Shangguan Residence, in a secluded courtyard room, moonlight slanted through the window lattice and spilled inside.
Inside the room, Qin Luoyi was lying prone by the bed, one hand pointing and gesturing toward the boy before her, the other propping up her chin, her expression full of delight.
“Aiya, I originally thought this little guy would be so skinny as to be unrecognizable, but unexpectedly, he’s quite handsome. Except for his skin not being very good, he actually looks pretty pleasing.”
Yun Mu lay sprawled on the bed, his clothes already changed into clean ones.
As for who changed them, it went without saying.
After all, besides the two of them, no one else was in this room.
“Hm, the wound on the hand is pretty easy to treat. The external medicinal patches combined with my Star Power almost completely healed it. Truly worthy of me.”
“The old scars elsewhere… besides being unsightly, don’t seem to have much impact. But it doesn’t matter. After all, if you stay with me, you’ll probably end up with even more scars… Aiya… I really want to see his body’s structure…”
She reached out and lifted the boy’s clothes, gently stroking the scars one by one, unable to suppress the smile at the corner of her lips.
“When those new wounds cover these scars later, you’ll be completely mine.”
As she spoke, a life-filled Star Power flowed from her pulse gate to her fingertips, condensing.
With a sound of “Ru” (Enter), the green clusters swiftly enveloped Yun Mu in the blink of an eye.
“Aiya, truly, so many scars but not a single hidden injury? His constitution really is special… Wait… this feeling is…”
Just as Qin Luoyi was about to continue her examination, her Star Power suddenly began to be uncontrollably absorbed.
The sudden situation made her freeze for a moment, but soon a more excited expression appeared on her face.
She remained lying by the bedside, and as time passed, the hand that had been propping her chin also dropped.
She let out a soft, pleased hum, her body softening, yet she still refused to let go, instead watching her power being drawn out from within bit by bit.
She was experiencing a sensation she had never felt before.
She was immersed in the process of having her strength slowly taken away.
For ordinary cultivators, this would be an excruciating ordeal, but for some reason, Qin Luoyi seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it.
The girl raised her misty eyes, her hands roaming over his body, madness named excitement flashing in her gaze.
“Yun Mu… Yun Mu… When my master first mentioned you, I was wondering if your innate affinity with Star Power could ease the uncontrollable Life Force within me… But I never expected you could achieve such an effect. Yun Mu, you really didn’t disappoint me. You truly are my destined child. Once this is over, I absolutely must have you… You must be mine…”
“Master…”
Just as she was still lost in her own world, a low whisper suddenly interrupted her.
She stopped stroking his skin, her face flickering with confusion, and the frenzied green energy instantly vanished.
She sat up and looked at the boy’s furrowed brows, realizing he hadn’t awakened.
“Master… hurry and leave…”
Master?
Yun Mu’s master…
I remember Lu Qi had mentioned something about his deceased master, something like Lin… Lin Xizhi?
A strange name.
Her curiosity was piqued by the boy’s murmurs.
“I recall this Lin Xizhi was supposed to be quite mysterious. I wonder if I could learn some unknown secrets from him…”
Muttering to herself, the girl instinctively leaned in closer to listen, but after a long wait, apart from the sound of the other’s breathing, nothing more came.
In the end, she couldn’t stand the ticklish shyness and sat back with a face full of grievance but also helplessness.
“Forget it, I never really expected to hear anything from you anyway. It was all my wishful thinking. Let’s go, let’s go. I’ll talk to you when you wake up.”
She slowly stood up and stretched, her eyes subconsciously glancing at the boy’s neck, her expression darkening instantly.
There, on his neck, was a clear bite mark, obviously belonging to a girl.
Her delicate brows knitted together, her face showing clear disgust.
She hated it when others left marks on her prey… or rather, on her possessions.
Especially since Yun Mu was the only person in all these years to awaken a possessiveness in her after just meeting him.
At the thought, murderous intent surged within her.
But soon, her brows relaxed, she licked her lips, and the jealousy in her eyes disappeared.
The girl bent down, leaning close to gently sniff the unique medicinal fragrance on him.
A smile lifted the corner of her mouth, and her cherry lips softly touched the skin at his neck.
“Mm… who—”
“!”
But before she could cover the bite mark left by Shangguan Xunyi with her own teeth, Yun Mu suddenly murmured right beside her ear, startling her so much she lost balance and fell onto him.
And the original bite turned into a light kiss because of this.
“!!!”
A flush of shyness instantly flooded her cheeks.
In that brief moment, the girl’s face was tinted rosy, and under the moonlight, it was faintly visible that even her earlobe was tender and moist.
Despite her earlier boldness, she inexplicably became bashful now.
Though the kiss wasn’t as intense as a bite, it threw her completely off guard.
In some ways, Qin Luoyi’s sense of shame was actually quite unusual.
“You dirty, dirty, dirty man!”
The girl pushed herself up, grabbed Yun Mu’s body, and started shaking him, her speech babbling incoherently and her hands far from gentle.
“Um… Miss… may I ask who you are… ah?”
“Dirty, dirty, dirty! Asking my name right after climbing on me is so dirty!”
Her actions became even rougher.
“Ah? Wait…”
Clearly, Yun Mu didn’t understand the situation; he had never heard that asking someone’s name was a dirty thing.
Just as Yun Mu was about to be shaken apart, Qin Luoyi finally realized she might have gone too far.
She hurriedly stopped, lowered her gaze to the boy, coughed lightly, and stammered.
“I… I am the legitimate eldest daughter of the current Sacred Royal of the ancient Li Xun Kingdom… the royal Princess… My name is, is… uh… ouch…”
She bit her tongue.
“Legitimate eldest daughter… Are you Miss Qin Luoyi? No, Princess Qin Luoyi?”
“Yes! I’m Princess Qin Luoyi. Today I… uh, ouch…”
“Um… are you alright?”
“I’m fine, fine. What could happen to me? Let me tell you…”
Noticing she bit her tongue again, Yun Mu instinctively helped cover for her, then started thinking about the current situation.
So much so that he didn’t really listen to the girl’s following words.
Like
“You will be my Xiao Yunzi from now on,”
or
“If we have physical intimacy, we must become Dao Companions,” or “Just now I didn’t do it on purpose, I only wanted to bite you but didn’t expect to kiss you” — none of it registered.
He just looked around, observing the surroundings.
This room… looks like it’s back at the Shangguan Residence.
Miss Qiuyue should be fine.
I wonder how Sister Xunyi is doing.
She wasn’t in a good state earlier; hopefully, she’s okay.
His obvious daydreaming stirred a face full of embarrassment and anger from Qin Luoyi.
“Hey! You playboy, are you thinking about other women!?”
While his mind was in a whirl, the girl’s delicate jade hands cupped his face, forcibly locking their gazes again.
“Xiao Yunzi, don’t you know that when talking to someone, it’s polite to look them in the eye? Don’t you know… thinking of other women in front of a woman is the most taboo thing in the world?”
As she spoke, her face came closer, and the imposing aura she carried was even more overwhelming than before.
“Princess Luoyi, isn’t this a bit too close… we just met, right?”
“Close? This is nothing. We can be even closer. What… don’t tell me you want to resist?”
With that, she activated her Star Power to bind Yun Mu, gently removing her embroidered shoes, then tiptoed and leapt onto him.
“Xiao Yunzi~ naughty children need to be punished~”
Her tone grew strangely playful, and a dangerous aura emanated from her, making Yun Mu’s heart experience a physiological fear.
He felt as if vines were wrapping around his heart, and in the blink of an eye, he might die at her hands.
“Wait, Princess Luoyi, this is… um…”
Before he could speak, the girl’s hand covered his mouth.
He felt his clothes lightly lifted, followed by a coolness with a slight sting.
A knife?
That was Yun Mu’s first thought.
But the sensation was completely different from any knife he had ever encountered, which left him confused.
What exactly is going on…?
Why do so many strange things keep happening lately?
The people I meet have all become strange too.
Earlier, Sister Xunyi sucked my blood, and now this unfamiliar Princess Qin Luoyi shows up.
Could it be that this body of mine really is so attractive?
“I told you~ don’t think about other women in front of me~ Didn’t you understand? Xiao Yunzi~”
No sooner had she finished speaking than a sharp pain stabbed his abdomen.
Strangely, he didn’t feel any blood flowing out.
The pain didn’t last long either and was soon replaced by a comfortable sensation.
“Ah, isn’t it strange how your wounds heal so fast?”
The girl noticed Yun Mu’s confusion and without hesitation cut two more shallow wounds, her expression clearly excited.
“That’s because you absorbed my Star Power, the Star Power symbolizing life, symbolizing my exclusive Life Force as Qin Luoyi…”
“Don’t worry, it won’t hurt. When these new scars fully cover the old ones, you will completely become mine… Hehe… I will make you feel the pleasure of this.”
She excitedly raised the dagger again.
“Let me take a look at what kind of body you have that can absorb my Star Power and make it your own… Relax, it’ll be quick, won’t take long…”
The low murmur echoed beside his ear.
At this moment, only two words came to Yun Mu’s mind to describe her.
Madwoman.