After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ming slowly opened his eyes. His expression instantly froze as he realized a woman with a graceful figure was sleeping peacefully in his arms.
Mu Ningxue.
Her eyes were tightly shut, her breathing steady, and her delicate face was filled with a sense of relaxation.
As he recalled the scandalous scenes from the previous day, hot blood rushed to his nose. Even now, his mind was filled with the images of Mu Ningxue moaning, her expression so filled with shame that she hadn’t dared to look at him.
It had been truly erotic.
He felt a bit dazed, finding it hard to believe that he had truly taken Mu Ningxue’s Primordial Yin, until he saw the messy state of their surroundings. The Aphrodisiac Flowers for several yards around them had been utterly crushed.
This was terrible.
He couldn’t help but cover his nose and mouth, racking his brain to think of some way to make amends.
At that moment, Mu Ningxue woke up.
The first thing she realized was that she was lying in a man’s arms. Her expression stiffened, and she instinctively looked up, unexpectedly locking eyes with him.
‘The Fifth Heavenly King of the Demon Cult?!’
Her expression shifted drastically. Immediately after, memories of the unspeakable events flooded her mind, and her face gradually turned pale with humiliation.
How could this happen?!
Her Primordial Yin was truly gone.
Although it was an accident caused by the effects of the Aphrodisiac Flowers, was the Fifth Heavenly King of the Demon Cult not also at fault? If he hadn’t planted so many Aphrodisiac Flowers on his territory, none of this would have happened. If he hadn’t set so many restrictions in this area that prevented her from circulating her technique, this wouldn’t have occurred.
The more Mu Ningxue thought about it, the angrier she became. She abruptly pushed Gu Ming away, grabbed her clothes, and began to dress herself.
Seeing this, Gu Ming also hurriedly put on his clothes. They acted like a pair of lovers caught in an affair, panicked and at a loss for what to do.
A few minutes later, Mu Ningxue, who was the first to finish dressing, drew her long sword and rushed toward Gu Ming.
“I’m going to kill you.”
However, the tearing pain between her legs caused her footsteps to falter. She stumbled and fell forward, crashing directly into Gu Ming’s arms. Her long sword slipped from her grip and clattered to the ground.
Her eyes widened. Then, a wave of negative emotions surged in her heart—grievance, resentment, fear, and despair…
Tears blurred her vision before overflowing like a broken dam. She began to cry loudly.
“Ugh, wu… wu…”
Gu Ming panicked instantly. He didn’t even care that her gloves were devouring his Spiritual Energy. His hands hovered in the air, rising and falling several times in hesitation before he finally dared to hold Mu Ningxue’s slender shoulders.
He wanted to say something to comfort her, but before he could speak, she cried out, “It’s all your fault! It’s all your fault!”
“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be like this.”
“It’s all your fault. Damn it, it’s all your fault… I have no home anymore.”
Mu Ningxue helplessly beat against Gu Ming’s chest. She couldn’t even kill the man in front of her; it was truly pathetic. She had lost her virginity, and her Goddess Cultivation Technique had been broken.
She had no way to face her master. Even if she went back, her master would no longer want her because she was no longer the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace.
She was lost. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do.
She regretted it. If she could turn back time, she would never have come here. Unfortunately, there were no “ifs.” She could only cry out loud, venting her helplessness.
Gu Ming could only let Mu Ningxue continue her beating. He knew very well what it meant for the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace to lose her purity. It meant that everything she had as the Divine Maiden would be stripped away. She would no longer be the Divine Maiden.
This was not the outcome he had hoped for. However, there was no room for turning back. The only thing he could do was try his best to make amends for this girl who was crying her heart out.
So, he grabbed her flailing hands, stopping her tantrum.
Mu Ningxue froze, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Gu Ming pitifully. She didn’t understand why the man was stopping her.
Under Mu Ningxue’s helpless gaze, Gu Ming’s heart tightened, but he maintained a cold face as he spoke. “Since I have taken your body, I will take full responsibility for you.”
“Become my woman, Mu Ningxue.”
“I can protect you for the rest of your life and ensure you never want for anything.”
This was the only plan he could offer as a remedy.
Mu Ningxue was stunned, her brow furrowing slightly, but she pushed him away and turned her back to him. Biting her red lip, she said coldly, “Our paths are different; we cannot walk together. You are a Demonic Cultivator, and we can never be together.”
“I have merely lost my body; I, Mu Ningxue, am not that cheap.”
“Even if I am no longer the Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace, I will not dance with the Demonic Path.”
After saying that, she prepared to leave, but she stopped after taking a single step. Keeping her cold face turned away, she said, “I know this was an accident. Therefore, I won’t say anything.”
She pulled off those gloves, threw them fiercely onto the ground, and then walked away quickly without looking back, leaving the area.
Watching the receding figure, Gu Ming’s expression was complex. The Divine Maiden of the Divine Maiden Palace had truly fallen.
He walked over, picked up the gloves, and put them away. He then left the area as well and returned to the Heavenly King’s Palace.
***
Just as he reached the gates of the Royal City, a figure flew toward him from a distance and threw herself into Gu Ming’s arms. She didn’t say anything, but her eyes were filled with worry.
Gu Ming doted on her and stroked her head, unable to help but say, “I didn’t come back all night. Don’t you want to know where I went, Qianqian?”
Mu Qianqian looked up, her beautiful eyes burning as she stared at Gu Ming. Her red lips parted slightly. “As long as you come back safely, Brother, I don’t care. Even if you are keeping other women outside.”
She flashed a brilliant smile.
Gu Ming felt a wave of guilt in his heart. For some reason, he felt as though she had seen right through him.
Mu Qianqian’s expression suddenly darkened, and she asked in a low voice, “Brother, did you fail to capture the Divine Maiden?”
“Yes.” Gu Ming nodded and said, “I didn’t catch her. She escaped. However, she has lost her body and is no longer the Divine Maiden. Even if I captured her, it wouldn’t be of much use.”
Mu Qianqian looked worried. “Brother, I’m worried that the others won’t believe it.”
Gu Ming pinched Mu Qianqian’s nose and laughed. “The facts are the facts. Whether they believe it or not is up to them.”
However, Mu Qianqian remained stubborn. “Brother, how did a Divine Maiden who lost her purity escape from your hands? She clearly shouldn’t have been able to use the Goddess Cultivation Technique anymore.”
“!!!”