The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 512 - 516 Beast Taming Queen (Six)

Chapter 512: Chapter 516 Beast Taming Queen (Six)

They were lucky, but Mei Gui’s plight filled their hearts with unease, and a good number of doubts permeated their minds.

To hit someone in the face is, after all, the favorite pastime of petty women.

The extent of the injuries on Mei Gui’s face indicated that the culprit had been exceptionally cruel.

The question was, in a forest full of assailants, could there be a Fierce Beast that was so personable, so fond of hitting people in the face?

Or had their junior sister encountered another group of Cultivators?

Regardless of the situation, it wasn’t one that those of their meager abilities could afford to linger in.

When he finally calmed down to think, the eldest disciple, too, regretted that in his confusion he had agreed to Mei Gui’s request to go out and gain experience.

Somehow, like he had been bewitched, he had even brought along Xue Jian and Xue Xu.

With their present abilities, they weren’t even allowed to leave the sect to walk outside, and it was fortunate that nothing serious had happened to Xue Jian, otherwise he would have been torn apart by Master Xue.

Xue Jian was his most cherished daughter.

The more powerful the Cultivator, the more distant the chance of having offspring; Heavenly Dao is fair after all. Cultivators had already gained immense power; if they could also reproduce freely, wouldn’t the whole world become chaotic?

It had been quite a struggle to have Xue Jian at an advanced age of several hundred years old with his partner; naturally, he would dote on this only child of his.

Xue Xu, seeing the eldest disciple rush to hold Mei Gui in his arms, felt his emotions churn and a hint of displeasure surfaced on his face. He followed closely behind the two, completely forgetting he had a fiancée to look after.

Xue Jian trailed at the rear, fidgeting with her fingers, her eyes filled with annoyance as she glared at the backs of those ahead, hating Mei Gui to her very bones for seducing her brother’s affections.

The last twist of her contorted face appeared clearly in Su Li’s right eye.

It wasn’t Su Li who saw it, but rather, through the eyes of that Little Cup Insect.

"Help her..."

The original owner’s soul was gone, but her body still retained memories.

Su Li sighed deeply.

Whether it was the original owner or Xue Jian, who had died by the original owner’s hands in her past life, despite their flaws, both were good children, and neither deserved such a tragic fate.

The Little Cup Insect clinging to Mei Gui released an invisible fine thread, winding tenderly around Xue Jian.

The sticky substance secreted along the thread also clung to Xue Jian’s skin.

Those at the front, preoccupied with hastening their journey and worrying about the semi-conscious Mei Gui, failed to notice that Xue Jian suddenly clutched her head, looking bewildered for a moment.

Pictures flitted rapidly through the depths of her eyes.

She had seen...

In a moment of intense emotional turmoil, her eyes bloodshot as she stared hard at the figures ahead.

A gaze filled with hatred enough to incinerate a person caught the attention of the eldest disciple, sensitive to emotional cues, and he halted his haste toward the sect.

He turned his head, puzzled, and asked the junior sister, "Xue Jian, what is the matter with you?"

Xue Xu, displeased with the eldest disciple’s actions, urged impatiently, "What could be wrong with her? Eldest brother, let’s hurry back. We don’t even know if anything else has happened to Mei Gui; we should get her back quickly for Sect Leader to examine."

Xue Xu, concerned only for Mei Gui, glanced fleetingly at his fiancée and junior sister with a look full of disapproval and unhappiness.

"Xue Jian, throwing a fit is all about timing; don’t be willful now."

Xue Jian’s possessiveness had previously filled him with satisfaction, but now it became a source of trouble, and his tone carried a clear impatience.

In a matter of mere breaths, Xue Jian’s gaze shifted from hate to utter indifference, yet it felt as if she had experienced a lifetime.

A glance that spanned millennia—what she saw was not millennia, but the few years that remained until her death.

Su Li had merely extracted the memories of the original owner related to this girl and shared them with Xue Jian through the centipede.

Sufficient pain had hastened her growth.

The naivety and purity born of being pampered, like ice and snow melting, rapidly dissipated from her eyes.

Xue Jian laughed self-mockingly and said to her senior brother, "It’s fine, let’s continue on our journey. I’m eager to see father as well."

Hearing Xue Jian mention their master, Xue Xu pursed his lips and swallowed the reprimands he had intended for his junior sister.

Xue Xu’s demeanor at this moment made Xue Jian’s heart grow even colder.

How foolish she had been, to lose her true self for a man, and to do so many disappointing things to her family.

Fortunately, none of it had come to pass yet.

Suddenly, Xue Jian looked up and said, "Thank you."

Thank you for awakening me.

Whatever being in the forest allowed her to see the future events, for whatever reason, she still chose to trust.

It was laughable that, though it was Xue Xu’s fault, the future her had blamed everything on Mei Gui; now she knew she was wrong.

She would no longer oppose Mei Gui, but at the same time, she couldn’t bring herself to like Mei Gui.

She would cease targeting Mei Gui as long as it didn’t touch upon herself.

Xue Xu could do as he pleased, but she intended to tell her parents everything.

Her fondness for Xue Xu was the reason he received more resources than the other brothers upon first entering the sect.

She had once thought that Xue Xu must like her as well, otherwise, why would he accept everything as it developed?

Sadly, Xue Xu enjoyed the benefits of her dedication while simultaneously resenting her coercion.

Especially knowing that her parents ultimately became traitors to the entire sect and died at the hands of a powerful Great Demon, Mei Gui, all for revenge on her behalf, she deeply loathed herself.

For the sake of an unworthy man, she had implicated her own parents, causing them to lose their lives.

She always felt a sense of malice in Mei Gui, and in the future she had seen, although her father had reached the Mahayana Realm and was several Realms above Mei Gui, he was still never able to successfully pursue her. Instead, Mei Gui became stronger with each battle, as if her Realm soared like a skyrocket.

Her growth was too rapid, surpassing what could be described as sinister.

It was as if her father had become her whetstone, her stepping stone... This was the real reason she decided not to hold a grudge against her opposition.

Xue Xu was unaware that in just a short while, the person he thought he had firmly under control had already slipped from his grasp, silently planning to dissolve their engagement upon her return.

Su Li felt that by sharing the memories of the future with Xue Jian, she had done all she could in terms of benevolence and righteousness. What Xue Jian would choose to do thereafter was her own business.

Even though the original owner felt guilt towards her, Su Li was not the original owner, and she did not have as much sympathy to spare for others. The only reason she had acted so obligingly was that she thought it a pity for them.

But if Xue Jian still failed to see the truth, she could blame no one else.

You reap what you sow.

If she chose to confront others, she had to be prepared to face retaliation. While the consequences may not have been deserved, the cause was still her own doing.