Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 420: The Yuezhi Clan’s Legacy

"Prepare to die."

Hearing Duan Guo call her name, Yue Ruyan responded with only two cold words: Prepare to die.

And she, a woman, wielded a weapon that was about to exceed her own height, an exceptionally heavy broadsword.

She charged forward, directly towards Duan Guo.

Several long spears were thrust directly at Yue Ruyan and the black horse beneath her.

These were Duan Guo’s personal soldiers launching their attack.

Yue Ruyan’s horsemanship was excellent, and with her broadsword, she deflected the thrusting long spears. The tremendous force of Power not only deflected the spears but also sent the long spears in Duan Guo’s personal soldiers’ hands clattering to the ground. She then raised her broadsword high and swung it down at the enemies in front of her.

After smashing away the enemies in front, she clapped the horse’s back with a tight grip on the reins, leaped from the horse, rolled several times on the ground to dissipate the force, and then, without retreating, charged directly at the enemy army with the broadsword in hand.

In this domineering manner, Yue Ruyan broke into the formation of Duan Guo’s personal soldiers, charging straight at Duan Guo.

Duan Guo’s personal soldiers immediately surrounded Yue Ruyan to kill her.

Yue Ruyan showed not a trace of panic, gripping the broadsword tightly with both hands, holding it horizontally at her waist.

Then she twisted her entire body, her arms suddenly exerting force, and using the twisting Power at her waist, the broadsword swept like a windmill, carving out a crescent-shaped blade light within the enemy formation.

Yue Ruyan’s broadsword was different from a standard broadsword; it was sharpened on both sides. Even though these personal soldiers wore heavy armor, they couldn’t withstand the broadsword, being sliced in half at the waist as they came to kill.

This sight made even Duan Guo gasp, his face aghast.

If it had been a strong man, Duan Guo wouldn’t have been so aghast.

But Yue Ruyan was a woman, and a fairly pretty woman at that.

Her physique wasn’t burly; one could even call her slender.

So, for her to do such a thing, it created a sense of cognitive dissonance within Duan Guo.

But he had no time to be horrified for too long.

Because in the next second, Yue Ruyan was attacking him.

Both being Fourth Grade, Duan Guo didn’t believe he would lose to a woman’s hand, and given the current situation, capturing Yue Ruyan and using her as leverage seemed his only way out.

Yet he never imagined.

After engaging with Yue Ruyan.

In less than ten rounds, Duan Guo was slain by Yue Ruyan beneath the horse.

His head was directly smashed by the broadsword in Yue Ruyan’s hand.

Yue Ruyan raised her hand to wipe the blood splatter from her face, then used her hand to wipe the blood off the broadsword, saying coldly: "Kill them all, leave none alive."

"Understood."

...

In less than half an Hour, the main force of nearly ten thousand from the Four Nations Alliance brought by Duan Guo was entirely wiped out in Yanling County.

After the battle, Yue Ruyan assigned the aftermath work to those below her and returned to her tent for a bath prepared by her attendants.

The attendants said to wait as the hot water was still heating.

Yue Ruyan expressed that cold water would do.

The attendant was a maid Yue Ruyan had brought from the Yue Family, having grown up alongside her, knowing her inside and out, and possessing considerable strength.

As the attendant poured buckets of water into the bathing tub, Yue Ruyan stripped off her armor and clothes in front of the attendant without the slightest embarrassment.

The attendant was used to it.

Yue Ruyan’s features were sharply defined, her skin a slight sun-kissed wheat color from years of traveling and battling, with a honey-hued sheen. Beneath her fierce brows, her eyes were a paler color, as cold as a Glazed Bead, exuding a murderous aura that seemed to pierce through everything.

Her every move was full of masculine vigor, without a trace of feminine allure except for those physical aspects that identified her as a woman.

Her courage was vast, a figure women envied; yet, those feminine aspects were burdensome in Yue Ruyan’s eyes. Each time she donned her armor, she tightened it, and over time, after each removal, she felt sore and needed massages to alleviate the discomfort.

Sometimes, as she pressed down on them, she even considered cutting them off with a knife.

Her bathing ritual unlike that of a noble lady required less than a quarter-hour.

After washing away the grime, she emerged from the bathing tub.

Her usual attire was men’s clothing, her hair tied in a man’s knot.

She approached a Map, analyzing the battle situation now that Duan Guo was dead.

Just then, an attendant suddenly came to report: "General, something’s happened. A report from the clan, the Grand Dowager’s critically ill, urging the General to return swiftly."

...

Grand Dowager Yue, the ruler of the Yue Family for the past two generations, Yue Ruyan’s great-grandmother’s mother, whom Yue Ruyan called Great-grandmother. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

When Yue Ruyan hurried back, the Grand Dowager Yue was barely holding onto her last breath, relying on Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to sustain her, waiting for Yue Ruyan’s return.

The room was filled with female relatives.

Because the Yuezhi Clan was matriarchal, the Yue Family’s women were stronger than the men; regardless of being one’s biological son or married-in husband, their status was not higher than that of the Yue Family’s women.

"Ruyan, you’re finally back. The Grand Dowager’s condition has worsened. The Doctor said there’s no hope for recovery, barely holding on till tonight, just waiting for your return." Yue Ruyan’s mother, the current ruler of the Yue Family, hurried forward to bring Yue Ruyan before the Grand Dowager Yue.

"Grand Dowager, please wake up, Ruyan’s back. Your cherished Ruyan is back." Yue Ruyan’s mother softly called to the elderly woman on the bed, who seemed as though she had already passed.

Grand Dowager Yue, considered a legend in the Yuezhi Clan, had lived for nearly a hundred and ten years. She was dubbed legendary because Yue Ruyan’s mother and grandmother lacked cultivation talent; before Yue Ruyan reached adulthood, it was the Grand Dowager Yue who tirelessly supported the family.

Thanks to the Grand Dowager Yue, Longyou remained under the control of the Yuezhi Clan.

However, the Grand Dowager Yue inadvertently acquired a chronic ailment in her youth that was never healed, and now aged, her body’s various organs began to decline, the chronic ailment flared, rendering her bedridden.

Thus, the Yue Family fell into the hands of Yue Ruyan’s mother.

Though Yue Ruyan’s mother was said to be the ruler of the Yue Family, she merely managed the household; the entire Longyou was in Yue Ruyan’s care.

Under her mother’s gentle coaxing, the elderly woman on the bed, seemingly deceased, struggled to open her eyes, gazing at Yue Ruyan. Seeing she had indeed held on until her great-granddaughter returned, Grand Dowager Yue sighed as though relieved: "Ruyan, I... I finally waited for you to come back."

"Great-grandmother." Yue Ruyan crouched by the bed, holding the elderly woman’s hand; perhaps due to too much killing, her emotions were cold. Though internally saddened, she couldn’t shed a tear.

"Ruyan, it’s good that you’re back. The Yuezhi Clan’s legacy cannot end with me..." Grandmaster Yue struggled to raise her hand, trying to caress Yue Ruyan’s head, and Yue Ruyan quickly leaned her head forward.

Grand Dowager Yue, stroking Yue Ruyan’s smooth hair, old tears wetly coursed as she said: "The future, the burden of the Yue Family will fall on your shoulders."

"Great-grandmother, it won’t be like that, you can surely pull through." Yue Ruyan said.

The Grand Dowager Yue shook her head: "Everyone faces death, my time has come."

Saying this, the Grand Dowager Yue suddenly became spirited, saying: "Help me up, I must pass on my strength to Ruyan."