Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Chapter 58: 58 First Murder

Chen Mo swiftly flipped over, picked up the longsword dropped from the Black Shadow’s hand, and as the only surviving Black Shadow rose, the longsword pressed directly against its neck. Coldly, he said:

”Don’t move!”

But the scene that followed made Chen Mo’s eyes widen. The Black Shadow grabbed the longsword in Chen Mo’s hand and slid its neck forward.

Hiss...

Warm blood spurted from the Black Shadow’s neck, splattering all over Chen Mo’s face, some even into his eyes, yet he didn’t blink an eye.

He stared at the corpse collapsing on the ground, somewhat stunned.

So brave?

Directly slicing the neck?

Also.

Technically speaking, it was his first time killing someone. Although in strict terms, he wasn’t the one who killed, the person still died in front of him, under his sword.

Not only was Chen Mo not afraid, but his eyes showed a bit of excitement, as if something inside him was rousing.

Even with Xiao Yunxi and Cai’Er calling him, he didn’t respond.

It wasn’t until Cai’Er wiped his face with a handkerchief, like a reflex, that Chen Mo grabbed Cai’Er’s hand, somewhat forcefully.

”Pain, pain... it hurts...” Cai’Er cried out in pain, continuously struggling.

At this moment, Chen Mo snapped back to his senses, looked at the painfully distressed Cai’Er, and hastily let go, saying, ”Are you alright... sorry, just now I...”

”It’s... okay...” Cai’Er handed over the handkerchief to Chen Mo, then returned to Xiao Yunxi’s side, face slightly blushing.

Xiao Yunxi seemed to have overused the Phoenix Seal, looking a bit exhausted with a pale face.

She looked at Chen Mo’s state, thinking that it was his first time killing and he was a bit unaccustomed, and said, ”The first time I killed someone, I was just like you, completely at a loss, even feeling guilty watching them die at my hands. But, this world is just like that... blah blah blah...”

Chen Mo quietly listened, looking down at his blood-stained hands, murmuring, ”An illusion?”

At this moment, he sensed something, looked up, and saw several crossbow arrows shooting through the broken hole in the roof eaves.

As if a reflex carved into his bones, he leaped, holding the longsword, and jumped onto Xiao Yunxi’s bed.

True Qi released from within, enveloping all the incoming crossbow arrows in its range.

Heaven and Earth Lose Color.

The speed of those incoming crossbow arrows immediately slowed down.

Chen Mo raised his hand, sword falling.

With a few swishing sounds, all the descending crossbow arrows were cut down.

”Bang!”

The sound of the glazed tiles shattering rang out as two Black Shadows burst through the broken hole in the roof, cold light glinting in their hands. In the lamplight, the eyes of those two Black Shadows were extremely fierce, charging straight at Xiao Yunxi.

”How dare you!”

Xiao Yunxi had just shouted when Chen Mo moved, the Sword Stance swift and fierce, as fast as a shooting star.

With a swing of the sword, the air distorted as if in a desert where the Sword Stance passed.

Pfft!

The sword light sliced through iron like mud, directly severing the torsos of the two Black Shadows, blood spilling down.

Xiao Yunxi watched the back of Chen Mo, who stood in front of her, her pupils constricting violently, her heart seemingly skipping a beat.

The dim candlelight cast a mighty shadow.

The blood pouring down was like a baptism after victory.

Cai’Er screamed, as half of a corpse fell right at her feet.

Chen Mo watched the scene, using the back of his hand holding the sword to wipe away the bloodstains from his eyes, murmuring in his heart, ”That wasn’t an illusion.”

He then swept a glance around, and after finding no danger, stepped down from the bed, bowing towards Xiao Yunxi, saying, ”This servant was bold and presumptuous, causing alarm to the Empress.”

”It’s alright...” Xiao Yunxi’s beautiful eyes flickered as she looked at Chen Mo’s face, full of blood, suddenly speaking softly, ”Little... Chen Hong, are you alright?”

Chen Mo didn’t notice the change in how Xiao Yunxi addressed him and said, ”Thank you for the Empress’s concern, this servant is fine.”

”That’s good.” Xiao Yunxi inexplicably felt relieved and was about to ask if the sword Chen Mo used was a Sword Intent.

The doors to the palace were forcefully opened, and Zhao Fujin entered with a team of Imperial Guards.

Seeing the scene inside the palace, the gruesomely dead bodies.

Zhao Fujin suppressed her nausea, looking at Xiao Yunxi, who was already being supported down from the bed by Cai’Er, hurriedly coming forward: ”Mother, are you all alright?”

The team of Imperial Guards behind Zhao Fujin immediately knelt down on one knee, the leading General respectfully saying, ”This humble General is late to the rescue, begging for Your Majesty the Empress’s forgiveness.”

Xiao Yunxi exchanged a few words with Zhao Fujin, and upon learning that this team of Imperial Guards was personally brought by Zhao Fujin and not coming of their own accord, her gaze suddenly turned cold as she looked at the General and said:

”Forgiveness? The assassins have come several times, and you’ve just arrived. If it weren’t for my great fortune, I’d have been killed by these rebels...”

As her words fell, the General instantly fell to the ground in fear, his voice trembling with terror, ”Begging for Your Majesty the Empress’s forgiveness... begging for Your Majesty the Empress’s forgiveness...”

”Hmph.” Xiao Yunxi snorted coldly, not intending to really take their lives, venting her inner anger and then instructed them to clean up the corpses inside.

She then took a deep breath and said to Zhao Fujin, ”When these rebels appeared in the palace, how did your father handle it?”

At this, Zhao Fujin felt a rush of anger, puffing her cheeks and angrily saying, ”It’s all that vixen’s fault! Father originally ordered General Wang to divide into three teams, one to protect him, one to go to the vixen’s place, and one to come to Mother here...

But suddenly there was a report from the vixen’s side that there was a fire in the bedchamber and not enough manpower. Father said since Mother, you have guards and there was no report here, it meant everything was fine, so he sent the team that was supposed to come to you over to the vixen’s side, to handle her situation...”

Before Zhao Fujin could finish speaking, Xiao Yunxi crushed the cup handed by Cai’Er, the water spilling all over the floor.

The passing Imperial Guards cleaning up were petrified in fear.

”Mother, you... calm down, one day, I will definitely show that vixen her due color, for clinging to Father, disturbing the Harem.” Zhao Fujin clenched her fist, waving it slightly as she spoke.

Suddenly, her gaze turned to Chen Mo and said, ”Chen Hong, what happened to you?”

”This servant greets Your Highness Empress.” seeing Zhao Fujin’s gaze sweep towards him, he promptly greeted her respectfully.

Zhao Fujin looked at Chen Mo’s appearance and the longsword in his hand, then whispered, ”Those people, did you kill them?”

Before Chen Mo responded, Xiao Yunxi spoke up, ”This time, Chen Hong should really be rewarded well, without him, the situation just now would’ve been unthinkable.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fujin was momentarily stunned, then looked at Chen Mo in amazement.