Chapter 5741: Extra Story - Mu Xiaoxue's Pig-like Life
Within a farmhouse courtyard, several free-range domestic fowl clucked, pacing along the fence, occasionally pecking at the ground.
A dusty sow lay in the pigsty, nudging a dirty trough with its snout.
"Mom, I think that pig is pretty fat. Let's take it to the restaurant to sell tomorrow at the market."
"I wonder if we can get a good price for it."
As if understanding, the dusty pig suddenly bolted, slamming its head fiercely against the fence.
"What's wrong with it? It's going crazy again!"
"Ow."
"Mom, I told you earlier this pig has a bad temper, it's practically sick. We should have sold it to the restaurant for spirit coins a long time ago."
A few rattan canes lashed out from beyond the fence. The young woman's voice was resentful, "Mom, find something to tie it up. Let's take it to town to sell today."
Always throwing tantrums and ramming things, this pig had been quite temperamental since they brought it back.
The footsteps of the mother and daughter receded, presumably to find ropes or something similar.
Suddenly, a figure landed in the small courtyard.
The woman had a red burn scar on her face. Looking through the fence at the dusty, thrashing pig, tears suddenly streamed down her face.
"Miss, I finally found you. How could you become like this?"
Mu Xiaoxue felt immense hatred.
It was bad enough that Qin Er had turned her into a piglet with a transformation charm before, but that ruthless man had even sealed her form with his sacred power.
How many people in this world could undo his sacred power seal?
Even though the effects of the transformation charm had long since faded with time, this sacred power seal remained unbroken. The unlucky Mu Xiaoxue continued to live in animal form.
She had been careful enough, yet when she went out foraging one day, she was captured by a group of rural villagers and brought back to this farmhouse courtyard.
She frantically rammed the fence, squealing and yelling.
But in the end, she still couldn't escape from this farmhouse courtyard.
Upon hearing that lowly farm girl talk about selling her to a restaurant, Mu Xiaoxue's heart panicked.
Selling her to a restaurant meant killing her.
But she didn't want to die, not at all.
She was truly afraid of Qiao Mu now and no longer sought revenge against her.
She had only one humble wish: to regain her human form and live a good life in a wealthy place for the rest of her days.
She had buried some gold, silver, jade, and jewelry in a desolate courtyard before. Converting them into spirit coins would surely guarantee her a life of comfort and abundance for the rest of her life.
Perhaps with her looks, she could even marry into a good family and have many descendants in the future.
She forcefully nudged her head, roaring at the red-scarred woman outside the fence.
The maid, Xiao Rou, showed a hint of unbearable sadness in her eyes. "Miss, don't worry. This family just wants some spirit coins. I'll pay to buy you back later."
"You will never suffer again."
Mu Xiaoxue forcefully nudged the fence, roaring with anger in her heart: I am suffering right now! As long as I don't regain my human form, I will continue to suffer, continue to suffer!
How can you, a mere maid, make me not suffer? What ability do you have to make me not suffer?!
If you truly have that loyalty, you should do everything in your power to help me break this transformation charm seal on me.
"Hey, who are you?" The farmwife and her daughter returned, startled to see an extra person in their courtyard.
"You, you, why are you trespassing on private property! We can report you to the officials for this." The young farm girl gripped her mother's hand, both mother and daughter retreating several steps in fright.
"Don't be nervous," Xiao Rou quickly said. "I, I want to buy your pig. Can you name a price?"
"What? You, you want to buy the pig?" The farm girl's eyes darted around, then she put on a smiling face and glanced at Mu Xiaoxue in the pigsty.
"You see, it wasn't easy to raise our Little Gray to be so big and plump. It'll cost at least five thousand spirit coins."
The farmwife was startled, hastily tugging her daughter's sleeve.
Isn't that extortion!
At most, they could earn five hundred spirit coins by sending it to a large restaurant in town. Her daughter had just quoted ten times that amount to someone.
Mu Xiaoxue, in the pigsty, was filled with hatred, constantly banging her head against the fence, silently cursing in fury: You imbecile! You're a cultivator, a cultivator! You're at least a Great Spirit Master now. Crushing these two country bumpkins would be as easy as crushing ants!
Why don't you just kill them instead of babbling with these greedy country bumpkins?
Xiao Rou took out a pouch of spirit coins from her inner world and handed it to the farm girl.
The farmwife's face immediately split into a wide smile. She quickly and warmly said, "Daughter, quickly help our guest tie up the pig."
"No need, no need."
"Yes, yes, this pig is fierce! It'll run off if you let it out! It won't get far if it's tied up."
As she spoke, she opened the pigsty door. The mother and daughter worked together to loop a rope around Mu Xiaoxue's neck and tie it round and round her body as she thrashed about.
Mu Xiaoxue wanted to ram them both to death, but the farmwife suddenly tightened the rope, and she couldn't breathe.
The farmwife and her daughter dragged Mu Xiaoxue out of the pigsty and re-secured the gate.
Handing one end of the rope to Xiao Rou, the farmwife said, "Guest, the pig is yours. You must keep a close eye on it, it's very fierce and keeps ramming its head against things. It's really weird!"
Xiao Rou saw Mu Xiaoxue's body covered in scars and couldn't help but shed tears. She embraced Mu Xiaoxue and left the farmhouse courtyard.
Mu Xiaoxue was so angry she cursed repeatedly in her heart: You utterly rotten good-for-nothing! Didn't you say you'd be good to me, your mistress? Didn't you say you'd take care of your mistress?
Why, seeing your mistress abused like this, did you not punish them for me?
Mu Xiaoxue had no idea that Xiao Rou would never lay a hand on ordinary people.
Those two rural mother and daughter had no idea that their "miss" was a person sealed by a transformation charm.
They were just ordinary village women accustomed to farm work, raising pigs, chickens, and ducks. It was impossible for them to treat their livestock like emperors.
Whipping and driving livestock were common occurrences in farmyards, so how could Xiao Rou kill someone over such a thing?
Xiao Rou was not Mu Xiaoxue; she had her own bottom line, even though she had always been a maid.
However, she also secretly told herself: From now on, I must take good care of Miss.
Even if Miss can never regain her human form, it doesn't matter. She will ensure Miss lives a life free from worries.
Many, many years later...
One day, Mu Xiaoxue, plump and robust, lay on the grass in the courtyard, gazing up at the sky.
She suddenly recalled her mother's tearful words to her:
"Xiaoxue, you can't defeat her."
"I don't ask for you to be rich and powerful, nor for you to achieve great success. I just want you to live well. Xiaoxue, listen to your mother, stop now..."
She couldn't help but shed tears of regret.
She couldn't turn back in this life. She truly regretted not listening to her mother's teachings back then.
Regretting it deeply...
(End)