The moment she entered the new world, Ding Yun immediately felt that things were not good. The original body's injuries were too severe. Her internal organs were shattered, and her heart meridians were severed. She had clearly been killed by a palm strike, and an extremely cruel one at that.
A palm strike that was meant to ensure she didn't survive.
These injuries were beyond the healing power of her spiritual energy.
Thus, in the next second, Ding Yun simultaneously sent out a wisp of her spiritual energy to assess her surroundings, to understand if there was any immediate danger, and if the person who killed the original body was still nearby.
At the same time, she rummaged through her soul space for healing medicine.
She also managed to extract her golden finger, wanting to see if it could offer any assistance. Previously, when the situation wasn't critical, she could handle things one by one. Now, with the urgency, she had to multitask and seize the time.
And then...
The situation was clearly more dire than Ding Yun had imagined.
The murderer of the original body had already left and was not nearby. There was no one else around, but the surroundings were engulfed in flames. The houses had clearly been doused with oil and set ablaze.
Not only had the assailant killed the original body with a palm strike.
They also wanted to ensure that her ashes were scattered, to cremate her remains!
Fortunately, Ding Yun soon found a medicine in her soul space that could heal her current condition, and she also familiarized herself with the golden finger she had randomly acquired this time.
[Reality Editor]
"As the name suggests, this is an item that can edit the attributes of everything in the world. To make it easier for users to understand and quickly get started, it has undergone several optimizations, making this editor very simple to use.
Once a target is selected, its attributes can be edited.
All matter and energy in the world can be converted into edit points. As long as there are enough edit points, the sun can be transformed into a life-sustaining planet, the moon can be ignited and turned into a sun..."
Originally, Ding Yun had intended to take medicine to heal her body. However, considering how severe the original body's damage was, healing with medicine would require time for absorption and digestion.
Coupled with the approaching inferno nearby.
Time was extremely tight.
Therefore, Ding Yun decided to take a desperate measure and quickly activated the Reality Editor, selecting herself as the target.
[Host: Human, Ge Qin Clan (Ding Yun)
Body Condition: Critically Wounded, Near Death (Editable)]
Seeing the word "Editable" displayed next to "Critically Wounded, Near Death," Ding Yun hurriedly used her spiritual energy to retrieve some energy from her soul space to charge the Reality Editor.
Simultaneously, she began editing.
She edited "Critically Wounded, Near Death" to "Healthy."
As a surge of energy was consumed to become edit points, and then the edit points rapidly decreased, a peculiar energy soon appeared within Ding Yun's body. Under the effect of that energy, all her injuries rapidly healed.
In just two to three seconds, she was completely healthy.
This was a comprehensive, all-around healthy state, even eradicating some chronic illnesses that the original body had. She was in an extremely healthy condition.
Upon seeing this, Ding Yun quickly flipped over and stood up. She continued to use the Reality Editor to perform a short-term edit on her surroundings within a two-meter radius, making it impervious to water and fire for the duration of half an incense stick and ensuring smooth air circulation.
After all, the situation outside was unclear, and she had no information. Rushing out would be very risky. What if the murderer was waiting outside, only leaving after the fire died down?
Therefore, it was better to control the surrounding flames first, ensure her own safety, and then quickly sort through the recent memories of the original body, especially the memories leading up to her death.
Then she would make a decision.
As Ding Yun finished editing, a barrier immediately appeared in the small area within a two-meter radius around her, resisting the erosion and heat of the external flames. Simultaneously, a stream of fresh air, from an unknown source, circulated within the barrier, ensuring Ding Yun's normal breathing.
She wouldn't be choked by smoke, and so on.
Next, of course, was to review the memories.
Within a few minutes, Ding Yun had figured out the exact cause of the original body's death. The original body was killed by her husband with a palm strike. Yes, it wasn't someone else who killed her, but her husband, whom she had been married to for five years and with whom she had a child.
He had ruthlessly struck her to death.
The original body died in disbelief and despair.
The reason for her death was that she refused to send their son to die.
The original body's husband, Ge Jun, had served in the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion for three generations, making him a lifelong retainer of the Zhenbei Marquis. By his generation, he had gained the favor of the current Zhenbei Marquis's heir and became one of the personal guards of the heir.
Saying he had infinite glory might be an exaggeration.
But in any case, his life was going quite well.
As for what he specifically did as one of these personal guards, the original body didn't know and didn't care. Her mother-in-law died a few days after she got married, and she observed a three-year mourning period.
Because her husband could not leave his work or his guard duties for three years, she was confined to her home, observing the mourning period and abstaining from meat to show filial piety for the full three years.
After completing the mourning period, the original body was very proactive and diligent. Three months later, she became pregnant with her husband's child.
Two months ago, she gave birth shortly after the legal wife of the Zhenbei Marquis's heir. Due to the coincidence of their birth times, the legal wife of the Zhenbei Marquis's heir, the heir's consort, felt a connection and bestowed a silver locket upon the original body.
However, half a month ago, something happened to the Zhenbei Marquis. When he led a hundred thousand troops to conquer the northern barbarians, a misjudgment led them into an ambush, resulting in the complete annihilation of the hundred thousand troops. He himself went missing, his whereabouts unknown, and he was cursed by countless people.
The relatives of the hundred thousand troops cursed him daily.
Although losing a battle was a crime, if the person were dead, they wouldn't be able to be too harsh. But the key issue was his unknown whereabouts. Not long after, a piece of news, which might or might not be true, came from the northern frontier: someone had seen a person who closely resembled the Zhenbei Marquis at the northern barbarian imperial court, leading to suspicions that the Zhenbei Marquis might have defected. The related news became more and more exaggerated.
It started as a defection, and later escalated to the claim that the hundred thousand troops were a welcoming gift from the Zhenbei Marquis to the northern barbarians.
At one point, the people were furious, and officials impeached him.
The original body was completely unaware of what had transpired during this process. She only knew that the final outcome was the confiscation of property and the extermination of the clan!
However, to demonstrate leniency, Emperor Zhang Tai specifically stated that only three generations of relatives would be executed to appease public anger, and that servants and retainers should not be involved. Since the original body's family had not sold themselves into servitude, theoretically, as long as they declared their identity and did not resist, they would eventually be released even if arrested.
But the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion clearly was not willing to be executed.
Therefore, they soon engaged in a battle with the confiscation army.
They didn't expect to win, but rather hoped to resist and stall for time, allowing some people to escape and preserve the bloodline of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion.
So that their lineage would not be cut off.
Then came the crucial part: the original body's husband, in his unwavering loyalty, intended to emulate the Orphan of Zhao, swapping his son for the Zhenbei Marquis's heir's son.
To leave a trace of the Zhenbei Marquis's bloodline.
As for himself, he could always have another son if this one died.
The original body naturally disagreed. Her own child, whom she had carried for ten months, why should he die for someone else?
During their argument, the original body's husband, for reasons unknown to Ding Yun, likely thinking "might as well go all the way." If he succeeded in the swap, and his wife, out of resentment, exposed the truth, it would still fail.
Thus, he simply struck the original body to death with a palm.
Then he took their son.
Before leaving, in front of the disbelieving original body, who was staring at him intently, unable to move, he brought out all the flammable items in the house, sprinkled oil, and set a fire. Once the flames were raging, he then hastily left, carrying their child.
The original body watched him leave before finally drawing her last breath.
She died in despair, pain, and resentment.