Chapter 14: Her Song Under the Moon—Ugly in Appearance, Dark at Heart (Part 1)

Chang Ge Yue sneered, “Sorry, my poison hasn’t been perfected yet. You think you’re worthy enough to test it on me?”

Her silver needles never struck singly; if you dodged one, another would surely find its mark.

Her hands moved with such swiftness that no ordinary person could withstand them.

She had mastered this technique to deadly perfection while capturing souls in the underworld—how could Wen Fang possibly escape?

“Hmph, just kill me!” He had been overconfident today and deserved nothing less than death.

Chang Ge Yue slowly approached Wen Fang, holding the venomous snake she had subdued moments ago with her silver needles. Grasping its tail, she lashed its head repeatedly across Wen Fang’s face.

The snake’s uniquely cold, slippery touch grazed his skin, and for the first time, his heart trembled.

Chang Ge Yue suddenly smiled. “I told you, I wouldn’t kill you, but I will make your life a living hell. Remember this: next time you look at a woman, be careful. It’s not only beautiful women who are poisonous.”

Chang Ge Yue was ugly, but her heart was black as night.

Her silver needles danced before Wen Fang’s eyes, his heart racing wildly. “What are you going to do?!”

Chang Ge Yue smiled faintly, a hint of amusement playing at the corners of her lips. After a long moment, she began to strike.

Each needle pierced vital points with precision. Within mere breaths, Wen Fang’s Adam’s apple visibly receded.

His skin grew remarkably delicate, and even his previously flat chest began to develop softly.

Only then did Wen Fang grasp the true meaning of Chang Ge Yue’s words about a fate worse than death. “If you don’t kill me today, I swear, one day I will sell you, sell you into—”

“A brothel?” Chang Ge Yue’s lips curled slightly, her eyes void of any flutter or the least trace of modesty. “Sorry, you’re too late. Right now, it looks like you’ll be the one going there first.”

Looking at the “maiden” before her, whose once plain lips had turned a seductive red, Chang Ge Yue sheathed her silver needles. “There’s a stream nearby. Would the lady like me to help you cross it?”

“Ah!” Wen Fang’s hysterical scream was devoid of any masculine dignity; instead, it sounded like a scorned chambermaid wailing. “My voice! You wicked woman, what have you done to me?”

The playful glint in Chang Ge Yue’s eyes vanished, replaced by a chilling coldness. “You men use your strength to bully women and think it’s only natural. Now that I’ve returned the favor, I’m a poison woman? Let me tell you, this is only the beginning…”

Her gaze drifted downward, settling below Wen Fang’s waist.

Only then did Wen Fang realize the true terror. “I… I haven’t become a woman down there too, have I?”

Chang Ge Yue laughed softly, then twisted her hand, plunging another silver needle into his body. “Let’s go, beauty…”

Late at night, she stepped out from the largest brothel in Jin City, weighing the heavy silver coins in her hand. “Even a man-turned-woman as ugly as this fetches such a price? The human trade is trulyI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.