Chapter 76 Fragrant City, Peach Blossom Palace (Part Six) You have no idea...
The spirit of the Lord has fallen into slumber once more.
Thousands of golden rays entered his body, and fragmented memories sprouted up like bamboo shoots after rain. His emotions remained unchanged, as the important memories from the past had been restored after absorbing the demon's demon core.
Until his vision was completely filled with the girl's face, he could no longer bear it and tore off the thread of passion that was flowing into him.
Unable to use the Fire of Separation, Wu Xiutang was torn apart by the flames of the Flower Beauty Demon Pill, which pierced his bones and burned him in excruciating pain.
He couldn't bear the pain the most, and unconsciously tightened his grip, causing his vision to blur with pain. Only when the touch in his hand became delicate and soft did he release his strength.
A soft fragrance brushed against his cheek as he fell into her arms. A gentle breeze rustled through the branches. Wu Xiutang saw the peach blossoms blooming in her hair, and his heart pounded so hard that his whole body ached.
Shi Xianxue looked up, but instead of the expected joy of being rescued, she forced a smile when she met the boy's gaze. "You're amazing. You were able to recognize me from among so many peach trees at a glance. Did you put some kind of mark on me?"
The boy remained silent, only staring intently at her.
Shi Xianxue steadied herself: "But why is it that only I turned into a tree, while you are all unharmed?"
The response was the expected silence.
The person before me had black hair and eyebrows, and dark eyes that were like cold, clear glass, yet unfathomable, creating a sense of contradictory conflict.
Shi Xianxue was all too familiar with that aggressive gaze. Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately felt uneasy.
In the suffocating silence, her gaze gradually became unfocused, and she dared not meet his eyes again.
She lowered her head, then turned her face back after a long while, mustering her courage to ask, "Wu Xiutang, have you remembered everything?"
The boy stared at her silently, his dark eyes like cold, lifeless glass beads, making her feel uneasy.
He slowly tugged at the corners of his lips, revealing an innocent smile: "What are you talking about, sister?"
Shi Xianxue pursed her lips: "Wu Xiutang, my five senses were not sealed. I heard some of it."
The smile on the boy's lips slowly faded, and he stared at her expressionlessly.
"Stop hiding things from me, let's be honest with each other..."
Wu Xiutang interrupted her: "You want me to remember?"
"Of course..." She hesitated, her words trailing off. Her expression faltered, and she bit her red lip, her earlier confidence vanishing. She said timidly, "It's a mix of both. I want you to get better, but I'm also afraid that if you remember everything, you'll argue with me and won't listen to my explanations..."
She paused for a moment, then said honestly, "I don't know how much you remember, but whatever you do remember, you just need to know that I wasn't without feelings for you, and that what I said back then wasn't entirely from the heart."
Wu Xiutang sneered: "How can you guarantee that what you're saying now is the truth?"
Shi Xianxue choked on her words, then was stung by his cold attitude: "Why are you talking like that? The situation was urgent at the time, and I only said that to save you. Besides, we've been together for so long, don't you understand what kind of person I am and whether I have feelings for you?"
Now that he'd been discovered, Wu Xiutang stopped pretending. He said impatiently, "I'm not a mind reader, why should I understand your feelings? Get up. Do you think now is a good time for us to pour out our hearts to each other?"
It happened again. She was afraid of him doing this, stubbornly insisting on his own way and not giving her a chance to explain.
Looking at that icy face, Shi Xianxue suddenly felt a surge of unspeakable grievance: "I know what I said was wrong. Of course you can be angry. I didn't say you couldn't be angry. But can't we talk things out properly after you've had your anger over? Besides, haven't you ever lied to me or bullied me? You even wanted to kill me at the beginning, and you treated me very badly when you were in Ziwei City."
The demonic core surged wildly within his body. Without the soul of the master, it was extremely difficult for him to absorb it. The pain caused him to unconsciously furrow his brows, and his expression looked fierce: "What exactly do you want to say?"
"I... I want to say, can't we just let it go? Don't be angry. You know perfectly well that I come from three thousand lifetimes, that I am Shi Xianxue, that I have people I care about, and things I must accomplish, and that you, too, have obsessions you can't give up."
Her eyes gradually welled up with tears, and she seemed to feel a little aggrieved. "We are destined not to be each other's most important person. Why do you have to be so stubborn and make things difficult for me?"
Wu Xiutang laughed through his anger, "I'm making things difficult for you?" He grabbed her forearm, trying to pull her out of his arms, but Shi Xianxue clung tightly to his neck and wouldn't let go. He coldly rebuked, "Get off someone who likes to nitpick."
"Look at you, you never communicate with me, you always overthink things, and you kick me out at the drop of a hat. Just let me finish what I have to say."
“There’s no need for that. Shi Xianxue, since you want to sever ties with me and be completely clean with me, then you’d better keep your word, otherwise—” He looked at the girl’s red eyes and coldly pushed her away, “I will definitely kill you.”
That's not what she meant at all.
When Shi Xianxue couldn't reason with him, she started to act spoiled and cling to the back of his neck, refusing to let go.
She didn't believe Wu Xiutang would hurt him at all; he was just stubborn and soft-hearted. She wasn't afraid of him at all.
It was precisely because of the pulling between the two that the burning heat on the back of the boy's neck was transmitted to Shi Xianxue's palm without any obstruction.
His body temperature was very high. Shi Xianxue leaned closer and found that his breath was burning hot. The fire around them had subsided, but the smell of thick smoke lingered. Her fingers touched the skin on the back of Wu Xiutang's neck, and a few fragmented thoughts suddenly flashed through her mind.
She opened her mouth wide.
"So you came to Peach Blossom Palace to steal Hua Rong's demonic core?" She recalled the strange demonic cloud she encountered at the Glazed Flower House and Bai Yiyi from the Pure Yang Sect. "Did you kill Bai Yiyi and the others? Why did you do that?"
He'd never done this before, so how did he learn such unorthodox methods after waking up this time? Could it be—
She had a vague guess in her heart, but dared not be sure. She just looked at him with a serious expression: "Do you need to absorb cultivation to survive now?"
Listen to her tone; she sounds just like her righteous and awe-inspiring Brother Li.
It was as if they were kindred spirits, while he was an outsider, a heretic destined to be eradicated by them.
So let him guess, is her next sentence going to be an admonition to turn back before it's too late?
Wu Xiutang wanted to get angry.
Not to mention, she even added fuel to the already blazing fire.
"Can you beat them?"
Wu Xiutang was completely enraged. "None of your business!"
Shi Xianxue also realized that her way of speaking was not quite right. She patiently explained, "I didn't mean that you are no good. I meant that you have lost all your cultivation. Perhaps they were careless and that's why you succeeded these two times."
Wu Xiutang turned his face away.
"We can't keep taking chances forever. For your safety, you should avoid provoking the demons. If you feel unwell and can't bear it, come find me. I'll help you. After we find Sister Qing Shu, I'll find a way to remove the demon bones."
"Wu Xiutang, we'll always find a way to survive, won't we?"
This was an unexpected explanation.
Wu Xiutang scoffed coldly, showing no gratitude: "Let me go."
"I won't let you go, I won't let you go!" If reasoning doesn't work, then I can only resort to shamelessness.
She nuzzled against him, pressing her cheek against his. "Don't keep trying to push me away. I know you like it when I'm close to you. I saw you and that peach blossom monster just now."
Wu Xiutang vehemently denied it: "It's fake."
The touch on his cheek startled him, and his fingertips trembled.
"It's all an illusion."
"How could that be!" Shi Xianxue exclaimed excitedly. "It's not an illusion. How could I not tell the difference between reality and illusion? Don't try to fool me. I saw and heard everything."
Wu Xiutang closed his eyes in annoyance.
"Hearing you say you love me." The sound of her heartbeat drowned out her eardrums. Her face was as red as the morning sun. She bravely continued, "I know that's mostly thanks to the Parasite Curse, but hearing you say that still makes me very happy."
Wu Xiutang's lips curled into a mocking smile.
What's there to be happy about? Being happy to have a tamed dog that comes when called and goes when dismissed?
"Besides happiness, there's an indescribable emotion brewing in my heart, like a piece of candy about to melt, sticky, sweet and sour. I've never been in a relationship, so I don't know if this description is right, or if this is what love is."
“But Wu Xiutang, I want to be with you, even if it’s just sitting quietly for a while, having a meal, drinking tea, and sleeping soundly under a sun-drenched quilt. As long as we are still by each other’s side, I feel that life is wonderful.”
He wasn't in her world before, but now she wants to bring him in.
Wu Xiutang looked up upon hearing this, "Then I'm simpler than you."
Shi Xianxue didn't react for a moment, so she moved slightly away and met those deep eyes with a puzzled look.
The threads of emotion blended perfectly with it, and the startling desire overshadowed the original color of the pupils.
The boy stared straight ahead, neither looking away nor avoiding the question, directly stating his needs.
"I just want to sleep with you."
When Shi Xianxue came to her senses, the boy had already stood up. She hurriedly chased after him, but just as she was about to grab Wu Xiutang's clothes, a noisy commotion, as loud as boiling water, stopped her.
"Fairy Sister, where are you? We just met, I don't want you to be burned to ashes, I haven't even married you yet, Fairy Sister."
"Hahaha, you wishful idiot, go and marry the cigarette ash!"
"Shut up! You damned stinky bird!"
They seemed to be fighting, the sounds of tearing, shoving, and cursing were right next to each other, her skirt was crumpled and sweaty, and she was distracted by the boy's bold and straightforward words.
She had a dry mouth.
Honestly, when she said "take a nap," she really just meant simply chatting under the covers.
In the brief moment of her reverie, the boy had already walked quite a distance, leaving her far behind.
A sense of melancholy welled up inside Shi Xianxue, and she was unsure whether to chase after him or simply give up.
Wu Xiutang walked a long way, but he didn't see anyone chasing after him. The garbled, high-pitched "Fairy Sister" nonsense kept coming into his ears, making him furious.
He turned around and, sure enough, saw Shi Xianxue standing hesitantly in place, looking left and right to determine the location of Li Fuchao and the others.
The terrain here isn't complicated, but the tens of thousands of peach trees surround it like a maze. The voices of the group sounded very close. Shi Xianxue responded, but didn't receive the expected reply. Instead, their voices began to appear from all directions.
Although the fire was extinguished, the thick smoke lingered. The Peach Blossom Formation was intricate and complicated. Shi Xianxue was afraid that Li Fuchao and the others would not be able to find her, and she was also afraid that she would get separated from Wu Xiutang.
She was caught in a dilemma, and unconsciously slowed down to follow Wu Xiutang's pace, glancing back at the source of the sound.
The fog was thin there, and several familiar figures could be vaguely seen.
It's Brother Li and his group.
She subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to tell them her location, but unexpectedly, a force suddenly tightened around her waist. She looked down and found it was a tender branch full of peach blossoms.
When she came to her senses, she was already far away from Li Fuchao and the others. The boy who had walked quite a distance away was now standing in front of her, staring at her with a gloomy expression.
As she withdrew, a peach-pink petal fell onto the hem of her dress. Shi Xianxue didn't know what to say, so she could only put on a harmless expression to deal with him.
Wu Xiutang was furious.
Look, she's using that innocent and pitiful expression to get away with it again. She knows his preferences and has his weakness in her grasp. She knows that she always has more tender feelings for him than for others, which is why she can bully him so recklessly.
She was a liar, using sweet words to bewitch him and confuse his mind. While he was infatuated and unable to control himself, she would secretly flirt with other men.
She was surrounded by flies buzzing around her.
Wu Xiutang's face grew increasingly gloomy as he recalled that face that resembled his own.
He suspected that she might have said the same things to other men.
She's a master of deception and has a knack for hurting people. Her mouth can not only forcefully kiss him and coax him, but also easily leave him battered and bruised, wishing he were dead.
Now, why bother talking to him about what's important or not, what's his obsession or not?
How can things between them be wiped clean? What kind of pipe dream is she having?
Wu Xiutang: "You always say that my feelings for you are due to the Parasitic Curse. If I were to turn into a peach tree today, could you find me using the Parasitic Curse?"
The noise around him was so irritating he wanted to kill someone. His eyes were unwavering. "Can you recognize me at a glance like I can?"
Shi Xianxue was stunned.
You can't.
"So, put away your arrogance. We're not at the level of telepathy yet. I can't understand your thoughts and feelings, and you shouldn't try to guess mine either." Wu Xiutang's tone was especially fierce at the end, but when his gaze fell on Shi Xianxue's face, his coldness softened with disappointment.
He began to resent himself, resenting that he always fell for her tricks, that he was completely under her thumb and couldn't turn the tables, and resenting that the "Soul of the Lord" had boasted so much, but in reality, she was just a pretty face with no substance.
He lowered his eyes listlessly.
"You have no idea what my obsession is."
Peach blossoms, like butterflies, gently kissed the tranquil surface of the pond. A woman walked barefoot, her feet covered with crushed petals. She ignored the man's pleas for help, who had already regained consciousness. Her gaze swept over him without any emotion, finally stopping at a certain point.
The man was skin and bones, his face ashen. As the power of the Eastern Palace collapsed, the peach branch stuck in his head broke off and lodged in his brain. The wound opened up, revealing milky white pus. He began to struggle to climb out, splashing milky white pool water onto the shore.
Just as he finally climbed up, panting heavily, an extremely oppressive shadow suddenly loomed over his head. He had only a moment to catch his breath before being pressed down by the back of his neck and pushed into the pool.
His body was already exhausted and weak. The force on the back of his neck seemed to be crushing his bones. The air in his nasal cavity was squeezed into the narrow space by the water pressure, and his chest cavity swelled up to the point of almost exploding.
Only after the person in the pool stopped moving did she expressionlessly withdraw her hand, letting the person's body fall headfirst into the pool.
Xiao Mei stood up and disgustedly wiped the water stains on the tree trunk. She glanced back at the man who had just tried to ask her for help, but now he was hiding as far away as possible.
"A bunch of despicable men."
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