Chapter 29 Bullying Senior Brother Her five fingers ran through his cascading black hair, forcing...
She pressed his eye, and Xu Qingning's jaw tightened, his face contorted with humiliation and painful anger, as well as a certain resolute emotion. He turned his head away fiercely.
In Zhou Fuling's view, the expression on his face usually appeared when someone decided to break ties with someone else.
But now, seeing Xu Qingning in such a disheveled state, his expression was filled with heartbreak.
A person as noble and elegant as a beautiful jade appears to be on the verge of breaking.
Zhou Fuling's gaze fell on his tightly clenched fist.
Her hands were like jade, but her knuckles were deathly pale.
"How spoiled you are." She approached him with her hands behind her back, but Xu Qingning abruptly turned her head away again, saying angrily, "Get away from me."
What if I refuse to leave?
A sharp sound of sword wind rang out, and a sword light as white as snow appeared. It was Xu Qingning who had broken free of his restraints and drawn his Changming Sword.
The blue light and the snow-white light clashed, scattering their brilliance in all directions!
"Bang"!
Zhou Fuling's snake tail wrapped around Xu Qingning's arm.
Her fingers also slipped through his fingers, pressing his hand hard onto the couch.
Zhou Fuling's gaze was as cold as a snake, her green scales and fingertips caressing his skin.
Under the pressure, Xu Qingning met her gaze and gritted his teeth.
"Senior brother."
Zhou Fuling said, "I trusted you too much. I shouldn't have believed that your magical artifact could subdue you, right?"
"..."
The two looked at each other, and Xu Qingning's hand was once again unable to move; their skin was pressed together.
Zhou Fuling suddenly felt a chill run through her body, and her spirit also went numb, as if Xu Qingning was resisting. She held him down even more firmly.
Xu Qingning suddenly raised her eyes and said in a cold voice, "...You infiltrated the immortal sect alone, without anyone behind you. Is that right?"
Zhou Fuling's hand and the snake's tail both froze.
Xu Qingning had seemed so heartbroken and sad before, but unexpectedly, he suddenly revealed her secret.
Like a caged bird, lying docilely or feigning docility in her palm, it suddenly transforms into a sharp sword, ready to sever her skin.
Zhou Fuling was very displeased with this.
She looked at Xu Qingning coldly.
Xu Qingning raised her eyes, her gaze sharp as a sword:
"You've been with me for ten years, that's far too long."
"If it were a setup, the person or force behind you should have appeared long ago when you took the action of killing Ning Tingyue."
“But just now, on my way here, I didn’t see any of your accomplices. Moreover, you seemed very afraid that others would know your identity, so at such an important moment you did nothing but use every means to capture me, probably because you didn’t want me to tell anyone and wanted to use me as a hostage.”
"There's no one to back you up, is there?"
His eyes were as white as snow and as clear as mist.
Zhou Fuling's hands grew even colder, the blood draining from her fingertips. She gave a forced smile.
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Xu Qingning raised her head, her gaze sharp and clear. "So, who exactly have you messed with? Is it Ning Tingyue and the people behind him?"
"They've gotten themselves into big trouble, which is why they've been hiding from me for ten years."
He asked two questions in a row.
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The atmosphere between the two was icy.
Zhou Fuling's gaze was cold and indifferent. She moved closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Do you love to guess? Good senior brother. Let me tell you, you're wrong."
Her breath carried a sweet fragrance, as if she came from a dream, but it made Xu Qingning very uncomfortable.
He turned his head away, his voice trembling as he said, "You're lying."
Xu Qingning's arm stiffened again.
In an instant, he was bound by the Immortal Binding Rope once again.
Xu Qingning was already injured at the Wanshan Banquet, and her meridians were further weakened by the impact, so she could only lean weakly against the bed, but she stubbornly looked up and glared at Zhou Fuling.
Zhou Fuling's movements were somewhat rough, but Xu Qingning was leaning against the couch with her hands behind her back, her black hair disheveled and stuck to her ears, her beautiful phoenix eyes like swords.
His face was restrained by Zhou Fuling's five fingers.
Xu Qingning wanted to shake him off, but couldn't, so she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
Her gaze, however, fell on his face again, like a snake crawling across it, making Xu Qingning extremely uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Zhou Fuling grabbed his chin.
Zhou Fuling held a jade-like object to his lips.
"Bite down."
"……What?"
Xu Qingning raised her eyes and frowned.
Immediately, he realized what it was—
A snow-white jade carving, skillfully crafted into a diamond-shaped pattern, was a token that Xu Qingning had given to Zhou Fuling a day ago.
Xu Qingning didn't understand what Zhou Fuling was saying for a moment.
She added, "Bite down."
Zhou Fuling held the jade carving firmly.
"Senior brother, I don't like you asking me random questions. This is punishment."
"Punishment?" Xu Qingning felt a chill run down her spine, anger surged to the top of her head, and she couldn't believe it.
"You don't have to bite."
Her laughter was clear and bright, "But my senior brother's dear little cousin, Zou Qin, exploded."
Xu Qingning was stunned.
After careful examination, he found that the jade was indeed brimming with spiritual energy and connected to a magic incantation, faintly linking to the spiritual veins of his cousin Zou Qin, who was trapped behind the house.
Just as Zhou Fuling said, if he didn't listen to her, Zou Qin would be torn to pieces by spiritual energy.
Xu Qingning's expression changed in countless ways in a short time.
My brain is constantly buzzing.
He raised his head slowly, angrily.
He couldn't believe Zhou Fuling would treat him like this.
I can't believe Zhou Fuling would make such a humiliating request.
He stared at her in disbelief, his lips trembling.
"You're not going to bite? I'm going to."
Zhou Fuling smiled, put her hands behind her back, and was about to get up.
However, the jade in his hand suddenly became immobile.
Zhou Fuling lowered her head.
Xu Qingning bit the jade, but her eyes were raised angrily, burning with cold fire, just like a proud phoenix trapped in a cage.
His gaze seemed to want to kill her.
Her neck trembled, and her brows and eyes turned crimson with shame and anger.
"So unwilling?"
Zhou Fuling pinched his face, but the jade made his lips appear even more crimson.
Xu Qingning turned her head away fiercely.
His profile, shoulders, arms, and lower back formed a tense, angry curve, his chest heaving.
Her beautiful eyes and brows were filled with a mixture of surprise and anger, yet they appeared magnificent.
Zhou Fuling reached out and pressed her hand against his trembling neck, forcing him to look up.
The man with the jade in his mouth was calm and composed, but his brows and eyes were filled with anger.
The two stared at each other as if in a standoff.
Zhou Fuling chuckled.
Do you know what I'm going to do to you?
"..." Xu Qingning's eyebrows and eyes were as cold as frost. She looked away, her eyes indifferent and hateful, as if she were not afraid of death.
“I don’t want to kill you,” Zhou Fuling said. “I find it boring. I plan to keep you around and play with you.”
"..."
Zhou Fuling whispered in his ear again, "Guess how I'm going to play this game? It won't be the way it was a hundred years ago. I'm going to use your identity, pretend to be you, and lead the Tianji Sect. Isn't that fun?"
Xu Qingning snorted coldly.
A light sneer.
It seems he is still in control.
However, what Zhou Fuling said was simply impossible.
Fang Xiang ordered him not to bring it back to Dongzhou. Even if she obtained it, she couldn't break through his grasp if he didn't give in.
This is different from a regular officer's order.
Fang Xiang is a celestial official position that only first-rank cultivators can hold. He is the leader of a continent, second only to the first-rank Wang Du. This token is different from others. It is a spiritual talisman personally set by six Wen Tian Zhe and immortals. It is not something that Zhou Fuling thought she could control just by obtaining it.
Zhou Fuling's hand slipped inside his Taoist robe, and Xu Qingning's strong waist was taut like iron.
She found his mustard seed talisman, but some of them were unbreakable. Those that could be broken, however, didn't reveal Fang Xiangling, and her expression darkened.
"You didn't bring the Fangxiang Token?"
Xu Qingning glanced at her coldly, without reacting.
Zhou Fuling frowned and summoned a weapon.
Xu Qingning's eyelashes fluttered, but she turned her head away with a haughty and resolute air, her back as straight as a pine tree, as if she no longer cared about Zhou Fuling's actions.
The two were locked in a stalemate when a shout suddenly came from outside: "Zhou Fuling, where is Zhou Fuling? Hurry up and find her!"
"That's Xu Qingning's most beloved junior sister! He's not here today, but we'll search the entire Hidden Heaven Village to find her!"
"Find all the other disciples as well!"
Xu Qingning and Zhou Fuling were both suddenly taken aback.
The voice was loud and clear, yet very familiar, especially to Xu Qingning… He recognized it as the voice of Zou Li, the son of the immortal Zou Lanci.
Xu Qingning raised her eyes.
Why did Zou Li come?
Zhou Fuling also nervously got up.
They saw snow falling outside the window, and there was no one in sight. But then they heard footsteps in the distance, and they all tensed up.
Zhou Fuling went to the window and made a hand seal.
It was secretly releasing its divine sense to investigate.
"At the foot of the mountain, the Zou family cultivators have gathered." Zhou Fuling turned around, her probing gaze falling on Xu Qingning's face.
Xu Qingning was also taken aback.
"They found the gap in the protective barrier I created and they've come over. What... judging from your expression, you didn't know about this either?"
Zhou Fuling pursed her lips, her face grim.
Xu Qingning frowned.
How is that possible?
Why did Zou Li come?
The visitor is not friendly.
His complexion was also not good.
His whereabouts are unpredictable. Did Zou Li know his location before coming, or did he not?
Why did you come?
Zhou Fuling: "Senior brother..."
Her tone was the same as before, like that frightened junior sister.
Xu Qingning still held the jade in his mouth, his frosty eyebrows and eyes were red, but it did not diminish his noble and refined appearance.
He gazed silently into the distance, his brows slightly furrowed.
But at such a critical moment, Zhou Fuling suddenly approached him.
Xu Qingning disliked her aura and stepped back to avoid her.
Zhou Fuling leaned close to his ear and continued, "Senior brother, what do you think... if I just open the gate to this courtyard like this, how will Zou Li and the others react when they see your face like this?"
Xu Qingning suddenly looked up, her cold gaze falling on her.
Zhou Fuling chuckled softly in response.
"Senior brother, I really like your expression right now. Continue."
“…” Xu Qingning looked away.
He coldly shook his head.
Zhou Fuling's eyes were cunning, her pupils like stars.
Xu Qingning felt a surge of anger, but she didn't show it on her face.
Zhou Fuling's expression changed again.
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