She Was Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [Unlimited] - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Beauty Porcelain (6)

You Have Angered Her

The fierce fire in the kiln was still burning. The sharp, piercing screams echoed in her ears, making Jiang Nan frown and snap back to reality from Luo Ning’s words.

She didn’t understand what Luo Ning meant.

Mother Ci walked past them and sat down at a stone table. As if she was feeling the heat, she gently fanned herself with a delicate round fan embroidered with light purple lotus flowers. The curve of her smile remained the same, dignified and graceful.

“Has anyone made the Beauty Porcelain?”

Her gaze swept over everyone. It lingered on Jiang Nan for a moment. After a hint of something hidden flashed in her eyes, she went directly past Luo Ning and finally landed on Li Feng, who was wrapped in bandages.

Her eyes were as black as ink. Although she was smiling, she seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts, making them not dare to hide anything in front of her.

Li Feng already liked Mother Ci’s face. When he saw her looking at him, he immediately became nervous, thus ignoring the cold malevolence in her eyes.

Then, he ran back into the house, found the thing he had hidden, and carefully placed it on the stone table in front of Mother Ci as if he were presenting a treasure.

Yi Fei’s expression changed when he saw what Li Feng took out. He hid his own calculations, walked over, and said with a look of awe.

“When did you make this, Brother Li? It’s too perfect.”

The system had told them to make the Beauty Porcelain, but it hadn’t forced them to make it in front of Mother Ci. This allowed anyone to take advantage of this loophole and find a suitable Beauty Porcelain outside.

After he finished speaking, he deliberately tried to touch it, but Li Feng treasured it so much that he slapped his hand away. With a proud look on his face, he said to Mother Ci in a fawning tone.

“I went through a lot of trouble for this.”

Yi Fei rubbed his hand, which was now red from the slap. A gloomy look flashed in his eyes, but he didn’t say anything in the end. He looked at the others. The still-crazy and confused Shi Hui could be ignored. The other two, one was toying with the little boy by Mother Ci’s side, and the other was standing there with a gloomy look, not knowing what she was thinking.

Seeing that no one could help him, he could only secretly clench his fists. A hint of jealousy appeared when he looked at the thing on the table, but he quickly hid it.

He remembered the system’s warning last night and Li Feng’s look of impatience when he heard “ashes.” He sneered inwardly but didn’t remind him again, looking at the proud man as if he were a clown.

That was the porcelain Li Feng had stolen from the Lin Manor. The porcelain Buddha was exquisitely crafted. The look in its eyes was filled with compassion for all beings. Under the sunlight, a faint Buddha’s light seemed to shine.

This was undoubtedly far superior to all the other porcelain pieces they had seen on Mother Ci’s display shelf, except for the lotus porcelain.

Jiang Nan’s gaze was not on the porcelain Buddha. Looking up, she saw struggling and twisted black shadows, like souls that had been trapped and were struggling to their deaths.

When Mother Ci’s gaze landed on the porcelain Buddha, the smile on her lips gradually faded. Her fingertips slowly landed on the cold porcelain. As if she was seriously examining it, a flash of crimson appeared in her eyes under her eyelashes.

She looked up at Li Feng again. The smile on her lips became eerie, and she spoke slowly.

“I said that you only have one chance to hand over the final Beauty Porcelain to me.”

Her tone suddenly changed, and the deepening smile made people shiver.

“Are you really sure?”

Li Feng was completely mesmerized by Mother Ci’s face. He hadn’t heard what she said at all. He was very confident in his eye for valuable things, but Mother Ci’s final confirmation made him come back to his senses. He felt a moment of hesitation for no reason.

Yi Fei walked over at this moment, pretending to be envious in front of him. He said.

“Brother Li’s is definitely the only one in this ancient town that can pass. If Brother Li doesn’t want it, you can give it to me.”

His words immediately made Li Feng anxious. He pushed him away and said impatiently.

“Go away, go away. Don’t get in my way.”

Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind. He nodded and said.

“I’m sure, I’m sure. This is my final Beauty Porcelain.”

Mother Ci let out a chuckle. She used the round fan to cover her lips, only revealing the upper half of her peerlessly beautiful face. Her smiling eyes were enough to enchant all beings.

“This porcelain is flawless in both craftsmanship and details, and the material is also one of a kind.”

When Li Feng heard Mother Ci’s high praise, his anxious heart immediately became excited. It was as if he was about to hear the system’s notification the next second.

Later, the system’s voice did indeed ring out in his mind, but it was a warning to him. It immediately made his already pale face, which was due to excessive bl00d loss, covered in a layer of gloom.

【You have angered Mother Ci. Good luck, and try to survive.】

The system’s voice fell, and the sense of oppression around him suddenly intensified, making his heart palpitate with fear.

“Do you think this porcelain Buddha is better than the lotus porcelain on my display shelf?”

Li Feng hadn’t fully recovered from the system’s warning. When he heard Mother Ci’s words, he subconsciously spoke in a fawning tone.

“This is naturally not comparable to yours.”

He thought that by saying what Mother Ci wanted to hear, her anger would subside. However, he heard Mother Ci let out a cold laugh. The disgust in her eyes was unconcealed.

“How dare a broken piece of porcelain from a failed competitor be brought in front of me!”

He slowly met Mother Ci’s beautiful eyes, which were filled with coldness. The crimson pupils and the malevolence underneath grew madly. Her voice was no longer gentle; it became rough and terrifying.

“But I hate his things the most.”

The moment her words fell, Jiang Nan saw that the black shadows floating above the porcelain Buddha seemed to have been squeezed. They were in great pain. Mother Ci’s hand was on the porcelain Buddha, as if she had grabbed its lifeline.

A strong wind blew by. Fallen leaves floated in the air and then fell, as if a judgment was about to come to an end.

The round fan pointed at him. Her red lips spoke coldly and mercilessly.

“As a qualified potter, it’s one thing to do some sneaking and thieving. I can let it go. But you just had to take his thing, and that makes me very unhappy. So, I am revoking your qualification.”

Mother Ci stood up. The wind slightly fluttered her dress. She walked up to Li Feng. A chilling aura came over him. The smell of death filled the air, making his legs instantly go weak and fall to his knees. His bloodless face desperately looked for help from others, but he didn’t get a single response. Despair filled his eyes.

But Mother Ci didn’t seem to have any intention of letting him go. She leaned forward slightly, attached herself to his ear, and whispered, like a devil’s curse.

“I won’t kill you, but you must take it back to that place. Otherwise, when its owner comes, I won’t be able to protect you, my lovely porcelain.”

As her last words fell, she laughed again. The round fan in her hand lightly patted his skinny face.

Li Feng was too scared. He didn’t hear everything Mother Ci said, but he seemed to have caught a glimmer of hope. He stood up trembling. A hint of light appeared in his empty eyes. He muttered to himself and stumbled toward the porcelain Buddha.

“Take it back, right, take it back…”

Mother Ci hid the malevolence in her eyes and returned to her gentle and graceful demeanor, as if the person who had just been a ghost was not her. She looked over the crowd and said.

“This guy broke the rules, but he is your friend after all. You can choose to go with him.”

Li Feng’s hands were trembling so much that he tried many times but couldn’t lift the porcelain Buddha. At this moment, a person’s hand helped him lift the porcelain Buddha.

“I’ll help you.”

He looked at the owner of the voice with gratitude. It was Yi Fei. He quickly grabbed his arm and begged with a trembling voice.

“Help me. I don’t want to go there alone.”

He hadn’t told anyone that the moment he ran out of the door, he had seen a corpse pop out of a coffin behind him. Its lifeless eyes were staring straight at him, which made him not even dare to look at the road as he ran.

Yi Fei pretended to be in a difficult situation and said with hesitation.

“This…”

Seeing his hesitation, Li Feng immediately tightened his grip on his hand and said with agitation.

“Points, my points. I can’t leave. I’ll give you all my points.”

Yi Fei got the benefit he wanted. He then put away his feigned difficulty and nodded in agreement. He even started to comfort the other person.

“Don’t worry, I’ll help you.”

Li Feng seemed to have let out a sigh of relief when he agreed. He said gratefully.

“You’re a good student.”

The boy who had just been given the “good guy” card had a hint of something hidden in his eyes that was hard to detect. Then he smiled.

“Yes, I am.”

Mother Ci walked to the kiln, waiting for the porcelain that was being fired inside.

Jiang Nan saw that there was nothing for her to do and turned to leave. She remembered that when Mother Ci came out, she must have prepared food inside the house.

Although she wasn’t a real player, she was still considered a person in the original instance. It was normal for her to be hungry, not to mention that she hadn’t taken the food from the breakfast stall before coming back.

And she wasn’t afraid of the food being poisonous. The things in the instance could poison a player, but they couldn’t poison her.

Luo Ning saw her leave and also followed, saying with a smile.

“Little Jiang Nan.”

Her voice made the hypocritical people over there look over. Yi Fei looked at the two of them, and a look of calculation instantly flashed in his eyes.

After Jiang Nan entered the house, she did indeed see a table full of food. The steam hadn’t dissipated yet.

She habitually found a corner seat. When she sat down, someone else also sat next to her, watching her as she held a bowl and ate in small bites.

Jiang Nan forcibly ignored Luo Ning’s gaze. Luo Ning, however, said something that made no sense.

“Humans get hungry.”

Luo Ning had mentioned being hungry in the last instance and this one, but when she was really faced with the delicious food in front of her, she didn’t seem to be interested. It was as if she was just curious about other people eating when they were hungry.

Jiang Nan’s hand paused. Just as she was about to look at Luo Ning, she was interrupted by Yi Fei, who had just come in.

“Sisters, how can you still eat?”

Jiang Nan glanced at him indifferently. She saw his self-righteous look and said slowly.

“Because we’re hungry.”

It was a logical answer that made Yi Fei choke on his words. Although he was also very hungry and secretly swallowed his saliva when he saw the food on the table, he quickly spoke again.

“Now is not the time to eat. You saw it, too. That Mother Ci isn’t even human. To clear the instance, we should all unite.”