The Eight Empresses Betrayed Me, Only to Deeply Regret It After Being Reborn-Chapter 6: The Sword Sacrificer

"Ling'er, this is the Biteng porridge your mother made for you. Try it and see if you like it?"

With a kind and gentle smile, Zeng Shuiyue brought over a bowl of light green rice porridge. The Biteng porridge was made with green spiritual rice, and each grain exuded a rich, fragrant aroma.

"Thank you, Mother!"

Chu Ling smiled with innocence, happily saying.

"Mother, you are the best person in the world to me. I will never leave you and Father in this lifetime."

Zeng Shuiyue smiled and patted her head.

"Silly child, does that mean you’re not planning to marry in the future?"

These words caused Chu Ling to fall into a brief silence.

Marry?

Marry who?

Lu Ye?

If she didn’t marry Lu Ye, after seeing his unparalleled charm, is there anyone else in the world who could catch her eye? Who could replace Lu Ye in her heart?

"Ling'er won’t marry. Ling'er just wants to stay with Father and Mother forever, to be with the family." Chu Ling's smile was a bit forced.

"Alright, alright, no marriage. Hurry and drink your porridge, or it’ll get cold."

Chu Ling nodded and began sipping the Biteng porridge slowly.

Zeng Shuiyue looked at her swallowing and smiled even more kindly.

Now, her son was completely safe.

She had initially thought of having this girl become her son's sword servant, but she had not expected that the demon sword forged by the ancestor /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ required a sword sacrificer.

The sword sacrificer had very stringent requirements.

The only ones who met the criteria were her son, Chu Shifei, and the adopted daughter, Chu Ling. She certainly couldn’t have her son be the sword sacrificer.

Finishing the Biteng porridge in one go, "Mother, it’s really delicious!"

"If it’s delicious, drink more!"

After three bowls of Biteng porridge, Chu Ling rubbed her stomach and said with a childish tone, "Mother, I can’t drink anymore. I’m too full."

"Silly girl, then rest for a while. If you’re tired, just lie on the bed and sleep."

"I understand!"

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After Zeng Shuiyue left, Chu Ling continued to ponder the issue of marriage.

Soon, a heavy drowsiness struck her.

Wait!

No!

Chu Ling wasn’t truly useless. She had fought alongside Lu Ye more than anyone else, and the Nine Heavens Sword Maiden title was something she earned with her sword.

This sleepiness came on too suddenly, it wasn’t normal.

She hurriedly began circulating her cultivation technique.

The cultivation technique she practiced was called the "Great Slaughter Sword Sutra," a scripture with immense offensive power, and she had been practicing it since her rebirth.

Poisoned!

How could she be poisoned?

Chu Ling reviewed all possible situations where she could have been poisoned, ultimately focusing on the Biteng porridge.

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

Biteng porridge, poisoned?

How could this be?!

Wasn’t this porridge made by Mother?

The poison began to spread through her body. As a powerful sword cultivator, Chu Ling naturally had methods to suppress the poison.

She suppressed the poison with her true energy, planning to investigate the truth by feigning unconsciousness.

"Knock, knock, knock... Ling’er, are you asleep?"

Pretending to be unconscious, Chu Ling heard Zeng Shuiyue’s voice.

She didn’t answer.

After a moment, the voice outside became colder.

"Alright, she’s poisoned. We can begin now." Zeng Shuiyue's voice lost its warmth, turning cold and ruthless.

"Crack!"

The door opened.

A group of people filed in.

Zeng Shuiyue and Chu Xiong Tian looked at the unconscious Chu Ling, their faces filled with joy.

"Take her away, send her to the Old Ancestor!"

Two people stepped forward, lifting Chu Ling and heading toward the deepest part of the Chu Sword Manor.

"The demon sword can finally be forged successfully, the Old Ancestor can break through his cultivation, and my crisis will finally be resolved," Chu Shifei said with lingering fear.

"Hmph, if she hadn’t unexpectedly come back to die, the sword sacrificer would have been you. If you don’t properly cultivate and continue living a life of indulgence, the next time danger comes, are you going to rely on luck again?" Chu Xiong Tian scolded.

"Father, I’m sorry, I’ll definitely cultivate properly!"

"After the demon sword is forged, you will enter seclusion and cultivate for a year. If you don't cultivate the Chu Sword Heart Method to the fifth level, you will not be allowed to leave seclusion!"

"Ah? Fifth level!"

"Mother, how can I reach the fifth level in a year? Isn’t that going to suffocate me? No, no, I can't stand it."

"Didn't your father say so? This time, this dead girl has returned. Next time, if something happens and you’re not strong enough, you'll just be slaughtered like a fish on a chopping board."

Chu Ling listened to the conversation she had always considered to be from her family, and her heart sank as though it had fallen into an ice cave.

She couldn't believe it. She couldn’t believe what she had just heard.

A sword sacrificer?

Coming back to die?

She was the sword sacrificer?

She came back to die?

She...

"If you want me to cultivate to the fifth level, fine, but I have one condition."

It seemed like Chu Shifei understood that he couldn’t stay in seclusion for a long time, so he took this opportunity to make a request.

"What condition?" Zeng Shuiyue asked.

"I... I want to be alone with Chu Ling for half an hour. After all, she's going to die. The Old Ancestor only wants the innate sword body. Why not let me use it in advance? It won't affect anything."

"Ah... Father, don't hit, don't hit!"

"Stinky boy, what nonsense are you talking? Chu Ling is your sister!"

"She’s not really my sister. She’s the daughter of those two dead slave masters. She’s just a servant. If not for her good physique and becoming the sword sacrificer, I would have taken her long ago."

"Anyway, I don’t care. If you want me to enter seclusion, fine, but I want half an hour with her!!!"

Chu Shifei had completely given up.

Chu Xiong Tian almost struck his son dead on the spot but was stopped by Zeng Shuiyue.

"How about this—let your son be alone with her for half an hour..."

To everyone's surprise, Zeng Shuiyue agreed!

In her eyes, it made sense. After all, Chu Ling was going to die. As a mother, she knew how much her son coveted Chu Ling.

Once she fulfilled his wish, he could cultivate properly.

Chu Xiong Tian became enraged, "No way! At such a critical moment, how can you let him fool around? If anything goes wrong, he’ll be the one to die!"

"If you dare mess with me again, I’ll break your legs!"

Chu Xiong Tian, understanding the importance of the situation, sternly reprimanded him.

Many of the guards silently observed, not daring to interfere.

But Chu Ling was really foolish. After coming back, her biological parents had gone missing, and she didn’t care. Chu Si had died just because he kindly told her to leave, and she didn’t notice a thing.

Some would say, if a person is meant to die, it’s destined by the heavens!

At that moment, Chu Ling finally saw through the true faces of the Chu family.

Countless memories instantly flooded her mind.

"Young master, Ling'er misses home. When can I return to visit?"

"Don’t worry, just wait a bit longer."

"How much longer must I wait?"

"Wait until... the sword is forged!"

She thought the young master was referring to her sword, but now, she realized he was clearly talking about the demon sword!

Once the demon sword was forged, she wouldn’t need to be the sword sacrificer anymore, and she could naturally return.

...

"Young master, please, let me go home and visit. I really miss my parents."

"Your real parents, or your foster parents?"

"My foster parents are my parents!"

"Ling'er, your real parents are your biological ones. Foster parents may sometimes have ulterior motives."

"Impossible! My parents are the best to me. Young master, how can you say such things about them!"

Back then, she had had a terrible argument with the young master.

...

"Ling'er, time’s up, I’ll take you home!"

But when they arrived, the Chu Sword Manor had become a ruin, with almost all the people inside dead or wounded.

"Those who harm others will ultimately be harmed themselves!"

"Deserved! Deserved!"

"Lu Ye!!! It's all your fault!!!"