Although she didn’t know how the male lead knew she possessed a Pure Yin Body, even in the original novel, that concept didn’t appear until the mid-to-late stages.
Moreover, the author had directly given the male lead a cheat-like eye technique, while simultaneously laying the groundwork to arrange a harem filled with those possessing the Pure Yin Body.
In the early stages, there was basically no mention of any method that could identify a Pure Yin Body.
Thinking of this, Zhu Lan felt a slight sense of relief.
Ye Feng could roughly guess what she was thinking just by looking at her expression.
He smiled and said, “It seems you don’t intend to accept. I hope you think it over. Right now, I’m the one who holds all the cards. If I wanted to, I could have you ravished right this instant.”
Of course, the fact that he wasn’t claiming his fellow countryman’s Pure Yin Body right now was partly because the constitution wasn’t strong enough yet.
Even if he took her Primal Yin, it wouldn’t yield the maximum effect.
Zhu Lan certainly knew this.
She was indeed a bit afraid that the male lead would lose his temper and simply force himself upon her regardless of the consequences.
Zhu Lan forced herself to remain calm.
“The reason you haven’t made a move yet is that my cultivation isn’t high enough. Even if you took my body now, there wouldn’t be much benefit. How about this? We both definitely remember that there’s another member of your harem in the original novel who also has a Pure Yin Body. Her identity wasn’t clear in the text, so I can help you search for news of her on the outside.”
Unless it was a last resort, she absolutely did not want to surrender her body.
Ye Feng’s eyebrows arched.
“Have you considered that two Pure Yin Bodies would give me far more benefits than just one?”
Zhu Lan: …
She knew that, of course.
She just purposefully didn’t mention it, as she truly didn’t want to compromise on such a plan in her heart.
The male lead would have dozens more women in his harem later on.
She found it disgusting.
Dirty.
Zhu Lan didn’t reply.
She gently closed her eyes and simply lay on the ground to rest.
She was too tired.
The male lead wasn’t easy to fool.
She had to use her brain to figure out how to stabilize him without making him angry enough to take her by force.
Ye Feng originally didn’t mind waiting it out, but he couldn’t help but steal a few more glances at the girl on the ground.
Her physical condition was currently very poor.
Her small face was completely bloodless, and her lips had lost almost all their color, leaving only a deathly pallor.
Those bright, moving eyes were tightly shut, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly against her thin eyelids.
The Qi Condensation Realm could only be described as becoming a cultivator; only after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment did one truly step onto the immortal path.
Unless they were body cultivators, the physical bodies of most immortal cultivators were still quite fragile.
Ye Feng’s tone subconsciously softened a bit.
“Since you are so resistant, I’ll give you a chance. Stay by my side, and I will appropriately give you opportunities to help you form your Golden Core early. On the day you reach the Golden Core stage, you may fight me. If you win, I’ll let you go. If you lose, you will willingly offer up your body. How about it?”
Zhu Lan opened her eyes and gave a gentle nod.
She knew deep down that this was the greatest concession the male lead would make.
Staying by the male lead’s side was impossible; she would definitely have to find a way to run away.
Otherwise, if the male lead felt lonely late at night and decided to pin her down and have his way with her, she wouldn’t even have a place to cry.
As for the future, both of them tacitly avoided bringing it up.
“Get up. Can you still walk? Put these clothes on first.”
Ye Feng tossed a set of brand-new, luxurious male robes to Zhu Lan and then turned his back.
Zhu Lan didn’t bother being shy either, directly changing out of her dirty, wet clothes right where she was.
“I’m finished.”
“Mhm. Go to the lakeside and take a bath. You’re too dirty; just changing clothes isn’t enough.”
After leaving those words, Ye Feng headed toward the lake first.
After Ye Feng left, Zhu Lan was a bit confused.
Was the male lead not afraid she would run?
Could it be that he was confident enough to let her run just so he could catch her again?
After weighing her options, Zhu Lan obediently followed him to the lakeside.
What Zhu Lan didn’t notice was that Ye Feng had left in quite a hurry.
His body was still slightly hunched over.
Zhu Lan washed the mud off her body, changed into the brand-new clothes, and appeared before Ye Feng looking completely refreshed.
“You…”
Ye Feng was momentarily dazed.
He hadn’t expected his fellow countryman to be so beautiful even in men’s clothing.
Would all the women in his future harem be beauties of this caliber?
He blamed his lack of experience; he hadn’t seen anyone this beautiful in his twenty-plus years on the Blue Star.
Ye Feng’s gaze was blatant.
Zhu Lan felt a glaring stare sizing her up and felt a bit awkward.
She sat down by the campfire, trying to minimize her presence.
Normally, what happens at a time like this?
Oh, right.
In power fantasy novels, the male lead and a future harem member are usually forced to stay together due to an accident, trapped in a place they can’t leave.
Then, the “poor kid” male lead happens to be an expert at barbecuing and roasting meat, and a single meal of grilled meat wins over the future harem member’s heart.
Basically, every power fantasy male lead has to be a master of the grill, right?
“Hungry? I just grilled some fish. Do you want some?”
As expected, Ye Feng made the offer.
Sigh, please, this trope is so old.
She wasn’t the future male lead’s sweetheart.
…
“Wow, this is delicious!”
Zhu Lan held a grilled fish, full of praise.
“Buddy, your grilling technique is top-notch.”
Ye Feng was also eating the warm grilled fish.
Seeing Zhu Lan gorging herself until her cheeks puffed out, he found it somewhat cute.
He laughed and said, “Eat slower, watch out for bones.”
“I can’t. I’m too hungry. I haven’t eaten in so long, and I was chased by you for ages,” Zhu Lan replied indistinctly while taking huge bites, looking very satisfied.
In fact, she used to wonder about this.
After all, how could eating fish with no seasoning and full of bones be good?
But now she had let go of her worries.
He was the male lead, after all; it was normal for things to defy common sense.
Maybe fish in the cultivation world simply didn’t have bones?
…
“Fellow countryman.”
Zhu Lan wanted to cry.
“I think I have a bone stuck in my throat.”
Ye Feng was also startled upon hearing this.
“What happened? Why didn’t my fish have bones? I thought all fish in the cultivation world were boneless. I’ve eaten that same type of fish before.”
Zhu Lan was on the verge of tears.
A cannon fodder’s life is still a life!
Why did the male lead’s fish have no bones, while the cannon fodder’s fish did?
She was just too unlucky.
Looking at the dejected Zhu Lan, Ye Feng suppressed a smile.
“Does the bone feel big?”
Zhu Lan shook her head.
She wasn’t an idiot; if it were a big bone, she would have felt it and spat it out.
“Open your mouth and let me see.”
Ye Feng leaned in close.
Mhm, cherry-red lips, a pink and lovely tongue—it looked like strawberry jelly.
If only he could…
“Can you see it?”
Ye Feng stared for a long time, making Zhu Lan feel awkward.
“No.”
Ye Feng answered honestly.
“Then why were you looking so long?”
Zhu Lan’s fist tightened.
Her fist was getting hard!
Ye Feng said seriously, “It might be stuck quite deep. You can’t see it like this.”
Hearing this, Zhu Lan felt uneasy.
When she was back on the Blue Star, she had once gotten a fishbone stuck.
She searched it on the internet and found out she had cancer.
Later, she switched to a more reliable platform, which said if a fishbone remains embedded in the throat for a long time, it will irritate the area every time you eat, making it hard to swallow.
Over time, it leads to inflammation or even necrosis.
For the first time, she truly missed the medical conditions of the Dragon Kingdom back on the Blue Star.
What was she supposed to do in this cultivation world?
Ye Feng was also in a bit of a predicament.
No matter how good he was at fighting, he didn’t know medicine.
Without professional tools, how was he supposed to get the fishbone out?
“It’s fine. Maybe… maybe I’ll be okay after I sleep on it.”
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