Volume One, Chapter Seventeen: Tragedy!
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“Awful!”
“Absolutely awful!”
“Truly tragic!”
The Red Luan, the Profound Spirit, and Old Willow successively revealed their true forms, shaking their heads over and over.
Even the hot-tempered Red Luan felt a trace of pity for Bai Ziye.
She certainly could not stand the sight of that stinking fox.
But compared with that demon, she was far more inclined to side with the fox!
The reason was simple.
Although the True Phoenix Clan was revered as divine beasts, half of the blood flowing through their veins still belonged to the demon race.
And this fox was likewise a branch of the vast demon race.
When one traced things back to their origins, she and that stinking fox were essentially of the same source.
So it was only natural for her to favor the fox.
The Profound Spirit crossed its arms. “That demon and this fox know each other. They must have some old grudge between them.”
“You mean that demon came here because of this fox?” the Red Luan asked, both startled and delighted.
Could this mean that the master’s romantic tribulation was not that demon after all?
The Profound Spirit shook its head and pointed upward.
“Speak!”
“Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed!”
The Red Luan: “...”
Bai Ziye, who was trying to break through the seal, had no idea that several pairs of eyes were watching it at that very moment.
It struck at the seal again and again, but in the end, every attempt failed.
Damn it!
Li Yan’s cultivation was far too superior to its own.
With its current realm and power, breaking through the seal was practically impossible.
Of course, Bai Ziye had not gained nothing.
It had discovered that the seal Li Yan had left on it was incomplete!
After night fell, the seal within its body began to loosen slightly.
Although it still could not use its cultivation, it could temporarily transform into human form.
That discovery allowed Bai Ziye to glimpse a thread of hope once more.
After several more attempts, Bai Ziye finally transformed back into human form. Its exquisitely beautiful face was filled with fury.
Its buttocks burned with pain, twisting its features into a grimace.
The superficial wounds were already healing. What it could not swallow was this humiliation!
Li Yan had deliberately tortured and disgraced it, trying to strip it of its dignity.
Did he think such treatment would make it submit?
In his dreams!
Fortune turned in cycles!
Li Yan, you had better pray that you never fall into this emperor’s hands!
“Ow...”
...
Night had fallen, and Qingyi was already asleep.
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Li Yan turned onto his side and looked at Qingyi, who was sleeping on the floor. The coldness in his eyes softened unconsciously.
He pushed back his sleeve.
The black veins on his forearm had not grown shorter, but their color had faded somewhat.
This meant that the curse was no longer worsening.
Li Yan’s expression grew complicated.
Perhaps this woman really could dispel the curse within him.
As he pondered, Li Yan suddenly let out a muffled groan.
A series of bulges appeared along his forearm. They moved beneath the skin, as though something were crawling through his body.
Faint veins rose on Li Yan’s forehead.
This was a sign that the full moon was about to appear.
Whenever the full moon emerged, the curse within his body would manifest completely.
The suffering he endured then would be ten or even a hundred times worse than what he felt now.
Even with his cultivation, surviving it was a matter of nine deaths to one life.
If only he had met this woman sooner...
As the moonlight outside grew brighter, the pain tormenting Li Yan intensified.
If he had still been at the peak of his power, such pain would have meant nothing to him.
But after being tormented by the curse for so long, Li Yan’s body had long since been riddled with wounds. Now, as he endured this agony that gnawed at his very bones, the demonic energy surrounding him began to grow restless.
If he had not desperately suppressed it, the small courtyard would have turned to ash in an instant.
In the courtyard, the Red Luan remained at the door, standing guard.
Only after the demonic energy inside the room had completely dispersed did the Red Luan lazily rise and cluck its way back to its nest.
Moonlight poured into the courtyard, turning the place, which had been shrouded in darkness, as bright as day.
Bai Ziye had transformed back into its original form and continued striking at the seal within its body.
Finding it boring, the Red Luan also began to doze.
Suddenly, a furtive figure climbed over the wall and slipped into the courtyard.
Tang Xi sneered and leaped into the yard.
“Snap!”
“I...”
Tang Xi clapped both hands over her mouth, not daring to make the slightest sound.
Her fairly attractive face twisted from the pain.
An animal trap!
Enduring the agony, Tang Xi crouched down and pried open the trap clamped around her ankle.
Several divine beasts in the courtyard were awakened by the noise. Seeing the fool who had entered the yard, they were rendered speechless.
“It’s that human cultivator.”
“She must have suffered at the master’s hands and come back to take revenge.”
She was only at the Foundation Establishment realm.
They could sneeze and reduce her to nothing but dust.
As the divine beasts exchanged glances, Tang Xi had already limped into a corner.
Bastard!
Just wait until I catch you!
I’ll sever the tendons in your hands and feet and make you wish you were dead!
Tang Xi hastily staunched the bleeding from her wound.
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She was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Caught completely unprepared, even these mundane weapons could still injure her.
Having learned from her previous mistake, Tang Xi was smarter this time.
She summoned her flying sword to scout the way and finally avoided the area near the wall without incident.
Let’s see what you can do to stop me now!
Tang Xi sneered.
But just as she put away her flying sword and prepared to rush inside to seize Qingyi—
“Snap!”
The trap clamped down on her other foot as well.
Both feet were injured.
Tang Xi fell flat on her face. After forcing herself to treat the wounds as best she could, she laboriously crawled back to the corner by the wall.
How could there be so many animal traps?
Tang Xi’s face went pale.
Who would put animal traps in the middle of their own yard?
What kind of fool did that?
Looking at her two injured feet, Tang Xi knew that she would probably be unable to teach that wretched woman a lesson tonight.
Next time!
Next time, I definitely won’t let you off!
Tang Xi cast a venomous glance toward the wooden house.
She pressed one hand hard against the ground, trying to use the force to propel herself over the wall.
“Snap!”
Tang Xi: “...”
By the time Tang Xi finally left the courtyard, a bright-red trail of blood covered the ground.
The Red Luan flapped its wings twice.
The blood vanished.
The animal traps returned to their original positions, as though nothing had ever happened.
Qingyi slept especially soundly that night.
She dreamed a very, very long dream.
In the dream, she rode Wealthy through the skies and across the earth, beating several weasels until they fled with their heads in their hands.
“Heeheehee, Wealthy, bite them!”
Qingyi waved her little fists forcefully at the air a few times, giggling delightedly.
On the bed, the pain tormenting Li Yan had gradually begun to ease.
The black markings on his face were slowly fading as well.
Everyone in the world believed that Li Yan had no weaknesses. Yet no one knew that every night of the full moon was when he was at his most vulnerable.
The curse suppressed the demonic energy within him, leaving him extremely weak.
At such a time, even an ordinary person could determine whether he lived or died.
Li Yan was suspicious by nature and trusted no one.
Even his trusted aides among the demon race had never earned his genuine confidence. He had never revealed his weakness before anyone.
And yet, why had he come here...