Volume 1: The Initial Appearance of Beauty Chapter 1: Rebirth
In the dead of night, Ye Ling walked swiftly through the dark city. It was around 3 or 4 in the morning, a time that belonged to those who roamed at night.
She swiftly passed through a dark alley and stopped at the entrance of a small street. This was the darkest place in the city, where countless crimes and misfortunes were hidden in the darkness. Along the way, she saw people who had been hacked to pieces lying on the ground moaning, homeless people shivering in the cold wind, men and women entwined in the darkness, and numerous cries for help...
Her cold gaze didn't change at all. These people were not within her scope of concern. Tonight, she would only care about one person, or rather - she only cared about the life of one person. A person whose life she wanted to take.
She stood still at the entrance of a bar, her lips curled up in a faint smile. Tonight, she was going to kill Wu Guohua, the boss of the Huaxing gang that controlled the entire dark forces in the southeast. After taking his life, she should be able to rest for a long time with Ying and Ling.
Smiling, she pushed open the door and entered. However, Night Spirit still furrowed her brow at the messy, dim, and suffocating atmosphere inside. It was already 3:30 in the morning, yet these people were still so energetic.
Avoiding the attention of people in the crowd and at the bar, Ye Ling had already gone up to the second floor with extremely agile movements, looking down at the scene from above. Right in the middle, the middle-aged man wearing sunglasses was Wu Guohua. He was 183 cm tall, slightly fat, with a black mole on his left cheek. Ye Ling calmly observed the movements of the people downstairs. In the half month she had been preparing to kill him, she had already investigated all his habits and preferences. Wu Guohua had been fighting in the underworld since he was young, relying on his ruthless and decisive decision-making to reach his current position. Especially after becoming the boss of the Huaxing gang, he became extremely cautious, always surrounded by many people. Just like now, from Ye Ling's position, there were at least ten or more bodyguards hidden in the crowd, excluding those around Wu Guohua. Including one she had just taken care of when she went upstairs.
With a faint smile on his lips, Ye Ling decided to end it quickly. Maybe he could still catch the sunrise by the sea afterwards.
With ease, he loaded his sniper rifle, and in Night Ling's eyes shone the confident light of a sure kill. The number one killer in the world of assassins, Night Ling, had never let his targets live. He raised his gun, took aim...
No! Ye Ling's eyes flashed, and she quickly turned around, pulling the trigger. One person fell to the ground. Ye Ling's heart sank, had she been discovered? Was it because she was too careless? Glancing at the crowd below that had already found something similar, she decisively decided to abandon her mission immediately. With a scornful glance at the bodyguards rushing up, it was impossible to kill anyone now, and catching her was also out of the question. As she turned to leave, she seemed to see Wu Guohua's sinister smile.
Damn it! Ye Ling jumped from the rooftop of the bar to a building across, gripping her delicate handgun as she descended into darkness. Blood flowed down her fingers. She was injured. The bar had been set up with over a hundred people, all armed and ready, even the upstairs position was problematic. It seemed she had been betrayed. These past two years had been too smooth sailing, she had become somewhat arrogant. Having gone through so much bloodshed and danger, would it be too humiliating to die at the hands of these gangsters? Ye Ling smiled bitterly.
In the darkness, she heard a faint footstep. Listening carefully, there were three people. Ye Ling stood still in the darkness, holding her breath, and only the sound of the three men's breathing could be heard on the stairs. When one of them approached within thirty centimeters of herself, Ye Ling swiftly struck out, silently twisting his neck in a matter of seconds. Then she turned around and knocked down another person, finishing him off with a shot from her silencer-equipped pistol. The third man was caught off guard by the sudden attack and was about to fire his gun when a flash of silver light appeared, and a willow-leaf dagger lodged itself in his throat. Three lives were extinguished in less than half a minute.
Rushing downstairs, stepping into the moonlight, Ye Ling smiled. However, this smile hadn't even finished when dozens of black guns surrounded her. Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, so fierce?
The crowd parted to make way for her, and her target Wu Guohua walked over, "I didn't expect the killer Ye Ling to be a stunning beauty." Ye Ling sneered.
"I'm rather reluctant to kill you."
Ye Ling dropped his gun, "The king wins and the bandit loses, nothing to be proud of." Wu Guohua waved his hand, two men carrying heavy machine guns came over and pressed Ye Ling to walk in front of him. Wu Guohua was a little regretful, "If you were willing to work for me, unifying the Southern underworld would be easy as turning my hand over." Ye Ling smiled like a spring breeze, "If you were more careful, maybe you would have lived to unify the underworld." Ye Ling turned around and kicked back, a golden thread appeared in her palm, and a blood mark appeared on the neck of the person holding her, and he fell to the ground. Another person was caught by her, the others reacted and opened fire, all shooting at the person being held in front of Ye Ling, and his gun also fell into her hands. The first to be attacked was Wu Guohua, who was standing closest. One shot killed him!
Ye Ling coldly smiled, casually pushing forward the corpse in front of him, firing his gun as he flashed into the small alley beside.
Just as Ye Ling was about to shake off his pursuers. "Bang!"
Ye Ling was stunned, staring blankly at the blooming blood flower on his chest, a strange smile spreading across his face. In this world, except for that person, no one else knew his habits so well. Looking in the direction of the bullet, he saw a man and a woman standing on the balcony not far away. The man was handsome and slender, while the woman was gentle and beautiful. Shadow... Zero...
From a distance, she saw that the man's eyes were filled with guilt and sorrow, while the woman's lips curled up into a faint smile. Shadow, have you grown to detest me to this extent? If so... why should I let you live? She raised the gun in her hand, taking aim, and was pleased to see the woman's frightened expression and her attempts to dodge. Can you dodge it? she sneered.
Bang!
At night, she shuddered and helplessly looked at the blood flower on her chest. She shook her head, slowly dropped the gun in her hand to the ground, and a mocking smile played on her lips. This was the man she once thought she loved most and her dearest sister. How... ridiculous.
Looking at the man's wide eyes filled with panic and pain, Ye Ling slowly fell to the ground. Only wishing for a lifetime of... severed emotions and broken hatred...
Forget one's heart... Forget love...
Dragon Soaring Country. Imperial Palace
"It's a girl! A little princess!"
Ye Ling frowned, what a nuisance! What are these people talking about?
"Congratulations to Queen Cheong, a little princess is born."
"How can the little princess not cry?"
"Your Majesty! Where is Your Majesty?" The soft voice of the woman reached Ye Ling's ears, and for some reason, it stirred her heart, as if she had some connection with this woman.
After a moment of silence, "Your Highness is busy right now, but she will definitely come to see you and the little princess after court. Would you like to hold the princess?" Ye Ling felt herself being moved to another place, seemingly into someone's arms. The little princess... was referring to her? She struggled to open her eyes, and what entered her vision was a somewhat pale and weak beautiful woman, and she... was in her arms... so small!
Yè Líng bittersweet smile, how can't you die? Or even if you died, can't forget the pain of being betrayed?
"Oh dear, little princess has opened her eyes. How beautiful!"
Blinking her eyes, this is... in ancient times? It's really ridiculous. Usually, she always hears the shadow talk about crossing time and space, but this... counts too? Feeling a bit tired, Ye Ling starts to fall asleep. Faintly hearing someone speaking in a shrill voice, "Qinghui Xiao Shi, born as the seventh princess, named Ruochen..."
"Ling Shi Lu. Female Emperor's Basic Annals": In the 86th year of Longteng Country, and the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Longteng, Consort Xiao gave birth to the seventh princess, who was named Ruochen.
