Chapter 68 Look at the little tiger... your sister has been waiting for you for so long...
Bai ignored Xiao Wang's words.
She didn't want her first time with Zhong Jiuli to happen for such a strange reason.
I imagine Zhong Jiuli was unwilling as well.
Back in the valley, Bai carried the delirious Zhong Jiuli straight to the lake where the Taiyin True Fire was located.
She folded her wings, swooped down from the sky, and plunged straight into the icy lake water.
This time, no ice beast came out to stop them. Instead, a small flame rose from the bottom of the lake. She curiously circled around the two of them and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"
"It's nothing," Bai said in a low voice. "The Ghost Vine has been dealt with. It will be safe here from now on. We just finished fighting and we're a bit dirty, so we came to take a shower."
"Okay, then you can wash." Little Flame waved his hand generously, then happily went back to the bottom of the lake, leaving only the much cooler lake water to envelop the two of them.
The icy lake water slightly suppressed the heat within her body. Zhong Jiuli curled up in Bai Ye's arms, her soaked blue clothes clinging to her body, making her figure even more graceful.
She looked up, her eyes misty with tears, and said to Bai Ye, "Little Tiger."
"I'm here. Are you feeling better? Is this helping?"
Zhong Jiuli nodded, "It's better; the Taiyin True Fire can be suppressed slightly."
"That's good." Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief. She plucked a lotus seed from her spatial storage and held it to Zhong Jiuli's lips. "Eat this. Your spiritual power is exhausted. Don't catch a cold again."
Zhong Jiuli took the lotus seed into her mouth, her soft lips briefly touching Bai Ye's fingertips before parting.
The lotus seed entered my mouth and immediately transformed into a warm and surging spiritual energy that flowed into my limbs and bones, instantly healing the hidden injuries I had sustained in the battle.
The next second, Zhong Jiuli trembled and collapsed into Bai Ye's arms.
"Hmm..." she groaned, and the heat that had subsided erupted once more, like oil being poured on a raging fire.
Bai watched as Zhong Jiuli's skin, which had turned pale from the cold, transformed into an alluring crimson hue once again before her eyes.
"What's wrong? What happened? Wasn't everything fine just now?"
Zhong Jiuli, barely maintaining a sliver of clarity, said, "Spiritual power... can trigger it."
The words were not finished, but Bai understood them.
She was immediately filled with remorse, wishing she could slap herself. Everything was fine until she insisted on feeding someone a lotus seed; now how was she going to clean up the mess?
Zhong Jiuli looked even more alluring than before. Her soaked clothes clung to her body, and an enticing blush rose on her neck. Her breath carried a sweet fragrance, tempting one to take advantage of her.
"I'm sorry, sob sob, how could this happen? What should we do now? Can we go to the bottom of the lake and soak in the ice water?" Bai hugged her tightly, feeling helpless, like a child who had done something wrong.
Zhong Jiuli's dreamy eyes gazed into Bai Ye's eyes, her burning fingertips stroking her cheek, "Little tiger...carry me back to the cabin."
Bai understood the implication in the words, but she hadn't confessed her feelings yet.
"Hurry up." Zhong Jiuli buried her face in the crook of her neck, her voice trembling with unbearable sobs, "I don't want... to be outside."
"Okay." Bai replied tremblingly, wrapping his arms tightly around the other's slender body, and returned to the cabin in a few flashes.
Fortunately, she brought the Hundred Beasts Bed with her, so she wasn't lying on the muddy ground, which would have been unfair to Zhong Jiuli.
They fell into each other's arms on the soft bed, throwing off their frost-covered clothes one by one. In that moment of honesty, they both let out a soft sigh.
Zhong Jiuli wrapped herself around him like a vine, her burning lips sealing Bai Ye's breath involuntarily. As their lips and tongues intertwined, the sound of water, making one blush and their heart race, echoed in the small wooden house.
When the kiss ended, Bai was panting heavily, her eyes reddening. She gripped Zhong Jiuli's slender wrists tightly with both hands and pressed her down on the bed.
As for her long, slender legs that wrapped around her waist like vines, she simply didn't have the energy to care about them.
"Wait, Zhong Jiuli, wait a minute..." Bai turned her head away from those dazzling red lips and said in a trembling voice, "Zhong Jiuli, listen to me first."
"I didn't tell you what 'wife' meant last time. Do you want me to explain now?"
Zhong Jiuli's hazy eyes cleared for a moment. She straightened her back in dissatisfaction, her soft curves pressing tightly against Bai Ye's body, rubbing against him gently. "I know, I knew from the very beginning."
His voice, husky with sensuality, was incredibly alluring.
Bai's Adam's apple bobbed, but he still insisted on finishing his sentence, "Zhong Jiuli, all of this has developed in a way that has exceeded my expectations."
She struggled to organize her thoughts, trying her best not to succumb to Zhong Jiuli's temptation, "If we do it first and then talk about it, it loses its meaning. Can you bear with me and let me finish?"
Zhong Jiuli bit her lower lip shyly, her wet long hair falling to the side of her neck, the cool strands unable to quell the restless flames within her.
She never imagined that she would be rejected by this person when she was so emotionally moved.
"Actually, I didn't really like you at first because you were too fierce. The first time we met, you threw me several miles away, and I broke my ribs." Bai said, taking her hand and touching his ribs.
Zhong Jiuli's hand was guided by her, sliding across Bai Ye's smooth skin. She raised her head and bit Bai Ye's collarbone as punishment, eliciting a weak whimper.
Bai Ye's eyes also welled up with tears, but she still insisted on finishing her sentence, "Later, without realizing it, I grew to like you more and more. You don't need a reason to like someone like you, right?"
"You deserve to be loved just by standing there."
Bai buried her head in Zhong Jiuli's arms, sobbing as she tightened her grip on him. "I can't have a relationship with you without knowing the details, Zhong Jiuli. I have to say, I really like you, really like you, like you so much that I want to marry you."
"Actually, I'm still young and haven't reached the legal marriage age yet. This is my first time dating."
Unable to bear it any longer, Zhong Jiuli kissed that chattering little mouth, turning all of Bai Ye's unspoken words into a tender entanglement between their lips and teeth.
“I understand…” Zhong Jiuli murmured softly during a breath, her fingertips tracing Bai Ye’s moist eyelashes. “Now, can we continue? Little Tiger… I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
"Waaah... Zhong Jiuli, you're so good!" Bai also sobbed, kissing those slightly parted lips again.
Zhong Jiuli guided the inexperienced little tiger, and after a long while, the two parted ways.
She whispered in Bai Ye's ear, her breath coming in short gasps, "Now... I'll teach you something special..."
"Did you remember?" Zhong Jiuli didn't back away, but asked close to her ear.
"I've got it." Bai nodded vigorously, somewhat awkwardly activating the mental cultivation technique that Zhong Jiuli had just taught him. The last bit of spiritual energy in his dantian began to travel along a specific path, finally condensing at his fingertips.
Bai's hands trembled as he touched the other's skin... he was so excited that his whole body shook.
Although she had fantasized about it, the fact that she was actually so close to Zhong Jiuli still made her so excited that she wanted to cry.
With a sense of pilgrimage, I experienced what she brought me...
A surge of spiritual energy emanated from it.
“Yes…that’s it…” Zhong Jiuli’s lips parted slightly, panting softly.
"So smart... you learned it so quickly. Now... shall we continue?"
"I've always been smart."
Bai also stared intently at Zhong Jiuli's expression, afraid that he was not proficient enough as he was just beginning to learn the new technique.
Fortunately, Bai also has exceptional talent in cultivation, and he can operate even newly learned techniques very smoothly.
Her spiritual power intertwined with Zhong Jiuli's, exchanging blows in this exchange of spiritual energy.
Sometimes, when her spiritual energy fluctuated too much, Zhong Jiuli's brows would immediately furrow slightly, her eyes would half-close, and her eyelashes would tremble.
Bai would then slowly stop circulating his energy, and his tightly furrowed brows would gradually relax.
This subtle change intrigued Bai, who felt as if she had found the switch to control Zhong Jiuli.
As she began to consciously control the rhythm of her cultivation technique, Zhong Jiuli's brows relaxed and furrowed repeatedly during the exchange of energy, and the mist in her eyes grew thicker.
The spiritual energy of the two resonated between their touching skin. With each practice, the spiritual energy flowed deeply and shallowly within their bodies, circulating through their meridians and gradually forming a complete cycle.
A soft light emanated from their intertwined fingers, rippling outwards like water and enveloping the entire bed.
In the dim light, only the thin gauze curtains could be seen swaying rhythmically, even though there was no wind inside the cabin.
When the cultivation technique reached its peak, the room was completely enveloped in spiritual light, and the figures of the two were completely swallowed up.
Inside the quiet wooden house, only the occasional soft call of Zhong Jiuli could be heard: "Little Tiger..."
“I’m here…” Bai’s hoarse reply followed immediately.
"How are you?"
"good..."
Zhong Jiuli answered, panting slightly.
After an unknown amount of time, the dazzling light gradually subsided, the gauze curtains stopped swaying, and only two even breaths echoed softly in the quiet wooden house.
After a series of intense battles, the two on the bed were exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
...t...
Guzhou, the ancestral home of the Wang family.
"It's terrible!!! Patriarch, the Ancestor's life tablet is broken!!!"
The scream caused an instant uproar throughout the Wang family.
All the direct descendants of the Wang family were struck dumb, as they all knew what this news meant.
From today onwards, the eight great families of Guzhou may have to be changed to seven.
All the spies lurking in the Wang family were mobilized at the same time, and the news spread like wildfire.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, almost every prominent family in Guzhou knew about him.
Meanwhile, those families that also had their patriarchs go to intercept Zhong Jiuli all issued secret orders at the same time to inform their own patriarchs of this matter.
......
The Bai family's Tingyu Pavilion.
Master Bai's hand, holding the chess piece, hovered in mid-air. He slowly raised his eyes to look ahead. "Didn't the previous news say that Zhong Jiuli was seriously injured and on the verge of death? How come it turned out that it was the Wang family's ancestor who died?"
The guard standing in front did not reply, because he knew that the Second Master did not need his answer.
"Have you found out the background of the person who accompanied Zhong Jiuli?" Master Bai changed the subject, asking about something unimportant, no longer caring about the lives of those ancestors.
"Reporting to Second Master, we've found out that the little tiger was brought out of the Wilderness Prefecture by Zhong Jiuli. After our people arrived at the border town, they discovered a person there."
"Oh? Who?" Master Bai chuckled and scolded, "You brat, you've learned to keep me in suspense now?"
The guard chuckled and said he dared not, then leaned close to Master Bai's ear and whispered a few words.
"Is this really true?" Master Bai's voice betrayed his barely suppressed astonishment.
"I'm willing to stake my head on it," the guard's voice was resolute.
Master Bai put down the chess piece in his hand and said slowly, "It seems I have to make a trip to the Wilderness State."
......
Endless sea, misty island, nameless valley.
The sunset painted the valley with its glow, and wildflowers swayed in the evening breeze, their petals fluttering like a colorful snowfall.
In the middle of the sea of flowers, a slightly crooked wooden house stands quietly. The branches covering the roof have long since lost their leaves, and the sunset glow shines through the sparse branches and directly into the house.
On the bed, the brocade quilt was in disarray, and two slender, fair bodies were tightly intertwined.
Bai felt a tickling sensation on the tip of her nose in her sleep, and no matter where she tried to hide, the itch followed her relentlessly.
"Stop fooling around." She shook her head and muttered softly, her cheeks resting on something soft, carrying a familiar fragrance.
"It's already dark, why aren't you awake?" A slightly hoarse voice came from above.
"You're awake, you're awake. Why are you awake so early?" Bai responded, raised her hand to rub her eyes, and slowly opened them. Her consciousness was not yet fully awake, and the scene in front of her made her gasp.
Zhong Jiuli lay on his side beside her, one hand resting on his chin, his dark hair cascading down like a waterfall, making his snow-white skin appear even whiter.
Her eyes still had a lingering redness at the corners, and her lips were slightly upturned, looking satisfied and languid, like a little fox who had just had a hearty meal, extremely alluring.
The sunset shone through the cracks in the roof, casting golden light and shadows on her body. Her neck, collarbone, and the skin half-hidden under the quilt were all adorned with red marks.
Bai stared at her blankly, his heart pounding like a drum.
"What, you're already dazed after just waking up?" Zhong Jiuli leaned closer, her cool fingertips pinching the little tiger's round ears and kneading them gently.
Just like she had done before, except that back then Bai wasn't pinching the ear.
Bai shook his head, his gaze still fixed on her, and after a long while he said in a hoarse voice, "No, I was just thinking, it's getting dark, should we continue?"
Before she finished speaking, Zhong Jiuli chuckled softly. The brocade quilt slowly slipped off as her shoulders and neck trembled, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin with red marks like plum blossoms, winding down to her waist and abdomen.
Bai was envious and, feeling dizzy, lunged forward. Before she could get close, slender fingers pressed her forehead against his and gently pushed her back.
"Little lecher," Zhong Jiuli's voice was low and husky, tinged with lingering amusement, "What do you want to do?"
"I want to do it!" Bai replied decisively, his amber eyes shining so brightly they could burn.
*Smack!*
A sharp rap landed on his head. Before Bai could even complain, everything went dark again, and a plain white robe, carrying Zhong Jiuli's unique cool fragrance, was pulled down over his head.
"You little rascal, is your sister giving you a choice?" Zhong Jiuli smiled as she stood up, her silky black hair cascading down to her waist. She slowly tied her sash, her snow-white inner garment concealing the alluring red marks on her body, but unable to hide the exceptionally bright bite mark on the side of her neck.
When Bai Ye pulled her clothes open, Zhong Jiuli was already combing her long hair with her back to her.
She muttered reluctantly, "It's already dark, why bother getting dressed at this hour?"
"Don't you want to go back and see Jiaojiao?" Zhong Jiuli glanced back at her. "They must be worried sick while we've been missing."
"Hmm." Bai responded sullenly, slowly tying his belt.
Seeing her reluctant expression as she dressed, Zhong Jiuli couldn't help but chuckle. She reached out and straightened her clothes, saying, "Be good, okay?"
Bai was so gently coaxed that he couldn't utter a single word of dissent. All he could think about was how beautiful and gentle his wife was.
Zhong Jiuli avoided her burning gaze, and slowly moved her hand, which was adjusting her clothes, up to Bai Ye's neck.
There, she still bore the marks of her biting when she couldn't control herself. The images that had driven her to the brink of madness during the day resurfaced in her mind, making her heart flutter.
"It itches~" Bai also shrank his neck, like a spoiled big cat, and rubbed lightly against her palm.
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Wang, dressed in her best, finally logged on with great excitement.
[You're awesome, kid! Our mission is complete!]
"Hmm?" Zhong Jiuli paused slightly, glancing at Bai Ye in surprise. The voice she had just heard seemed to have come from... the little tiger.
"Hey, what's the reward for the mission?" Bai asked casually, completely unaware of Zhong Jiuli's somewhat strange expression.
"It's a fragment of the Great Creation Scripture!" Xiao Wang exclaimed happily. "With this mission complete, the problem of the scripture is temporarily solved. Let's hurry up and conquer the next female lead to collect the remaining fragments."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jiuli's eyes showed a hint of understanding.
It seemed as if something strange was talking to the little tiger in her mind, giving her a task to win her over and receive a reward.
Thinking of this, Zhong Jiuli's expression turned cold. So, all those passionate confessions, the previous tender moments, and the care she received while injured—were all just for the mission?
Zhong Jiuli's expression grew increasingly grim, and the force in her fingertips increased uncontrollably.
Bai Ye's neck flushed red under her palm, the veins standing out. She couldn't care less about winning over other female leads; she was about to be strangled to death by Zhong Jiuli.
"Cough cough... Zhong Jiuli, what's wrong with you?" Bai Ye's voice was hoarse from suffocation, but he couldn't bear to struggle forcefully. He just gently patted her wrist, his eyes full of innocence.
Zhong Jiuli came to her senses.
Looking at Bai's flushed face, she felt a surge of murderous intent and anger in her chest that was about to overwhelm her, but even more so, she felt a deep sense of reluctance.
Bai only called her name once, and she reluctantly let go of his hand, unable to bring herself to do it.
"It's nothing." Zhong Jiuli withdrew her hand, reached out to straighten Bai Ye's disheveled clothes, and paused slightly as her fingertips brushed over the red marks.
"Since we're leaving, let's go say goodbye to Little Flame."
Bai was also panting heavily, completely unable to keep up with Zhong Jiuli's train of thought. How could she be choking him one minute and then being gentle the next?
She thought blankly, "I really shouldn't have had sex with someone when neither of us is fully conscious. He's turned my perfectly good wife into a pervert."
"You..." Bai was interrupted as soon as he uttered a syllable.
"Go, be good." Zhong Jiuli resumed her gentle tone. "Oh, right, let Liu Xianyue out. She's been hungry all day and needs to be fed with real fire."
Bai obediently summoned the Vermilion Bird. The little creature landed listlessly in Zhong Jiuli's palm, its crimson feathers slightly dull. She was still somewhat saddened by being inexplicably locked up today and didn't want to talk to these two people.
"Then you feed her, I'll be back soon." Bai kissed Zhong Jiuli on the cheek without a care in the world, and then flew towards the lake deep in the valley.
Zhong Jiuli watched Bai Ye's departing figure, her fingertips tracing the spot where the little tiger had kissed her. She was somewhat annoyed to find that she was actually happy to have been kissed.
"Chirp chirp?" The little Vermilion Bird raised its head in her palm, its crimson wings fluttering gently, and its big, black bean-like eyes reflected Zhong Jiuli's complex expression.
"What do you think I should do with this little tiger?" she murmured softly, as if chatting with Liu Xianyue. "This place is deserted. If I end her here... no one else will know about what happened between us."
"Chirp chirp?" the little Vermilion Bird responded cooperatively.
"But those who are waiting for her to come home, won't they be sad if she doesn't return?"
"Liu Xianyue, what should I do?"
"Chirp chirp~" Little Zhuque affectionately rubbed against her fingers.
Zhong Jiuli shook her head and chuckled, "It was clearly me who was deceived. Oh well, let this fleeting romance be considered as repaying her for saving my life."
As the afterglow faded into the horizon, she slowly stepped out of the wooden house, her clothes fluttering in the evening breeze.
After taking a few steps, Zhong Jiuli stopped and looked back. The sea of flowers on the mountain was still there, and the crooked wooden house stood quietly in the twilight. Everything that had happened during the day seemed like a beautiful dream.
"Chirp?" Little Vermilion Bird looked up in confusion. Why did this person stop after taking only two steps?
"I'm gone," Zhong Jiuli said calmly, her figure transforming into a streak of light that streaked across the sky and disappeared into the vast night.
On the other side, Bai also ran to the lakeside and chatted with Little Flame.
She had just accomplished a major life event today, and was in high spirits, gesturing animatedly as she said, "Let me tell you, the seafood in Dongzhou is really delicious. The silver fish soup and the grilled shrimp, really, you haven't eaten any of them. Staying on this little island all this time is such a waste."
"Not only in Dongzhou, but also in our Wilderness State, there are many delicious foods."
The little flames danced merrily on the lake's surface. Even though she had never eaten those things before, just hearing Bai Ye's description made her incredibly hungry, though she didn't know why she was so hungry.
"Of course, the key to all of this is that it has to be done by my wife. Let me tell you, my wife is absolutely amazing at grilling meat or seafood." Bai Ye went on and on about Zhong Jiuli.
As darkness fell, Bai finally stopped talking, patted his bottom, and stood up. "I'm leaving, Little Flame. Whenever you want to leave this place, come find me in the Wilderness State, and I'll treat you to barbecue."
"Are you leaving?" Little Flame asked reluctantly. Once these two were gone, no one would come to play with her anymore.
"Yes, I have to go now. My wife is still waiting for me." When Bai Ye mentioned his wife, his smile brightened considerably, and his voice softened, showing how happy he was.
The lake reflected the figures of a person and a flame in the twilight. The next second, the person's figure disappeared, leaving only a small flame flickering on the lake's surface.
"Zhong Jiuli, I'm back!" Bai Ye's excited voice rang out in front of the wooden house.
She was met with a room full of loneliness.
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Author's note: [Dog head carrying a rose][Dog head carrying a rose][Dog head carrying a rose] The delicious food is here.
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