Chapter 27 Jiuyi City - Miasma Forest (XI) Behave yourself...
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So it was never solved!
Why did she remind him just now?
Aaaaaah!!
Now that's great, he really doesn't need to care about my life or death anymore. In fact, given how much he hates me, he might just abandon me and leave on his own.
While she was scared, she secretly popped a piece of hawthorn cake into her mouth.
Clearly, Wu Xiutang thought the same thing. He raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Then we'll meet again. I wish you success in getting out of this forest."
"Wait a minute!!!" Shi Xianxue swallowed the hawthorn cake in her mouth, grabbed his arm, "The power of the tree heart is incompatible with your own power. Only my blood can suppress the power of the divine tree. If you want to live, you can't abandon me."
Don't underestimate the bond between us, you bastard!
Wu Xiu let her hold him, staring expressionlessly at her snow-white wrist for a long while. Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and threw a wisp of spiritual energy into it. The wisp of spiritual energy was shaped into a fine trickle that flowed into Shi Xianxue's body. At first, the power was gentle and patient. As it flowed through her dull and blocked meridians, it also helped to wash away the impurities that hindered her cultivation. However, the released spiritual energy scratched Shi Xianxue's meridians and began to rampage deep within her body. Shi Xianxue felt uncomfortable and wanted to pull back.
It was both itchy and painful, as if a faint electric current was running down her spine to her tailbone. She let out an unseemly whimper and struggled even more. Wu Xiutang pulled her into his arms and whispered, "Don't move."
His breath brushed against her ear like a feather. He held her in his arms, and she smelled that sweet fragrance again. Combined with the not-so-gentle power within her, her thoughts became chaotic.
Found it.
It wasn't a love potion after all.
Wu Xiutang was furious; that old man had indeed lied to him.
He vaguely sensed the mark of the twin flowers, which shone with golden light. He manipulated his spiritual power to try to get closer, but the closer he got, the farther away it seemed. The two maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far. Realizing that it didn't want him to see it clearly, Wu Xiutang stopped chasing. His spiritual power stagnated for a moment, and the trickle of energy transformed into a silken thread that reached into Shi Xianxue's spiritual abode.
The spiritual palace is the foundation of a cultivator. Even in dual cultivation, when two lovers are of one mind, they may not be able to accept each other's aura into their own spiritual palace. Forcibly entering can damage one's foundation and cause mental confusion at best, and at worst, ruin one's cultivation, dissipate one's spiritual power, and turn one into a handful of dust in the world.
Why go to such lengths to protect her life? What is that old man hiding?
The radiance emanating from the tree heart seared his meridians. He suddenly remembered something: in the Blood Moon Secret Realm, the Emberfire Divine Tree originally intended to burn him alive inside its body. At the critical moment, the Twin Flower Mark within his body glowed, and the Emberfire Divine Tree gradually stopped attacking. The tree heart swayed and stumbled, preparing to drift towards Shi Xianxue. It was he who grabbed it and forcibly took it for himself. In the Lantern Tree, the woman's blood did indeed effectively suppress the restlessness of the tree heart.
Could this woman from the Wushan tribe of Xiliang truly be the reincarnation of the Kongsang goddess that everyone has been hoping for?
That would explain the old man's motive for going to such lengths to drag him down.
The entire secret realm was a giant chessboard set up to welcome the goddess's awakening. He didn't need to fight for it at all. The old man's intention in leading him into the game was to make him serve the goddess with his life before she awakened and become her loyal believer. But unexpectedly, he was the one who took the tree heart.
That's quite a clever scheme.
But he didn't want them to have their way. If they wanted to use him, they had to be prepared to be bitten back.
The lantern woman was right; he was a complete madman.
If he were to break through her spiritual abode, he would want to see if the twin flowers would appear and come back to save her.
So the wisp of spiritual energy showed no mercy, transforming into a sharp hook that awkwardly burrowed into the deepest part.
To his surprise, Shi Xianxue's spiritual abode was completely undefended. He entered her spiritual abode with ease, as if it were empty.
Looking at the vast, barren training ground, Wu Xiutang fell silent.
He had heard that the Wushan tribe had difficulty cultivating, but he had never seen their spiritual palace so barren in all his years of life. He feared that they would not even be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future.
Stupid, lazy, greedy, cunning, lazy, and cowardly—could such a person be the compassionate savior of the world?
There was really nothing to see. The twin flowers remained motionless. He had no intention of cultivating with her, so he naturally didn't want to be tainted by her aura. Just as he was about to retreat, the spiritual energy in his spiritual palace took the initiative to entangle him.
The faint, seemingly weak spiritual energy clung intimately to him, unknowingly twisting into a knot with his own spiritual energy, which he couldn't break free from in time.
Instead of rejecting him, she accepted him without any reservations. Wu Xiutang lowered his eyelashes and looked at her ears, which were slowly turning red, and understood something.
Shi Xianxue felt uncomfortable, as if thousands of ants were crawling deep inside her body. Her skin was itchy and numb, with a stinging sensation. She wanted to scratch but didn't know where to start. She could only rub against him in his arms to try to relieve the itch, and even tilted her head back to press her lips to his chin, trying to lick him.
As he severed his spiritual power and withdrew, Shi Xianxue was in a daze and about to lick his chin when Wu Xiutang swiftly grabbed her fair and delicate nape.
"Shi Xianxue, look carefully at who I am."
Shi Xianxue felt hot all over, her face flushed. She looked at the person in front of her with a dazed expression. The sweet fragrance was now an enticement, making her want to get closer and closer.
"Wu Xiutang..." she stammered, tugging at him, her eyes brimming with a misty haze, her pearly teeth biting her lips until they blushed crimson, as if they were about to bleed. "I want...I want..."
Wu Xiutang was still angry and naturally had no intention of showing her any mercy. He knew what she wanted to do, but he still pulled her away from his arms and said coldly, "You don't want to."
Shi Xianxue was a little angry. The spiritual energy was stimulating her cerebral cortex, causing her to lose her composure for a moment.
How dare he reject her? What right does he have to reject her? Does he think he's so beautiful and charming that he should be grateful she even kissed him? And now he's putting on airs? Hypocritical!
However, this pretty boy was quite handsome. Shi Xianxue stared at his face, and the scenes of being threatened and intimidated in the past flashed through her mind like a movie. The fragile thread of reason was snapped... Now she not only felt that he was ungrateful, but also a complete villain, so she began to struggle frantically.
She pinched Wu Xiutang's waist with her fingernails, and when her wrists hurt from the pinch, she gritted her teeth and rammed her head against his chest. Her strength was like that of a mad bull, and Wu Xiutang couldn't control himself for a moment. Before he knew it, she kissed him on the chin.
When he looked over with an angry gaze, Shi Xianxue was already clawing at him, rubbing his face and starting to spout nonsense incoherently: "Look at you, you shameless bastard! Times have changed! You think only men can be lewd? I'm not only going to kiss you, I'm going to sleep with you!!"
The spiritual energy maliciously disrupted her aura, making her blood boil and her breathing rapid. Faced with the handsome but uncooperative Wu Xiutang, anger consumed her mind. She tried to tear at his clothes, but after realizing the disparity in their strength, she incoherently tore at her own clothes.
Shi Xianxue had only one thought in her mind: she wanted to sleep with this ungrateful young man and show him what it meant to be a strong woman.
Wu Xiutang's face darkened. He didn't know what was wrong with this woman, but he truly regretted entering her spiritual realm so rashly. He grabbed her flailing hands and tried to send a gentle spiritual energy to soothe her.
"Alright, Shi Xianxue, quiet down, I'll help you."
He was relieved that he had only scratched the surface and had not left a mark on her soul. As a result, after a short while, the disordered energy in Shi Xianxue's body gradually calmed down, the flush on her face faded, and she collapsed weakly into Wu Xiutang's arms, feeling utterly exhausted.
It looks like he's passed out.
But in reality, Shi Xianxue was faking it.
It's so shameful, so incredibly shameful. I don't know what that bastard Wu Xiutang did to her. In broad daylight, under the clear sky, he actually made a girl who presents herself as pure and innocent do such a despicable thing.
But she was really tired, like her body had been overworked, and she felt exhausted from climbing the entire Mount Tai in one go.
So, she secretly yawned and actually fell asleep.
Wu Xiutang held her in his arms with one hand, his eyes lowered as he quietly stared at her sleeping face. After some time, several small wooden figures flew back from the depths of the forest, having discovered the traces of the miasma demon.
Wu Xiutang looked up, and the little wooden figure flew away like a butterfly.
Before long, the miasma demon appeared, its demonic soul barely burning down to its last embers.
He has now turned into a pool of green pus, transformed into the shape of a green wooden figure, respectfully offering the intruder's illusion.
"Sir, they're all here, not one is missing, please count them."
Shi Xianxue was only briefly unconscious. She woke up when the miasma demon was being burned and howled. However, she pretended that she was not awake and lay comfortably inside the furry body of Wu Ying, the big cat, wanting to eavesdrop on what Wu Xiutang was going to do.
The boy flipped through the illusions within, and the miasma demon pointed at Shi Xianxue and asked, "Master, this girl hasn't woken up yet, should I help her...?"
The boy didn't even look up, coldly saying, "Still not awake? Looks like you're dead. Here, I'll give you some to eat."
The surprise came too quickly. Before the miasma demon could even thank Wu Xiutang, the woman who should have been unconscious sat up straight. She held her head and pretended to be dizzy, "Oh dear, I'm so dizzy. Where am I?"
Seeing that no one paid attention to her, only Wu Ying turned around and stuck out her red tongue to lick Shi Xianxue's face.
Shi Xianxue wiped the saliva on her face onto Wu Ying's buttocks, then scrambled down and slid down quickly. When she arrived next to Wu Xiutang, she saw him activate Song Qingshu's illusion.
A vast white illusion spread out in mid-air, and she saw that her sister Qing Shu was fast asleep, her brows furrowed, as if she were trapped in a nightmare.
Shi Xianxue stared intently at Wu Xiutang's profile.
She saw Brother Li's illusion in the fragments of the illusion, as well as Fu Liuwan and the others who had escaped beforehand. Why did he only look at Sister Qing Shu's illusion? Was it to see the source of her fear so that he could better control Sister Qing Shu later?
Soon, the miasma demon, this tool demon, began its self-indulgent explanation: "I not only have the ability to incite fear in humans, but I can also see into the past of humankind. Whatever my master wants to see, the miasma demon can grant it to him."
Wu Xiutang stared intently at the illusion without answering.
The system suddenly spoke up: "Perhaps he's trying to confirm the existence of the Demon Bone."
Shi Xianxue broke out in a cold sweat, her nerves tensing up at that moment.
Demon Bone!
In the original book, Wu Xiutang became entangled with the female protagonist because he not only knew how to use Gu, but also how to use the power of star calculation to calculate the location of the demon bone. However, this technique was extremely harmful to the body and damaged cultivation, and it was not entirely accurate. Wu Xiutang tested it many times later, and it was only after the trip to Mount Bugui that he completely confirmed the existence of the demon bone in the female protagonist's body.
Could it be that it was through the power of the miasma demon?
But she's still here, still panting heavily. She's a living human surveillance camera, how can he be so calm and fearless? Looking at the scourge demon who was arrogant just now but is now like a sycophant, Shi Xianxue fell silent. Wu Xiutang indeed had the ability to remain calm.
No, she had to stop him.
Shi Xianxue clutched her head, let out a loud cry of pain, and leaned against Wu Xiutang, her face contorted in agony: "I can't take it anymore, my head is so dizzy."
Wu Xiutang subconsciously reached out to catch her. The illusion was thoughtfully paused by the miasma demon. Wu Xiutang coldly watched her pretentious performance and listened to her wince in pain. He couldn't help but expose her: "Your acting is terrible."
Shi Xianxue bit her lip and whimpered aggrievedly, "My head really hurts. You're not me, so why do you say I'm faking it?"
Seeing that she was getting more and more out of control, Wu Xiutang pushed her away without any manners: "The love spell between us hasn't been broken."
Um?
Shi Xianxue's expression froze. What he had just given her was a ghost! She touched her neck and saw that the scene in the illusion was starting to flicker. Shi Xianxue panicked and picked up a pebble and threw it into the air.
As it turns out, simple physical attacks are completely useless against magical barriers. The stones pierced through the barrier and fell, creating tiny ripples on a calm lake. And you know what? The image quality even seemed a bit clearer.
Shi Xianxue jumped up and reached out to cover Wu Xiutang's eyes, "Don't look! Don't look! Sister Qing Shu is a woman. Do you want to see her getting dressed and taking a bath? You pervert!"
Wu Xiutang dodged her hand: "I don't want to see those."
"That's still not allowed!! You're not allowed to look! Sister Qing Shu doesn't like you, she likes Brother Li. It's really despicable of you to spy on others like this!"
"Shi Xianxue!" Wu Xiutang grabbed her mischievous hand, his handsome face flushed with anger. "I told you I don't watch those things. What kind of person do you take me for?"
"Ah! I don't want to hear it! I don't care! If you really dare to spy on Sister Qing Shu, I'll definitely tell her when she wakes up!" Seeing that Wu Xiutang was unmoved, Shi Xianxue grabbed Yuequn, picked up a thin tree, and was about to smash her head against it. "I'll fight you to the death!!"
Before she could run two steps, Shi Xianxue felt a tightness around her waist. She hurriedly looked down and saw that the lush green vines had already wrapped around her waist twice. She cursed under her breath, and the next moment, her body was lifted into the air, and she was firmly tied to the tree in an embrace.
Wu Xiutang glanced at the miasma demon with a blank expression. His slightly upturned peach blossom eyes carried an inexplicable pressure. The little green jelly's smile, which was originally meant to be a show of praise, was abruptly cut short. He quickly lowered his eyes, wondering what he had done wrong.
He considered himself a very perceptive subordinate, and extremely good at reading people's expressions. If it weren't for him, his master's sweetheart would have already run into a tree and died. He muttered to himself.
Did he do something wrong? Is his new master upset that he acted on his own initiative? This boy seems really difficult to get along with; I'll have to be more attentive and careful when serving him in the future.
Even with such an unpredictable temperament, when faced with the woman who disrespected him, the master softened his tone, as if he were genuinely coaxing her, and gently said, "Be good, and I'll let you go after you finish watching."
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