REINCARNATION OF THIEVING GIRLS

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Chapter21: Reaping What Has Been Sown (3)

However, Shen Yanxiao, whom she had been scornful of all her life, stood in front of her and only looked at her as she cried out miserably from within the flames.

His normally confused and dreamy eyes were replaced with a trace of ignorance and humiliation that frightened Shen Jiayi.

Shen Yanxiao silently stood in front of the bonfire and looked at Shen Jiayi's pitiful appearance as the flames engulfed her. He knew that fire could not burn the magic-trained Shen Jiayi to death. It would only cause some superficial injuries, so, he was not worried that Shen Jiayi would die in flames. He just had to stand glued to the spot and silently appreciate the face being distorted by the pain.

Shen Jiawei, who was still on guard at the door, felt that something was amiss when he heard a cry of sadness from inside the room. As the shout from the familiar voice turned sad, he suddenly realized what had happened and opened the door loudly.

As soon as he opened the door, he looked at Shen Jiayi as he struggled within the furious flames. What surprised him was the scene where he saw Shen Yanxiao standing in front of the flames with a smile.

"Jiawei, save me!" As the burning wooden table blocked him, Shen Jiayi could not free herself. An angry fire scorched his skin, and as fear gripped him, he could only cry for help from his younger brother.

Only then did Shen Jiawei recover his senses. Without time to ponder about the unfamiliar evil smile on Shen Yanxiao's face, she hurriedly ran out to seek help.

Not long after, Shen Yue brought a group of men into Shen Yanxiao's room. After a few buckets of water, the fire could finally be extinguished.

As for Shen Jiayi, she had already lost consciousness due to her fear and weakened condition after she was tormented by flames.

Shen Feng and Shen Siyu had also arrived in the room. They reached a little later, and their expressions became sour after they saw the chaos in the room.

Shen Feng stood in front of the door and frowned as he looked at the enraged Shen Yue hugging Shen Jiayi. Before he could ask anything, Shen Siyu who was originally standing beside him climbed to Shen Yanxiao's side and pulled her into a corner to check for any injuries.

"Shen Yanxiao, this is all your doing!" Shen Yue's heart ached as he looked at the princess in his arms. If not for Shen Feng's presence, he would pounce on Shen Yanxiao and tear her apart.

Shen Siyu pulled Shen Yanxiao to her back and protected her as she questioned Shen Yue. "Why did Second Uncle say that? How is this related to Xiaoxiao? "

"How does this have nothing to do with him? Shen Jiayi was injured in her room, and as it turned out, this vile seedling harbored evil thoughts and wanted to harm Jiayi! " No matter what Shen Feng thought, he never believed that Shen Yanxiao was part of their Vermilion Bird Family bloodline.

Raising such trash in their family was already embarrassing and then he caused trouble, one after another, and even injured his daughter. How could he possibly tolerate his existence?

Shen Siyu's usual gentle eyes narrowed, and a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes.

"Shut your mouth!" Shen Feng shouted and glared at Shen Yue because of his irresponsible statement.

"I'll just say this one more time. She was Shen Yu's daughter. If anyone else dares to ignore this fact, then you better leave! "

Shen Yue could only grit his teeth, then suppress his internal anger, and said, "Dad! Jiayi is your biological granddaughter, and now this trash has injured her. Don't tell me you intend to ignore this? "

Shen Jiayi was Shen Feng's granddaughter, but wasn't she also his granddaughter? Shen Yanxiao stood behind Shen Siyu and inwardly sneered.

Chapter22: Demanding the Exorbitant Amount (1)

"If my memory is correct, Shen Jiayi's magic should have reached the fifth rank. Was Second Uncle trying to say that Shen Jiayi, who was a rank five magic user, was harmed by Xiaoxiao, who did not have a single ounce of battle aura or magic? " Shen Siyu's gentle face that usually showed a hint of anger. That trace of anger gave the usually graceful and courteous young man an imposing aura.

Shen Yue also felt Shen Siyu's powerful and oppressive aura, and that was why he was secretly a little worried about the situation at hand.

How powerful the child was to release such a powerful aura!

An idiot without battle or magic aura could injure a rank five magic apprentice? If that information were to leak, it would undoubtedly be the number one joke in Longxuan Kingdom for the next hundred years.

Even Shen Yue could not accept such a fact, much less Shen Feng. If that was true, wouldn't that mean that the princess he was so proud of was inferior to a stupid piece of trash?

Shen Yue's face paled, then turned green, and lastly, purple.

Shen Jiawei was quite afraid of the normally reserved Shen Feng. Even though he was his grandfather, they were not very close.

When his grandfather called out to him by his name, Shen Jiawei gulped and subconsciously looked at Shen Yanxiao who remained hidden and protected behind Shen Siyu. Shen Yanxiao seemed to have returned to her once foolish self, and her previous evil appearance had disappeared entirely. Even so, that brief scene was firmly planted in his mind, and he did not know why he did not feel any humiliation or humiliation when he looked at Shen Yanxiao back then. Instead, he only felt an overwhelming unwillingness.

"Say something!" Shen Yue became furious when he saw his son staring forward blankly like a fool.

Shen Jiawei trembled and hurriedly said, "I-I don't know anything. It was my brother who charged me to guard the door from the outside, so I had no idea what was going on inside the room. "

If it was an ordinary event, Shen Jiawei would trap Shen Yanxiao without hesitation. Even if he was not a witness to the situation, he would still blame him. However, there seemed to be a heavy burden pressing down on his heart, and he did not dare to slander him.

He did not want to see that horrible smile on his face anymore.

"Because of the door?" Shen Siyu glanced at Shen Jiawei angrily, and he immediately shrunk his neck like a frightened quail and hid to the side.

Shen Feng's frown deepened. They still did not know what had happened, and Shen Yanxiao's wisdom was only like that of a four-year-old. He knew he would not be able to make her divulge useful information, and Shen Jiayi was still unconscious.

"Let's bring him back for now and ask Shen Qiu to check on him. Do you all think that recent events are not enough? Why are you still standing here? Go and do what you're supposed to do! " Shen Feng had a headache. At that time, she should have put all her focus on waking up Vermilion Bird, but who would have thought that she should also care about the useless fights between the brats?

With Shen Feng's orders, everyone had no choice but to do as he said.

Shen Yue was very dissatisfied, but he decided to go with Shen Jiayi and Shen Jiawei. Shen Feng also left after he gave a few more orders.

Chapter23: Demanding Exorbitant Amount (2)

In the end, only Shen Siyu and Shen Yanxiao were left in the room.

"Don't be afraid." Shen Siyu patted his shoulder and then looked at the pile of gifts that were burnt to ashes. He then said, "I'll ask someone to send this again tomorrow. Xiaoxiao, don't worry. "

Who would worry about the toys? Shen Yanxiao rolled her eyes inwardly. Other than a little regret about those cakes, she did not care at all about the beautiful, yet useless toys meant for ‘kids before school age’.

After Shen Jiayi's unfortunate incident in Shen Yanxiao's room, the two mischievous twins no longer bothered her in the following days. Shen Siyu rarely had time to accompany Shen Yanxiao because Shen Feng had other orders for her. As a result, Xiu forced her to resume her spartan training again.

The training of magic and battle aura had a rapid development in the beginning. However, his speed slowed down as they neared the sixth rank. They practiced for four days in a row, but Shen Yanxiao's battle and magic aura only managed to reach the fourth and fifth rank. Such speed was unimaginable to ordinary people, but it was extremely slow for Shen Yanxiao who managed to rise by one rank every day during her previous training.

"Damn it, why don't I get better?" Shen Yanxiao ended her training on the day when night fell. However, it seemed like his training had reached a bottleneck. There was a slight improvement in his battle aura training, but it was still far enough to rise to the fifth rank. His magic training, however, had come to a complete stop.

Shen Yanxiao was used to the speed like the previous rockets in her training progression, so she was not used to the slow training speed that she seemed to experience.

"Open the key to your first seal will only get you the physique to practice battle aura and magic. As long as you still have the second seal, your subsequent progress will be much slower, and when you reach a certain rank, it will come to a halt. " Xiu's voice in time said.

"What exactly is this seal?" Shen Yanxiao was feeling depressed. What about his plan to take revenge a hundredfold and to rise to the position of the Family Head of the Vermilion Bird Family? If what Xiu said was true, then he might not be able to advance any further after a certain rank. It was quite pleasant when they opened the first seal, but the continued problems they faced were quite problematic.

"Don't I already explain that it's to suppress your power? Opening the first seal is just the beginning, and if you want to be strong, you have to release the next seal. Once done, not only will you be able to continue forward, but your previously suppressed strength will also explode. " As usual, Xiu's voice was calm and without fluctuations, and there was also a slight trace of aloofness within it.

"Then how can I unlock the second seal?" Shen Yanxiao asked.

Xiu was silent for a moment before he only said two words.

Demon beast.

Demonic beasts were evil beings lurking in the shadows of the entire Brilliance Continent. They were not humans, magical beasts or normal beasts, and they were extremely evil existences that ate livestock and humans. The stronger they are, the stronger the power they have. Ordinary demon beasts were savages whereas higher level beasts could transform into human appearances and hide themselves in the area where humans lived while they searched for their next target.

The organs in humans are the favorite food of demonic beasts. It was similar to the temptation of gourmet food to humans. In the Brilliance Continent, many humans were killed or eaten by those demonic beasts, and there were even periods where their numbers greatly endangered the survival of the humans there. That situation forced several kingdoms on the continent to join hands for their troops to launch an offensive attack against the demonic beast.