Protect Our Chief-Chapter 648 - 72: Let Go of That Fairy! _2
After Zuoqiu Qingyun expressed his gratitude, he sat down grandly, praising, "Fairy, your control over Profound Qi has already reached a state of finesse. It’s a pity that Qingyun’s cultivation is still quite some distance from the Celestial Human Realm, and I cannot spar with the fairy to explore the wonderful uses of Profound Qi."
As he spoke, he sniffed the food and drink, poured himself a glass of wine, and praised again, "The small dishes are indeed complete in color, aroma, and taste, such excellent craftsmanship, Fairy. Especially this pot of wine, colored like nectar, its fragrance is pervasive. Qingyun cannot politely refuse."
Having said this, he tilted his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, smacking his lips, and praised again, "Good wine, indeed it’s good wine~~ truly it has a lingering aftertaste, as delightful as the fairy herself."
"Speaking of which, a few days ago, Qingyun tried several times to seek an audience, but the fairy always avoided seeing me." Playing with the wine glass, Zuoqiu Qingyun glanced at Fairy Tianyan, a playful smile on his lips, "Yet, I do not know why the fairy is now inviting me to meet under the moonlight and preparing such a feast, could it be..."
"Young Master Zuoqiu, please don’t misunderstand."
Fairy Tianyan gracefully took her seat, reaching out to pour herself a glass of wine.
After downing a glass of wine, a hint of spring appeared in her clear eyes, and her gaze toward Zuoqiu Qingyun became light and gentle, as if with deep meaning, "I have prepared this feast for the Young Master today merely to send you off."
"Send me off?" Zuoqiu Qingyun’s expression was slightly stunned, "Qingyun has no plans to leave the Southern Desert just yet."
Fairy Tianyan lightly raised her jade-like arm and refilled Zuoqiu Qingyun’s glass with a captivating, shallow smile under her veil, "This send-off is not that send-off. Young Master, on the Yellow Springs path, do not blame me."
Hearing this, Zuoqiu Qingyun’s face froze, and his smile became rigid.
Suddenly, his face turned cold, and his expression became painful and twisted, "Tianyan, what do you mean by this? You actually poisoned the wine? Could it be that there is some grudge between me and the fairy?"
"Alas~"
Fairy Tianyan sighed softly, "There is no grudge between us. It’s just that there is someone in my heart whom I wish to entrust my life to. And coincidentally, Young Master Zuoqiu happens to have some conflicts with him."
"You... you wicked woman!" Zuoqiu Qingyun’s face turned pale with shock and anger, "Tianyan, how dare you scheme against a noble descendant of a Fourth-Grade Noble Family and a direct disciple of the Academy!"
"Alas~ who asked that person to be so stubborn~~ thus, I have no choice but to wrong Young Master Zuoqiu, using your head as a pledge." Fairy Tianyan sighed softly, "To express my apologies, these small dishes are all cooked by my own hands, it’s my heartfelt sentiment, please do not waste it~~ eat till you’re full, so you won’t be hungry on the Yellow Springs path."
"You... is that person Wang Shouzhe!? Tianyan, you truly are a bitch." Zuoqiu Qingyun’s face became somewhat unpleasant, a flame of anger burning inside his chest. Before coming here, he had made careful calculations and guessed the reasons why Fairy Tianyan would meet him privately, but none of the speculations yielded such an outcome!
At this moment, Zuoqiu Qingyun felt his male pride being trampled and ground beneath Tianyan’s feet.
"Why bother?" Fairy Tianyan’s eyes gradually turned cold, "Zuoqiu Qingyun, you are merely in the Seventh Layer of the Spirit Platform Realm. I could kill you as easily as crushing an ant."
"The reason I let you die under the ’Drunken Red Dust’ was simply because I didn’t want to dirty my hands."
"Well, well, well." Zuoqiu Qingyun smiled sinisterly, filled with rage, "Tianyan, since you’ve acted first, don’t blame me, Zuoqiu Qingyun, for retaliating. Truly, I had my heart facing the bright moon, but alas, the bright moon shines upon the ditch."
This time.
It was Fairy Tianyan’s turn to have her expression change slightly, her eyebrows arched as she said, "Zuoqiu Qingyun, stop trying to frighten me with empty words. I still don’t believe that with you poisoned by ’Drunken Red Dust’, you can overturn the heavens?"
As the two of them continued their exchange.
Wang Shihai and the other four, exploiting the concealing effects of the ’Celestial Star Concealing Array’, were slowly approaching the pavilion. Wang Shihai needed to use his Divine Sense to drive the Array Plate, which was starting to tire him, a faint sheen of sweat appearing on his forehead.
And the Junior Prince, Wu Jinghao, his face was even gloomier. If not for his brother Wang Shihai repeatedly signaling him to endure and wait for the opportunity, he would have already leaped up to tear Zuoqiu Qingyun into pieces.
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"Tianyan, your ’Drunken Red Dust’ is indeed crafted skillfully." Zuoqiu Qingyun sneered twice, still holding his glass, sipping it all down, "But unfortunately, you encountered me."
"You actually fear not the Drunken Red Dust? Impossible..." Tianyan showed a trace of shock and disbelief in her veiled eyes. This Drunken Red Dust was concocted from a precious ancient formula within the Celestial Palace, colorless and tasteless, yet enhancing the crispness of wine. Even a Celestial Human Realm cultivator would have trouble detoxifying it in a short amount of time.
"An ancient formula? Hehe." Zuoqiu Qingyun’s expression was slightly odd and teasing, "It’s just a trifling trick, has the fairy not noticed anything amiss until now?"
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Fairy Tianyan was slightly taken aback, she glanced inwardly, and her eyes immediately turned cold. She felt a slight abnormality arising in her internal organs, her entire body feeling slightly numb, soft, and warm.
Though the symptoms were not yet evident, it was enough to prove she was indeed affected.
"You poisoned?..." Fairy Tianyan’s face changed dramatically, she hurriedly tried to mobilize her Profound Qi to capture Zuoqiu Qingyun alive and force an antidote. However, a fierce numbness swept through her body, making her tender body go soft, and with a moan, she fell back onto the stone seat.
"Ah, I forgot to tell the fairy. This poison is ’Golden Cicada Soul-Softening Powder’, also derived from an ancient formula. It’s colorless and tasteless, causing the poisoned one to experience overall numbness and weakness, while constantly producing primitive and uncontrollable emotions, leading to eventual madness. Any reckless use of Profound Qi will only accelerate the poison’s effect, I’m sure the fairy has already realized its intricacies." Zuoqiu Qingyun leisurely poured himself a glass of wine, savoring it with a wicked smile, "Tsk tsk, this wine mixed with Drunken Red Dust, it tastes truly extraordinary."
Fairy Tianyan’s eyes seemed to turn into ice blades, "Zuoqiu Qingyun, I seem to have underestimated you. I wonder if there’s a solution for this poison?"
"A solution? Hehehe, of course, there is." Zuoqiu Qingyun greedily stared at Fairy Tianyan, grinning nastily, "All it takes is for me to pamper the fairy well, and the poison will naturally be resolved."
"Hmph, most shameless indeed. Just how incompetent must you be to resort to such means against women? Useless!" Fairy Tianyan only felt a growing sense of heat and restlessness within her, inwardly lamenting the severity of this poison.
"Well said, well scolded. On closer thought, the fairy and I are really two of a kind, exceptionally well-matched." Zuoqiu Qingyun laughed heartily, looking unusually confident and bizarre, "But fairy, rest assured, once I have pampered you, you will be unable to leave me. At that time, no matter Wang Shouzhe or Li Shouzhe, you will abandon them as if they were worn shoes, living for none but me."
A chill enveloped Fairy Tianyan, irrespective of whether Zuoqiu Qingyun was bluffing or not. Even if he was bluffing, Tianyan could not allow herself to be taken advantage of by someone like him.
"So be it, so be it." Despite the immense reluctance in her heart, Fairy Tianyan resolutely made up her mind, although it was a pity to use that Supreme Treasure here, it was unavoidable.
"Fairy, in order to kill me, this place must be deserted. Otherwise, you can try calling for help, let’s see if anyone responds even if you cry wolf." Zuoqiu Qingyun was laughing gleefully.
Suddenly!
A righteous shout pierced through: "Lecherous fiend, release Tianyan!"
Several figures leapt out from the darkness, encircling Zuoqiu Qingyun. Leading them was the tall, dignified, and imposing Junior Prince, Wu Jinghao.
Despite his righteous words, his eyes couldn’t look away from Fairy Tianyan.
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