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“What are you standing there for? Hurry up and corrupt your sister.”
“If Xumo comes and causes a commotion, all the righteous cultivators nearby will be drawn here.”
“When that happens, I’ll have no choice but to pretend to be a righteous cultivator and draw my sword against you with them!”
As he finished speaking, Yino shook his head helplessly.
However, when his words fell, Liuli was like struck by lightning, her face instantly flushing red, her mouth twisting in anger–
“You bastard! You’ve made such a mess of my body inside and out, and when real danger comes you plan to abandon me?”
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Yino made a hushing gesture, not bothering to argue with Liuli.
He leaned close to her ear and whispered.
“If you’re so afraid of being abandoned by me, then hurry and do what I asked. After all, if you fall into other righteous cultivators’ hands, you might not be able to talk back to your dear master so energetically like now.”
“As the Holy Maiden of the Full Moon Sect, you should know very well what happens when righteous sects capture evil people alive.”
At these words, Liuli’s delicate body trembled again.
She looked at her sister suspended in mid-air, who had suffered endless torment for a hundred years – neither able to live properly nor die. Thinking carefully about Yino’s words, she realized he had a point.
At least… Yino hadn’t made any excessive demands yet.
I can still live as a person, just with a spirit pill planted in my core.
“Alright~ Go on now.”
With these words, Yino gave her soft butt one final squeeze.
This time Liuli had grown used to his touch, only protesting with a red-faced grunt before consciously walking back toward the barrier beneath the tree girl.
“Lily…”
She sighed, calming her heart, reflecting on Yino’s words. No longer harboring hatred, she rekindled her determination to save her sister.
“This might hurt a bit, please endure it and don’t hate your sister…”
Liuli spoke to herself, as if confessing to her guilty conscience.
But as her words fell, she heard chains rattling above. Looking up, she saw the treegirl’s healthy round face smiling silently at her.
[Lily can sense Brother Yino is a good person. Sister, just trust him once.]
“A good person?”
[Lily feels Brother Yino’s eyes are very gentle.]
“Gentle… is it…”
Liuli felt something stir in her heart, her heterochromatic eyes lowering slightly, feeling somewhat ironic yet unable to refute it.
Yino’s tone and methods were indeed unexpectedly gentle, but Liuli felt his gentleness was more terrifying than if he’d just killed her. She feared that once she changed her mind, she’d gradually let go of her hatred, and once she lowered her guard against Yino, that spirit pill would take the chance to completely make her fall!
But she couldn’t tell her sister any of this.
Looking at Lily’s innocent smile, she finally sighed, no longer hesitating, and suddenly placed her palm back on the transparent barrier–
Hum!
Blood-colored evil marks appeared again.
But just then, an shocking explosion unexpectedly came from the ancient hall’s entrance behind Liuli.
BOOM!!!
“Yi–!!!”
A young man’s panting, somewhat hysterical roar came from behind.
Everyone turned to look, seeing a black-clothed youth wielding nine swords kick open the great doors of the ancient hall.
“Yino, you really are this demon woman’s evil cult companion!!!”
“Where is Lady Ruoning? Damn cultists, where have you hidden Lady Ruoning!!!”
Xumo’s mental state seemed unstable, constantly on the edge of anxious rage and breakdown.
Yino guessed it was probably that fox loli in his ring causing trouble again in secret.
In the original game, Yuebai was Xumo’s master. Although she helped Xumo gain many opportunities along the way, her true dark nature was revealed in the later parts of the plot. As the true villainess boss, she not only conspired with enemies to harm Xumo, but when Xumo was gravely injured, Yuebai ruthlessly destroyed his cultivation and stole all the treasures he’d gathered along his journey…
She was just as despicable as Jinyue.
Fundamentally, Yuebai was similar to Jinyue, except the former had stronger purpose. Later on, one could clearly feel that Yuebai was pretending in order to harm people, while Jinyue had a stronger prankster nature, harming people while making the protagonist unable to sense her malice.
Regardless of which sect’s protagonist you choose, they’ll encounter different villains in life.
Thinking of this, Yino narrowed his cold eyes, gradually revealing an intriguing killing intent toward Xumo.
Actually, Yino didn’t plan to kill Xumo, since his early game advantage mainly came from Yuebai.
Strictly speaking, Yino was very interested in the nine-tailed white foxgirl in his ring.
This was the Azure Forest!
Even Liuli’s cultivation was suppressed here. If he could force Yuebai out of Xumo’s ring, Yino might even get to avenge his previous life’s suffering at the Liuli Sect!
“Don’t mind me, continue corrupting Lily.”
Yino stepped forward, coldly ordering the anxious red-robed Holy Maiden by the barrier.
Liuli gave Yino a confused look, but when she noticed him gripping his jade pendant in his left hand while the Frost Chant sword circled around him, she actually felt genuinely safe from the bottom of her heart.
After all… She herself had fallen into Yino’s hands.
“Yino… be careful, he’s not alone…”
“That Xumo, there seems to be a Nascent Soul stage fox demon living in his ring, so you must be careful of his illusions…”
Looking at Yino’s confident back, Liuli couldn’t help but recall her own bitter experience as she softly warned him.
At some point, Yino looked back at her and said with a playful tone:
“Oh? My spirit pill and corruption haven’t even begun, and the almighty Holy Maiden is already worried about her future master?”
“I… I just…!”
Liuli’s trembled, wanting to refute but finding herself speechless, as she too realized how her feelings had subtly changed in just these few hours.
But just as Liuli’s thoughts were in turmoil, from the corner of her eye she noticed Xumo drawing his sword to attack from behind Yino–
“Watch out–!!!”
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For a moment, Liuli saw behind the youth the phantoms of a white-robed sword immortal and a three-tailed crimson fox.