The Demon Venerable Is Delicate and Charming (GL) Chapter 66

When Li Lingjiang woke, she was basically clear-headed. When she appeared before the crowd, everyone was sitting on the ground without moving. Seeing her, they only nodded. Wen Si was the first to come over and greet her. “Fellow Daoist.”
She lightly swept a glance over him. Her eyes shifted, and she returned the courtesy with a small bow. “You worked hard.”
Wen Si waved his hand. “Not at all. Not at all. I wonder if Fellow Daoist’s injuries have improved?”
Li Lingjiang quickly counted the people before her. Now there were only around fifty left. She did not know whether they could keep holding on.
“They are not a problem.” After Li Lingjiang’s fever went down, she clearly felt that much of her strength had returned. While half-conscious, she had sensed Yin Wu feeding her something, but after their eyes met, she let the question rest.
She thought, wait a little longer.
“My Lord.” Yin Wu followed beside her. Her gaze drifted over Wen Si. Then she took Li Lingjiang’s hand and led her toward Ling Xin. “Why did you not wait for me?”
Li Lingjiang followed Yin Wu without any struggle. When Ling Xin saw her come over, worry showed on his face. “My Lord.”
The other three also stood one after another. At the time, Li Lingjiang had been carried out by Yin Wu covered in blood. The young immortal had not let anyone approach. Her lips had been bright red. Linked with Li Lingjiang’s condition, it was not hard to guess what had happened.
For a demon, any slight disturbance at this time could be a deadly crisis. Ling Xin had only said, “I leave her to you,” then dimly retreated to the side. Over these two days, he had never left the area. Fortunately, Li Lingjiang had fully woken.
“Are you better?” Ling Xin looked her over from top to bottom. Seeing her expression was normal, he finally let his heart settle a little.
Li Lingjiang nodded. Yin Wu was still holding her hand, a few fingers unevenly threaded through hers. “I made you all worry.”
All four told her to take care of her body. After a few polite words, they stopped.
Yin Wu also took the right chance to pull her aside. “My Lord, are you tired?”
Today, Li Lingjiang had changed clothes. She wore dark blue robes embroidered with complex patterns, making her skin look even paler and giving her a presence that commanded respect without anger. It was only that even the once fitted robe had to be tightened before it looked passable. Yin Wu had waited for her to finish changing, but in the blink of an eye, Li Lingjiang had already come out.
“I am not tired. I just got up.” Li Lingjiang looked at her with some amusement.
Yin Wu released her hand. She stared at Li Lingjiang, not very happy. “You still have not answered my question.”
Li Lingjiang said, “Mm…”
Yin Wu looked straight at her.
“I did not want to call.” A smile appeared in Li Lingjiang’s eyes. “You were lost in thought for so long. In any case, I was right here.”
Yin Wu crossed her arms. She was not very satisfied with this answer, but seeing Li Lingjiang was in a good mood, she did not keep worrying over it.
“My Lord, what you said before was very accurate. It really was him.” Yin Wu suddenly changed the subject.
Li Lingjiang lowered her eyes slightly. “It was not hard to guess.”
“Do you perhaps have a little understanding of divination?” Yin Wu held up her fingers to show a tiny distance, the corners of her eyes curving down. “Have you ever calculated your own fate?”
Li Lingjiang was helpless. “It is not accurate. Otherwise, I should have predicted everything.”
“Oh…” Yin Wu drew out the ending. It was not that she had never calculated Li Lingjiang’s fate, but she had truly been heavily restricted.
Li Lingjiang folded her hands. She turned her head and coughed hard twice. After pausing for half a second, she spoke softly. “My fate says I have a child.”
Yin Wu’s smile faded. She straightened her back and pressed her lips together, waiting for the rest.
“But look at my body. Whether I can live until I find a partner is hard to say.” Li Lingjiang spread her hands, her tone far too natural. “Do not argue with me. At present, this is the truth.”
Yin Wu choked on her words. She mulled over what Li Lingjiang had said. “A child…”
But who could possibly be worthy of Li Lingjiang?
And who would Li Lingjiang ever look upon?
Yin Wu suddenly did not want to think any deeper. She muttered softly, “It must be fake. If someone really wants to pursue My Lord, they will have to ask whether I agree.”
Li Lingjiang laughed despite herself. She looked down at the clothes on her body for a long while before vaguely remembering that these had been sent by Shuang Zixing for her thousandth birthday. In a blink, it seemed many years had passed.
She breathed out soundlessly. Before she could move, Yin Wu caught her hand. “Let us go, My Lord.”
The young immortal walked in front, her arm strong as she led Li Lingjiang forward. Through the bandages, Li Lingjiang seemed able to feel the steady beat of Yin Wu’s pulse.
Sometimes, losing focus happened very quickly. Li Lingjiang was dazed for a few seconds before she startled awake. She adjusted herself very fast, then stepped after Yin Wu as if nothing had happened.
But the copper coins at her waist gave a faint, soft sound.
Along the way, Yin Wu kept worrying about Li Lingjiang’s condition. Her mouth hardly stopped. In the end, she annoyed Li Lingjiang enough that Li Lingjiang stopped walking and frowned at her. “Yin Wu.”
She called.
Yin Wu answered. She did not look panicked at all. Instead, she tugged Li Lingjiang’s sleeve while watching the group walk farther away from the corner of her eye. “My Lord, they have gone far.”
Li Lingjiang said, “Mm?”
“Let me carry you.” Yin Wu stated her request.
Li Lingjiang knew very well why Yin Wu would say this. On the way, she had another nosebleed. She had coughed until she had to crouch to the side for a long while before recovering. Her head was full of buzzing, and several times she could not hear what the young immortal was saying.
Li Lingjiang pressed her lips together. “People will notice.”
Yin Wu was perfectly justified. “But they have gone far.”
She simply stopped talking. She wrapped her arms around Li Lingjiang’s waist and lifted her face-to-face. “I really am not tired. You are too light.”
Li Lingjiang was rarely held like this. Her hand pressed against Yin Wu’s shoulder, and she awkwardly patted her once. “This is strange.”
“It is not strange.” Yin Wu held her up by the hips, leaned closer, and said in a low voice, “Sit down.”
“No…”
Li Lingjiang was unwilling. She only felt that Yin Wu was getting bolder and bolder. But before she could resist, Yin Wu bounced her upward slightly. Li Lingjiang could not suppress a muffled sound and instinctively wrapped her arms around the young immortal’s neck. Just as she did, the red thread wrapped around her hands like a ghost and bound them. Struggling was useless. It only made the thread tighten.
“Truly… Yin Wu!” Li Lingjiang was really angry now. She pulled some distance between them, lowered her head, and looked down at Yin Wu. “What are you doing?”
Yin Wu found this difference in height novel. It was her first time seeing Li Lingjiang from this angle, and only now did she realize that when this person became angry, her eyes looked watery.
“My Lord, I have discovered that being soft with you truly does not work. If you want, hit me or scold me. Surely you do not want to drag others down. Otherwise, the whole team will slow because of you.”
Yin Wu precisely grasped Li Lingjiang’s weakness. She smiled, completely unafraid.
Li Lingjiang laughed from anger, yet could not find any words to refute her. “You…”
“My Lord, hold on to me.” Yin Wu interrupted her again and carried her forward in large steps without any effort.
Li Lingjiang could not win against her. After struggling with herself for a while, she still relaxed and let all her weight rest on Yin Wu. Her head rested on the young immortal’s shoulder, while both arms hung in the air. “You have been interrupting me a lot lately.”
Yin Wu felt Li Lingjiang’s breath fall against the side of her neck. She inhaled lightly, then asked with a smile, “Does My Lord hate it?”
“I will dislike it.” For some reason, sleepiness rose in Li Lingjiang. She closed her eyes and answered softly.
“Then I will not do it next time.” Yin Wu lowered her voice. She deliberately let Li Lingjiang fall asleep. Only after Li Lingjiang truly gave her weight over did she stop. She gently shifted Li Lingjiang into a horizontal hold so she could rest better. The red thread naturally loosened, and Li Lingjiang’s hands slid down from Yin Wu’s shoulders, lightly brushing the side of her neck.
Only very lightly.
Yin Wu lowered her eyes and looked at Li Lingjiang’s sleeping face. Li Lingjiang clearly still had not fully relaxed. Even in sleep, her brows were slightly furrowed. Compared with last time, she was much thinner again. Her wrist seemed as if it would snap with one hard grip.
Yin Wu had guessed the reason Li Lingjiang had lost her true self. It could not be ruled out that the scattered demonic energy in her body had long been unable to merge. Yin Wu only feared the thing she worried about most: could it be it?
If it was it, things would become difficult. Only today did Yin Wu suddenly realize she had paid much more attention to Li Lingjiang. Little by little, it had already gone beyond the range she had first planned to maintain.
From Yin Wu’s angle, she could see Li Lingjiang’s whole figure clearly: her face, her neck, her waist, and the smooth curve farther down. Yin Wu’s hand was supporting her there. She should not have been thinking so much, but whenever she recalled what had happened before, she felt the other person’s warmth still lingering on her lips.
Yin Wu took a deep breath and held Li Lingjiang a little higher. Even in sleep, her beast ears were soft. They trembled with each rise and fall. No one knew what had bothered them, but they pressed close and curled into a tiny point.
Yin Wu looked for a long time, but in the end, she let go of the thought of playing with them. Her thoughts churned.
No rush. There was still time.
Yin Wu looked forward, curved her lips, and stepped ahead to follow the group.
This carry lasted for two hours. When Li Lingjiang woke, her head was still dizzy. Her hand rested lightly on Yin Wu, and she buried her head inward. That instinctive action made both of them freeze. Yin Wu was the first to react. Amused, she took Li Lingjiang’s cold fingers and warmed them in her palm.
“Is My Lord awake? We have arrived too. Come down.”
Li Lingjiang’s beast ears curled inward. She took a deep breath and got down from Yin Wu in one smooth movement, landing on the ground. Red thread was still wrapped around her right wrist. She looked at it and silently undid it.
“Almost two hours. I actually slept for so long.” Li Lingjiang spoke in a low voice. She lifted her eyes to Yin Wu, and the corners of her lips rose. “It was comfortable. Thank you.”
Yin Wu was briefly dazed by her smile. She mumbled once before answering, “No need to thank me.”
Li Lingjiang slowly withdrew her smile. She and Yin Wu walked forward. Just as they reached the back of the group, they heard someone wail, “No way. We just sent off a desert, and now here comes a glacier? What kind of Demon Realm forbidden land is this? It is clearly a world of miracles!”
Li Lingjiang: “…”
“A glacier.” Li Lingjiang repeated the word. She walked quickly to the front of the group and stood shoulder to shoulder with Ling Xin, staring silently at the ice surface one step away.
Ling Xin’s lips trembled slightly. “My Lord, I did not bring enough clothes.”
Li Lingjiang: “…”
A fierce wind blew from beneath the glacier, pushing Li Lingjiang’s hair behind her. Yin Wu raised her hand and watched the white hair flow through her fingers. She walked a few steps forward until she was almost pressed close to Li Lingjiang. From behind, she wound the red thread around Li Lingjiang’s wrist and leaned near her earlobe.
“My Lord, I am here.”