Reborn as a True Heiress and Becomes a Boss

Chapter 255 Instinct
When Yang Nianqing and the others arrived, the scene was a mess. Ren Chi and a young girl were hugging a woman and crying. The woman looked exactly like Lian Ye. This was the other one of the twin flower fairies, Ren Wenhan's mother, Lian Duo.

Centered on Ren Wenhan, the ground was covered with a thick layer of pink petals. Stepping on them felt soft and yielding. It was unclear how many petals were laid out, but they were clearly protecting Ren Wenhan. As Yang Nianqing approached, some petals floated up without wind, swirling around Ren Wenhan. Yang Nianqing believed that if she made any unusual moves, these petals would immediately transform into indestructible blades, just like lotus petals, to annihilate anyone or anything that tried to harm Ren Wenhan!

This is a mother's instinct to protect her child.

Ren Wenhan had several bloody holes in her chest, clearly marks left by an evil spirit that tried to eat her heart, but it was obviously unsuccessful.

"Mom! No, no, Auntie will save you. I'll go get Auntie, I'll go get Auntie." Ren Wenhan wiped away her tears and tried to stand up to find Lianye, who was fighting with many ghosts.

Lian Duo grabbed Ren Wenhan, but Ren Wenhan's movement of getting up pulled her back. Lian Duo felt a sweet taste in her throat and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Mom!" Ren Wenhan quickly squatted down, reached out to pat Lian Duo's chest, and then, unable to hold back her tears, said in a panic, "You, you don't talk, don't talk, don't talk! I'll go call Auntie, she'll definitely have a way!" She was somewhat incoherent, but she was really scared. She really couldn't lose her mother again. She had already experienced the pain of losing her mother once, and if it happened again, she would really break down.

Ren Wenhan is a person of faith. She believes that there are gods in the world and that there is reincarnation. She had previously hoped that her mother might be reincarnated. She slowly accepted the fact that her mother had left her, but now she has discovered that her mother did not die and was a demon.

Three days ago, the Bird Clan destroyed the seal, and swarms of strange birds began attacking humans. This place had few original inhabitants and seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. The film crew came here first to repair the buildings, select a filming location, and prepare for the pre-production work.

So, apart from a very few original residents, the town was only inhabited by their film crew. They became the primary targets of the machine birds' attacks.

Just as the automaton was about to attack her, her aunt, Lianye, appeared. It was the first time she had seen her aunt. Lianye looked exactly like her mother, and she thought her mother had been resurrected. However, the two women's demeanor and mannerisms were completely different, and she knew that Lianye was not her mother.

Lotus Leaf saved her and, without knowing what spell she cast on them, the strange birds stopped attacking them. However, to prevent the birds from leaving, Lotus Leaf activated a protective array. The bird clan could not leave the town, and so could they. Thus, they were trapped in Huaiqing City, while the original inhabitants could come and go freely.

Aside from the Bird Clan, the only other fairy in this town is Lotus Leaf, but there are even more dangerous beings in this place: numerous evil spirits that are always waiting to devour people's hearts and souls.

Their film crew and she had previously relied on these local residents who were willing to run errands for them to buy their food. But just a day ago, the evil spirits that the city, which would never have attacked these local residents before, began to attack them, eating their hearts and devouring their souls.

Lianye told her everything: how her parents met, how her mother, Lianduo, defied her wishes, quarreled with her, and insisted on being with her father, why Huaixin City existed, why Lianye had stayed in Huaiqing City, and even how she saved her mother from complete death.

Lianye showed her her mother's true form. Her mother was originally a beautiful pink flower. Lianye said that Lianduo had now returned to her true form and wanted to cultivate back into a human, which might take a very long time, possibly until she died as a human. Lianye set up a barrier for them, forbidding them from leaving. Her exact words were that as long as they stayed inside the barrier, even a seventh-level Ghost King could not break through it and harm them.

But no matter how much they tried to prevent it, they couldn't stop themselves from stepping out of the barrier.

Ghosts! They are masters at bewitching people. They know what people desire most and what they fear most, and they amplify these things in your heart infinitely, making you feel desire and fear, thereby achieving their goals.

What she feared most was that her mother would regret giving birth to her and regret being with her father. Her mother was a great demon who had cultivated into human form for thousands of years. Because she gave birth to her, she violated the laws of heaven, and heaven punished her by inflicting the Five Signs of Decay on her. From the moment she was born, her mother's body gradually weakened, and she gradually lost her demonic power, could no longer transform back into her demonic form, and even began to age day by day, just like an ordinary human. Her mother's lifespan was shortening.

She might not even live as long as an ordinary human, and her mother's death a few years ago meant that her time was up. She was afraid that her mother would think that she was not worth giving up her sister, with whom she had depended for thousands of years, and the long lifespan of the demon race.

These evil spirits seized on this fact, transforming themselves into the likeness of her mother, their every move resembling that of Lianduo in her mind. She believed her mother had come back to life, and she wanted to step out of the barrier to find her.

She wasn't the only one who was deceived. The other crew members were also deceived. They all stepped out of the barrier together. But at the very moment of the miracle, their faces suddenly changed. One by one, they all reverted to their original evil true forms. These evil spirits wanted to devour them!

The evil spirits seem to crave being filled with fear and negative energy, as if it makes their souls more palatable.

The demons amplified their inner desires and fears, even giving her a brief illusion of her mother regretting giving birth to her. She was truly bewitched. The demon's hand was already above her heart, ready to rip it out, but she smelled a strange floral fragrance and suddenly woke up. She screamed in shock and quickly fled from the demon that had become her mother.

The evil spirits also revealed their hideous faces and began to attack those who had been tricked out of the barrier.

Even though Lianye arrived in time, many crew members had already had their hands and feet torn off by the evil spirits, but the evil spirits didn't have time to take their limbs.

The lotus leaves fought back, but they were no match for the overwhelming number of demons. These evil spirits seemed determined to feast on them and wouldn't let go.

(End of this chapter)