Revenge of the Phoenix Beauty-Chapter 37: This Devil

In the capital city somewhere in a market alley.

A hooded figure leaned in close to another figure, murmuring something that couldn't be heard.

The only thing visible was the smirk on their lips.

Then, in a calm voice, the figure spoke.

"Good job. Just keep doing what I asked."

The spy standing before them bowed, waiting for further instructions.

"And don't come looking for me unless I call for you."

With those final words, both figures dispersed, leaving no traces behind.

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Meanwhile...

Two weeks have passed since Hua Qingyan's training began.

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For last fourteen days, she had been running around the training ground.

Every day, from morning to noon, her lungs burned, her breath became ragged, and her body with exhaustion.

But she never showed it, enduring her pain behind her mask.

She is determined to become stronger.

I have no choice but to keep going.

Suddenly...

Something changed.

Her brother, Hua Zhiyan, suddenly called her over.

"Qingyan."

She stopped in her tracks, panting lightly, and turned to him.

"Come here."

To her surprise, there was a well nearby, and beside it, several large wooden buckets.

"From today onward, you'll be filling these buckets with water from the well," Zhiyan instructed. "Then, you are to carry them and pour the water into the storage areas for the soldiers."

Qingyan blinked. 'Ha! He wants me to fill these buckets from the well and fill the storage from all the way here, does he even have a slightest wish to train me?!'

She stared at the buckets, well and then back at her brother.

Her expression was in disbelief.

"Wait... You want me to fill water?" she asked.

Zhiyan gave a small nod, completely unfazed.

"Yes."

"And you calling this a training?"

He raised a brow.

"Why? You don't want to do it?"

"That's not the point!" Qingyan continued. "I thought I was here to learn martial arts! But first, you made me run like a wild horse for two weeks, and now....now you want me to be a water-fetcher?!"

Zhiyan crossed his arms, looking at her with the same calm, unreadable expression.

"Looks like you're very much interested in learning from me."

Qingyan froze.Her face twitched.

She had fallen into his trap.

If I complained now, he might stop training me altogether. No I'm not falling for this.

She forced herself to smile.

"I... I was just expressing my thoughts. That's all."

Zhiyan smirked slightly.

"Good. Then stop talking and start doing the work."

Hua Qingyan started fetching the water from the well.

Her arms trembled slightly as she dropped the bucket into the well and pulled it back up, now filled with water.

As she lifted it, she almost lost balance, the weight was far heavier than she expected.

She glanced at Zhiyan.

He was watching her silently, his arms still crossed.

It was clear, he has no intention of helping her.

Her fingers gripped the rope tightly. This devil...

Her hands felt like being pulled from her body, her legs were giving out from all that running.

But she kept moving forward.

I refuse to give up.