Chapter 59

**Update Time: April 27, 2013**

Yun Mo lowered his head to look at the purple-red leaves embroidered on his sleeve, his mind racing.

This emblem had already revealed the origins of these people to him!

"The four major cities surrounding Purple Leaf City! These people are the ruling nobles from Purple Flower City, Purple Dragon City, Purple Mist City, and Purple Flame City! Absolutely terrifying families with the status of first-class dukes! But they don't seem to be the city lords themselves, so...?"

A flash of insight appeared in Yun Mo's eyes. "Then it must be the direct descendants of these four city lords who have come to the city lord's residence?"

"What a lively scene! I wonder what could have brought so many noble children with such prestigious backgrounds here?" Yun Mo couldn't figure out what important matter could have caused such a gathering.

"None of the city lords or their children are having birthdays, so what's going on?"

Yun Mo's status was too low, and there were many things he couldn't know. Naturally, he couldn't figure it out.

However, one thing was clear to Yun Mo: these people were truly the elite, with the power to decide life and death at a whim!

"I can't afford to provoke them right now, it's safer to stay away!" Yun Mo thought, pulling his younger sister, who had just bought the reserved perfume from the salesgirl, towards the wall with shadows. He didn't want to attract the attention of these people, but his eyes kept watching the street through the open shop door!

The welcoming girls were all nervously bowing in respect! They had never imagined that they would see the core figures of four top noble families in one day, and their hearts were filled with trepidation.

The bustling crowd on the street suddenly seemed to be under a spell, including the guards not on duty, all standing respectfully and saluting the carriages!

A five-year-old girl from a commoner family, out shopping with her mother, curiously watched the tall, beautiful red-eyed demon horses, her little heart full of the desire to touch them! Her mother, a housewife with three children who had never seen much of the world, had already pulled her daughter to the side out of reverence!

Due to her nervousness, she didn't even notice when her precious daughter let go of her hand, and when she realized it, she couldn't find her! The woman became frantic, not daring to make a loud noise so close to the noble procession, she could only push through the crowd, desperately searching for her little girl. Her heart was almost bleeding!

"Have you seen a little girl with a blue headband? She's this tall, five years old, and I can't find her!"

The simple-looking woman gestured with her hands, her voice trembling with tears, asking a guard.

"Didn't see her!" The guard's eyes were fixed on the important person's carriage, his expression a mix of respect and envy, and he answered dismissively.

The woman, disappointed, continued to ask others.

Finally, a kind woman replied, "I think I saw a little girl, oh, she went that way!" She pointed in the direction where the noble procession had just parked their carriages outside the Chenyu Pavilion.

Hearing this, the woman's heart sank, and she strained to look in that direction! Through the gaps in the crowd, she saw a little girl in a coarse, earth-yellow dress with a headband, walking towards the important people, her little finger in her mouth, her big eyes full of curiosity!

"Baby, come back!" The woman immediately realized something and rushed over quickly.

There were too many people, and she was too weak, still far from reaching her.

"Baby!" She called out weakly.

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Yun Mo didn't know the reaction of the people outside; he only saw a small foot in clean white wooden shoes with embroidered flowers step down from the carriage with the purple flower emblem! Then he saw a girl, a girl who almost made him go mad on the spot...

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The carriage had been enchanted with a magical spell, making the sides transparent from the inside out! Fresh air seemed to flow in and out unobstructed, making the carriage feel like a part of nature. On this summer night, the gentle breeze made it particularly pleasant and comfortable!

Her eyes took in the bustling street of Lohga Avenue, the main street of the Purple Leaf City Lord's residence, and the happy smiles and relaxed expressions of the people passing by. Her eyes showed no joy, but a hint of unease!

"If I'm not mistaken, last night, the city lord's residence and Purple Leaf City just went through the most brutal and bloody cleansing!

Thousands of innocent civilians were brutally killed and thrown into prison, countless once-happy families were shattered! When passing through Purple Leaf City, she saw many homes draped in white silk and paper banners, the cries of countless grieving mothers and widows and the sobs of orphaned children piercing her heart, making her restless!

So many lives vanished like broken white bubbles in a pond, so many children lost their families and became orphans. Their fates were dire!

So much blood, so much sin! But why were the guards strolling on Lohga Avenue still smiling? Why were the women in silk and satin, with their faces painted and powdered, still shopping for clothes and jewelry?

Is this world really so heartless? Can this unreasonable hierarchy not be broken? Ignorant people, there is no savior in this world, only self-salvation! Don't you know how to resist, don't you know how to strive?"

Thinking about these things made her angry, made her uncomfortable, and gave her the wild ambition to tear a hole in the sky!

She knew that these thoughts were heretical and shocking! Because of her noble birth, she shouldn't have such thoughts, just as people shouldn't care whether ants live freely and happily!

But she couldn't help but think about these issues because she was different from everyone else!

Because she was a person reborn from another world! Because of the abilities she possessed after her rebirth, she would be different! Although she disliked being different, some things couldn't be avoided, so she had to face them!

She could see the deepest, most hidden things in people's hearts, things they didn't want to see!

Heaven had given her this power, and she had to accept it passively!

"But I really don't like it!" She screamed in her heart, her eyes filled with helplessness.

"I don't like the inequality among people, I don't like the hypocritical, corrupt nobles, I don't like the submissive looks of the common people, and I don't like the colors that represent human nature!"

Crimson like blood, representing cruelty and coldness, that's blood!

Dark like a abyss, representing evil and cunning, that's corruption!

Pink like a demon, representing filth and lust, that's desecration!

And so on! She didn't like any of these, but she couldn't escape them, and because of this ability, she was valued by her family, and her case was even reported to the capital. To learn to control this ability, she would go to the capital for further study this autumn!

She didn't like having her fate arranged by others, she didn't like being a puppet, but she knew she was powerless to change anything! She was in pain, despair, and resentment, and gradually her heart began to numb, and then she closed it off!

"I don't belong to the same world as you, what do I have to talk about with you!"

And that's how she became!

To be precise, she turned into ice! She didn't want to deal with people, didn't want to speak, even to her own brother, she didn't want to acknowledge him! This situation worsened, and her self-isolation and depression made her body extremely weak, almost to the point of death! She had taken countless elixirs, but they were ineffective! This situation made her father, the 'City Lord of Purple Flower City,' extremely worried, which led to the four families coming to the Purple Leaf City Lord's residence today! Because according to reliable information, the Purple Leaf City Lord, whom the four families despised but feared, had successfully broken through his bottleneck and would emerge from his seclusion in the next day or two!

And breaking through to that level of cultivation could transmit a strange energy—'joy'—into another person's body!

How this power was generated was incomprehensible to those who hadn't reached that level, but that wasn't important. What was important was that this power could save the life of the girl who was withering away!

Besides the City Lord of Purple Flower City's deep love for his daughter, the most important point was that this young daughter possessed a talent that could ensure the family's prosperity! Although in recent years she had always been innovative, designing her own clothes and shoes, and although she preferred to do things herself rather than command her servants, and although after a serious illness at the age of five, she had become a different person, no longer as close to her parents and siblings, these things were not important. What was important was the family's honor! Therefore, the City Lord of Purple Flower City, despite his pride, asked the other three city lords to send their direct descendants to accompany his daughter to Purple Leaf City for medical treatment!

For this matter, the City Lord of Purple Flower City had secretly promised great benefits to Purple Leaf City! And after careful consideration, the City Lord of Purple Leaf City, who was in seclusion, agreed to the request of this old rival! "It's better to resolve conflicts than to hold grudges, perhaps this is an opportunity to improve relations with the surrounding nobles!"

That's what the City Lord of Purple Leaf City thought.

It's better to act early than late! So these people came in the rain this morning and stayed in the guesthouse of the city lord's residence, which was specifically for receiving VIPs.

But when night fell, the girl who was on the verge of death made a request: to go shopping on Lohga Avenue and buy some cosmetics! Her eldest brother, the 'next City Lord of Purple Flower City,' who doted on her, of course, didn't refuse, so they came to the Chenyu Pavilion!

So the girl, supported by her brother, got out of the carriage, and then she saw a pair of eyes. A pair of eyes that were different from everyone else in this world...

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Yun Mo saw a little girl! A girl of about fourteen or fifteen, with a slender and weak body, but not a small chest, and a very pretty face, though her complexion was a bit pale and her black hair a bit sparse! She was wearing a blue silk dress! The moment he saw the dress, Yun Mo's eyes widened! He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully.

"Right, tight-fitting, waist-cinching, hip-lifting, following the body's curves!" Even the pink and white orchids embroidered on the blue silk didn't catch Yun Mo's attention; he was looking at the style!

"Is this a Manchu princess's cheongsam? Not the modern high-slit cheongsam, but the kind that often appears in Qing dynasty court dramas!" Yun Mo's head started to spin, and as he looked into the girl's deep, unfathomable black eyes, he suddenly felt an urge to cry!

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