Godly Empress Doctor Chapter 1 - Gifted Girl: Abandoned (1)
The imperial capital of the Junwu Empire.
Both Feng Wu and Zuo Qingyun were merely eight years of age.
The point of a freezing, violet blade held by Zuo Qingyun pierced into the center of Feng Wu’s forehead, right between her brows.
As the weapon was retracted, it pulled forth a hovering droplet of amber True Phoenix Blood from within Feng Wu.
With a swift grab of her left hand, Zuo Qingyun snatched the amber drop into her palm, and with a sharp squeeze—poof! The droplet shattered!
Even with her hand drenched in gore, a bizarre smile spread across Zuo Qingyun’s face.
She looked down with a smirk at the young girl on the floor, whose frame was coiled in excruciating pain.
“Feng Wu, the world only has room for one person to hold the True Phoenix Blood! Since I exist, you should never have been born!
“I never desired to be linked with you as the ‘Phoenix Duo of the imperial capital’! What gives you the right to be viewed as my equal?!
“Does it matter if you were promised in marriage before me? I am destined to be the crown princess, and Jun Linyuan will be my husband!
“I can't believe the Master of Firmament Palace actually chose you! Well, you are garbage now, and I am the sole candidate left for the goddess of Firmament Palace! So, die!”
The freezing purple sword lunged toward Feng Wu’s heart!
Feng Wu gripped the blade with both hands. Though blood sprayed from the jagged gashes in her palms, she appeared oblivious to the sensation.
Spiritual essence leaked from the wound between her eyebrows, and her cultivation was vanishing at that very moment.
With her True Phoenix Blood destroyed, she was being reduced to a useless invalid!
Feng Wu stared at Zuo Qingyun with eyes as dark as ink.
“Die!” Exerting a sudden burst of power, Zuo Qingyun drove the sword deep into Feng Wu’s chest. With a heavy thud, the steel tore through Feng Wu’s body, splashing crimson blood across Zuo Qingyun’s face.
Under the coat of blood, Zuo Qingyun’s grin became monstrous. “From this day forward, I shall be known as Zuo Qingluan! Qingluan—the Green Luan Bird and Red Phoenix, the sovereign of all avian creatures. I shall be the only true phoenix in the Junwu Empire!”
As she collapsed, Feng Wu’s sight began to fail. Her consciousness faded as she watched the head of the Zuo family lead Zuo Qingyun away. She realized her life was slipping away... her time was up...
Her master was not an ordinary human. To be more precise, he was a soul tethered to his Dragon and Phoenix Spiritual Ring.
People said that one’s destiny was dictated by their birth, and having a powerful father was the greatest advantage.
Feng Wu would boast that even though she had never met her father, she possessed the most incredible and stunning master on the entire continent!
She clearly recalled the day she first activated the spiritual ring and witnessed her beautiful master step out from the dimension hidden within.
As a mere three-year-old, she had gazed up at the ethereal youth in white and asked with innocence, “Um... are you very powerful?”
Placing his hands behind his back, her beautiful master had replied casually, “I suppose I am decent, considering I once governed this world.”
Over the past few years, her beautiful master—who had existed only as a spirit—had finally gathered enough of his own Divine Blood of the Phoenix to forge a physical body. By doing so, he would no longer be trapped as a soul inside the spiritual ring.
Was this a hallucination brought on by death? Feng Wu’s eyelids grew heavy, yet she seemed to see her beautiful master, clad in a snow-white robe, standing there as graceful and slender as a deity.
White Immortal Flowers drifted through the air, looking like pure, holy snowflakes.
He emerged from the Dragon and Phoenix Spiritual Ring, carried toward her by a soft wind.
Before she knew it, Feng Wu was cradled in his warm embrace.
He carried the cleanest scent in existence, the refreshing aroma of plant essence.
“Master...” Feng Wu burst into tears upon seeing her family. Her voice trembled with deep emotion.
Her master could finally touch her! He had achieved a physical form at last! His long-held ambition was realized!
Her beautiful master’s long robes and wide sleeves trailed across the earth as his dark, pensive gaze fell upon the injury between her brows. He seemed entirely unperturbed.
“Master, am I dying?” The young girl’s eyes were as clear as a spring.
Her master answered calmly, “No, you are not.”
Following those words, he made a motion with his elegant finger, and a drop of golden blood immediately soared out from between his own eyebrows.
Feng Wu’s pupils narrowed! That was the Divine Blood of the Phoenix! It was her master’s own essence, a power that surpassed the True Phoenix Blood many times over!
Her master’s tone remained cold and distant. “Stay still.”
He then pressed the golden drop into her forehead.
“No!” A sense of dread washed over Feng Wu. “Master, I won’t die, but what about you?! The Divine Blood of the Phoenix is your life force. Without it, your physical form...”
The expression in her master’s eyes was impossible to read. “The Divine Blood of the Phoenix will be suppressed for now. Once the Nine Transformation Spirit Restoration Pill is triggered, you can begin your cultivation again...”
Before he could finish his sentence, his body started to dissolve...
“No!”
Drenched in blood, Feng Wu shrieked with all her might. Blue veins pulsed on her skin as she reached out, desperate to grab hold of her beautiful master!
“Master!”
But her beautiful master, looking as holy as a fallen immortal, vanished through her fingers.
“Master!”
Utterly spent, Feng Wu sank to her knees. Her crimson dress was heavy with blood, her pale face was stained red, and she felt as if she were weeping blood itself!
The agony was so intense she could hardly draw breath!
Every muscle in her body throbbed with such torment!
The weight of her guilt nearly drove her to end her own life!
She hadn't felt this level of fury even when Zuo Qingyun had stolen her True Phoenix Blood!
She would have chosen death a thousand times over rather than see her flawless, beautiful master harmed!
There was so much hate!
Feng Wu squeezed her fists with such rage that her nails dug into her palms, leaving her fingertips raw and bloody!