Since her sister was watching, Liuli had no choice but to pretend nothing was happening, taking a deep breath as she matched Yino’s pace.
But as soon as her left foot stepped forward, she felt a sudden leak.
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The movement of her body caused the spirit pill wrapped in her inner force to seep out more spiritual energy.
However, there was no turning back now. She maintained her composure and completed the walk under Yino’s support.
With each step, she could feel the pill slipping through her cracks a little more.
By the time they reached the small deer nearby, the pill inside her had already exposed most of itself, just one step away from breaking through her inner force’s containment! Fortunately, Liuli managed to pull the vibrator like pill back in through sheer willpower.
Meanwhile, Yino could actually sense the pill’s situation remotely, but he hadn’t really intended to humiliate Liuli publicly.
If he wanted to, he could press his fingertips on the array marks and forcefully control the pill to break through her defenses, violently penetrating any forbidden area. He could, but there was no need.
Firstly, forcing it would leave Liuli completely exhausted and unable to fight – he’d lose an ally when Xumo arrived.
Secondly, Liuli had little room for resistance anyway. Making her submit body and soul as a blood servant required gradual training, a long-term plan. Once Yino’s daily conditioning met his standards, he could grant her freedom. Being too hasty would only backfire.
Take today, for example.
With the array marks just formed, Yino didn’t expect Liuli to submit immediately. His goal was to first make her understand who was in charge, to abandon her pride as the Full Moon Sect’s Holy Maiden.
To conquer a late Nascent Soul stage evil cult Holy Maiden, array marks and evil techniques alone weren’t enough. She wouldn’t acknowledge him as master, only believing she’d been careless and fallen to underhanded tricks.
So Yino needed to demonstrate his true power – abilities that would leave Liuli in awe and genuinely convinced-
“Master, she has mostly recovered, but even a powerful divine deer like me can’t break this barrier’s seal!”
The deergirl suddenly opened her eyes, proudly reporting while her pale golden eyes gazed sympathetically at the imprisoned tree spirit above.
She looked at Yino, and this strange silence also brought Liuli back from her torment of containing the pill. Liuli looked up at Yino, curious about what solution he might have to break the barrier. Because…
Liuli still remembered when Yino shattered her confidence, he’d promised to let her witness her sister’s recovery firsthand. Honestly, she’d thought he was bragging at first.
But his words were too tempting, and despite all the humiliation she endured, she wanted to take that gamble.
“Breaking the barrier is actually simple – we have an evil arts expert right here, don’t we?”
Yino declared shamelessly, and mentioning “expert,” he squeezed Liuli’s butt again. Her delicate body trembled, but after all the pinching and slapping along the way, she’d somewhat adapted and wasn’t as sensitive as before. More than the shame of being groped in public, her beautiful eyes now showed confusion.
“What do you mean?”
“Aren’t you skilled at drawing evil marks? Now it’s your turn to corrupt Lily.”
Yino said seriously.
Liuli looked puzzled: “But didn’t you say corruption was wrong?”
“Of course it’s wrong, but with corruption, you need to look at it dialectically.” He held up one finger.
“Huh?”
“While corruption would damage Lily’s life force, so applying evil marks to corrupt her when she was just at death’s door would have led to her death from life force exhaustion – obviously not good.”
“So you mean…”
Liuli wasn’t stupid; halfway through, she immediately grasped Yino’s true intentions.
Meanwhile, Yino gave a cold smirk, reaching over to pat the golden cowlick on the deer spirit girl’s head.
“See, while corruption drains life force, don’t we have a ready power bank right here?”
“Holy Maiden surely recognizes quality – my Wangxue is a genuine, imported Nine-Colored Deer from the Snow Village! Never mind providing natural energy to a tree spirit, this premium power bank even helped me recover when I was nearly beaten to death by Gu Wanglan!”
Yino boasted proudly, giving Wangxue a thumbs up.
The little deer instinctively put her hands on her hips, raising her chin proudly, seeming pleased by Yino’s praise in front of others.
But soon, Wangxue realized what Yino was planning–
“Eh? No way!”
“I won’t listen to you!”
“Yino, you’re using me as a power bank again!”
“I’m your very best friend in the whole world, Yino! What if this old witch corrupts the little tree spirit and ends up corrupting me too?”
“Besides, when I’m channeling energy to the tree spirit, I won’t be able to chat with her anymore. What if she goes berserk from corruption and eats Wangxue in one bite!”
Wangxue puffed her cheeks, crossed her arms, and glared at Liuli like a jealous wife.
Yino smiled gently and said solemnly:
“Don’t worry, you hold on first. Once Lily breaks the barrier’s seal through corruption, Yunjin should arrive. Then I’ll have her use Nature Resonance to help her regain consciousness. That way we can prevent her from going berserk and eating you, right?”
“Ah! That makes sense!”
Wangxue nodded foolishly.
But soon, she realized Yino was speaking nonsense again–
“Wait! What if Yunjin doesn’t come at the crucial moment!”
“Yunjin is your good friend – you might not trust me, but surely you trust Yunjin?”
“Oh yeah, Yunjin is way more reliable than you, bad master!”
“So you see, there’s no real danger. Let’s get started – if anything goes wrong, I’m still here, aren’t I?”
Finally, Yino patted the little deer’s head reassuringly while standing up, giving Liuli a meaningful look.
Beside him, Liuli had been dumbfounded.
She’d never seen anyone as shameless as Yino when it came to deceiving people…
Even tricking a little deer – how despicable!
For a moment, Liuli suddenly felt that falling into Yino’s hands wasn’t so unfortunate after all – at least she was smart enough not to count money for him after being deceived.