Volume 1: Phoenix Hidden in the Northern Domain Chapter 21: The Truth Revealed

  "...demon... demon king..."

  Liu's eyes revealed intense fear and despair, a hatred as deep as blood, his pale lips opening and closing with a stutter, curses coming out in fits and starts.

  Suddenly, she opened her bloodshot eyes wide and let out a shrill scream: "I'll die and become a ghost to haunt you! I'll turn into a fierce demon to gnaw at your flesh, drink your blood, and make sure you don't die a good death!"

  Tang Nian's eyes blinked, and her mouth was slightly ajar with a hint of doubt. "Didn't you hear what I just said?"

  Liu's face paused, opening his mouth wanting to say something but turned into a suppressed painful hum, then the voice got louder and louder, turning into a scream.

  Tang Nian's silver powder had long since disappeared without a trace, and she quietly withdrew her slender white jade-like hand, gazing calmly at Liu Shi who was starting to endure the first day of being bitten by countless ants. "In seven days, you will be reduced to nothing, with no chance of becoming a ghost."

  "Ah——ahhh!" Liu's hands and feet were severed, making it impossible for her to alleviate the torment of her body. Even if she had hands and feet, the effects of the Soul-Devouring Powder would have left her completely powerless to resist, unable to sleep or rest as she endured.

  "You... you..." Liu's eyes, filled with pain, stared fixedly at Tang Nianian, her voice hoarse like a desert traveler who hadn't drunk water for days, shouting out: "Who are you after all?!"

  Unable to live, unable to die, in such torment, Liu realized that she no longer had any hope of survival. Moreover, with her current state as a useless person, she didn't want to continue living either. Holding on until today, she finally saw Tang Nian again, and the astonishment in her heart grew even greater.

  Tang Nian has been watching her grow up since she was a child, and she knows what kind of personality she has. This person, from the day she got married to now, has only met three times, each time with a more and more eerie feeling. This person is absolutely not Tang Nian, except for that face, nothing else is the same as the original Nian.

  No matter how much a person has gone through, they can't change that many callous and ruthless gazes, cruel methods, and heartless words. These are things that Nian Nian could never have had.

  This person is not the original Tang Nian at all!

  Liu suddenly thought of ghosts and monsters, could it be that Tang Nianian had walked a circle at the Ghost Gate Pass and was possessed by ghosts and monsters!

  It has to be said that at this time, Liu's desperate attempt to survive was a sudden brainstorm, but it really worked.

  "Who are you, anyway?" Tang Nian repeated, looking at Liu's originally calm and emotionless eyes suddenly shining with a thick layer of joy, bright and moving to the point where the surroundings paled in comparison. "Tang Nian, I am Tang Nian."

  She is no longer the nameless, faceless tool she once was, but a real person who can be asked for her name and truly noticed by others.

  Overwhelmed by Tang Nian's resolute tone, Liu's mind was filled with doubts and objections that she couldn't utter, only her eyes wide with incredulity. How could it be? How could she possibly be Tang Nian? It's impossible!

  One wave of suffering after another made her so weak that she couldn't even think about these problems, and could only lie on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

  As the people carried Liu back to her cell, Si Ling Gu Yun held Tang Nian Nian and returned to Mei Lin without any change. Only Zhu Miao Ti, who followed behind, had a slightly tense expression, with his eyes darting about, looking at the two figures in front of him with a complex gaze.

  At dinner, Zhu Miao's gaze never left Tang Nianian, and she found that he had not changed from start to finish, as if the scene of torturing Liu just now had never happened, it was just his own illusion.

  Tang Nian swallowed a mouthful of clear soup, raised her eyelids, and met Zhu Miao's gaze. "You've been staring at me."

  Si Ling let go of his spoon and glanced at Zhu Miao Ti.

  Zhu Miao pressed her lips together, and with a glance at Si Ling Gu's eyes, she chose to disobey. She bowed her head and apologized: "Please forgive me, mistress. I just have one thing that is unclear."

  Tang Nian looked at Si Ling Gu and nodded, "You ask."

  Zhu Miao said: "Does the mistress think that Liu's punishment is too severe?" As she spoke, she raised her head and fixed her eyes on Tang Nian.

  It's not that she's kind-hearted, but the number of lives in her hands is absolutely not small. Killing people doesn't seem like a big deal to the Snow Swallow Mountain Villa, after all, this world has always been about the strong being revered. It's just that Tang Nianian's words and actions were too venomous, she didn't want the woman accompanying Si Ling Gu Yun to be someone with a vicious mind, who takes pleasure in torturing people.

  "Heavier?" Tang Nian's voice was calm as she asked back.

  Zhu Miao found her gaze clear and deep, calm and waveless, without a hint of excitement or frenzy, making it impossible to imagine the ruthless move she had just made.

  Zhu Miao suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity, thinking that the feeling Tang Nian gave her was similar to someone else's, even though they showed different expressions, but essentially the same.

  In Zhu Miao's thoughts, Tang Nian again opened her mouth, naturally with a hint of doubt: "If she hurts me once, I'll hurt her back ten times, what's wrong with that?"

  "What's more, I'm stronger than her, aren't I?"

  Zhu Miao's mouth twitched, and she nodded silently as she took a step back. She finally figured out who Tang Nian was like - wasn't it just their own Young Master? When killing people, there was no sense of guilt or murderous intent at all, and after killing, there was no trace left in her heart, so naturally, there was no murderous aura on her body either.

  She was certain that Tang NianNian wasn't a pervert and didn't have a twisted mind, but rather was very compatible with the young master of their own household, really very compatible!

  Tang Nian saw that she had no more problems, so she continued to accept Si Ling Gu's feeding on her own. To say the least, habit is a strange and frightening thing. In these days, Tang Nian has completely gotten used to Si Ling Gu's meticulous service, from being a timely person to now being able to idle around with two completely different mentalities.

  Afterwards, Zhu Miaoqi thought of another matter and couldn't help but ask Tang Nian'er with a smile: "Hehe, hehe, Master Mother, when did you give Liu Shi the medicine? I didn't notice at all!"

  Tang Nian's eyes flashed, and she must have noticed when she was drugging Shi Ling Gu. That is to say, this matter is Zhu Miaoqi's own problem. Tang Nian was very realistic, since it had nothing to do with her, she casually responded with an "en".

  Zhu Miao's face suddenly turned ashen, like an eggplant that had been frostbitten - it had withered.

  She thought to herself: The mistress is indeed vengeful, it must be her own rude question just now that made the mistress's attitude change suddenly.