Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 549, where are you? (second update)

Chapter 549: 549, where are you? (second update)

Indeed, she was an extraordinary woman; even after being captured, she remained so calm and composed! If it were someone else, they probably would have begged for mercy by now, right?

Chu Jin slightly narrowed her eyes, flicked her fingertips gently, and quietly gathered the spiritual power within her body, summoning the purple lightning to her right hand!

Success or failure! In this one strike!

Chu Jin bent her right elbow sharply and slammed it into the man’s chest, with bolts of lightning striking rapidly at his chest!

The man clearly didn’t expect such a turn of events!

He was momentarily stunned, his fox-like eyes filled with disbelief!

Seizing this opportunity, Chu Jin performed a whirlwind kick on one leg, moving laterally forward! A high whirlwind kick! She kicked the gun out of the man’s hand up into the air!

As the saying goes, it was slower to tell but faster to see., fast! fierce! accurate!

The man scrambled to grasp the gun, but Chu Jin struck his wrist with the tip of her umbrella! Then a playing card flew, nailing the gun in the air straight into the snowy white wall!

Everyone inhaled sharply!

Those present had never seen such a formidable woman before! Nor had they seen their wise Second City Lord at a disadvantage against a woman!

No! It should be said like this: never had any woman dared to confront the Second City Lord directly!

This woman in front of them must be the first.

The Second City Lord was also full of shock! He hadn’t expected that a woman could have such agile movements and explosive power!

It seemed he had underestimated her!

Quite an interesting character.

The Second City Lord narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold and ruthless look flitting across his eyes!

Whoever invades Lawless City shall be executed without exception!

He quickly recovered, launching another attack in Chu Jin’s direction! His moves were ferocious and lethal! This time, he left no room for mercy!

Chu Jin also used the full extent of her lightning superpower, entangling with the man in midair!

For a time, the victor was indistinguishable!

Just then, a shadowy figure joined the fierce battle!

By the silhouette and attire, one could tell that it must be a woman.

Two against one!

And the newcomer was a master too, her coordination with the Second City Lord was impressively in sync. With just a glance, they knew each other’s intentions! Chu Jin gradually could no longer cope, forced to defend without any chance to attack!

The woman took the opportunity while Chu Jin fought with the Second City Lord, sending a chilling dart towards Chu Jin’s lower leg!

Chu Jin felt a piercing pain in her knee, followed by her oil-paper umbrella being snatched away! Another dart flew at her, but this time Chu Jin was prepared! She kicked up her leg, and the dart shot back towards the woman!

In that brief moment, the Second City Lord struck with his hand towards Chu Jin’s chest and promptly twisted her arms behind her back! She was thoroughly restrained by the man!

This time, the man used enormous force, as if intent on snapping her arms off, leaving her no chance to resist!

Meanwhile, the woman caught her own dart and approached with a smile, "Mu Chen, when will you ever stop being smitten at the sight of a beauty? If I hadn’t come today, you might have already perished beneath the peonies, right?"

Mu Chen was good in every aspect but had one flaw.

He was fond of beauties.

If it weren’t for his soft spot for beautiful women, how could any woman match him?

Mu Chen pursed his lips, saying nothing; he was well aware that he had not spared Chu Jin today, having used all his strength just to achieve a draw, and if it weren’t for Mu Lian’s arrival, he might have even been defeated by her!

Such skill at such a young age! With a few more years, how terrifying she would become!

"What is your name? What is your purpose in intruding our Treasures Pavilion?" Mu Lian lifted Chu Jin’s chin with her hand, "Tsk tsk, you are indeed quite beautiful, but too bad your brain isn’t quite there, daring to run wild in our Lawless City!"

Chu Jin looked at her, silent!

Even in captivity, her back remained straight as a whip! Proud as ever!

She would rather die standing than live kneeling!

Mu Lian curled her lips slightly, the corners of her mouth revealing a mocking smile, "Not talking, huh? I have plenty of ways to make you talk." With those words, she took out a red cord from her waist and bound Chu Jin with it.

The rope was of some unknown material, and as soon as it was tied around Chu Jin, she felt as if all her spiritual power had been completely drained, leaving her no different from an ordinary person.

After securing her, the woman clapped her hands, "Take her away, lock her in the dungeon!"

"Yes!" Two people immediately escorted Chu Jin toward that direction.

"Snap!" A crisp sound as a green-glowing object fell from her pocket to the ground.

Chu Jin’s footsteps halted as he glanced sideways at the ground, only to see a jade pendant lying there conspicuously!

It was translucent and lustrous, with an exceptional quality!

Just as Chu Jin was about to speak, she was pulled forward by two people, one on each side!

She let out a soft sigh.

Now, she could hardly protect herself, let alone that jade pendant!

Mu Chen and Mu Lian noticed the jade pendant on the ground, and their expressions both changed! Mu Lian, swift-handed and quick-eyed, picked it up from the ground and said in surprise, "Isn’t this Big Brother’s jade pendant?"

Mu Chen’s pupils also shrank, "There’s no mistake, it’s Big Brother’s!"

Who was this woman, to have their Big Brother’s jade pendant on her!

"Could she be acquainted with Big Brother? Did he give it to her?" Mu Chen narrowed his eyes, somewhat puzzled.

Mu Lian snorted lightly, countering, "I think it’s most likely she stole it! This jade pendant is something Big Brother keeps close to his person! He values it more than his own life, how could he give it away so easily!"

Mu Chen remained silent, observing Chu Jin’s retreating figure in a thoughtful manner.

Who was she?

Why was she trying to steal the Soul Resurrection Grass?

Why did she have Big Brother’s jade pendant on her?

Did she really steal it?

Mu Lian didn’t have the time to think so much, clutching the jade pendant she said, "Big Brother cherishes this pendant a lot, he must be very anxious since it’s gone, I’ll deliver it to him right away!"

With that, she ran quickly towards the direction of the exit.

And soon disappeared into the air.

Mu Chen, on the other hand, locked the Soul Resurrection Grass back into the wooden box, then said to everyone, "Be on strict guard! Let’s not have a second occurrence of such an incident." He then stepped outside.

At this moment, day had not yet broken, and a pale glow of dawn tinged the eastern sky. Therefore, after Mu Lian went out, she did not immediately go to Mo Qianjuan but returned to her room instead.

She wanted to wait until it was a bit brighter outside, to dress up beautifully before meeting Big Brother—believing that he would definitely be delighted upon seeing the jade pendant.

However, before that, she intended to deal with the person who had stolen the pendant thoroughly!

Such audacity! To think she dared to steal from the City Lord of Lawless City!

She must beat that woman half to death!

And then, go to Big Brother to claim credit.

Thinking thus, Mu Lian’s lips curled up in a satisfied smile.

She believed that this time, Big Brother would surely look at her with new admiration!

**

On the other hand, Mo Qingyi was on the verge of despair! A long time had gone by, and they had only found another male student, while Miao Xinran and the others remained unfound.

The four of them aimlessly searched the forest with their phones in hand.

They had almost turned the forest upside down and still found no one else.

The battery of the phone was down to only 10%.

Even one of the students’ phones had shut off after having the flashlight mode on for too long.

"Hasn’t anyone noticed how strange it is? So much time has passed; why hasn’t it gotten light yet?" Wang Keke’s voice trembled as she spoke.

Not only had it not gotten light, but even the moon and stars were invisible.

"Maybe it’s just not time for dawn yet," another boy said nervously, swallowing hard, unwilling to confront the fact that it hadn’t gotten light yet.

Li Yong took a deep breath, "Everyone, stay calm, don’t scare yourselves. When it’s time for daybreak, it will naturally get light."

Only Mo Qingyi remained silent, continually calling out for Miao Xinran’s name.

She was now deep in self-blame, thinking she should have held on to Miao Xinran! She should never have agreed to participate in such a dangerous game!

What now?

If anything happened to Miao Xinran, she would never be able to forgive herself.

Mo Qingyi just wanted to find Miao Xinran quickly, completely unaware that, like Miao Xinran, she was trapped in the forest as well! They were both trapped in the woods, only in different spatial fields, which is why they couldn’t see each other.

Wang Keke spoke up again, "Can anyone check the time?"

The air immediately fell into a very oppressive atmosphere.

Three boys remained silent.

A moment later, Li Yong took out his cellphone from his pocket. "I’ll do it," he said as he pressed the screen to light it up. Seeing the time displayed on the phone, his mind buzzed, and he almost thought he was hallucinating.

The phone glaringly showed 20:48.

It was the exact time they had arrived at the grove the night before. So much time had passed, how could it still be 8 PM?

Li Yong rubbed his eyes, trying to calm himself down, and then spoke up, "My phone’s settings must be wrong. What about your phones? Hurry up and take them out to check!"

When the other three saw the numbers on Li Yong’s phone, they too were dumbstruck. After a long moment, they took their phones out of their pockets.

3, 2, 1, they all lit up their phones at the same time.

And there it was, all three phones displayed the same set of numbers! 20:48!

"Ah!"

In unison, the four let out a terrified shriek, falling back onto the ground! It was too horrifying! Truly too horrifying! It wasn’t that dawn hadn’t broken. It was that time here had frozen!

"If, if I’m not mistaken," Mo Qingyi said with a trembling voice, struggling to lift his head, stammering with his lips, "we’re trapped here, we can never leave this place..."

Upon these words, the surroundings became extremely quiet.

They looked at each other, each seeing the color of terror in the other’s eyes!

Although they had yet to encounter a single ghost up to this point, this state of affairs was even more terrifying than encountering a ghost!

"What should we do... I don’t want to die..." Another boy began crying out loud, covering his face.

Wang Keke also cried unabashedly, "I want to go home! I want to go home! Mom! Dad! Brother! Come save me!"

Li Yong didn’t cry, but his complexion had turned extremely pale.

"Crying! What’s the use of crying!" Mo Qingyi suddenly stood up and said coldly, "I’ve said it before, don’t play these kinds of games. There really are ghosts in this world! You didn’t believe me! Now do you understand the consequences?"

Hearing this, the two boys stopped crying and lifted their eyes to Mo Qingyi, feeling in this moment that he seemed so tall. Although he was the most cowardly among the nine, at this time, he was the most composed.

Li Yong also stood up and said, "Mo Qingyi is right, crying can’t solve the problem at hand. We should first find the others, then together, find a way to leave this place."

The two boys wiped away their tears and stood up. Sniffling, they said, "But we’ve searched the entire forest and haven’t found anyone. Could they be dead already?" As they spoke, tears began to fall again.

"Don’t talk such nonsense!" Mo Qingyi kicked Wang Keke with one foot, speaking coldly, "If we didn’t find them the first time, then we’ll look a second time. If not the second time, then a third! Anyway, we must find the others!"

"If you want to search, then search! But I won’t join you anymore! If it weren’t for you, I would have left here already! How could I have delayed until now!" As soon as Wang Keke finished speaking, she ran toward the exit.

"I won’t search either! You guys take your time!" Another boy started to run as well, "Wang Keke, wait for me. I will go with you!"

Li Yong looked at Mo Qingyi and said in a low voice, "I’m sorry, I have to go too!" After that, he turned and followed the others.

In the blink of an eye, only Mo Qingyi remained in the quiet forest.

They were not close to her! She had no right to ask them to accompany her in the search!

Mo Qingyi wiped away her tears, lit the flashlight again, and continued walking deeper into the forest alone, "Xinran, Li Man, Li Jiaqi, Chen Li, can you hear me talking?"

Li Jiaqi and Chen Li witnessed this scene.

Both of their eyes were somewhat moist. They had not expected, under these circumstances, that the person who would insist on searching for them would be Mo Qingyi!

Especially Chen Li, who remembered ridiculing Mo Qingyi in the inn just a short time ago, felt extremely uncomfortable!

"Mo Qingyi, we’re here, we’re right behind you!" Li Jiaqi’s voice was somewhat hoarse. They stood right in front of Mo Qingyi, yet she couldn’t see them! No one could understand this feeling of powerlessness and panic!

They could only watch helplessly as Mo Qingyi walked through their corporeal forms.

Just then, Chen Li accidentally kicked a stone underfoot.

Mo Qingyi’s ears twitched, and she quickly turned around, asking with heightened alertness, "Who’s there? Who’s there?"

Chen Li and Li Jiaqi looked at each other, both seeing a glimmer of hope in each other’s eyes. Although Mo Qingyi couldn’t see them, she could see the objects they moved. This meant they were still in the same space!

Chen Li, being clever, immediately stepped in front of Mo Qingyi, picked up a stick from the ground, and began writing on the ground by pushing aside the fallen leaves.

Seeing a stick moving randomly on the ground and leaves rustling without wind, Mo Qingyi stepped back in fright.

Chen Li hastened her actions, writing two words on the ground, "It’s me."

Mo Qingyi’s eyes widened, slightly incredulous, and she asked, "Who are you?"

"Chen Li." Chen Li wrote quickly, "Li Jiaqi and I have always been by your side, but you couldn’t see us."

Relieved to know that it was Chen Li and Li Jiaqi, Mo Qingyi then asked, "That’s good. Are there any others with you? Is Xinran there? What about Li Man?"

Chen Li continued writing, "No, it’s just the two of us, thank you Mo Qingyi." Thank you for not giving up on us.

Mo Qingyi gripped her phone tighter, "Both of you follow me for now. Let’s find the others first, then think of a way to leave."

Chen Li quickly wrote the word "Okay."

On the other side.

Mu Lian came to the dungeon and looked coldly at Chu Jin, and pointing at the torture rack next to her, she said to the people nearby, "Go, tie her up on it for me."

"Yes, Miss Mu Lian." Two people immediately came forward and skillfully tied Chu Jin to the rack.

Mu Lian pulled out a whip drenched in salt water and walked up to Chu Jin. "Speak! Who exactly are you! Why did you try to steal the Soul Resurrection Grass? What unspeakable motive do you have for stealing my elder brother’s Jade Pendant?"

Chu Jin knew that she couldn’t escape today’s ordeal and just glanced at her indifferently, her tone steady as she said, "If you wish to kill or to maim, I am at your disposal. Anything else, I have nothing to tell you!"

Those few plain words resonated as they hit the ground.

Just like her aura, as proud as bamboo!

Mu Lian sneered and, brandishing the whip in her hand, said sarcastically, "Then let’s see if your bones are harder, or my whip is harder!" As her words fell, she swung the whip fiercely onto Chu Jin’s body!

"Snap!" A bloodstain appeared on the white shirt.

With that whip, Mu Lian had exerted all her strength.

Even a grown man might not withstand it! But Chu Jin did not utter a single syllable, not even a muffled groan!

"Will you talk or not!"

"Snap!" Another lash of the whip.

After a dozen lashes, Chu Jin hadn’t uttered a word, her body covered in bloodstains, and her white garment had become red. She clenched her lips tightly, her face pale as paper, with layers of cold sweat beading on her forehead.

"Truly audacious! You even dare to covet my elder brother!"

"Snap!"

The sound of skin tearing and flesh bursting.

The more Mu Lian thought about it, the angrier she became, and her blows grew heavier! This woman must be trying to throw herself at their elder brother, which is why she stole his things—to attract his attention! How shameless!

"Snap!"

The sound of the whip colliding with flesh was shrill and spine-chilling!

"Miss... Miss Mu Lian..." Someone nearby couldn’t bear to watch and timidly spoke up, "The Second City Lord specifically instructed us not to torture this young lady. If you go on like this... we won’t be able to explain ourselves later!"

"Get out! Mind your own business!" Mu Lian lashed out with her whip, hitting that person.

The person screamed in pain and dared not speak again!

This action unquestionably fueled the fire in Mu Lian’s heart even more! She became ever more convinced that Chu Jin was here to seduce their elder brother!

Mu Lian continued to whip Chu Jin, "You shameless hussy! You have quite the talent for seducing men! Let’s see if I don’t beat you to death today!" As she spoke, she struck directly at Chu Jin’s neck, the tail of the whip sweeping across her face and immediately leaving a bloodstain!

No one knew how long it lasted!

Chu Jin had lost all sensation, and only then did Mu Lian stop, throwing the whip to the side with satisfaction. She turned to the two people nearby, "Without my order, no one is to let her down; otherwise, you will end up just like her!"

The two people nearby shuddered with fear and bowed respectfully, "Yes, Miss Mu Lian."

Only then did Mu Lian walk satisfied toward the exit.

She walked all the way to the main city where the person was already dining.

He was still wearing the plain white Tang shirt, elegant and charming in every movement, with a face so beautiful that it made women feel ashamed and captivated souls.

This man was the City Lord of Lawless City, Mo Qianjue!

Mu Lian’s heart unintentionally quickened its pace.

"Elder brother..." Mu Lian tried to calm herself down, slowly approaching Mo Qianjue.

Hearing her voice, Mo Qianjue slowly looked up, seemed startled for a moment, then said, "Mu Lian? What brings you here?"

Even though it was not her first time being close to Mo Qianjue, every time Mu Lian got near him, her heart would inevitably race, "Elder brother, I’ve come to deliver something."

Besides Mo Qianjue, she had never seen, in this world, any man who could reach such perfection!

"What is it?" Mo Qianjue asked tersely.

Mu Lian hurriedly took out the Jade Pendant from her pocket, "It’s this, elder brother, look how careless you are, to lose something so important and not even know it. If it wasn’t for me catching that thief..."

Mu Lian hadn’t finished her sentence when Mo Qianjue stood up abruptly, taking the Jade Pendant from her hand with a burning gaze, "Where did you get this Jade Pendant from?"

Stunned, Mu Lian replied, "I found it on a woman. That shameless woman not only stole your Jade Pendant, but also tried to steal the Soul Resurrection Grass. She was caught by me and Brother Chen..."

Mo Qianjue cut off Mu Lian again, his voice cold, "Where is she now? Take me to her immediately!"

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