The two briefly communicated, immediately reaching consensus on Yunjin issue.
Meanwhile, Liuli felt awkward being ignored.
She felt anger from being looked down upon.
But whenever Liuli planned to resolve things through violence, she would think of Jinyue’s thorny abilities. For all she knew, the two figures she saw now might also be illusions, while the real Yino and Jinyue could be crouching on some tree branch watching Liuli talk to thin air!
Jinyue was just such an aggravating troublemaker. She might not have any lethal methods, but she could make even those with higher cultivation powerless against her.
“Care to guess? Maybe your vines just liked me?”
Jinyue was still giggling teasingly.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Liuli unexpectedly said: “Jinyue, fooling Yino is one thing, but you haven’t gotten so deep into character that you’ve fooled yourself too, have you?”
“No matter how much a little fox borrows pleasure’s mask to create presence, it still can’t change its small and empty life—”
Liuli was truly provoked by Jinyue.
She knew she couldn’t kill Jinyue, so she simply spoke words that could pierce straight to her heart, words that could instantly break Jinyue.
Clearly, Liuli understood Jinyue’s weak points well.
At these words, the foxgirl’s previously playful expression instantly froze.
Beside her, Yino raised an eyebrow. Though he didn’t understand the meaning of Liuli’s riddles, he also observed the foxgirl beside him with a strange look.
This time, it was Jinyue’s turn to fall silent.
She glared fiercely at Liuli’s eyes, but the latter still casually snorted coldly.
Liuli said these things for no other reason than to humiliate a certain clown who liked wearing masks and directing her own show for attention.
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“Wasn’t my joke funny?”
“Jinyue, why can’t you laugh anymore? Could it be you don’t want to feel pleasure?”
Liuli continued speaking riddles with cold mockery.
She didn’t immediately expose Jinyue’s true identity, because revealing only half the truth was the best way to keep someone on edge. As long as she held this weakness, Liuli could make Jinyue lose composure in any situation.
What the hell are these two talking about?
Why are they being so cryptic with these hidden meanings?
Wait, isn’t Jinyue the Pleasure Demon? Then what is she really?
Yino raised an eyebrow slightly, also confused by their exchange.
He could only curse that the original protagonist was such a blockhead. If Yino had known earlier there was leverage that could break Jinyue’s composure, he definitely would have used it to control her just like Liuli was doing now.
“Forget it, there’s no point in taunting a stray dog.”
Seeing Jinyue’s delicate frame trembling, already too intimidated to speak, Liuli grew bored and looked away.
This hidden meaning, while occasionally bringing up could break Jinyue’s composure, if actually revealed would not only fail to change Jinyue’s position, but would make her completely unrestrained after having her composure thoroughly broken today.
So, Liuli wouldn’t actually tear away the facade completely.
Moreover, given how things had developed, Liuli had only lost one quick path to forcefully feeding blood – it didn’t mean she didn’t have other backup plans.
“Young Master Yino, please forgive this Holy Maiden’s crude methods earlier.”
“Since we’re now evenly matched and neither can overcome the other, why don’t we let bygones be bygones? Please hear my terms for recruiting you into our sect?”
Liuli gave a cold, alluring smile, somehow appearing quite confident.
Yino hadn’t expected her attitude could shift so smoothly.
When she had the upper hand, she would use brute force.
When evenly matched, she immediately switched to polite negotiations.
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“If I remember correctly, this should be Young Master’s fiancée, right?”
Liuli spoke softly while raising her hand to summon crimson vines. Meeting Yino’s somewhat puzzled gaze, she ultimately pulled a girl with cyan hair, bound from head to toe, into view in mid-air.
Liuli looked up at the girl in her horse-faced skirt suspended in the air. She waved at the girl, and soon the vines slowly lowered her down.
“Hehe…”
Liuli gently stroked the girl’s smooth, jade-like face, giving another cold, seductive laugh. “Look, Young Master, this Holy Maiden knows your fiancée is delicately raised, so I didn’t dare harm her at all. There’s not even a single mark on her body—this Holy Maiden took great care in bringing her to you.”
“You bit**–!!!”
Ruoning felt disgusted by being touched, feeling like merchandise on display. She couldn’t help but curse angrily out of shame and anger.
Liuli remained unhurried and unperturbed, only lowering her gaze—after all, who would get angry at livestock about to be sold?
“Young Master’s fiancée certainly has quite the temper. It took this Holy Maiden so much effort to capture her unharmed initially.”
Liuli gave a cold laugh as she continued her introduction.
She glanced at Ruoning’s cold, unyielding eyes, seemed to think of something, and added a few mocking words: “However, this Holy Maiden has some advice for Young Master—this kind of shrew who remains stubborn even at death’s door may come from a good family, but she’s stubborn with a nasty temper. Only her face and figure are somewhat decent…”
“In the future, if Young Master really marries her, your married life might involve quite a bit of grief from this domineering, princess-syndrome shrew!”
At the end, Liuli covered her mouth and laughed meaningfully.
But as her words fell, the cyan-haired girl suspended in mid-air immediately broke down: “How am I a shrew?! You evil witch, stop spreading these lies! Yino and I have played together since childhood; he dotes on me the most! Yino is just saying things now, but when we actually marry, he won’t look down on me–!!!”
Ruoning broke down and cursed loudly, but the more intensely she cursed, the more hurt she felt inside.
Because Ruoning knew that as a captive, she had no right to argue. Liuli, as the victor, could humiliate her however she wanted, while all of captive Ruoning’s retorts seemed weak and futile.
Gradually, the girl’s voice grew softer, her eyes reddening as if she were about to cry.
Although Ruoning had been domineering toward Yino before, her true intention was that she liked him. Ever since awakening her talent, Ruoning had always yearned to win Yino’s acknowledgment through martial arts, then make that aloof Yino from her childhood memories lower his guard and pamper her every day.
Ruoning also didn’t want to be captured by the evil sect’s Holy Maiden and become Yino’s burden.
She also didn’t want to cause the death of those shadow guards protecting her.
But being unable to win is still being unable to win!
Whether she resisted or not, she would still be captured. It seemed Ruoning’s very existence was just a burden.
Ten years, ten years…
Ruoning had trained painstakingly for ten years, but in the end, it felt just like when she was young—whenever she faced setbacks, she would cry and call for Yino to save her.
“Brother… I’m sorry…”
“I’m sorry… Brother Yino… I was wrong… please don’t look down on me!”
Gradually, Ruoning seemed unable to suppress the fear and guilt that had long been inside her.
She now felt full of sin, like a crying child who had made a huge mistake. Not only had she become the evil sect’s Holy Maiden’s hostage to threaten Yino, but her heart still hoped Yino would come to save her.
Meanwhile, Yino also wore an awkward expression—it had been ten years since he’d seen Ruoning cry so pitifully.
Liuli silently listened to the girl’s breakdown and tears, giving a satisfied smile:
“How pitiful. Surely Young Master can’t abandon his fiancée to die?”
“So, this is the Holy Maiden’s sincerity!”
“Young Master, as long as you join the Full Moon Sect today and drink my blood, not only will I release your fiancée, but in the future, if this little girl misbehaves and acts high and mighty again, this Holy Maiden can even place an evil curse on her. Just brand the curse mark today, and Ruoning will be trained to be completely obedient to Young Master for the rest of her life!”
As Liuli’s words fell, she smiled meaningfully.
As the Holy Maiden of the Full Moon Sect, Liuli understood everything. She knew what things were more tempting to men.
“No, no…”
Meanwhile, Ruoning’s delicate body trembled, her face turning pale as she looked at Yino.
Of course, she didn’t want to die and hoped Yino could save her, but she was also worried Yino would be corrupted by this evil sect’s Holy Maiden.
Moreover, just the thought of evil curses made Ruoning feel scared, but for some unknown reason, alongside the fear, she also felt a bit of exciting tension from deep within her heart.
In the end, Ruoning’s heart held two contradictory emotions, and she truly didn’t know how to describe this feeling.
And just as Yino remained silent, weighing the pros and cons, another figure suddenly emerged from the quiet forest in the distance—
“You evil cult members! Sure enough, you’re conspiring together to harm Miss Liu Ruoning!”
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Xumo felt his timing was perfect.
Back then, when his master had repeatedly hinted that Yino wasn’t right, Xumo hadn’t seen through it yet. But unexpectedly, when fighting sounds erupted from the Azure Forest later, after Xumo rushed over, he indeed saw Ruoning bound head to toe by several crimson vines suspended in mid-air.
What made Xumo even more furious was that he had just heard that strange woman in red discussing with Yino about how to train Ruoning to be completely obedient in the future!
To think her master had truly guessed correctly!
Yino really did have connections with evil cult members!
If Xumo hadn’t arrived in time today, the outcome of Ruoning being captured and traded between two evil cult members would have been unimaginable!
“Evil woman, take my Universe Law Palm Strike!”
Xumo leaped into the air, gathering strange formations in his palm as his Core Formation realm cultivation burst forth at full power.
But just as the palm technique was about to hit the red-robed Holy Maiden, a thick crimson vine covered in barbs suddenly swept across, instantly sending the young man’s figure flying fifty meters away, snapping several ancient trees as his waist slammed into them.
“Where did this stray dog come from?”