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Chapter 134: A Scarlet Beauty Mark

The entrance to Duan Residence was very lively. Duan Xinghui returned grandly in a full body of armor. Upon seeing her son, Madame Duan was so happy she cried. She remarked in a tone full of heartache that he had gotten tanned, that had gotten skinny.

Duan Xinghui's gaze swept past Yuan Dong to land on Er Ya. She was wearing a lake-blue silk garment with a hairpin inserted in her hair. She seemed very happy and was smiling widely with joy. However, a moment later, she felt that it was inappropriate behavior and immediately closed her mouth.

Very soon, she gave Duan Xinghui a closed-lips smile, not knowing that this kind of smile made her seem very timid and inferior. After just a winter, Er Ya had lost the simple freedom and beauty that Duan Xinghui had once been enchanted by.

The current Er Ya's every movement was awkward like that of a wooden puppet.

When Duan Xinghui saw her smile, Princess Jiahui's face appeared in his mind. She could even lick the blood from the corner of her mouth in a way that was filled with dark charm.

Duan Xinghui married Er Ya, which made Er Ya overjoyed. During the wine banquet, Duan Xinghui drank a lot, and even cried. Perhaps he was mourning the past, or perhaps he felt regret.

Duan Xinghui and Er Ya's life did not turn out that well. Duan Xinghui gave Er Ya the position of main wife, but he didn't keep the promise of being faithful only to her for this entire lifetime. There were other women by his side. Now that Princess Jiahui was gone, Duan Xinghui didn't care about any other women, or did he care about how many women were by his side.

He no longer saw any joy in life. Er Ya couldn't accept it, but she also had no choice but to endure the fact that her man was sleeping with other women even though it stabbed at her heart.

As of now, Princess Jiahui had already become the bright moonlight in Duan Xinghui's heart, a scarlet beauty mark. Things that were out of reach were always the most beautiful. Duan Xinghui would never be able to obtain Princess Jiahui again in this lifetime, so she became something like a inviolable G.o.ddess in his heart.

>The scarlet beauty mark mark is a phrase from Eileen Chang's novel "Red Rose, White Rose". The first paragraph on talks about the origin of the 'mark' and about the red rose and white rose. In addition, the scarlet beauty mark also refers to the dot of cinnabar placed on the arms of young woman to prove their chast.i.ty.

After the war was over, North Mongolia sent an envoy and agreed to sign the non-aggression treaty that would last for a hundred years. However, there was one condition, which was that Princess Jiahui would get married with the second prince of North Mongolia, He Lianying.

Those wolves' ambitions still haven't died. Princess Jiahui laughed. She would die before she'd step foot in North Mongolia. This time, Li Wen refused before Princess Jiahui even said anything.

After the North Mongolian delegation left, Princess Jiahui told Li Wen that she was willing to go and guard the border. She was even willing to never marry in this lifetime and devote her life to the cause of defending against the North Mongolian Tartars.

Princess Jiahui stated directly that there was no man in this world that could match up to her. Li Wen asked jokingly, "You won't get married even if you encounter a man as outstanding as Imperial Older Brother?"

Princess Jiahui smiled. "There exists no other man like Imperial Older Brother in the world."

When Duan Xinghui who was also in the great hall heard Princess Jiahui say this, he recalled that, a very long time ago, Princess Jiahui had said that he was the best man in the world. However, it was hard for him to even appear in Princess Jiahui's eyes now.

That very night, Princess Jiahui returned to the border and patrolled the city walls with her female troops. The row of Tartar corpses were no longer covered by ice and snow so their original appearances were revealed.

Their faces had contorted expressions of agony and their corpses had become dried. Cai Sang said to Princess Jiahui, "The Tartars don't even dare to look at these corpses anymore, and the Tartars that come to the city to trade no longer dare to act arrogant. The citizens here call Princess the G.o.ddess of War. I heard that they even plan to erect a statue and long life memorial tablet for you, Princess."

Princess Jiahui smiled a little without saying anything. However, not long later, an enormous statue was erected in the city. It was a statue of Princess Jiahui in full armor. Her hair was pulled up into a high ponytail, her gaze was solemn and dignified, and at her waist hung a whip.

When Princess Jiahui saw this statue, tears fell from her eyes. She was the respected princess of Great Yong, the Princess Jiahui whom everyone revered, never again a disgrace.

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Chapter 135: Completed Second Realm

When Ning Shu got back to the system s.p.a.ce, she couldn't help but touch her shoulder to check it. It hurt even now.

She had gotten too used to being a normal person, it seemed. It had been a long time since she had felt such severe pain. Only chemotherapy hurt that much. Ning Shu had almost forgotten that she used to be stuck in the hospital.

She looked down to check her body, then sighed. Her soul had gotten dimmer again. She should hurry and sit down to start absorbing this s.p.a.ce's energy.

Ning Shu thought about the Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts for a bit, then decided to absorb the energy based on how she practiced the martial arts. Just letting it flow slowly into her body seriously took way too long.

Ning Shu started trying the cultivation method. She didn't know if it would work or not since she was currently a soul. She had no body, no meridians, so how was the cultivation method supposed to revolve energy through her body? She felt pretty stupid for trying it.

Despite that, she still sat down on the ground and closed her eyes to start absorbing those things into her body. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the speed had increased a little. In addition, absorbing these things into her soul felt very pleasant. It was a refres.h.i.+ngly cool sensation.

Just as Ning Shu was getting into it, a cold mechanical voice appeared in the system s.p.a.ce.

"Congratulations, Player, for making it back. Would you like to see the stats panel now?"

"Yes."

Right after Ning Shu replied, a screen appeared in front of her with her stats displayed on it.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 7100 (7100/10000)

Soul: 60

Life: 50

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 1

Luck: 25

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 24

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Beginner Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts

Acquired t.i.tles: G.o.ddess of War

Ning Shu was stunned for a moment when she saw the t.i.tle 'G.o.ddess of War.' When had she obtained such a op-sounding t.i.tle?

But that wasn't the main concern right now, the main concern was that she only got 3000 experience points this time. When the points she got from converting the book of Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts was added on, it only totalled 7100 points. And what were those two random points of virtuous achievement used for?

Then there was the fact that after getting involved in b.l.o.o.d.y battle for so long that she couldn't even tell if the blood on her was from her period or from her enemies, she only got this little points.

Fine. It was already good that she got any points at all. Being able to come back alive was already very good.

"You've obtained five additional attribute points, where would you like to add them?" asked the system.

Ning Shu tapped at the screen. She added some to luck with sadness and indignation. She noticed that her moral quality must really suck. After all, even when she was already about to exit the world, karma still sent her such a painful arrow.

Ning Shu finished distributing the attribute points and the screen now reflected the changes.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 7100 (7100/10000)

Soul: 60

Life: 50

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 1

Luck: 25 (+3)

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 24 (+2)

Virtuous Achievement: 2

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Beginner Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts

Acquired t.i.tles: G.o.ddess of War

"Enter the task world? Yes/No." The system's mechanical voice appeared again.

Ning Shu shook her head. "I'll enter it later."

Her soul had been worn out from experiencing the last world and had turned dim again. In addition, in the last world she had experienced ma.s.sacres and had gone from a normal good citizen to a general whose hands were dyed with blood. She had to settle her emotions down. Otherwise, if things went on like this, she would go insane.

Ning Shu cleared her mind. She was herself, only herself, she was Ning Shu. No matter what she experienced, she was still herself. Perhaps she spent time living for other people, but from beginning to end, she was Ning Shu.