Chapter 1: Unreasonable reincarnation
“You, Yu Li, failed all three awakenings, and you still have the face to come back!”
In the luxurious hall, a middle-aged man with an expressionless face sat in a high position.
Beside him stood a red-haired boy and a red-haired girl.
The red-haired girl was looking down, jotting something in a notebook.
The red-haired boy pointed at the black-haired girl standing below, his demeanor laced with a hint of disdain as he mocked her.
The black-haired girl being pointed at ignored the boy.
She stood there dazed, a trace of confusion flashing in her silver eyes.
What’s going on… where am I?
The black-haired girl seemed unable to process what was happening, appearing somewhat at a loss.
At the same time, a flood of unfamiliar memories surged into her mind, causing waves of throbbing pain in her head.
Seeing the girl didn’t respond, the red-haired boy continued his mockery.
“What? You useless failure, did failing your awakening turn you mute?”
“Shut up, you’re so noisy.”
The black-haired girl, suffering from a headache, instinctively responded, not wanting to deal with the incessantly chattering boy.
Her sudden retort stunned the boy.
He hadn’t expected the girl, whose status in the family was lower than a dog’s, to dare speak to him like that.
He shook his head in confusion.
His father’s piercing gaze felt like needles, as if he were being ridiculed.
For a moment, he actually shut his mouth.
The girl, completely unaware of what was happening, endured the headache while sifting through the unfamiliar memories.
She looked at her delicate, slender arms and a pair of fair, jade-like hands, frowning as if finding it somewhat unbelievable.
This isn’t my body… have I… transmigrated into someone else’s body?
Based on the unfamiliar memories, she had indeed transmigrated.
She had crossed into a world with supernatural abilities.
The original owner’s name was Yu Li, the sixth child of the head of the Yu family, a prominent ability-user clan.
She was an unawakened individual.
In this world, everyone had three chances to awaken their abilities.
Today was Yu Li’s third awakening day, and unsurprisingly, she had failed again.
This was her final chance.
In this ability-driven family that revered strength, Yu Li, a powerless individual, had an extremely poor standing, despite being the daughter of the family head.
The original owner seemed unable to accept this reality.
She didn’t want to face the consequences awaiting her return.
In an attempt to escape, she prayed to a deity she had read about in books, hoping to flee from it all.
Unexpectedly, this inexplicable deity, for some unknown reason, actually responded to her.
As a result, at the moment of her failed awakening, when her family was ganging up on her, the current soul transmigrated into her body, replacing the original owner.
The original owner’s soul had vanished without a trace.
Thinking of this, the girl’s lips twitched slightly.
She hadn’t expected to transmigrate for such a bizarre reason.
Even more surprising was that she hadn’t fully inherited the original owner’s memories and now had to face this situation.
Gods, they really do whatever they want…
However, this body didn’t seem to be entirely powerless.
“You’re courting death!”
Before the girl could continue recalling, the red-haired boy, furious at realizing he had obediently shut his mouth, grew enraged.
Waves of heat surged around him, and faint crimson flames flickered in the air.
The girl’s earlier attitude had humiliated him, and he couldn’t tolerate it.
The flames turned into a wave of heat, surging toward the girl.
Faced with the sudden attack, the girl, caught off guard, couldn’t dodge.
She could only stand there.
The girl felt the blazing heat approaching closer and closer.
Instinctively, she raised her slender arms in front of her, seeking a sense of safety.
“Yu Feng.”
At the moment the attack was about to land, the middle-aged man, who had been silent, called out to stop the red-haired boy.
His voice carried an authoritative weight, leaving no room for defiance.
Though reluctant, the boy restrained his aura and stepped back.
Seeing the boy stop, the middle-aged man looked down at the somewhat panicked Yu Li.
Noticing she seemed to have genuinely tried to block the attack with her body, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
“Yu Li, the family has no need for the incompetent, even if you’re my daughter.”
The middle-aged man’s tone was indifferent, his eyelids not even twitching, his words laced with a trace of coldness.
“I’ll send you to the Gray Waste District for an arranged marriage.”
“This is your last chance to contribute to the family.”
Hearing the cold words, the black-haired girl raised her eyes to look at these so-called family members of the original owner.
Though she hadn’t fully processed the original owner’s memories, just seeing them made her body instinctively tremble with fear and pain.
The girl lowered her head, forcing herself to suppress the fear that didn’t belong to her.
Ignoring the pain, she frantically searched her memories, trying to find useful information to break this situation.
“Ha…”
The girl let out a helpless sigh, her lips curling into a mocking arc.
“A chance to contribute to the family?”
The girl adopted a reckless attitude, trying to buy herself more time this way.
“The opportunity you’re talking about is sending your own daughter to marry some savage from an uncivilized region in exchange for resource mining rights?”
She couldn’t help but let out a scornful laugh.
“What a great father you are, Yu Quan.”
“Yu Li! A mere powerless nobody like you dares to call Father by his name!”
Yu Quan’s brows furrowed.
He was somewhat surprised by his daughter’s sudden change in attitude.
But before he could react, Yu Feng couldn’t hold back, shouting angrily.
A faint glow emanated from his hand, and a mocking yet excited glint flashed in his eyes.
A fiery red sword appeared in the boy’s hand, pointed at the black-haired girl.
According to her memories, the red-haired boy was named Yu Feng, her older brother in this body—a hot-tempered, volatile maniac.
Hmm… just as I imagined, he’s quick to jump out. What a help.
The girl thought to herself, then opened her mouth to mock him.
“Pfft, what a good son, standing up for his father.”
“But why is your sword pointed at your own sister?”
Facing the boy holding a sword to her, the girl showed no fear.
Her lips curled into a mocking smile, as if she knew exactly how to thoroughly provoke him.
Ignoring the sword in front of her, she mercilessly exposed him.
“You talk about Father, but you’re just excited because you finally have a chance to prove yourself, aren’t you?”
“What did you say!”
Yu Feng’s little scheme was exposed, making him agitated.
He thrust the sword forward, its tip stopping just short of Yu Li’s neck, as if trying to force her to shut up.
The girl, with the sword pointed at her, showed no fear.
Her silver eyes shifted into vertical pupils, faintly glowing.
Come on, get angrier. Let me… test this body’s abilities while we’re at it.
“But proving yourself by bullying a powerless person? That won’t make Father spare you a second glance.”
The girl smiled, continuing to prod at the boy’s psyche.
With her words, a black aura began to emanate from Yu Feng, though no one seemed to notice.
With each sentence the girl spoke, the black aura grew denser.
It seemed a few more words would completely engulf Yu Feng in it.
So simple…
“Shut your mouth!”
“In this family, the weak have no value, so I can’t resist you.”
The girl continued smiling, as if stating something obvious.
“And you, my dear brother, are so weak that you can only prove your worth by targeting me, a powerless person.”
“Once I’m gone, you’ll become the new me.”
“Shut up!!!”
Yu Feng’s veins bulged as he roared, trying to silence her this way.
“Without me to bear all this for you, what will you do in the future?”
The girl’s tone was calm.
Suddenly, she reached out and grabbed the sword in front of her, pulling it closer to her neck.
As if oblivious to the fact that she was facing a hot-blooded boy on the verge of breaking, she continued to provoke him.
“Poor, pathetic clown. About to become the weakest, you’ll never get what you want, will you?”
Her words struck straight at his heart, like a sharp sword piercing his most guarded wound.
“Yu Li!!!”
“You… don’t even have the courage to strike.”
Her taunts pushed Yu Feng past the breaking point.
He lost all reason and actually thrust the sword toward her.
But this was exactly what the girl had anticipated.
Yu Quan hadn’t expected his son to lose control so easily.
He merely frowned, not stopping the red-eyed Yu Feng.
“Ah!!! I told you to shut up, didn’t you hear me?!”
The girl sidestepped the first strike.
She looked at the completely unhinged Yu Feng, black aura swirling around him, and shook her head, appearing somewhat disappointed.
The girl had deliberately provoked Yu Feng to make him lose control.
From her memories, she had found the easiest way to escape this place.
But beyond that, she wanted to test the original owner’s… special eyes.
They can only observe emotions but not use them?
The original owner wasn’t entirely powerless.
She had a unique, innate ability—a pair of special eyes that could see emotional auras.
Yu Feng’s emotional breakdown was more or less as the girl had expected.
With every increase in his anger, his aura grew denser.
“It’s about time.”
The black-haired girl muttered to herself.
She stopped moving and looked at the frenzied Yu Feng charging at her.
No longer dodging, she closed her eyes as if accepting her fate.
Clang—
With a sound like clashing blades, the black-haired girl felt herself being pulled into someone’s arms.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the person who had saved her.
It was a blonde girl, her pretty face filled with icy anger.
Her cherry-red eyes blazed with rage.
She held a slender sword in her hand.
The crazed Yu Feng lay not far away, seemingly knocked out by a single strike from the blonde girl.
The blonde girl didn’t even glance at the fallen Yu Feng.
She lowered her head to confirm Yu Li was unharmed, then stepped forward to shield her.
“Is this how the Yu family treats its own?”
The blonde girl raised her sword toward Yu Quan, who sat on his chair, her brows furrowed.
She couldn’t comprehend why a father would allow his son to try to kill his daughter.
“I demand an explanation!”
Yu Quan ignored the sudden appearance of the blonde girl.
He didn’t care about his son’s fate either.
He merely rubbed his temples, as if the situation had spiraled beyond his expectations.
The red-haired girl, who had been silent, stopped writing and looked up at the blonde girl.
“Miss Ai Xinglan, this is our family matter. You have no right to interfere.”
“Family matter? Killing each other is your family matter?”
“I don’t care about your so-called family matters.”
Ai Xinglan glanced at the red-haired girl, then slammed her sword into the ground, her aura surging.
“All I know is, since I’m back, I won’t let anyone harm my friend, Ai Xinglan!”
“Ai Xinglan, you should know this is the Yu family.”
The red-haired girl snapped her notebook shut with a bang, her own aura surging.
The atmosphere in the hall grew even tenser.
For a moment, only the sound of clashing auras could be heard.
It seemed a fight was about to break out.
“Xiao Ai.”
Just as the tension escalated, Ai Xinglan was interrupted by a voice from behind.
The black-haired girl stepped close to her, gently shaking her arm.
“I’m fine now, Xiao Ai.”
The black-haired girl gave a charming smile, as if to show she was unharmed.
“Xiao Ai, I can handle the rest. Can you wait for me at the entrance?”
Ai Xinglan turned back, puzzled, looking at Yu Li, who had suddenly spoken.
She furrowed her pretty brows, waiting for an explanation.
“Trust me, okay?”
“But…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be out soon. I won’t joke with my life.”
Before Ai Xinglan could finish, Yu Li interrupted her.
Seeing Yu Li’s earnest expression, Ai Xinglan hesitated but eventually relented.
“Hmph, you better. If anything happens to you, I won’t forgive you. Remember that!”
“Mm.”
Satisfied with the response, Ai Xinglan reluctantly turned, sheathed her sword, and shot a threatening glance at Yu Quan, who sat in the center, before heading toward the entrance.
In the hall, Yu Feng still lay motionless.
The red-haired girl had, at some point, restrained her aura and returned to her note-taking, head lowered.
Yu Quan leaned back in his chair, his fingers rhythmically tapping the armrest, as if deep in thought.
“She’s your backing?”
Today’s Yu Li was nothing like her usual timid self.
She seemed confident, as if every move was calculated.
But… he didn’t care.
He didn’t care why his daughter had changed.
He only found it amusing that she thought she could defy her fate by relying on a family’s young lady.
Yu Li looked at Yu Quan, her demeanor relaxed, hands behind her back, walking step by step toward him.
“What if I say, yes?”
“A family’s young lady?”
“Are you saying I’m naive?”
The black-haired girl’s lips curved slightly, a confident smile playing on her face, her expression tinged with inexplicable excitement.
“But you can’t do anything to her right now, can you?”
“You think she can protect you forever?”
Yu Quan’s brows furrowed, a strange irritation rising in his chest, his eyes flashing with a hint of anger.
“Hmm, who knows? But today, I’ll leave this place, and you’ll agree, Father.”
As she spoke, the black-haired girl’s silver eyes suddenly turned completely golden.
Bang—
Before Yu Li could continue, Yu Quan abruptly stood, his fists clenched, a trace of killing intent in his eyes.
A powerful aura erupted, carrying an overwhelming sense of oppression.
“Cough… that won’t do. She’s waiting for me outside, you know?”
The intense aura forced Yu Li to stumble back a few steps.
“Cough, cough… such a grown man, and you still can’t manage your emotions?”
Yu Li, as if oblivious to Yu Quan’s anger, continued to smile and taunt.