Chapter 8: "Visiting" the Demon Realm and the Straight Man's Survival Guide
A Survival Guide for Straight Men and "Visiting" the Demon Realm
"Get out! Can't you see I'm busy?!"
Li Jiuyou's low roar, filled with rage and possessiveness (which he would never admit), exploded like thunder in the broken snow hut.
The color drained from Fairy Baizhi's face instantly. Shock, anger, humiliation, and a hint of crushing despair mingled in her eyes like a raging storm. She stared intently at the dazzlingly ambiguous scene beside the tub—her Junior Brother Lan, his clothes soaking wet, held captive by that damned Demon King in a breathtakingly intimate position! And Li Jiuyou's words, "I'm busy," were like a poisoned knife, piercing the most vulnerable part of her heart!
"Li-Jiu-You!" Bai Zhi's scream almost tore the air apart, and the spiritual power in her body ran wildly uncontrollably, shattering the rubble scattered at the door. "I will kill you!!" An unparalleled sharp fairy light condensed in her hand, and with the determination to perish together, she slammed towards Li Jiuyou!
Jiang Xuelan's mind buzzed, and his vision went dark. It was over! It was all over! The Immortal Sect valued a clean reputation above all else. Senior Sister Baizhi had witnessed it firsthand. Even if Jiang Xuelan jumped into the Celestial River, he couldn't clear the stigma of "having an affair with the Demon King in a medicinal bath"! The sentence for Article 8,300 of the Immortal Rule, "Abstain from sexual immorality," flashed through his mind like crazy. His three-hundred-year-old image of a cold and aloof Immortal King had completely crumbled to dust!
What was even more fatal was that Bai Zhi's angry attack was incredibly powerful, and at this moment his hands were clamped by Li Jiuyou, his shoulder injury was in great pain, and the spiritual power in his body was in chaos due to the conflict between the God-killing Gu and the Heart-killing Contract, so he was completely unable to block it!
At this critical moment, the force that was holding his wrist suddenly loosened!
The murderous aura in Li Jiuyou's bloodshot eyes surged. Facing the incoming fairy light, instead of avoiding it, he snorted coldly and waved his free hand casually!
A more violent and condensed dark demonic power came from behind and crashed into Bai Zhi's fairy light like a giant python!
A blinding light exploded, and the turbulent energy ravaged the already devastated bathroom even further. Bai Zhi groaned, stumbling back several steps. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she looked at Li Jiuyou with a look filled with horror and even deeper hatred.
"Just you?" Li Jiuyou withdrew his hand, his gesture arrogant, as if he were merely brushing away a speck of dust. His blood-red eyes swept over the pale, shaky Jiang Xuelan, and his brow furrowed even tighter. The sense of weakness and chilliness emanating from the other end of the contract hadn't diminished. Instead, due to the previous conflict and the lingering effects of the drug, it had become even more pronounced, mingled with a sense of "despair" that made him extremely unhappy.
"Trouble!" Li Jiuyou cursed, his irritation reaching a peak. The Immortal Sect's people must have been attracted by the commotion just now. Staying here would only cause more trouble. Seeing Jiang Xuelan, who looked like he was about to faint, the inexplicable anxiety in his heart (definitely not concern!) took over again.
"Follow me!" He stopped talking nonsense and scooped up with his big hand. Amid Jiang Xuelan's shocked and angry cry of "What are you doing?!", he roughly threw the wet immortal king, who was only wearing a thin shirt, onto his shoulders like a sack!
"Li Jiuyou! Put me down!" Jiang Xuelan was shocked and furious, his vision blackening with rage at the bandit's actions. He struggled desperately. The soaked fabric clung to his skin, and the feel of Li Jiuyou's hard shoulder armor and scorching body heat pierced through the thin fabric. Combined with the upside-down position with the blood flowing backward, he felt so humiliated and angry that he wished he could have annihilated himself right there!
"Shut up! If you move again, I'll throw you down and kill you!" Li Jiuyou slapped Jiang Xuelan's perky buttocks (just for fun, to keep the "sack" in place). The touch of a cold, slippery elasticity made his palm go numb for no apparent reason, and his movements froze for a moment. Then, a deeper sense of irritation washed over him—why was this pretty boy so cold?!
He forced himself to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, and the demonic power in his body exploded, turning into a black stream of light that tore through the night sky, knocking away the disciples of the immortal sect who came rushing over after hearing the sound (only a residual shadow and demonic energy were seen in the sky), and instantly disappeared into the vast sky.
Bai Zhi looked in the direction where Li Jiuyou had abducted Jiang Xuelan. The hatred and madness in her beautiful eyes almost solidified into a substance. Her nails dug deep into her palms, drawing blood. She slowly bent down and picked up the dusty "Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill" on the ground, a twisted and cold smile on her face.
"Junior Brother Lan... in the end, you still chose the evildoer..." The whisper was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.
**Demon Realm, Red Blood Palace Side Hall.**
Jiang Xuelan was thrown ungently onto a huge stone couch covered with thick black animal skin. He saw stars before his eyes and felt a tearing pain in the wound on his shoulder, causing him to groan.
"Hiss..." He propped himself up and sat up, looking around. The room was extremely simple, even crude. There was a huge stone couch, a desk also carved from black stone, and hideous animal bones and weapons hung on the walls. The air was filled with the faint smell of sulfur and the aggressive masculine aura that belonged to Li Jiuyou.
"Li Jiuyou! You kidnapped me and brought me to the Demon Realm. What on earth do you intend to do?!" Jiang Xuelan endured the pain and dizziness, his eyes as cold as a knife as he glared at the Demon King, who stood before the couch, arms folded, looking down at him. His soaked undershirt clung to his body, outlining his lean yet powerful features. His hair was still dripping, and even within his disheveled state, he possessed a breathtakingly fragile beauty.
Li Jiuyou looked at his stubborn yet weak appearance, and the inexplicable irritation in his heart surged up again. He scratched his hair in frustration: "How should I know what you want to do?! You look so half dead, you are an eyesore in the Immortal Gate!" He would never admit that the pain and coldness from the contract made him uneasy, and he would never admit that Xingtong's damn illusion lingered in his mind!
"Kill me if you're an eyesore!" Jiang Xuelan said angrily, "Or undo this damned Heart-Destroying Contract!"
"You think I don't want to?!" Li Jiuyou roared back, his bloodshot eyes surging with hostility. "When I find a way to break this barrier, I'll be the first to skin you and make soup from your bones!" Despite his harsh words, his gaze unconsciously swept over Jiang Xuelan's pale face and the hideous wound on his shoulder. The lingering crimson-gold demonic energy seemed even more active in the demonic realm, wriggling subtly beneath his skin like a living thing.
At this moment, the suppression of the God-killing Gu loosened a little again under the continuous impact of the rich demonic energy in the demon realm!
"Ahhh!" Jiang Xuelan clutched his left shoulder fiercely as a sharp pain, even more intense than before, mixed with a chill, instantly swept through his body! Even more terrifying, along with the pain, a strong, strange, numbing pleasure surged again like an electric current! This extreme sensation of ice and fire caused his body to tremble violently, and he fell backward uncontrollably, letting out a suppressed groan of pain, the tail end trembling slightly, even though he himself hadn't noticed.
This muffled groan and the fragile posture revealed in that instant were like sparks splashing into Li Jiuyou's already irritable heart!
The connection of the Heart-Slaying Contract was clearer than ever! The complex waves of intense pain and pleasure mingled through the contract, fiercely impacting Li Jiuyou's senses! Even more agonizing for him, the strange, throbbing emotions coming from Jiang Xuelan on the other end of the contract scratched his nerves like feathers!
Li Jiuyou's body tensed instantly, his blood-red eyes dark as the abyss. He subconsciously took a step forward, his large hand uncontrollably reaching for Jiang Xuelan's shoulder, his voice hoarse and tense: "You..."
"Don't touch me!" Jiang Xuelan shrank back suddenly like a frightened rabbit (if the immortal could describe it that way), his eyes full of panic and vigilance, but his cheeks flushed with the strange pleasure and shame.
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