A beautiful tongue makes me appear radiant even when I'm sneaking around alone. ...
Yan Huanyue raised her head from the flame at her fingertips.
Pei Xuanzhi was standing by the stove, washing vegetables with his head down.
His snow-white fingers were tinged with a light pink, and his entire profile was bathed in the golden light of the morning sun outside the window. His long eyelashes cast a shadow, and he looked clean and obedient no matter how you looked at him.
The heavy breathing he made as he fed her with his tongue seemed to echo inexplicably in her ears.
At that moment, a cool sensation still clung tightly to her as she rubbed against it, filling her senses with a wave of unfamiliar feelings.
She suddenly remembered the woman in a wedding dress carrying a blue lantern that she had encountered in the Heavenly Stele Secret Realm.
The woman then scolded her: "What a waste! Do you know how much people miss those succubi...?"
Yan Huanyue sighed. She felt that sex was like encountering a dessert she had never tasted before.
Before you've ever eaten it, you never think about it, and you don't have any specific image of it.
But if you've tried it once, and you don't find it unpalatable or repulsive, you might occasionally think back on it in the future.
She was unconscious at that time, yet she could drive people mad with her alluring fragrance. So it turns out that lust and passion can indeed be separated like this.
Given Pei's physical condition, he naturally couldn't resist her.
If only Junior Brother Pei hadn't fed her the blood from her tongue, it would have been better to knock her unconscious with a single blow than to keep her awake for even a moment.
If she didn't remember anything, this mark wouldn't have been planted in her heart, and she wouldn't keep thinking about it, causing her so much embarrassment.
Pei Xuanzhi had just finished washing a few leaves of vegetables when Yan Huanyue said, "Xuanzhi, let's go out to eat today. It's my treat."
Pei Xuanzhi shook the water droplets off his hands, smiled slightly, and said calmly, "Most shops are closed. If we want to go out, we'll probably have to go to Huaiyuanfang."
Yan Huanyue got up, tied her hair up, and said, "Let's go there then."
Huaiyuanfang was a gathering place for merchants from other countries, and it was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations and lined with shops during the year.
Yan Huanyue helped Pei Xuanzhi down from his sword sheath. Just as she finished putting away her sword, a young waiter from Chunyulou came out to greet her.
"Do you two have any other friends traveling with you?"
Yan Huanyue smiled and said, "There's no one here. Please prepare a private room for us."
The waiter glanced at Pei Xuanzhi, who was wearing a cloak, and smiled, "Please come with me."
When the dishes were served, Pei Xuanzhi sat by the window facing the street, opened a crack, and looked out for a long time.
Yan Huanyue followed his gaze and saw Tan Guiyi wandering around with Xue Liannian, with a servant behind her carrying a bunch of things.
They were accompanied by a man responsible for paying, who was wearing a veiled hat, but his figure was clearly that of Xue Jingnian.
I just want to punch him when I see him.
Yan Huanyue slammed the window shut. "Don't look anymore, it's especially cold with the wind sneaking in through the cracks."
The door was suddenly pushed open, and a waiter came in carrying a tray with two small dishes of snacks and a pot of tea on it. He said with a smile, "These two dishes of snacks and tea are for our guests today. Please enjoy them. The main dishes will be served shortly."
After saying this, he went to the window and tended the stove for a while before leaving.
Yan Huanyue looked at the three rectangular pastries, white with a hint of pink, on one of the small dishes, and picked them up with her chopsticks to taste them.
The translucent, icy outer layer encases a pinkish, sweet filling, offering a sweet and smooth texture upon first bite.
She asked, "What's this dessert called? I've never seen it before."
Sitting across from her, Pei Xuanzhi casually asked, "Beauty Tongue, is it delicious?"
The sweet pastry in her mouth was smooth and warm, and the sweet syrup was soft and moist between her lips and tongue. When she remembered sucking the blood from his tongue last night, Yan Huanyue's face suddenly stiffened.
Pei Xuanzhi stared at her intently, then gently picked up a piece of her soft, beautiful tongue with his chopsticks and brought it to his lips. He slightly parted his lips and took it in, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down as he swallowed the entire piece of pastry.
His face was calm as still water, his clear eyes fixed on hers.
Finally, she lightly licked the powdered sugar from the corner of her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "This is my first time eating this too. I didn't expect it to be sweeter than any other dessert. What do you think, Senior Sister?"
Yan Huanyue was slightly burned by his gaze, which clearly contained no extra emotion. She felt that the atmosphere in the private room was somewhat tense when he swallowed the pastry.
She couldn't handle his expression and just wanted to hang herself under the eaves to feel the cold wind and purify her mind.
Or end this strange atmosphere with some kind of joke or lightheartedness.
Unfortunately, she was so focused on cultivation in her second life that she didn't have time to learn a few jokes that she could use temporarily.
She coughed, appearing completely serious and without any ulterior motives, and said, "I think it's alright."
Pei Xuanzhi said with a smile in his eyes, "Really? We'll try more in the future."
With a creak, the door opened, and several women came in carrying trays and bringing food.
As the door closed, Yan Huanyue saw Tan Guiyi and Xue Jingnian standing with their backs to them in the corridor outside the room, waiting for the waiter to clean up the private room opposite.
Tan Guiyi stood on tiptoe, put his arm around Xue Jingnian's shoulder, and laughed heartily:
"What does a woman matter? A real man shouldn't be influenced by a woman. Since she married Pei Xuanzhi, but Pei Xuanzhi is in poor health, he's definitely useless. She must have deliberately done something to make you keep having illusions about her. It's just a little girl's trick of being pursued by men. You need to see things clearly."
Xue Jingnian sighed and remained silent.
Pei Xuanzhi's usually mild-mannered expression immediately darkened.
Yan Huanyue's face turned cold. She threw down her chopsticks, pushed open the door, grabbed Xue Jinghou's clothes by the neck, and pulled him into the room.
Caught off guard, Xue Jingnian instinctively channeled his spiritual power to strike behind him.
Yan Huanyue dodged to the side, used the power of the Five Elements to deflect part of his attack, shoved him to the ground, and delivered two hard punches to his chest.
He knelt down again, gripping his neck, and pointed at Tan Guiyi outside the door, saying in a deep voice:
"What are you pretending to be so profound for? Tell Tan Guiyi, have I ever done anything to give you any illusions, allowing people like you to talk about my wife and me like this behind our backs?"
Tan Guiyi was so shocked that she stared at her with wide eyes.
How dare she? She beat up a member of the Xue family in Chang'an, the youngest and most favored son, and did it twice.
Soon a group of onlookers gathered by the door. Tan Guiyi stepped into the room, closed the door, and set up a barrier to prevent people outside from hearing what was happening inside.
She spoke with a tone of concern for Yan Huanyue, saying, "Fellow Daoist Yan, why be so childish? He just likes you and doesn't want to retaliate. You know that yourself. It was one thing to deliberately beat him up last night, but to do it again today is inappropriate, isn't it? It's about the Xue family's reputation..."
Yan Huanyue then kicked off Xue Jingnian's veil and sneered:
"The third young master of the Xue family is shameless, why should I care about their reputation? Fellow Daoist Tan is very considerate. I think the Xue family should be led by you."
These words struck a chord with Tan Guiyi.
Tan Guiyi felt that Yan Huanyue had said something auspicious, and she was very pleased with this unexpected omen from heaven.
If the prophecy comes true in the future, she wouldn't mind giving Yan Huanyue a mouthful of gold teeth to use.
However, Yan Huanyue's earlier insult of her as "this kind of trash" was a deliberate attempt to humiliate and embarrass her.
So Yan Huanyue's mouthful of white teeth needs to be pulled out one by one to vent her anger.
Tan Guiyi put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance and said, "It's a trivial matter, why do you take it so seriously, fellow Daoist? Your husband is still here. If we go into details, neither of you is clean. Why keep harping on it?"
It seemed like he was thinking of Yan Huanyue, but every word he said was actually a dig at Pei Xuanzhi.
Pei Xuanzhi stood to the side, his cloak drawn, looking at Xue Jingnian's face, which was covered with several handprints, his expression remaining unchanged.
Yan Huanyue really wanted to laugh. Tan Guiyi lost ten years of her lifespan and developed a heart disease, yet she could advise others to be magnanimous. How could it look so ridiculous?
However, she couldn't reveal this, otherwise it would expose that she had been lying in ambush on the Yongbei Mountains and had witnessed the whole thing.
Yan Huanyue said with a half-smile, "Tan Guiyi, who are you calling unclean?"
Tan Guiyi, with an air of worldly wisdom, said, "In this kind of thing, you can only say that flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If you have a clear conscience, why do you have to try so hard to prove it and seem so concerned? Otherwise, you'll only make things worse."
Yan Huanyue didn't say much, and in an instant, she grabbed Tan Guiyi by the neck.
With his other hand, he suddenly gripped a short knife, gathered his magic and spiritual power at the tip, and plunged it into Tan Guiyi's heart without hesitation.
Tan Guiyi noticed that the spiritual energy fluctuations on Yan Huanyue's body were extremely strange. The five elements of spiritual energy were rapidly and vigorously rotating, which could continuously dissipate the spiritual energy on her body, suppressing her to the point that she could not resist.
However, Yan Huanyue's cultivation level was not very high at this time. Tan Guiyi hurriedly made a hand seal and waved it at her sharp eyes, but unexpectedly it was blocked by a yellow talisman.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tan Guiyi used a magic technique to shake Yan Huanyue's fingers, which were as hard as eagle claws, and then flipped over and leaped onto the roof beam.
He angrily stroked the deep, long scratch on Yu Bai's neck and sneered, "You even intervene when women are fighting? Pei Xuanzhi, are you even a man?!"
Pei Xuanzhi looked startled and asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Tan...aren't you a man?"
Tan Guiyi choked for a moment, then said, "Yan Huanyue, are you getting impatient? Do you dare to prove it to your husband?"
Yan Huanyue held the knife, looked at her with a smile, and said, "What do I need to prove? Your heart is so dirty, and your mouth isn't clean either. It seems they're both unusable. I was just kindly helping you dig out your heart and cut off your tongue to cure your illness. Why are you running away, Fellow Daoist Tan?"
Tan Guiyi sneered, "Yan Huanyue, what nonsense are you spouting! Your heart is dirty, and your mouth is foul!"
Yan Huanyue shrugged. "Fellow Daoist Tan, why are you in such a hurry to refute? You seem to care a lot. Sigh, one should be more tolerant. It's fine if you don't accept that you are a woman, but please accept your foul ailment so that we can treat it properly."
Xue Jingnian, who was lying on the ground, clutched his chest and finally calmed down. He got up and stood with his upper body bent, feeling a mix of emotions he couldn't quite describe.
If Tan Guiyi hadn't been so talkative, he wouldn't have been beaten again for no reason, but Yan Huanyue really didn't care about him at all...
The door and the barrier were suddenly shaken open, and Tan Guiyi, who was on the roof beam, suddenly coughed up blood.
Xue Liannian walked in with a sullen face. The corridor had been cleared of all other people.
She walked to Xue Jingnian's side and picked him up. Xue Jingnian nestled in her arms and silently shed tears, saying softly, "Second sister, let's go. This matter has nothing to do with Yan Huanyue."
Tan Guiyi, who was on the roof beam, almost spat out another mouthful of blood upon hearing this.
Xue Jingnian, that scoundrel, not only gave himself away for free, but he also dragged her down with him.
Xue Jingnian continued, "It has nothing to do with Fellow Daoist Tan either. She was just unaware of the facts and was only speaking up for me."
Xue Liannian looked up at Yan Huanyue and said in a cold tone, "Fellow Daoist Yan, you are the first to slap the Xue family in the face in Chang'an. Even if my brother is incompetent, it's fine if he slaps us once or twice. He's stupid and unwilling to take it to heart. But if there's a third time..."
Yan Huanyue smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Xue, rest assured, if he attacks me again, I will fight him at the sect the third or fourth time."
Xue Liannian's lips curled slightly into a smile as he said, "Alright, since you say so, then it's no problem. In the sect, it's normal for him to get beaten up if he's not skilled enough."
Tan Guiyi thought the Xue family was completely out of their minds, that they would say such nonsense for the sake of such a small place as Xianyang.
On the other hand, she herself...
She seems really suited to be in charge of a region.
The Xue family's actions were not obvious, and they still had to expend energy maintaining peace.
She only wanted to drain a region dry; those powerless underlings deserved to be eliminated.
The meal turned into a chaotic mess. Yan Huanyue paid the restaurant for the broken dishes, and the Xue family paid for the damaged door.
The two exchanged polite greetings and then turned to go their separate ways.
Pei Xuanzhi sat on the scabbard beside her, his indigo cloak draped around his waist. Watching her flowing hair, he asked slowly, "Senior Sister Yan, how did Senior Brother Xue offend you?"
Yan Huanyue walked with her hands behind her back in the wind, saying with a gloomy expression:
“He always used Yu Zhao to belittle me. We often fought. I thought he just liked Yu Zhao too much and looked down on me, so he was against me. But last night he said that he did it because he liked me. I felt disgusted and called him into the alley and beat him up to vent my anger.”
It was dark at the time, and Pei Xuanzhi only saw her gently call Xue Jingnian away from afar, without noticing her expression.
He remained silent for a moment, looking at the ripples on his clothes.
The golden mist in her soul twisted wildly with ecstasy over today's events, as if it wanted to crawl out and wrap itself around her for a good time.
However, he did not feel any pleasure, but only became aware of his own darkness.
Seeing the serene and magnificent sight of the bright moon hanging high in the sky, how could one possibly feel any desire to destroy it?
He only wanted to see her eternally bright and radiant, though the moonlight never belonged to him alone, it had always generously illuminated the dark valley for him.
"Even when I walk alone in secret, I am bathed in a pure light, unlike a wild ghost..."
Yan Huanyue stopped and ran to the side to buy two skewers of candied hawthorns. She returned and handed them to him, smiling, "Xuanzhi, have this first, then we'll go to another shop."
Pei Xuanzhi recalled a Spring Festival from his childhood, and the string of candied hawthorns he only had time to lick once.
From that day on, he never longed for such a thing again.
He took the candied hawthorn skewer, took a bite, and the crisp, sweet sugar coating wrapped around the sour fruit. So this is what candied hawthorn skewers taste like.
He sat on the scabbard, gently swinging his legs, and smiled foolishly at her.
It was as if he had returned to that bitterly cold winter day of his childhood, where he went from street to street to complete his task and finally received the reward he had always longed for.
Yan Huanyue, munching on a candied hawthorn, mumbled, "What are you grinning about? Is there something on my face?"
The boy sitting on the sword sheath laughed brightly and cheerfully, "It's nothing, I thought you were going to cancel the meal."
Yan Huanyue shook the candied hawthorn in her hand and smiled, "Look at you, so lacking in ambition. I mean what I say."
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After returning to the Lu family home after dinner, Yan Huanyue went to the main room as usual to activate the protective barrier and meditate to circulate her spiritual energy, while Pei Xuanzhi sat on the horizontal bed in the east wing setting up a chessboard.
A moment later, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard. "Young Master Pei, Young Master Xue has come to visit."
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Author's Note: This chapter includes the following:
1. Don't actually follow Tan Guiyi's incomplete perspective when looking at the Xue family.
2. None of the characters have any real-life counterparts. Please do not associate them with real people. Thank you.
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