Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

Hua Zihou’s voice was trembling. “Miss Gu, y-you…don’t tell me you’re still thinking about bringing the fight to them? You absolutely mustn’t do that. These men that you have killed are incredibly powerful. God knows who else you might face over there.” Hua Youlin’s words were still fresh in his mind. If it really was as he had said, that the person behind this plot was stronger than Gu Xiqiao, he feared that she would march right towards her death.

“Sister Gu.” Hua Youlin tugged Gu Xiqiao’s shirt. He peered up at her, telling her not to go with his eyes.

Gu Xiqiao responded by patting Hua Youlin’s head, after which he lost his consciousness. She proceeded to push the boy into Hua Zihou’s arms. “Help me look after him.”

She stormed out of the entrance upon saying that.

“Stop acting so impulsively!” advised Hua Zihou when he noticed how furious Gu Xiqiao was when she left. He caught up with her and continued rambling on, “Youlin’s right. Those people are deliberately doing this to lure you into their trap. They probably have some sort of card up their sleeve.”

He finally understood what Hua Youlin meant when he described Gu Xiqiao as ‘stubborn’. She really was just that. Despite knowing that she was marching straight into a trap, she could not be held back, even by the combined strength of ten oxen.

It was at this moment that a stream of light flashed above his head. A number of figures descended from the sky and within mere seconds, a team was stationed beyond the entrance of the compound. That was followed by an explosion of chi so strong that it stirred up the dry leaves on the ground.

“Greetings Miss!”

This voice made Hua Zihou and the rest of his family hold their breaths. Even though they were regular human beings, the aura coming off from their bodies was so strong that even they could sense it. The faces of the Hua family members turned pale out of fear as if they had just seen a ghost. “T-These are the powerful figures I was talking about. They must’ve come here together with the men from before. They’ve come. They’ve finally come…”

Hua Zihou’s words sparked fear among his family.

Over the past few days, they experienced firsthand just how great the disparity of strength was between a regular human and these people. Any one of them could kill them with just the tip of their finger; to them, finishing off the Hua family was the same as killing a bunch of helpless ants!

They could not even fend against a single one of them, what more to say of a hundred of them.

And so, how could Hua Zihou not be fearful of what he was seeing?

He was suddenly given a grim reminder of how insignificant his family actually was!

“Miss Gu!” yelled Hua Zihou when he realized that instead of running away, Gu Xiqiao was striding towards their supposed enemy.

Gu Xiqiao ignored his cries as she continued moving forwards. “Team 1 to 3, escort Jiji to the Wei family and make sure their family stays out of trouble. The rest of you, follow my lead!” Her voice was cold, so cold that it could be felt down to the bone. “After messing around for so long, it’s time for you guys to unveil your strength!”

Sensing the anger in Gu Xiqiao’s voice, the Peacekeepers unleashed their chi to its fullest potential.

Half of the night sky above Mingzhou was illuminated as a result!

All of them had a gut feeling that tonight was going to be a sleepless night!

“Understood!” Their booming voices echoed through the air.

Immediately, seven separate teams trailed behind Gu Xiqiao and moved across the sky, towards the horizon.

Their next destination, Huangfu Manor!

The members of the Hua family suddenly felt their mind go blank. It felt as if their sense of reality had become fragmented.

They couldn’t believe their ears. These men…were subordinates of Gu Xiqiao?

The ‘miss’ they had mentioned, it was her?

Hua Zihou started seeing stars circling above his head. At this point, he no longer had any idea what to say anymore.

In the next moment, the people of the Hua family watched in horror as the aura of every member of the Peacekeepers grew stronger. They could tell, using their primitive senses that these men were as strong as the ten men Gu Xiqiao had just taken down.

Those who showed nothing but discontent for Hua Youlin upon his return were significantly more affected than say, Hua Zihou. Their faces were completely drained of color. They had no idea that Hua Youlin had such close connections to people such as Gu Xiqiao or the Peacekeepers.