From the very beginning, she knew that Aoâye had higher cultivation than the old biddy.
Hence, the old granny would die without a doubt! It was not relying on force to bully others, it was merely self-defense. She did not plan to die, so it was better for the old granny to die.
The old granny never expected to perish in this little mountain village. Her single eye fiercely glared at the little girl walking toward her. âLittle Girl, if you kill me, then you will never have peace again! The people from my sect absolutely wonât spare you! Your whole family will pay for my life! Consider it carefully.â
However, the girl merely sent her an uncanny and eerie smile.
âSo much rubbish!â A black ferule landed on her palm, and she slapped it against the grannyâs face without pause, causing the grannyâs head to bleed profusely and shocking her.
Aoâye: âŠ
Donât you know that Little Lord was killing someone next to a putrid gutter the first time we met her? Do you think a vicious little girl like her would tolerate your threats? Heh.
âCrush her life lantern, kill her,â Qiao Mu coldly ordered.
It was only now that the granny finally comprehended that this child genuinely wanted to kill her.
âH-how did you know about the life lantern?â The old womanâs lips trembled, and her entire beingâfrom her body to her soulâwas shivering.
Qiao Mu was uninterested in answering the granny. Instead, she stared at her with her pitch-black eyes before quietly asking, âWhat are puppet demons?â
The granny involuntarily shuddered, and even she had not realized that she was shaking like a quail in front of this six-or-seven-year-old girl.
âI-I donât know what y-you are s-saying.â
âLittle Lord, this person is likely an elder of the Ghost Sect. The Ghost Sect has an extremely guarded secret technique called the puppet technique. It can refine girls and boys into puppets and turn them into slaves that are stripped of their own thoughts and emotions, completely obedient to their masterâs orders. They are essentially lifeless marionettes.â
Qiao Mu suddenly smiled at the granny after hearing this explanation. However, this smile only caused the granny to tremble even harder.
The granny did not know whether or not this was a smile, since there was no noticeable difference in the girlâs face; moreover, the sparkling cold glint in the girlâs eyes made it look like it had icicles inside. Her lips appeared to move a little, but her rigid face remained stoic, the unsynchronized smile sending goosebumps all over people.
âSo you want to refine me into a puppet.â Qiao Mu suddenly moved and sent the grannyâs chin shattering with a kick. She dashed up like she went mad and ruthlessly slapped the ferule against her as hard as she could. It was as though she wanted to spend her lifeâs energy on this granny.
âPieces of shit like you who steal someoneâs life at your whim donât need to exist in this world! Bastards like you who ignore other peopleâs wishes and corral innocent people like cats and dogs and keep them as puppets and slaves should be the first to die!!! Die!â Qiao Muâs emotions suddenly erupted, and she ruthlessly swung the black ferule in her hand on the grannyâs face and body and head over and over again.
âYou are the pet! You are the puppet slave! YOU are!!! You want to refine me into a puppet so you can corral me like a pet! Die! Die!!!â A brutality and harshness that did not suit the childâs age leaked out of her eyes as a slap of the ferule ruthlessly smacked against the back of the grannyâs head, smashing her head into pieces like a watermelon.
Aoâye immediately surged forward and seized the grannyâs life lantern, crushing it into pieces. He then turned his head and found the little girl tightly clutching the ferule with a whirlpool spinning in her eerie dark eyes, so dark that there was not a trace of light.