The Family Head of This Generation (Girls' Love) - Chapter 1

“It’s finally coming to an end.”

“Three hundred years of muddle-headedness, and now I am still vanquished. I am unwilling!”

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At night, the sky was pitch-black and heavily pressed down. The bustling street, usually lively, was empty due to the fierce assault of the heavy rain and strong winds. The rain poured down, and the cries of unknown night birds were mournful, as if foretelling the imminent arrival of disaster.

A dazzling purple lightning bolt streaked across the sky, and a beautiful woman’s figure suddenly appeared on the street. The splashing sound of her feet stepping in the water broke the momentary silence brought by the heavy rain on the street.

“Damn weather. There wasn’t even a hint of rain when I went out, and then it changed just like that.”

Zhao Ziyan ran drenched in the heavy rain. It was almost ten o’clock. If she didn’t hurry back to school, she would probably have to sleep on the street tonight. This terrible weather—there wasn’t even a single car on the street. She was very poor and couldn’t afford the eighty-yuan-a-night dodgy guesthouse for the time being. If she was even unluckier and caught a cold and fever sleeping on the street, this month’s living expenses would probably all be spent on medicine.

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“Heh heh… Wuchenzi, hand over the Immortal Artifact, and I will leave you a complete corpse. Otherwise, this Old Ancestor will make your soul scatter and vanish.”

“Dream on! Even if I die, I will not hand over the Immortal Artifact to you.”

“Stubborn fool. Today, this Old Ancestor will let you die knowing why. There are also levels among Nascent Soul stage cultivators! Dying by the hands of this Old Ancestor, let you be a ghost who dies knowingly. Do you know who informed me that you possess the Immortal Artifact? Hahaha… it’s the woman you were willing to guard with your life.”

“Impossible! How could Yue’er betray me? You are trying to disrupt my mind. How could I fall for it?”

“Idiot.”

The man wrapped in a black robe was hidden in the black mist. His dry, skeletal fingers formed complex hand seals, and he shouted loudly, “Raise the Great Array! Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul! Wuchenzi, today I will make sure you die without a complete corpse, and your Nascent Soul will forever be imprisoned in the array, suffering the torment of ten thousand ghosts devouring your soul every day.”

The atmosphere in the void was eerie with ghostly energy. Vicious ghosts wailed and rushed recklessly toward the person trapped in the array. The Soul Devouring Old Ancestor was famous because of the Soul Devouring Array, and countless cultivators had died in it. Wuchenzi knew that it would be difficult to escape the poisonous hand today. Thinking that he would become a mindless vengeful ghost controlled by the Soul Devouring Old Ancestor, just like the cultivators who died in the array, Wuchenzi’s heart sank. In despair, he finally gritted his teeth, gathering all his strength to drag the Soul Devouring Old Ancestor down with him, even in death.

“Reverse Yin and Yang! Sacrifice the Body! Explode! Soul Devouring Old Ancestor, even in death, I will drag you down with me!”

“Wuchenzi, you’re crazy! Ah! I will make you die!”

With a loud boom, the Great Array was instantly ripped apart by an infinite surge of spiritual energy. The Soul Devouring Old Ancestor, the controller of the Great Array, also had his Nascent Soul injured due to the array’s destruction. His withered body, wrapped in a black robe, was also shattered by the spiritual energy explosion, and bl00d dripped onto the void. Meanwhile, Wuchenzi’s body was completely reduced to dust in the massive explosion.

“Is that really a meteor? That’s unscientific!”

Zhao Ziyan looked at the glittering meteors streaking across the sky. The unscientific phenomenon of meteors appearing during lightning and thunder made Zhao Ziyan completely forget about rushing back to school, and she stood frozen in place. In the instant she was stunned, a dazzling meteor with a long tail struck Zhao Ziyan’s head with perfect aim. Zhao Ziyan vanished from the spot before she could even utter a scream.

“Ziyan, Ziyan, your mother will never force you again! Don’t scare me like this!…”

A beautiful woman cried like a weeping willow, carefully leaning against the bedside, constantly wiping the tears from her face with a handkerchief.

“Water… water… water… so thirsty.”

“Ziyan, you’re awake! I knew Ziyan wouldn’t abandon her mother. Wuwuwu, Ziyan, here, drink some water, slowly.”

“Mother, don’t cry. Ziyan is fine.”

Zhao Ziyan used her hoarse voice to comfort the beautiful woman, whose tears fell like raindrops. Even before waking up, she heard the soft weeping by her ear. Zhao Ziyan, who had completely merged with the body’s memory, knew from the sound that the weeping woman was the former mistress of this family, the mother of this body.

Zhao Ziyan didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. A meteor had killed her, but instead of going to the underworld for reincarnation, she directly transmigrated to another continent. It’s said that great misfortune is followed by great fortune, but this fortune was too absurd for Zhao Ziyan. She had enough to eat and wear, the family was extremely wealthy, and the entire family, with hundreds of people, had to follow the orders of this body. Logically, with such a good family background, the former owner of this body shouldn’t have jumped into the lake, allowing her to transmigrate.

But the unfortunate thing was that this continent respected martial arts, and the owner of this body was born with blocked meridians, destined not to practice martial arts in this life. As the last heir of the Zhao family, she naturally took over the head-of-the-family position after her father died. At the age of sixteen, a rebellious age, the reason for the attempted suicide by jumping into the lake this time was being mocked and taunted by the daughter of an old rival all afternoon. The former owner, in her rebellious phase, impulsively jumped into the lake on the way home.

Fortunately, the lake the former owner jumped into was the notorious Black Water Lake, where not a single blade of grass grew, not even a single fish fry. Otherwise, she probably wouldn’t have waited for the Zhao family to send people to salvage her but would have been directly fed to the fish.

“Mother, I’m fine now. You should go back and rest, too. Ziyan will be fine after a few more days of rest.”

In the memories Zhao Ziyan had merged with, her mother had never been so haggard. Even when her father died, her mother hadn’t cried so sadly. Now, crying like a weeping willow, she was probably genuinely scared.

An entire month quickly passed in a blink of an eye. Zhao Ziyan also recovered from her physical weakness and began wandering energetically in the Zhao family mansion. In her previous life, she had always lived a tight life and couldn’t even afford to buy an outfit she liked. In this life, she could finally enjoy herself. She had been nourished with bird’s nests and shark fins these days, and she was visibly being fattened up, so Zhao Ziyan had to give up the good life of staying home.

“Ziyan, it’s cold outside.”

“Mother, why aren’t you handling the clan affairs today? Those old fogeys probably want to make things difficult for you again!”

The beauty came gracefully with the scent of flowers. Zhao Ziyan smiled and wrapped the cape around the beauty’s shoulders. Her beautiful mother was definitely a rare beauty in her prime. Although she no longer had the youthful beauty of the past, she had a maturity and gentleness that young girls lacked. Her every move was alluring and noble, making one’s heart flutter just by looking at her.

“Oh, you! How would the elders dare to make things difficult for your mother? You just think your mother is busy with clan affairs all day and doesn’t have time to accompany you, so you complain about those elders all the time.”

“Mom~”

Zhao Ziyan drew out the tone, especially enjoying the days of a mother’s care. She was an orphan in her previous life and had never experienced a mother’s care. This life fulfilled her childhood dream of having a mother.

“Mother, can you teach me martial arts? Ziyan also wants to be as powerful as Father and be able to protect Mother.”

After a month of adjustment, Zhao Ziyan finally completely took control of this body that originally didn’t belong to her. She also understood why the former Zhao Ziyan committed suicide by jumping into a lake after being mocked a few times. In a world where martial arts were respected, not having strong martial power was equivalent to being a cripple. Even with a powerful family background, it still couldn’t change the contempt people held deep down.

“Ziyan, it’s my fault. If I hadn’t injured my body when I was pregnant with you, Ziyan wouldn’t have been born with a congenital deficiency.” Shang Luo said sadly. Only she knew the deep guilt in her heart.

“Don’t cry. It’s Ziyan’s fault. Ziyan won’t learn martial arts.”

Seeing her beautiful mother’s eyes instantly turn red, Zhao Ziyan immediately became flustered and comforted her. She didn’t know her beautiful mother had such a past. If she had known, Zhao Ziyan would definitely not have brought up learning martial arts.

“Mother, please stop crying. If you cry any longer, Mother’s tears will flood the Zhao mansion. Then those old fogeys will come looking for money from Mother to repair the mansion.”

“Ziyan only knows how to amuse her mother. How could I flood the Zhao mansion with tears? Why did Ziyan suddenly think of learning martial arts? Did some servant with no sense say something again?”

Amused by Zhao Ziyan’s humorous words, Shang Luo smiled, then suddenly remembered something, and her face instantly darkened. She almost lost her daughter once and absolutely would not tolerate any talkative servant provoking Ziyan again.

“What? Really?”

Shang Luo joyfully placed her jade finger on Zhao Ziyan’s pulse. Subsequently, the surprise in her eyes spread across her face. She would definitely not be mistaken. When Zhao Ziyan was little, her meridians were completely blocked, but now, Zhao Ziyan’s meridians were not only all cleared but spiritual energy was also continuously pouring into Zhao Ziyan’s dantian. The spiritual energy vortex in the Sea of Qi in the dantian was exceptionally pure. If it weren’t for the small amount, people might even believe that Zhao Ziyan had the strength of a Great Warrior.

“Mother, can I also cultivate?”

Zhao Ziyan asked cautiously. Although she could tell it was good news from the joy on her beautiful mother’s face, Zhao Ziyan was still afraid of hearing bad news from her beautiful mother’s mouth. While she, Zhao Ziyan, didn’t want to become a Martial Saint or Martial God admired by all, she also didn’t want to be looked down upon and be called a cripple right to her face.

“Yes, Ziyan, Ziyan, you can also cultivate!”

Shang Luo was overjoyed and embraced Zhao Ziyan tightly. Tears streamed down and soaked into Zhao Ziyan’s neck. How long had she been longing for this day? She owed this child. If she hadn’t been seriously injured back then, Zhao Ziyan wouldn’t have been unable to cultivate due to congenital deficiency and been looked down upon for sixteen whole years.