Flames of Ambition

7: Zexel vs Fan Qinyou

Chapter 7: Zexel vs Fan Qinyou

Zexel felt happy about her achievement. She knew that her advancement was too fast compared to ordinary cultivators.

She was so sure that if someone knew that she had broken through from Intermediate Primary Spiritualist to Low Intermediary Spiritualist, they would faint immediately.

However, she knew that she needed to hide this matter from everyone and be lowkey in the meantime.

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It was already morning when she awoke. Just like yesterday, she did her daily routine and let her three maids follow her to Hua Kai Pavilion.

Zexel heard some noise while she was only at the door, which made her heart fill with fury.

She walked fast and saw Fan Qinyou, who happened to be bullying Fan Yaoli. She saw how Dao Lu begged for Fan Qinyou to stop, but Fan Qinyou was deaf to anything.

Zexel used her Qinggong[1] to fly in the middle of the two. She grabbed the tip of the whip that Fan Qinyou used to beat Fan Yaoli.

"Si-sister..." Fan Yaoli called Zexel in her low voice. Zexel could even detect that she was really hurt because of that voice.

Her fury began to rise since Fan Yaoli was one of the people she wanted to protect. "The Fifth Sister, you're afraid of the strong ones, but you're bullying the weak. Are you really that shameless?" Zexel asked in her coldest voice.

Fan Qinyou never even expected that Zexel would appear in front of her while she was playing with her toy. She began to hate Zexel because of this.

"Who are you to stop me? You are just a low daughter of Father. Your mother doesn’t even have Father’s favor, unlike my mother. Remember, this Lady has a much higher cultivation than you," Fan Qinyou gritted her teeth while facing Zexel.

She would not admit that she was scared of the cold voice of Zexel a while ago.

"Then why don’t you fight with me? Since you’re that strong, beat someone who has the same level of strength as you," Zexel smirked because she had a much higher cultivation than Fan Qinyou right now.

She also had the fighting techniques of the modern era, so she was not afraid of this low person who wanted to boast about her cultivation.

The "was" now the second female genius in the capital because of Zexel’s advancement.

"If that’s what you want, this Lady will give you enough beatings," Fan Qinyou smirked. She knew that she would be at an advantage in this battle.

Fan Qinyou knew the capability of her sister, Fan Lihua, so she was confident that she could beat this person. Since Fan Lihua interrupted her play with her toy, she would make her pay for it.

Zexel dropped Fan Qinyou’s whip and readied herself for the fight. Fan Qinyou first attacked Zexel but she managed to dodge it. No matter how many times Fan Qinyou wanted to whip Zexel, she couldn’t do it because Zexel had natural speed ever since her first body.

"Oh Fifth Sister, who is your target? This Lady is here in your front. Are you fighting with the wind?" Zexel wanted to add to the fury in the heart of Fan Qinyou so she would lose her sanity and start to move like a lunatic.

Zexel continued to mock Fan Qinyou, making her hatred arise in her heart. Her mind became blank, her pretentious mask was even torn up as she lost all her sanity and did her best just to beat the girl in front of her.

If anyone was there, they would not be able to connect the sweet, kind, obedient, lovable, and elegant Fifth Miss of the Prime Minister’s Fu.

"Sister Lihua! Be careful!" Fan Yaoli knew that her sister Lihua was in a disadvantageous position. She only knew that her Fifth Sister was the first female genius in the capital, which made Fan Lihua the second.

Fan Qinyou only had one level higher than Fan Lihua, but the gap between the two levels was really huge. So Fan Yaoli secretly ordered Fan Er and Fan Yi to report this matter to their Father.

She wanted to protect her only sister who gave her warm love—the only person who did not consider her as trash, just like what the others thought of her.

Zexel used her legs and kicked the side belly of Fan Qinyou. She also punched her arm and kicked her legs, making her gain a scar inside her body.

Zexel beat Fan Qinyou but avoided her face so no one would suspect her injury. She knew in this era, the flesh of a female was really important to all of the women.

If someone, especially a man, just saw even a tiny bit of flesh, it could be considered as losing one’s virginity.

Fan Qinyou was really shocked that the attacks of Zexel were really cunning and vicious. Ever since the battle began, she never even laid a finger on Zexel, which made her even angrier.

She was really determined to kill the bitch in front of her. At this time, Zexel managed to detect the presence of her father, which made her smirk.

Zexel let herself be whipped, especially on her face, which made Fan Qinyou happier.

"Sister, stop it, please!" Fan Yaoli was crying as she saw how Zexel was beaten by her Fifth Sister.

She hated herself for being useless and for being weak, that she couldn’t even protect herself, and now the person who wanted to protect her was injured because of her.

Zexel activated her crocodile tears as she sensed the presence of her Father behind Fan Qinyou.

"Please stop it, sister. It hurts. Lihua will never do that again. Lihua will not interrupt you again..." she was crying like a child but really didn’t feel any emotion.

"And now you’re begging, huh! I’ll kill you, bitch!" Fan Qinyou wanted to whip Zexel again but the handle of the whip began to create a fire.

Fan Qinyou dropped the whip as she slowly and fearfully looked at her back. Now, it was Fan Qinyou’s turn to pale.

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1: Qinggong (輕功) - The use of qinggong has been exaggerated in wuxia fiction, in which martial artists have the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high walls and mounting trees.