chapter 680: The Time Traveler Lady Who Time Traveled (I)
The assassination of the Zhongzhao Empress caused the Emperor to tremble in anger. He issued an order for the assassin to be captured within three days and to be killed immediately.
Where had the Empress who’d “lost an excessive amount of blood” disappeared to?
Within the Heavenly Phoenix palace…
She shut her eyes as her complexion turned ghostly white. Her breathing became so weak that the rising and falling of her chest could hardly be detected. Her frail appearance stirred up feelings of pity in one’s heart.
Because she’d sustained severe injuries and suffered severe bleeding, she fell into a deep comatose state. It was uncertain when she would regain consciousness.
Many were unaware that, although her physical body was asleep, her “soul” was unusually active.
To cover this up, she’d used a dagger to inflict an injury on herself. Her spirit entered the System’s realm at lightning speed.
In the System’s realm was a rather romantic and modern terrace house. Its design was exquisite. The house’s garden was filled to the brim with flowers. Inside were all the essential electric appliances and a myriad of other devices required in a household. To live more comfortably, she’d splurged a hefty amount of popularity points to acquire a generator and fuel to power the entire villa. Aside from being unable to access the internet, her life was better than before she had traveled back in time.
“System, what happened to you just now? Why did you respond only after I shouted for so long?”
Adorned with white palace garments, her beautiful features were downcast as she recalled the loss of her Life Substitution Puppet.
One Life Substitution Puppet card cost 888,888 popularity points. Since she treasured her life so much, she’d bought nine of these cards. Xie Qian would’ve killed her otherwise. When she recalled the dangerous situation and Xie Qian’s murderous intentions, she felt so gloomy that she wanted to cry.
“Also, why is Xie Qian still alive?”
Just the thought of losing all nine Life Substitution Puppet cards and the Supreme in the Martial Arts Realm card worth 6 million popularity points caused her heart to ache excruciatingly.
If the System had responded earlier, she wouldn’t have had to make such a big sacrifice.
After a while, she heard the System’s mechanical and synthetic voice.
“Host, this is a common occurrence. It isn’t that I did not respond in time. It was Xie Qian who accurately and decisively made his move. With one move, he destroyed one card of ‘puppet which substitutes a life.’ It took him merely three days to complete the process.” The System seemed somewhat solemn as he commented, “The host has committed a taboo. This time, you allowed Xie Qian to escape. He will certainly not let you off. You allowed him to escape, thereby giving him opportunities to make future trouble. You were too careless…”
The lady was impatient. “I clearly remember watching Xie Qian jump down a cliff…”
It had never crossed her mind that an ancient man could see through her identity as a non-deity. With the System assisting, she thought that she played the role very well. Unbeknownst to her, she’d exposed herself… If not for the System’s reminder, she wouldn’t have realized that Xie Qian wanted to engage a skilled person to exorcise her… Although her story was set in ancient times, there were still a few religious conman experts, for example, Master Liaochen from Hejian Temple.
When she recalled these weird people, the lady was overwhelmingly exasperated.
“Aren’t you invincible? Why were you unaware that Xie Qian lives?”
If not for Xie Qian interfering with the matter, she wouldn’t have had to spend so much money to avert the disaster!
The System remarked snidely, “This is not within the System’s jurisdiction. Xie Qian lives because the host wasn’t careful. It has nothing to do with me.”
The lady was melancholic. She smashed some exquisite tea apparatus into pieces, looking quite sinister.
“Xie Qian… Wang Huiyun… This pair of husband and wife are destined to be thorns in my side!” She seethed in anger as she spoke, both her cheeks reddening. “If I’d known Xie Qian would pull this stunt, I would have imprisoned Wang Huiyun’s soul so that even in death she could not be at peace!”
The System kept silent.
She was a foreigner who had time traveled from another world, yet this woman hadn’t taken possession of the body she had in this dimension. It was because within that body rested Wang Huiyun’s soul. Critically, his soul was extremely strong-willed. She had no way to completely own Wang Huiyun’s body.
Until Wang Huiyun gave birth, her physical body and soul were frail. Thus, she relied on the System’s help to seize control of her body.
Even though Wang Huiyun was someone’s wife, her beauty and family background were exceptional. She was Miss Perfect in every way. She was even married to Mr. Perfect, so she was rather pleased.
She thought that the change in dimension had brought her luck. After all, it had kick-started her path towards becoming the winner.
Who would have expected that Xie Qian harbored intentions to murder her? Or that he even possessed the deity’s rod which could directly interfere with her plans? Consequently, it had woken Wang Huiyun’s soul from its deep sleep.
Once the woman awoke, she’d competed for the control of her body. This made her suffer terribly.
Afterward, the lady had inhabited another body and returned her previous body to Wang Huiyun. Initially, she’d wanted to torture her to vent her anger, but she hadn’t expected this lady’s temper to be so bad that she’d rather beg for death. Hmph… She’d gotten away with it so easily. Otherwise, she would have continued to provoke Xie Qian to anger.
After a while, the lady’s anger dissipated.
Recalling how intimidating Xie Qian was, the lady’s heart was unsettled. She uncontrollably clenched her fists.
“System, how many points of popularity do I have?”
The System answered, “With 97.63 million points of popularity, do you wish to exchange some for a Life Substitution Puppet?”
Out of frustration, she pulled at her hair. “When faced with a crazy man like Xie Qian, no matter how many Life Substitution Puppet cards I have, it won’t be enough to keep him from killing me!”
“The host can learn martial arts. There are many renowned martial art schools in the city center.”
“What’s the point of having a rare martial arts book? Learning it at the last minute will not enable me to win in a fight against Xie Qian. Don’t you have something that will work faster?” the lady complained as she flipped through the pages in the System’s virtual mall. She had wanted to learn it by herself, but after she’d tried studying the skill book sold by the System, she’s refused to put in the effort to learn anymore.
If it was something a skill book could accomplish immediately, why bother wasting time mastering it? Only the foolish would do so.
The System meticulously and responsibly picked out the specific books the lady wanted. The skill books glittered, almost blinding her eyes.
They contained all the secret martial art skills the lady had often heard about, including the Jiuyang Shengong, Jiuyin True Scriptures, YiJin Scriptures, Xiaowu martial arts, Tianshan Zhe Meishou, Bahuang Liuhe Yet I Reign Supreme martial arts, and countless skills that were not well-known but were on the same level as the orange martial arts skill book.
Nevertheless, the highest grade of these were orange skill books. They all have a common characteristic – expensive!
“Ten million points of popularity… why didn’t you vie for it!”
She clenched her teeth angrily, knowing that the System would never give in. She said to complain about how expensive the item was.
She purchased one skill book which contained the Jiuyin True Scriptures, the Ningbo Nimble Foot skill book, the Jade Lady Sword Fighting skill book, and one skill book that served a supportive role named the “Left and Right Mutual Combat Technique”. With this supportive technique, she could display two skills. Her prowess would be unbeatable.
Three skill books and one supportive skill book amounted to 35 million points of popularity.
As she watched the numbers in her account diminish, her heart ached terribly. However, she knew that if she didn’t toughen herself up, Xie Qian would make a comeback.
She slapped the cover of the skill books four times consecutively. The orange skill books immediately turned into golden lights that fused with her body.
In a flash, she had mastered the ultimate martial art level.
Once she’d mastered the Ningbo Nimble Foot skill book, her movements were indiscernible as a fairy’s… After she steadied herself, she said, “It was worthwhile to spend this money. When I finally travel back to where I came from, who will dare to bully me? Those despicable people, I will tear them up one by one…”
If Xie Qian dared to come here, she would beat him up until he fell to his knees and called for his mother.