Chapter 245: Returning Together (15)
When it came to mystery, Tianque Palace undoubtedly had to take the lead among the immortal sects.
Before Zhong Yinnian came to Qingyang Mountain, no one had ever heard his name.
But regardless, even if it were Zhong Du, in a head-to-head clash, he would still be no match for Sect Leader Xiao.
Hearing Xiao Ji’s words, Sect Leader Xiao couldn’t help but be suspicious: “You are praising that fortune-teller far too much.”
Xiao Ji tapped his index finger on the tabletop. Explaining nothing, he only said one sentence:
“You need not trouble yourself further with this matter.”
Xiao Ji was resolute in his ideas. Sect Leader Xiao knew he couldn’t stop him, so he said no more.
The two sat in silence, looking at each other for a moment, before Sect Leader Xiao stood up and took his leave.
Xiao Ji, however, did not go to sleep. Instead, he continued sitting by the window, waiting quietly.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a male voice rang out from within the spacious sleeping quarters:
“Does your companion have some extraordinary quality that makes you trust him so much?”
Xiao Ji tilted his head and saw a tall man dressed in a profound black luxurious robe leaning against a pillar inside his sleeping quarters.
His posture was casual, yet his bearing was extraordinary.
The man wore a mask of black iron on his face, obscuring his appearance. But the silver ring worn on the ring finger of his left hand revealed this person’s identity.
It was rather amusing when one thought about it. They had become Dao Companions, and they had shared the same bed and pillow. Although there hadn’t been any overly transgressive behavior to speak of, after all this time, this was still the first time the two of them were speaking face to face.
Xiao Ji subconsciously turned the ring on his own finger, his expression faint:
“Hear no evil. You have been impolite.”
That person let out a light chuckle: “The old man was dawdling too much. The longing in my heart was hard to suppress, yet it wasn’t convenient to disturb you, so I could only eavesdrop. You aren’t going to be angry with me, are you?”
Xiao Ji paid no attention to this rhetoric, only steering the topic back:
“If I’m not mistaken, today in the grand hall, the Palace Master of Tianque Palace looked at Zhong Yinnian three times.”
The man’s gaze looked straight at Xiao Ji through the mask:
“And so what? It’s merely an elder’s regard for his beloved disciple.”
“No.”
Xiao Ji tilted his head slightly: “It was fear. He was even seeking Zhong Yinnian’s opinion.”
He poured the tea from his cup into the tea tray: “Under what circumstances would an elder who acts as a master be fearful of his own personal disciple?”
The corners of the man’s mouth twitched beneath the mask:
“When a person is too smart, it is sometimes not necessarily a good thing.”
Xiao Ji didn’t pick up the conversation, and the atmosphere in the sleeping quarters also fell into silence.
Seeing Xiao Ji sitting motionless by the window, the man took the initiative to walk to Xiao Ji’s side and extend a hand to him.
Xiao Ji then knew that this was an invitation to go to bed.
But Xiao Ji still didn’t move. He only stared quietly at the mask on the man’s face.
The ferocious evil ghost mask only covered the majority of the man’s face, revealing a perky nose tip and thin, deep-red lips.
His stature was not short; the broad shoulders and long legs had some discrepancies when compared to Zhong Yinnian.
Seeing that Xiao Ji showed no movement for a long time, the man withdrew his hand, knelt on one knee in front of Xiao Ji, and rested his chin on Xiao Ji’s shoulder:
“What do you know?”
The moment his voice fell, Xiao Ji raised a leg and hooked it around his waist. In a daze, the man found himself pinned down by Xiao Ji on the small couch by the window.
“Why did you approach me?”
Xiao Ji’s expression was freezing cold as he stared at the person beneath him.
The next second, he was forcefully pulled into an embrace by that person and pinned back down in return.
By the time Xiao Ji reacted, the man’s warm lips had already kissed him.
Xiao Ji raised a hand to grip the man’s throat. Reason told him that he should warn this person not to overstep the boundaries.
But that warm touch and familiar scent made Xiao Ji swallow his words back down.
Their ten fingers intertwined, the two rings on their ring fingers pressing tightly together, reminding them that the two of them had long since bowed to heaven and earth and tied the knot of marriage as Dao Companions.
Yinnian sensed Xiao Ji struggling.
But having finally managed to kiss the person, given his temperament, it was absolutely impossible for him to let Xiao Ji go easily.
Xiao Ji was very stubborn. Although he didn’t say any harsh words, he was constantly expressing his refusal.
Yinnian, having gotten fired up, naturally had absolutely no reason to retreat.
Neither of them spoke, but a silent struggle and tearing erupted in the darkness.
Yinnian was enraged by Xiao Ji’s evasion and forcefully ripped the clothes on his body.
A large expanse of Xiao Ji’s fair and firm chest was exposed to the air. His cheeks flushed red in tandem, yet he bit his lips dead tight, refusing to open his mouth.
Yinnian grabbed Xiao Ji by the cheeks: “Do you despise me this much?”
Xiao Ji wanted to say that his Buddhist destiny was not yet fulfilled, and he wanted to tell him to stop messing around.
But he was also afraid that if he opened his mouth, the man would take the opportunity to kiss him.
Yinnian looked at Xiao Ji’s expression, which looked as though he had suffered an immense humiliation, and couldn’t describe the taste in his heart.
It was clearly Xiao Ji who had provoked him first at the very beginning.
Whether he remembered Xiao Ji or not, he had never once resisted Xiao Ji like this.
In this instant, Yinnian even began to doubt whether Xiao Ji’s love for him truly existed.
Or perhaps it was purely for the sake of the mission that he toyed with him in the palm of his hand time and time again.
He stared into Xiao Ji’s eyes, which were as unruffled as an ancient well, and suddenly felt utterly disappointed.
He let go and stood up.
His brain, which had just been filled with lust, instantly cleared. He spoke coldly:
“I apologize.”
With that said, he had just intended to turn and leave when he was forcefully yanked back by Xiao Ji, pinned onto the couch, and kissed fiercely.
Xiao Ji had sensed Yinnian’s emotional fluctuation.
In those pupils that were gradually turning cold beneath the mask, he had seen immense disappointment.
Xiao Ji didn’t even know what he was doing, but he knew he couldn’t let the person go.
When it was Yinnian’s turn to keep his lips sealed tight and refuse to open them, Xiao Ji also imitated his previous action and grabbed his cheeks:
“Open your mouth.”
Yinnian still refused.
Xiao Ji then unceremoniously shredded that profound black luxurious robe on his body.
There are always some things that, once started, spiral out of control.
Although Xiao Ji didn’t have memories, he had instincts.
Although Yinnian wasn’t cooperating, he didn’t fiercely resist either.
Xiao Ji then knew that it wasn’t that he was unwilling; he was just angry.
And so, when things developed to a certain extent, Xiao Ji took the initiative to kiss him once again.
Xiao Ji had eaten vegetarian food and chanted to Buddha for many years. He had neither eaten pork nor seen a pig run. Even before this, he had absolutely no concept of such intimate behavior.
But his instincts kept telling him what to do.
Yinnian was in a foul mood, but his longing ultimately gained the upper hand. While silently cursing himself for being worthless, he ultimately couldn’t bear to make things difficult for Xiao Ji, and he became somewhat more cooperative.
Many times during this process, Xiao Ji kept staring at the mask on Yinnian’s face, seemingly wanting to make a move on that mask to clearly see the face beneath it.
Regarding this, Yinnian felt both worry and anticipation, unable to say which emotion held the upper hand.
Xiao Ji was taciturn and not good at expressing himself.
From Xiao Ji’s words in the grand hall today and his conversation with Sect Leader Xiao, Yinnian could hear that Xiao Ji had already discovered something.
But what exactly he had discovered, and to what extent he had guessed, he had no way of knowing.
Xiao Ji had never shown any abnormality in front of him.
Actually, during their time together recently, Zhong Yinnian and Xiao Ji had communicated far more.
He could also feel the change in Xiao Ji’s attitude toward Zhong Yinnian in recent days.
To call it ambiguous seemed a bit of a stretch.
But to say they were merely good friends, Xiao Ji’s attitude was far too indulgent.
Speaking from the status of Dao Companions, for the two of them to reach this point was considered fair and reasonable, a matter of course.
Then, speaking from the identity of Zhong Yinnian, what were he and Xiao Ji considered?
At this very moment, did Xiao Ji, even for an instant, think of Zhong Yinnian?
Or perhaps, did Xiao Ji already know everything, but merely hadn’t made it clear?
Xiao Ji looked pure and cold, but when he got down to business, he was like a wild beast.
Yinnian soon had no time to attend to these messy thoughts.
Under Xiao Ji’s increasingly intensified torment and friction, his mind also plunged into a blank void…
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Ahhhh FINALLYYY or not since the truth hasn’t been fully revealed…
Thanks for the mass update!! As readers it’s always so satisfying to read an entire chunk of chapters before waiting again hehe