Volume One, Chapter One: Transcended

Splash—

As Jiu Mu’s consciousness drifted in a haze, a sudden dousing of icy water sent a shiver coursing through her body.

Then, it felt as if countless sharp needles pierced her skin, a searing pain spreading and igniting every nerve.

“Madam, she’s awake.”

“I told you, this stubborn girl’s got a tough life force—she’s not going to die so easily.”

“Indeed, madam is insightful.”

“Enough talk. Quickly take her away.”

Madam Xu raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose.

If this wretched girl weren’t still useful, she wouldn’t have come to such a filthy, foul-smelling place.

Jiu Mu slowly opened her eyes and saw several people standing before her. At the forefront was a richly dressed woman, her face twisted with disdain as she looked down upon Jiu Mu.

At that moment, two burly old women, following orders, approached roughly and grabbed her wrists, attempting to drag her up.

Instinctively, Jiu Mu twisted her wrists skillfully, evading their grip. She swiftly reversed her hold on their hands and, using their own force against them, snapped them back.

“Ah—”

The sharp crack of bones breaking was followed by two piercing cries of pain.

When Jiu Mu opened her eyes earlier, she had seen those two old women set down a wooden basin and splash her with water mixed with salt and chili.

Madam Xu, snapping out of her shock, barked sharply at the maid beside her, “Hold that little wretch down. Let me show you what it means to be ruthless... ah!”

Before she could finish, her body staggered forward suddenly, her neck grasped tightly.

“Shut up.”

Jiu Mu pressed the hairpin she had pulled from Madam Xu’s hair against her throat, her voice cold and fierce.

“What—what are you doing? Let go of me at once!” Madam Xu panicked, struggling desperately.

“Madam... madam...” the maids cried out.

“Such noise. If you move again, I’ll end your miserable life right here.” Jiu Mu tightened her grip on the hairpin.

Feeling the sharp pain at her neck, Madam Xu immediately ceased her struggling.

Satisfied with her compliance, Jiu Mu pointed at one of the maids and said coldly, “You—go fetch your master.”

The maid, already flustered and unsure how to respond, glanced anxiously at her mistress who was being held captive.

Hearing Jiu Mu’s command to fetch the master, Madam Xu hurriedly urged, “What are you waiting for? Go at once!”

The maid quickly hurried away. Jiu Mu pulled Madam Xu’s hair and backed toward the wall, slowly sitting down and closing her eyes.

She, Jiu Mu, was originally a modern-day descendant of the most mysterious poison doctor lineage. But after losing consciousness during a poison test, she inexplicably found herself transmigrated into this body.

The original owner of this body was an orphan girl, saved since childhood by Yan Li Ruo, the daughter of the Yan family who owned the estate. The two regarded each other as sisters, depending on one another for nearly a decade.

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