Zhizhu Baihe Pavilion: General’s Secret Lady

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But Axue was the dumbest among all of Madam Reas beloved children. Eliminating her was like killing a chicken from some chicken coop. That would make things for Theta less satisfied.

Theta did not mind the foul smell that lingered around her. After all, she had embraced the corpse of her mother yesterday. It was full of maggots when she transferred her body from the nameless grave, but all she could feel at that moment was deep sorrow.

Theta snapped from her trance when she crawled out of the sewer.

What welcomed her sight were the familiar torches that lit the surrounding of the Hound Correctional. It was made so that the guards could see everything around the forbidden building. Since the guards were not allowed to venture inside the four-storey building with no windows and doors, they protected the lawn to ensure that there would be no intruder or escapee.

Sadly, the supposed trusted guards were doing it all wrong. Hence, she was standing inside the protected lawn totally unnoticed and unharmed.

The second loophole of this place? Foolish guards.

Theta dodged the obvious pattern of the patrolling guards that she grew to memorize over time. Her petite body served her purpose right now more than ever as she fit in among the shadows of the stone statues of the great Shomashom.

Just when she was about to leap toward the last statue of the great white tiger, two patrolling guards walked in her direction. Theta immediately squatted as she pressed herself into the shadows to hide.

”Have you heard about the duel that Third Young Master Chehin issued to Second Young Master Rufiant? The boys are all betting their wages! ”

The second guard scoffed. ”Stupid! It was Second Young Master Rufiant who challenged Third Young Master Chehin! You must get your facts straight or you will really lose your hard-earned wage, man. ”

”Shut up! What matters is that they are going into an official fight! A strategist versus a young prodigy, I can really fathom who will win! ”

As the voices of the two patrolling guards started to dwindle, a shadow immerged from the darkness while two glaring orbs gleamed with killing intent.

”What a hypocrite, Rufiant. ” A cold curve painted on Thetas small pale face as she strode towards the last statue leisurely.

Go and fight to your hearts content, Rufiant, Chehin, my lovely brothers. It will be better if you both die, but I cannot be too greedy so one of you dying will be enough for me, Theta thought as she pushed the statue which was a foot taller than her.

On cue, a pathway with a height of one meter and a width of half a meter from the rotten ground was revealed. Theta did not wait for a new patrol to walk by, she nimbly inserted herself into the passage.

The moment she let go of the statue to go inside, the statue moved to its original position.

It did not take so long for Theta to find her way out. Every cobblestone in the small passageway was like a friend to her. After all, she had spent six years crawling through this pavement just to go home to her poor mother.

But now, unlike any other time, she was crawling inside on her own to seek the friends that would make up the very first people of the group that she would create.

”The enemy of my enemy will always be welcomed to become one of my pawns. ”