[Female-Lead Power Fantasy + Male-Lead Angst + Expert at Brawling and Fortune-Telling + A Little Heartache Adds Spice]
A quick calculation revealed she hadn't had a proper meal in a year and eight months!
The dignified leader of the Mystic Sect and ancestor of the mortal realm, who used to live on offerings, was now going hungry!
The reason? The nations were at war, the people had been driven from their homes, and no one had offerings to spare!
To fill her own belly and those of the common people, she had no choice but to descend the mountain and beg for food!
Feng Taxue clutched a chipped bowl she'd picked up by the roadside and stood outside the residence of Sikong Xiu, regent of Northern Zhou.
“I am the leader of the Mystic Sect, and I've come to help Your Highness unify the realm. Hurry and inform the prince, little guard, so he can welcome me inside!”
The guards exchanged glances and warned her coldly, “Loiterers aren't allowed to make a scene outside the residence. Move along!”
Feng Taxue realized that, with nothing to back up her claims, she hardly sounded convincing.
Afraid she might scare the two young guards to death, she demonstrated the simplest tricks: drawing talismans, chanting incantations, and flying on a sword.
Who knew that the moment she landed, the guards would hold swords to her neck and drive her away!
In the scuffle, her chipped bowl was smashed too!
She hadn't gotten any food, and now she'd lost a bowl as well!
“Fools! I'll make you kneel and beg me!”
The guards rolled their eyes at the ranting mad Taoist nun.
Ever since Northern Zhou issued an edict calling for talented people to serve the court, all sorts of charlatans had shown up at the residence.
They could tell fortunes, divine the future, draw talismans, cast spells, and fly on swords. They certainly seemed to have some skill.
But once they were let inside, it turned out that those were the only skills they had. Keeping them around would just waste food!
When you're out in the world, you get to decide who you are. She needed to establish herself as a Mystic Sect master if she wanted to beg for food!
Just then, a sack dropped over her head, and she found herself turned into the bride of a local gang leader in the capital!
It's over~