Chapter 03
This Man Is Actually Damnably Gentle (Please Follow!) 2023-07-31 Author: Zhi Shi Xue Bao Ao
Cangming Sect, Youluo Palace, outside the “Blood Kitchen.”
A girl of about fifteen or sixteen, dressed in a light pink long dress, was standing here.
She wore a lively “Flying Immortal” bun, her cheeks were flushed like peach blossoms, and her apricot eyes were beautiful. Her skin was as flawless as if it were inlaid with celestial jade, making one want to reach out and touch it.
At this moment, beneath the hem of her floral dress, her legsāwrapped in white silk stockingsāstood primly together, rubbing against each other restlessly, as if she were burdened with heavy thoughts.
“Master has always been meticulous and intellectually supreme; could it be… that he discovered some clues in advance, so… he keeps refusing to respond to me?”
The girlās crystal-clear eyes dropped uneasily, her long lashes trembling.
Gradually, the corners of her eyes became moist and red:
“No! Why… why do I still call him Master in my heart!? Clearly, my two senior sisters told me his true colors long ago! From start to finish, he has only been cultivating me as a sacrifice!”
“Master? No! That man! He! He has never treated Xing’er with any sincerity!”
“In his heart, Xing’er is no different from my two senior sisters, no different from anyone else in this world! We are all just tools to be utilized!”
“He will always be that high and mighty Qingling Demon Venerable, who views all living beings like straw dogs and is willing to abandon everything for the sake of his great cause of immortality!”
“What does Xing’er… even count for?”
“But…”
“But even knowing this, I still can’t bear to let go… wuwuwu.”
In an instant, countless past memories flooded the girl’s mind.
She seemed to see that tall, imposing figure in black robes once again.
The man who had gently held her hand and given her a home.
The girl could no longer suppress it; tears streamed down, smearing her beautiful face.
A moment later.
With trembling hands, she took a glazed porcelain bottle from her bosom.
This was the object given to her by her second senior sister and Senior Brother Xiao Chen from next door.
Once she let that man take it…
“Kill him, Xing’er.”
“Kill that man, and everything will be over.”
“Of us three sisters, who among us hasn’t secretly admired him? And yet now… who doesn’t want to kill him with their own hands?”
At this moment, the choked words of her second senior sister, Tantai Lingyin, echoed in the girlās mind once more.
She finally made her decision.
She reached out with her fair, jade-like hands, preparing to push open the gates of the “Blood Kitchen.”
If nothing went wrong.
In the next moment, she would see the man known as Qingling Demon Venerable, emotionlessly tinkering with his heinous masterpieces!
Just then.
A familiar voice came: “Come in, Xing’er.”
Hearing this, Cen Xing’erās face paled, her whole body seemingly frozen in place.
She didn’t know if it was her imagination.
But she always felt that this time…
That high and mighty man, his voice, actually carried a hint of…
Gentleness!?
Cen Xing’er pushed the door open timidly and walked into the dark chamber.
“Disciple… greets Master!”
The girl arrived at the center of the hall, bowed down, and did not dare to look directly at the cold, terrifying demonic shadow on the throne.
No response.
The man who reigned over the demonic path and made the entire Yun Continent tremble did not say a single word.
In the dark chamber, there was only the sound of the girl’s uneasy breathing.
Cen Xing’er! You must pull yourself together! Thereās nothing to be afraid of!
Senior Brother Xiao Chen next door swore on his life that Masterāno, Bai Qinglingāis already critically injured!
Even if he still had some strength left! That “Empty Soul-Devouring Powder” would be enough to destroy his body and soul, leaving him no chance to reincarnate!
Cen Xing’er clenched her pink fists, comforting herself.
Seeing that the person still didn’t react.
A thought crossed the girl’s mind, and she finally remembered something.
“Master, it is this disciple who was disrespectful.”
As she spoke, the girl slowly removed her shawl, revealing her fair, smooth, beautiful shoulders.
As the shawl was completely removed, a beast-taming collar embedded with a bell appeared around her neck.
Immediately afterward, the girl slowly peeled off her outer robe…
Until her pinkish, fair arms were completely exposed, leaving only a thin layer of undergarment.
The girl’s actions did not stop there!
Seeing her tie up her hair bun with a jade hairpin, her snow-white nape was suddenly exposed.
Then.
She crawled on the ground, limbs downward, like a well-behaved, submissive little kitten.
After finishing all this.
She then lifted her beautiful, charming, oval-shaped face and said weakly:
“Xing’er greets… Master.”
Hmm? What the hell is a ‘Master’?
Bai Feng, who had maintained an indifferent face the whole time, felt surprised in his heart.
He had originally intended to remain still and pretend to be an expert by not speaking!
He never expected!
This girl would pull such a stunt!
His gaze fixed straight on the girl beneath the throne.
He finally remembered some plot details regarding Cen Xing’er!
It turned out that Cen Xing’er came from some longevity family in the Upper Realm and possessed the one-in-a-billion “Ghost-Driving Spirit Body,” capable of controlling ghosts and yin soldiers with infinite potential!
Therefore, the demon Bai Qingling, after understanding her background, decisively took her as a disciple. Over these years, he had continuously enslaved and suppressed the little girl mentally, trying to make her willingly become his slave!
Once her soul was completely tamed, he would perform a forbidden technique to forcibly swallow and merge with the girl’s Ghost-Driving Spirit Body!
Calculating against such a cute little girl! Bai Qingling, you really are worse than an animal!
Although he knew that this so-called “predecessor” didn’t exist and was just an illusory character setting, Bai Feng couldn’t help but curse.
As a young man from Earth with upright values, he naturally couldn’t accept such perverted behavior!
He couldn’t wait to warm this lost girl with boundless “Great Love”!
Bai Feng calmed his heart, narrowed his eyes, and said with an indifferent tone:
“Xing’er, why have you come here?”
“Back… back to Master, the centennial spirit herbs in the Spirit Herb Garden have ripened, so this disciple has specifically come to present the ‘Nine-Turn Demon-Solidifying Pill’ that Master requested a while ago…”
Cen Xing’er kept her head down, her small hands trembling as she pulled a glazed medicine bottle from her bosom.
Then, she crawled step by step to the throne and offered the pill bottle with both hands!
“Oh? It’s finished so quickly? Can you guarantee the quality of the pill?”
Bai Feng did not reach out to take it, but asked feebly.
Being asked this, the girl broke into a cold sweat, her legs rubbing against each other uneasily, and the iron ring on her ankle clanked.
“Back to Master! In the last two months, Xing’er has been soaking in the alchemy workshop, day and night, alongside several elders of the Blood-Refining Hall, and I dare not show the slightest negligence! I believe…”
Cen Xing’er gathered her courage and looked up for the first time at the handsome man on the throne whose expression was unpredictable, saying word by word:
“The quality of the pill is at least Rank 7! Please… Master, rest assured!”
“Rank 7?”
Bai Feng examined the “Empty Soul-Devouring Pill” meant to end his life and said coldly: “Why does this Master feel the aura of nine-colored medicinal clouds at the mouth of this bottle? This Rank 9 pill is likely something you lot are incapable of refining.”
“It’s the effect of the auxiliary herbs!”
“When it came out of the furnace, Xing’er added a little bit of Heart-Lotus, Ethereal Flower, and Kunpeng Powder to improve the quality!”
Cen Xing’er buried her head low and blurted out the excuse her senior sister had prepared for her.
“You added auxiliary materials?”
“Yes!”
“Was it intentional, or accidental?” Bai Feng raised an eyebrow, still showing no intention of taking the pill.
“It was…”
The girl gritted her teeth. “Intentional! Please Master, rest assured, even with the addition of auxiliary materials… Xing’er still tried her best to retain over 90% of the original pill’s efficacy!”
“If Master does not believe me, you are welcome to try it! If even half a point of efficacy is missing, Xing’er… is willing to accept severe punishment!”
“Is that so?”
Bai Feng expressionlessly took the porcelain bottle from the girl’s hand, turned his wrist, and a round, greenish-brown medicinal pill flew out from the bottle’s mouth.
He placed it in his palm, examined it silently, and said nothing.
Inside the dark hall.
One master, one disciple, one kneeling, one sitting, looked at each other in silence.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly quiet.
“Ma… Master, do you wish to take this pill immediately?”
Cen Xing’er’s red lips trembled, and she finally couldn’t help but speak.
At this moment, for her, this was the most conflicted moment of her life!
On one hand, she didn’t want to disappoint her two senior sisters and wanted to end everyone’s pain!
On the other hand, those past childhood memories were attacking her brain once again!
No matter how wicked or destructive this person in front of her was to the world, he was, after all, the Master who had raised her!
The girl covered her face with both hands, her voice carrying a slight choke: “How about… Xing’er takes this pill back, re-refines it, and then brings it to Master, how about that?”
No response.
That tall figure in black robes turned his back directly, showing no sign of joy or anger.
After an unknown amount of time.
A heavy sigh echoed in the dark chamber:
“Xing’er.”
“What exactly have I done to make you hate me so much? To the point that…”
“You are so impatient to kill your Master? Hmm?”
