The Rising Phoenix

"You can leave now." Bai Xifeng waved her hands.

The men tried to crawl toward the carriage.

"Hey, who told you that you can take the carriage?" Bai Xifeng asked.

The person who was about to step on the carriage paused. They did not dare to move.

"Leave the carriage. You can leave by walking." Bai Xifeng said.

The men did not dare to say anything. They walked slowly, step by step, leaving this place.

"Finally..." Bai Xifeng turned to the women and the children.

They looked afraid of Bai Xifeng. Bai Xifeng raised her eyebrow.

"You are free. You can leave. You can take the carriage." Bai Xifeng said.

One of the women approached Bai Xifeng. She, then, knelt down and kowtowed to Bai Xifeng. After that, all of women did the same thing. The children who did not understand anything also kowtowed to Bai Xifeng when they saw the adults' action.

"Hey... Hey... Stand up." Bai Xifeng urged them to stand up.

The women stood up.

"Young Lady, thank you for helping us escape the nightmare." One of them said.

"I am very grateful to the Young Lady. If you don't appear, we might be sold to the brothel." Another one chimed in.

"So, what are you going to do next?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"I will go to another town to start fresh. I can not go back. They knew that I went missing. If I go back, it might cause problems for my family. I don't want to hear people talk about me all the time."

"Yeah. I also did not want people to talk about me. My family probably will not want me to return anymore."

"My family also don't want me anymore. They probably will refuse to accept me."

"My family have another daughter. My return might ruin her future marriage."

The women cried out the worries that they had. All of them refused to go back to their family because they thought it might cause trouble for their family. Bai Xifeng listened to all of their grief.

"You need to live for yourself. Not for your family or others." Bai Xifeng said.

Then, the women who listened to Bai Xifeng's words stopped crying.

"How?" One of the women suddenly asked.

"Get stronger. You already see the effect of getting stronger. When you are strong, no one dares to mess with you." Bai Xifeng said.

The women were silent. They were thinking about the statement. Get stronger... Get stronger. They are enchanting the words over and over again. They nodded.

"Yes. We can do it."

"Hmm... Let's do it."

The women were willing to train to be stronger.

"Here..." Bai Xifeng took out the money and gave it to the women.

"This..." The woman puzzled.

"I got the money from that old bastard. So, technically, it is not my money. Besides, to begin a new life in a new city required money. So, take it." Bai Xifeng said.

After hearing what Bai Xifeng said, the women accepted the money. They swore that they would become stronger in the future. Bai Xifeng did not know that in the future, the women would create a sect that only girls could enter. They would even build the honour statue of Bai Xifeng.

While they were immersed in their thought, Bai Xifeng's stomach made some protest sounds, telling her to eat. She took out some food and ate it.

After that, Bai Xifeng told the women to get ready to leave this place. She would accompany the women to the nearby town. The women nodded and agreed. So, they began their journey together.

The woman drove the carriage. The children rode the carriage. The nearby town was not far. Two hours later, they had already arrived at the town. Bai Xifeng still wanted to continue the journey. So, Bai Xifeng did not stop there.

Bai Xifeng was still walking. She already mastered the art of walking fast. She saw a temple. Since it was turned dark, she decided to stay over at the temple.

However, the closer Bai Xifeng got to the temple, the more she realised it was a rundown temple. She was feeling uncertain whether she wanted to stay there or not when the sky started to rain. The situation forced Bai Xifeng to make a decision.

Bai Xifeng took shelter, covering from the rain. It rained heavily. It seemed it would not be stopped anyway. Bai Xifeng settled in for the night. Since she felt cold, she called out Princess Huahua.

Bai Xifeng immediately hugged Princess Huahua as she appeared.

"So warm." Bai Xifeng grinned.

When Bai Xifeng was snuggled into Princess Huahua, she heard some sounds. She looked at Princess Huahua. She saw nothing. She frowned.

Was this place haunted? She often watched many ghost stories that involved the abandoned, rundown temple. Since the ghost tried to disturb her by making sounds, Bai Xifeng did something.

She got out of Princess Huahua and started to create an array. It would protect her for the night. It would also block any sound that could scare her.

Then, she snuggled back into Princess Huahua's arms.

"Huahua, if you hear something, just ignore them." Bai Xifeng reminded Princess Huahua.

"All right, Xifeng." Princess Huahua responded.

Whatever made the sound probably did not expect the move from Bai Xifeng. So, it kept making sounds to get Bai Xifeng's attention. However, what it got was nothing. Bai Xifeng slept soundly in Princess Huahua's arms.

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