Genius Demon Empress - Chapter 25

Chapter 25 - Viper Girl

Translated by Luxican

While the carriage was driving, Lie SI Si tried to interrogate her in every possible way, trying to find out Yue Jing Hua 's relationship with the Holy Judgement Hall.

But Yue Jing Hua never gave her a satisfying answer, and after they left the estate, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. She had been up all night to refine pills.

Listening to Yue Jing Hua's quiet snoring, Lie Si SI raised her delicate hand in anger, a fire red light wrapped around it.

"It's too much of an honor to die by my hand, just go die in the outer court," Lie Si SI whispered and pulled back her Profound Qi.

While Lie SI SI wasn't paying attention, Yue Jing Hua had actually opened her eyes a bit.

After leaving Po Lou City, the carriage, turned to drive into a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, forming a basin. The Valley was called Pi Pa Valley, because its shape was like a pipa hanging down.

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"Jing Hua Cousin, in front of you is the boundary of the outer and inner court territories, I won't be able to sent you further. But if you're in trouble, you can come directly to the inner court and ask for me," Lie Si Si woke Yue Jing Hua up and asked her to get off gently.

After getting out of the carriage, the first thing to look at was lush greenery, surrounded by acid ferns with the height of half a person. Sure enough, the outer court was indeed poor and broken.

Yue Jing Hua searched for a moment, only to find a hidden trail covered by the fern and grass.

On the other hand, the road leading to the inner court had a flat and wide surface, which could accommodate two carriages pulled by eight horses.

This difference made the contrast of inner and outer court even more obvious.

Pulling apart the fern and grass, Yue Jing Hua went forward.

The originally flourishing fern, grew even longer, from the initial half-a-person to a person.

Yue Jing Hua felt an itch on her neck, a viper with the thickness of a finger, had fallen from a tree and climbed onto Yue Jing Hua's neck.

Yue Jing Hua didn't even frown, her fingers were as quick as lightening, and she caught the poisonous snake between her fingers.

The snake head and body were pulled apart, and the two sections thrown away.

Suddenly, angry snakes hissed out from all sides, and vipers of various sizes crawled out of the ferns.

Yue Jing Hua didn't expect so many snakes to come out, and it was already too late to escape from there.

Seeing their companion killed, the snakes hissed constantly, and jumped out like javelins.

In the moment of life and death, Yue Jing Hua's palms turned, and several needles had appeared in between her fingers.

The steel needles ripped through the air, and each one flew, like it had eyes on its own, towards a venomous snake, and stabbed into two or three, or even four vipers at the same time. The vipers were wiped out in the blink of an eye.

"You're quite brave to hurt my mysterious snakes," A bright young girl dressed in a blue dress emerged from the fern grass.

Yue Jing Hua sneered: "Are you joking? Should I just stand there and let myself get bitten?"

"Yue Jing Hua, even if you looked like their favorite food, my snakes would be to lazy to eat you. My eighteen snakes had finally matured after more than half a month and now they have all been killed by you. See how I will teach you," The girl's face was somber, and she blew into a copper whistle.

The sound was so sharp, that it passed through the high and large in number fern grass.

A giant phyton with thunder patterns crawled over. Wherever it went the fern grass would be crushed.

Seeing someone trespassing on her territory, the viper girl was full of hostility, this place was probably where she stored her pet snakes.

Combined with Lie Si Si's helpful advice earlier, it was not difficult for Yue Jing Hua to deduct, that she had been set up.

After the appearance of the Thunder Python, the viper girl was elated, and the smile in her face grew wider. The Thunder Python raised itself up in a threatening manner, and hissed, while exposing its sharp fangs, a loud noise like the rumbling of thunder rolled out its throat.

Yue Jing Hua snorted, all the steel needles on her body had been used up.

"Thunder Python, swallow her,"

"Sha Man," just as the snake was about to move, a middle-aged man, in a brown robe with a bamboo on his back, appeared.

"Old man Qui, my mysterious snakes were killed by her, all my efforts of the last months has been in vain," Sha Man saw the middle-aged man and knew she had missed the opportunity.

"In vain? How could it have been in vain? Snake soup, ah, snake soup, cooked from mysterious snakes, delicious taste, warms a cold stomach, this old man has coveted it for a long time," the man's eyes lightened up. His body was like a flash of lightening, passing Yue Jing Hua and the girl called Sha Man. You couldn't even see his movements, as he took out the needles from the snakes' bodies and threw them into his bamboo basket.

In his basket lay also many mushrooms and other herbs.

"You are called Yue Jing Hua, right? You're the first students in three years to enroll into the outer court. Let's get to know each other first, this is your senior sister, Sha Man. Sha Man, this is Yue Jing Hua, a freshman. Speaking of it, you two are really destined, one is the "Number One Ugly Girl" and the other is the "Viper Girl". And I am your dean, Qui Zi Zi. Don't argue, you're going to share a room in the future," Qui Zi Zi smiled and nodded towards Yue Jing Hua.

"She? Never." Yue Jing Hua and Sha Man said in unison.

Soon, Yue Jing Hua learned that she truly would have to share a room with Sha Man.

Because there were only five buildings in the outer court with a bamboo fence as separation.

One dinning hall, one practice hall, that was closed all year round, the remaining three houses were, one for the deputy dean and the dean, one for the female students, and one for the male students.

Not many houses meant there were not many students.

Five houses, three students, two teachers, this was the total number of members of the outer court.

Even Yue Jing Hua, who had prepared herself psychologically beforehand, couldn't help but be surprised. Although she only came to get a diploma, the situation in front still made her a bit sad.

What also surprised Yue Jing Hua was, that Qui Zi Zi had introduced Sha Man as "Viper Girl".

There were not many families with the surname Sha in Po Lou City, and it wasn't difficult to guess Sha Man's identity.

Sha Man was a member of the Sha Family in the city. The Sha Family had a long history and was one of the few big families that helped in founding the country. For hundreds of years, the women of the Sha Family had married members of the Royal Family.

With such a good background, She Man's appearance wasn't too bad, but her temperament wasn't that good.

At the welcome ceremony for new students, Qui Zi Zi, who also acted as cook, cooked a pot of fragrant soup.

After watching Yue Jing Hua eat a few big bowls of soup, Sha Man grinned widely.

As for the other student Qui Zi Zi mentioned, he didn't appear until sunset.

When Yue Jing Hua asked where they were, Qui Zi Zi casually replied: "Take a good rest tonight, and in the following days they will come back."

Yue Jing Hua promised and returned to the house of Sha Man and her.

Qui Zi Zi ate the rest of the soup, and took a toothpick to clean his teeth.