Memories (4)

The little girl's eyes sparkled in happiness. They received a jade token each, reserved for the 8th and 9th mistress of the Song family. Song Ying Yue was a little taller than her sister, so she was made 8th miss.

The little essence maker, Yu Yan, received the title of 9th.

Then they both received a master. One was a well-known seamstress of the Lingu Pavilion while the other was a respectable tier 7 beast essence master.

Yu Yan didn't get along well with her master because her master looked down on her for her age. Whenever she answered the question wrong, he would beat her. The Song family did not do anything about it, so the twins thought it was reasonable to punish your disciple when they did something wrong.

Ying Yue and her master got along very well and the little girl was taught how to make luxurious dresses and hats. Her favorite thing to do was to make them out of odd materials so found in the storage bins.

One day, Song Ying Yue and Yu Yan were let out to pick out some materials. They were usually let out of their rooms once a month and that was to personally pick out materials to inspire Ying Yue to make more interesting and better things.

As they were walking around in the markets, they attracted quite a bit of attention. They had half a dozen guards with them and they all held the Song family pendant with them.

These unfamiliar girls had jade pendants stating that they were the 8th and 9th mistresses of the Song family but… when did the Song family have an 8th and 9th mistress?

"Hello there, how may I help you today?" Said a shopkeeper. "I would like 5 sets of three-toed frogs, 3rd tier realm and core. 5 sets of Orange Viper, 3rd tier realm and core. One 10-eyed newt beast essence, level 4 and one shape-shifting fox beast core and realm." Said Song Yu Yan.

The twins were now 9 years old and Yu Yan's master had made her work with hardly any rest, resulting in her advancing into Level 3, almost level 4 essence cultivator. She wanted the 4th tier essence as something to study before attempting to make one again.

Yu Yan paid for her things then went up to her sister, who was looking for odd, interesting things. "Sister, I saw a jar of rugged red diamond, why don't we take a look?"

Ying Yue excitedly nodded her little head. The pair walked up to the booth. She quickly spotted the jar and reached out for it. Before she was able to grab it, it was quickly snatched away.

"I will take these, thank you." A boy who was about 12 years old said.

"Oh, sir, we were just about to purchase those, if you could just-" Ying Yue started.

"I don't care! I am the 5th young master of the Zhen family! The 5th richest family clan! I am related to the Emperor!" The boy said arrogantly.

"Yes, that's very nice. But please just give us the jar and…"

"Who do you think you are to snatch my things? Guards catch them!" He shouted.

"We are the 8th and 9th young miss of the Song family! You can not just do what you please!" Yu Yan shouted angrily.

"8th and 9th mistress of the song family? I have never heard of you before! If the Song clan never told anybody that they had 8th and 9th mistresses, I don't think they will mind if we teach you a lesson. Guards! Give them 30 paddles!"

"No! Please! We have no cultivation! We will die if you hit us 30 times! If we die, the Song clan will get revenge! Do you really want to go against the Song clan?"

"No cultivation? Haha! The Song clan will not get revenge for a pair of trash twins!"

People were loudly laughing at them.

Today, they would get to see a nice show.

It wasn't everyday that two Song clansmen were beaten in public.

When the guards of the young Zhen clan boy went to capture them, only 2 of their personal guards went to stop them. Outnumbered, they failed. 2 guards lay dead on the ground while 4 stood uncaring in the background.

The girls had no way to fight back and were beaten mercilessly.

Passed out and half dead, the girls were carried back to the Song family. "What happened?" Clan leader asked.

"Beaten by 5th master Zhen." They explained.

"Take them away to be healed, bring Su Wei down here as well." The clan leader said with a wave of his hand.

The guards quickly left and came back with the second master.

"Those girls you brought here a few years ago offended the Zhen clan. Although we would win when fighting the Zhen clan, I don't wish to do so over a seamstress and essence cultivator, no matter how smart they are, they do not share our blood."

To them, the 8th and 9th miss were more like property then family. Most of the clan didn't even know that the girls existed. "You need to control them better. Make sure that they don't get into any more trouble, or you will be punished."

"Yes Clan leader."

Half a month later, the girls had woken up. Song Su Wei was immediately alerted. The girls had recovered rather quickly and were up and walking when he finally got there a few hours later. The door was suddenly busted open.

"Little 9, little 8. We have something to speak of." He said, his face filled with hatred.

"Oh! 2nd brother! What would you like to speak of?"

"You may no longer call me second brother. Call me Sir Song. Here is what is going to happen, you are going to move to a room in the dungeon. You will be permitted to leave twice a year to find inspiration for your hats. 9 is not permitted to leave, ever. You will have to make a certain number of products per week. If the quota is not met, you will be harshly punished. If you refuse to work, I heard that Duke Lei Jun liked the taste of little girls.

After all, if we were to present twin beauties to him, he might just be willing to give us the spatial chest we wanted." He said coldly.

The two girls quivered.

"Also, both of your masters will not be permitted to see you again. Now, let us go down to the dungeon, yes? Your things are already prepared."

He signaled the guards and they were chained together by their wrists. He took the middle of the chains and hurriedly dragged them along. On their way, they heard sneers and whispers. Mocking words could be clearly heard from all around. One of them even came up to kick them, but Su Wei did nothing about it, clearly showing his indifferent stance. Once they saw this, they knew that the onlookers could do whatever they wanted to the girls without being punished.

Now, they had received living punching bags that would result in no backlash or resistance. As they were people of no cultivation. The trash twins.