The Rising Phoenix

That was why Hou Meili managed to read the book. She had a perfect memory. So, she managed to remember each item used to concoct the poison.

The first time she used the poison was when a man suddenly pulled her to r*pe her. She pretended to be delighted too. The man did not think much about that and thought Hou Meili was a b*tch who wanted a man's touch.

Hou Meili managed to make the man drink her poison. Once he drank the poison, his fate was sealed. The man died. She was being hunted by people who wanted Hou Meili to die because she killed that man.

Hou Meili ran away from his hometown. He could not stay there anymore. After that, she travelled with some people. There were some kind people and bad people. She killed the people who had bad intentions toward her.

She became famous and she was only 16 years old at that time. Many people hunted her. One of the people that she killed before was from a noble family. His family hired a bunch of cultivators to hunt her.

One day, the hunt was almost successful. Hou Meili had been surrounded by the cultivators who had been hired by that noble family. Hou Meili thought this was how and where she would die.

Then, a group of men came over and killed the cultivators. Hou Meili was shocked. Before this group of men was very strong. She believed their cultivation level must be pretty high.

Then a small figure appeared behind the group of men. When Hou Meili looked closer, she noticed it was a kid. Probably 11 years old. The men acted very respectfully toward the kid. They opened the path.

Hou Meili did not dare to make a sound. She silently watched the kid get closer to her.

"You, do you want to live without fear of anyone?" The kid asked.

Without hesitation, Hou Meili answered. "Yes."

"Then, come and join the Black Moon." The kid said.

Hou Meili was surprised when she heard the words 'Black Moon'. She heard about it before. It was a newly established organisation, but it was very strong. However, no one knew about their leader.

Looking at the strong cultivators who looked respectful toward the small kid made Hou Meili think that this small kid was their leader. But that was impossible, wasn't it?

"It seems that you are unwilling. Then, forget it..." The small kid said and turned back.

"Wait." Hou Meili managed to make the small kid stop.

"Hmm? What is it?" The small kid asked.

"If I join you, can I really feel safe?" Hou Meili asked.

"Well... Joining us probably makes you face danger even more." The small kid stated. "But you will not face it alone. We will face it together."

Hou Meili, touched by that statement, agreed to join the Black Moon. She worked hard proving to the Black Moon that she was very capable. Not only with the cultivation level also the poison skill. Her skill as a poison master was already at Venerable rank. No one on this continent had the same level as her.

She received a call from Hou Qingling, stating that Lord Yueliang had a task for her. After receiving the task, without hesitation, she flew to the Liuyin Empire overnight. She still did not get any sleep at all and rushed to the fourth prince's selection maid.

The girls who came to the fourth prince's selection as maids were not too many. Most of them had already passed their 20s. None of them were selected. The ones who had been selected were between 12 and 17 years old.

Hou Meili, who has already passed 20 is still being selected because she lied about her age. She stated her age was 16 years old. Well, everyone believed that. Because she was indeed looking like she was 16 years old.

She was probably poisoned, which made her young. Well... the effect was not permanent. It only took 30 years to dissolve. The reason why it was called a poison was that when someone drank it, that person would suffer remarkable pain that probably made people want to kill themselves. And they had to experience that suffering for one month before they could get the result that they wanted.

Hou Meili suspected the reason why the fourth prince wanted to select a new batch of maids before the old batch of maids had been disposed of.

The young maids were probably still virgins. The fourth prince wanted to play with the maids. If they refused, their head would roll on the ground.

In Hou Meili's eyes, the fourth prince and the men who tried to r*pe her were the same type of men who thought they could use women as they pleased. It just the fourth prince disguised it as the maid selection.

Hou Meili was humming when she passed two women who had wearing slightly better clothes. They were the fourth prince's tongfangs.

"Stop!" One of the women shouted.

Hou Meili bowed to the women and asked the question. "Yes? What I can help you with?"

"How dare you not kneel down when you saw us?" The woman shouted.

Hou Meili was not stupid. These women knew that she did not have to bow or kneel to them because they did not have any power in this mansion. Even the butler had more power than them. They just wanted to joke with the new maid.

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