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The tip of the tail wasn't particularly thin; it was just small relative to the dragon's size.
Time passed, and the light in the cave gradually faded until darkness fell.
The hot air sprayed onto Jiang Huali's neck, her clothes were slightly disheveled, she breathed heavily, and grabbed the unruly tail.
"Don't move," she said in a hoarse voice.
Xuanqing's aura became even more unstable in an instant, but he obediently stopped moving.
The system has long been locked up.
The surroundings were completely silent; the only sounds were their breathing and the only sensations they could feel were each other's warmth.
Jiang Huali vaguely guessed Xuan Qing's current situation. Fortunately, although he was not in his right mind, he still listened to her.
Jiang Huali had indulged him for so long that her strength was gradually being exhausted. Although she could use magic now, she was still a mortal after all, and had only borrowed other people's magic power.
She was a little hungry.
As her fatigue gradually subsided, Jiang Huali pushed away the tail that was wrapped around her, cast a light spell, and said to Xuanqing, who had been staring at her, "Shrink a little."
Countless points of light floated in the air, illuminating the entire cave.
Xuan Qing tilted his head, seemingly pondering Jiang Huali's words.
After a while, he slowly shrank himself, but his tail was still tightly wrapped around Jiang Huali's waist.
This way it doesn't look so oppressive anymore, Jiang Huali nodded in satisfaction.
“I’m hungry,” she said again.
I don’t know if Xuanqing can understand what she’s saying, after all, the situation is special, but Jiang Huali can’t keep going hungry.
"Can you let me go? I need to eat."
Xuanqing blinked.
The shrunken tail tip flicked towards Jiang Huali's waist, opening her storage bag.
Jiang Huali stared at the pastry pulled out from the tail tip, her expression freezing for a moment.
She had forgotten that there was food in her storage bag, but...
"Isn't this dirty? Let go of me! Don't get my food dirty!"
Not long ago, this tail was glistening with wetness, which Jiang Huali washed clean with water using magic.
Even if it's washed with water, it's still hard to accept touching her food for a short period of time.
Its tail drooped limply, setting the pastries aside.
Jiang Huali cast a cleansing spell on her entire body before taking out a bag of pastries from her storage bag.
Jiang Huali quickly finished the pastries and used magic to clean up the mess, watching Xuan Qing's increasingly anxious state.
The tip of its tail stopped waving in front of her and instead slapped the ground repeatedly.
Even so, Jiang Huali couldn't do anything more, firstly because Xuan Qing was delirious, and secondly because the size difference was too great...
After eating and drinking her fill, and feeling exhausted from the previous meal, Jiang Huali fell asleep in the giant dragon's arms.
Before falling asleep, she kindly cast a calming spell on the other person.
After Jiang Huali fell asleep, Xuanqing stopped patting its tail, stared at her sleeping face for a while, then wrapped its tail around her even tighter, and slowly closed its golden vertical pupils.
Despite his insatiable desires, the dragon, embracing his treasure, slowly drifted into a deep sleep.
...
When Jiang Huali woke up, she was surprised to find that Xuan Qing had actually transformed.
Why is it called a transformation? Because only his upper body turned into a human, while his lower body remained a dark snake tail.
The eyes are still golden.
Correspondingly, its size has shrunk a bit, but its tail is still very long.
Holding her in this person's arms, Jiang Huali couldn't break free no matter what she did. When she said she was hungry, the other person immediately opened her storage bag and gestured for her to take out some pastries to eat.
Jiang Huali: Okay, actually she wasn't very hungry.
Seeing that Jiang Huali wasn't eating, Xuan Qing seemed a little anxious. He waved his hand, and a miniature version of a Xuanlong appeared in front of him.
This little dragon was only the size of a palm, and it was like a spirit, radiating a lustrous golden light. It even had wings, while Xuanqing's true form did not have wings.
It flapped its tiny wings and flew towards the cave entrance with a whooshing sound.
After a while, it reappeared in the cave, carrying some spiritual fruits in its arms, which all fell into Jiang Huali's arms.
Xuan Qing picked up a spiritual fruit and brought it to Jiang Huali's lips, gesturing for her to eat it.
"..."
Jiang Huali eventually ate one of the pears, and stuffed the rest into her storage bag.
Xuan Qing stared at Jiang Huali's lips, which were still wet with the juice of the spiritual fruit. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and then he suddenly kissed her.
A sweet taste flooded his taste buds, and his golden vertical pupils narrowed in delight. Xuanqing, having tasted the sweetness, wanted to savor it even more.
Jiang Huali tilted her head back and kissed him for a while, but found that this person was simply endless, and his hands and tail were also not behaving properly, so she pushed him away when she could hardly breathe.
Xuanqing, still not satisfied, licked the water stains from the corner of his lips.
They were sitting on the central stone platform, with Jiang Huali held in Xuan Qing's arms and sitting on his tail.
Sensing something was wrong, Jiang Huali calmed her breathing and looked down.
In an instant, my pupils dilated.
She said, "Something's poking me..." No, that's not the most important thing. The important thing is... how come there are... two of them...
Enraged, she immediately raised her hand and slapped Xuanqing across the face: "Take your scales back!"
Her force wasn't strong, but Xuanqing was stunned for a moment. He blankly followed Jiang Huali's gaze downwards and sadly closed the scales.
After a while, Xuanqing brought his cheek closer and gently rubbed it against Jiang Huali.
Once the initial embarrassment subsided, Jiang Huali returned to normal, expressionlessly letting Xuan Qing hug and cuddle her.
They also didn't forget to throw a few more calming spells at him.
For the next few days, Jiang Huali lived in dire straits.
On the morning of the fifth day, Jiang Huali woke up to find herself sleeping in a bed for the first time.
Jiang Huali sat up in bed and looked around.
That's right, she's still in the cave, so where did this bed come from?
Before she could ponder for long, she saw Xuan Qing walk in from outside.
Dressed in all black, looking quite human—oh, so he's transformed into a human.
Looking at Xuan Qing's eyes, which had turned completely black, and his expression, Jiang Huali was absolutely certain that he had returned to normal.
Xuanqing was holding a wooden basin filled with clear stream water.
Seeing that Jiang Huali had woken up, he walked over without saying a word, put the wooden basin aside, took out a clean and soft cloth, wet it with water, wrung it out, and then wiped Jiang Huali's face.
He moved gently, wiping his face and then his hands, appearing particularly attentive while wiping his hands.
Jiang Huali stared at his ears, which were now bright red, and suddenly realized: he was shy.
Looking at her hands, Jiang Huali recalled the absurdity of last night; the burning heat seemed to still linger on her hands. She shook her head.
"Didn't we use a cleaning technique to clean it up last night?" Jiang Huali teased him intentionally.
Xuanqing froze.
After a few seconds, he looked up at Jiang Huali seriously and said, word by word, "I'm sorry, I will take responsibility for you."
"How will you take responsibility?" Jiang Huali looked at her hands.
"Once we leave the secret realm, would you be willing to return to the Demon Realm with me? The Demon Realm has twenty-three cities and a million-strong army, all of which are at your command. Our wedding will be prepared as soon as possible, but we still need time to tally the betrothal gifts and decorate the wedding venue. I'm afraid you'll have to make do for a while," Xuan Qing said, holding Jiang Huali's hand.
Jiang Huali: "?"
"The Demon Realm?"
She pulled her hand away: "Why should I go back with you?"
Xuan Qing knelt on the ground and said, "I was wrong these past few days. I didn't expect that I would enter my heat cycle after absorbing the Xuanlong inheritance."
Recalling the events that had transpired in the cave these past few days, Xuanqing's ears turned bright red. The lingering fragrance day and night, the softness in his arms...
His passion hadn't completely subsided; it was just temporarily suppressed. Thinking of this, he almost lost his reason again.
“If you’re still angry, you can hit me, I won’t fight back,” he said.
Jiang Huali looked at the silk threads in her hand and said, "You're mistaken. I'm not angry."
Xuan Qing froze, the redness from his ears spreading to his face. He said uncertainly, "You..."
Do you love me?
Before he could even ask, Jiang Huali interrupted him: "I've also had some fun these past few days. These things are always consensual."
Moreover, Xuanqing did not force her when he was not in his right mind; on the contrary, he was very obedient.
Jiang Huali now shares Xuanqing's power, so if she really wanted to break free, she might not be unable to.
From a certain perspective, everything Xuanqing did was tacitly approved by her.
Xuanqing was somewhat confused, perhaps because his period of passion hadn't ended yet, or perhaps because she was too close, causing his mind to become somewhat unclear.
"That……"
Jiang Huali knew what he wanted to ask and said, "But I never said I wanted to marry you."
She smiled radiantly, her lips bearing the small, bright red wound inflicted by Xuanqing's outburst the previous night.
"Tell me, who are you?"
Xuanqing remained kneeling on the ground and said, "The Demon Realm recently changed its ruler."
"You're the new Demon Lord?"
Jiang Huali knew that the old Demon Lord was dead and a new one had taken office. However, since the three realms of humans, demons, and monsters signed a pact after the great war a thousand years ago, they had kept to themselves and never interfered with each other. In addition, she had just entered this mission world and only had a basic understanding of the world, so she didn't care too much about who the new Demon Lord was.
“Yes,” Xuanqing admitted.
He took Jiang Huali's hand again: "Do you want to be the Demon Lord or the Demon Queen?"
Jiang Huali: "..."
"I don't want to for now."
This time, she didn't brush his hand away again, but instead asked, "Who was that demon at the array's core beneath Golden Leaf Village?"
Since Xuanqing is a demon, he must know the cloaked man.
Sure enough, Xuan Qing said, "That is my brother, named Xuan Li. A hundred years ago, he had a conflict with the young master of the demon race, and his cultivation was destroyed and his spiritual veins were severed. Since then, he has never been valued by the Demon Lord."
"So he always wanted to rebuild his meridians and inner core, and thus used the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array to harm others to achieve his goal?"
“Hmm.” Xuan Qing nodded, not forgetting to defend himself: “But I really didn’t know about this before. After Xuan Li destroyed his cultivation, he has been staying at home and rarely appears in front of people.”
Everything was connected. Wang Cheng, the son of Grandma Li from Jinye Village, was bewitched by Xuan Li because he wanted to resurrect his wife, and helped him wreak havoc in all directions.
Liu Mulin was possessed by an intruder. He wanted Yu Tian's fortune and made a deal with Xuan Li, who would help him kidnap Yu Tian, extract his blood, and transfer his fortune...
As if knowing what Jiang Huali was thinking, Xuan Qing said slowly, "If the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array is to succeed, it still needs to be refined with a secret treasure."
"What secret treasure?"
"Mysterious Dragon Bone".
Jiang Huali looked at him.
Xuan Qing nodded: "It's in the Xuanlong inheritance."
"Others may not know about the existence of the Xuanlong Secret Realm, but Xuanli may. The Xuanlong Key is in Chu Yun's hands, and all the demons who enter the Xuanlong Secret Realm through it are under my control. Xuanli may want to avoid me, so he made a deal with someone else."
Lingxiao Sect is the number one sword sect in the cultivation world, and it will definitely have a share of the Xuanlong Key. As the sect leader's personal disciple, Liu Mulin can easily enter the Xuanlong Secret Realm when Yu Tian is not around.
Xuanqing was determined to obtain the Xuanlong inheritance, and all the demons who entered the secret realm were used by him. Xuanli had no choice but to go through Liu Mulin to get what he wanted.
As for how Liu Mulin colluded with Xuan Li, that remains unknown.
The exit of the secret realm will open in two days. Jiang Huali stood up and clapped her hands: "What are we still doing here? We've been in the secret realm for so many days and I haven't found a single treasure. It's all your fault."
Xuan Qing asked innocently, "Do you really want the things from the secret realm?"
...
Fifteen minutes later.
Jiang Huali looked at the rare and precious materials piled up in the cave before her and fell silent.
Xuan Qing stood behind her and said, "I have absorbed the Xuanlong inheritance, and now the entire secret realm is under my control."
"These are all yours now, are you happy?" he said.
Jiang Huali glanced at him, then went straight back to the bed she had been lying on when she woke up, leaving behind a single sentence:
"boring."
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