"Get him! Take him down!" Fang Min waved her hand, and at her command, dozens of followers swarmed Liu Hui. Among them were many experts of the Qi Refining Realm.

Although Liu Hui had perfectly completed his Refining Essence, he was quickly defeated and captured under the siege of numerous Qi Refining Realm Cultivators, with almost no power to resist.

"Qi Yun, I’ll leave this man to you. Make it clean," Fang Min said coldly.

Qi Yun laughed. "Hahaha, don’t worry, sister-in-law. Give my regards to Brother Hao. We’ll meet again."

After speaking, he took Liu Hui, whose Cultivation and mobility had been sealed, and left in a grand procession with his group of followers.

Hearing him call her "sister-in-law" softened the expression on Fang Min’s face beneath her veil considerably.

"All of you, stand guard here! Don’t let anyone in!"

After giving her orders, Fang Min entered Mo Qi’s house alone.

The house was completely empty, save for Uncle Niu’s memorial tablet placed in the center of the main hall.

"How can this be?" Fang Min frowned. She had promised Wang Hao that she would definitely find something.

She dared not imagine what fate awaited her if she returned empty-handed.

If she hadn’t been disfigured, things might have been negotiable.

But now that she was disfigured *and* couldn’t find Mo Qi’s secret, Wang Hao would surely abandon her without a second thought.

’No, this is impossible! It must be hidden somewhere!’

Fang Min’s gaze fell on Uncle Niu’s memorial tablet. Without hesitation, she swung her whip and shattered it to pieces.

But there was nothing but a floor full of wood chips.

Fang Min’s face turned ghastly pale as she muttered, "No, no, no, this isn’t what I wanted!"

’The old waste and the young waste were both cooks. Maybe the secret is in the kitchen?’

At this thought, Fang Min clung to it like a final lifeline and rushed into the kitchen like a madwoman.

Upon entering the kitchen, she saw two items: a Jade Bottle for holding Elixirs and a food box.

She picked up the Jade Bottle, uncorked it, and tipped out three white pills.

"Qi Sea Pills?" Having been by Wang Hao’s side for so long, Fang Min’s knowledge had grown considerably.

She knew that Qi Sea Pills were even more precious and much rarer than Spiritual Essence Pills. Even Wang Hao only had a few, as only Patriarch Yu Liang in the entire Void Sect could refine them.

"That piece of trash actually has three Qi Sea Pills!" Fang Min was stunned. As if realizing something, her expression turned extremely ugly.

’Hmph, looks like that selfish piece of trash got plenty of benefits from some big shot. He even has a luxury item like Qi Sea Pills, not to mention other treasures. And all he ever gave me before was a few Elixir Pills. To think I was grateful to him for so long... I must have been blind.’

Not only was Fang Min ungrateful for Mo Qi’s past gifts, she even thought he was incredibly selfish.

What she didn’t know was that this bottle of Qi Sea Pills had been sent by Yu Liang for the first time less than half a month ago.

Nor would she consider that without the support of Mo Qi’s Elixir Pills in the past, she might still be just a lowly servant right now.

She unceremoniously pocketed the Qi Sea Pills. Her gaze then fell on the food box, which contained the last portion of "Bear and Tiger Fight."

If one had to say this was Mo Qi’s secret, they wouldn’t be wrong.

Just as Fang Min was about to open the food box, a fair, jade-like hand snatched it away.

"Who’s there?!" Fang Min was shocked. Someone had gotten so close to her without her noticing.

Besides, she had ordered that no one be allowed in, yet she hadn’t heard any commotion from someone forcing their way through.

’Could it be an expert?’

A young girl in tattered clothes with a grimy face held the food box, looking at Fang Min with a mocking expression.

Who else could it be but Liu Ruyan!

"Who are you?" Seeing Liu Ruyan’s appearance, Fang Min immediately relaxed and demanded harshly.

Judging by Liu Ruyan’s clothes and appearance, she must be a servant girl or some other kind of subordinate.

Liu Ruyan raised a delicate eyebrow. Fang Min didn’t recognize her, but she certainly recognized Fang Min.

"You don’t need to know who I am, because a despicable person like you has no right to know." Since their paths had crossed, Liu Ruyan was definitely going to teach her a lesson for Mo Qi.

Fang Min was so angry she laughed. "What has this world come to? Some brat who crawled out of who-knows-where dares to curse me? You’re looking for death!"

Fang Min swung her whip, aiming straight for Liu Ruyan’s face.

Although Liu Ruyan’s face was dirty, the contours visible beneath were enough to make Fang Min intensely jealous.

She knew that if Liu Ruyan were cleaned up, she would be ten times more beautiful than her!

This was unbearable for the disfigured Fang Min. She wanted to destroy Liu Ruyan’s face—a truly morbid thought.

CRACK!

The whip didn’t shred Liu Ruyan’s face as she had expected. Instead, Liu Ruyan caught it with one hand.

Fang Min’s pupils shrank abruptly. Although she came from the Servant Area, she had reached the Qi Refining First Heaven after being trained by Wang Hao during this time.

At her age, this level of Cultivation wasn’t the absolute peak, but it was still among the top tier.

Liu Ruyan looked even younger than her, yet she could easily catch the full-force strike of her whip. This made Fang Min’s jealousy burn even hotter.

’She’s clearly just a servant, so why is she stronger than me?!’ Fang Min roared internally. She couldn’t accept it.

She tried to yank the whip back but found she couldn’t budge it. Liu Ruyan’s strength was beyond her imagination.

"Who the hell are you? I’m one of Young Master Wang Hao’s people! Piss me off, and I’ll see to it you die without a burial place!" Fang Min snarled.

Liu Ruyan frowned slightly. She felt that the current Fang Min had become completely unreasonable, like a mad dog that would bite anyone it came across.

She instantly lost interest in teaching her a lesson. Hitting someone like this would simply dirty her own hands.

"Get lost!" Liu Ruyan flung the whip aside.

But Fang Min thought Liu Ruyan was scared. Pointing at the food box, she said, "That’s what Young Master Wang Hao wants. You’d better hand it over, then kneel down, slap yourself a hundred times, and beg for forgiveness. Otherwise, not even your master will be able to protect you!"

Liu Ruyan’s expression was strange as she pointed to herself. "You want me to kneel before you and beg for forgiveness, and also slap myself a hundred times?"

"That’s right!"

"Hahaha." Liu Ruyan doubled over with laughter, shaking uncontrollably. "Forget Wang Hao. Even if his grandfather Wang Xinglong or the Void Sect’s Sect Leader Yun Xuzi were here, neither of them would have the right—or the guts—to say that to me."

As if Fang Min would believe that. She yelled, "You bitch, do you have the guts to come with me?"

A cold glint flashed in Liu Ruyan’s eyes. Just because she had no interest in teaching Fang Min a lesson didn’t mean she would tolerate her foul mouth.

"Noisy!"

Liu Ruyan sent Fang Min flying with a single slap. Beneath the veil was a horrifying, nauseating cheek—devoid of flesh, with the stark white jawbone and teeth exposed, mixed with bloody swelling.

"How disgusting!" Liu Ruyan flicked her small hand. "If you want revenge, feel free to come find me. Remember, my name is Liu Ruyan!"

Fang Min flew out of Mo Qi’s courtyard like a sandbag and slammed hard onto the ground.

With her veil gone, her appearance terrified everyone.

Fang Min quickly covered the side of her face with her sleeve and shrieked, "All of you, get in there! There’s a woman inside, kill her for me!"

Everyone went in and searched, but they found nothing.

Vanishing along with Liu Ruyan was the food box.

"Liu Ruyan, I won’t let you go!" Fang Min said hatefully.

What she didn’t see was that when she uttered Liu Ruyan’s name, everyone around her shuddered and stared at each other, a strange look on their faces.

...

"Who did you say stole Mo Qi’s secret?" Wang Hao couldn’t believe his ears. His voice jumped an octave as he grabbed Fang Min by the collar.

Fang Min had a bad feeling. She remembered what Liu Ruyan had said.

"Forget Wang Hao. Even if his grandfather Wang Xinglong or the Void Sect’s Sect Leader Yun Xuzi were here, neither of them would have the right—or the guts—to say that to me."

’Could she have been telling the truth? But then why was she dressed like that?’

"She said her name is Liu Ruyan."

A vein throbbed on Wang Hao’s temple. He gritted his teeth and asked again, "What did she look like?"

"Her clothes were tattered, her face was dirty, she looked like a servant..."

SLAP!

Before she could finish, Wang Hao kicked her, sending her flying into a pillar of the grand hall. She must have broken several bones.

Fang Min spat out a mouthful of blood, her eyes wide with disbelief that he would strike her so viciously.

"You useless, bungling bitch!" Wang Hao was fuming with rage, wishing he could kill Fang Min with a single palm strike.

In the Void Sect, there was only one person named Liu Ruyan who dressed like a beggar: the biological granddaughter of the honorary Supreme Elder Liu Hong, Liu Ruyan.

And who was Liu Hong? He was a man who dared to give the Emperor of the Mountain and Sea Empire the cold shoulder, forcing the Emperor to persist with unreciprocated kindness. He was a taboo existence within the Void Sect.

As Liu Hong’s granddaughter, Liu Ruyan could do whatever she wanted, not just in the Void Sect, but in the entire Mountain and Sea Empire.

If word got out that his, Wang Hao’s, person had dared to attack Liu Ruyan and even clamored for revenge, his grandfather Wang Xinglong would break his legs and disown him before anyone else even had to act.

Wang Hao was filled with regret. How did he ever get stuck with a stupid woman like Fang Min?

"Do you have any idea who Liu Ruyan is?" Wang Hao said, word by word. "With a single sentence from her, it wouldn’t just be you and me—even the entire Void Sect could be destroyed overnight."

Wang Hao’s words struck Fang Min’s heart like a thunderbolt, leaving her completely stunned.

’Why would such an incredible person have the sick taste to dress up like that?!’

If Fang Min knew that Liu Ruyan dressed that way just to get close to Mo Qi—the man she had abandoned and deemed useless—by playing pitiful to gain a shred of his affection, one wonders what she would think.

"Idiot, tell me exactly what happened!" Wang Hao said, suppressing his rage.

Why would Liu Ruyan appear in Mo Qi’s room? What he feared most now was Mo Qi forming a connection with Liu Ruyan.

Fang Min also understood the gravity of the situation. Enduring the pain, she recounted the events exactly as they had happened, leaving nothing out.

"So, she never mentioned Mo Qi? And the reason she hit you was because you attacked first, and even yelled at her to kneel and slap herself?" Wang Hao asked coldly.

Fang Min nodded. She knew what Wang Hao was worried about. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Brother Hao, there’s no way Liu Ruyan and Mo Qi could have a connection. Otherwise, how could Mo Qi have been a servant for so many years? Besides, in all this time, I’ve never heard Mo Qi mention having any other friends."

Wang Hao sneered, "And you never discovered his secrets, either."

Fang Min was speechless.

Wang Hao took a deep breath and waved his hand. "Get out. For the sake of our one-night stand, I’ll smooth this over for you. But from now on, there’s nothing between us!"

Was Wang Hao really generous enough to let Fang Min off just because of a one-night stand?

Of course not.

On one hand, Fang Min had completed her entrance trial with a seventy-percent score and was on the radar of the Void Sect’s upper echelon, so he couldn’t get rid of her easily.

On the other hand, and more importantly, while it was unlikely that Liu Ruyan and Mo Qi had a connection, what if they did? If there was even the slightest link, he could push Fang Min out to take the blame.

In any case, Wang Hao could wash his hands completely of Mo Qi’s death.