“So, do you understand?”
“I am Yino’s lover – we’ve kissed and even shared a bed!”
“You ungrateful secondary woman, how dare you be so impudent as to call me a demon?”
Under the shade of trees in the Azure Forest, Jinyue stood with hands on her hips, revealing a pair of sharp little fangs at the corners of her lips. The fluffy fox ears atop her head stood erect, and her three demon tails behind her bristled as if trying to appear intimidating.
Under her crimson enchanting gaze, the usually proud and arrogant Ruoning trembled in fear, her expression like that of a bullied wife, too scared to talk back even after being scolded.
This wealthy young lady from Jiangnan was likely seeing a living fox demon for the first time in her life.
Like many children from the South, Ruoning grew up hearing her parents say children who don’t sleep at night will be taken away by fox demons…
Now seeing a fox demon’s true form with her own eyes, Ruoning’s face turned pale, convinced that Jinyue’s little fangs would bite her at any moment.
“You, you, you…”
“Fine, you calling me a shrew is one thing! But Yino and I are childhood sweethearts engaged since we were young – how dare you, a fox who came out of nowhere, call me a secondary woman?!” On the other side of the shade, Ruoning’s face showed her grievance.
Though she was still bound by blood-colored vines, her inner principles gave Ruoning the courage to confront Jinyue.
“You, you, you what?”
Jinyue gave a cold laugh.
Then, the girl’s enchanting eyes suddenly turned fierce. She held her hands up like claws beside her face, baring her sharp teeth in a little tiger expression, and pounced forward with a “rawr!”, making Ruoning’s delicate body tremble as she shrank her neck in fear.
“Now, when I say you’re a secondary woman, you’re a secondary woman!”
“If you dare talk back again, I’ll eat you up right now, and then tell Yino you got lost in the forest – then you won’t even be able to be a secondary woman anymore!” Seeing Ruoning so afraid of her, Jinyue couldn’t help but feel proud, her three tails swaying back and forth unconsciously. She let out a cold snort and asked again:
“Now, do you understand?”
“Mm…”
Ruoning nodded meekly.
After all, she had just been beaten by the evil cult’s Holy Maiden and had lost her proud arrogance. Now that Jinyue had saved her, Ruoning naturally felt some respect for her.
“Want these vines undone?”
Jinyue narrowed her enchanting eyes while playing with a knife in her hands.
Ruoning nodded repeatedly.
“Want me to untie you? Then say ‘I am Yino’s girlfriend, and you’re just a secondary woman.'”
Jinyue said meaningfully, her little nose nearly pointing to the sky.
Ruoning repeated submissively:
“I am Yino’s girlfriend, and you’re the secondary woman…”
“Are you stupid?! I told you to say that YOU’RE the secondary woman!”
“Oh oh… I, I’m the secondary woman…”
Ruoning’s face showed even more grievance as she closed her eyes and bit her rouge lips. Being at others’ mercy, the young lady finally spoke these utterly humiliating words. Jinyue gave another cold snort and said sternly: “What else? Who’s the proper wife? Quick, say who’s the proper wife!”
“You, you’re the proper wife, alright…”
Ruoning was almost crying from being bullied.
Meanwhile, Jinyue’s vanity finally peaked, and she satisfyingly flicked her sword, precisely cutting the vines binding Ruoning with hair’s breadth precision.
The sword movement startled Ruoning, who thought for a moment she was going to be cut.
“Let me tell you!”
“If it weren’t for my dear Yimo’s sake, this young lady wouldn’t have saved you. Otherwise, you’d have been captured and corrupted by that old witch by now!”
Jinyue continued speaking incessantly.
But as Ruoning stood up from the ground, she hugged her arms and muttered softly: “You clearly wanted to save Yino but saved the wrong person…”
“What would a little girl like you know!”
“Huh?”
“This is strategy! This is the tacit understanding between me and my boyfriend!”
“?”
Ruoning looked dubious.
But Jinyue walked ahead and continued: “Actually, I saved you on purpose! Because once you, a burden, are safe, the old witch won’t have any hostages to threaten Yino with!”
“And conversely, if I pretend I saved the wrong person, not only will it make the old witch lower her guard against me and Yino, but it will also let her lead Yino deep into the Azure Forest!”
“So now, we need to go to the depths of Azure Forest to find Yino. Then we can work with Yino from both inside and outside, catching that old witch completely off guard!”
As she finished speaking, Jinyue stopped walking, her eyes shining as she made a boxing stance and playfully threw little punches in front of her chest.
For a moment, Ruoning’s eyes widened, actually feeling there was some logic to what she heard.
However, this feeling of admiration only lasted a few seconds.
Soon, Ruoning shifted her gaze, noticing the foxgirl’s three fluffy tails that had mysteriously drooped down.
“Does… does Yino himself know about all this you’re saying…”
Ruoning hugged her arms and suddenly blurted out.
Just then, Jinyue remembered how a few minutes ago, when she had just rescued Ruoning, she had mysteriously sneezed several times, as if someone had been cursing her behind her back.
“Ruoning, are you doubting the tacit understanding between the proper wife and her boyfriend?”
“I wouldn’t dare… it’s just that my family used to have a little dog… when it stole cured meat, its tail would droop down guiltily…”
Ruoning continued muttering.
At these words, Jinyue’s delicate body trembled, and she instinctively looked back at her three tails.
They really had drooped down!
“No wonder Yino doesn’t like you! Your personality and mouth are really annoying!”
Jinyue clicked her tongue secretly, thinking that this Ruoning was really not easy to fool – if it had been Yunjin or Wangxue, they would have believed her foolishly by now.
Wait!
Yunjin…
Where’s Yunjin?!
Halfway through walking, Jinyue suddenly remembered a certain airheaded girl who was almost forgotten by everyone and still trapped in the illusion.
In the past, Jinyue wouldn’t have bothered with her, and might have just left Yunjin in the forest for wolves to take while Yino wasn’t around. But now, Jinyue truly realized Yunjin’s importance.
Moreover…
If it hadn’t been for Yunjin’s help earlier, Jinyue wouldn’t have been able to easily break free from Liuli’s vine trap!
“No good, Ruoning, come back with me. We need to bring that girl called Yunjin along to save Yino! She’s a crucial secret weapon!”
Jinyue turned around, immediately preparing to set off.
But before she could take two steps, the green-haired girl beside her suddenly spoke: “How about I carry you on my sword?”
“You can fly?”
Jinyue turned to look, but her view was blocked by the well-developed melons on Ruoning’s chest.
At the same time, Ruoning shrugged and said:
“I’m at Core Formation stage…”
When the girl shrugged, a pair of abundant melons swayed before Jinyue’s eyes.
Instantly, Jinyue felt a surge of jealousy.
“Tch, with cultivation so high, how could any man control you? No wonder Yino doesn’t like you!”
“Huh?”
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Your next journey awaits at empire
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“The truth about Azure Forest?”
In the central area of Azure Forest, Yino followed behind the red-dressed Holy Maiden and spoke quietly.
Though it seemed like a question, Yino wasn’t really curious. In his previous life while playing the game, during his battles with Liuli, he had heard her mention this line and backstory.
“Come with me, the truth is right here.”
At some point, Liuli walking ahead spoke coldly, stopping at the foot of the most important giant thousand-year-old tree in Azure Forest. She stepped onto the stairs before the ancient tree, and just as she turned around, Yino accidentally bumped into the soft collar of her ceremonial dress.
“You’re with me, yet you can still be distracted?”
Liuli narrowed her eyes in confusion, puzzled by Yino’s reaction.
It seemed that ever since she mentioned the truth about Azure Forest, Yino had been responding very calmly – not exactly perfunctory, but definitely without the curiosity that normal people should have. Yino rubbed his nose, which carried a hint of carnation fragrance, and somewhat guiltily changed the subject:
“Actually, rather than the truth about Azure Forest, I’m a bit curious why you’re not forcing me to drink blood anymore?”
At these words, the red-dressed girl gave a light laugh:
“Heh… so you’re still afraid of becoming my blood servant?”
She glanced at Yino, then continued walking up the stairs into the interior of this giant thousand-year-old tree.
Yino walked below on the stairs, silently following behind her, looking up at the most beautiful female antagonist’s bandaged legs under her dress from the early original game.
This was much more thrilling than the game’s [locked perspective] + [black underskirt] experience…
“Actually, in the second before Jinyue first cast her illusion, I saw you crush that ice-blue jade pendant, and I also felt an unprecedented aura of death in the illusion.”
Liuli walked up the stairs, seemingly unaware of her underskirt privacy, continuing to speak indifferently without looking back.
The interior of this thousand-year-old tree was like a huge treehouse base.
As Liuli placed her palm on the bark, the camouflaged wooden door slowly appeared.
Liuli channeled her spiritual energy, opened the wooden door, then stepped forward and turned to invite Yino in.
Yino followed meekly.
After Liuli closed the wooden door, she continued explaining the previous topic:
“I now know that your trump card is that jade pendant containing Mo Yuyan’s strongest sword technique.”
“At this point, if I still tried to force you to drink blood and become a blood servant, and you crushed the jade pendant to strike me with that sword technique, even I as the Holy Maiden might not be able to withstand it.”
“Moreover, we are both believers of the Mother Goddess, and now we have that common enemy called Xumo to deal with. There’s really no need to do these things that harm you greatly while hurting me as well.”
Finally, Liuli stopped walking and turned to give Yino what seemed to be a gentle and tolerant look.
But just as she finished speaking, Yino narrowed his cold eyes and smiled faintly:
“In my view, you had one life beaten out of you by Xumo, and because of the Azure Forest barrier suppressing your true power, your self-healing and regeneration abilities as the Full Moon Cult’s Holy Maiden aren’t as good as usual, right?”
“–?!”