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Chapter 3 - All For Nothing

I can't believe that I am now a Demonic Cultivator. I could now see other people's Qi and energy, but they couldn't see mine. They obviously just thought of me as just an ordinary slave. I was still looking around when I saw a convoy following an Imperial Carriage. The only time an Imperial Carriage came around was when they came to take female slaves to serve as mistresses in pleasure houses. They only chose the prettiest of slaves... Wait, Xiaoyan.

I took a shortcut and ran back straight to the Slaves' Pit. I looked around for her and finally saw her with people who seemed to be giving her gifts. Those rich bastards were already here and she was so relaxed. I got mad and walked up to her. "What's with you and looking so pretty? How naive could you ever be!" I said angrily and snatched an expensive-looking hairpin from her hair.

She felt pain from the way I dragged the pin out of her hair, so she got angry and tried to take the pin from me. I snatched it out of her hand and broke it. She started crying and said I was being inconsiderate.

"What's so inconsiderate about this?" I said in anger. "You didn't even get me a birthday gift, but you still destroyed mine."

"How did I not get you a birthday gift?!" I asked.

Then, she said, "Tell me, what did you get me?"

I couldn't tell her that I became a Demonic Cultivator; even if I could, it would seem like I didn't do it for myself alone. I kept quiet thinking of what to say when the carriage from before drove in and stopped in front of us. Suddenly, I started feeling lots of Yan energy coming from the person inside the carriage. The door then opened, then a boy around my age who was in expensive clothes came out of the carriage and walked up to us.

He stood in front of me and put his hand on my shoulder and pushed me to the ground, forcing me to kneel. He didn't even use his Qi, but it still felt as if there was a building on my shoulder. He looked at Xiaoyan and introduced himself as the first prince of the Mystic Mountains, "Gu-Chengli."

What was the prince doing in a slave pit? He told Xiaoyan that he found his own personal slave. He told Xiaoyan that he didn't like the fact that members of the Blue Moon Sect were being used as slaves. He said that he wanted peace between the two sects. Like anyone would fall for that. Xiaoyan asked how this peace could come about, and then he replied, "Through marriage."

He told Xiaoyan that if she agreed to marry him when he becomes the King, she would become the Queen and then they would be able to give the Blue Moon Sect their freedom.

What the bloody heck is this shithead saying? I got angry and yelled at him. "You rich bastard, what kind of dumb lie is that? Who would ever fall for that crap?"

He looked at me with rage in his eyes. He squeezed my shoulder until the bones broke—I remember hearing a "crack" before I got here. "Are you like a bully here or something?" he asked me as he kept breaking my bones.

Xiaoyan begged him to stop, and then he stopped immediately. He told Xiaoyan that even if she didn't like the proposal, she should think about the good of the Blue Moon Sect. This was getting too stupid to listen to. She would never marry you, you filthy rat!

I said, "Xiaoyan..." but she walked up to me and slapped me. "Of course I will," she said with all seriousness. She told Chengli that she would marry him and free the Blue Moon Sect.

No, what was this feeling? I was too angry to think, then I said to her, "How naive could you ever be? I do everything for you!"

"It's like your brain isn't even turned on yet," she replied. "If you're intentionally trying to be stupid, stop it because it's becoming part of you."

Chengli immediately kicked me in the head, making me fall flat on the ground. He kept stamping his feet on my head until Xiaoyan asked him to stop.

"I agreed to marry you, so let's go to prevent more trouble," Xiaoyan said to Chengli. Chengli was happy and said he also heard that today was her birthday and as a gift, he would release five slaves of her choice. She was walking towards me, but I already put it in my mind that I would refuse her proposal. She came closer and picked five others.

Wait... am I dreaming or what? She didn't even pick me. My anger immediately turned into sadness. I remained on the ground until she left with the five others. I can't believe I watched the one I love leave me. Gu-Chengli, you just dug your own grave. Wait for me, bastard.

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