Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 771: Escape

Chapter 771: Escape

"Shoo, shoo, shoo! What do you know? Our daughter is just... full-figured! She's blessed for childbearing! What do you mean control her figure? I think you're just jealous!" Rong Wuhua shooed the physician out of the main hall as if swatting a fly.

Lei Bo had already been carried back by the Thunder Leopard Family, so naturally, she wouldn't give a mere physician a good face.

Seeing this, the physician was also annoyed in his heart.

He thought to himself, 'My good intentions were treated like donkey liver and lungs,' and left with a flick of his sleeve.

If this concubine-born daughter of the Flame Boar Family really had any problems in the future, he wouldn't accept the case.

There were so many physicians in Battle Soul City; whoever wanted to take it could.

...

"Mother, I'm still so hungry..."

Rong Wuhua looked heartbroken and immediately ordered the servants on either side, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and make some food! If you starve the future young master of the Flame Boar Family, can you bear the responsibility?"

The group of servants exchanged glances, then bowed their heads to accept the order.

In their hearts, however, they thought, 'This young lady eats enough for over a dozen people a day and still feels hungry... that's just terrifying...' Although the Flame Boar Family members were all big eaters due to their Battle Souls, this wasn't the way to eat, was it?

But Rong Wuhua wasn't wrong.

If the Flame Boar Family had no other descendants to inherit the Flame Boar Battle Soul in the future, Li Rong really might become the next family head. And even if descendants with Flame Boar bloodline were born later, Li Rong would still be an elder, and her status would definitely not be low.

"Husband, look, look at what they've starved our Rong'er into."

Rong Wuhua walked up to Li Ji and complained.

Now that Yang Fei and Li Qingran were confirmed to have no competitiveness, she felt justified in front of Li Ji.

"Our Flame Boar Family has declined, but Rong'er is the future legitimate wife of the Lei Family, our only hope. All kinds of resources need to keep up..."

Li Ji sensed the hidden meaning in Rong Wuhua's words and said indifferently, "Stop beating around the bush. If you have something to say, say it directly. No need for all this roundabout talk."

"Hehe, Husband really understands me." The smile on Rong Wuhua's face faded, replaced by a serious expression with a hint of malice in her eyes. "Although Young Master Lei Bo hasn't agreed yet, he has no other choice. With the ancestral teachings and the special compatibility of family bloodlines there, he can only marry Rong'er! As a mother, I naturally hope Rong'er has a happy life, and all of that is built on a foundation of strength."

Under Li Ji's puzzled gaze, she paused, revealing her true intent: "I heard Yang Fei bought a Battle Soul Pill at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion yesterday."

Li Ji was stunned. "A Battle Soul Pill? That pill is so expensive, Yang Fei can't afford it, can she? Are you sure you heard correctly?"

"I'm certain." Rong Wuhua's voice turned slightly cold. "One of Elder Sister Yang's maidservants told me. You know how many servants there are in this household. If the master wants to do something, how could the servants at home not know? Especially buying something as precious as a Battle Soul Pill."

She sighed, a hypocritical expression appearing on her face. "I know Elder Sister wants to fight for a sliver of opportunity for that daughter of hers, but you've seen it too. What kind of temperament does her daughter have? She actually pointed at the Lei Family young master and cursed him out. Let's not have this little troublemaker cause enmity between the two families in the future."

"What I'm thinking is, Li Qingran is already a useless person who can't awaken Battle Power. Even if she eats that Battle Soul Pill, it's just one level of Battle Power. What use is that? Since she can't awaken Battle Power, she's destined to be unable to awaken the Battle Soul corresponding to the family bloodline."

"So, this pill might as well be given to Rong'er. If that's not possible, it could also be used as an apology to the Lei Family young master..."

"Right now, our Flame Boar Family has so few resources. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade."

Li Ji finally understood. Rong Wuhua wanted the Battle Soul Pill in Yang Fei's possession.

He pondered for a moment and actually didn't see a problem with it.

Yang Fei was his principal wife. Yang Fei's money was his money, and his money belonged to the Flame Boar Family.

So, wasn't the Battle Soul Pill Yang Fei bought a family resource?

Giving family resources to Li Qingran, a mortal without Battle Power, truly had no meaning. It would be better to give it to Li Rong or use it as a gift for the Thunder Leopard Family.

As for marital affection?

Hehe, there was simply no such thing.

Both Yang Fei and Rong Wuhua were quite good-looking in their youth, beauties. But as they aged, it was inevitable they'd lose their looks.

He now had fun outside every few days. The only reason he continued to acknowledge the identities of these two 'yellow-faced wives' was because they had borne him children.

"Then do as you see fit." Li Ji waved his hand impatiently. "I can't be bothered with this matter. If Yang Fei really has a Battle Soul Pill, then make her hand it over."

"Husband, you are truly reasonable!" Rong Wuhua's face lit up with joy. She had been waiting for this very sentence.

...

Early the next morning, Li Qingran was still in her dreams when she was startled awake by urgent knocking at the door and tearful cries.

"Young Lady! Young Lady! It's terrible! Something big has happened!" It was the voices of her two little maidservants, panicked and flustered.

Li Qingran's heart tightened. She immediately got up and opened the door.

She saw the two little girls with pale faces and red, swollen eyes, as if they had suffered a great fright.

"What happened? Speak slowly." Li Qingran said calmly.

"It's... it's the Madam!" One maid said with a sob in her voice. "Concubine Rong brought people and blocked the Madam in her room! They said the Madam was privately hoarding a family treasure and demanded she hand it over! The Madam refused, so they... they locked the Madam up! They even used force! The Madam seems to be injured!"

Li Qingran's eyes instantly turned cold.

She immediately guessed it must be that Battle Soul Pill causing trouble.

"Lead the way." Her voice was calm, carrying a hint of chill.

The two maids didn't dare delay and quickly led her towards Yang Fei's courtyard at a brisk pace.

Outside Yang Fei's courtyard, sure enough, several of Rong Wuhua's trusted servants were standing guard, each burly and stout with unfriendly expressions.

Seeing Li Qingran approach, they instinctively wanted to block her way. But when Li Qingran's icy gaze swept over them, they involuntarily stepped aside.

Although her cultivation level was gone, her Sword Intent remained.

That gaze was like an unsheathed sharp blade, making people feel chilled to the bone.

Inside the courtyard, Rong Wuhua was standing there arrogantly, her World Ring fully activated, with several matrons following behind her.

Yang Fei was sitting slumped on the ground, her hair bun disheveled, a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, a clear slap mark on her cheek. She was being held with her arms twisted behind her back by two burly matrons, looking disheveled. Yet she still stubbornly bit her lip, not uttering a sound.

"Mother!" Li Qingran quickly stepped forward, supporting Yang Fei, her sharp gaze shooting towards Rong Wuhua. "What are you doing?!"

Seeing Li Qingran, Rong Wuhua not only showed no fear but instead sneered. "What am I doing? Naturally, cleaning up the house! This good mother of yours privately hoarded the family treasure, the Battle Soul Pill, and refuses to hand it over. According to family rules, the light punishment is flogging, the severe punishment is crippling hands and feet! I'm just giving a small punishment as a warning!"

She paced forward, looking down at Li Qingran from above. "Little troublemaker, you came just in time. That Battle Soul Pill was bought by your mother for you, right? If you know what's good for you, hand it over obediently! Now, I am the actual mistress of this Flame Boar Family. How family resources are distributed is up to me! You privately hoarding treasures is a crime!"

Yang Fei struggled to lift her head, her voice hoarse. "Qingran, don't listen to her! We don't have any Battle Soul Pill at all..."

"Still stubborn even at death's door!" Rong Wuhua's face darkened as she gave a signal.

The matrons holding Yang Fei immediately increased their strength, causing Yang Fei to grunt in pain, cold sweat beading on her forehead. She herself wasn't a particularly powerful Soul Master. At this moment, having been beaten by Rong Wuhua and her people until her Soul Power was exhausted, she was no different from a slightly stronger ordinary person, unable to even activate her World Ring.

Looking at Yang Fei's painful yet still protective expression, the sense of distance Li Qingran felt due to her identity instantly dissipated, replaced by genuine distress and anger.

She took a deep breath, suppressing the sharpness in her eyes, and looked at Rong Wuhua, her voice calm and steady. "You want the Battle Soul Pill?"

"What if I do? It belongs to the family anyway!" Rong Wuhua held her head high.

"Fine, I'll give it to you." Li Qingran took out the wooden box from her bosom.

"Qingran! No!" Yang Fei said urgently.

Li Qingran shook her head slightly at her, signaling her to be at ease, then said to Rong Wuhua, "I can give you the pill, but I have one condition."

Greed and triumph flashed in Rong Wuhua's eyes. "What condition?"

"Release my mother," Li Qingran said word by word, "and, from today onward, she and I will sever ties with the Flame Boar Family. From then on, we will have no further connection with you. This Battle Soul Pill will be the price for buying our freedom, mother and daughter."

Rong Wuhua was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Freedom? With you two useless things? One old yellow-faced wife who gave birth late, one worthless girl with zero Battle Power! Do you think you can survive without the Flame Boar Family? How naive!"

She would be more than happy to drive this bothersome mother and daughter out, saving herself the future annoyance, and even get a precious pill for free. It was simply a heaven-sent good deal.

"Fine! I agree!" Rong Wuhua, afraid Li Qingran would change her mind, immediately agreed. "Hand over the pill, then take your useless mother and get out of the Flame Boar Family immediately! Never come back!"

Li Qingran said no more and tossed the wooden box to Rong Wuhua.

Rong Wuhua couldn't wait to open it. Seeing the round, lustrous, pure white pill inside, her face revealed wild joy.

Li Qingran helped Yang Fei up, tidied her disheveled hair and clothes, and said softly, "Mother, let's go."

Yang Fei looked at her daughter's calm yet determined profile, then at the heartless mansion and the gloating, ecstatic Rong Wuhua. Her heart was filled with bitterness.

But she also knew staying would only mean endless humiliation. Finally, she nodded with tears in her eyes.

Under Rong Wuhua's mocking gaze and the servants' complicated stares, Li Qingran supported Yang Fei and left without looking back.

Being born into the Flame Boar Family had given her a suitable identity and a channel to understand this world's information.

Now, staying here any longer would only be restraint and hindrance.

Taking the opportunity to break away completely might not be a bad thing.

Li Qingran pondered in her heart.

"With the pills my husband gave me, I might just be able to carve out a place for myself in this world!"

...

Meanwhile, in the Cangyun Realm.

Chen Huaian had already returned to the Moon Shadow Sect and found the Celestial Jade Lion snoring away in the back mountains.

The task he had given the Celestial Jade Lion was to produce Premium Spirit Jades.

Now that the Celestial Jade Lion had been in the Cangyun Realm for some time, there wasn't a single trace of Premium Spirit Jades to be seen around it.

The corner of Chen Huaian's mouth twitched, his face darkening.

Looking at the Celestial Jade Lion's pig-like sleeping appearance, his anger flared up.

He directly flew up and kicked it.

...