Chapter 360: Shi Qingyan’s Request
Until the very end.
Li Shanyan still chose not to leave the dream.
No matter how much Sang Zhe persuaded him, he just smiled and shook his head.
He seemed to really like the Holy Kingdom in the dream, especially the Guoshi Mansion where there were still familiar faces.
With no other option, Sang Zhe could only give up and continued to complain to Nian Nian on the way out of the Guoshi Mansion.
“…What a stubborn old man. Just thinking about shirking responsibility. He is the nominal number one of the Human Clan right now, and this is how he acts. Honestly.”
“Although the Host says that, deep down, he might not want to leave.”
“Me? Haha, that old geezer has tripped me up so many times. There’s no way I’d miss him!”
…No.
Maybe.
Just a little bit.
Just thinking about Li Shanyan’s aged and murky eyes, filled with the fatigue accumulated over a long time, made Sang Zhe reluctant to ask this old man for more.
Maybe accompanying his old friends in a dream, slowly passing through the final time of his life, is a pretty good choice for him.
The remaining matters can be left for the young ones to worry about; it’s no problem.
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In Master Yu Xia’s room.
When Sang Zhe slowly opened his eyes, the sky outside was completely dark.
His first question was to Nian Nian: “How long did I sleep this time?”
“Don’t worry. Just four hours.”
That’s good.
If he had slept for another month or two, that would be troublesome.
Just as Sang Zhe was about to get up, he suddenly realized he didn’t know when he had ended up in Yu Xia’s bed.
At this moment, the asleep Yu Xia was pressed up against him, completely bare.
Yu Xia’s body temperature was a bit high, the skin against Sang Zhe’s arm soft and delicate. Especially that impressive pair of ahem, which enveloped Sang Zhe’s arm like a canyon, making him feel a bit awkward.
…They’re definitely large.
Large, perky, full but not sagging. Just being pressed against him like this made Sang Zhe feel a bit flushed, with a brain full of the impulse to squeeze them.
Calm down, Sang Zhe.
What you like should be a more proportionate figure, beautiful lines, not just bigger is better.
Though he thought this way.
Clearly, his lower half had its own ideas.
Feeling an uncomfortable pressure, Sang Zhe awkwardly pondered how to extract himself without waking the sleeping Yu Xia. Just as he was about to get up, a playful voice suddenly chimed in from the bedside:
“Oh, quite the reaction, huh? Finally can’t hold back wanting to make a move on Aunt Yu?”
Sang Zhe jumped in shock and turned only to find Shi Qingyan’s playful smiling face leaning over the edge of the bed.
“You scared me, Senior Sister Shi… Why didn’t you say anything?”
“Wouldn’t want to interrupt our ‘lord’s’ good times~”
“Cough. You’re overthinking it.” Sang Zhe got serious as he sat up, “I was just sleeping next to her because I needed to treat her.”
“Does it also involve skin-to-skin contact, lip-to-lip interaction?”
“…Not at all.”
After getting dressed, Sang Zhe asked: “What’s Senior Sister Shi doing here? Taking care of Aunt Yu?”
“Yeah, because Aunt Yu said you fell asleep right after clearing her residual poison, and since she’s still a patient, Little Ying and I decided to take turns to look after both of you.”
“They should be fast asleep by now.” Shi Qingyan mused.
“Is that so? Then you should go rest as well, Senior Sister.” Sang Zhe stretched, “I’ve slept long enough, I’m not tired anymore. Let me take care of Aunt Yu now.”
“What’s wrong?” Shi Qingyan’s eyes gleamed with mischief, “Afraid I’d disturb your good times?”
“……Cut it out. I’m not that kind of beast.”
“Please, you’re not even as good as a beast.”
“What did you say?”
“I said.” Shi Qingyan suddenly leaned closer, her face almost touching Sang Zhe’s, so close he could see each of her long eyelashes clearly.
“Are you going to seek revenge on the Demon Clan?”
“Of course. The Demon Clan has pushed me to the edge. Ignoring it would be too much, right?”
“What if I go with you?”
“You?” Sang Zhe looked at Shi Qingyan, puzzled.
Shi Qingyan blinked, a fleeting glimmer of excitement crossed her beautiful eyes, like a child waiting for a trip.
“Why the sudden desire to go out?”
“Staying home is so boring.” Shi Qingyan bowed her head, fiddling with her fingers as she spoke softly, “Besides… my cultivation has hit a bottleneck; I can’t break through to the fusion stage.”
“And now that the Demon Cultivators have grown stronger, there’s not much pressure for tasks. Life at home is just too comfortable. So, I want to find some new motivation.”
“After all… even someone like Aunt Yu, at the late stage of the Crossing Tribulation Stage, was hurt while sneaking around. If I keep being so weak…” Her beautiful eyes fell slightly.
“…I’ll become your burden.”
Sang Zhe quietly looked at her.
“The trip to the Demon Clan is quite dangerous. It’s very likely that I’ll come face to face with someone strong like the Demon Clan’s leader. That’s a battle at the Mahayana stage.”
“I know~ I won’t overestimate myself and do something beyond my capabilities.” Shi Qingyan smiled.
“But you don’t plan to boldly storm through the Demon Clan, right? If we’re secretly sneaking in to investigate, that’s my forte.”
Sneaking in to investigate… Don’t make it sound like a Japanese movie.
However, Sang Zhe really hadn’t intended to charge in blindly without understanding the Demon Clan’s details.
If Shi Qingyan would help, it might really make things a lot easier.
“Okay. If Senior Sister wants to go, then I’m in.” Sang Zhe thought for a moment and added, “But you must promise me to take care of yourself. If we encounter particularly tricky opponents and I can’t protect you, you must escape quickly.”
“If we really run into trouble, I don’t mind being used as bait to take the hits.”
Shi Qingyan suddenly blinked her beautiful eyes, a hint of ambiguity in her gaze: “Don’t forget… I’m your slave, oh.”
She pointed gently to her forehead.
Sang Zhe suddenly realized she was talking about how he had marked her with a soul imprint.
However, the soul imprint was merely a necessity for questioning in the Punishment Department at the time, and during all this time, he hadn’t had a chance to use it to compel the fairies.
Nor did he want to. He wasn’t the type to force others.
So he had almost forgotten it existed.
“Oh, that, I really don’t—”
“It’s fine. Just remember I’m your possession.”
Shi Qingyan suddenly spoke in a flirty tone: “No need to feel sorry for me. As long as you want, you can do anything to me.”
“Really?”
Sang Zhe looked expectantly: “You can go to work for me every day and clock in too?”
Shi Qingyan: “……Not going. I can’t get out of bed in the morning.”
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