The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Break

Although she had just experienced that Illusion Realm, Zhong Niangyao’s heart remained calm.

In fact, in her previous life in Lai Country, whether it was the betrayal of her maids, the coercion from the monarch, or the pressure from the officials, none of these had caused her any stress. It could be said that if she wanted to stay out of it, she totally could.

But in the end, she chose to sacrifice herself to the heavens. It wasn’t because of others’ coercion, but for the people of Lai Country. Her sacrifice, which allowed the country’s people to survive, left her with no regrets.

So, even if she had to do it over again, she wouldn’t harbor any resentment.

Perhaps it was because her nature was rather indifferent that she never took those betrayals and coercion to heart.

It could even be said that if it weren’t for the many years of instruction and admonishments from her Master, she would never have made such a sacrifice for the people. She did it merely in the hopes that her Master’s spirit could rest in peace!

After all, if her Master hadn’t found her in her previous life and taken so much effort to nurture and guide her, she would have died long ago.

Now fully awake, Zhong Niangyao glanced at the others and saw that they didn’t seem to be doing well, with the exception of Lu Yichen, whose face was uncharacteristically without any odd expression; everyone else’s face showed more or less some signs of pain. Zhou Yifu, especially, had blood spilling from the corner of his mouth!

“Lady Zhong!”

Upon seeing Zhong Niangyao recover as usual, Uncle Li immediately approached her, urgency on his face, “Please help! They—”

Although he was unharmed, the urgency in his heart at the sight of the others showing expressions of pain as time passed could be imagined.

Fortunately, now that he saw Zhong Niangyao had woken up, he immediately came forward to ask for help!

Uncle Li hadn’t finished speaking when Zhong Niangyao interrupted him, “Don’t worry, it’s okay!”

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For some reason, upon hearing Zhong Niangyao’s confident words, Uncle Li felt at peace.

Zhong Niangyao glanced at the mural on the wall and curled her lips into a cold smile, “Child’s play!”

Then, she took out a piece of talisman paper from her bag and began to mutter a spell, “Natural forces of heaven and earth, dispersed be the filthy Qi, hollow be the mysterious cave, brightly shines the great origin, break—”

As her words ended, those immersed in the Illusion Realm immediately recovered. They still had a trace of confusion in their eyes after just waking up.

“Everyone’s awake now, right?”

Her crisp voice rang out, helping everyone regain their clarity of mind.

When others looked towards Zhong Niangyao, the look in their eyes changed dramatically.

Previously, when their master decided to bring Zhong Niangyao with them, he mentioned that she was a Heavenly Master who could help them. However, even so, they didn’t take her very seriously and only along the way, as they observed that she didn’t hold them back, did they come to admire her somewhat.

Now that they had truly seen Zhong Niangyao’s abilities, only then did they understand what sort of existence she was.

Ignoring everyone else, Zhong Niangyao’s gaze fell on Lu Yichen.

She didn’t know why, but even though Lu Yichen had also fallen into the Illusion Realm, she felt that it couldn’t be possible.

“Is there something wrong?” Lu Yichen looked at Zhong Niangyao, a hint of amusement in his eyes, “Why are you staring at me?”

“It’s nothing!”

Zhong Niangyao withdrew her gaze, shook her head, and then looked around at the others before asking, “How do you all feel now?”

“Not too bad, not too bad!” Joseph patted his chest, looking rather shaken, “I thought I was really going to die just now; I didn’t expect that it was actually an Illusion Realm!”

“If you had died in the Illusion Realm just now, then you would be truly dead!”

Zhong Niangyao’s voice was calm as she simply stated a fact, “Even the injuries sustained in the Illusion Realm would manifest in reality.”

At these words, everyone couldn’t help but shiver!

“It seems that the General’s Tomb is indeed filled with danger!”

Zhou Yifu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and after swallowing several pills, his complexion improved a bit, “We’ve only just started, and we’ve already encountered such peril!”

“This is just the beginning!” Zhong Niangyao spoke indifferently, “There’s still more danger to come!”

Immediately, everyone’s faces turned grave and they became even more cautious.

Zhong Niangyao glanced at the mural again and continued, “Actually, this mural at the beginning was probably just an ordinary painting. But as years passed, some evil spirits settled here, and that’s why it turned into this.”

“You mean to suggest—” Lu Yichen’s expression remained the same, “that this was not the intention of the General, but it was later possessed by external evil spirits, which is why it dragged us into the Illusion Realm.”

“Mm.” Zhong Niangyao nodded, “The General’s Tomb has strong yin energy and Evil Qi. It must be that the surrounding evil spirits coveted this place, but they didn’t dare to go too deep, so they chose to reside here.”

“Let’s continue on!”

The group continued forward, and because of the previous experience with the mural, their vigilance was heightened during the journey that followed.

However, on this stretch of the road, things went uneventfully with no peculiar incidents.

But after walking for a while, they suddenly heard a series of voices. Everyone immediately became alert.

Listening to the footsteps coming from not far away, Zhong Niangyao’s eyes flashed with understanding.

It seemed that it wasn’t just them in the tomb, but there were others as well. It just wasn’t clear whether they were tomb raiders or archaeologists.

She was more inclined to believe the latter, because if it were indeed archaeologists, the commotion would unquestionably be significant. Moreover, if the General’s Tomb had been discovered, the news would have surely made headlines.

Everyone’s attention focused on Lu Yichen, clearly waiting for him to decide.

“Let’s keep moving forward!”

As if he hadn’t heard the voices, Lu Yichen continued onward.

The others followed suit, but before moving on, Zhong Niangyao gave each person a talisman, which could conceal their true appearances. Their original looks would not be seen clearly by others, and their appearances would be altered in the eyes of those strangers.

To Zhong Niangyao’s talismans, everyone showed great interest and began to inquire whether there were other talismans available.

Seizing the opportunity, Zhong Niangyao took the chance to promote her talismans a bit, making a small profit. She also promised to send them each a Love Charm when they got back.