Yuan Shu felt that the Hehuan Divine Tree’s suggestions were sometimes utterly unreliable.
But seeing Ying curled up on the ground, blood seeping from his back and making him look utterly miserable, while none of the fiendish baleful energy she had expected appeared, left her feeling rather displeased.
It had clearly been there just moments ago!
“Shushu, I’m serious. You were only able to absorb the fiendish baleful energy in his body after getting close to him.”
“Now that you’re getting close to him again, who knows? You might be in for an unexpected gain.”
At that, Yuan Shu’s thoughts stirred. Could it really be as the Hehuan Divine Tree said?
With that in mind, Yuan Shu lowered the Zhuohua in her hand and slowly walked toward Ying.
The tall, slender youth sat sprawled on the ground. A trace of dust stained his fine robes, making him look somewhat disheveled.
Yuan Shu had shown no mercy. Those two strikes just now had injured him badly.
Blood seeped through his clothes, dyeing a patch of fabric red.
Ying’s face was pale, and even his naturally bright lips had lost some of their color.
But that did nothing to diminish his beauty.
He had always been strikingly handsome. His features and eyes looked as though they had been painted onto a portrait.
Now, with the pain showing faintly in his eyes and brows, his face possessed an even more delicate, vulnerable beauty—the beauty of someone wounded in battle.
“What… what are you trying to do?”
Ying was weak. His body was limp and powerless, and even speaking took considerable effort.
He leaned against the stone wall behind him, yet his eyes remained fixed warily on Yuan Shu.
If he had known Yuan Shu would treat him this way, he should have acted immediately and taken control of her.
Then, even if absorbing her divine power proved difficult, it would still have been better than being at her mercy now!
Ever since emerging into the world, this was the first time anyone had struck him.
But because that person was Yuan Shu, a strange, inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart.
That odd sensation kept him from resenting Yuan Shu. Instead, it stirred an unfamiliar flutter within him.
He watched Yuan Shu warily.
Yuan Shu watched him as well. Her dark eyes studied him in silence for a moment before she suddenly reached out and gripped the back of his head.
Then she bent down and kissed him.
!
Ying’s eyes flew wide. For a moment, he couldn’t process this completely unexpected turn of events.
Hadn’t Yuan Shu come to torture him—to kill him?
Why… why had she suddenly kissed him?
Ying’s expression was one of shock, but Yuan Shu had already begun skillfully prying open his lips and teeth.
He had been drugged in the first place, and he hadn’t even managed to evade Yuan Shu’s Zhuohua. Speaking was already slow and difficult for him.
Now, faced with Yuan Shu’s forceful kiss, he had no ability to resist.
He struggled to turn his face away, but she fixed his head effortlessly and entered without the slightest hesitation.
Then, supporting his neck, she made him endure her fierce, domineering kiss from the position of a subordinate.
“Mmph…”
Unable to break free, Ying could only give up resisting and let Yuan Shu deepen the kiss.
As before, the serene fragrance of pear blossoms—mixed with the unique scent that belonged to Yuan Shu—gradually seeped between his lips and teeth.
In only a moment, a faint blush appeared on Ying’s pale face, and his gaze grew hazy.
At first, he passively allowed her to kiss him. But afterward, he began responding of his own accord, beyond his control.
He thought there had to be something wrong with him!
How could he feel aroused by a woman who had just been trying to beat him to death?
Even his heartbeat quickened slightly during the process, and an unfamiliar sense of attachment rose within him.
Perhaps… it wouldn’t be so bad if this continued?
The moment that thought arose, Yuan Shu released his lips.
She straightened and looked down at the man leaning against the ground, his eyes clouded with bewilderment. Her brows drew together slightly.
The Hehuan Divine Tree had just told her that the kiss had not produced any stronger fiendish baleful energy.
That made things difficult.
She was counting on this fellow’s fiendish baleful energy to help Xiushe reconstruct its physical body!
“Shushu, why don’t you try striking him with the Zhuohua a few more times?”
The Hehuan Divine Tree’s voice came through her sea of consciousness.
Yuan Shu raised a brow. She immediately lifted the Zhuohua and lashed down with another vicious strike.
Ying flinched and cried out in pain. At once, a surging mass of powerful fiendish baleful energy burst from his body.
Yuan Shu’s eyes lit up. She hurriedly raised her hand, and countless strands of fiendish baleful energy rushed toward her palm.
Inside her sea of consciousness, the Hehuan Divine Tree cried out again.
“Shushu, it really works!”
It didn’t need to say so. Yuan Shu could already feel it herself.
The fiendish baleful energy at this level was exactly what Xiushe needed most to reconstruct its physical body!
Without hesitation, she struck down with the Zhuohua again.
Unfortunately, the second strike had no effect.
The person beside the stone wall merely closed his eyes slightly and shuddered, but no fiendish baleful energy spilled out as it had just before.
Could it be that he needed to be kissed once and struck once in order to produce such a dense amount of fiendish baleful energy?
Yuan Shu raised a brow. She put away the Zhuohua and once again walked slowly over to Ying. Reaching out, she gripped his chin and forced him to look up at her.
His deep green eyes fell upon Yuan Shu’s beautiful little face, and Ying couldn’t help looking at her lips.
They were small and soft.
Whenever she took the initiative, they were easily enveloped by his own, and they carried that intoxicating scent of pear blossoms.
But she probably wouldn’t kiss him again, would she?
Right now, he was nothing more than her prisoner.
Ying’s long lashes trembled. As his throat bobbed, he slowly turned his head and shifted his gaze away.
The next moment, Yuan Shu forcefully turned his face back.
Then that stunningly beautiful face suddenly moved closer.
A soft sensation touched his lips. Ying’s eyes widened in shock, but soon his lips and teeth were effortlessly pried open by her.
For a moment, Ying even forgot to resist.
Or perhaps his resistance had never been effective in the first place.
If he resisted, it would only make Yuan Shu grip his jaw harder.
The rich fragrance of pear blossoms slipped between his lips and teeth, bringing with it a series of novel and stimulating sensations.
Ying’s long lashes trembled. He tipped his head back slightly and responded as he had before.
Soon, Yuan Shu released his lips, stepped back a few paces, raised her hand, and struck him with the Zhuohua once more.
“Mmnh.”
Ying let out a muffled groan, and a surging wave of fiendish baleful energy suddenly erupted from his body.
Having achieved what she wanted, Yuan Shu reached out and gathered all of that power into her hands. A smile slowly spread across her face.
“Shushu, you’re incredible! You actually managed to figure out such a strange method of stimulation?”
The Hehuan Divine Tree cried out in astonishment from within her sea of consciousness.
Yuan Shu curled her lips into a faint smile. “If I’m not mistaken, Ying may look pure and appealing on the surface, but deep down, he’s probably the shy-and-repressed type.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Shu stepped forward and once again seized Ying by the chin.
Under Ying’s trembling gaze, she kissed him again.
Ying seemed to have figured out the pattern as well. His long lashes trembled, but he showed no resistance at all. Instead, he opened his lips.
Yuan Shu took full advantage of it, immediately slipping inside and deepening the kiss.
“Mmph.”
A low moan escaped Ying’s lips. Before long, his mind had gone blank, and all he could do was allow Yuan Shu to dominate him and take everything she wanted.
After a moment, Yuan Shu straightened and stepped back, lifting the Zhuohua in her hand.
Then Yuan Shu moved forward again and gripped his chin.
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