Chapter 1128: Chapter 1128: Chose To Ride Her Contracted Beast

It did not pay the slightest bit of attention to the horrified crowd around it, continuing to sprint forward at a staggering speed while completely ignoring the citizens lining both sides of the main street.

Upon taking a closer, more careful look, several sharp-eyed onlookers gasped as they noticed people sitting comfortably on the creature’s back.

"Hey, I remember... Wasn’t there a group of young cultivators who rode into the city atop a bunch of magical beasts yesterday? Is this beast today one of those?"

"Wait a second! I recognise that beast! Isn’t that Young Lady Bai’s contracted beast?!"

"Which Young Lady Bai are you talking about?"

"Who else?! Great General Bai’s biological daughter, Bai Xifeng!"

"Oh... You mean that famous good-for-nothing?"

"Hey! Watch your tongue! She was no longer a good-for-nothing."

"Man, I am really curious... how on earth did she suddenly awaken her cultivation talent out of nowhere?"

"I heard a rumour that she was actually severely poisoned for years until a legendary travelling physician happened to cross her path and cured her."

"Ah! So that mystery travelling physician must be the grandmaster who taught her those insane alchemy and medical skills!"

"Most likely."

"Just how unfathomably powerful must that doctor be?! He managed to completely cure a deadly poison that all the top imperial physicians in the Capital could not even detect!"

"I bet he is a hidden grandmaster hailing from one of those ancient, reclusive clans in the secluded world."

"Young Lady Bai sure struck gold to meet such an extraordinary benefactor..."

"Hmm, no kidding..."

"By the way... Where do you think Young Lady Bai is rushing off to on her contracted beast in such a massive hurry?"

"Wait, isn’t she heading straight down the central avenue? Isn’t that direction leading directly toward the palace?!"

"I think so! His Imperial Majesty must have officially issued a royal decree summoning her to the palace!"

Right as the surrounding crowd finished gossiping, everyone suddenly spotted a lone figure clad in an official imperial eunuch uniform sprinting past the area, panting heavily and sweating through his robes.

The group immediately recognised his official uniform.

The onlookers exchanged knowing glances with one another before bursting into uncontrollable, loud laughter! They did not even need to say a single word out loud. Every single person present instantly understood the hilarious situation. It turned out their guesses had been spot on!

The Royal Family really had dispatched a formal summons for Bai Xifeng. However, instead of taking a proper, dignified imperial carriage to the palace like a normal nobleman, Bai Xifeng had casually chosen to ride her terrifying contracted beast through the city streets instead!

And judging by the sheer, blistering speed at which that three-headed monster was sprinting, she certainly was not taking a slow, respectful stroll either. Charging into the imperial gates like that, the high-and-mighty officials and noble court ladies inside the palace grounds were probably going to faint from sheer terror the moment they saw a giant demonic beast barreling straight toward them.

Just imagining that chaotic, ridiculous scene was already enough to make the onlookers clutch their stomachs in laughter.

Standing among the laughing crowd were Xie Yanlin and Xie Zixin.

The two siblings had been casually strolling through the Capital to sightsee when the sudden commotion caught their attention. Curious about what was going on, they had turned around just in time to see Cerberus blitzing past them like a streak of black lightning.

They had instantly recognised the iconic three-headed beast as Bai Xifeng’s contracted beast. The two of them silently watched Cerberus disappear toward the horizon before their ears caught the surrounding chatter from the local citizens discussing Bai Xifeng’s past.

Naturally, they were well aware of Bai Xifeng’s background.

They knew that she had once been completely incapable of cultivating, ridiculed, and mockingly labelled a useless ’good-for-nothing’ by virtually everyone in the Capital.

However, by the time they first met Bai Xifeng, she was already overwhelmingly strong, fiercely independent, and frighteningly capable. Because of that, they had never personally witnessed what her daily life had been like during those dark, painful years.

They had heard the stories and rumours, of course. They knew how the world had looked down on her, mocked her mercilessly, and treated her as though she were trash that would never amount to anything in life. But simply hearing about those past hardships through casual gossip was entirely different from actually living through them.

Xie Zixin stared quietly in the direction where Bai Xifeng had disappeared. He could not help but wonder what must have gone through Bai Xifeng’s heart every single time someone spat the word ’good-for-nothing’ in her face.

Had she felt furious?

Had her feelings been deeply hurt?

Or had she simply grown cold and numb after hearing those cruel words repeated for so many years?

They did not have the answers.

When their paths had crossed with Bai Xifeng, she was already a powerhouse capable of striking terror into the hearts of her enemies. She was brilliant, bold, shameless, and completely unbothered by the opinions of others. It was almost impossible for them to picture this exact same girl as the fragile, helpless victim everyone used to look down on.

Beside him, Xie Yanlin also fell into a thoughtful silence. He knew that Bai Xifeng never seemed to dwell on her dark past, or at least, she rarely, if ever, let her true feelings show on the surface. Even so, he could not help but wonder how she had endured those long, lonely days.

How had a young girl managed to swallow all that humiliation and bear the heavy weight of being branded a useless good-for-nothing for so many years?

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