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During the night, thunder was rumbling, heavy rain falling.

In a dark corner, An Su gradually opened her eyes to two slits as the sting in her legs and face made her entire body cramp a little.

"Crack ~ ~ ~"

When a lightning bolt that was as thick as an infant's arm descended, she saw the ferocious Arhat statue glaring at her, which reminded her of what had happened in the past few days.

Half a month ago, when she left Ancient Phoenix Town to fulfill her engagement with Fourth Prince Xiao Ye, she met someone midway who came to help her. After drinking a cup of tea at the inn, she fell into a stupor. When she woke up, she found herself weak lying in the Broken Temple of the mountain with her hands tied up.

Her escorts and those who later came to pick up them had all disappeared. In front of the Buddha statue, a shriveled old man peeled off her face with his carving knife, while the two strange-looking men smashed her legs and bones with their hammers.

She could no longer stand, and could not even leave here. The days of waving Silver Spear as she rode a horse across the battlefield became distant dreams for her. Even now, she could still remember the helplessness and the pain of being cut and skinned.

Hatred, hatred, hatred!

Every shred of pain in her body made her go crazy with hatred.

Other than hatred, she also had an ominous premonition. An Su had died, the military power in her hands had been handed over, and when she returned back to the sect, she had been robbed. The people who came to help her were all sent by her fiance, Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye. She didn't want to suspect him, but the reality was self-evident enough to tell that she was wrong.

"Xiao Ye, is it you, is it really you? Are you the ringleader …" She repeatedly asked herself, unwilling to give up until she was gripped by such awful confusion.

"I have to admit you’re a little bit insightful since you got the idea. Now I want to know more about you."

As the voice came from afar, four people walked into the broken temple. Other than the three men who were guarding her, there was a handsome man in silk clothing. His arched eyebrows brought a sense of arrogance and aggressiveness. But she could tell at a first glance that it was a woman she didn't know.

The woman stepped into the Broken Temple, but she did not bat an eyelid when she saw the badly mutilated An Su: "As far as I know, you were adopted by a farmer's family when you were an orphan in Ancient Phoenix Town. You should have been a hillbilly, but oddly you are actually a master of martial arts. You have extraordinary courage to endure the pain of having skin and bones ripped off, and even dare to call out the name of Fourth Prince. Are you really Miss An Jiu who have gone missing for nineteen years? Or maybe, I should call you King Linjiang? "

"Who are you? You guys got me here. What do you want?" An Su was shocked. In this world, there was only one person who knew this secret and that was Ying Luo who had accompanied her since she was young. However, three months ago, in order to save her life, Ying Luo had sustained serious injuries and thrown herself into the surging Canglan River with Lin Xu, Vice-general of Xuanyuan Wuji.

Although she couldn't find the corpse, An Su was sure that Ying Luo had definitely died.

Even if she did not die, Ying Luo would never sell her out.

Furthermore, she had killed Xuanyuan Wuji and taken the chance to announce her own “death”. She had even required an orphan girl, whom she had saved in Ancient Phoenix Town, to appear in public after three months’ closed-door therapy, in the name of her sister, the An Family's Ninth Miss who had gone missing for 19 years.

This was a well-thought plan she had come up with long before.

The only way out.

"Well, it looks like my guess is correct. Fortunately, Ye is thoughtful, so I didn't kill you earlier. Who would have known the famous Warlord King Linjiang is actually a woman? But you really blow me away. You are a real heroine. It is a pity that you are courting death. If you had continued to help Ye leveling up, Ye would not have decided to have you and the An family killed so quickly."

"Get rid of the An family?" An Su was startled: "What do you mean?"

The woman smiled, "It means that the An family is gone. Two months ago, the entire family was executed."

"Nonsense, that's impossible. I, An Su, have made great contributions to my country, and the Emperor has clearly ordered to bestow the noble title of King Linjiang to the Mansion of State Protector. How could he possibly execute the An Family? You are lying. That's impossible! " An Su waved hands chaotically, but she could only crazily roar for her internal energy was being sealed and she couldn’t pose any threat to women.

"What exactly do you want to do and what do you want to get from the An family? I have never met you nor do I have any grudges with you. Why do you hurt me like this? "Who are you, who are you …"

Xiao Ye, it's really him!

She finally got the answer to the riddle which had confused her for three days. Xiao Ye had a relationship with her. Having known that An Su had been looking for her missing sister, Xiao Ye proposed to her. His target was her military power. Although she had a narrow escape by faking death, she was of no use to him anyway, so Xiao Ye wanted to get rid of her.

However, the An family had lost their military power and could not hinder his great undertaking. Why did he still want to destroy the entire An family?

Did he want to vent his anger?

Was he really so ruthless?

However, what had he done to destroy the An family in such a short span of three months?

"Have you ever doubted this sudden rainstorm?"

That person seemed to see through her doubt and said with a mocking expression, "No matter how extraordinary a woman is, she was still unable to escape from the claws of love. Let me tell you the fact. Three months ago, when An Su “died”, someone wrote a secret letter. The An family possessed the most precious Linglong Jade Bone from the previous dynasty. If they offered it to the royal family, it could bless the country with prosperity. The emperor even paid a visit to the An family in person for the jade, but his demand was ignored and refused by the An family. Hence, imperial officials joined together to hand in a paper, reporting the An family’s arrogance and their potential ambition of usurping the emperor’s position. Though countless commoners gathered and kneeled in front of the Yang Gate to plead for mercy, the emperor was enraged, and ordered that if the An family did not hand over the treasure, they would be punished for being the remnants of the previous dynasty. In the end, the An family was beheaded, and none of the nine generations was spared. "

"Not all died. Two of them did manage to escape. The abandoned Imperial Tutor wife, An Yuanling, was saved by State Advisor before she was executed. The State Advisor claimed that the baby in her womb extremely pure. With her flesh and blood as an offering, heaven's rain could be obtained. The night before yesterday, An Yuanling gave birth to a daughter in the palace. It was a pity that An Yuanling had a difficult time giving birth. Even though she had outlived her baby for a month, she was still unable to escape the claws of death in the end. "

"As for you, An Su, I don't need to tell more about your results. Hand over the Linglong Jade Bone and I will give you a quick death. Otherwise I will have you tortured.” The woman stood three steps away from An Su, her expression extremely cold, but her eyes containing a trace of fervent desire.

An Su's heart was filled with extreme hatred as she glared at the woman in front of her, wishing that she could pull out her tendons and tear apart her bones. “Who wrote the secret letter, you or Xiao Ye? You racked your brain only for the Linglong Jade Bone? Do you like Xiao Ye? You were afraid that my appearance would disrupt your plan to become Prince's Wife, so you came up with such a venomous plan. I have never expected that there would be such a malicious woman like you in this world! "

"Why are you lying to yourself? Those people who came to meet you are all Ye's trusted aids. Do you think that everything will go so smoothly without his permission?" The military power has long before fallen into the hands of our own people. Since getting rid of the An family would not affect the overall situation, why not take advantage of this situation to obtain the Linglong Jade Bone? "

The woman's face was full of smiles, but her voice was extremely cold and sharp, "The victor is the king, and the loser is the bandit! No matter what, An Su, you've lost, but I'm not like you, I will spare no effort to purge all the enemies, and will definitely leave them no chance to turn the tables. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for believing in the wrong person. "

"Who the hell are you? Tell me, who exactly are you?" An Su's voice revealed unconcealable hatred. She had thought of all of these but refused to admit, but now, she finally resigned to the fact.

"Hand over the Linglong Jade Bone and I'll tell you other things. Otherwise, I will make you beg for death, and I will also make you go down to the Underworld only being a muddled ghost. "

An Su had harbored so much hatred that her eyes turned red, but she bit her lips without saying a word.

At the scene, the lady said coldly: "It looks like you are not going to say? Do you think I can't do anything about it? Then you're really too naive."

"Heh, heh heh heh …" Say, what do you want me to say? Say you are poisonous enough? Say Xiao Ye is ruthless enough? Or say you both are so fierce and ambitious, and just like venomous snakes and scorpion women are born to be perfect partners!" An Su burst with laughter, then the skinned face split open gashes, thick blood flowing out, yet she did not seem to feel the piercing pain.

Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye...

She had never hated someone so much in her entire life. At this moment, while repeating the name, she was anxious to tear its owner into pieces. She had seen lots of extremely vicious people, but even all of them combined, they were not comparable to Xiao Ye's hypocrisy and viciousness.

Since her entry into the army at sixteen, she had charged all the way through a fusillade of swords, spears and arrows in the five years, and had escaped death several times. Three years ago, she was ordered by the emperor to lead a battle of You Zhou, and Xiao Ye was ordered to oversee the army. So far, she still remembered how he rode his horse over when they first met, with a warm smile that was like the spring wind. She still remembered his sad expression at the sight of countless corpses amid warfire as he overlooked from the fortress.

They had ridden horses through a desert competing with each other; they had spent whole nights holding candles to hammer out battle plans; they had drank liquor together in a tent in snowy nights and fallen asleep together; he, despite being a prince, had fought with her on the battlefield in his armor; they had backed up each other, and he had used his own body as a shield to protect her from a sword.

He sacrificed his life for her. When he was framed, she did not hesitate to take out a life-saving Medal of Free from Death to give him a chance to live so that he could regain his innocence and continue to live as glorious as ever.

She thought they had the same idea.

There was no doubt about his promise of marriage.

Three months after she faked her death, on the road back to the Capital, she kept thinking what kind of expression would he have when he saw An Su's face under the veil, which was almost the same as An Su's?

Would he be surprised or happy?

But she had never imagined that she marry the good man at all costs, which turned out to be a scam from start to finish. The pain of being skinned and smashed; the hatred of the whole family being exterminated.

This aroused An Su’s anger, resent and regret!

Everyone said that she was invincible and invulnerable, and every time she was besieged by danger, she could always turn the tides. She was a Patron Saint with Great Ye. She had never been defeated, but except this time, she was routed.

Undefeated in battles.

Yet, she lost to this unknown woman in front of her.

Lost in the hands of the man she trusted most.

She also lost to the emperors and commoners whom she had protected with her life and blood.

Thousands of lives, that is, members of the five generations; members of the nine clans …

There were people inside that she hated, but there were also her relatives. Grandpa Patriarch, Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, Cousin Ze and Ling'Er were all dead, Ling'er's child was being used as a living sacrifice. This was the emperor that she had protected; These are the citizens that she had protected.

Foolish, cruel, and extremely hateful!

She held back her smile and looked up at the woman with a face full of ridicule: "Do you think I would trust someone who hurt me before? To use my An family's most precious treasure to satisfy an enemy, you are truly ridiculous. It seems that Xiao Ye hasn't told you one thing, I, An Su, have always been more willing to be smashed into pieces than to give in. "

Then she thrust her right hand straight into her own chest, with a bright red heart appearing in her hand when she stuck it out. With all her remaining strength, she squeezed the heart, which was crushed to pieces. You want to get the whereabouts of the Linglong Jade Bone from her? She would rather die than give them the chance.

Her body powerlessly fell to the ground, her eyes filled with madness and decisiveness: "You want the Linglong Jade Bone? I, An Su, can’t take revenge for this in this life, but I will not let you go when I became a ghost in the underworld. "

The corner of An Su's mouth curled into a sinister smile amid unrecognizable malignant threats from the woman. Even when she breathed the last breath, she was still glaring in the direction of the woman, who might be regretful not cutting off her hands or her tongue to prevent her from committing suicide.

Unfortunately, it was too late for regret!

It was she who believed in a wrong person. Just for an unworthy man, she buried herself, and her family. She felt guilty to her father and her family.

That was why today, she broke her heart and killed herself as an apology to her clansmen.

She wanted to completely discard her filthy heart that had been infatuated by the inhumane man.

If there was a world to come, she, An Su, would abandon the gods and become a devil, to kill all those who had incriminated her family. She would destroy this world that she had protected with her own life, and she would turn this ten thousand li of Great Ye into a river of blood, as a sacrifice to the souls of her An family!

"Crack ~ ~ ~"

Another bolt of lightning descended.

In the dead of the night, thousands of miles away, a figure suddenly got up on the bed. She stood by the window barefoot as the roaring night wind was flapping against window edges, which reflecting her dancing black hair, chilling chuckles and a pair of bloodshot eyes.

It was like the birth of an Asura!