Chapter 484: 483, it’s about time you gave me back this face (first update)

Chu Jin’s thought process was simple.

Since she was Xuanyuan Shangchen’s fiancée, then he would definitely help her get revenge.

She had tolerated Chu Jin for a long time and today presented the perfect opportunity to wash away her previous shame.

No.

Today, she wanted Chu Jin to disappear from this world forever.

She absolutely would not allow, in this world, for another person to have a face exactly like her own.

She was one of a kind.

If Xuanyuan Shangchen liked her, he might end up liking Chu Jin in the future.

After all, the two of them shared the same face.

Only by getting rid of Chu Jin could she eliminate future troubles once and for all.

With that thought, a smug look flickered across Chu Jin’s eyes.

"Xuanyuan brother, help me." She subtly tugged on Xuanyuan’s sleeve, acting like a bird relying on a person, pitying that she didn’t realize a true sovereign would never showcase such womanly weakness.

She was a remarkable woman from Ancient Times, her chest filled with the world, her heart tied to the common people.

She never needed to use others to get what she wanted.

Nor did she need to rely on a man to live.

Everything she had came from her own hands and strategies.

Chu Jin’s plan to use Xuanyuan Shangchen to eliminate Chu Jin was clearly impossible!

In Xuanyuan Shangchen’s eyes, Chu Jin was nothing more than a person destined to face calamity.

Just like, a tool.

As long as she successfully shielded the sovereign from calamity and served her purpose, she would then become useless.

How could he possibly harm the person he had protected all his life for the sake of such a tool?

"Aren’t you self-proclaimed as the Empress? You run to a man at the first sign of trouble, what kind of Empress is that? A weakling!" Mo Qingyi stood up from the ground and raised her middle finger at Chu Jin.

If they said Chu Jin was the reincarnation of the Empress, she would wholeheartedly agree, but after all this turmoil, for the Empress to turn out to be Wang Xuxu, how could she not be angry?

Mo Qingyi was indeed furious, Duanmu Zhe couldn’t hold her back, and instead, had to stand up with her.

He lightly pressed on her shoulder, just in case she couldn’t control herself.

Meanwhile, the others who were kneeling also stood up.

They were willing to kneel to Chu Jin, after all, she had unmatchable strength, and the air and might of an empress, but Chu Jin? She was several levels lower, to say the least.

Raising a middle finger, one could say, is a highly insulting gesture.

Paired with Mo Qingyi’s expression, it could be said to fully embody the gesture’s disdain.

It was hard not to get angry at that.

"You!" Chu Jin’s face turned alternately green and red with anger and her words came out heedlessly, "You lowlife! Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, why don’t you just take this lowlife away, let her suffer a fate worse than death, send her to meet Lord Yama!"

In that moment, she even forgot to maintain a good image in front of Xuanyuan Shangchen. But then again, it wasn’t her fault; it was just her nature.

"I don’t care about others, but I, Qin Qingchen, only recognize Miss Chu as my master." Qin Qingchen also made his position clear. Their empress was sacred and inviolable; how could it be someone filled with mundane aura, now even speaking such coarse language?

Qin Qingchen was exceedingly loyal. It had been under the misguided influence of Zhang Linzi that he had become an enemy to Chu Jin, but now he had seen through it himself. Thus, he only recognized Chu Jin as his sole master, for this life and beyond.

"Qingchen, have you lost your senses? With things having progressed to this point, can’t you see who our true master is?" Zhang Linzi looked disappointed, finding his junior sister hopelessly disappointing as she recognized a rebel as her master.

"Senior brother, there’s no need to say more, my mind is made up; whether it’s climbing a mountain of swords or descending into a sea of flames." Qin Qingchen’s expression was resolute.

Zhang Linzi sighed helplessly.

How foolish! His junior sister was truly foolish, he sighed, and she would regret it one day.

"Hey, you two are just leaving me behind?" Watching Vermilion Bird and White Tiger, Little Dai felt speechless. So, they both had their own places to be, leaving her unwanted?

She was originally attracted by the imperial aura of the Empress, but now with things having taken this turn, there seemed no need for her to stay. Little Dai turned to Chu Jin, "Chu Jin, I’m leaving too. If you encounter any difficulties, remember to summon me at any time, and I will come at once."

After saying this, Little Dai transformed into a dragon, circling twice above everyone’s heads before ultimately vanishing into the sky.

The sun broke through the clouds, bathing the earth in boundless golden light.

At this moment, the sunlight was just perfect.

"Who would’ve thought I’d have the fortune to witness such a marvel in this lifetime. It wasn’t a wasted trip to this mortal realm." Mo Fengxu laughed contentedly, feeling that this was far more interesting than racing.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, with only Xuanwu not seen.

One could live without regrets.

"Come back! All of you, come back to me! I command you in the name of the Empress to return!" Chu Jin yelled in a fit of pique, but alas, there was no response, be it the White Tiger that had transformed into a white cat or the Vermilion Bird that had become a five-colored feather fan.

Everything seemed to return to the origin, and Xuanyuan Shangchen’s lips curved into a faint smile.

Wasn’t this the outcome he had wished to see?

He had successfully stopped the Ten Great Beasts from returning to their positions.

His Feng’er had already smoothly dodged a calamity.

No one knew what kind of tribulations the return of the Ten Great Beasts would bring to the Sovereign Phoenix.

However, the journey had just begun, and there was still a long way to go.

"Xuanyuan brother, why won’t you help me? They’ve all left? All three Divine Beasts have left; what am I going to use to unify the three realms?" Chu Jin looked at Xuanyuan Shangchen with anxious eyes, "Forget it, you might as well go and take revenge for me. Help me kill this Chu Jin. It’s all her fault. If it weren’t for her, how would the three Divine Beasts have left?"

"If you’re capable, fight me one-on-one. What kind of skill is it to ask a man for help?" Chu Jin slightly arched her eyebrows and continued, "Forget it, both of you come at me together, so that later you can’t claim I bullied anyone." Her lips curled up slightly, her demeanor wicked and arrogant, it was a bit wild.

The totem mark on her forehead disappeared without a trace when no one knew how.

Everything was as if nothing had happened.

Just when everyone thought an unavoidable dispute was imminent.

Xuanyuan Shangchen gave Chu Jin a glance and said coldly, "Apologize to Miss Chu."

Apologize?

Not only Chu Jin was stunned, but everyone around was too. No one had expected Xuanyuan Shangchen to utter such a sentence.

Had he picked up the wrong script?

Logically, shouldn’t he be furiously defending his beloved? Why, instead, was he asking Chu Jin to apologize to Chu Jin?

Chu Jin was also somewhat unable to react. Could it be that she had misunderstood Xuanyuan Shangchen and he was actually a good person?

Looking at him dressed all in black.

It’s hard to imagine him as a good person!

If he were a good person, why would he create a Chu Jin? Wasn’t that just to torment her?

"Xuanyuan brother..." Chu Jin looked at Xuanyuan Shangchen with disbelief, her eyes red and brimming with tears, a sight that would make anyone pity her.

Xuanyuan Shangchen, expressionless, repeated in a cold voice that was full of danger, "Apologize."

Though it was only a brief two words, it sent a shiver down the spine, jolting one’s mind.

This side of him was something Chu Jin had never seen before.

She knew Xuanyuan Shangchen was truly angry now.

But she didn’t understand why Xuanyuan Shangchen’s anger had surfaced. She was his fiancée after all; how could he ask her to apologize to Chu Jin? Especially when she was the one who had been wronged...

Looking at Xuanyuan Shangchen like this, Chu Jin suddenly recalled the scene when she first woke up and saw Xuanyuan Shangchen. Back then, he was like this too, and then without a word, he threw a living person into a pit of snakes.

The person struggled and cried out, but in the end, was gnawed to bone by the poisonous snakes.

She couldn’t forget the despair on that person’s face before death.

The sensation of being entwined and bitten by countless snakes.

And the heart-wrenching cries of that person.

Terror, penetrating to the core.

Yet, even in such circumstances, Xuanyuan Shangchen actually smiled as he finished his Western-style meal.

Therefore, Chu Jin mostly felt fear towards Xuanyuan Shangchen, and with that fear came admiration.

But she didn’t know when it began, Xuanyuan Shangchen suddenly started to care excessively for her. Even her daily life and needs he took care of himself. Gradually, she forgot Xuanyuan Shangchen’s true nature. But today, she suddenly remembered that this man was actually a demon, a Grim Reaper, a ruler who could take her life at any moment.

Thinking this, Chu Jin shivered uncontrollably and then took small steps to approach Chu Jin, whispering, "Miss Chu, I’m sorry."

"You can keep your apology," Chu Jin replied with a slight curl of her lips, her tone crisp, "You know, I’m a particularly petty person. I never like sharing my things with others, especially this face. When I see you parading around with this face, deceiving others, my insides twist uncomfortably. Tell me, what should I do about it..."

As she spoke, Chu Jin reached out to touch Chu Jin’s cheek, her cool fingertips turning into what seemed like the edge of a blade, sharp and capable of peeling away the skin from her face at any moment.

"What do you want to do?" Chu Jin looked at Chu Jin with a pale face, retreating step by step, her steps uncertain, overwhelmed by helplessness. The feeling was too familiar, as though she had returned to the stage of South Bridge No.2 Middle School.

On that day, she was like this, and then she destroyed her own face.

The pain of broken bones, unforgettable for a lifetime!

"My face is my own. What does it have to do with you? Clearly, you’re the one who looks like me. Yes, it’s you. You did it on purpose, trying to look like me. My face is natural. Go away, Xuanyuan brother, save me..." Chu Jin’s voice already carried an evident sob, and in desperation, she turned to Xuanyuan Shangchen for help.

Now, only Xuanyuan Shangchen could save her.

Unfortunately, Xuanyuan Shangchen just stood there, arms crossed, indifferent, showing no intention to help.

The heavy black clothes he wore were tremendously oppressive.

"Xuanyuan, won’t you help her?" Ling Que asked softly from behind Xuanyuan Shangchen, having appeared at some point.

"As long as it makes Feng’er happy, what does a mere skin matter?" Xuanyuan Shangchen’s response was ruthlessly cold.

Upon hearing this, Ling Que’s eyelids drooped to hide the emotions in her eyes.

But, after all, Wang Xuxu was one of the very few people whose fate resembled that of the Sovereign Phoenix, even their Eight Characters were identical. That was the real reason why Xuanyuan Shangchen had chosen Wang Xuxu.

If something unexpected happened to Wang Xuxu, wouldn’t all their previous efforts be in vain?

What exactly was he thinking?

"Don’t worry, Feng’er won’t kill her," Xuanyuan Shangchen said, as if he could see through Ling Que’s doubts and spoke to explain.

Their voices were deliberately lowered, so no one else could hear them.

Ling Que nodded slightly and remained silent.

Chu Jin stumbled backwards, her expression full of panic, her face ghostly pale, her forehead covered with tiny beads of sweat.

Chu Jin pressed on step by step until she cornered Chu Jin against a column, lifting Chu Jin’s chin with her hand, her lips curled slightly, her eyes brimming with endless coldness. She said deliberately, "It’s about time you returned this face to me!"

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