"Unsuitable for women?" Upon hearing this, Yun Yuqing was stunned. "How could such a technique exist?"
In truth, she knew that some cultivation methods were unsuitable for women, and similarly, some were unsuitable for men. But the Phoenix Nirvana Scripture was so renowned that it was truly bizarre that a cultivation method that could grant immortality would have such a requirement.
"This is really for your own good. You shouldn't practice anymore. If we weren't so close, I wouldn't have told you." Zu An put his arm around her soft waist, a gentle smile on his face.
"Did you give me a fake incantation again?" Yun Yuqing said, biting her lip. She wasn't stupid and quickly realized what was going on.
“Of course it’s not fake, I swear every word in it is true,” Zuan said solemnly.
While each word is real, the most essential part—the cultivation through enduring beatings—is missing. Furthermore, the order of some incantations is reversed, producing drastically different effects.
This was changed by his sister, the Empress, herself. After all, she and Zu'an were now bound by life and death, and she couldn't really abandon him.
Zuan mentioned his plan to her, so Mi Li researched and developed an adapted version of the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" incantation. After all, it was impossible to just make up a random version to deceive the emperor, who was a terrestrial immortal.
Hearing his confident assertion, Yun Yuqing was already seven or eight parts convinced. She herself could also discern that the incantations she had just obtained were indeed profound and boundless, clearly not on the same level as the incantations from before. With Zu An's cultivation level, he certainly couldn't have created them.
A warmth spread through her heart, and she looked at Zu'an with a complicated expression: "I thought you were very clever, but I didn't expect you to reveal the life-saving secret so easily. Do you know that I can kill you in an instant?"
Her hands, which had been tightly embracing the man's broad back, now gleamed with a faint, cold light. With just a gentle poke, she could kill the man who had violated her chastity. Then, no one in the world would know what she had done, and everything could return to the way it was before, allowing her to continue being the noble and elegant princess she once was.
Zuan didn't care at all: "If the princess is the kind of person who is very skilled at using her body and beauty to obtain information, I certainly wouldn't tell you the truth. But judging from your awkwardness just now, you obviously haven't done such a thing before. Anyway, I'm going to die soon. It would be quite romantic to die under such a beautiful peony as the princess. But before I die, could the princess grant me one request?"
"What is it?" Yun Yuqing asked curiously, wondering what kind of request he would make.
"Promise me you won't do anything so foolish again, no matter who forces you. A celestial being like the Princess shouldn't be mired in the petty squabbles of this world, defiled by mortals." Zu'an looked quietly into her eyes.
Yun Yuqing stared at him blankly. In that instant, she felt as if her heartstrings had been deeply plucked. You see, this mission had left her feeling very indignant and resentful, to the point that she even had a suicidal thought. But his words had brought a ray of sunshine into her gloomy heart, preventing her from giving up on herself in the future.
Seeing her staring at him, Zu An laughed and said, "Why are you staring at me? If you look at my handsome face for too long, you'll fall in love with me without even realizing it."
"Pah, shameless!" Yun Yuqing blushed and quickly spat, but her heart was pounding.
After a long silence, she said softly, "Thank you."
Zuan sighed inwardly, "Women in this world are so simple and honest. She's the one enjoying my pleasure, but she still thanks me."
Yun Yuqing hesitated for a moment and then said, "Do you want me to help you escape?"
Zuan shook his head: "No need. Doing so would only implicate you, your Princess Wu, and even your clansmen."
Moreover, his plan was to confront the emperor directly and resolve the matter completely. If he escaped now, the pursuit from various forces would be enough to give him a hard time. Like that night elf assassin, if he were to face him in the wild, he would be no match for him at all.
Yun Yuqing was aware of all this and quickly fell silent.
After a while, she parted her lips slightly and said, "I really can't save you from your current situation. There's only one thing I can do for you."
Zuan was taken aback: "What?"
Yun Yuqing blushed, a hint of shyness flashing in her beautiful eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "I can... I can have a child for you and leave you with a bloodline."
Zuan: "..."
He was shocked, never expecting her to say such a thing. She was a high-ranking princess, and in the eyes of the world, he was worlds apart from her.
The intimate things they did before could be explained by the "Phoenix Nirvana Sutra," but now she's willing to have his child, which doesn't make sense. Could it be that she's really fallen for him?
It's hard to imagine that a demon woman, with such a noble status among humans and such a worldly-wise woman, would fall so easily.
"Did I hear that right?" Zuan asked in disbelief.
Yun Yuqing didn't answer, but gently hugged him, responding to him with her passion and tenderness.
"Won't the King of Wu have any objections?" Zu An felt his mouth was getting dry.
"Ignore him." Yun Yuqing snorted. If she was forced to take on this task at first, to have a child for the King of Wu, she had now completely accepted it. It was not for the King of Wu, but for this man who was willing to die for her and truly cared about her.
...
After a while, sensing the man's unusual movement, Yun Yuqing's hazy eyes were filled with tenderness: "You don't need to hold back..."
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