This Is What a Villain Is Like

SMACK!

But before she could finish her sentence, a burning sensation flared across her cheek. She looked at Chu Chan in disbelief. ’How dare she hit me?’

SMACK!

SMACK!

...

But before the woman could speak, Chu Chan calmly and indifferently raised her pale hand again. She began slapping the woman’s face from both sides, her palms swirling with Magical Power. Before long, the once-pretty face was swollen like a pig’s head.

Her power had always been greater than this disciple’s.

Now, protected by a full set of precious Magical Artifacts and having completed the Refinement of the medicinal power from numerous herbal meals, her strength had increased several times over.

The other Jasper Pool Sect disciples stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief, but none of them dared to step forward and intervene.

The few female disciples who had maliciously slandered Chu Chan earlier were especially terrified, their beautiful faces pale and trembling.

They didn’t know why Chu Chan’s personality had changed so suddenly, but they understood one thing: this was no longer the same Chu Chan they could easily mock and curse...

With an indifferent expression, Chu Chan flicked her hand as if her wrist was getting sore, and tossed the red-robed woman before her to the ground.

She placed one of her jade-like feet, clad in a brocade cloud-toed sandal, right onto the red-robed woman’s face, forcing her to lie prone on the ground, unable to look up.

Chu Chan looked down at her and said nonchalantly,

"Senior Sister Wang, I just wanted to teach you a lesson."

"One must know how to properly assess a situation. The me of today is, at the very least, not someone you can afford to provoke."

"Call me a social climber, call me vain, I don’t care. But right now, I am Young Master Jiang’s woman, and he is very fond of me. So as long as he still favors me, forget you—even the elders backing you would have to kneel before me respectfully..." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Who do you think you are now, to dare look down on me?"

With that, she ignored the pale-faced, prone woman in red, as well as the other disciples who were ashen with fear, and headed straight for Chen Ning’s cave residence.

She was not one to be magnanimous, so she never let a grudge last overnight.

She had returned to the Jasper Pool Sect’s encampment today to show these disciples that she was no longer the same Chu Chan they could bully and look down upon.

Chu Chan had never experienced such a satisfying release of pent-up frustration. This was the power that Jiang Lan had given her.

And yet, she was currently just a woman he favored, with no official title.

’If I could become a concubine like Su Qinghan...’

As for the position of his primary wife, she didn’t dare to dream of it. But for now, at least, she had to strive to obtain a status like Su Qinghan’s.

With such a huge commotion, Chen Ning was naturally well aware of what was happening.

Her expression was ugly, a mixture of anger and a faint, creeping unease.

The once-meek Chu Chan, who had passively endured the bullying of the other disciples, had become so aggressive and arrogant, looking down on everyone.

And now, she was heading straight for her cave residence.

’That woman isn’t stupid. She’s definitely here for revenge, and she has the backing to be this confident.’

’I have to find Senior Sister Zhao Dieyi.’

Suppressing the anxiety in her heart, Chen Ning quickly left her cave residence and hurried toward the area where Zhao Dieyi was in seclusion.

"Senior Sister Zhao..."

"Help me! That Chu Chan is coming to kill me!"

As she rushed over, she used a technique to transmit her voice, trying to blow the situation out of proportion. Slaughtering fellow sect disciples was a grave offense in the Jasper Pool Sect.

No matter how much Chu Chan hated her, she probably wouldn’t dare to actually kill her. But to get Zhao Dieyi’s attention, she had to say it.

Inside the cave residence, there was only a white jade bed, a zafu, and a few stone tables and stools.

Zhao Dieyi, who was sitting cross-legged on the zafu, frowned at the disturbance, feeling quite displeased.

Nevertheless, her figure flickered and she appeared outside the cave residence.

"What is the matter? Why are you in such a panic..." she asked.

"Senior Sister Zhao, it’s like this... that Chu Chan has gone completely mad..."

Clinging to her like a lifeline, Chen Ning hurriedly recounted what had happened outside.

"Chu Chan is fine? And she’s back?"

Despite Chen Ning’s anxiety and fear, Zhao Dieyi listened patiently before being taken aback. Then, for some reason, she let out a long sigh of relief.

The wisp of sorrow and guilt that had been weighing on her since yesterday suddenly dissipated.

She had originally intended that if something happened to Chu Chan, she would take care of that simple-minded disciple for her, as a way to atone for her guilt.

But now that Chu Chan was all right, that was naturally for the best.

"Don’t worry. No one can act recklessly in the Jasper Pool Sect’s encampment. Chu Chan has been your fellow junior sister for many years. How could she possibly violate the Sect’s rules and kill you?" Zhao Dieyi said, shaking her head reassuringly.

Chen Ning’s face was still pale. She had just personally witnessed Chu Chan slap another senior sister and trample her underfoot.

Given how much Chu Chan hated her, she probably wished she could rip out her tendons, break her bones, and grind them into dust.

"So Senior Sister Chen Ning is here with Senior Sister Zhao."

"Perfect. I was just coming to pay Senior Sister Zhao a visit as well."

Just then, from a short distance away, partially hidden by rocks, a pleasant voice rang out, as clear as a spring flowing over jade.

A woman dressed in a flowing, wide-sleeved white gown walked over slowly, a faint smile on her face.

"Chu Chan..."

Chen Ning’s face turned white and she bit her lip. Along with her fear and dread, there was a faint sense of resentment and jealousy.

’Why should Chu Chan be the one to receive all these gifts? I’ve never heard of any woman defiled by that profligate scion ever coming to a good end.’

She even felt a trace of regret. ’If I hadn’t pointed Chu Chan out back then, would that set of Magical Artifacts be mine now?’

Zhao Dieyi was also slightly stunned. She hadn’t expected the once-plain Chu Chan to have transformed so completely into this radiant, gem-adorned vision.

Although with her status, she wouldn’t covet such ordinary items, she had to admit that seeing this scene left a faintly sour taste in her mouth.

"Chu Chan pays her respects to Senior Sister Zhao," Chu Chan said with a bow, showing no further hostility.

’She knew her limits. After all, Chen Ning was backed by a major cultivation family, and Zhao Dieyi had the even more powerful Zhao Clan behind her, with a grandfather who was a contemporary Great Scholar.’

’Jiang Lan’s affection for her had its limits. She couldn’t just go around stirring up trouble and expect him to solve all her problems.’

’If she lost control, suffered a backlash, and incurred his displeasure, there would be nowhere for her to go crying.’