Chapter 78 The Beauty Kidnapped by the Queen 19
She can be so kind to someone.
Wan Qiyanjing's lips pressed down with utmost gentleness, and the instant their contact, Jiang Yiqing felt an extremely comfortable sensation.
Having experienced the dual cultivation of spirit and flesh, the feeling is so unforgettable. Even after removing the influence of the strange bone pendant, they have long since become inseparable.
One cannot step into the same river twice, but with her drowning imminent, Jiang Yiqing found it difficult to regain her senses.
At the critical moment, Jiang Yiqing reached out and pulled out a jade hairpin from her hair.
The hairpin pierced the flesh of her palm, and the pain brought her back to consciousness.
"My beloved concubine, what are you doing? Are you trying to harm yourself?"
"You're allowed to threaten me, but I can threaten you too."
"You think a little hairpin can stop me?"
“If you won’t listen to my advice, I’ll leave someday anyway. What’s the point?”
"If? You mean?"
“Dual cultivation isn’t out of the question,” Jiang Yiqing said, looking at her. “But you have to give me back those three books.”
"My beloved concubine is truly ambitious. Does she perhaps think she can cultivate immortal techniques and attain the Great Dao in this demonic abyss?"
How will you know if you don't try?
Wan Qiyan's eyes flickered, and her previously unserious expression suddenly became serious, as if she were deeply considering the matter. No one knew what she was thinking, but she said, "It's not that I can't agree to it."
"You'd better agree," Jiang Yiqing said. "You need to realize that you're committing robbery."
“Then I’ll state my conditions,” Wan Qiyan Jing said. “I need you to sign a magic contract with me.”
"Magic Pact?"
"By the twists of fate, our thoughts will follow us to the Yellow Springs. Through countless lifetimes and countless lives, you will have no other choice but me." Wanqi Yan Jing smiled and said, "Even if I die, you will never forget me in this lifetime. Whenever you develop feelings for someone else or make intimate gestures with anyone, you will be filled with excruciating pain. You will be forever branded with the mark of Wanqi Yan Jing, and no force can separate you from me—it's practically a pact made specifically for love."
"Because you are a demon, that's why you think like this." Jiang Yiqing didn't know what to say. Wan Qiyan Jing probably really wasn't a normal person. She didn't know how much of her obsession was right for her, and how much was influenced by the strange bone pendant.
"Will you agree or not?" Wanqi Yanjing asked.
"..." Besides Wan Qiyan Jing, what other choice did she have in this life? She was destined to be entangled with her and be harmed by her. Even if she had a better choice in the future, this experience would be like a leech, impossible to get rid of. Even if others were willing to agree, Jiang Yiqing would never agree.
Am I destined to be trapped by the chains named Wanqi Yanjing for this lifetime?
Good, she has come to a considerable understanding.
"Okay, I agree." Jiang Yiqing asked, "But this contract won't only bind me, will it?"
"...Of course not." Wanqi Yanjing smiled sweetly: "Where else can I find a beauty like my beloved concubine? With you in my life, that's enough for me. The contract is mutual, and our destinies have been woven together again, stronger than ever before. Jiang Xianzhen really thought she could remove the karmic power from the strange bone pendant, but she's too naive. She doesn't know how our Wanqi clan loved to the point of madness, enduring the pain of tearing out our own hearts... If we don't pay the corresponding price, is karma so easy to end? Naturally, every time you meet me, the unresolved feelings in your heart will only deepen."
Jiang Yiqing thought of her master's appearance. Even though Senior Sang Yan had passed away so long ago, she still couldn't forget her. Perhaps she herself still couldn't cure the poison of the Wanqi clan...
Therefore, she completely abandoned the idea of severing the chains with Wanqi Yanjing. She just wanted to see with her own eyes how the owner of these chains brought this upon himself, plunging himself into an abyss from which there was no salvation... even if the price was to drag herself down with him.
"That's good."
"It seems that my beloved concubine is prepared to die for love."
"You're overthinking it." Jiang Yiqing laughed. "I just want to see with my own eyes how pathetic you are at the end of your life. Do you think I, Jiang Yiqing, am the kind of person who would let myself be manipulated by others and eventually be abandoned? Remember, I'm the only one who will throw you away."
"This is how you should be my wife, Wanqi Yanjing." Wanqi Yanjing said, unable to resist pulling her into his arms and laughing out loud.
"When the demonic scourge is quelled, I will surely ascend to the heavens and reach for the moon, build a love nest for my beloved concubine, hold a grand wedding, and proclaim to the world—you, Jiang Yiqing, are the one destined for me, Wanqi Yanjing."
Jiang Yiqing's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't expected Wan Qiyanjing to do something so romantic. But how much of what she said could she really believe?
“The one destined for me…” Jiang Yiqing murmured, feeling a deep sense of irony.
Although it's a bit cold-hearted and somewhat laughable, Wan Qiyan Jing might be right. Her fate has become completely intertwined with Wan Qiyan Jing's in a special way.
It's as dangerous as using poison to quench thirst, yet it's an irresistible, deadly temptation.
"Then let's not delay, let's draw up a contract."
As Wan Qiyan Jing's seductive voice rang out, the scene around Jiang Yiqing changed. She opened her eyes and found herself in a dark space, wearing a white dress, with strange bird calls in her ears.
Looking closely, Jiang Yiqing suddenly understood what the crows, vultures, and bats were saying.
"It's a marriage contract..."
"Someone from the demon race actually wants to get engaged."
They came pecking at Jiang Yiqing's clothes with blood in their mouths, which startled her.
But before she could dodge, she discovered something even more terrifying. She tried to turn her head and saw Wan Qiyan lying behind her, back to back.
Although her body wasn't bound, Jiang Yiqing couldn't move no matter what she did.
She saw countless birds pecking at Wan Qiyan Jing's skin, but she seemed completely unaffected, remaining silent. Even though she couldn't see her face, her icy gaze seemed to pierce through her heart in an instant, sending chills down her spine.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yiqing's dress was smeared with Wan Qiyanjing's blood.
A very large raven was chanting a spell she didn't recognize, and in the spell, she felt as if her whole body was being boiled.
Her divine sense could see a chain binding her and Wan Qiyan's hearts together. Every time the chain swayed slightly, Jiang Yiqing could feel her heart being cut by tiny, sharp thorns, drawing blood.
Suddenly, a long sword rushed in. The sword was covered with dense magic patterns, and the black patterns enveloped the silver-white blade. On a mirror-like stone that shimmered like mercury, the long sword was engraved with her and Wanqi Yanjing's birth dates and times, and at the end were eight characters: "Forever together in life and death, witnessing this will together."
The chain that pierced the heart moved slowly, coating the mirror with the blood of the heart, and finally locking the mirror securely.
Jiang Yiqing was in so much pain that she couldn't speak. When everything was over and she was finally able to take a breath, she realized that she was lying on the large bed in the Qintai Palace, sweating profusely in front of the huge bronze mirror, as if she had just had a nightmare.
"Although it's only proper etiquette to tell my sister-in-law that we're getting married, she'll probably go crazy if I tell her now. I guess I'll just have to tell her the good news later."
Wan Qiyan stepped out from behind the curtain. Apart from being a little pale, nothing seemed wrong. Establishing a magic contract requires a great deal of magical power.
Jiang Yiqing also felt she had done something irreversible, and a wave of heartache washed over her. However, she had to learn the magic left behind by the immortal. She only hoped that Jiang Yuxiu would leave her alone; perhaps she wasn't qualified to be her true sister…
Wanqi Yanjing lay down beside her, carefully examining her face, and said, "Yiqing, do you know what will happen if you break the demon contract?"
"What?"
"With the gates of evil wide open, floods will rage, fires will erupt from the earth, and humankind will suffer endless calamities, even leading to the destruction of the world... You certainly don't want to see that happen, do you?"
Jiang Yiqing looked at her with suspicion.
A phoenix flower mark had appeared on Wan Qiyanjing's forehead at some unknown time, faintly glowing with a golden-red light, while the edge was a deep blackish-purple, making her appear both righteous and evil.
“You should keep your promise,” Jiang Yiqing said.
Wan Qiyan smiled and took out the magic box. Jiang Yiqing opened it and saw that Wan Qiyan's contents were probably genuine, so she felt relieved and placed the box on the bedside table.
"Let's start by demonstrating the binding force of the contract on us through our actions," Wanqi Yanjing said with a smile. "Those who have entered into the Demon Contract are like those who have eaten the forbidden fruit of the world. Their ability to experience pleasure is a hundred times greater than that of ordinary people. This is also a cultivation method that the people of the Hehuan Sect have been seeking but have not been able to obtain."
"What?" Jiang Yiqing asked, stunned.
"My beloved concubine, don't play dumb. If you want to improve your cultivation through dual cultivation with me, and then practice immortal techniques to attain immortality, then you should learn to be more proactive." Wan Qiyan Jing stretched out a hand and gently pulled open the gauze on Jiang Yiqing's shoulder: "Ordinary people cannot cultivate both immortality and demonhood. If you know how to please me, I will give you the 'Immortal-Demon Harmony Technique' to help you harmonize the powers of immortality and demonhood. With the help of your innate advantage of having no spiritual roots, it might even help you ascend to immortality sooner."
Jiang Yiqing hadn't thought that far ahead, but it seemed that doing so was indeed feasible. In other words, she had stumbled upon the most suitable and fastest path to immortality for her, although the process... was hard to describe.
“During this time, you must guard your true self.” Wan Qiyan kissed her earlobe intimately, a strange sensation like the movement of some slippery animal: “If your heart becomes unbalanced, you might fall into the demonic path.”
"..."
"However, I believe that with your comprehension, you can definitely do it." Wanqi Yanjing waved his robe, and countless immortal and demonic materials instantly filled the room. At a glance, the treasures in the room were all glittering: "These treasures can help you break through the bottleneck of your cultivation at a critical moment. I will do my best to help you, just to win a smile from the beauty. Will the beauty do me the honor?"
Jiang Yiqing looked at everything in the room; nothing could withstand being reduced to fragments. Wan Qiyanjing seemed to have guessed that she had a cheat code that could help her.
So it turns out that as long as you form a magic pact with her, she can be this kind to someone.
Jiang Yiqing looked at the demon and revealed a satisfied smile.
Just as she had imagined, Wan Qiyan was completely captivated by that smile, his deep red eyes darkening even more, revealing his undisguised infatuation with her.
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