Shi Shuchen’s eyes widened abruptly, his face filled with disbelief.
His feet moved instinctively as he tried to rush forward and stop them, but the light barrier kept him out.
He could open the light barrier, but only a passage large enough for one person at a time. Since Yuan Shu had already gone in, he could no longer enter.
Shi Shuchen felt flustered, confused, and anxious.
He did not understand why the sight of Yao Qianci kissing Yuan Shu was so painful to behold.
And yet Yuan Shu had not resisted!
That was right—she had not resisted at all!
Not only had she failed to resist, she had even gently cupped Yao Qianci’s face and taken the initiative to return his kiss.
It was not merely a light brush of their lips. Their lips and teeth met, their breaths mingled, and they became entwined in a lingering, passionate kiss.
Yuan Shu had originally intended to refuse the kiss. After all, this was not the right time.
But one sentence from the Hehuan Divine Tree had changed her mind.
It had said, “Yao Qianci is injured, and the demonic fiendish aura has affected his consciousness. Complying with his needs will help him regain clarity more quickly.”
Therefore, when Yao Qianci embraced her and sought her lips, Yuan Shu hesitated only briefly before reaching up to cup his face and kissing him back.
Nothing was more important than saving someone!
Besides, it was not as though they had never kissed before. They had already done things far more intimate than this, so one more kiss hardly mattered.
As for anything else, it was not something she considered. All she wanted was for Yao Qianci to be safe and sound, standing before her just as he had before and calling her “Shushu.”
Yuan Shu’s response seemed to give Yao Qianci the encouragement he needed.
He kissed her harder and more recklessly.
Soft, involuntary moans accompanied by the sound of their lips meeting drifted out of the barrier and into Shi Shuchen’s ears.
Shi Shuchen’s heart began to pound violently beyond his control.
He stared wide-eyed at the embracing pair without blinking, the hand hanging at his side clenching so tightly that his fingernails dug into his palm.
Yuan Shu—the woman who had just been holding him intimately—was now cupping another man’s face and kissing him so passionately?
Shi Shuchen suddenly recalled that Yuan Shu had previously refused his request to become Dao companions. Could this be the reason?
Was there something between her and Yao Qianci, the Peak Master of Yaoyun Peak…?
Come to think of it, all his previous interactions with her had merely been accidents.
If he had not lost control of the formation disk, if he had not been unable to think of a solution, Yuan Shu would never have held him like that!
Shi Shuchen’s heart gave a hard tremor. His long lashes drooped weakly, blocking his view of the scene.
But while it was easy to block his eyes, he could not block out the sounds.
Yuan Shu’s soft moans, like the whimpering of a kitten, reached his ears one after another, stirring up ripples in his heart.
Shi Shuchen remembered how he had wrapped one arm around Yuan Shu’s waist while she had clung tightly to his neck with both arms.
Her proud, exaggerated curves had pressed tightly against his chest, and the air around her had carried her unique fragrance of pear blossoms.
His body tensed uncontrollably.
If… if Yuan Shu kissed him, would she make sounds like that as well?
The moment the thought arose, it was as though a basin of cold water had been poured over him. Shi Shuchen came to his senses and abruptly opened his eyes.
Yuan Shu was not kissing him now. She was kissing Yao Qianci, the Peak Master of Yaoyun Peak!
And the person she loved was Yao Qianci as well!
He truly was… insane!
Shi Shuchen drew a deep breath and suppressed the restless turmoil in his heart. He lowered his eyes for a long while, but in the end, he could not help lifting his head to look toward the light barrier.
Because Yuan Shu had entered, the barrier’s power had weakened somewhat, and the light blocking the view had dimmed considerably. The situation inside was now almost completely visible.
The two of them were both deeply engrossed.
It was not that one was forcing the other, nor was either of them unwilling.
He welcomed her, and she responded to him; she offered herself, and he met her halfway.
Shi Shuchen wanted to look away again, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not.
Yuan Shu, in this state, seemed to possess an additional touch of allure and an even greater ability to ensnare the senses.
Her beautiful, narrow phoenix eyes were slightly upturned at the corners, filled with irresistible charm.
The hand hidden within his sleeve slowly clenched. He heard his own breathing grow uneven.
…
The movement of their lips gradually slowed, then finally came to a stop.
Yuan Shu slowly opened her eyes and saw that Yao Qianci’s gaze had cleared. His ears were faintly red as he stared at her without blinking.
“You’re conscious again?”
Yuan Shu blinked, then lowered her head and kissed him lightly on the lips.
Yao Qianci instinctively met her kiss. Their lips touched and parted at once.
“Yes, Shushu. I’m conscious now.”
When he had first awakened and seen Yuan Shu, his mind had still been affected. His heart had been filled with nothing but love for her, and he had kissed her without restraint.
Later, as his consciousness returned, he realized that he was entangled with Yuan Shu in a kiss. His heart had leaped with excitement, and he had wanted more, but he also knew that this was not the right time. Thus, he had taken the initiative to stop.
“Then let’s get out.”
Yuan Shu gave a light laugh and pulled Yao Qianci to his feet.
Strands of demonic fiendish aura coiled around them, but upon sensing the pure, white spiritual energy of the Bai Ze within Yuan Shu, they did not dare move recklessly.
The power of the spiritual leyline beneath the earth was being restrained by the demonic fiendish aura. It had never wanted to fight Yuan Shu in the first place, and seeing that the demonic fiendish aura was not moving, it simply floated off to the side and pretended to be dead.
Their departure from the light barrier went remarkably smoothly.
Shi Shuchen’s complicated gaze shifted away from the hands Yuan Shu and Yao Qianci were holding and fell upon their faces instead.
Yao Qianci gazed at Yuan Shu with a tenderness as gentle as flowing water, as though his heart and eyes held only her.
Even someone as slow to understand as Shi Shuchen could now see that something was wrong.
Still unwilling to give up, he asked, “Peak Master Yao, you and Miss Yuan…”
“Please forgive us for making a spectacle of ourselves, Peak Master Shi. I am Shushu’s Dao companion,” Yao Qianci declared openly.
The way Yuan Shu was holding his hand so tightly already said everything. How could he possibly retreat?
Although… although they had not yet gone that far, in his heart, Yuan Shu was already his Dao companion. No one could stand in their way!
That single “Shushu” clearly revealed the intimacy between them.
As for Shi Shuchen, he could only call her “Miss Yuan.”
Shi Shuchen swallowed the faint bitterness in his mouth and forced a smile onto his face.
“I see. No wonder Miss Yuan was willing to save someone despite knowing that the light barrier was dangerous.”
A faint gleam appeared in Yao Qianci’s eyes, and his gaze toward Yuan Shu grew even more sincere.
So he was truly this important to Shushu?
…
On the journey back, Shi Shuchen sat in the front, while Yuan Shu and Yao Qianci sat in the back.
On the small table lay the pills Yuan Shu had taken out to replenish the body and strengthen the foundation.
“I heard these pills are called Spirit-Nourishing Pills. They’re refined from the gentlest water-element spiritual plants, so their medicinal effects are mild and they can be taken in large quantities. They’re perfect for you now that your spiritual energy has been damaged.”
As she spoke, Yuan Shu personally picked up a pill with her delicate, pale hand and brought it to Yao Qianci’s lips.
Yao Qianci ate it with a smile. Yuan Shu gave him a sly smile, leaned forward, and kissed him directly on the lips.
“Shushu, there’s someone here…”
Yao Qianci covered his mouth and coughed lightly, unable to keep from reminding her in a low voice.
It was only after leaving the light barrier that Yao Qianci learned that Shi Shuchen had been watching them kiss so passionately from outside.
He was delighted that Yuan Shu was willing to make their relationship public.
But for some reason, he did not want another man to see Yuan Shu looking so charming and lovely.
“Peak Master Shi is pure-hearted and detached from worldly desires. Besides, he used the barrier to block the view, so he shouldn’t have been eavesdropping.”
Yuan Shu spoke with a soft laugh, leaned closer to Yao Qianci, and blew gently against his ear.
“Peak Master Yao, we didn’t finish kissing in the barrier just now. What should we do?”
Yao Qianci turned around in astonishment and met Yuan Shu’s alluring face. The kiss they had shared inside the barrier immediately came to mind.
His Adam’s apple rose and fell uncontrollably.
The lingering fragrance of pear blossoms between the lips and teeth was like a hook…
