After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 490 Return to Hidden Dragon City

After the medicinal herbs were delivered, Kong Nan took them and asked Feng Chenlan to leave. Then he handed the herbs to Lin Zhao, who took them and entered the secret realm to begin refining pills.

Refining a level seven pill is not a difficult task for Lin Zhao now.

After spending seven days and seven nights in the secret realm, Lin Zhao looked at the cauldron in front of him and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Outside, the sounds of Xiao Bei and Zi Yue playing and fighting could be heard. Lin Zhao put away the pills that had become sentient and tried to escape, walked out of the cave, and looked at Ye Wei, who was taking care of Xiao Bei.

Ever since Ming Gui opened up the girl's bloodline, her cultivation speed in this spiritually rich secret realm has been incredibly fast, even Lin Zhao was somewhat envious.

"As expected of the Crimson Dragon's Heart, it almost made me want to buy it."

Lin Zhao appeared in front of them, smiling as she pinched Xiao Bei's cheek.

Upon hearing this, Ye Wei immediately replied, "If the fairy desires it, Ye Wei can give it to the fairy right now."

Lin Zhao met Ye Wei's serious gaze and quickly waved his hand: "I was just kidding. If I had this thing on me, I wouldn't know how to get around."

“Staying in the secret realm all the time isn’t a good thing. The time difference and flow rate between here and the outside world are nothing to us adults with cultivation, but it’s not good for Xiao Bei. This time, after leaving the legion, go back to Qianlong City to settle your matter. The city lord’s mansion should know about your identity.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Wei remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

……

The Great Qin Dynasty, Qianlong City, City Lord's Mansion.

The city lord of Qianlong City asked the cultivator in front of him with a grim expression, "What did you say? Are you sure that demoness is still alive?"

The servant below dared not conceal the truth, "The Second Miss's soul lamp is indeed still burning."

The city lord of Qianlong City stood up and paced back and forth anxiously. "That witch was born to bring death to her own mother, and now that she's in the city lord's mansion, she's going to bring misfortune to our whole family. Madam, why did you bring this witch back to bring disaster to our family in the first place?"

The beautiful woman sitting on the other side of the city lord appeared remarkably calm compared to her husband's panic. She took a sip of tea and looked at him with a mocking expression.

"When you went to the brothel and planted this seed, why didn't you ask yourself why you did it? Getting a prostitute pregnant was already a disgrace to the city lord's mansion, but causing her to die in childbirth was even more shameful. When did I ever forbid her from entering?"

As she spoke, she became somewhat sarcastic: "It's one thing to bring her back and not take good care of her, but having a child out of wedlock isn't a big deal. Can't we afford to raise a child? In the end, it's not that you want to suck up to the Duan Ye family that you spread rumors about your own daughter, claiming that she is known for her promiscuity and that she loves Young Master Duan Ye, so that Young Master Duan Ye's fiancée has a legitimate reason to make her disappear."

The city lord's wife had never seen anyone treat their own bloodline like this before.

She was a daughter of a prominent family. If it weren't for the fact that her family needed the right to guard Qianlong City, a place at the border of two great dynasties, she would have looked down on this good-for-nothing.

When the city lord asked someone to get pregnant, she wasn't in Qianlong City. Instead, she was fighting against the demons on the front lines. She only found out about the news several months later. She could only send someone to bring the woman back to the mansion, but when she returned, she only received the news that the woman had died, leaving behind a daughter in Yihonglou.

This infuriated her greatly. With her status and power, why should she care how many illegitimate children and concubines her husband had? So she immediately ordered someone to bring the girl back to the city lord's mansion and place her under her eldest daughter, making her the second young lady of the city lord's mansion.

Who would have thought that as her power in Qianlong City grew over the years, it aroused the competitive spirit of this good-for-nothing. In order to oppose her, he named his own daughter a witch and sent her to the Duanye family, hoping to gain the support of the Duanye family to counter her and her maternal family.

The city lord's wife was certainly angry, but her maternal family was no match for the Duan Ye family, and besides, Ye Wei wasn't her biological daughter, so she let them be. As for the current situation, the city lord was angry, but she wasn't; in fact, she was quite pleased with it.

The city lord was so angry his hair was about to explode. He blurted out, "If it weren't for the An family's excessive bullying, would I have sided with the Duanye family?"

Madam An clicked her tongue, "You want to suck up to the Duan Ye family, but you don't know that the Duan Ye family has always been arrogant. You suffered a loss and still complain about my An family. You coward, no family would respect you."

If it weren't for her decent talent, which allowed her to become a city lord, the An family would never have allowed her to marry into their family.

It's a pity that someone with the talent for cultivation doesn't necessarily have the brains.

Madam An was too lazy to say anything more to her good-for-nothing husband. Over the years, she had seen him take her talent in cultivation less and less seriously. She figured that he would only have one more stage of spiritual awakening in his life. Madam An relaxed and turned to leave the hall.

The city lord watched Madam An's retreating figure, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.

"You bitch, do you really think I haven't gotten involved with the Duanye family? Just wait, you Jiang clans won't have many days of peace. I want to see what you can do to me after the An family is gone."

He was at the Great Perfection of the Heartbeat Realm, while Madam An had been cultivating every day without stopping for years and often went to the battlefield for training, so she had only reached the Early Stage of the Heartbeat Realm. The difference between them was not small.

If he weren't wary of the An family, he would have crippled this woman long ago!
……

After handing the refined pills to Granny Kong, Lin Zhao bid farewell to his acquaintances in the Western District Legion and left again with Ye Wei and Xiao Bei.

When they arrived at Qianlong City, the sun was already setting. Lin Zhao held Xiao Bei's hand, paid the entrance fee to the gatekeeper, and used two documents that Kong Hui had forged for her to sneak into the city.

While searching for a place to stay in the city, he suddenly noticed that Ye Wei's body was trembling slightly on the other side.

"What's wrong?" Lin Zhao asked, looking at her.

Ye Wei looked at the distance with a complicated expression. Lin Zhao followed her gaze and saw a young man in white with a sword at his side. He had outstanding looks, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a cold and aloof temperament, like a snow-covered mountain begonia.

He stood under the old locust tree in the city, the dappled sunlight falling on him, but bringing no warmth.

“It’s my uncle,” Xiao Bei said.

Is this the young master of the city lord's mansion?

Lin Zhao patted Ye Wei's shoulder. Ye Wei knew that Lin Zhao was comforting her, so she shook her head and said, "He, the city lord's wife, and the young lady have all treated me fairly well."

The one who truly despised her was actually her biological father, who was her closest blood relative.

Ye Jiangxiu strode over and bowed to Lin Zhao in thanks: "Senior, you must be the Nascent Soul cultivator who saved my second sister. Ye Jiangxiu of the Qianlong City Lord's Mansion thanks you, Senior."

Lin Zhao scrutinized him for a moment, "Don't you know she was hung at the city gate?"

Ye Jiangxiu's expression was somewhat unpleasant: "At the time, Wanwan and I were on a mission in the Northern District Legion. My mother only found out about this after she wrote to me."

Lin Zhao neither agreed nor disagreed with his words, "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way. I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion."