Chapter 14: Snow Fox"s Blood Seal“Just who are you to ask me why?” When he heard the other party"s despising words, the fox demon instantly became angry, his words becoming sharp.
“Just based on me…I can easily end you!” As he was speaking, Qianhe Liyou"s figure materialized in front of the fox demon and a mere second later, she was holding the fox demon"s pale neck with her hand. If she twisted the pale neck and used a little bit more force, she could have easily broken that fragile neck.
The fox demon was terrified, a look of horror clear in his eyes, but then, one didn"t know what he suddenly thought, but he instead softly smiled, "Use some strength, choke me to death, there"s no use in being alive anyway!” If he were to die now, he would willingly accept this outcome. He had wanted to die a long time ago, and now this was the perfect opportunity for his dreams to come true, why would he reject this golden egg?
Qianhe Liyou gazed at the struggling fox demon in front of her with some playfulness and mirth in her eyes. The despair and hopeless tone of the fox demon was clear and obvious. She inferred that his days were indeed miserable. By nature, all demons had the innate tendency to revere their own freedoms, yet this fox demon had been put under a blood seal. He couldn"t access his spiritual foundations, possessing zero spiritual essence and thus had a weak aura. For a demon, this was a fate worse than death.
“I can help you unlock the seal.” Letting go of the person in her hand, Qianhe Liyou casually walked to the side and sat down at the table.
“Really?” The fox demon"s eyes lit up with a ray of hope, but then he quickly showed a vigilant look. “What do you want?” He was no longer the foolish fox demon who didn"t understand worldly matters. Too many confrontations with reality had long told him that if he wanted to obtain something, it would always come with a price.
“Do you really think you have anything that I would take a fancy for?” Qianhe Liyou deliberately looked at the fox demon, her scrutinizing eyes traveling up and down the man"s body.
The fox demon clenched his fists, letting that uncomfortable gaze examine him, and then as if suddenly thinking of something, his face instantly turned ashen and then showed a weak, despairing smile.
“What else do I have? It is only this.”
The fox demon grimly smiled and then began to move, taking off the scarce white, gauzy robes off his body, one by one, revealing scarred and abused flesh underneath.
Qianhe Liyou coldly looked on at the other party"s movements, not making any moves to stop him or to eagerly push him to do more.
“How is it? Will my body satisfy you? Hehehe, in fact, even if you can"t help to unlock the seal, this body belongs to you today. You can play with it however you want, see those tools on the wall? Do you need me to teach you how to use them? Every single one of them has been tested on my body….” A sad smile appeared on the fox demon"s face again.
“Your name?” Qianhe Liyou suddenly interjected.
“…Feng Xue.” He was a snow fox from Snow Mountain, and he had given himself this name when he had finally cultivated a human form.
After receiving an answer, Qianhe Liyou stopped talking and continued to indifferently stare at the person in front of him. Feng Xue became increasingly uncomfortable by Qianhe Liyou"s gaze directed in his direction. Gritting his teeth, he slowly walked towards Qianhe Liyou, one shaking step at a time. As he approached, Qianhe Liyou sat on the chair, not moving as the trembling figure moved in front of her.
Feng Xue embraced Qianhe Liyou"s shoulders with his cold hands, slowly sitting in her lap and facing towards her entire body. He then kissed her indifferent lips, his own lips trembling at the touch.
Qianhe Liyou did not refuse, letting those cold lips fall on her own. A cold, crisp fragrance spread out around her. She didn"t like the feeling, but she didn"t reject it either.
For a demon to be able to cultivate a human form, it"s spiritual essence had to be extremely pure. Some demons" essences were pure black or pure white, but the spiritual essence surrounding this fox demon was very clean, untainted by the smell of blood. Its cultivation should have been very pure, but she could not tell why it fell into such dire straits. It was truly a tragic situation.
Feng Xue boldly kissed the other party, but couldn"t elicit any response. He was currently feeling a little embarra.s.sed. He had already made the first moves, but the other party was unresponsive. Just what more was he supposed to do?
Feng Xue became increasingly annoyed and wanted to get up, but she didn"t know when his hair had been clutched by the other party. He felt a sharp jolt of pain in his scalp after standing up. He fell back into Qianhe Liyou"s embrace again and then felt a presence near his ear. Feeling heat and a soft breath, he heard a woman"s voice asking, “What, angry?”
The woman"s hateful voice sounding in his ear made Feng Xue tremble all over. Just what did she mean, was she teasing him?
“How dare I, but what on earth do you want me to do? Just say it!” He had already gotten to this point, yet the woman in front of him was still indifferent, what else did she want him to do?
“Do you have nothing else to offer except your body? Or have you fallen to this point and truly believe that you can only get what you want by using your body?” Qianhe Liyou disdainfully snorted, the coldness in her eyes clear and limpid.
Feng Xue was chilled by Qianhe Liyou"s words, standing blankly in shock, speechless for a while.
Yes, he had never imagined he would fall into such a situation. When the other party asked for a price, he naturally thought of exchanging his body as compensation and was actually so proactive to do so. How did he get to this point? Just what had happened to him? Was he really like what that person had said? He had become such a lowly person….
“Want to hear a story? In the beginning, you asked why I am here.” Feng Xue finally calmed down, fetching a thin piece of white fabric to drape over his body, quietly asking Qianhe Liyou.
Qianhe Liyou"s expression did not change as she randomly moved to pour a cup of tea and started sipping.
“I was once a carefree snow fox demon living on a snow-capped mountain. I had only cultivated and transformed into my human form after more than two hundred years worth of cultivation. I went down the mountain to experience the outside world but never expected to meet a woman, who was actually a 1000-year-old b.u.t.terfly spirit. She tried to pursue and gain my affections using her high cultivation level and no matter how I rejected her, it was useless. In the end, my adamant refusals had caused the woman to become irritated and angry. She sealed off my cultivation and at that time, I was so heartbroken that I even considered destroying my primordial spirit, but I was caught in the act by that shameless woman. She then kidnapped my friend, using my friend"s life to threaten me to obey her, and I was finally sent here. If I were to disobey, she would harm my friend. I knew she merely wanted me to beg for mercy and make me compromise, but I would rather suffer here than to succ.u.mb to that despicable woman…I don"t know how you were able to see through my disguise and I don"t know if you will help me. I"m just fed up with all of this, I beg you, as long as you can save my friend, I promise I can give you anything. If you can unlock my seal, I can also give you my own primordial spirit dan (pill) that I have refined and cultivated for hundreds of years. I beg you, please save my friend!” At the end of his story, Feng Xue fell to his knees, kowtowing on the ground. He didn"t know who the woman in front of him was, or who she was, but if she was able to see his true ident.i.ty with a mere glance, she was definitely not an ordinary being. He was truly desperate, if he stayed here any longer, he would go crazy!
“Can you find that woman?” A thousand-year b.u.t.terfly spirit, Qianhe Liyou wondered if this one would be more interesting.
“She gave me a stick of incense, telling me that if I ever regretted my actions I would only need to burn it. She would come to me once I burn the incense.” Feng Xue took out a stick of incense from an exquisitely crafted drawer, the stick only the length of his pinky finger.
Qianhe Liyou took the incense into his hand to examine and play with, and then gently waved her hand, the incense lighting up immediately!
Feng Xue was startled and looked at the calm Qianhe Liyou in a panic, “Are you going to summon the b.u.t.terfly spirit right now? She"s very powerful…”
“Don"t panic, just wait.” She was really curious to see just how powerful this b.u.t.terfly spirit was. She didn"t expect that the first time she came out of the palace she would meet "people of the same kind". This trip could be considered very worthwhile.