The Demon Venerable Is Delicate and Charming (GL) Chapter 76

Li Lingjiang lay on the bed, covered in sweat. The corners of her eyes were red, not from crying, but from being kissed. Yin Wu seemed to tease her as she kissed upward from her neck and toyed with her earlobe. Li Lingjiang opened her mouth and breathed silently. Even her lips hurt faintly.
She faced Yin Wu, hands gathered around Yin Wu’s shoulders. Her eyes were half closed, and she was clearly a little tired.
Yin Wu held her, and her fingertips were unwilling to stop, wandering upward from the hollow of Li Lingjiang’s waist. The young immortal’s movements were very light, and a tingling feeling slipped along the bones and inward. Li Lingjiang could clearly feel Yin Wu’s hand stop on her shoulder blade, rubbing and tracing.
“Yin Wu.” Li Lingjiang tightened her fingers, wrinkling the cloth. “I am sleepy.”
Yin Wu gave a low hum. Only then did she loosely hold Li Lingjiang in her arms. She lowered her eyes to look at her. “My Lord, are we together now? When did you start liking me?”
Li Lingjiang did not move. Only her breathing quickened for a few beats. Yin Wu was a very different presence in her past. No one had ever planted so much thought on her. Yin Wu loved to cry, was bright in nature, and seemed simple, as if everything about her should run opposite to Li Lingjiang. Yet this person had suddenly and unexpectedly entered her sight.
Li Lingjiang breathed out. “Whenever you began liking me.”
Yin Wu laughed softly. Her gaze suddenly lost focus. She probably could not say when either. But if Li Lingjiang had not told her so plainly, this unclear emotion might have kept spreading without end.
Li Lingjiang was completely unlike what she had imagined. Yin Wu had thought she would be a useless demon princess, spoiled and arrogant.
She had never expected her to be the Demon Venerable respected by everyone now.
“My Lord really does know how to speak in riddles.” Yin Wu kissed her fingers. “Sleep. I will guard you. If there is movement, I will call you.”
Li Lingjiang opened her eyes.
She stood in the middle of the flow of people. This dream was different from the previous two. She raised her head and realized even her own figure was transparent. She walked against the crowd and did not see herself. Those sex slaves fought to run outside first, but the main door of the building was tightly shut. No one could escape. She swept her gaze around. Yin Wu was not there either.
Li Lingjiang pressed her lips together. Because of her transparent body, she easily reached the front door. She sensed something strange. Just as she raised her hand, the crowd surged. She lifted her eyes and turned back alertly. What entered her sight was a face ruined beyond recognition. Her pupils shrank. In the next moment, she was pushed out uncontrollably. Twisted light made her close her eyes in discomfort.
In that flash, Li Lingjiang was certain this was the key to breaking the illusion.
She woke from the dream, breathing hard. Yin Wu was already fully dressed and standing by the bed, watching her anxiously. “Hurry. We need to go.”
Li Lingjiang frowned. “What…”
Before she could finish, Yin Wu pulled her by the wrist and dragged her stumbling down. The cold feeling under her bare feet instantly cleared her muddled mind. The force gripping her wrist was not small and even hurt a little. Li Lingjiang stared at Yin Wu’s back, her gaze gradually turning cold and sharp.
Her steps suddenly stopped. For a moment, the two stood in a deadlock on the stairs. Expressionless, Li Lingjiang tugged her hand back. “Let go.”
Yin Wu turned back in confusion. “What are you doing?”
Li Lingjiang fixed her eyes on her, then suddenly smiled. “You are this illusion, are you not? What a pity. You can only enter other people’s dreams to reach your goal.”
“Yin Wu” kept arguing. “I do not understand what you are saying. Come with me quickly. If we are late, we cannot get out.”
“Is that so?” Li Lingjiang lowered her eyes and gave a short laugh. Her figure instantly closed in on Yin Wu. Her voice sank. “Do you want to hear what you called me?”
She gripped the other person’s throat hard and pressed her against the stair railing. Her voice was cold. “Wen Si is dead. You should never have appeared.”
“Yin Wu” laughed. Blood rushed upward, making her face flush unnaturally. “If I did not appear… you would absorb my power to repair yourself… ngh.”
Li Lingjiang tightened her hand even more. Her eyes grew vicious. “Of course. I am not a good person. As long as I achieve my goal, that is enough.”
Only when Li Lingjiang fully woke from the dream within a dream had the viciousness in her eyes still not faded. Yin Wu’s hand, which had been hovering in the air, quietly withdrew. “My Lord, downstairs is very noisy. Something probably happened. Should we go look?”
Li Lingjiang curled her legs slightly. She licked her swollen lips. The sting finally gave her the feeling of entering reality. Her back relaxed. “Yin Wu.”
Yin Wu held her hand. “I am here.”
Only the warmth in Yin Wu’s palm made Li Lingjiang fully lower her guard. “I had a dream just now. This world wants to keep me here. My body has improved, likely because I unconsciously absorbed its magic power.”
“So this place is about to collapse.”
Yin Wu squeezed her fingers. She hugged Li Lingjiang and gently patted her back, rubbing against her. “You have been dreaming very often lately. Did something happen to you?”
Li Lingjiang’s arms were pressed between them. She held Yin Wu’s shoulders and only felt exhausted all over. “No. I killed her.”
She took several deep breaths and closed her eyes a few times. “Let us go quickly. We cannot wait any longer.”
Yin Wu looked at her steadily for several seconds. When her fingertip passed over Li Lingjiang’s wrist, it paused briefly. Then she got off the bed as if nothing had happened.
As they had expected, the escaped sex slaves had all been caught again. But the struggle and resistance continued. Many guests pointed and commented, as if they were all alive. One sex slave lifted their head and stared fixedly at Yin Wu, as if they wanted to carve her alive. Li Lingjiang’s fingertip dropped onto the railing, and several cries of shock sounded.
The person from a moment ago broke free of restraint and cleanly ended their own life.
Li Lingjiang took a deep breath and exchanged a look with Yin Wu.
Trapped here with such heavy resentment, destined through reincarnation to suffer this pain again and again, they endured something far worse than purgatory.
Yin Wu hooked a strand of Li Lingjiang’s hair. Suddenly, she raised her voice. “What if I let you leave?”
Everyone froze. The sex slaves also stood dumbly in place, a trace of hope flashing in their eyes.
“I will let you leave and live with dignity.” Yin Wu hooked Li Lingjiang’s little finger and walked step by step into the crowd. “It was my fault. After I die, I should never enter reincarnation. Life after life, I should suffer painful punishment.”
Among the sex slaves, some did not believe her, while others let tears slide down silently. Yin Wu paused for a few seconds, then suddenly lowered herself and asked, “My Lord?”
Li Lingjiang’s gaze rested on one person. She said softly, “Push the door open, and you can leave.”
The door was not heavy, yet it had trapped many people’s lives here. Slaughter and hope kept blending together. Sunlight carried a barren wind, and with one blow, it spread like fire across the plains. Countless souls held hope for a next time. Li Lingjiang raised her hand, lowered her eyes slightly, and strode out.
It was time to go home, whether woman or man.
Qi San, who had been guarding Li Lingjiang, suddenly stood up. His expression was blank. “I can feel the auras of those dead souls. Is My Lord about to return?”
“My Lord!” Ling Xin cried out quickly. He moved fast to support Li Lingjiang, his face tense. “Are you all right?”
The intervals between several withdrawals had been too short. It felt as if a string had snapped in Li Lingjiang’s mind. She bent one leg and shook her head in denial. “I am fine. What time is it?”
Ling Xin said, “Less than a day and night.”
Li Lingjiang nodded. She looked at Yin Wu, who was still sleeping beside her, and raised her brows slightly. Then she slowly moved her gaze away and looked toward the opened cave.
“My Lord, there is a hot spring inside,” Feng Luan explained from the side. “It has a healing effect on the body. Would you like to try it?”
Li Lingjiang looked at the bandages wrapped around her hand. She rubbed them between two fingers for a moment, then rose. “All right. Thank you all for taking care of us.”
The others had not dared move them and had stayed guarding the two without leaving for a moment.
Just as Li Lingjiang stepped forward, she suddenly stopped. She turned back to look at Qi San and raised a very faint smile. “Can you feel his aura?”
Qi San nodded.
Her chest rose and fell. She hid her hand in her sleeve. “We will meet again. There is no hurry.”
As soon as the final sound fell, she turned and walked into the cave. The moment she entered, she felt the moist warmth in the air. White steam drifted above the hot spring. Almost without hesitation, she unwrapped the bandages, revealing skin that had already healed.
She hooked down her loosened clothes with her foot, leaving only an inner garment. One move nearly failed to cover her legs. She unwrapped the bandages bit by bit, leaving only the marks on her neck.
The black dragon also woke with its master’s condition, but it very consciously coiled near the cave entrance and stayed there.
The instant Li Lingjiang sank into the water, she lifted her neck slightly and sighed. As the inner garment sank deeper, it grew wet and nearly transparent.
She had just undone her hair when she heard approaching footsteps. Before she could turn, red thread bound her waist. The thread seemed alive, climbing continuously over her body and making her tremble lightly. “Yin Wu.”
As soon as she spoke, her wrists were tightly bound. Warm breath immediately wrapped around her. Dense kisses fell on the back of her neck and along her spine. Li Lingjiang was forced to raise her head, breathing soundlessly. The thread tied her hands tightly, and her waist and abdomen were held by the person behind her.
“My Lord.” Yin Wu’s words grew blurred. “Your injuries have all healed.”
“I…” Li Lingjiang could not complete a sentence. Her back pressed close to the warm stone wall, which had been made especially slick by steam. The young immortal’s hand moved down from beside her chest. One kiss scattered much of Li Lingjiang’s awareness.
Yin Wu still kept some measure and did not dare use force. She rubbed Li Lingjiang’s wrist, holding it high over her head, her eyes moving inch by inch over the body before her. The white cloth was soaked nearly transparent. Madness and possessiveness gradually stained her gaze.
She had never imagined that after falling for someone, affection and desire could be so hard to control.
Li Lingjiang turned her head aside. A faint red covered her neck. Water clung to her white hair and slid down from the side of her face, over the rise and fall of her chest, then toward the Jade-Bone Fan nearby. Her lower belly moved with her breathing. She licked the tip of her tongue outward, her eyes a little dazed. Her beast ears trembled lightly, and the arch of her foot tightened. “Yin Wu, whatever you want to do, I allow it.”