novel bin Chapter 1457 - 1304: My Brother Is the Villain 1
Chapter 1457 - 1304: My Brother Is the Villain 1
Nie Shuangshuang sat upright on the chair, her expressionless gaze fixed on the rows of young men and women standing before her. Her cold eyes caused their expressions to become stiff with fear.It’s no wonder these young men and women were afraid. Nie Shuangshuang was, after all, the Hall Master of the Criminal Law Hall, known for her ruthless and cold-hearted reputation, feared by everyone in the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, especially these newly inducted disciples.
In this lifetime, Shuangshuang had reincarnated into a world of cultivation, where the cultivation sects were as numerous as the stars, with even the Imperial Family composed of cultivation families.
The entire cultivation world had four top-tier cultivation sects: the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, Hundred Ghosts Alliance, Beast Taming Sect, and Feihua Valley.
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect was the leader of the Four Great Immortal Sects, accepting disciples from all walks of life, and was the only sect that had no discrimination against demon cultivators, welcoming disciples from the Demon Clan.
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect boasted the largest number of disciples and had the biggest Book Collection Pavilion in the cultivation world, housing countless books, making most of its disciples knowledgeable and well-informed.
Members of the Hundred Ghosts Alliance were all ghost cultivators, residing in the holy land of the Ghost Clan, beside the Forbidden Land of the Human and Demon Clans, Nine Netherworld, rich with Yin Qi, ideal for ghosts to cultivate but unsuitable for living beings or demons to enter.
The Beast Taming Sect, as its name implies, was a sect adept in using beasts in battle. From the beginning, its disciples were required to develop a bond and rapport with spirit beasts.
It’s said that everyone in the Beast Taming Sect is a caretaker, and when dealing with them, one should first win over their spirit beasts—it’s more effective than pleasing the person.
Feihua Valley seems to suggest a sect full of women, a very gentle sect by its name, but in fact, Feihua Valley is a sect that focuses on sword cultivation. All disciples, regardless of gender, were born to battle and loved their swords as much as their lives.
The reason it’s called Feihua Valley is simply because of its stunning scenery, filled with hundreds of blooming flowers all year round, which is how it got its name.
This time, the reincarnated Nie Shuangshuang was born in the Heavenly Mechanism Sect as the only daughter of the Sect Leader, Nie Jinglin.
Nie Shuangshuang had exceptional talent from a young age, apprenticed under the strongest cultivator in the cultivation world, Lingtian True Monarch, a half-step True Immortal. Her cultivation speed was fast and her cultivation powerful, with her prowess in overstepping ranks in battle considered normal.
Nie Shuangshuang reached Foundation Establishment at thirteen, the Golden Core at eighteen, Nascent Soul at twenty-three, and Divine Separation at twenty-eight. Now, at thirty-five, she was the youngest Great Cultivator at the Out-of-Body Stage in this cultivation world.
Nie Shuangshuang was incredibly powerful. Since her cultivation had reached Divine Separation, she had been in charge of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s Criminal Law Hall, known for her cold demeanor and impartial enforcement, instilling fear in everyone throughout the sect.
In this lifetime, one could say Nie Shuangshuang was a winner in life, born with a golden spoon. Despite losing her mother at a young age and unable to see her parents for years while following her master to cultivate, she had a fuzzy impression of her mother, who had died early, but her father, Nie Jinglin, treated her very well.
Nie Shuangshuang herself was a peerless genius, with the backing of the strongest warrior in the cultivation world, Lingtian True Monarch, allowing her to do as she pleased in the cultivation world.
But the truth is, Nie Shuangshuang had a significant regret in this life, so impactful that it prevented her cultivation from progressing and led to her early demise.
It turns out Nie Shuangshuang always believed she was her father’s only daughter, but she actually had a brother.
Nie Shuangshuang’s mother was Feng Hai Zhen, an evil cultivator; evil cultivators are those who walk the path of evil.
Methods of evil cultivators are generally very cruel, so they are not accepted by righteous cultivators, and since evil cultivators often kill the innocent indiscriminately, they are constantly purged by the righteous.
Especially the top four cultivation sects—Heavenly Mechanism Sect, Hundred Ghosts Alliance, Beast Taming Sect, and Feihua Valley—would regularly send their disciples out to patrol and purge evil cultivators; the hatred between them and evil cultivators ran deep.
Evil cultivators are not willing to die without a fight and will often use various means to kill disciples of righteous cultivation sects in return, with most casualties naturally being disciples from the four major sects.
Over time, the enmity between the two sides deepened, leading to meetings that invariably ended in calls for bloodshed.
Nie Shuangshuang’s mother, Feng Hai Zhen, was not born an evil cultivator. Feng Hai Zhen’s father was an evil cultivator and a Great Elder of a secretive evil cultivator sect.
After Feng Hai Zhen was born, her father ensured she cultivated legitimate cultivation methods. Those who cultivated the evil path couldn’t return to the righteous path, hence the calls for their heads.
Feng Hai Zhen’s father couldn’t bear to let his daughter suffer the life of being constantly hunted and hiding in the dark, so he strictly forbade Feng Hai Zhen from following the evil path.
Unfortunately, Feng Hai Zhen’s father didn’t protect his daughter for long. When Feng Hai Zhen was fifteen, her father was killed by another evil cultivator in a dispute over a magic treasure.
Feng Hai Zhen wanted but was unable to avenge her father, forcing her onto the path of evil cultivation, hoping to become strong quickly.
But Feng Hai Zhen had been too well-protected by her father, her hands never stained by blood, her nature too kind. While she became an evil cultivator, she refused to use the many cruel methods evil cultivators had for rapid cultivation advancement.
Thus, even as an evil cultivator, Feng Hai Zhen’s cultivation advanced very slowly, and several times she was nearly purged by righteous cultivators just for being an evil cultivator.
Feng Hai Zhen not only had to guard against righteous cultivators but also against her fellow evil cultivators, who had no scruples and wouldn’t spare her merely because she was an evil cultivator too.
Once, an evil cultivator tried to capture Feng Hai Zhen as a tripod furnace. Feng Hai Zhen barely escaped with severe injuries, her Spiritual Energy locked in her Dantian and unusable.
However, although she couldn’t use her Spiritual Power due to her injuries, this also hid her identity as an evil cultivator, making her less worried about the righteous cultivators.
While recovering in a bothersome town, Feng Hai Zhen unexpectedly met Nie Jinglin, who was out eliminating trouble-causing demon beasts. The two fell in love at first sight, and as they spent more time together, their feelings grew deeper.
Feng Hai Zhen told Nie Jinglin her father had been killed by evil cultivators, and Nie Jinglin personally found Feng Hai Zhen’s enemy to avenge her father.
Knowing Feng Hai Zhen was injured, Nie Jinglin always wanted to take her back to the Heavenly Mechanism Sect to heal her and even planned to hold a grand ceremony to formalize their union as Dao Companions.
But Feng Hai Zhen, worried about revealing her identity as an evil cultivator, refused to return with Nie Jinglin, suppressing her injuries to avoid healing.
Once her injuries healed, she feared her evil identity would be exposed, and Nie Jinglin would leave her.
Unable to change Feng Hai Zhen’s mind, Nie Jinglin eventually married her in the world outside the realm of mortals.
He assumed Feng Hai Zhen hesitated to join him at the sect out of fear she would be looked down upon for her low cultivation and lack of background, being just an ordinary female cultivator by birth.
He thought they had plenty of time, and since the sect wouldn’t have any urgent matters in the short term, he decided to live outside with Feng Hai Zhen for decades, proving he wasn’t superficial by helping her open up and alleviating her worries.