Chapter 818: Worse Than a Beast

“Who do you think you are? How dare you interfere with the affairs of my Piaomiao Palace… I think you have a death wish!” A sinister, cold voice echoed through the room. The speaker was a young man in his early thirties. He was handsome and tall, dressed in a white robe with his hair held in place by a golden crown. He cut quite a martial and imposing figure. However, his eyes harbored a dark, gloomy glint as he glared at the breathtakingly beautiful young woman before him. “So what if you’re from Celestial Brilliance? So what about the Xie Family? If you cross me, I don’t care who you are!”

“Zhou Wu, what is that supposed to mean? You aren’t afraid of the Xie Family? Do you think the Xie Family fears you?” Xie Yurou stared coldly at the handsome man, her face contorted in anger. “I want nothing to do with what you’ve done. Right now, I just want to take my sister and leave!”

“Leave? Haha… Keep dreaming!” The handsome young man’s sinister eyes shot forth a wicked gleam. He looked Xie Yurou up and down, clicking his tongue in admiration. “The soil and water of Celestial Brilliance really do nurture perfection. The older sister is beautiful, and so is the younger one. Truly, you are like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, equally stunning!”

“What do you mean?” Xie Yurou glared at him coldly.

“What do I mean?” The young man burst into laughter. “Originally, I had only planned to reluctantly take your sister for myself. That old man didn’t know how to appreciate her, but I am not one to recklessly waste such heavenly gifts. Now, however…” His gaze brimmed with malice as he stared at Xie Yurou. “Since you’ve delivered yourself right to my door, I might as well take both sisters! When word gets out in the future… it will make for quite the romantic legend!”

“Zhou Wu! You animal!” Xie Yudie, who had been sitting there in silence all this time, flushed bright red with fury. She glared at the handsome youth, her chest heaving violently. “I am your mother!”

“Don’t be so angry… It would break my heart if you ruined your health over this!” Zhou Wu gave a wicked smile. He stared at Xie Yudie’s heaving breasts and said flatly, “My mother has been dead for a long time! When she was giving birth to me, there were complications. She could have been saved, but that old man just stood by and watched her bleed to death. So… I don’t have a mother!

“As for you… Xie Yudie, from the very first day you married that old man, I already… Oh, no, no. Even before you married that old man, I already considered you my woman!

“Do you know why that old man never laid a finger on you? Haha, you’re quite curious, aren’t you?

“You, Xie Yudie, are a Celestial Splendor Noble Lady with unparalleled beauty. Any man would be interested in you. So why… didn’t that old man consummate the marriage from the very first day?”

Xie Yudie’s delicate eyebrows knit together in fury. “Zhou Wu, do you know no shame? Do you have even a shred of decency left in you?” Xie Yurou also watched Zhou Wu coldly from the side. Were it not for her lack of strength, she would have long since struck down this piece of trash.

“Don’t be so hasty. I told you, don’t get angry; it breaks my heart.” Zhou Wu chuckled, then continued, “Let me finish. I’ve endured this for so many years, keeping it all bottled up inside. Now that I finally have the chance, I’d feel terrible if I didn’t share it with you!” Saying this, Zhou Wu feigned a wronged expression before bursting into uproarious laughter. “That old man has an illegitimate child on the outside. He even gave the Immortal Cold Jade Vehicle to that little bastard. Did he think I didn’t know? I just never said a word!

“He can do whatever he wants!

“As long as that bastard doesn’t come back to compete with me for the position of Piaomiao Palace Master, everything is fine!

“But of all the things he shouldn’t have done… he shouldn’t have married you!

“What’s even worse… is that you were born with such exquisite beauty, a beauty that outshines the moon and puts flowers to shame. Just one look at you… and I could never erase your silhouette from my mind!”

Zhou Wu’s handsome face twisted into something grotesque. He gestured wildly, looking extremely agitated. “Why… should a woman like you be pinned beneath an old Turtle bastard like him?

“Why… did my mother die without even sparing me a single glance, never enjoying a single day of happiness, only to end up… making way for an outsider?

“I refused to accept it!

“In Piaomiao Palace, that old man’s word is absolute law. His commands are decrees! His will is the will of Piaomiao Palace!

“Why should it be this way?”

Zhou Wu smiled smugly. “And so, on the day of your wedding, I slipped a little something into his wine cup!

“An opportunity like that… is a once-in-a-lifetime chance! How could I possibly let it slip by?

“At the time, my first thought was to just poison him to death!”

Zhou Wu gritted his teeth. “But on second thought… I didn’t go through with it. Not out of any familial affection, but because I feared I wouldn’t be able to control the overall situation back then!

“That old man trusts absolutely no one!

“Only on that day did I have a chance!

“I went through immense trouble to get my hands on that drug. It only takes a tiny bit… yes, just a tiny bit, to make a man permanently lose *that* ability!

“HAHAHAHAHA!”

Zhou Wu laughed maniacally, tears streaming from his eyes. Overjoyed, he wheezed, “Let’s see him try to prey on a younger woman now!

“Let’s see him act so high and mighty!

“That’s what he gets for abandoning my mother and finding a new flame!

“I still remember the brilliant look on his face… when he slammed the door and stormed out of your room that night!

“I will never forget it for as long as I live. That expression was simply sublime!”

Xie Yudie had recovered her composure by now. She looked coldly at Zhou Wu, the young man who had spent years submissively calling her ‘Mother.’ She finally understood why things had played out the way they did on her wedding night.

That memory was still etched into her mind. It had been the darkest night of her life, but also the luckiest. That night, Piaomiao Palace Master Zhou Changhai had stumbled into the bridal chamber, completely drunk. Seeing Xie Yudie sitting quietly on the bed, he called out, “My wife,” and lifted her bridal veil.

When her breathtaking face was revealed to Zhou Changhai, the powerful and influential Piaomiao Palace Master was instantly entranced! Xie Yudie clearly remembered how Zhou Changhai had stared blankly at her for a long time before finally uttering, “My wife is truly beautiful!”

However, Xie Yudie had felt as though she were free-falling into a bottomless abyss! Looking at the man before her, an overwhelming sense of disgust welled up from deep within her. Thus, when Zhou Changhai’s alcohol-reeking face leaned in to kiss her, she instinctively raised her hand… and slapped him! SMACK!

Zhou Changhai flew into a rage. Viciously cursing her as a slut, he tried to force himself upon her! Xie Yudie fought back with all her might, but she was ultimately just a woman, and her cultivation realm was far lower than Zhou Changhai’s. In just a few moves, she was pinned down.

With her heart reduced to ashes, Xie Yudie watched as this seemingly refined, but currently demonic middle-aged man hastily tore off his clothes and threw himself at her. That moment had been the darkest… of her entire life!

But what followed was a dramatic twist. The virginal Xie Yudie had absolutely no idea why Zhou Changhai, who was already fully undressed and pinning her down, suddenly leapt to his feet in exasperation, glaring at her while making crude gestures. Upon catching sight of his grotesque manhood, Xie Yudie fainted on the spot.

When she woke up, her spirit was broken. Feeling utterly hopeless and devoid of the will to live, she contemplated suicide. But then, she realized she felt entirely the same. None of the things her mother had secretly warned her about before the wedding seemed to have happened. Looking down… she saw that her clothes were completely intact!

Xie Yudie hadn’t understood what had transpired. All she knew was that from that day onward, Zhou Changhai never set foot in her room again! Later on, Xie Yudie learned a few things about intimacy from an experienced wet nurse. She also realized that Zhou Changhai hadn’t been making crude gestures out of perversion that day; he had been testing something.

As time went by, she began taking annual trips to Baihua City to relax for a few months out of the year. This Lady of Piaomiao Palace, dressed in the style of a married woman and addressed as a Madam, was still completely… an untouched virgin! However, Xie Yudie had never been sure whether Zhou Changhai had always been impotent… or if he had become that way only after marrying her. Not that she cared to investigate the matter. So long as he didn’t touch her, it was for the best!

It wasn’t until today, when Zhou Changhai’s biological son, Zhou Wu, revealed this secret right in front of her and her younger sister, that Xie Yudie finally understood. Everything made perfect sense. Including why Zhou Changhai had suddenly started nurturing the illegitimate son he had previously ignored, even going so far as to gift him his beloved Immortal Cold Jade Vehicle. She understood it all!

It turned out that on the very day they wed, Zhou Changhai already knew he had been plotted against, and the one who had poisoned him was his own flesh and blood! Although Zhou Changhai was no saint, he couldn’t bring himself to kill his biological son. As a result, he had to systematically weaken Zhou Wu’s influence within Piaomiao Palace while putting his full weight behind grooming his illegitimate child.

So this was the root cause behind everything! Xie Yudie possessed Bingxue cleverness. She preferred not to dwell on many things, but that didn’t mean she was foolish or oblivious.

Xie Yudie sighed inwardly. “Zhou Changhai, you’ve been brilliant your whole life. It’s a pity your legitimate son has the heart of a viper, and your illegitimate son is a total waste!

“We may have been husband and wife in name only, with no real ties between us, but ultimately… I bear the title of your Madam. If the opportunity arises, I will avenge you!”

“You truly are an animal!” Xie Yudie couldn’t help but say coldly, staring at the manic youth before her.

SMACK! A crisp, loud sound rang out. Zhou Wu ruthlessly slapped Xie Yudie across the face. His expression grew incomparably malevolent as he sneered, “That’s right, I’m an animal! And I’m about to show you just how much of an animal I can be!

“Do you think I’m even that old man’s biological son? HAHAHAHAHA!

“Xie Yudie… you’ve suffered all these years, haven’t you? You’ve never tasted the pleasures of a man, have you? In a moment, I’ll show you what it means to be a real woman!”

“You’re not an animal; you’re worse than a beast!” Xie Yurou glared at Zhou Wu, her eyes practically shooting daggers as if she wanted to devour him alive.