Chapter 1: Gifted Girl: Abandoned (1)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The Junwu Empire, the imperial capital.
Both Zuo Qingyun and Feng Wu were only eight years old.
Ffft —
The tip of the cold, purple sword in Zuo Qingyun’s hand stabbed into Feng Wu’s forehead right between her eyebrows.
When the sword was pulled free, it drew out a suspended drop of amber True Phoenix Blood from Feng Wu.
With a grasping movement of her left hand, Zuo Qingyun drew the drop of amber blood into her palm, and poof! The droplet exploded with a squeeze of her hand!
Despite the blood that covered her hand, Zuo Qingyun smiled strangely.
She smirked at the girl on the ground, whose body had curled up in agony.
“Feng Wu, only one person in this world can possess True Phoenix Blood! Since I’m already here, you should never have existed!
“I never wanted to be mentioned alongside you as the ‘Phoenix Duo of the imperial capital’! What right do you have to be considered my equal?!
“So what if you were betrothed before I was? I’m going to become the wife of the crown prince and Jun Linyuan will be my husband!
“I can’t believe that you were chosen by the Master of Firmament Palace! Well, you’re useless now, and I’m the only candidate for the goddess of Firmament Palace! So, die!”
The cold purple blade stabbed at Feng Wu’s heart!
Feng Wu grabbed the blade with both hands and blood gushed out of the deep cuts on her palms, but she seemed to feel no pain.
Spiritual essence was dissipating from the spot between her eyebrows and her cultivation was disappearing even then.
She was becoming an invalid now that her True Phoenix Blood had been destroyed!
Feng Wu stared at Zuo Qingyun with her inky black eyes.
“Die!” With a sudden exertion of strength, Zuo Qingyun pushed the blade into Feng Wu’s chest. With a thump, the blade pierced through Feng Wu’s body and red blood splashed all over Zuo Qingyun’s face.
The smile on Zuo Qingyun’s face looked grotesque under all that blood. “From now on, I will be known as Zuo Qingluan! Qingluan, as in ‘Green Luan Bird and Red Phoenix’ and the king of all birds. I will be the only true phoenix of the Junwu Empire!”
Collapsing on the ground, Feng Wu’s vision began to blur. She watched as the leader of the Zuo family escorted Zuo Qingyun away, and realized that her mind was slipping away. She was running out of time…
Zuo Qingyun, you took advantage of today when my beautiful master was refining his true form to destroy my True Phoenix Blood. After my master comes out of his seclusion, can you, your family and your clan, or even the entire Junwu continent, be able to withstand his rage?!
Her master wasn’t human. More specifically, he was a soul attached to his Dragon and Phoenix Spiritual Ring.
It was said that one’s fate was determined by the family one was born into, and a competent father was one’s most valuable asset.
Feng Wu would proudly announce that although she had never met her own father, she had the most remarkable and beautiful master in the entire continent!
