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Chapter 3 - And thus, life begins anew

Feng Jiao Xue slowly opened her eyes before trying to sit down properly before closing her eyes again in order to check herself. Her body ached so much and she felt so weak as well as hungry. Beside from the torture she had been through seems to have faded away aside from small wounds scattered on her body.

She blanked out for a moment before tears once again formed in her eyes. From the pain, the grief, anger or happiness, she could not fully tell anymore.

"Heh...Hah... Hahaha! The heavens aren't blind after all. I, Feng Jiao Xue, swear to pay back everything I have been given with interest! Since the heavens have given me a chance to avenge myself then I will never let myself be wronged again." After that declaration though a mouthful of blood was coughed up by her.

As she closed her eyes, flashes of the hellish torture she went through appeared in her mind as the burning hatred flared in her heart.

The pain she went through, the torture they have inflicted upon her, shall be given back a hundred fold.

They will face the raging wrath of the Black Rose.

Her lips couldn't help but curl ironically at her thought. How the flame of hatred flared as her body fell from the cliff to the chaotic sea awaiting her demise.

The raging fire in her heart burning hotter than the hottest flame as the sea water drowned her in its blistering cold harsh and unforgiving waves.

The amused and content of her enemies faces as her battered body fell down hopelessly was deeply ingrained in her mind.

"Hahaha...haha...hah... hu...huuu" Crazed laughters turned into devastated sobs.

Tears fell uncontrollably from her eyes as she curled up on herself. Heart wrenching cries muffled as she curled up on herself.

How she survives is beyond her. What matters most however is that she is alive and thirsty for a bloodied revenge.

After that hellish night, she was brought back to the org and made to be their test subject since her body has been tempered since young, it was perfect for them.

Day in and day out she was cut, burned, chilled, and extremely mutilated by the end of it all before they finally could no longer use her, they deemed her a waste and thrown into the sea like a disposable trash.

She tried to escape countless times, but she had worked for and nurtured by the org since young. How could they allow her to leave that easily?

She reached out for a slightly dirty cloth near her to wipe the blood she knew, and felt it trickling down on her forehead by its density and metallic scent, as she lifted her hands she freezes up as pale and thin unfamiliar ones appeared in her eyes.

With disbelief she ignored the pain wrecking her body at the moment, she stood up hastily and ran to the mirror at the far corner of what seems like a small almost bare room.

What stares straight at her from the dusty mirror was not the face she was familiar with. Instead, in its place is a small round face with pinkish lips and cheeks. Her Phoenix eyes were replaced by cute round black gem like eyes with long curly lashes and perfectly arch brow.

This is undeniably a very charming face that would grow into a devastating beauty, perhaps even more beautiful than she was, if you can ignore the hideous burnt mark that had blemished half of her face.

She staggered back as unfamiliar memories appeared in her mind.

This world is no longer the 24th century that she knew of. The place she is now is the soaring sky continent's Azure Dragon Empire. The body she is occupying is the fourth legitimate miss of the Feng Clan.

The Feng clan can be considered as prestigious as the Royal family because of their martial prowess. This world follows the law of the jungle, where the weak are preyed upon by the strong.

This world is a mix of western and eastern fantasy, where both Dou Qi and Magic exist.

To say that it was like the ancient times would be wrong as the dressings of the inhabitants here are almost like the modern world but to think that it was advanced would not be accurate since the buildings are mixed between modernized and ancient types of housings.

This world also has a special type of energy.

The Qi cultivators are ranked from Qi-gathering, which consist of seven levels and four stages. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and purple levels with low, middle, high and peak stages.

After breaking through the Qi-gathering can one be considered a true martial practitioner. Each rank has four stages. Even a single stage makes a vast difference. The ranks are as follows: Qi-gathering, Spirit master, Spirit Grandmaster, Spirit Lord, Spirit Overlord, Spirit King and lastly Emperor.

The strongest in the Azure Dragon Empire is at the Spirit Grandmaster and there are only two of them, one is the grand adviser, and the other is the Feng Jiao Xue of this world's grandfather, Feng Ao, who have been under closed door cultivation since the mysterious disappearance of Feng Jiao Xue's parents.

Her mother first disappeared and her father who was the previous patriarch followed after. Based on the memory left behind by the previous Feng Jiao Xue, her father entrusted her to her grandfather and third uncle who is now the current patriarch, when she was just a mere babe.

For the first three years of her life, she was a pampered miss. Her grandfather held her at the palm of his hands but when he entered a closed-door cultivation, that third uncle of hers slowly started to bully her.

From withholding her food from time to time, it slowly escalated from there. The courtyard that she used to stay in, the Lily courtyard, was the most grandeur. Every decoration was priceless treasures, even the woods were the best of the best. The area was also good for cultivation since the Qi there were more abundant than the rest.

Such a wonderful place for this piece of dump. She really doesn't know what to say about that bastard of an uncle of hers. He relocated her here with the excuse of giving her a more peaceful environment.

The elders agreed easily since she is nothing more than trash in their eyes. Just an extra mouth to feed and a waste of space.

That's right, in a world where strength is everything, she, the number one assassin was reborn in the body of a trash!

Her eyes narrowed at that information. She was unfortunately someone who can't cultivate Dou Qi or magic. This was found out when she was tested at the age of four where children began their path to greatness.

At this particular information, Feng Jiao Xue's face turned as black as coal. Just what kind of rotten luck is this!!!

She can't even take her revenge since those bastards and her are WORLDS apart!!!

Feng Jiao Xue cried without tears as she continued screening the foreign memories in her mind, dumbfounded at how rotten her luck is.

The magic here isn't like those described in her previous life but close. Instead, the magicians here can control and create elements along with various curses and spells.

The ranks are magic practitioner, which also have seven levels and four stages. Just like martial cultivators, magic practitioner ranks also have the four stages which are the low, middle, high and peak. The ranks are magic practitioner, elemental master, elemental grandmaster, magister, high magister, warlock, and lastly grand warlock.

There is little difference between magicians and martial cultivators aside from their physics and techniques. Martial cultivators have stronger body and stamina while magic practitioners also known as magicians tend to have frail bodies and low stamina but in regard to energy, martial cultivators tend to deplete their energy faster than magic cultivators.

There isn't any elemental grandmaster, just an elemental master which resides in the silver cloud pavilion.

There are also the spirit beasts in this world. Strange yet majestic creatures. They are dangerous and very strong. They are classified in ranks from 1-9. The ranks also have low, middle, high and peak levels. After that would be the spirit beast King, guardian beast, Saint spirit beast, legendary beast and the rumored Divine beasts, there are no longer levels here, but it depends on the potency of energy and bloodline. From the spirit beast King to the divine beasts, one is rarer than the previous.

There are rare sightings of legendary beasts but when she says rare it is very, very rare. The Divine beasts however just live on the stories. As for spirit beast King there are two to three that occasionally appear during an adventure.

However even rank 6 and up can no longer be underestimated since it can take down a grandmaster all on its own.

The main branch of the Feng Clan has three generations in total at the moment. The first being with her grandfather and the four elders, the second would be her parents' generation. Her grandfather have four sons, the eldest focused on cultivation, so he didn't want to become the clan head, the second, which is now the current patriarch did not have the qualification because her grandfather saw through his facade and knew perfectly well of his greed and selfishness, the third which is her father have both the strength and character so grandfather chooses him, unfortunately, fate played a huge joke and at her birth there was an assassination and mother rumored to have died and her father disappeared soon after, the fourth son loves exploring as well.

Her fourth uncle is unmarried while her first uncle did have a wife and a son but her first aunt did not like second uncle, so they often visited the first aunt's family after her son got accepted in a Sacred Cloud Academy, said visit extends for months at times.

The third generation consist of Feng Xiao, the eldest born from the first brother, second would be Feng Mei the first daughter of her second uncle then Feng Meng, and Feng Xi, second uncle's only son. Originally Feng Jiao Xue was to have only the name Xue, but her mother insisted on the Jiao. So, her name became brilliant snow Phoenix.

The only ones who did not bully her in this clan is the family of her first uncle, who hasn't returned from an exhibition for years now but the letters he sent proves that he is alive, and then her fourth uncle who is somewhere deep in some forest as well.

Although her fourth uncle is irresponsible at times, he did care for her. It was only that damn second uncle and his family that always finds excuses such as she loves simple things, she prefers to live in seclusion and stuff like that. Excuses that only fools would actually believe.

Unlike other clans, the Feng Clan does not allow concubines, making many females wish to marry into the clan even more.

The four brothers grew up with a close bond, only this second uncle of hers was too ambitious with a very greedy heart.

A legitimate miss who lives lower than the servants and stepped on by just anyone.

Feng Jiao Xue gritted her teeth at the mere thought of letting even the lowliest servants try to bully her again. 'There is just No! F*cking! Way! I will let that happen.'