In the middle of October, as leaves fell swirling in the wind passing through Luoshan Gorge, atop the mountain sat the Water Dragon Sect, the most influential faction in the northern region of the Yan Region. A pavilion of soothing marble was constructed on a cliff edge, offering a view of towering sandstone mountains amid a sea of fog to the west. A loud noise from one of the residences caused someone to furrow their brows in irritation. "Get out, get out now!" A piercing voice grated on the nerves, compelling people to cover their ears. Xincheng lifted a steaming cup of tea to his lips, savoring the aroma of the premium leaves slowly. "Scream! You vile creature, take that disgusting mirror away!" "Young Master, why not move the Lady back to her original residence?" suggested one of the guards. Ever since Lady Hui Lin returned injured, she had been particularly volatile. The injuries caused by scalding water affected her face and eye, impairing her vision and leaving minor scars. Despite the sect leader’s efforts to find skilled doctors, the damage to her eye from the heat meant her sight remained blurred. "Being too close to the mother may cause my mother to fall ill again," Xincheng felt troubled by this blood-unrelated sister. Since their father took her in, the maids around her either died from beatings or were killed by dark magic, leading everyone in the residence to seek protective charms against dark magic. Originally, Hui Lin was the daughter of the sect leader’s close friend. On a trip to the south, her parents helped the sect leader survive an ambush by a powerful southern faction, sacrificing their lives in the process. The sect leader, deeply saddened, promised to take good care of their only surviving daughter. Knowing the sacrifice her parents made, Hui Lin took on a haughty attitude, considering herself a direct lineage, Lady of the sect. Fortunately, she was a bright child, quickly learning and advancing to the dark blue tier of spirit energy cultivation. In front of her foster father and the elders, she was sweet and endearing, earning the sect leader’s affection as if she were his own. However, Hui Lin was currently throwing a tantrum, hurling objects at the servants who fled to avoid her wrath. The news within the Water Dragon Sect was that nearly two months ago, Lady Hui Lin was tasked with finding a mysterious inscription master. The sect leader, fond of her, agreed to her request, but it was unknown of the reason why several days after Lady Hui Lin left, the Leader called on the Young Master to meet him, then he sent the Young Master to follow Lady Hui Lin. It was later discovered that Lady Hui Lin caused trouble, injuring many townsfolk, which infuriated the sect leader, who called her back for a month’s confinement. Despite the bad news, there was good news: the Young Master successfully made contact with the mysterious inscription master, Master Ming Yang. Master Ming Yang agreed to help on the condition that Lady Hui Lin personally offer tea and apologize to a beggar she had previously harmed in the market. The sect leader was overjoyed at finding a way to help his furen and quickly drafted a contract with his own handwriting, this was for Master Ming Yang to rest assure. Hui Lin was particularly irked by the requirement that she, the sole Lady of the Water Dragon Sect, had to personally offer tea in apology to a mere beggar child. Nonetheless, she dared not defy the commands of her foster father. When the character withdraw pill that inscribed by Master Ming Yang’s helped Hui Furen recover, the sect leader knelt in gratitude towards Fengfu City to show respect to Master Ming Yang. Seeing the sect leader kneel, everyone in the Water Dragon Sect followed suit. The sect leader declared that henceforth, Master Ming Yang would be regarded with great reverence and treated as an esteemed elder by all descendants of the Water Dragon Sect. He promptly prepared a box of gold beans to personally express his gratitude to Master Ming Yang. However, the young master advised against it, insisting the sect leader stay with Hui Furen and let him handle the matter of expressing their gratitude. On the day she was going down a mountain to apologize to the beggar, Hui Lin vented her frustration by whipping two maids. Nevertheless, she had no choice but to proceed with the apology as ordered by the sect leader. She thought the tea offered in a private room would minimize the humiliation. The room would only have members of the Water Dragon Sect, but the despised child refused, demanding the apology be made publicly in the street. The lady like her was disdained, immensely angered Hui Lin. At the moment of the tea offering, Hui Lin conceived a malicious idea to scald the beggar’s face with hot tea to teach him a lesson, made him reflect how lowly he was. However, in a twist, the teacup flipped, spilling the boiling liquid onto her face and left eye. In agonizing pain, she instinctively covered her face as her screams made the bystanders flee with their children. Xincheng was alarmed and immediately sent to a doctor. “Hui’er, don’t touch it, or it will scar.” “Big Brother! It burns! It’s so hot!” Shortly after, an elderly doctor, carrying a large medicine bag, rushed over with a look of alarm. He quickly applied a cooling herbal remedy to the burns. After thoroughly examining her, he sighed deeply. "Young Master, her eye has been severely affected by the heat and might be damaged. I lack the skill for such a condition. You must take her to see a more proficient doctor immediately,” he admitted. Even though he was a doctor for a long time, he was not so proficient in treating this kind of symptom, especially for injuries involving the eyes, which require someone specialize in this field. "Scream! What did you say? My eye! My eye!" "Big Brother! I can’t open my eyes." Xincheng promptly thanked the doctor, then hurriedly prepared to take Lady Hui Lin back to their Water Dragon Sect, where the medical practitioners were far more skilled than those available in the city. Upon their return, they summoned the sect’s physician to examine her. The skin’s condition would improve within a few days of applying medicine, potentially leaving slight scarring that could heal with regular application of ointment. However, the damage to her eye was severe. Although she retained some vision, it would never be as clear as before. Yet, the doctor’s diagnosis wasn’t entirely accurate. As the nights grew cooler, the scalding injuries became itchy, compelling her to scratch until the wounds worsened, eventually leading to ugly scars. Her beautiful face was marred permanently. Every mirror and every bowl of drinking water had to be hidden away, if not, once Lady Hui Lin saw it, she would punish her servant, caused them injuries. Her already foul temper worsened. Even a fly landing on a food tray would trigger an explosive reaction, causing servants to consider working for her a sign of a lack of merit in past lives. "She scratched herself, really. If she hadn’t, would there even be scars?" "Indeed, she still blames us for her own faults." "Keep your voice down. If she hears you, you’re guaranteed more injuries." "We’re safe here in the kitchen. I’m as good as dead already. I wish I could serve the kind-hearted mistress. Did you hear? The furen is so kind, rewarding servants generously." "Hah, but to think about it, it serves her right. With such a scarred face, she won’t dare to go out and bully anyone else." "Even if she doesn’t bully outsiders, she torments us enough at home." The servants’ gossip reached the ears of Wan Shouzu, who was folding laundry in the washing quarter, her lips curling into a malicious smile. Itchy? I’ll give you something more to scratch about. Wan Xue was a servant in Lady Hui Lin’s residence, having served there for over a year. Originally a servant to one elder, her brother, Futou, worked as a gardener for Lady Hui Lin. Once, Futou tripped and accidentally broke several branches of a precious Blood Flower belonging to Lady Hui Lin, enraging her to the extent that she ordered the male servants to beat him until he became disabled. Her only brother, whom she had cared for since childhood, became handicapped over a few broken branches. Why does heaven favor the wicked so much? Why can’t I seek justice for him? Please, heaven, grant me the strength to seek revenge. Unexpectedly, her plea was answered when she finally managed to work in this household. Enduring verbal abuse and physical beatings for the sole purpose of avenging her brother. Initially, Lady Hui Lin’s burns from the scalding water weren’t severe, but the ointment given by the doctor had been secretly swapped by her. She mixed a type of toxic herb powder into the ointment for Lady Hui Lin to apply daily. At night, when the air cooled, the poison acted, making the scars itch unbearably. Now, her once beautiful face was marred by ugly scars. Let’s see if she can remain arrogant and proud after this. Today, Zhenzhu, He Lei, and Xin Xi traveled by carriage to the City Hall of Fengfu to register the slaves as Xin Xi had arranged. After completing the registration, Xin Xi led the 25 newly acquired slaves to their lodging. The family of He had built ample workers’ quarters on the newly purchased land, clearly separating male and female areas. "Where are those beggars going?" "Yeah, they brought so many things. Are they moving to another city to beg?" "That would be good. It would reduce the number of beggars in our Fengfu City." "Actually, I heard those beggars sold themselves to Master He as slaves, and some even got work as laborers." "Really! When did Master He announce he was hiring? I didn’t hear about it. What a pity; I would have applied." "It’s a shame, really. Did you know a few months ago, Lady He bought three slaves from the slave market? They’re living well now, eating spirit vegetables every day. Master He even hired teachers to educate them." "Really! Master He is so kind, even to his slaves." "That’s right. I’d rather be a slave in Master He’s household too." As the large group of slaves passed by, townspeople engaged in lively discussions. After He Lei finished his business, he led the slaves to their quarters. "Right, from now on, all of you belong to me. Work hard and listen to Xin Xi; he represents me. Anyone who disobeys will be sold off. But those who perform well will be rewarded." "Thank you, Master," said a woman. “Thank you, Master,” said a man. Meanwhile, Zhenzhu went to a restaurant to buy herbal roasted meat for Baihu as promised. Just look how much it enjoyed eating, now it was significantly larger than her. She bought over thirty jin of meat to distribute among the people and animals at home. Then, she had Xin Xi driving a carriage, headed to a plant nursery to buy various fruit seeds for her orchard. "I’ll take 200 trees each of pomegranates, peaches, persimmons, oranges, jujubes, chinese plums, chestnuts, and pineapples, please." "And three bags of cucumber seeds." "Lady He, you’re ordering so many fruit seeds. Are you starting an orchard?" The worker who was familiar with Zhenzhu asked. He thought that this Lady He was so diligent, she already had that large vegetable garden, yet still planning to create an orchard. "Yes, and please support my orchard in the future." "Ah, I look forward to tasting your fruits. Just don’t sell them too expensive, or I won’t be able to afford them." The worker said with a smile on his face. "Our family’s shop never overcharges. They’re all spirit vegetables, and we sell at very low prices." "Oh, and I also want another 200 trees of the same variety of flowers. Brother, please arrange it for me." "Sure, Lady He. I’ll deliver the contract along with the seeds you ordered directly to you." He said with respect. "Thank you. Please deliver them to the garden before reaching my house." “Ah, I recognize the garden. The one that already done the weed and prepared the soil right? Days before I passed by and was wondering who bought this land, and what they intended to do with it. I thought they would turn it into vegetables garden, turned out it is Lady He’s orchard. Please rest assure, I will deliver them to your orchard.” After finalizing her seeds purchase, she set off for the Ruyi Pharmacy. She hadn’t seen Master Tiao in days, wondering if her Golden Baskets were sold out. Upon arrival at Ruyi Pharmacy, she was surprised to find a crowd of unfamiliar faces waiting outside. Eh, what’s going on? Is Master Tiao giving away medicine? "Uncle, what brings you here? What are all these people doing?" she nudged and asked one of the merchants. "Oh, we’re here waiting to buy the Golden Baskets. Master Tiao mentioned there would be more for sale, but I’ve been waiting for days now without any sign. I’m not sure if Master Ming Yang has sent them yet." Are her Golden Baskets the reason for the crowd gathered here now? They were sold this well. "Ah, where are you from, uncle? I don’t recognize you." The source of this content ɪs 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚~𝙣𝙚𝙩 "I’m from the capital. I’ve been here for several days, hoping to purchase some of Master Ming Yang’s Golden Baskets for my use. I wonder if I’ll manage to buy any." The merchant sounded dejected. He had been waiting for days, and it would be a wasted trip if he couldn’t purchase the Golden Baskets. Zhenzhu was amazed, her Golden Baskets were famous even in the capital. Without delay, she squeezed through the crowd into the Ruyi Pharmacy, her tiny figure was an advantage. "Lady He, you’re here? Master is inside," Zhenzhu didn’t hesitate to find Master Tiao. "Little Zhu, you’re back? Thank heavens, I’ve been worried sick," Zhenzhu frowned. Has Master Tiao aged slightly? "Do you see how crowded it is outside? Master Ming Yang’s baskets are too popular. Can you produce more for sale?" "Who could inscribe character that quickly? Even Master Ming Yang needs to rest." "What do we do then? Customers refuse to leave. Some have been waiting for days," Master Tiao said, feeling utterly helpless. Zhenzhu sighed. She hadn’t expected such a demand for her baskets. Read ‘Rebirth: This Farmgirl Has Spirit Fish Scales’ before anyone else with more Chapters at https://www.jinovel.com/en