"Liu Wei, even after being crippled, you are still as pathetic as ever, fufu," With a devilish smirk, Yao Lian muted her laughter with her fingers, hinting at her ridicule aimed at the man kneeling on the ground, his teeth clenched in anger and eyes burning with fury.
"How dare you!" Struggling to stand up, Liu Wei pushed his body forward in the direction of the woman, only to lose his footing and collapse onto the floor yet again. His disabled body prevented him from maintaining his balance, resulting in him unintentionally hitting the ground with his face.
"My, my, don't move too much or else the poison will kill you instantly." As she squinted her eyes, seemingly sizing him up with a hint of amusement, Yao Lian released her fingers from her lips, letting her hands rest delicately on her chest. Her feet moved gracefully as the only audible sound in the room was the rhythmic beating of the man's heart.
"Argh, damn it, you have completely destroyed my body," Liu Wei felt his whole body being filled with an incomprehensible pain and torment which seemed to make his muscles paralyzed, with his bones not having enough strength to stand up.
The poison appeared to eat away at his bones and consume his flesh, leaving his body looking like nothing more than a skeleton as a result of severe malnutrition.
"Do you really think that I will sit idle after that declaration you made?", Yao Lian looked at his figure lying face down on the floor, then walked past him and gracefully took a seat on the bed. Crossing one leg over the other, she placed her hands gently clasped on her knees.
It was amusing to see Liu Wei blaming her for poisoning, when he was the one who encouraged her to take such actions.
A few years ago, she discovered that she possessed a special physique called the Moon Essence Divine Physique. This physique rapidly converts moonlight into spiritual energy and boosts her Kundalini.
However, in addition to her physique providing her with increased spiritual strength, her dual cultivation partner would have also gained the ability to absorb spiritual energy from the moonlight, thereby indirectly enhancing his Kundalini.
With the information about her physique becoming known to everyone, the head of the Wei family proposed a marriage alliance between her and one of his most talented and prodigious sons, who was considered a once-in-a-thousand-years genius.
Coming from Middle Town, one would have expected Yao Lian's family to approve of the marriage proposal. However, to the surprise of the Wei family, the Lian family indirectly rejected the proposal, causing offense. This led to the intervention of the Elders from the Phoenix Order, who were part of the Wei family.
Before the situation escalated to potential violence, Yao Lian made the decision to accept the proposal on behalf of her family. She ultimately ascended to the upper town with a clear intent of seeking revenge.
If the Wei family wanted to use her as a pawn for their own benefit, then she would also use the Wei family for her own gains. Standing in her way was Liu Wei, who fell in love with her at first sight.
Indeed, she had gathered all the information about what exactly happened in the lower town from the fact that a young master claimed the woman Liu Wei was attached to, and then that young master directed his sidekicks to beat Liu Wei.
From the moment she found out about her engagement to the prodigal son of one of the mistresses of the Wei family, she slowly began making preparations to set traps that she knew he would fall into and fall in love with her at first sight.
After gaining his trust over time, she finally got a chance when they were inside a tomb to claim an inheritance. However, she betrayed him by stabbing him after secretly implanting a tracking technique in his talisman.
For all these years, she was aware of Liu Wei's location all the time but remained quiet because she needed to gain complete control within the Wei family by using her paralyzed husband.
Manipulating things, she kept feeding slow corroding poisons to his body to prevent it from healing when she brings Liu Wei back to his original body.
Coincidentally, today was the day when she was declared as one of the members of the family council among the existing five, prompting her to send her Aunt to kill Liu Wei. But while doing so, she got the news that he had already offended some young master.
Not thinking much of it, she perceived it as a coincidence and instructed her Aunt to mix poison into the healing potion to feed Liu Wei.
However, now that she saw him return to his body before the poison could take effect, she realized that someone had killed him.
"Aunt?" she asked, narrowing her gaze. With one hand holding the jade pendant and the other resting on her folded knees, she calmly waited for updates.
However, there was no response.
"....So, she is dead, huh", Yao's eyes sparkled when she noticed that, after a second, she had not received a message prompting her to at least try to listen to the voice of the person on the other end of the call. 'Is it that black-robed man?'
Her suspicion was directed towards none other than the young master who could be on the other side. However, to her surprise, she heard a woman's voice speaking in a soothing tone.
"Your aunt is in pieces, could you please provide me with your address so I can send her to you?