Ha, Karma! – Chapter 2

I seem… to have met her before.

The atmosphere was heavy in the enclosed space.

Fu Lianxue suddenly erupted in anger, her self-revelation as a demon caught everyone off guard.

Even more shocking was that Chu Zhaoqiu showed no signs of fighting back…

Fu Lianxue applied slight pressure, lifting Chu Zhaoqiu’s chin.

Forced to raise her head, Chu Zhaoqiu’s slender eyebrows furrowed briefly, yet her expression remained composed with a hint of confusion.

Fu Lianxue met her gaze, hatred and scrutiny in her eyes, as if confirming this person’s identity.

“It’s been so long. I suppose you’ve achieved immortality and ascended, living carefree up there?

“Did our noble deity foresee meeting her nemesis again?

“Have you thought about how to repay what you owe me?!”

Her tone grew increasingly severe, her voice rising with fury.

Deity?

Repayment?

Chu Zhaoqiu’s brows furrowed deeper as she listened, understanding nothing.

A Li and Bu Yu, the brother and sister, reacted first, swiftly materializing their long swords.

They first protected Chu Sining and Cheng Hanxi, then without hesitation, charged at Fu Lianxue with their swords!

Facing the aggressive attackers behind her, Fu Lianxue didn’t even turn around, merely moving her eyes before grabbing Chu Zhaoqiu’s sleeve, pulling her along as they easily dodged the heavy sword strike.

The sword scraped the wall, sparks flying.

The siblings’ eyes darted, their sword tips turned, launching another attack without pause.

Under their relentless assault, Fu Lianxue remained nimble and fluid in movement, even while holding onto someone.

She reached out, attempting to touch each of their shoulders.

Both managed to dodge sideways as if facing a grave threat.

Before knowing a demon’s background, never let them touch you to avoid being cursed—this was a basic principle of demon hunters.

Fu Lianxue raised her eyebrows.

Their vigilance was quite high.

After several exchanges, the siblings’ expressions grew serious while Fu Lianxue remained casual, making the power difference obvious.

The siblings exchanged a glance.

This Fu Lianxue was certainly no ordinary minor demon – dealing with her would be challenging for just the two of them.

But they couldn’t give up; protecting the future family head was their duty.

The two shifted their feet slightly, preparing to attack again.

“Move.”

Fu Lianxue’s voice drifted over lightly.

She watched them while threateningly raising her hand again toward Chu Zhaoqiu’s neck.

“Move one more time, and I’ll show you who’s faster.”

The siblings’ feet froze instantly.

Then they saw Fu Lianxue give them a slight smile, her eyes emanating an increasingly eerie pale purple glow.

“Don’t rush. I’ll kill her first, then it’ll be your turn.

“You’ll all walk the Yellow Springs Road together, nice and neat.”

These words landed like a stone in water, shocking the other two stunned people awake.

Chu Sining cried out in fear, begging her to release her sister.

Cheng Hanxi desperately tried to dissuade her, speaking as a friend of many years—

“Lianxue, calm down, please don’t do anything!

“If you act now, the Demon Hunters Association will target you, cause all sorts of trouble, and you’ll never have peace again!

“Let’s calm down, please calm down, we can talk this through, just calm down…”

Her demon identity was already exposed, which wouldn’t be so bad if she didn’t do anything wrong, but now she was about to kill someone in front of so many witnesses – she’d definitely be hunted down!

Fu Lianxue wanted to calm down too.

But she couldn’t, and she couldn’t let go of her grudge against the person before her.

She had waited for this day for so very long…

Just then, someone gently grabbed her wrist.

The silent Chu Zhaoqiu finally spoke.

“I can die.”

Fu Lianxue was stunned for a moment.

Chu Zhaoqiu held her wrist, looking into her eyes, speaking each word deliberately: “But you must give me a reason.

“What do I owe you?”

“You owe me a life!”

Mentioning this, Fu Lianxue angrily thrust her hand forward again, but this time was stopped.

Chu Zhaoqiu gripped her hand tightly, looking into her anger-filled eyes: “I don’t know you at all. When did I ever owe you a life?”

Chu Zhaoqiu showed no sign of panic, even when facing the furious Fu Lianxue, as if accepting this hatred was natural, something she deserved.

But she couldn’t understand where this supposed deservedness came from.

She should have an answer.

Fu Lianxue found this incredibly strange, laughing bitterly in her anger: “You’re asking me? You dare to ask me?

“Does becoming an immortal make you forget everything? Then what kind of immortal are you really—”

She stopped abruptly, seeming to realize something.

After two seconds, she frowned at Chu Zhaoqiu: “You’re human now?”

Chu Zhaoqiu remained composed.

She glanced at the hand that had been choking her neck, and said very seriously and objectively: “For now, yes. But if you insist on attacking… who knows.”

Fu Lianxue: “…”

She silently studied her, even cupping her face to look from side to side.

It was the same face, even down to that deadpan expression.

It was her, that eternally composed disciple of the Xuanmen [Daoist mysticism sect].

But she hadn’t ascended to immortality, and she didn’t remember anything from before.

“You’ve forgotten.”

Fu Lianxue said these words as her hands fell to her sides, her aggression suddenly diminishing.

Cheng Hanxi seized the opportunity to pull her away, gesturing for Bu Yu and his brother to quickly take Chu Zhaoqiu away.

While their little ancestor was distracted, they needed to leave quickly. Staying longer wouldn’t be good for either side – who knew if Fu Lianxue might suddenly attack again?

She knew Fu Lianxue’s background all too well.

This was no ordinary minor demon – she was a great demon, a charm demon who had lived for thousands of years!

Taking a life meant nothing to her!

As a friend, she didn’t want anything to happen to Fu Lianxue, nor did she want anyone else to get hurt because of her, so getting Chu Zhaoqiu away quickly was now the most important thing!

Chu Sining immediately rushed forward to grab her sister’s hand, dragging her away without another word.

Whatever autograph, whatever Fu Lianxue – she wanted none of it, liked none of it anymore!

These things weren’t nearly as important as her sister’s safety!

Bu Yu and A Li followed behind them, constantly watching for Fu Lianxue to chase after them.

When they return, they must tell the family head to deal with this malicious demon!

Fu Lianxue looked in the direction Chu Zhaoqiu had left, then turned to find a chair to sit down, her murderous aura dissipating as if she had calmed down.

Cheng Hanxi felt worried.

She walked to the doorway, looked around, then closed the door, saying anxiously: “I never expected they would be demon hunters. What do we do now? They’ll definitely be watching you.”

Fu Lianxue lifted her head slightly, responding calmly: “Let them.”

Then she added: “Do you know who she is?”

The “she” was obvious.

Cheng Hanxi said: “Yes, Young Miss Chu’s older sister, named Chu Zhaoqiu, about twenty-three years old this year…”

Fu Lianxue: “Twenty-three?! Wait, which Young Miss Chu?”

Cheng Hanxi: “The one who brought you cat food before.”

Fu Lianxue: “Oh…”

Fu Lianxue understood and fell silent again.

The same name, just a different surname, and still human, hadn’t achieved immortality…

Cheng Hanxi looked completely puzzled: “She’s twenty-three, you’re over a thousand years old, she’s just a child to you. Why would you get so angry at a child, even exposing your identity without care? This is the first time you’ve ever done this!

“Do you really have a grudge against her?”

“Yes.”

Fu Lianxue said, leaning back in her chair, slowly stretching out her legs, looking up at the ceiling.

“A very, very big grudge.”

“What grudge?” Cheng Hanxi probed, “Can you tell me?”

Fu Lianxue looked down at her: “There’s nothing that can’t be told.”

She raised her hand to poke herself, pointing to her tattoo’s location: “You remember I have a tattoo here, right?”

Cheng Hanxi nodded.

“I told you before that this place was injured once, you remember that too?”

Cheng Hanxi nodded again.

“Well,” Fu Lianxue pointed toward the door, “she stabbed me there thousands of years ago.”

Cheng Hanxi: “Ah?!”

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Chu Zhaoqiu’s group returned to the car.

A Li started the car without delay to return to the Chu family home.

Bu Yu kept watching their surroundings, guarding against Fu Lianxue’s reappearance.

Chu Zhaoqiu leaned against the seat back, silently watching the gymnasium, lost in thought.

Chu Sining immediately called grandmother, telling her about her sister’s encounter with danger, indignant on her sister’s behalf.

“Fu Lianxue turned out to be a demon, a great demon!

“She was hostile toward sister, even choked her until her face turned red and nearly drew blood from her neck!

“Grandmother, please send people quickly to deal with her, to get justice for sister—send more people, I’m afraid too few won’t be enough to defeat her…

“I don’t know why, she just suddenly got angry and attacked my sister, saying my sister owes her something. It’s completely absurd!

“I think she must have mistaken my sister for someone else, they don’t even know each other!”

Just as she finished speaking, she heard her sister’s soft, hesitant voice beside her: “I seem… to have met her before.”

The car fell completely silent.

A moment later—

Chu Sining picked up her phone and said quietly: “Oh no, grandmother, the other side might not have mistaken the person after all…”

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