242: Don't try to blackmail people morally

Just as the dagger was about to pierce Gu Xiaoyue’s chest, an Earth Shield appeared, immediately halting the shadowy figure’s dagger!

The sound of the dagger striking the Earth Shield startled Gu Xiaoyue and Xiao Lu.

Before Gu Xiaoyue could make a move, Xiao Lu’s vines lashed out, binding the intruder tightly.

Gu Xiaoyue turned on the bedside night light, looked at the person, and a slight curve appeared on her lips.

“Yang Jiarong, you actually dared to come and kill me?”

“You, weren’t you supposed to die after severing your contract with your companion beast?”

Yang Jiarong looked at the rosy-faced Gu Xiaoyue with a shocked expression, her question blurting out.

Gu Xiaoyue sneered twice at her, not answering.

“Could it be—everything you said about severing your contract with your companion beast, not having long to live, and those spiritual plants that increase lifespan, was all a lie?”

Yang Jiarong couldn’t believe that this girl in front of her dared to even deceive the current King!

Even the Third Young Master, who had poured his heart out to her and doted on her, was full of lies!

“So what? What does that have to do with you?

I do have spiritual plants that increase lifespan, and many of them!”

Gu Xiaoyue was just a little curious as to why Yang Jiarong wanted to kill her.

Was she gambling that Gu Xiaoyue still had many treasures, or was it because Gu Xiaoyue had spiritual plants that increased lifespan?

“Mr. Gu, if you are well and still have spiritual plants that increase lifespan, I beg you, please give me some!

My daughter has an incurable disease, and medicine is useless; I just want to extend her life a little longer—

She’s only thirteen, even a few more years would be good!”

Yang Jiarong seemed to struggle to bow and kneel to Gu Xiaoyue, but she was bound and couldn’t move, so she could only cry and plead with Gu Xiaoyue.

“So, for your daughter’s life, you snuck into my room in the middle of the night, wanting my life.

Then you’d use my spiritual plants to save your daughter?

Is that right?”

Gu Xiaoyue raised an eyebrow, her gaze darkening slightly.

“Leaving aside that I don’t believe your words—a dying person will say any lie!

Even if what you say is true, I won’t let you go!

Don’t think that just because I’m also a woman, I’ll understand or sympathize with you; on the contrary, I despise mothers like you!”

Gu Xiaoyue didn’t want to waste any more words with her, picked up her dagger, and stabbed it towards Yang Jiarong’s heart.

“Wait, Mr. Gu, I beg you, what I said is true! I really just want to extend my daughter’s life—”

By now, Yang Jiarong’s face was covered in tears and snot, and it seemed she was indeed speaking the truth.

Gu Xiaoyue sighed, stopping her action.

“Whether it’s true or false no longer matters, Yang Jiarong, you must understand—

Since you’ve already harbored murderous intent, you must bear the consequences of being killed in return!”

“If I die, my daughter won’t be able to live either, Mr. Gu, please let me go!

She’s only thirteen, thirteen—”

Yang Jiarong seemed to portray a desperate mother to the extreme.

She looked at Gu Xiaoyue’s eyes through tear-filled eyes, as if searching for a hint of pity within them, as leverage for her continued existence.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xiaoyue merely gave her a helpless glare, utterly indifferent.

“You—Gu Li, do you have any conscience? How can you be so cruel?

Watching a thirteen-year-old girl lose her mother, lose hope of life—”

“Yang Jiarong, can you please clarify who doesn’t want whom to live?

You tried to kill me, and now that you’re under my control, you’re using your terminally ill daughter to morally blackmail me, a victim?

Alright, then I ask you, if you killed me and obtained the spiritual plants to extend your daughter’s life.

When she finds out her mother is a murderer, and the price of her extended life is someone else’s life, will she accept it calmly or spend the rest of her life in guilt?”

Yang Jiarong was momentarily speechless, standing dumbfounded.

She seemed to have never considered this question from beginning to end; she just wanted her daughter to continue living!

“If she accepts it calmly, then it means both you and your daughter enjoy human blood buns, and you both deserve to die!

If she feels guilty, how can she feel that these few years of extended life are happy and deserved?

As an assailant, how dare you morally blackmail a victim into sympathizing with you and forgiving you?”

“Ultimately, you just won’t extend my daughter’s life; you clearly can—

You’re also a murderer, you are!!”

Seeing that she couldn’t morally blackmail Gu Xiaoyue, Yang Jiarong knew she was going to die today, but she still resorted to extreme irrationality.

“If you had spoken to me properly before, I might have actually given it to you—

Now I ask you, have you told the person who sent you to watch me about my spiritual plants that increase lifespan?”

In fact, Gu Xiaoyue still didn’t know whose person Yang Jiarong was.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi, or Bai Jinchen, or Bai Yu Kang—

“No, I truly did it for my daughter; if I told him, he wouldn’t give me the spiritual plants at all! I beg—”

Yang Jiarong hadn’t finished speaking when her eyes widened, her head tilted, and she lost her breath.

As soon as Yang Jiarong admitted she hadn’t leaked the spiritual plant information, Gu Xiaoyue’s hand moved, and the knife descended, slitting her throat.

In the end, she did believe Yang Jiarong’s words, but it didn’t really matter anymore.

Her own situation in Damon was already precarious.

When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, cover it with earth. It was about adapting to circumstances.

“Xiao Jiu, please burn it!”

Gu Xiaoyue put Yang Jiarong’s body into her Yu Beast Space and had Xiao Jiu burn it to ashes.

In truth, even if Yang Jiarong had begged her for spiritual plants that increase lifespan, she wouldn’t have given them.

Previously, to avoid giving Xiao Lan to Bai Yu Kang, she had lied that the weeds were spiritual plants that increase lifespan.

Later, she said so to put White Gaze at ease.

Yang Jiarong overhearing was also part of her plan, but she hadn’t expected Yang Jiarong to act that very night.

This was good too; everyone else thought she was dying, so they probably wouldn’t arrange more people to monitor her.

Gu Xiaoyue went back to sleep and shared seven skills the next day: Illusion, Water Manipulation, Blazing Flames, Rainfall, Fire Sea, Tornado, and Anti-Invisibility.

Sharing so many at once was quite taxing on her Mental Power.

She then slept hugging Little Bear and Xiao Lu, making Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu a little jealous.

Thus, Gu Xiaoyue began a life where pet beasts accompanied her to sleep every night.

Of course, it had to be voluntary for the pet beasts; Ying Long and Bi Fang both looked at her with expressions of disdain.

Two months passed, and all twelve Ten Treasure Berries matured.

Gu Xiaoyue gave these twelve berries, one to each pet beast, for them to eat as snacks.

Now everything was fair, she secretly patted herself on the back.

Recently, she had been recuperating in her room, spending more time with her pet beasts, and their vying for affection had increased significantly.

It made her extra careful now, just afraid that one of her babies would accuse her of favoritism again.

Fortunately, no one disturbed her during this time.

Midway, someone did come to ask if she had seen Yang Jiarong.

She said she didn’t know.

The person also mumbled, wondering if it was because Yang Jiarong’s daughter had recently died of an incurable disease, and she herself had become despondent and taken her own life.

Gu Xiaoyue, looking sickly, chatted with the person for a few sentences before dismissing them due to her poor health.

What Yang Jiarong said was indeed true—

It was a pity she chose the wrong path, which led to such a fate!

Another month passed, and the twelve Multi-Treasure Berry trees all bore Qibao Berries.

Gu Xiaoyue harvested a batch, first preparing the materials for her pet beasts to upgrade to Lord-level, and then she could safely harvest Ten Treasure Berries.

She also planted the leftover pits from last time; the next harvest would yield twenty-four Ten Treasure Berries.

Originally, she didn’t want to plant them, but when she harvested the Qibao Berries, Xiao Lu and Xiao Mo came over, looking at her with eager eyes.

“Master, aren’t you giving us something delicious this time?”

“These are materials for you to upgrade to Lord-level, hmm—next time I’ll give you two, to compensate you!”

Gu Xiaoyue saw them licking their lips, looking like little gluttonous cats, so she promised to compensate them next time.

Hou, standing by, kept pouting; he had learned that Gu Xiaoyue fell for this trick.

But for him, a big man, to do this?

He’d rather go rob!

It would be faster!

It had been nearly half a year since Gu Xiaoyue disappeared, Nanya had been in session for over four months, and the National Competition was two months away.

“Principal, if we don’t select the candidates for the National Competition soon, it might be too late to register!”

Director Wu was a bit anxious; usually, the list was finalized at the beginning of the fifth month of the school year.

Now, not only were the personnel not decided, but even if they were, the training time would be very rushed.

The record of two consecutive years as national champions would probably be broken!