CHAPTER 148: 148: FURNACE (EXTRA CHAPTER FOR MONTHLY VOTES)

"Xu Ruoxuan, I worked so hard to get you a chance. Originally, if you completed this task, Master would have removed you from the list of Public Furnaces, giving you some freedom. But you didn’t cherish it. It’s all your fault... Since you’re destined to become a Public Furnace, let me be the first to claim it!"

When Tong Raosheng said these words, his expression was cold. It was the kind of cold that comes after investing so much effort into achieving something, only to fail, and being too angry to be even angrier.

Ha! After all these years, was she just a joke?

Not only was Master her father’s and mother’s killer, but all the Masters and Brothers she thought cared for her were actually eyeing her as a Furnace?

Public Furnace?

Ha! How miserable and foolish had she been living?

After living with them for so many years, she hadn’t noticed a thing! Knowing that whether it was Master or the brothers, they had several women as Furnaces, she chose to ignore it, thinking she was their obedient "disciple" and "little junior sister," and that such things as Furnaces wouldn’t happen to her.

But why wouldn’t it happen to her?

Just because they were "nice" to her?

Great, now it’s great, all went well, and here she is in the second brother’s bed.

Moreover, she’s worse off than the second brother’s other women. Although they’ve lost their freedom, they only have to serve the second brother, and only when they displease him do they get "disposed of."

The so-called "disposal" is being sucked dry into a corpse.

At first, Xu Ruoxuan didn’t know; she always innocently thought those women were just serving Master’s and brothers’ daily lives until one day, she barged into the elder brother’s room without knocking and saw him doing that kind of thing with a woman.

She was terrified at the time, especially when she saw the woman turn from a living person into a mummy.

She almost screamed, but the second brother covered her mouth, and she narrowly avoided elder brother’s discovery.

Since then, she had been especially afraid of elder brother and would try to avoid him when she saw him.

Because of this, elder brother was puzzled for quite some time: "Little sister, how come it feels like you’ve been avoiding me lately?"

"Not at all? Elder brother, you’re thinking too much." Xu Ruoxuan’s gaze was evasive.

"Oh~" Elder brother made a meaningful "Oh" and said, "Am I thinking too much, or does little sister prefer the second brother? Did the second brother say something bad about me?"

"No, no, the second brother didn’t say anything." She quickly denied, made an excuse that someone was looking for her, and fled quickly.

What she didn’t see was the dangerous expression elder brother had when he watched her back.

And after that, elder brother really didn’t appear much in front of her, and as time passed, she forgot about it.

If it weren’t for today’s event, she might not have remembered it.

A mummy, would her final fate be like that woman’s?

No! She didn’t want it! Even if she could never cultivate again, she didn’t want to become a mummy.

Xu Ruoxuan quickly got up from the bed, enduring the pain all over her body and the grievances in her heart, she tidied herself up and went into the living room.

In the living room, Tong Raosheng, who had just absorbed her Primordial Yin, was wearing only a pair of white long pants, sitting on the sofa drinking some wine.

That wine was not ordinary wine, but Spiritual Wine that even regular people couldn’t buy.

His features were incredibly beautiful—sword-like brows, solitary long eyes, a high nose, and rosy thin lips—as long as he didn’t show that sinister aura, he would absolutely be the "handsome brother next door."

Usually, his lips carried a faint smile, giving off a very warm feeling. His voice was also very deceiving, deep and magnetic—the kind women liked.

Add to that his tall and slender figure, looking thin in clothes but showing a tempting six-pack when not wearing any. He was simply the prince charming in women’s dreams.

At this moment, having just bathed, there were a few droplets of water on his abs, and the strong male hormones rushed out all around him.

Even Xu Ruoxuan, who had just been heavily bullied and was feeling aggrieved, blushed at this sight.

Even though the second brother had done such a thing to her, he was really handsome!

Tong Raosheng had been staring at her since she entered the living room, his gaze unabashedly fiery and unruly.

Sure enough, she lived up to her natural Yin body, the experience was ten times more pleasurable than with ordinary women, especially when absorbing, her Primordial Yin’s effect was tenfold more potent.

However, this could also be because Master often fed her good stuff, and she had started cultivating, building up on it.

He really wanted to keep her for himself, but he had already made an agreement with Master—if she couldn’t complete the task, she would become a Public Furnace.

"Tong Raosheng, remember, if you touch her behind my back, she’ll also become a Public Furnace, understand?"

Recalling Master’s words, Tong Raosheng’s expression darkened. That damned ugly old man, if only his skills weren’t unbeatable, he would have...

"Second brother..." Xu Ruoxuan saw the expression, thinking it was aimed at her, she got startled.

Didn’t the second brother’s expression towards her used to be fine? What did she do wrong again?

"Come to me!" Tong Raosheng reined in his expression, smiled warmly, and gestured for her to come closer.

"Second brother, I’ll be good, don’t be mad at me, okay?" Xu Ruoxuan said timidly as she sat beside him.

"Good girl! I’m not angry with you." Tong Raosheng sighed and patted her head.

He didn’t want to treat her this way, but he knew all too well, regardless of whether she could complete the task, her fate was already sealed.

Though Master promised him, would he really let go of such a good Furnace?

Let’s not even mention, Master had gone through so much trouble, exterminating an entire family to seize her, then throwing all sorts of good medicine at her without blinking, who would do such thankless work without ulterior motives?

He himself, didn’t he also look favorably upon her face before being good to her?

Gradually, being kind to her became a habit, and he became reluctant to let her become a Public Furnace, and started using tactics to block other brothers from her.

In the beginning, the person Xu Ruoxuan trusted most wasn’t him, but the elder brother.

Just with a small maneuver, she "accidentally broke into" elder brother’s room, and saw him drain a woman dry.

She was scared to death, and from then on dared not contact elder brother again.