Chapter 2: Cannon Fodder

Given her situation at that time, it was very difficult for her to walk out of the Secret Realm while holding the inheritance. So she decided to take a gamble.

Therefore, the Devil Cultivator Yu Yue took Shen Qingyi and found the Lin Family’s team.

At that time, the Young Master of the Lin Family, Lin Shengge, was already barely alive, kept breathing by an Elixir. This was because his foundation was damaged after being drained, and later he encountered more danger.

Even after more than a year of recovery, he was still so weak that he needed support from his clan members.

The Secret Realm was not like the family home. The clan disciples who once respected him grew increasingly unhappy with him over time, seeing him as a burden.

During this period, he suffered insults he had never experienced in over twenty years. His life was at an absolute low point. In his heart, he hated the one who caused all this to him so much that his teeth itched!

So the moment he saw the female cultivator and Shen Qingyi, the only thing in Lin Shengge’s heart was the desire to kill!

But Yu Yue was not stupid either. She would not have taken this risky step if she had any other choice.

In front of countless Cultivators, she revealed everything.

She forced the Lin Family to acknowledge Shen Qingyi.

The Lin Family was a major family of the Daoist Faction. They usually presented a noble image of a great family to the outside world.

They might not talk about righteousness all the time, but it was still a matter of face for them. Plus, some Cultivators and forces who disliked the Lin Family added fuel to the fire. Under the pressure of “greater righteousness” and the “innocent child,” the Lin Family finally let Shen Qingyi go. However, Yu Yue was chased and killed by the Song Clan, which had a marriage alliance with the Lin Family at that time.

The young Shen Qingyi was taken out of the Secret Realm.

But the Lin Family simply ignored her.

For the sake of face and because they looked down on her, the Lin Family casually abandoned Shen Qingyi at a remote farmhouse, handing her over to an old farmer.

Amid all the misfortune, Shen Qingyi’s only bit of luck was that the old farmer treated her quite well.

But the good times did not last long. The old farmer passed away when Shen Qingyi was three. Before he died, he entrusted her to one of his younger brothers.

Unfortunately, that younger brother happened to be an Outer Sect Disciple of the Zedi Sect.

Just like that, Shen Qingyi ended up at the Zedi Sect after being passed around.

The Lin Family naturally knew about her situation, but the elders looked down on her and paid no attention, acting as if she did not exist.

While she avoided them, some of the younger members of the Lin Family often found her displeasing to the eye.

And that Second Master of the Shen Family did not bother much with her either.

He only reluctantly took in Shen Qingyi out of consideration for the face of the First Master of the Shen Family.

He threw Shen Qingyi onto the Outer Peak for servants of the Zedi Sect, left some food and a puppet talisman-person that could barely take care of people, and then went out to gain experience again.

The very young Shen Qingyi lived on the Outer Peak for servants, together with a puppet talisman-person.

It was lonely and quiet.

Occasionally, people who disliked her would come.

With no one to teach her, the already timid Shen Qingyi became even more timid and afraid of trouble.

Although she was now nine years old, she still could not speak, so people called her Little Mute.

Her unfortunate background and miserable childhood made her extremely sensitive and filled with low self-esteem.

So much so that later, when she met the gentle, polite, and noble Eldest Senior Brother of the Zedi Sect, Feng Luo, she fell for him completely.

Shen Qingyi sighed again.

The so-called male supporting characters were all for the female lead.

The “gentleness” Feng Luo showed the original host was nothing more than a tiny bit of sympathy for Shen Qingyi’s plight.

However, this tiny bit of sympathy was a warmth Shen Qingyi had never encountered before.

The ending, of course, was not good.

Feng Luo liked the female lead. When the female lead encountered danger while out gaining experience, he hurriedly left the Sect to find her.

When Shen Qingyi found out, she was afraid Feng Luo would be in danger. Acting on a sudden impulse, she followed him out.

In the end, the female lead and Feng Luo were both fine. But Shen Qingyi, a mortal who had never cultivated, was not so lucky.

On the road, before she had even traveled a few hundred miles from the Sect’s territory, she was killed by a low-level demon beast.

And so, this cannon fodder ended her life.