Chapter 48: I Like You Too
Lou Yunxiao couldn’t see, but that didn’t stop him from memorizing the page number.
The corner of Ning Ke’s mouth twitched. He thought to himself, My life is over.
Sitting up, he took the book with trembling hands. He wanted to struggle a bit more and said, “Senior Brother, everything written in this book is fake. It’s all just stuff the author made up to deceive people. There’s no point in us acting according to this…”
But Lou Yunxiao said, “I don’t think he’s lying.”
Ning Ke looked up at him and found that Lou Yunxiao was sitting surprisingly straight and upright this time, his gray-blue eyes “staring” straight at him.
His face was full of anticipation.
Ning Ke looked down and turned to page 86. When he saw the content clearly, he was slightly stunned.
Lou Yunxiao was reading the first volume. Page 86 described the imprisoned Master wanting to escape the palace. So, for the first time, he changed his cold appearance from his previous Heartless Dao cultivation and lied to his disciple, saying he liked him.
This was also a rare tender moment in the book.
And there wasn’t a single erotic description.
His worries were superfluous.
[Hehe, Host, were you actually looking forward to something else?]
Xiao Yuan, who had been scolded into submission earlier, secretly popped his head out to interrupt.
Ning Ke froze.
[Bullshit! I wasn’t looking forward to anything!]
He asked Lou Yunxiao, “The reward you want is for me to say these words to you?”
Then, he saw Lou Yunxiao nervously clutching his black robes and nodding. “Mm-hmm.”
“You’ve never said you liked me before.”
“Yunxiao likes A-Ke, so I want A-Ke to like Yunxiao too.”
“…”
Ning Ke lowered his eyes.
Like?
This was just possessiveness, and simply a task of playing the bootlicker.
Besides, even if he did like him, so what? He still had to return to his own world. Eventually, he would have to make a clean break with the people and things of this world.
But since Lou Yunxiao wanted to hear it, he didn’t mind fulfilling the other’s wish.
After all, actors are all liars.
He could play the role of this liar well.
Thus, just like Master Yu Tang in the book, he leaned forward and planted a gentle kiss on Lou Yunxiao’s forehead.
He said:
“Don’t worry, I won’t run away again, and I won’t want to leave your side again. I…”
“I like you too.”
“I like you very much.”
The corners of Lou Yunxiao’s lips curled up, and then up some more.
He suddenly wrapped his arms around Ning Ke’s waist, turning over to press him down.
He rubbed against his neck like a puppy.
“Then I want to be with A-Ke forever and ever!”
He looked up, as if he had made a great determination: “I don’t want to hand A-Ke over to Master anymore either!”
“A-Ke is mine! From now on, I will eat A-Ke all by myself and won’t share with anyone!”
Ning Ke understood that after Lou Yunxiao’s spiritual power broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, the demonic energy and spiritual energy would begin to balance. Later, when he restored his heart, the Demon would no longer be able to restrict him.
It was normal for him to say such things.
So, he smiled and rubbed Lou Yunxiao’s hair, saying, “Okay. When you cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, we’ll escape together.”
“Mm!”
…
In the Secret Realm’s Forest Sea.
Inside a cave, the disciple who had woken up from his injuries shouted his accusation at Ning Xiaoxiao: “Whether you believe it or not, Lou Yunxiao has been possessed by a Demon! He even almost killed me with his own hands!”
“Even if he comes back alive, he won’t be the Lou Yunxiao from before! You should kill him! Clean up the sect for your Sword Sect and for the entire Human Race!”
Ning Xiaoxiao’s face was as calm as water as she said coldly, “My brother said you were brought back by the Blue Silver Sword, which means my Eldest Senior Brother saved you.”
“Bullshit!” That disciple had narrowly escaped death, and his body hadn’t recovered yet. He only remembered what he heard the Demon say inside Lou Yunxiao’s body before he passed out.
It said it wanted to drain his blood and eat his flesh raw!
“I swear to the Heavenly Dao, I was injured by him. If there is a word of falsehood, may I be struck by five thunderbolts!”
His statement shocked the many disciples around him.
Over the past two months, they had been gathered by Ning Xiaoxiao. Aside from the ten who died in the desert and volcano, and Lou Yunxiao and Ning Ke whose whereabouts were still unknown, the other thirty or so were all here.
Hearing these words now, and seeing that the Heavenly Dao did not send down punishment for violating an oath…
For a moment, they looked at each other in dismay.
They discussed in hushed tones.
“I heard before that Lou Yunxiao was locked in the Sword Sect’s Demon Sealing Pagoda. They said he carried demonic energy himself. Is it flaring up now?”
“To actually harm his own kind… logically and emotionally, he really should be executed.”
“However, Ning Xiaoxiao said there was a Demon in the desert and wouldn’t let us go to investigate. As a result, this disciple came back and said he didn’t see any Demon, only that he was hurt by Lou Yunxiao…”
“Could it be that the other disciples who died in the desert were also killed by Lou Yunxiao?”
“There isn’t any sealed Great Demon at all, is there? I think the only demon in this secret realm is Lou Yunxiao, right?”
“Fart!” Ning Xiaoxiao gripped the Jinglan Sword, finally unable to bear it any longer.
She said, “My Eldest Senior Brother carries demonic energy, but he has never harmed any of us!”
“He would absolutely never turn into a bloodthirsty Demon!”
“The Demon I saw had a cultivation level of at least the Mahayana stage! That’s why I advised you not to go to the desert! Yet you suspect me like this? You’re simply unreasonable!”
The python also propped up its body, flicking its tongue as it said, “I don’t care about your internal strife, humans, but I can tell you clearly that there is indeed an underground palace in that desert, and it indeed seals a Great Demon.”
The little sand rat stood on its head, jumping with rage: “You humans just love to suspect each other. The little girl narrowly escaped death to tell you the news, and you’re ungrateful!”
The python: “…Didn’t I say many times not to stand on top of my head?”
“Careful or I’ll eat you.”
The little sand rat crossed his arms over his chest and huffed twice: “Lord Rat isn’t afraid of you.”
He whispered, “I am the little girl’s savior. If you eat me, Lord Nine-Tailed Fox won’t let you off!”
The python: …This little thing bullying others by flaunting powerful connections. Shameless!
“Ning Xiaoxiao, you are Lou Yunxiao’s Junior Sister, so naturally you speak for him!” A female disciple couldn’t help but step forward and say, “My Senior Brother hasn’t been heard from since he was taken by the Red Willows. I think my Senior Brother must have been killed by the demonized Lou Yunxiao too!”
“He’s hiding in the desert now, daring not to come out. I think he has a guilty conscience and is afraid we’ll hold him accountable!”
“Well said.” Zhuang Yusheng returned from outside the cave and heard these remarks.
With a smile on his face, he even applauded that female cultivator.
“Fellow Daoist Zhuang.” Ning Xiaoxiao looked at him, frowning.
Zhuang Yusheng blinked at her and continued to say with a smile, “I very much agree with what this Fellow Daoist said.”
“After all, none of us have seen the Demon, so naturally there will be many doubts.”
“Plus, that Fellow Daoist who just woke up insists that Lou Yunxiao hurt people. It’s normal for everyone to be emotional.”
“So, my suggestion is…” Speaking up to here, Zhuang Yusheng’s face sank, his eyes full of coldness.
He continued, “Get out.”
“Those who are unwilling to believe Ning Xiaoxiao’s words, all of you get the hell out.”
“Withdraw from the territory of this Nascent Soul stage Yao beast that is providing you protection for Fellow Daoist Ning’s sake.”
“Go to that desert and investigate it yourselves. You’ll find the answer you want!”
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