The Family Head of This Generation (Girls' Love) - Chapter 11

“Auntie, how is the Eldest Princess?” Zhao Ziyan asked, without the slightest fluctuation in her eyes, calmly wiping the bl00d from her sword, as if the dead person lying on the ground had nothing to do with her.

“Her life is not in danger, but she lost too much bl00d and is currently unconscious. Ziyan, Auntie thinks you are more worthy of my concern right now.”

Zhao Wenxiu looked worriedly at Ziyan, but seeing Zhao Ziyan’s expressionless face left her helpless. If Zhao Ziyan had shown fear or fright after her first kill, Zhao Wenxiu would not have to worry too much, because those were the after-effects of killing for the first time. Her master’s first lesson to her was killing, but afterward, she spent three whole days in panic and fear. She had none of Zhao Ziyan’s current indifference and composure, as if she had already killed tens of thousands, and all that remained was numbness. Zhao Ziyan seemed to be born for killing.

“Ziyan is fine. Thank you for your concern, Auntie,” Zhao Ziyan said reassuringly as she put away the flying sword in her hand.

Taking out a sixth-grade pill, the Purple Essence Pill, from the space and feeding it to the Eldest Princess, excessive bleeding could also kill. She did not want to save the Eldest Princess only for her to die from excessive bleeding; then she would never be able to hold her head up again. Moreover, she knew Zhao Wenxiu was worried about her current state, but… the pretense was already set. Seeing Zhao Wenxiu’s star-struck eyes filled with admiration, she felt too embarrassed to say that she actually hadn’t reacted to the killing yet.

“Auntie, you carry the Eldest Princess. Let’s find a safe place to rest first. When the Eldest Princess wakes up, we’ll leave.” The corpse lying on the ground made Zhao Ziyan feel horrified. Restraining the urge to vomit, Zhao Ziyan didn’t want to stay here for another minute.

“Auntie, why aren’t you leaving yet?” Seeing her aunt still standing in place, looking at her with an innocent expression, Zhao Ziyan asked, puzzled. Was there some treasure here that she hadn’t discovered?

“Heavy.”

A slender, delicate finger pointed calmly at the Eldest Princess lying on the ground, whose life or death was uncertain. Zhao Wenxiu uttered a word that would make all women feel ashamed: “Heavy.” When Zhao Ziyan threw the Eldest Princess to her just now, she had already weighed the Eldest Princess. Carrying her for a long distance would definitely be counterproductive. This kind of heavy work should be left to her thick-skinned little niece!

“…”

Zhao Ziyan carried the Eldest Princess lying on the ground horizontally, not even sparing her aunt a glance. A woman so sharp-tongued, no wonder no one wanted her so far. Zhao Ziyan ignored her feigned pitiful expression and walked straight ahead. She regretted that she thought her aunt’s drunken allure was cute yesterday. Sure enough, the prettier the woman, the better she can deceive people. Now she finally understood: her aunt was a lazy, gluttonous, sharp-tongued, and scheming woman, lacking all the proper virtues a woman should have.

“Ziyan, don’t be angry! Auntie is very delicate. Since childhood, my master never let Auntie do any heavy work. Ziyan, do you still have the pill you just gave the Eldest Princess? Auntie doesn’t need too many, just give Auntie one hundred or eighty pills first.”

Zhao Wenxiu lifted a brilliant smile, shamelessly tugging at Zhao Ziyan’s sleeve. After seeing the efficacy of that pill, Zhao Wenxiu was instantly tempted. If she had this pill, she wouldn’t be afraid of dying from excessive bl00d loss. If she had this pill, she could confidently and boldly challenge the Demon Realm’s legions.

The efficacy of this pill was so strong; there had never been a medicine with such miraculous effect in the history of the Cang Yi Continent. She didn’t know where her little niece got it from. Could it be a gift from her mysterious and powerful hermit master? The Eldest Princess, who was still suffering from excessive bl00d loss and could cross the line of death at any moment, not only stopped bleeding after taking one pill, but the knife wounds and sword scars on her body also healed quickly. Zhao Wenxiu felt that she could lose face, but the pills must all be collected.

“Zhao Wenxiu, you are truly a disgrace to our Zhao family.”

Zhao Ziyan took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth. She was almost driven to break her composure by Zhao Wenxiu’s shamelessness. Did she think a sixth-grade pill was easy to obtain? And she was asking for one hundred or eighty pills! Wuchenzi only left behind three bottles of Purple Essence Pills. If they were used up, Zhao Ziyan would probably have to refine them herself. Medicinal herbs are easy to find, but master alchemists are rare.

The alchemy system of the Cang Yi Continent was completely different from the cultivation world. If she wanted to mass-produce pills, she would have to start training from scratch. Zhao Ziyan knew how to refine pills, but with her current skill level, she could only refine pills below the fourth grade. For higher-grade pills, her zhenyuan couldn’t sustain it.

“Ziyan, Auntie is willing to trade with you. How about one hundred mid-grade spirit crystals for one? Wait, as the Head of the Zhao Family, you probably don’t lack spirit crystals. Wuwuwu… Then what should I do? Ziyan, how about I trade myself for one hundred or eighty pills?”

“…”

“When I was sixteen, the people who came to propose marriage almost trampled the threshold of our house. Trading me is definitely worth it. Ziyan, please agree. I can warm the bed and fight for you.”

“…”

“Ziyan, just agree to Auntie! Auntie is yours. Having a Saint as your concubine is very prestigious, isn’t it? Ziyan, it hurts every time I get injured. Ziyan doesn’t feel sorry for Auntie at all.”

…

Rolling her eyes, listening to the increasingly absurd declarations next to her, Zhao Ziyan finally completely succumbed to Zhao Wenxiu’s shamelessness. Thinking of Zhao Wenxiu living alone and lonely in the Southern Frontier, Zhao Ziyan finally softened her heart and equally divided the remaining three bottles of high-quality healing pills, giving two bottles to Zhao Wenxiu. When her cultivation improved in the future, she would no longer lack pills, so giving a few bottles to her aunt now wasn’t a huge loss.

The Southern Frontier had always been synonymous with chaos. It was the territory of the Demon and Monster Races. The spatial passages between the Demon Realm, the Monster Realm, and the Human Realm were located in the Southern Frontier. If the Demon Realm and the Monster Realm wanted to invade the Human Realm, the first stop would definitely be to occupy the Southern Frontier. As the human Saint who suppressed the passage between the Demon and Monster Realms, Zhao Wenxiu was often subjected to assassination, so Zhao Wenxiu was frequently injured. Otherwise, Zhao Ziyan wouldn’t have generously given her two bottles out of pity.

“Ziyan, the Eldest Princess is awake. Hurry and feed her some water.”

Zhao Wenxiu, who was in a great mood, sat on a smooth stone, crossing her straight and attractive white legs, excitedly directing Zhao Ziyan, who was practicing her swordsmanship. Her niece was really sensible. She only needed to pretend to be pitiful to get two bottles of such precious pills. It seemed that if she wanted to take advantage of Zhao Ziyan again, she must continue to act pitifully. To think that she, the noble and sacred Four Saints of the Southern Frontier, admired by countless people, now had to try hard to pretend to be a pitiful white lotus. This was a first for the usually dominant Zhao Wenxiu.

“Go yourself. I need to practice my sword.” Zhao Ziyan flatly refused. She could indulge her family infinitely, but that didn’t mean she would be full of love for strangers. She didn’t know the Eldest Princess, and she didn’t need to gain anything from the Eldest Princess.

“But Ziyan, Auntie is afraid of bl00d! The Eldest Princess is dirty, and her face is splattered with bl00d. Auntie is scared.” The overly sweet and shy tone of Zhao Wenxiu’s coquettish speech was enough to make anyone who heard it feel weak in the knees.

Zhao Ziyan coldly glanced at the woman who was acting spoiled and continued to practice her sword, ignoring her. If the famous Gu Saint of the Southern Frontier said she was afraid of bl00d, it would be like a harlot claiming to be a virgin—all meant to amuse the world. Zhao Ziyan had seen Zhao Wenxiu deal with traitors many times. Zhao Wenxiu could casually bring out several methods to torture people until they wished for death but couldn’t die. Zhao Ziyan had never seen an enemy’s corpse leave the Gu Saint Mansion intact. In the Southern Frontier, the formidable reputation of the Gu Saint Zhao Wenxiu was earned through a mountain of corpses and a sea of bl00d. For such a notorious existence to sweetly claim she was afraid of bl00d…

Zhao Ziyan, who was immersed in practicing her sword, naturally didn’t see the cunning glint in Zhao Wenxiu’s eyes when she ignored her.

In today’s battle, Zhao Ziyan realized her shortcomings. Her zhenyuan was strong enough, and her attack power was high, but her swordsmanship was not skillful enough. Those three martial generals, who were suppressed to the Transcendence Realm, could have been killed with just three simple sword moves, given the finesse and power of the Star Sect’s swordsmanship. However, because her swordsmanship was too poor and her zhenyuan was not concentrated enough, she wasted a lot of zhenyuan. If one day she could freely apply the zhenyuan within her body to her sword, then her swordsmanship would be considered a minor success, and challenging opponents beyond her cultivation level would be as easy as eating a regular meal.

“Ziyan, Auntie has been seen completely naked by you, and you won’t take responsibility! If you don’t marry me, I’ll tell Father and have him seek justice for me!” Zhao Wenxiu shyly walked up to Zhao Ziyan, acting like a delicate maiden. She acted as if she was already his and he needed to cherish her, which startled Zhao Ziyan and made her immediately retract her sword stance.

“Shut up! I’ll go feed her water.”

Zhao Ziyan, whose sword stance was interrupted, was about to furiously erupt, but seeing Zhao Wenxiu’s coquettish face and eyes filled with glistening tears, her anger immediately subsided. She knew she was faking it, yet she couldn’t get angry.

“Gugugugu.”

Zhao Ziyan half-lifted the Eldest Princess’s body and brought the bowl of clear water to her. Only after the Eldest Princess drank most of the bowl did Zhao Ziyan take the bowl away. The Eldest Princess was just too exhausted from excessive bl00d loss. After resting for a night, her energy would recover, and with the medicinal power contained in the Purple Essence Pill, the Eldest Princess would probably be able to fight her enemies for another three hundred rounds tomorrow.

“Cough, cough. I am Feng Qinyue. I am eternally grateful for the life-saving grace of you two. If one day the two benefactors visit the Imperial Capital, Qinyue will definitely welcome you.”

Feng Qinyue coughed lightly, then said haltingly in a hoarse voice that she would repay the kindness. She was somewhat conscious when she was in a coma and knew she was being held in someone’s arms. Since she was five, she had been taught that she would be King one day, that she could not be weak, and that no matter how powerful the enemy was, she must be strong.

But this time, she was surprisingly weak. Perhaps it was because of her serious injuries, or perhaps the arms holding her were not broad but very warm, making her feel safe. These were all things her courtiers could not give her. Feng Qinyue felt a little self-mocking. She didn’t even know who saved her, yet she was already longing for this warmth…

Being chased for two days and two nights in the Haotian Secret Realm had already exhausted her, but she didn’t dare to completely fall into darkness, afraid that she would never wake up again and be found by her enemies.

Betting on the one chance of being rescued, she swung her sword again and again, slaying powerful enemies again and again, and finally waited for the person who saved her.

“I am A Yan, and the one with me is my Auntie A Xiu. Seeing injustice on the road and drawing a sword to help—since we met, it is fate. We naturally wouldn’t stand by and watch you die. We martial artists act on our impulses of gratitude and resentment. What happens in the Jianghu stays in the Jianghu. Miss Qinyue, don’t take this small matter to heart.”

Zhao Ziyan put away her cold nature and showed a gentle smile on her face. Isn’t it true that gentle and refined people are the easiest to gain favor from? She was the Head of the Zhao Family, not a reckless brute who only knew how to bury herself in cultivation. The education she received from a young age was that no one was useless.

One more friend meant one more path. If the Eldest Princess could ascend to the throne one day, befriending her in advance would also be a blessing. If the Eldest Princess failed, she had not given her real name, so the new emperor would not be able to vent anger on the Zhao family. In a short moment, various thoughts flashed through Zhao Ziyan’s mind. Being the Head of the Family was indeed troublesome. Massive resources could increase cultivation faster, but as the Head of the Zhao Family, there were also more constraints and rules. Everything had to be family-first.