Chapter 74 I look terrible right now
Hearing hurried footsteps, Ning Qi frowned. His dantian felt like a furnace was burning, the temperature rising higher and higher, as if boiling the spiritual energy in his meridians.
She struggled to maintain her meditation posture, completely unaware of whether Xiao Sui had actually gone to find Yan Chongyan.
The surroundings became quiet, and there was not a sound to be heard except for my own heavy, low breathing.
She could feel the surrounding demonic energy taking advantage of her weakness to desperately burrow into her pores. Unlike the demonic energy on Xiao Sui's body, these unclaimed things were like needles piercing her skin, making the already chaotic spiritual energy even more disordered.
A dull pain began to ache in her lower abdomen, and she could faintly taste blood in her throat. If this continued, she was very likely to suffer a qi deviation.
Suddenly, a cool spiritual energy enveloped her, like a clear spring, quickly calming the restless energy within her.
This spiritual energy dispelled the demonic energy and seeped into her meridians through her skin. It seemed to know her body very well, guiding the spiritual energy that was running wildly within her body to circulate in a regular pattern, finally flowing into her dantian.
Her body thirstily absorbed the external spiritual energy, drawing it all into her dantian.
The spiritual energy circulating in the dantian is increasing. It flows rapidly throughout the body's meridians, widening the previously blocked areas. Although the meridians are swollen and painful, the flow of spiritual energy is becoming smoother.
Her restless mind calmed down, her senses became stronger, and the range of her spiritual power expanded more than three times over.
To her surprise, there was not a trace of demonic energy in the area she could sense.
How is that possible?
Her spiritual senses detected someone behind her continuously channeling spiritual energy into her. Perhaps it was someone who had set up an array barrier to eliminate any demonic energy that might interfere with her breakthrough.
But she couldn't turn back for the time being; she could only feel the spiritual energy emanating from that person, like warm jade, nourishing her body.
At this point, she was finally able to spare the energy to think about this matter.
Could it be that the person capable of unleashing such powerful spiritual energy really is Yan Chongyan?
Is Xiao Sui really willing to let him out?
If it really is him, it's a good omen, indicating that Xiao Sui's relationship with him can ease up a bit. After a while, she can try to get Xiao Sui to let Yan Chongyan go, and then she won't have to worry about the system anymore, nor will she have to worry about leaving this place.
A purer spiritual energy enveloped her, and Ning Xi slowly opened her eyes. She felt extremely comfortable, but her clothes were a little sticky. She looked down at them, wrinkled her nose in disgust, and expelled impurities during her breakthrough.
Ning Xi wanted to know who was protecting her, so she quickly turned around to look, only to see Zhizhi standing beside her. She immediately asked, "Did you help me break through?"
Zhizhi shook her head, but didn't tell her who it was, only saying, "I'll go get you a bucket of water for a bath."
Ning Xi grabbed her and asked again, "Who exactly is protecting me? Yan Chongyan?"
Zhizhi raised her eyelids slightly, gave a muffled "hmm," and went out.
Ning Qi was even more puzzled and called out to the system again: "Yan Chongyan isn't dead, is he?"
"Not dead," the system replied.
Ning Qi breathed a small sigh of relief. Judging from Zhizhi's appearance, she thought that Xiao Sui had killed Yan Chongyan after using him.
While taking a bath, she asked Zhizhi again, "Has Yan Chongyan been locked up again? Is Xiao Sui unhappy about it?"
Zhizhi shook her head. "No, Young Master Xiao would be overjoyed if it could help you break through."
Ning Xi stroked her chin, still feeling that Xiao Sui would be unhappy about this.
Never mind, I'll comfort him properly tonight.
But when night fell, Xiao Sui didn't show up at all.
Ning Qi asked Zhi Zhi, and the answer he received was that there had been a lot of small actions in the cultivation world recently, and he was too busy to rest.
He used to come over every night, so why did he disappear after she broke through to the next level?
Why was she so bothered by Yan Chongyan protecting her? Ning Xi couldn't understand, but since it was obvious that he had locked her up here, she immediately put Xiao Sui out of her mind and began to meditate cross-legged.
"What is my current cultivation level?" she asked the system.
Although she had learned some basic cultivation knowledge at Huaguang Sect in the past, her body had no talent for cultivation and had not even reached the Foundation Establishment stage. She had never felt the fullness of spiritual energy in her body and could not judge her current level.
She could only sense that she was not weak.
"Late Nascent Soul stage," the system said. "Your next breakthrough will be to the Deity Transformation stage."
Ning Xi clicked his tongue twice, surprised that, looking at the entire Huaguang Sect, less than half of the people could reach this level.
She then asked, "Am I exceptionally talented at cultivation right now? How can I break through in such a short time even in a place like the Demon Realm where spiritual energy is scarce?"
System: "...Sort of, but it's also because the Qi-boosting soup you drink every night helps strengthen your spiritual energy."
Ning Qi was surprised, "Didn't Zhizhi give me a calming soup?"
The system stopped responding to her.
It seems that Xiao Sui was the one who ordered that soup.
Ning Qi closed her eyes and used her spiritual power to explore her palace. However, she often encountered obstacles from demonic energy, which affected her judgment. She gradually learned to eliminate these interferences and began to enjoy using her spiritual power.
Her spiritual power was soon able to extend outside the palace, allowing her to explore in all directions.
But she soon made a new discovery: on the other side of the wall next to her bed, there seemed to be another room that she had never noticed before.
This bedchamber actually has a secret room? Why has Xiao Sui never mentioned it?
She continued to control her spiritual power, penetrating the thick walls and exploring the newly discovered house.
Suddenly she sensed that there was something alive inside. It did not emit any spiritual power or demonic energy, and its aura was very weak. Judging from its shape, it should be a person.
She felt a chill run down her spine. How could Xiao Sui be hiding someone here? How long had this person been here?
She stopped meditating, stood up, went to the wall, and released her spiritual power to sense the entrance to the house.
Ning Qi followed the spiritual energy to the shelf where the porcelain bottles were displayed. She could vaguely sense another wisp of spiritual energy wrapped around a porcelain bottle on the upper shelf. She tried turning the bottle and soon heard a click as the wall behind the shelf began to rotate.
Behind the shelf was a revolving door. She pushed the shelf to open the door wider and quickly entered the room.
Inside, there was only one candle lit, the light was dim, and there was only a table and chair, with no other furnishings. She quickly spotted the person huddled in the corner.
With black hair and black clothes, even though he had his head down, Ning Qi recognized him at a glance as Xiao Sui.
Wasn't he busy with official business? Why is he hiding here? And why is his breathing so weak!
She hurried to him, knelt down, and called his name anxiously, "Xiao Sui? What are you doing?"
Xiao Sui buried his face in his knees and said in a muffled voice, "Princess, I just want to find a quiet place to rest for a while."
Ning Qi asked, annoyed, "Am I that noisy?"
"No...it's just..."
Xiao Sui's voice was almost inaudible. Ning Qi touched his hair, which was hanging loosely on both sides. "Your aura is very weak. What happened?"
Could it be that she had fought with Yan Chongyan? She wondered for no reason.
"Nothing happened," Xiao Sui denied. "It's just that my demonic energy weakens for one day every month, and it will be fine after that day."
"No wonder," Ning Xi said suddenly. "Then I'll stay with you."
"No need," Xiao Sui said.
Ning Qi still felt something was wrong. "Why don't you look up and talk to me?"
Her hand touched his cheek, and she felt his slight resistance, which made him frown.
In the dim light, she suddenly noticed that the back of his hand, which was covering his face, was covered with black lines, just like the ones she had seen on his back before.
The densely packed markings wrapped around his well-defined fingers resembled runes or mysterious symbols, and looked... extremely sexy.
Xiao Sui covered his face tightly, refusing to look up no matter what.
Ning Qi was a little angry. He must have something wrong, but he wouldn't tell him. He always hid his scars.
She threatened, "If you keep doing this, you're never allowed in my bed again."
Xiao Sui still covered his face tightly, "After you've seen me, you might never allow me to sleep with you again."
Ning Qi forcefully pried open his fingers and finally saw his face.
His forehead, cheeks, and neck were covered in black lines. She exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"
Xiao Sui lowered his head dejectedly, "I suppressed the demonic energy in my body and suffered a backlash."
Ning Qi immediately understood, "It was you who protected me, not Yan Chongyan at all. Why didn't you let Zhizhi tell me?"
"I don't want you to see me like this. You'll definitely think I look terrible," Xiao Sui said softly. "I can usually control these magical marks and prevent them from spreading to my face. Just give me a little more time, and I'll be fully recovered by tomorrow..."
Ning Xi cupped his face in her hands and carefully observed him in the candlelight. Xiao Sui raised his hands several times to cover his face, but she slapped them away without hesitation.
Actually, it's not ugly at all. The most noticeable features on her face are the cross-shaped lines on her forehead, a black line running across her entire face under her eyes, and a line extending from the center of her lower lip to her neck. The other black lines are not long and look more like embellishments.
These black lines on his face clearly made him look sexier, so why would he think they looked bad?
Moreover, she had a vague sense of familiarity about it for some reason.
“It looks great! Who told you it looked bad?” Ning Xi said.
Xiao Sui bit her lip and tried to cover her face with her hand. "It's not pretty. You don't like it. You don't need to comfort me."
"When did I ever say I didn't like it?" Ning Xi asked.
Xiao Sui lowered his eyelids.
Ning Qi pulled him out of the dimly lit hut; the candlelight outside was noticeably brighter than inside.
Xiao Sui squinted uncomfortably and lowered his head.
Ning Qi was about to lift his chin so that the light would shine completely onto his face.
Xiao Sui could not disobey her, so he could only close his eyes and refuse to face her.
Ning Xi scrutinized him closely; the demonic marks on his neck clearly weren't over yet, so she reached out and tore open his clothes.
Sure enough, his body was covered with black markings, far more than she had ever seen before.
"Do these magic marks affect you?" Ning Qi asked.
Xiao Sui shook his head, "No, it's just too ugly, please don't look at it anymore..."
He always tried to cover it up, but Ning Qi always sternly knocked it away. She soon discovered many scars on his chest and arms, which seemed to be old scars.
Why hadn't I seen it before? Ning Qi felt that even if she was obsessed, she shouldn't have been blind to such an obvious scar.
"Did you use something to cover it up again?" Ning Xi asked.
Xiao Sui nodded slightly, somewhat at a loss for words, "I just want you to see my best self; there's no need for you to see these things."
"I said I don't mind." Ning Qi felt it was necessary to show him with her actions that she liked the magic mark on his body.
“Go lie down,” she commanded.
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