Chapter 74 Self-Inflicted Injury
Su Yunyu only felt a bit of fear after slapping him, while 111 was still dumbfounded in her mind's eye.
[Even the Chosen One of Heaven slaps his host, have you forgotten the consequences of opposing Long Aotian?]
"..." Su Yunyu was only momentarily speechless, but quickly regained her composure:
"Maybe I'll piss him off and he'll just kill me. Then I can just start over."
Yes, that's it! He refused to believe that Long Aotian wouldn't run out of patience and kill him!
The silence lasted only for a moment.
Xiao Shuying paused for a moment, then turned her face away. There was a suspicious handprint on the side of her face, which showed the force of the slap.
His expression remained unchanged; he simply raised his hand, startling Su Yunyu who thought he was about to stab her. She immediately raised her hand to block, but the next moment her hand was tightly gripped. She stared at him, startled.
Seeing Xiao Shuying holding her hand and rubbing it against her cheek, he looked up at her, his eyes showing no anger, only a faint pleasure, and said:
"Master, does your hand hurt from hitting me?"
"..."
As she spoke, Xiao Shuying turned her head slightly, lightly pecked Su Yunyu's palm, stopping his struggle to pull his hand back, and smiled, saying:
"Master, would you like to slap me again?"
He raised his eyes slightly with interest, watching as Su Yunyu's originally cold face turned slightly angry, a blush spreading across her pale cheeks, making her as beautiful as the moonlit night in spring.
Especially when he slapped her, the cold fragrance forced back the surrounding air and invaded her five senses even faster than the stinging pain. Thinking of this, Xiao Shuying couldn't help but nuzzle Su Yunyu's palm with her nose again, greedily inhaling the faint cold fragrance.
Su Yunyu was so startled that she froze for a few seconds before realizing she was about to get angry. In her mind's eye, she exclaimed to 111, "How vulgar!"
"Is this right? If Heaven saw its own son fawning over me like this, wouldn't it send down a lightning tribulation to strike me dead?"
Having experienced the highs and lows of mission success and failure, 111 was now completely captivated by the exciting scene before her. All traces of sadness had vanished, replaced only by excitement.
[Don't be fooled, if Heaven really wanted to strike you down, Long Aotian would definitely stand in your way.]
"...Hehe, just wait. Once I let Long Aotian know what kind of person I am, he'll definitely be the first to kill me."
Ignoring 111's suggestion for a conciliatory approach, Su Yunyu snorted coldly, and taking advantage of the slight recovery of her suppressed spiritual energy, decisively withdrew her hand, mocking:
"Are you a dog? I slapped you and you still wag your tail."
As a young person in the 21st century who adheres to core values, Su Yunyu is usually very well-mannered and only utters a few weak curses when she gets angry. At this moment, she is still somewhat angry at being insulted by Long Aotian.
You can't blame him for speaking rudely; you can only blame Long Aotian for going too far!
But looking at Xiao Shuying again, she remained unmoved. Upon hearing this, her smile widened slightly, and her eyes held a hint of curiosity as she said:
"So this is what Master was originally like."
Su Yunyu thought he had seen through her true nature, and was overjoyed, so she pressed on with her efforts.
"That's right, that's exactly how I am. Disappointed? If you don't kill me, I'll only..."
They cursed even more.
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Shuying pressed his thin lips against her throat as he leaned in and caught up with her. Startled, Su Yunyu's pupils constricted, and she pushed him away forcefully before wiping her lips with her sleeve.
Thinking to herself that she was already in such a state, and Long Aotian was still so love-struck, it seemed she had to be ruthless. So Su Yunyu looked at him with utter disdain, her tone full of contempt:
"If I had known this would happen, I should have let you fend for yourself in the Xiao family back then."
Having said all that, Long Aotian should have been furious, but surprisingly, he wasn't at all. Instead, he even elicited a soft chuckle from Xiao Shuying.
"My master isn't such a heartless person. I suppose his desire to kill me wasn't genuine."
Upon realizing that her mission had been vaguely suspected, Su Yunyu was startled and quickly denied it.
"That's just wishful thinking on your part. Why wouldn't I dare kill you?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuying chuckled, but there was no real joy in it. Instead, spiritual energy surged in her palm until a dagger appeared in her hand.
Before Su Yunyu could even ask questions, Xiao Shuying thrust the dagger into her hand, his gaze fixed on her, his tone leisurely:
"Then how about Master kills me with his own hands?"
"Heh," Su Yunyu gripped the dagger, the icy touch sending a chill down his spine, yet he still let out a cold snort:
"How could a single dagger kill you?"
Xiao Shuying calmly said, "This contains my spiritual energy."
"..."
Su Yunyu felt like she was holding a hot potato, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel excited and hopeful. If she could seize this opportunity to kill Long Aotian, then she would still have hope.
On the one hand, he hesitated. He wouldn't even dare to kill a live shrimp normally, but now he had to hold a dagger and kill a living person...
But seeing the knowing smile on Xiao Shuying's lips, Su Yunyu felt as if she had been provoked. She felt a surge of anger and thought that if she didn't deal with Xiao Shuying, she would lose her integrity sooner or later.
Thus, between integrity and compassion, Su Yunyu chose the former. He tightened his grip on the dagger; the pure white spiritual energy wrapped around the blade was like three inches of ice, so sharp that it was hard to hold.
The thought of being free if she succeeded gave Su Yunyu a surge of courage. She gripped the dagger tightly, gathered her strength, and plunged it towards Xiao Shuying's heart.
As the needle was about to pierce her heart, and Xiao Shuying made no move, Su Yunyu felt a surge of joy, thinking that she might finally succeed.
The next second, however, his body suddenly went limp. He saw that Xiao Shuying, who had been kneeling in front of him, was surrounded by surging spiritual energy, pure white mixed with blood red and almost black demonic energy.
Like flowing raindrops, as it seeped into her meridians, Su Yunyu instantly lost her strength. The knife that was originally meant to pierce Xiao Shuying's heart turned into a weak and powerless attack.
She collapsed weakly into Xiao Shuying's arms like a bird in distress. As Su Yunyu was catching her breath, her hand suddenly went empty. Looking down, she saw that the dagger that should have drawn blood had been taken away by Xiao Shuying.
Before Su Yunyu could understand what was happening, Xiao Shuying's low voice came from above her head, resonating in her chest and making Su Yunyu's heart tremble:
"I already told you, my master couldn't bear to kill me."
Su Yunyu finally realized what had happened. He could have succeeded, but Xiao Shuying, that insidious fellow, had taken away his strength, causing him to fail at the last minute!
He was the one who gave her the chance, and yet he was the one who resorted to underhanded tactics when it came to succeeding. Su Yunyu was so angry that her teeth itched, and she glared at him hatefully.
"Oh, if you hadn't made me lose my strength, you would already be dead by the sword."
A storm raged in Xiao Shuying's eyes. He gripped Su Yunyu's chin with such force that Su Yunyu almost thought she was about to be crushed. The next second, she heard him say:
"Master, tell me, were all the good things you did for me real or fake?"
His gaze was incredibly persistent, deep and dark, scanning inch by inch over Su Yunyu's slightly exposed collar as she leaned against him. He watched as a slender white neck snaked into the white garment, so innocent that he couldn't help but want to hold it tightly, to force Su Yunyu to utter broken words.
Suppressing the growing coldness in her heart, Xiao Shuying stared intently at Su Yunyu, trying to hear a few words of sincerity from his cold lips.
But to his disappointment, Su Yunyu, determined to infuriate Long Aotian, haughtily mocked him:
"It's all an act, of course."
The moment the words fell, the atmosphere became extremely oppressive. Even 111 in her mind's eye fell silent. Su Yunyu blinked, the fear that had overwhelmed her surged up.
Seeing the storm swirling in Xiao Shuying's eyes, Su Yunyu felt increasingly threatened. But when her gaze fell upon the dagger still clutched in Xiao Shuying's hand, Su Yunyu's eyes lit up.
Rather than indirectly killing himself by angering Long Aotian to death, he might as well end his own life first.
Although ending one's own life requires a lot of courage, given the current situation, it's either being killed by Long Aotian or ending it oneself, so it's better to choose the latter.
Before Xiao Shuying could react, Su Yunyu suddenly reached out and snatched the dagger from Xiao Shuying's unsuspecting hand. Then, with a burst of courage, she closed her eyes and plunged the dagger into her own heart.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
The expected pain did not come.
But even with her eyes tightly closed, Su Yunyu clearly heard the sound of the blade piercing the hole.
He opened his eyes in confusion, looking down at the dagger in his hand. He saw that the dagger, which should have pierced his heart, was instead stopped by a hand.
It was Xiao Shuying's outstretched hand that blocked the attack; the dagger had completely pierced through his palm, leaving only the tip hovering just above Su Yunyu's heart.
Blood trickled down her spine. Su Yunyu was terrified and instinctively loosened her grip on the dagger, trying to back away, but Xiao Shuying grabbed her waist with her other hand and pulled her into her arms.
He was already weak from the interference of the spiritual energy, and now, shocked by the scene before him, he lost all will to struggle and just leaned on Xiao Shuying's shoulder in a daze.
Watching Xiao Shuying pull out the piercing dagger, her expression remained completely calm, as if the injury wasn't to her own hand.
“You…” Su Yunyu felt she should say something, it was too strange, but she got stuck after uttering just one word, not knowing what to say.
Should he grieve for his failed suicide attempt, be surprised by Xiao Shuying's intervention, or feel a pang of pity and inquire about his piercing wound?
Before he could even sort out his thoughts, Xiao Shuying put the blood-stained dagger into her spatial storage. She raised her hand, which bore a bloody hole, and instead of immediately healing it, she gave it a long, thoughtful look before whispering in Su Yunyu's ear:
"Master, it hurts so much..."
Su Yunyu thought he had come seeking comfort, but the next moment she heard him say:
"If I hadn't acted in time, it would have been Master who was in pain from that cut."
At first, he spoke calmly, as if he were just stating an objective fact. But as he spoke, his voice grew lower and lower until the last word left a chilling echo.
Su Yunyu stared blankly at him, her mind in turmoil. She hadn't yet recovered from the bloody scene just now. Her eyes glanced at the wound on his palm with lingering fear before quickly looking away.
Seeing his long eyelashes tremble slightly, Xiao Shuying's violent fear subsided somewhat, and she couldn't help but smile. She deliberately brought her gruesome wound close to Su Yunyu's face, forcing him to confront it, her tone harsh:
"What, you're scared now?"
If he hadn't instinctively reached out, the dagger would have pierced Su Yunyu's heart, and Su Yunyu would have been the one covered in blood.
The thought of what almost happened made Xiao Shuying's ears ring, a string in her mind throbbed with rage, a mixture of fear and anger at his audacity, as she cruelly interrogated Su Yunyu:
"Why isn't Master saying anything? Weren't you quite spirited just now?"
"..."
Su Yunyu's brow twitched. Ignoring what he said, she really didn't want to see him wandering around with this wound on his face anymore, so she immediately raised her hand to him.
After grasping Xiao Shuying's wrist, Su Yunyu clearly felt his body stiffen. She then used her spiritual energy to heal his wound. The wound was caused by a dagger imbued with spiritual energy, so healing it naturally required a large amount of spiritual energy.
Therefore, after recovering, Su Yunyu was even weaker. He looked up at Xiao Shuying, his face pale and his lips bloodless, yet he still managed a provocative smile:
"Who's scared? You're the one who's scared!"
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Author's Note: [Starry-eyed]
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