The Hair Tie’s Retaliation

Tou, seeing the large scissors in Ji Jie’s hand, felt as if a cold snake was crawling up his spine, causing him to shiver involuntarily and his mind to clear considerably.

“What are you doing! What do you mean these clothes are all prepared for me? You useless dog, don’t even dream of making me wear such outfits!”

“Na na! The alcohol instantly sobered you up, didn’t it! But I had already thought of a countermeasure. Don’t you, don’t you feel your meridians in disarray, unable to exert any strength?”

Ji Jie could have simply knocked Tou out, but where was the fun in that? She desired to exact her revenge on this detestable man, who had dared to insult her with a whip, while he was fully conscious, finding true satisfaction only in his wretched cries.

“You put… you… you put… poison… in the wine…”

Tou’s face contorted in alarm as he attempted to summon his spiritual energy, only for his body to suddenly go limp, collapsing onto the ground.

“Not in the wine, but in the watermelon you love so much! Never mind those details for now, let’s get down to business!”

Ji Jie crouched down, lifted Tou’s shirt, and let her fingers slither across his stomach like a small snake, her gaze fixed on him with a lewd expression.

“Business? What are you doing! Don’t, don’t touch there!”

‘Business?’ What other ‘business’ could there be? The moment Ji Jie’s hand reached for his pants, tugging at them, Tou’s face flushed crimson again. Panic seized him; if he didn’t resist now, his chastity would be lost here today.

Yet, whatever unknown drug had been administered to him rendered his body weak and powerless, his resistance proving utterly futile. Instead, it only served to excite Ji Jie further.

“Oh my, you’re blushing! Weren’t you quite formidable when you were whipping me? How did you become so pathetic now?” Ji Jie smiled knowingly, and with effortless efficiency, stripped Tou of his clothes.

“Dead dog! Useless dog! Pervert! Scoundrel! Give me back my clothes!”

Tou’s face was flushed scarlet, a mix of shame and rage. He now lay exposed like a peeled banana, his legs tightly clamped together, his hand desperately covering his ‘second brother’.

“Your words are truly unpleasant! Watch me turn you into a girl, and train you to be a well-mannered little princess. First, take your hand away and let me see!”

“No!” Tou roared with all the strength he could muster! ‘This pervert truly has no shame!’

“Let me see!” Sensing that Tou wouldn’t easily surrender, Ji Jie roared back just as sternly, reaching out to grab his arm and forcefully remove his obstructing hand.

This, however, made Tou extremely sensitive. Powerless to move, he could only glare fiercely at Ji Jie, his eyes burning with such hatred that if looks could kill, Ji Jie would have already been torn to shreds.

Of course, Tou’s ‘sweet little mouth’ wouldn’t remain idle, unleashing a torrent of abuse:

“Dead dog! Pervert! Get away from me! Don’t touch me! You filthy, disgusting wretch!”

“You truly don’t know what’s good for you!” Constantly being called a ‘dead dog’ or ‘stupid dog’ was not appealing to Ji Jie, who lacked any masochistic tendencies that would make her excited by insults. Her face twisted into an ugly grimace. The pendant beneath her right ear flashed once more, and a ribbon with a small ball attached appeared in her hand.

Ji Jie then offered a wicked smile and attached it to Tou, who was utterly incapable of resisting.

“Mmmph mmmph mmmph!” Though Tou’s mind seethed with a thousand beautiful curses, his muffled mouth could only produce indistinct grunts.

“Na na! Much quieter now. So, the real business begins. Don’t move around, or else if the arrow (TL Note: Referring to a euphemism for male genitalia) falls off, it will greatly diminish your future appearance!”

Tou lay flat on the ground, his arms and legs spread wide like the character ‘大’. Ji Jie, seemingly unconvinced that he was utterly incapacitated, pressed down his hands and feet with mannequins as a precaution.

Only then did she reveal the large silver scissors, no longer smiling gently, and rested them upon Tou’s body.

Feeling two icy objects between his legs, Tou could no longer restrain himself, cursing Ji Jie, that ‘dog,’ inwardly, yet it was all in vain.

Tears welled in his eyes; from childhood, he had been doted upon and protected by his masters, never having endured such humiliation! He had even hoped to grow up quickly and enter the halls of marriage with his seven masters.

But after today… a few tears escaped Tou’s eyes. If Ji Jie closed those scissors now, he would be joining his masters’ ‘bride’s retinue’.

‘So unwilling! So incredibly unwilling!’

He refused to end things like this; there had to be a way. Right! The hair tie binding his ponytail at the back of his head—he remembered it was a gift from his First Master. His First Master had told him that if he ever encountered extreme danger, he could activate it with spiritual energy, and the hair tie would protect him.

However, with his meridians in utter disarray, Tou couldn’t clear them all in such a short time, making it impossible to control his spiritual energy to activate the hair tie at the back of his head!

“Ahahaha! Scream! Tremble in fear! From this moment on, you will no longer be a boy!!!”

Seeing Tou’s tears, Ji Jie gripped the scissors with both hands, her smile growing even more deranged, contorting her face almost grotesquely.

She then stared intently at the ‘little fellow’ caught between the scissors, deliberately closing her hands slowly, intending for Tou to savor that tormenting psychological fear for a few more agonizing seconds!

However, at this moment, Tou felt no fear whatsoever; only fury and a surge of passion.

His heart began to pound faster, appearing to Ji Jie as if he were having a heart attack from fright. Yet, this was far from the truth. Tou was clearing his meridians, abandoning the attempt to clear them all, instead forcing his spiritual energy directly from his Dantian to his heart, a straight line, achieving much greater speed!

“Ahahaha! It’s cut, it’s going to fall off! It’s going to hurt so much! Although I prepared pain-relieving pills for you, ‘hehe, just for fun, I won’t let you use them’…”

Truly astounding!

Ji Jie continued to torment Tou with painful words, like a grim reaper. However, no matter how slow her movements, the space between his legs wasn’t vast. Soon, her eyes gleamed; it was about to happen!

Shouting, “Receive my judgment!” Ji Jie, excited like a wild horse unbridled, clapped her hands together.

But at that critical moment, she suddenly felt a ripple of spiritual energy, followed by a powerful surge of wind that erupted from Tou’s body. This blast directly sent the mannequins pinning Tou flying, and even Ji Jie, along with the large scissors in her hands, was flung backward.

“Cough, cough! What just happened!”

Ji Jie slid out of the hole in the wall and landed on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood; the powerful gust of wind had injured her body.

Incredulous, Ji Jie cried out, “No!” Her clothes, the mannequins adorned in beautiful garments, had all been blasted away. Made of wood, how could the mannequins withstand Tou’s powerful shockwave? They burst apart, and the clothes on them were all damaged to varying degrees!

“No! No! No! My clothes, no! Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan, don’t leave me, no, Xiao Yuan, don’t abandon me!!!”

Ji Jie lay prostrate on the ground, picking up one damaged garment after another, her eyes desolate and blurred with tears. Each piece of clothing she retrieved was clutched to her chest as if it were a treasure, and every time she saw a gaping tear in an outfit, her heart felt as if it were being sliced, as though the hole were festering on her own body.

Suddenly, as she reached for another piece of clothing, a foot stomped heavily onto her hand.

‘Crunch!’ The foot twisted, and Ji Jie felt several of her fingers snap, screaming “Ah!” in agony.

Tears mingled with blood, Ji Jie’s current disheveled state was even more hideous than her previous twisted expression!

“Pah!”

Tou’s mouth was full of blood. In the final moment, he had forcibly cleared his meridians, directing his vital energy straight to his heart. Although this allowed him to activate the hair tie with spiritual power, the excess energy had burst out along his other meridians.

That force had launched Ji Jie into the wall; one could only imagine how many tons of damage such power would inflict if it remained within his own body!

He was now covered in blood, his injuries a thousand, ten thousand times worse than Ji Jie’s! His ability to stand relied entirely on the red hair tie gifted to him by his First Master.

He didn’t know the hair tie’s true name, but it was certainly a remarkable item. Originally only a meter and a half long, tied into a bow behind his head, it now encircled his body, stretching to well over ten meters! Moreover, it had thoughtfully wrapped itself securely around his lower half, preventing this chapter from receiving another ‘yellow card’ violation warning!

Not only did this hair tie constantly protect him by surrounding him, but its greatest function was to emit a warm surge that repaired his damaged meridians.

“You ‘dead dog,’ you thought you could turn me into a woman and make me wear these tattered skirts? Scoundrel! You looked quite pleased when you threatened my ‘second brother’ just now! I’ll make you pleased! I’ll make you pleased! Dead dog! Are you still pleased now?!”

Tou had been furious before, and now, having retaliated, he felt he would be doing himself a disservice if he didn’t beat Ji Jie a few more times!

Yet, Ji Jie paid no mind to Tou’s curses and blows! She clutched a small skirt that Tou was stepping on, while her other arm embraced his leg, appearing as if she meant to lift his leg to retrieve the clothes beneath.

“These rags! You still treat them like treasures?”

Tou’s face contorted in disgust. He kicked Ji Jie away, then, right before her eyes, trampled the skirt and other clothes underfoot as if they were trash.

“They are not rags! They are my family! They are my Xiao Yuan! How dare you treat my Xiao Yuan like this? I’ll make you, I’ll make you die! Make you die!”

Unexpectedly, Ji Jie reacted with extreme ferocity, her hand movements changing rapidly.

“Platinum Star!!!”

“Open!”

As a golden star pattern appeared beneath her right eye, a white sword engraved with golden stars materialized in her hand.

Then, with bloodshot eyes, she frantically lunged at Tou, hacking at him!

“Die! Die! Die!”

The sword shadows were dense, clashing and crackling, yet they were all blocked by the circle of ribbons surrounding Tou.

Seeing this, Tou burst into laughter. He had never imagined this treasure would be so effective! With this artifact, who within the same cultivation realm could possibly approach him? He truly had to thank his First Master for gifting it to him!

“Damn it! What is that thing!” Ji Jie gritted her teeth, infuriated. Her cultivation realm was clearly much higher than Tou’s! Why couldn’t her ‘Yūko’ (TL Note: The name of Ji Jie’s sword, likely of Japanese origin.) even break a mere ribbon!

“Hmph!” Tou haughtily tilted his head back, looking down on everything as he declared from above:

“You ‘stinking dog’ are not worthy of knowing! Watch me smash your dog head without even using her! You dared to treat your master like that before; I see you’ve grown tired of living. Now I must teach you a proper lesson! A mere maid! A mere dog! I’ll break your dog legs, and from now on, don’t even dream of walking upright in front of me!”

Armed with the divine artifact, Tou grew even more arrogant! He controlled the ribbons, sending them striking Ji Jie’s thigh like a wooden stick.

Suddenly, however, his head swam, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted. His body, which had been leaping, lost all momentum and crashed flat onto the ground with a dull ‘thump’.