Chapter 14: If there’s a good day, you have to live it
Ning Xuan pocketed the “Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey Blood” and the “Mysterious Buddha Statue” as his gains from this excursion.
However, his true harvest was a comprehensive understanding of “Heavenly Demon Scroll Refine Talisman” and “Demonic creatures.”
Whether it was the “approach of Heavenly Demons” and “Heavenly Demons have arrived” mentioned in the [Heavenly Demon Scroll], the “locals” spoken by the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey, or the Bear Demon saying “This is Black Wind Mountain too,” all allowed Ning Xuan to naturally deduce a terrifying fact.
That is, perhaps everything has only just begun.
Many Demonic creatures have already appeared.
But this is not the end, but the beginning.
The environment he had lived in for sixteen years would become increasingly unfamiliar.
A strong sense of fatigue and tension swept over him, and the wound on his lower back ached fiercely. He was already eager to lie in the arms of his maids, one to his left and one to his right, and take a nap to the tender calls of “Young Master, Young Master” from the maids.
However, he still glanced in the direction of the fight.
The Taoist priest in the yellow robe stepped on pure golden radiance, riding the wind, suspended in mid-air. His eyes were tightly closed, and his expression was solemn as he formed hand seals. Five invisible golden snakes emerged from the ground, firmly entangling the four limbs and neck of the black bear demon from before.
However, they only entangled.
There was no lethality to it.
The black bear’s physique was very strong, yet it was still tightly bound and could not move. It could only shout, “Save me, save me!!”
Han Ba and the others, holding Rapid-fire Crossbows, aimed and shot at the Bear Demon from a distance with grave expressions.
Drops of sweat streamed down their foreheads.
The black bear demon struggled more and more fiercely.
The Taoist priest in the yellow robe trembled, but did not open his eyes. He chanted incantations, and a feeling of leisurely detachment and transcendence exuded from him.
His two Daoist boy attendants stood tensed beside him, holding their long swords, guarding the periphery, clearly vigilant against other Demonic creatures.
The chains clanged incessantly, but as the Bear Demon sustained more and more injuries, it gradually stopped struggling and collapsed in a pool of blood.
‘Is this extraordinary power?’
Ning Xuan realized for the first time that his world possessed such power.
And it seemed his father most likely also possessed this kind of power.
He became even more curious why his father didn’t teach him?
He was his father’s biological son.
Although he thought that there was nothing left to linger for, he turned and sped away.
He was impatient.
After a perfunctory wash in the mountain spring, he changed his clothes, arrived at Xinghe County, and got into the Carriage waiting at the county entrance.
Xiaojie breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him return safely.
“Young Master, I was so worried.”
Xiaojie patted her chest.
Ning Xuan said, “Return to the manor.”
That night.
Under the peach tree in the backyard of Ning Manor, in a bathtub, Ning Xuan, wearing only white underclothes, bathed in the lukewarm water.
He stretched out his arms, with a maid holding each, gently massaging his tense muscles to relieve the day’s fatigue.
He tilted his head back, but it didn’t rest on the hard rim of the bathtub, causing pain. Instead, his head rested entirely on a fair pair of long legs.
Through the silk of her clothes, he smelled the fragrance emanating from the owner of the long legs. He could tell the fragrance was the new “Peach Blossom Dew” from “Butterfly Brand,” but it was precisely not the “Rose Dew” that would evoke memories of that half-dead body.
A peach blossom drifted leisurely from the peach tree, landing on the surface of the steaming water and creating ripples.
It then landed on the temples of the owner of the long legs, who was sitting on a high-backed chair.
Ning Xuan reached out and removed the peach blossom for her.
Just then, a robust maid by the side brought over hot water and respectfully said, “Young Master, adding water.”
“Add,”
Having received permission, the maid slowly poured the hot water into the wooden tub.
However, the tub was already full, and now it overflowed, wetting the dresses of the maids nearby.
The silk skirt of the owner of the long legs, around her waist and hips, also got wet, revealing glimpses of what lay beneath.
She suddenly wriggled her body and giggled.
Her laughter was sweet and pleasant to hear.
Ning Xuan felt overwhelmed, a feeling that was hard to describe. He laughed, “You can always come up with some new tricks for me.”
The owner of the chest was Xiaojie.
Xiaojie giggled softly and said, “I already said it during the day.”
Ning Xuan said, “I remember.”
Xiaojie leaned in and nibbled his ear, saying, “Tomorrow, I’ll make sure Young Master won’t be able to get out of bed.”
She had made up her mind while anxiously waiting in the Carriage today. She absolutely could not let the Young Master go out adventuring again. She was determined to go all out, to stake everything.
The maids massaging Ning Xuan’s hands beside them were sulking.
In their eyes, that seductive fox was being so affected, seducing the Young Master, it was ruining the Ning family’s reputation and was disgusting.
But no matter how much they disliked Xiaojie, they had to admit that Xiaojie, this seductive fox, was indeed very seductive, so much so that she could easily win over any man she chose. Her every smile and glance could make a man’s heart pound and be remembered for a lifetime.
As the night deepened.
Ning Xuan finally found relaxation in Xiaojie.
This relaxation allowed him to return from the previous Nightmare and slaughter.
He was still himself, a vulgar young master, and certainly not that ruthless, cunning monster who only thought about how to kill his enemies.
He comfortably embraced the petite Xiaojie and drifted off to sleep.
As dawn approached, Ning Xuan suddenly felt something unusual. He opened his eyes and saw that Xiaojie had gotten up at some point.
Not only had Xiaojie gotten up, but she was also rapidly binding his limbs with silk.
The other end of the silk was tied to the bedpost with a firm knot, one that the weakling Ning Xuan could not break free from.
Ning Xuan’s eyes opening flustered Xiaojie.
Her eyes darted, and she leaned over again, saying softly, “Young Master, let’s play something more fun. Nü Jia will definitely make you happy.”
Ning Xuan said, “I’m not going out today.”
Xiaojie’s eyes lit up and said, “Really?”
Ning Xuan said, “Really.”
The situation was resolved. He was injured, and the Taoist priest in yellow robes and Han Ba were handling things in the wilderness. He naturally wouldn’t be going out recently.
Xiaojie glanced at the silk bands tying her hands and feet, then suddenly lifted her hand and quickly untied them. Like a deflated ball, she plunked back into Ning Xuan’s arms.
She had tied him up because she was worried he would go out again.
And once she tied him up, she would definitely do her best to pacify the Young Master’s anger.
But since the Young Master wasn’t going out, then so be it.
Ning Xuan said, “Didn’t you say we were going to play something more fun?”
Xiaojie said, “Nü Jia is so tired.”
With that, she truly fell asleep, like a fragile and harmless little bird that anyone could easily strangle, sleeping in Ning Xuan’s arms.
Any man holding such a woman would feel a sense of accomplishment.
What’s more, such a woman was sensible and full of tricks. If there were truly fox spirits in the world, they would have to yield to her.
Ning Xuan slept until the hour of Si.
Xiaojie, however, had aching legs and a sore waist.
She shockingly repeatedly squeezed the Young Master’s thighs, feeling that strong force, and showed a wry smile.
Ning Xuan reminded her, “I’ve already increased your wages. An extra fifteen taels a month is not a small amount.”
Xiaojie said, “Nü Jia is just curious if Young Master had some fortuitous encounter?”
But after speaking, she quickly covered her mouth and spat several times, saying, “Nü Jia is not curious.”
The reason she misspoke was because the Young Master was too powerful last night.
He was as powerful as a giant bear.
It had exhausted her.
she had slept until now, but the more she slept, the more her body ached.
Ning Xuan stretched his body, feeling refreshed.
Xiaojie took a deep breath, enduring the pain in her body, gritting her teeth, and gasping for cold air, she got up to help him get dressed and comb his hair.
After going out and having breakfast, he waved his wide sleeves and ran outside, shouting as he ran, “Where is my Golden Winged Thunder Duke? Where is the Golden Winged Thunder Duke?! Golden Winged Thunder Duke!!”
In a short while, a guard carefully carried a large iron cage over.
Inside the iron cage was a proud and spirited rooster. The edges of its wings glowed with golden light, its tail feathers were short and stiff like iron, and its comb stood tall like a flame.
“Young Master, here, here,” the guard said, smiling obsequiously.
Ning Xuan waved his hand and said, “March! Today, we will definitely take my Golden Winged Thunder Duke and kill them all without leaving a single survivor!”
“Good!”
“Good!”
“Good!”
A group of lackeys quickly followed with shouts, and then rushed out with the Young Master.
Speaking of which, the Young Master hadn’t fought a cockfight for almost a month.
(End of this chapter)
