Chapter 27: Like souls merging, it makes one crave for more.
No wonder the snowstorm had hardly stopped during this time. This fellow now held the authority of the Demonic Domain, so his own state was naturally closely related to this land. When his injuries were severe and his heart was unsettled, the snowstorm would naturally rage.
And after he had broken with Qin Zhongyou, he seemed to have finally felt that he had won a round, which was why it had briefly cleared up…
Sigh.
Yan Jingyu really didn’t want to go back and face his foul face, so he paced back and forth in the corridor.
The entire Suixing Hall was protected by a barrier, so the resentful demons could not enter. This was the place where Chi Yuan had lived before, and the courtyard was also built with a new scene at every step. Yan Jingyu strolled along the corridor and took out the feather jade from his chest again.
Liao Chen’s fetal jade…
He had indeed thought that this should be a sacred object of the phoenix clan. After coming out of Jiuyi Mountain, he had also always felt that it might be because he had accidentally been contaminated with some kind of residual aura of the phoenix clan inside.
Although the books said that the characteristic of the Spirit-Nurturing Jade would make it connect with the owner’s will, Yan Jingyu felt that with Liao Chen’s attitude towards him, it was unlikely… Although Liao Chen seemed to value him, it was mainly to be able to defeat him. It was impossible that he would want to be close to him. And through those fleeting memory fragments, he began to feel that perhaps the main reason was still because he had been contaminated with his aura…
What could have made him contaminated with Liao Chen’s aura?
He thought again of that well-behaved Liao Chen…
This time, he also found that he seemed to be circling the other, and was also looking him up and down.
That Liao Chen was clearly not right… He had even had his foot on his shoulder, yet he hadn’t gotten angry.
Yan Jingyu suddenly stopped his movements…
Wait, why did I, like that, like that…
Yan Jingyu’s head swayed up and down, his expression dazed.
Look at Liao Chen like that?!
Although he couldn’t see his own ugly face in his memory, he could clearly feel that when he was looking at Liao Chen, he was full of joy, playfulness, ill intentions, and possibly even evil. He then remembered his limp hands and feet, the other’s humiliated expression, and also…
When he woke up at that time, he seemed to be in a large bird’s nest…
Yan Jingyu subconsciously hugged the pillar in front of him and knocked his head against it.
No way, no way, no way…
Although Liao Chen isn’t ugly, he’s not someone with a good temper! How could I do that kind of thing to him! Am I trying to die? On what grounds was I so sure he wouldn’t kill me!!!!
Wait… actually, there’s another possibility…
Yan Jingyu was quiet for a while, then suddenly smashed his head against it again.
If that were the case, why would Liao Chen seal his memory! It’s obvious that he was the one who suffered a loss and was humiliated, which is why he would seal his own memory!! If it were me, this kind of upsetting thing would of course have to be borne by both of us! Unless I was the one who suffered a loss, then I wouldn’t want to be laughed at by the other!!!
Ahhhhh!!!!
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Just as he was about to knock himself out, he suddenly felt a layer of spiritual energy cover his front. He smashed it again with force, and he really couldn’t feel the pain anymore.
Yan Jingyu swayed, dizzy, his mind blank for a moment.
Not until Liao Chen’s voice came: “What are you going crazy for?”
Yan Jingyu directly turned around. After two moments, he suddenly opened his legs and ran towards the front hall. Just as he was about to run out of the Suixing Hall, a crack suddenly appeared in front of him without warning. He plunged headfirst into it and happened to fall right in front of the white jade bed.
Yan Jingyu looked at the jade bed in front of him, and the hem of the clothes hanging above it, motionless.
Liao Chen leaned down from above. Yan Jingyu immediately buried his head even lower.
He felt that his mind had never been so chaotic. Heavens, he actually, with Liao Chen… Heavens, how did things develop like this… Can I just go die now!
“Yan Qi.” Liao Chen said slowly, “What have you done to feel so guilty?”
“Absolutely nothing!” Yan Jingyu immediately looked up, his eyes wide, trying his best to show his sincerity.
He saw Liao Chen’s face again…
…Although he does have a bad temper, he’s not ugly. I’ve been single for so many years, is it understandable that I suddenly find a bird pleasing to the eye?
No, no, no! I must have had other unspeakable thoughts to do that kind of thing to him… At that time, Liao Chen was in a strange state. Although I can’t know how he became like that for now, my first goal was definitely not to do that…
He knew himself quite well…
Could it be that I couldn’t kill him, so I coveted the treasures on him?!
If that were the case, everything would be explained. It was highly likely that he had discovered that he couldn’t kill him, and had to continue to live under his hand. He had accidentally learned that the feather jade could save his life, so he had taken advantage of his clear and unguarded state to deceive him…
This was more than just the four words “despicable and shameless” could describe…
Liao Chen frowned. “What on earth are you planning?”
“Nothing.” Yan Jingyu climbed up from the ground. In order to unfold his guilt-shrunken shoulders, he forcefully put his hands on his hips. “I just feel that living here is too stifling. I want to move out!”
“Reason.”
“I, I’ve done as you said. You asked me to kill Qin Zhongyou, and I went. You asked me to break with Hutian, and I did. Yes, I accidentally let him break through to the false immortal stage, but, but that’s not something I can control! I can only say that it was his fate…”
He was talking nonsense under Liao Chen’s gaze, his eyes darting around. “Anyway, anyway, I don’t want to stay with you anymore! You don’t even have a bed here. I want a bed! The kind of soft bed with a mattress! And a bed curtain that can block the light. I want to sleep sweetly and softly every day!”
Liao Chen just stared at him, as if he were examining him, or perhaps lost in thought.
“You, you have no reason not to let me go.” Yan Jingyu was extremely guilty. He pointed to the alchemy furnace next to him. “You’ve also tried the pill formula I gave you. Isn’t it very good?”
Liao Chen suddenly came to his senses, his brow throbbing. “What did you do to my pills?”
“…Ah?”
“You have a treacherous look on your face. You’re so eager to escape from this Lord’s side. It’s obvious that you’ve done something bad.”
“…” Yan Jingyu subconsciously wanted to find a mirror to look at himself, and at the same time, he adjusted his expression. “I just feel that you’re cultivating here, and I’m afraid of disturbing you.”
Liao Chen’s face changed dramatically. “You didn’t deny it.”
He grabbed Yan Jingyu. Yan Jingyu said quickly, “No, I didn’t deny it, but I didn’t admit it either! After you ate the pills, didn’t you feel that your spiritual energy flowed much more smoothly? Didn’t you feel that it was easier to absorb the spiritual energy in your cultivation oasis? Didn’t you feel a sudden lightness throughout your body, and the injuries at your divine source were soothed?”
Liao Chen grabbed his collar and took out the Vast Expanse Book again. The book was opened, and the little boy who was curled up and sleeping soundly inside immediately let out a miserable cry. He was directly woken up by the scorching flames and said in terror, “What are you trying to do now, you little dog thief!”
“You two conspired to deceive me.” Liao Chen said grimly, “Tell me immediately, what did you do to the pills?!”
“You muddle-headed little dog thief!” the little boy said. “You found the book yourself, and you refined the pills yourself. What could we have done?!”
“I’m not leaving!” Yan Jingyu had never expected him to be so stressed. He quickly raised his hands. “Get me a bed. I’ll sleep next to you and let you stare at me all the time. Is that okay?”
Liao Chen stared at him with an expressionless face for a while, then finally threw him on the ground and dispersed the flames burning on the little boy.
As soon as Wen Renying could move, he immediately pounced into Yan Jingyu’s arms, crying, “My wisdom root is not yet open, like a dream. Delusional thoughts arise frequently, as chaotic as clouds.”
Yan Jingyu hugged him comfortingly. “You’re right.”
“My wisdom is shallow, yet I am proud of my many mistakes. My knowledge is foolish, yet I boast of my hazy intentions.”
“That’s right, that’s right.”
“My spiritual root is stubbornly obscured, my true nature is lost. I am stubborn and foolish, yet I act with obsession.”
Yan Jingyu sighed. Liao Chen said coldly, “What does that mean?”
“…” Liao Chen’s eyes were threatening. Yan Jingyu had no choice. “It’s scolding you for having a brain disease.”
Liao Chen directly tied the little boy back to the pages of the book, drew a wisp of primordial spirit from his glabella, and a bun-faced little Liao Chen immediately appeared in front of Yan Jingyu, cold and indifferent. Liao Chen said, “Go into the Vast Expanse Book with my primordial spirit and find all the conclusions that there are no side effects to the pill formula.”
This was truly a case of “a rumor starts with a single mouth, and dispelling it requires running until your legs break.”
Yan Jingyu’s primordial spirit was forcefully drawn out by him and thrown directly into the Vast Expanse Book. His soul-lamp was already weak to begin with, and his primordial spirit was also illusory and ethereal. Even if all of it were drawn out, it wouldn’t be a ten-thousandth as condensed and solid as Liao Chen’s.
Yan Jingyu had no spiritual energy and could not condense his divine soul. The one who entered the Vast Expanse Book was in the state of an adult soul. He looked at the little Liao Chen beside him, then at his own transparent palm, and then at the little Liao Chen beside him again. He suddenly used his two hands to measure his height, one hand on his head, the other supporting his feet, and squeezed him up and down.
In the little Liao Chen’s murderous gaze, he let out a mischievous laugh. “You’re not as tall as me.”
“…” The next instant, Liao Chen’s figure suddenly grew larger, instantly turning into an adult body, looking down at Yan Jingyu from above.
Yan Jingyu: “…”
The books in the Vast Expanse Book were vast, as boundless as a river of stars. Yan Jingyu was grabbed by him and flew past. Every time he flew to a point of light to search, Liao Chen would follow him like a shadow, his tall body leaving only a half-inch gap between them, his gaze condescendingly staring down at him with a sense of oppression.
Yan Jingyu finally couldn’t take it anymore. “Are you done yet!”
Liao Chen looked at him with contempt, his voice slowly repeating what he had just said: “You’re not as tall as me.”
Yan Jingyu’s eyes widened. He suddenly charged at him, his soul passing through his primordial spirit like a mist.
Liao Chen was caught off guard and stunned for a moment. He only felt a slow stream of water flowing between his divine souls, arousing layers of shivers.
He turned his face to look at Yan Jingyu. Yan Jingyu’s soul had slightly scattered the moment it passed through him, with specks of light overflowing around him. He waved his hand to gather the other’s scattered soul back into his body, and at the same time, he frowned and followed him again.
Every time Yan Jingyu finished looking for a book, he would deliberately pass through his body.
His soul was too weak. Every time he collided with Liao Chen, not only could he not cause any harm to the other, but it was like a cool caress. The soft soul was like mist and also like water, passing through the cracks in his bones, leaving a tingling sensation that made his scalp numb.
The sensation was too strange, yet it was inexplicably very comfortable.
Liao Chen’s throat rolled, his feelings inexplicable. He turned his face to carefully collect the scattered soul, not letting go of a single speck, and at the same time, he came to his side again, staring at his mist-glowing profile.
The layered sensations at that moment were like souls merging, making one crave for more.
Not until he discovered that Yan Jingyu’s soul seemed to be becoming more and more blurry as it passed through him again and again.
Only then did he finally realize something. He added a layer of curse seal on him, and at the same time, when he wanted to pass through him again, he said coldly, “Trying to hit a stone with an egg. You don’t want your life, do you?”
“As long as it makes you unhappy, I can give up my life.”
Liao Chen pressed his head down. “Do you believe I can make your soul scatter with a single bump?”
“…”
Yan Jingyu threw all the books he had found at him. This whole affair had consumed too much of his energy. His soul was becoming more and more scattered, his whole person as if composed of tiny grains of sand, swaying because they were not stacked neatly. He only felt that his brain was extremely heavy. As he flew towards the exit, he felt his spiritual platform become more and more chaotic. Not until he finally returned to his physical body did he immediately feel that he couldn’t even climb up.
His vision was blurry as he turned his eyes left and right. He suddenly found that a bed with a bed curtain and a mattress had been placed next to the jade bed at some point.
He swayed as he walked over, but before he reached his destination, he fell straight to the ground.
A hand caught him just in time. Yan Jingyu leaned softly in the other’s arms, his eyelids moving heavily, and finally sank into darkness.
…You bastard Liao Qi Mei, you’ve hollowed this Lord out again.
