Mystique Soul: A Cultivator's Flame
Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Chapter 41

Feng Jiao Xue stayed within her realm for a few months cultivating waiting for the proper time to strike.

She had Yin Xiao silently observe the turmoil in the palace. As she had expected, Liang feng did not waste any time. He started making his moves one after another.

The officials that was silently waiting for him to die are being pulled down one after another. He started surpressing his siblings that are after the throne, scandal after scandal.

Of course, this pulled a glitch on her plan as she wanted to spread the word about her abuse in the capital to at the very least chip at her uncle’s reputation.

"When are you going to go out?’ Huang jin De asked as she opened her eyes.

"Why?"

"It’s clear that your cultivation have been stagnant for a while now. You’ve reached a bottleneck. Your already at rank 3 but your not moving forward anymore. If you want to achieve Blue Dou Qi or rank four, you improve better during combat" He pointed out.

"I can’t not yet." She shaked her head. "After all, the star of my show is about to arrive" she smirks making Huang Jin De raise a brow.

"Make a plan, imagine every possible way that plan will fail and make a back-up plan for each and imagine how that back-up plan will fail to make a counter" Feng Jiao Xue informed him.

"Sounds convoluted" Huang Jin de dead-pan making Feng Jiao Xue roll her eyes.

"If i can’t slowly chip away their reputation, then i’ll tear it down in one go." She shrugged going back to her cultivation. "Just tell me whe I recieved a letter from the information guild."

Huang Jin De looked at her and sighed. "Forcing yourself to cultivate didn’t work the first time it won’t work again"

"You never know unless you try" Feng Jiao Xue retorted back.

"You did, you almost died. Your trying now and and your not making a progress." Huang Jin De finally grew tired of her stubborness.

"Look, Jiao Xue I know you want to be stronger but you can’t have a break through just because you want to. It takes time and the right opportunity" He continued making her finally sigh.

"Fine, fine" She slumped unelegantly on her rock. "Any news about the auction?"

He shakes his head. "Not yet. Why don’t you work on your magic?’ he suggested but Feng Jiao Xue just handed him the magic book she ’burrowed’ from the Feng Clan’s library.

"Spell to make your hair grow"

"Spell to permanently marked your enemy"

"Spell to make Skin glow. Oh, it meant literally glow"

"Spell to make rocks warm?"

"Spell to clean the floor"

"Want to make your belowed notice your eyes? The eye brightening spell"

"Okay I get it. No wonder these where in the public section" Huang Jin De threw them away.

"Why don’t you hasten your plan to go to that academy we kept hearing about?" He tries again to suggest something useful.

"The entrance tests will be conducted three weeks from now. I won’t be able to make it and the next one is in four months which is the one I plan to take" She sighs.

"I can fly us. My speed should be enough to get us there"

Feng Jiao Xue thought about it before shaking her head, "No, I still have the auction and my second uncle to take care of. Not to mention my grandfather. I already have everything planned out. I want to take care of it first before moving forward."

She stretched before standing up. "I’m going for a stroll to clear my head maybe I can find the right state to make a break through later." she sighed, putting on a veil for her face before vanishing from his sight.

The imperial capital was bustling as always. Merchants loudly promoting their merch, carriages drawn from beasts passing one after another.

"Ah, I can’t wait to hit the hotspring!" A loud sigh drew her attention and saw Chen Rong and his party entering a tavern.

As if sensing her gaze, Mei Lin looked at her direction but Feng Jiao Xue had already walked through the crowds missing the chance for Mei Lin to catch a glimpse of her.

’Looks like their doing well’ She muses her mind briefly wandering to the Icy maiden that had made a great impression on her.

"Thud!"

Feng Jiao Xue frowned as a kid almost bumped on her. "What the-" she looked at the owner of the thin wrist that she had subconsciously grabbed.

"Sister!" The soft cry made her frown as the scrawny kid hugged her.

The ’kid’ have on a rag. His clothes covering almost his entire body and clearly too big for him. His limbs barely have any fat on them and scars littered his body everywhere.

What made Feng Jiao Xue pause however was the beautiful golden eyes looking at her in silent plea. What was even more amazing was the fluffy silver fox ears on top of the unkept white hair and a silver tail tucked between his legs.

"Get that brat!"

Feng Jiao Xue frowned and looked at the sorce of that sound.

A bold man with bulging body and golden jewelries flamboyantly adorning his round physique. A whip in hand.

"Si-sister...." The kid called out hugging her tightly, his small form a fearful quivering wreck. That’s when she noticed the slave collar around his neck.

Feng jiao Xue looked at the kid, her eyes swarming with conflicted emotions.

She tried to push the kid away but he latched on even more.

"Hello, miss. I’m Xu Gang. Ehehe" The merchant, Xu Gang gulped as looked at her body. "I’m sorry, i’ll take care of the little brat. As an appology, perhaps I can invite the Lady for tea"

The hair in Feng Jiao Xue’s arm stood up at the disgusting gaze the man was throwing at him.

"Please..." A barely audible sound came from the boy. "...please don’t let him take me away..." he pleaded, voice as soft and quite as a mosquito but Feng Jiao Xue still heared it clearly.

feng Jiao Xue looks at the boy and the silence stretched as she listened to the silent sob of the kid, his tiny body shaking every so slightly. She can feel a patch on her breast getting colder, wetter.

In the end, Feng Jiao Xue put an arm around the boy.

"You’re a merchant, right?’ She asks porpusely making her voice sound milky and melodic.

Xu Gang nodded enthusiastically. "I sell various pelts if the-"

Feng Jiao Xue put a finger on her lips, standing proudly as she exudes elegance and sophistication.

Butterfly like lashes batted ever so slightly over her charming, pure eyes.

She tried her best to remember how young misses from prominent household acts in this world.

"Jin De, how much is... whatever this beast’s kind is?" She asked in their mind link.

"That’s not a beast. Or technically, his not a beast not fully. Many tries to get a spirit beasts innate characteristics before by mating with them or some are like me and managed to get a human form and married a human at some point creating offsprings." Huang Jin De started to explain.

"No time for a lesson, cut to the chace." She cut him off.

"Usually, a hundred thousand silver coins" He replied. "Your taking in this guy? He looks like he closer to the gates of the after life than the crown prince and that one had on foot on the otherside already before you healed him" He muses factually. "His not going to be of much use to us."

"I’m doing what i had hoped somebody could have done to Lou Xi and me." She replied, her inner tormoil clear in her voice shuting Huang Jin De up.

"I’ll help you refine some pills to nurish him" He grunted.

Feng Jiao Xue gave the merchant a pouch full of gold coins.

"I want this one. He will do well as a source for my amusement" She haugtily told the merchant.

Immediately, the merchant’s eyes bulged out and turned green with greed looking at the pouch.

"I would want to but-" Before he could try to exploit her, she showed him a jade pendant she took from one of the clan’s outer disciple.

"You dare say no to me? Feng Xue?" She asked, porpusely raising her pitch and tilting her head arrogantly upward.

"No, no" The merchant immediately changed his tune. "It’s Xu Gang’s pleasure to conduct business with such a charming young lady" he bowed before looking at her again with eager eyes handing her a ring making Feng Jiao Xue’s brow furrow.

"It’s link to the half-breed’s collar. There should be runes to make sure that the wearer obey’s whoever have the ring" Huang Jin De explained in her mind.

Feng Jiao Xue nodded before taking the ring, glaring coldly when the merchent tried to hold her hand and feel her skin.

"If you have time our shop is nearby. You can come check it out, we have the finest fur clothings" Before he could finish, Feng Jiao Xue already took th boy and left the area.

"Arrogant bitch" Xu Gang’s flattering expresion immediately sour, spitting on the ground Feng Jiao Xue was standing on.