Ming Yue was about to go settle accounts with Ren You Pei when He Shi burst in, demanding an explanation.
Hearing Ming Yue's words, He Shi mistook her for being intimidated by the sheer number of her followers.
"You're smart. He Si beat up my mother, so he has to kowtow and apologize to her, and make amends.
But that's not all. There must be compensation. I won't take advantage of you.
These fruits are good. Give me fifty jin of each. Also, I like everything in this house. Pack it all up.
And give me twenty intermediate crystal cores. Then this matter will be settled."
When she entered, He Shi had already spotted the fruits on the coffee table in the living room. The apples were as big as bowls.
The purple grapes still had dew on them, along with lychees and bananas.
She had been craving them intensely. If not for her pride, she would have grabbed them already.
At Bu Ying's place, she could eat her fill, but there were no fresh fruits.
Yesterday, Bu Ying had given her a bottle of canned fruit, but it couldn't compare to fresh fruit.
Furthermore, she had looked around the house and found that the furnishings in the villa were even better than where Bu Ying lived. How could this be allowed?
She had always believed that in terms of food and clothing, Ming Yue should never surpass her. Therefore, these things could not remain here.
"Is that all? No other demands?"
Ming Yue sat on the sofa, seeing the greedy glint in He Shi's eyes.
She glanced around the villa like a bumpkin and deliberately asked.
"How could it be finished? That would be too easy for you. You still have vegetables, and chickens! Rice!
Oh, right, you have a spatial ability. This must be supplies from your space, right?
I've changed my mind. Give me your space and the supplies within.
I won't pursue the matter of He Si injuring my mother. Otherwise, I'll make you pay."
Exaggerated cries came from the kitchen as He Shi saw the leftover food from Ming Yue and her group. This surprised her greatly.
This was even better than the meal Bu Ying had arranged yesterday to welcome her. She couldn't accept it.
Thinking that all of this must be supplies from Ming Yue's space, she made an outrageous demand, changing the compensation to Ming Yue's space itself.
"Shameless bitch, who let you in? Get out!
Who gave you the courage to extort us? Believe it or not, I'll beat you up!"
Hearing the commotion downstairs, the team members in He Si's room came out to investigate.
Seeing He Shi's shamelessness, Bu Zhi immediately exploded. He ran downstairs and cursed He Shi.
He truly didn't understand why his brother was infatuated with such a woman. In his eyes, He Shi was no better than dog excrement.
He didn't want any interaction with He Shi and just wanted to avoid her.
But this damned woman had gone too far, not only distorting the truth but also trying to extort Ming Yue's space. He could no longer tolerate it.
"You dare to touch me? I'm your sister-in-law. You're yelling at me, have you no manners?"
Bu Zhi was Bu Ying's younger brother. He couldn't threaten him with the base's power, so He Shi claimed to be Bu Zhi's sister-in-law and lectured him on manners.
"Pah! Are you worthy? Should I tell my brother about your sordid affairs with Di Yi Hu and Bu Sheng Han?"
Hearing He Shi call herself his sister-in-law, Bu Zhi felt as if he had swallowed a fly, disgust churning in his stomach. He threatened her with her past actions.
"Go ahead and tell him. Bu Ying already knows. He's even very regretful, saying he didn't protect me well."
He Shi wasn't foolish. She knew her past indiscretions couldn't be hidden. All the members of the Ming Yue team knew, and Bu Zhi was Bu Ying's own brother.
To gain the upper hand, on the way back to the base, after sleeping with Bu Zhi, she had confessed her experiences to Bu Ying.
However, she hadn't told the whole truth. She told Bu Ying that she had been forced.
To survive and keep her life, she had endured everything, hoping to see Bu Ying again.
After hearing this, Bu Ying had comforted He Shi, saying it was all his fault.
If he had found her sooner and protected her, she wouldn't have had to endure so much hardship.
Therefore, He Shi wasn't afraid of Bu Zhi reporting her. If he did, Bu Ying would think Bu Zhi was trying to sow discord between him and He Shi.
"So? What other tricks do you have? Bring them all out. You can't do anything to me.
He Ming Yue, hand over your space quickly, and take that old immortal He Si to kowtow and apologize to my mother.
Get my mother's forgiveness, or else..."
Seeing Bu Zhi speechless, He Shi became even more arrogant. She approached Ming Yue like a proud peacock.
"Or else what? If you say one more disrespectful word to my father, believe it or not, I'll crush you with one hand?"
Ming Yue, who had been watching the spectacle, heard He Shi call He Si an old immortal. The smile on her face vanished.
She stood up from the sofa and, before He Shi could finish speaking, grabbed her by the neck and asked menacingly.
"Let go of me! I warn you, if you dare to touch me, you'll regret it.
So what if I curse him? My father saved his life. He's a murderer, an old immortal, a dog!"
Her neck gripped by Ming Yue, He Shi was initially flustered, screaming shrilly.
However, seeing the twenty-odd ability users she had brought with her, she instantly regained her confidence.
Thinking that this was Cloud City Base, Bu Ying's territory, her confidence inexplicably surged.
In the end, she even started cursing He Si again. She believed Ming Yue wouldn't dare do anything to her and was just bluffing.
He Shi's judgment was flawed. She didn't know that the Ming Yue before her was no longer the Ming Yue she was familiar with.
The Ming Yue before her was a witch princess from the Primordial Era. She lacked the original host's timidity and cowardice; she only possessed decisive ruthlessness.
There was nothing she wouldn't dare to do. Since He Shi insisted, why shouldn't she oblige her?
Ming Yue's lips curved into a smile. With her left hand still gripping He Shi's neck, she swung her right hand in a wide arc.
Aiming for that detestable face, she delivered over a dozen slaps, then tightened her left hand.
She directly threw He Shi into a corner like trash.
"You said I wouldn't dare to touch you? I will, and I've touched you more than a dozen times." Ming Yue patted her hands as if dusting off invisible dirt.
Seeing He Shi's face rapidly swell up like a pig's head, Ming Yue's team erupted in applause.
Those dozen slaps were incredibly satisfying, a cause for great rejoicing. Ming Yue had never disappointed them.
"Yi Qi Sang, Sa La, them!"
He Shi, with a head swollen like a pig's, blood trickling from her mouth, and a few teeth missing, mumbled incoherently to the ability users she had brought.
The twenty-odd ability users looked bewildered. After a ten-second pause, they finally understood.
He Shi meant for them to attack together and kill them. Thus, they all unleashed their abilities.
Instantly, the living room erupted with the five elements, and a dazzling array of attacks flew towards Ming Yue.
Bu Ying had sent them with He Shi precisely to protect her. Now that she was injured like this by Ming Yue and her group, Bu Ying would punish them.
Furthermore, these ability users had never witnessed Ming Yue's prowess, so they naturally had no reservations.
Ji Shi You and the others watched without moving as the ability users attacked Ming Yue.
They knew those ability users were seeking death. As expected, with just a wave of Ming Yue's hand, the sky full of attacks vanished into nothingness.
The ability users who had attacked were all flung out of the room and lay in the courtyard.
Three of the ability users were suspended in mid-air, their faces contorted in pain, as if an invisible force was restraining them.
"You three were the ones who hit my father, weren't you?"
Ming Yue walked into the courtyard, her face blooming like a flower, and said. Those who knew her understood that when Ming Yue smiled like this, she was about to kill.