Chapter 174: I'll Protect You
Ye Fei pouted: "I don't care, I didn't provoke you! You provoked me!"
Seeing her puffed-up face, Li Yuan was even happier and couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek again.
"Hurry up and continue, don't try anything funny." Ye Fei gently nudged Li Yuan; she was more interested in Jing Ji's attempt to seize the throne.
Li Yuan said solemnly, "After the war, I temporarily imprisoned Jing Ji. He has rendered meritorious service to the Demon Realm, so I will not kill him. Therefore, I plan to exile him to the edge of the Demon Realm and let him fend for himself."
"But he became obsessed with that human woman and also harbored resentment towards me. So he secretly bribed the jailer to turn against him, and then set fire to the prison in the middle of the night. He escaped in the chaos and also let more than a dozen evil demons escape. For this, I issued a kill order against him."
Ye Fei understood: "That's why Jing Ji wanted to seize the throne and pull you down from your position as the ruler of the Demon Realm."
Li Yuan nodded, closed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "After the three-year war, he began to focus on cultivating demonic plants. He hated humans extremely, especially human women, and therefore often disguised himself as a human to abduct young women and use them as test subjects for parasitizing demonic plants... Most of these women met a tragic end, but you not only survived, but also made the demonic plants develop a protective consciousness towards their master."
Ye Fei laughed and said, "Didn't you say that my wood spirit root might have mutated for some reason? Perhaps it is because of the mutated spirit root that I was able to completely tame the Prisoner Orchid."
“Hmm, but I suspect that the mutation of your spiritual root might be related to your mother.” Li Yuan said, then looked down at the ring on her neck. “And this ring, your mother must have had a special reason for leaving it to you.”
Ye Fei nodded, no longer dwelling on it, and met his gaze firmly: "I will work hard to cultivate and not become your weakness."
"Also, I've started learning alchemy. I'll definitely cure your inflammatory poison."
Ye Fei cupped his face in her hands, pressed her forehead against his, and looked into his eyes with clear eyes, saying each word carefully, "Li Yuan, I will protect you."
Li Yuanjun's expression froze slightly, then he smiled: "You'll protect me?"
Ye Fei glared at him: "What, you can't?"
Li Yuan: "Okay."
Protect him... Hmm, that's a good idea, but it'll be a bit difficult to put into practice.
Li Yuan naturally didn't say the last sentence aloud.
"Then what about the inflammatory poison in your body?" Ye Fei still felt lingering fear when she mentioned this.
Burning away the sanity of the poisoned and turning them into monsters that only know how to kill—this was an extremely painful thing for Li Yuan.
Li Yuan's eyes darkened slightly. He gently stroked her head and said softly, "I'll tell you about this later."
*
Ye Fei and Li Yuan talked all night in the room.
As dawn approached, Ye Fei yawned and pushed Li Yuan out of the room: "You should go back to your dorm. I'm going to catch up on my sleep."
She hadn't forgotten that she had a competition with Mu Jingshen today.
"Mmm." Li Yuan kissed her forehead, his eyes filled with affection: "Get some rest, see you later."
Li Yuan transformed back into his youthful form, and with a flash, disappeared instantly from Ye Fei's courtyard.
Ye Fei immediately collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep in no time.
Meanwhile, in Nan Yanting Rong's dormitory.
Nan Yan Tingrong stood beside the table, her hands clenched into fists and slammed down on the table!
A sinister glint flashed in her eyes. After taking a deep breath, she turned to look at herself in the dressing mirror, and a cold smile suddenly appeared on her lips.
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