The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 797 - 440-441: Accumulating Virtue
Hey, hey, are these two treating her like the big villain? This dimwitted bird with strong limbs and a simple mind, Qi Zai, can’t see that she’s helping him?
Her enthusiasm was immediately dampened. Ning Xiaoxian snorted coldly: "Why say such words? You don’t agree to the first condition. Get up, I’ll give you another condition instead. You don’t have to marry Chi Bihu, but you must leave the Ba Snake Mountain Range with me, departing within two days."
Though Qingluan didn’t understand what "leaving" meant, she immediately accepted, feeling greatly relieved that she didn’t have to marry Chi Bihu. She was once Jiu Mo’s beloved, and now that He Sect Leader was in power, she certainly wouldn’t be favored. She had to hand over all her authority, leaving her burden-free. Leaving with Ning Xiaoxian for a short time wouldn’t be impossible.
At this time, she didn’t know that this departure might last for quite a while.
As Ning Xiaoxian looked at her, she became increasingly satisfied. Qingluan had great cultivation and was a long-range fighter, filling the gap of long-distance attacks in her team, which was very good indeed. "With your help, Jiu Mo will not die. She really should be grateful for the virtues she accumulated over the years; you’ll see her in two days," Ning Xiaoxian smiled. In this world, many embellish success but few offer help in times of crisis, so Qingluan’s actions repaid the kindness of the past.
Right then, Qi Zai eagerly bid farewell to Ning Xiaoxian, holding Qingluan’s hand and leaving. When a woman’s emotions are stirred, it is a prime opportunity for a man to step in, so Qi Zai probably would enjoy the favor of a beauty tonight.
Ah, such simple romance isn’t bad either. Ning Xiaoxian sighed, strolling back slowly to her place alone. These days, her life was quite uneventful. She gave Tu Jin a long vacation, letting him go into seclusion by himself. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Xu Nongyou had left Hidden Stream more than two months ago. The vast courtyard was quiet, with only her standing alone in the dark solitude.
Letting the moon’s view through sparse paulownias blow, listening to frogs by weak willow trees.
He Sect Leader finally grasped the power of Hidden Stream, and Ning Xiaoxian had indirectly controlled at least half of the Demon Sect. Yet why did she only feel lonely at this moment? She breathed out a long, long breath. In the end, no matter the bustle before and behind, the peace she found in her heart was only with that one man.
Today she dawdled, not wanting to face Changtian, always feeling something bad would happen. But what’s meant to come will come. Ning Xiaoxian sighed and braced herself to enter the God Demon Prison, leaving the expansive residence in total silence, devoid of any human presence.
In truth, she didn’t know why she felt guilty. Wasn’t it Miluo who stole a kiss from her? She didn’t steal affection, so she was the victim. Changtian should consider that, right? Yet, she shivered at the thought of him having witnessed their actions, a fear stemmed from the depths of her soul.
Unexpectedly, as she entered, Changtian merely glanced at her, with his handsome, resented face showing calm with no trace of anger, still instructing her on tasks, alchemy, nurturing soil, as if everything remained normal.
Yet such an eerily peaceful atmosphere is abnormal, isn’t it? Even if she’s oblivious, she’s sure to notice Qiongqi beside Changtian’s feet winking at her.
"Qiongqi, what’s wrong with your face, a cramp?" he asked with his head lowered, holding a scroll.
"No, nothing!" Qiongqi obediently lay down to practice alchemy, not daring to wink again. It’s not that I’m not loyal, dear mistress, you’re on your own.
"Changtian?" she called hesitantly. This man is so small-minded; he certainly won’t let her off easily. Anyway, a threatened head or retreating head gets cut, better to just get scolded quickly and be done with it; save the tension!
"Hmm?" He put down the book and looked straight at her.
"Well... today..." His expression was calm, and the gold glow in his eyes was warm and bright. But ironically, this very glow dissolved the courage she painstakingly gathered like snow under scorching sun. She quickly lowered her head, focusing intently on her fingers.
After a while of mumbling, she still couldn’t spit it out.
"What do you want to say?" He pointed to a spot beside him, his voice lowering two tones, "Come here."
Countless painful experiences warned her that approaching meant doom, yet she swallowed and her legs slowly wandered over the Demon Transformation Spring, mechanically walking beside him, leading to a dizzying turn of events.
Meanwhile, the pill furnace beside his feet vanished, likely thrown to the fifth floor.
Ning Xiaoxian was too scared to move. "I... this afternoon... it wasn’t intentional...!"
She felt as powerless as the suppressed Sun Monkey, while he was the Five Elements Mountain.
She froze instantly, obedient as a newborn fawn, with only her big eyes darting around, making his heart itch.
"I was innocent; I didn’t know Miluo... he’d suddenly kiss me." He went crazy; perhaps best not to mention Miluo by name.
"I know."
"You wouldn’t give, so I had to take," the last words Miluo said before leaving were actually a declaration to him. This silly girl was clueless, but Changtian understood clearly.
Did she give Miluo many hints? She tried to recall, but her mind was blank.
"Little baby, build high walls between you and other men, never lead them to temptation again, hear? Or I’ll extract their divine souls, roasting them for forty-nine days until they can’t live or die." He gently stroked her hair as he spoke.
Ning Xiaoxian didn’t resist or speak.
Changtian put much effort to pry her little head from his embrace, reaffirming, "Did you hear me?"
Who does he think he is, assuming he can control her without rightful ideas? Ning Xiaoxian flared with anger and breathing heavily, yet didn’t want to respond.
"Hmm? Still not speaking?"
"I heard."
She admitted defeat, deciding to obediently comply with this Supreme Demon King. This kind of world leaves the bullied at fault, it seems.
Her innocence only suffocated his frustration further.
Indeed, self-inflicted sins are unlivable.
He forced himself to recall the hopelessness of thirty thousand years in prison, the deeply resented adversary, the freedom of leaving the God Demon Prison someday.
In short, imagining anything unrelated to her, so he could slowly quell the fire and restrain it.
His resistance to her kept weakening.
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Ning Xiaoxian thought she’d be insomniac; unexpectedly, she fell asleep deeply in his embrace within fifteen minutes. Sometimes, she truly admired her temperament of forgetting the pain after the gain.
Upon waking, unaware of the world’s timing, her body was lazily comfortable.
Opening her eyes, she found Changtian lying face to face with her, his eyes closed, evidently resting too. The lethally powerful gaze was temporarily absent, his facial contours showing unmatchable beauty, and from her perspective, his eyelashes were long and curly, his nose straight as measured with a ruler. Due to timely divine power replenishment, his thin lips had gained blood color, looking notably soft. She knew the term "lips like painted vermilion," having thought it described women, but felt it fittingly applied to him.
On this view, he looked better than mesmerizing beauties, only with a touch of male strength, plus cold eyes and a superior aura, making others unlikely to associate him with delicate or pretty adjectives.
Unlike Miluo, she merely saw that fox demon a few times, yet found his allure increasingly enticing.
Ahem, better not think of the bane. Ning Xiaoxian looked at Changtian, and her fingers gradually itched, wanting to caress his flawless lip line.
Even touching once would be nice. Despite facing him countless times, she often had an illusion that this man wasn’t real.
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