The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

Everyone says that the descendants of Feng Anguo's old home in Yue Town cultivate a forbidden technique that uses black illusory feathers to forcibly seize the spiritual power and life of young girls in order to achieve a high and rapid increase in their own spiritual power. Lao Lei and others have been practicing this forbidden technique for a year, during which time they have secretly harmed many talented young girls.

It's likely that even if Yao Fan killed Lao Lei and the others, it would be natural. After all, ordinary people would be angry but dare not speak out against the other party's atrocities. Only those with high spiritual power would dare to speak out. If an ordinary person dared to have any dissatisfaction with their hometown, the entire family would suffer within a few days.

Therefore, most people were overwhelmingly worried when they saw Yao Fan step forward.

"It would be such a pity if such an obedient girl were beaten to death by her hometown. Those parents who lost money couldn't do anything for their children, and in the end, they even killed them! What a tragedy, what a tragedy!"

"Poor Yao Fan, a young girl of only seventeen, with the best years of her youth, was killed by her parents before she could even get married. She should be reborn into a good family in her next life, and she must not have any connection with this couple. Being born into this family is the worst luck imaginable."

"His hometown was a local tyrant in Laoyue Town. Now that all three of his descendants are dead, it seems Yao Fan can't escape it..."

"How pitiful, how pitiful, so very pitiful!"

"..."

The onlookers were buzzing with discussion. Hou Bang, his eyes red, glared at Yao Fan, who stood before him in a blue robe with a pale face. "Pah! You're not Yao Fan at all! Let me tell you, you little bitch, don't even think about defending Yao Fan. Hand him over right now, or I'll make sure you die with those people!"

After saying that, he shoved Yao Fan hard, his face radiating arrogance. Who dares to talk about him like this? He clearly saw the real Yao Fan yesterday; what's with this imposter?!

Yao Fan took the shove, her face turning pale. She bit her lip hard, holding her head high to make herself look more imposing. The Lei family had risen to prominence in just a few years, becoming a force to be reckoned with in Lao Yue Town. Even if she could hide, her parents and brothers wouldn't be able to escape.

"Ali, what should we do? Should we help her?" Yi Bicheng looked at the somewhat frail Yao Fan not far away, her face showing some worry. To be honest, Yao Fan was actually from their Tianfu. Although Yao Fan's parents knew that Ying Li was not Yao Fan and that it was wrong to drag Ying Li into this, Yao Fan had ultimately not done anything to harm Ying Li, nor had he killed Lao Lei and the others. It would be cruel to make Yao Fan bear all of this.

"This Yao Fan is as annoying as can be. She acts like a saint. It's true that there's always a reason why someone is pitiful. You know, those parents were trying to kill their daughter, and she actually stood up to let them abuse her. If you ask me, girl, you shouldn't have stood up. She wanted to save her parents, so let her go out and save them. You don't need to do it again. When she gets hacked to death this time, she'll realize how stupid her actions were!"

Nan Chuan nearly fainted from anger when he saw Yao Fan's appearance amidst the pile of bones. He had seen madmen before, but never one as utterly stupid as this. His own parents had sold him out, and now he was willingly counting money for them. In his opinion, this kind of person deserved to die.

Ying Li shook his head. "Perhaps she has her own difficulties. We are not involved, and even if we are angry, we cannot make decisions for the parties involved. Yao Fan went to save me after she found out that I was wrongly arrested, despite Lao Lei's ruthless methods. This proves that Yao Fan is not a bad person. She just has her own standards of judgment. What right do we have to blame her?"

"How Yao Fan struggles is her own business. Now she is a member of the Heavenly Palace and a part of the great battle between the spiritual masters and their disciples in the Nine Heavens. No matter what, she can't just stand by and do nothing."

After saying that, Ying Li looked at Yi Bicheng and said, "We'll find an opportunity to rescue Yao Fan and her parents later, give them some money, and let her parents leave Laoyue Town. That would be a suitable solution."

"Hou Bang and the others, along with the hundred or so people searching the ruins, have a spiritual power level of only the second stage of spiritual cultivation. Brother Bicheng, use the Northern Red Plum Fan to confuse the crowd while I go to rescue people."

Yi Bicheng nodded after listening, realizing that this was the only way to proceed for now.

"You guys really have nothing better to do. If you ask me, I wouldn't go to save her. Doesn't this kind of person believe that evil people will be punished by evil people? Then she can just wait for the evil people to come and punish her hometown. After she's captured, she can wait for the people of the Mu Dynasty to come from afar to rescue her. This Yao Fan, I really hate her no matter how I look at her." Nan Chuan kept muttering in the Bone Ring, expressing his various grievances against Yao Fan.

Ying Li felt somewhat helpless, but she couldn't persuade Nan Chuan to let go of her prejudice against Yao Fan. In this world, people are so insignificant; everyone has to act according to the whims of the powerful. Life is already unfair and difficult enough; why should she dwell on these things further? Hate is hate, like is like; neither is based on reason.

"I told you, I am Yao Fan. If you don't believe me, ask them." Yao Fan pointed to the Yao couple who were beaten quite miserably on the ground, her face filled with pain. She hated these people so much, hated the injustice they had done to her. All the efforts she had made since she was a child were to stay away from these people, but now she found that her efforts were in vain. These people kept coming to her and kept making things difficult for her.

Sometimes she felt like a pitiful person being toyed with by fate, with no future, no light, and no hope.

"Yes...yes...she is Yao Fan...Lord Marquis, please spare us! It was this little girl who did this outrageous thing. Young Master and Miss were both harmed by...by this vile woman. It has nothing to do with us!" Old Man Yao stared intently at Yao Fan's face, his eyes filled with anger and resentment. Having such a daughter was the worst luck they could ever have. They were miserable no matter where they went.

As Yao Fan watched her own father testify against her, her face showed an indescribable helplessness, disappointment, pain, and despair. She hated them, and she hated herself even more, but she just couldn't bring herself to abandon them.

Hou Bang looked at the Yao couple and Yao Fan with utter disgust, spat on the ground, and kicked the old man and woman several times, cursing, "Go to hell! You call each one your daughter? How many daughters do you have? I'll ask you one last time, is this girl Yao Fan? And what's your relationship with that girl who called herself Yao Fan last night?!"

"Ah!" Two pitiful cries made the faces of the onlookers turn pale. Some covered their eyes as they watched the miserable state of the Yao couple, but secretly they felt a sense of satisfaction.

These kinds of people should be trampled into the mud, otherwise they'll never change their ability to harm others.

"I'll talk, I'll talk! She's Yao Fan! You arrested the wrong person yesterday. To save our lives and for those... those silver coins, we lied to the Marquis. Please, Marquis, calm down! Yao Fan is right here. Kill her, but please spare us. We have three sons at home, and we can't bear to leave them. Please, Marquis, spare our lives!" Yao Fan's mother's voice was urgent and rapid, like a knife tearing at Yao Fan's heart. Looking at the old woman in front of her, her face grew even paler.

"Damn it, what bad luck! Come on, grab this little bitch first! You..." Hou Bang poked the Yao couple with his hand, his face full of anger. He gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "No one is getting away! Even if Yao Fan wasn't the one who killed them, I won't let either of you go. Damn it, bad luck, disgusting!"

When Yao Fan realized that Hou Bang had no intention of releasing the people, his expression changed. He was about to say something when a flash of inspiration struck him. He saw Hou Bang and several burly men behind him being heavily struck to the ground, unable to move.

When she finally saw clearly, she realized that Ying Li and Yi Bicheng had already appeared in front of her. The former pulled Yao Fan up, gathered spiritual power in his right hand to trap Yao Fan's parents within the barrier, and then his spiritual power surged as he shot off into the distance. The latter used the Northern Red Plum Fan to clear a path, preventing those behind from paying attention to Ying Li.

After a short while, Ying Li, Yi Bicheng, Yao Fan, and the others had arrived at a safe place outside the town. Yao Fan looked at Yi Bicheng with her neck stiff and a guilty expression on her face. She didn't want Yi Bicheng to see her in such a miserable state, especially her parents, as she always felt that others would find her particularly annoying.

“Miss Yao, you are a member of Tianfu, and I cannot ignore your situation. But I hope you understand, what was the point of all the hardships you went through to get to Tianfu and achieve what you have today? Is it so that after going further and standing higher, you would be dragged down by people like this? You have never owed them anything, and you are even. I have some silver here; give it to them and tell them to get as far away as possible!”

Yi Bicheng's expression remained calm, but seeing Yao Fan's parents always filled her with resentment. These parents were determined to drag Yao Fan into hell, and Yao Fan could run away even if he wanted to, but he would never learn his lesson the next time they met.

Yi Bicheng's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Yao Fan's head. She knew that the other party looked down on her parents and on her. Shame and inferiority washed over her. She sniffed and said, "I'm sorry for causing trouble for the young master. Yao Fan will remember this and will definitely learn from it in the future." After saying that, she untied the Yao couple who had been tied up on the ground. As soon as they were free, the couple slapped Yao Fan across the face. "Useless thing! If you hadn't run away yesterday, we wouldn't have been beaten like this. If we didn't get the 200,000 taels of silver, we would have clung to you forever. We are blood relatives, you can't be so heartless!"

"Ugh!" Just as Yao Fan turned pale and didn't know how to answer, Ying Li couldn't hold back any longer and came over to gather spiritual energy, knocking the two of them down hard. "Let's see who dares to touch Yao Fan again! Don't blame me for being impolite. I won't give you a single penny of the two hundred thousand taels, but if you don't get out of here now, I'll count to three and Ying Li will personally take your lives! We haven't settled the score from last night yet!"

Looking at Ying Li in front of them, the Yao couple suddenly remembered the girl from last night. Seeing her like this, and with someone backing her up, their faces immediately fell. "Spare us, spare us, we'll leave right away, we'll leave right away."

"Want to leave? Heh, not so easy!" Just as the two were about to depart, a powerful voice rang out from not far away. Ying Li's expression changed, and she turned to look at the two figures slowly approaching. Her heart skipped a beat—top-tier Divine Cultivators! This time, it seemed they really wouldn't be able to leave!