funbook-pk Chapter 12 From then on, her world consisted only of her teacher.
Chapter 12 From then on, her world consisted only of her teacher.
The massacre did not last long.
Some people didn't even have time to react before they collapsed in pools of blood.
None of them expected that Chu Ning, who had clearly said he would let them go as long as they laid down their weapons, would suddenly go back on his word and try to kill them all.
Some people even tried to take up arms to resist, but it was all in vain.
The three thousand members of the Su family were quickly slaughtered, and blood flowed like a river beneath the main hall, with a strong stench of blood permeating the air.
The extreme despair, fear, and resentment that erupted from the three thousand people before their deaths transformed into a monstrous blood-red aura that surged wildly into Chu Ning's body, greedily nourishing her bottomless Dao embryo.
In less than half an incense stick's time, the wailing gradually subsided.
With zero casualties, Chu Ning completely crushed the rebel army.
As for morality?
Her teacher taught her that the process is not important, the result is the most important.
The vast square was completely covered with sticky flesh and blood, and stepping on it would even produce a nauseating smacking sound.
Of the three thousand private soldiers, not a single one survived.
Amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, only the Queen Su, her face blank with shock, and the Su family patriarch, kneeling amidst the severed limbs, his eyes wide with fury.
"Chu Ning, you're a madman! You beast!"
Seeing the Su family's hard-earned wealth of decades crumble into pieces in an instant, the Su family patriarch's mental defenses completely collapsed.
He knelt in the blood, his hair disheveled, pointing at the girl on the steps, her body shrouded in dark red malevolent energy, and cursed, "They've all surrendered! They've laid down their swords! You, the Crown Prince of Great Chu, have gone back on your word and slaughtered surrendered soldiers! You're not human; you're a demon possessed by a monster, a bloodthirsty fiend!"
The head of the Su family trembled violently and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood due to the sudden onset of his illness.
Knowing that Chu Ning would not let him go, he became even more reckless.
"With your cold-blooded cruelty and disregard for human life, the centuries-old foundation of Great Chu will sooner or later be destroyed by you, tyrant! Do you think you can secure your throne by killing us all? Who in the court dares to submit to a female demon like you? Who among the people dares to serve a faithless butcher like you?! The iron cavalry of Great Zhou will surely raze your capital to the ground and skin you alive!"
He pointed intently at the dark night sky, tears mingling with blood streaming down his face.
"Chu Ning! You have broken your promise and slaughtered your own kind! Heaven is watching! You heartless fiend will be punished by heaven sooner or later. You are destined to be abandoned by everyone and die alone! You will die a horrible death!"
Faced with such a vicious curse, Chu Ning didn't even flinch.
She simply circulated her cultivation technique silently, absorbing the overwhelming malevolent energy around her.
Her master had told her that she must never neglect her cultivation.
Chu Ning dragged her blood-dripping sword down the steps, her voice soft: "Divine retribution? Uncle, you're mistaken. There is no such thing as a God in this world..."
With a swift movement, she brought her sword down, and the head of the Su family patriarch rolled to the side.
Blood splattered all over Queen Su.
"My goodness, there are only teachers."
After the death of the Su family patriarch, all the rebels were killed, leaving only Queen Su, who was completely paralyzed on the ground.
The guards and royal troops retreated silently, knowing that what followed was a royal secret they absolutely could not hear, for doing so would mean certain death.
In the vast square, only Chu Ning and Empress Su remained, along with a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses.
Queen Su looked at her daughter, who resembled a demon, her exquisite makeup completely distorted. She crawled backward in terror, crying and begging for mercy.
"Ning'er, I am your mother! I am the Empress who gave birth to you! If you kill me, your ancestors will never forgive you!"
"Mother?" Chu Ning murmured softly.
This word was both familiar and unfamiliar to her.
"Now you know how to call yourself 'mother'?"
Chu Ning tilted her head, her murderous aura not diminishing in the slightest, even though the person in front of her was her mother.
The malevolent energy had just entered her body, and she hadn't had time to process it yet.
Now, she is surrounded by a dark red aura of malevolence, truly resembling a demon.
She laughed, a laugh that was particularly eerie.
"When I was seven, I had a high fever and convulsions, and I almost died. You were busy preparing for the birthday banquet of that illegitimate son of the Su family, and you didn't even step into my palace. When I was ten, the envoy of the Great Zhou came to court, and for the sake of the Su family's reputation, you wanted to send me away as a pawn for a political marriage..."
With each sentence Chu Ning spoke, he took a step closer.
"From childhood to adulthood, I've tried my best to please you, to see even a single gentle glance from you, but all I've received in return is disdain, cold looks, and tonight's merciless betrayal!"
Looking at her daughter, who seemed to have crawled out of hell, Queen Su no longer possessed her usual aloof and majestic demeanor as the Queen Mother.
Fear brought tears to her eyes, and she clung tightly to Chu Ning's boots, oblivious to the bloodstains on the ground.
"I was wrong, Ning'er, I was wrong! I was confused for a moment, I was bewitched by those beasts of the Su family! Please spare me, I am the Queen of Great Chu, I can help you stabilize the royal family, I can..."
"Shh." Chu Ning stretched out her finger and gently pressed it against her mother's bloodless lips, telling her to stop talking.
She slowly squatted down, ignoring Queen Su's blood-stained and terrified face, and gently smoothed her mother's disheveled hair with both hands.
Over the past decade or so, she has also longed for maternal love.
"It's no use, Mother. The Chu Ning you gave birth to is already dead. He died the moment you led your troops to surround the mourning hall." Her voice was still gentle, yet as cold as ice.
After tidying her mother's hair, she stood up, and the last bit of tenderness in her eyes vanished.
She stopped speaking and slowly raised the long sword in her hand.
"No, no! Chu Ning! You will be punished by heaven! Our ancestors are watching you from above!" Queen Su let out a desperate and agonizing scream.
Chu Ning smiled, her eyes looking in the direction of the Military Affairs Cabinet.
"Divine retribution? Ancestors? My gods are watching me. If I don't kill you, my teacher will think I'm a dull knife that's not sharp enough."
Once she finished speaking, she no longer hesitated.
The longsword slipped from her hand, and Queen Su's voice abruptly ceased.
Until her dying breath, her eyes remained fixed on Chu Ning, as if she couldn't believe that her daughter would actually kill her with her own hands.
It's over. It's all over.
Chu Ning thought she would be sad, but she found that she didn't feel much emotion. She just looked at her mother's body very calmly.
In just one day, she lost her father, her mother, and all her relatives.
Along with it, the weak version of myself from the past also died.
Chu Ning ignored the corpses on the ground.
She casually tore off half of her blood-stained mourning clothes and slowly wiped the blood off her longsword.
From that moment on, her world consisted only of her teacher, and only of her teacher.
As long as the teacher is still there, she is not alone.
Her uncle and mother both said before they died that she would be punished by heaven.
Chu Ning wasn't afraid at all.
There are no gods or a heaven in this world.
Her world revolves around her teacher.
Chu Ning turned around and left the mountain of corpses and sea of blood without looking back.
She had to go back to report to her "heavenly" master, and she didn't know if her teacher was satisfied with the answer she had submitted.