The Demon Venerable Is Delicate and Charming (GL) Chapter 90

Was it quiet, or was it noisy? In the great pull between those two extremes, none of the six spoke. Though some of them were not quite the same as Feng Luan and Yin Wu, their identities were already like immortals. In essence, there was not much difference. Which path one cultivated and which realm one entered only ended with a different title.
Feng Luan lowered his head. Only after a long while did he speak softly. “How frightening.”
He had lived for tens of thousands of years and had experienced quite a lot, but this was still enough to make his heart shake again and again. Humans were actually very interesting. If one watched long enough, one would find they often placed their hopes in emptiness. There was no denying that this could bring comfort to the mind and some slight benefit. But once desire was enlarged, it became especially terrifying.
Immortals were only another kind of human evolution. Even gods could barely look after themselves. How could they manage other people?
In the human world, incense offerings existed. Those prayers were related to the gods, able to provide strength and receive some answers in return. But sincerity made the spirit respond. That was different from the Immortal-Entering Sect. These people did not even know who they worshiped. Their thirst for power had reached a chilling degree.
Who could understand it? Who could control it?
Trying to use this kind of gain to control disciples had to be called a fine method by these elders.
As for where the final result of this ceremony came from, and who caused it, that was worth investigating carefully.
“Their desire is controlled very well. If there were nothing real behind this, it could not convince so many people.” Feng Luan’s rabbit ears appeared and covered his face. “We must speed things up. Too many people are involved.”
His voice sharpened with the wind. For a moment, no one answered.
Yin Wu’s gaze locked onto the elders, and she lowered her eyes slightly. This was “its” method. This kind of dirty trick was the same as when Heaven’s Mandate suddenly appeared before. It endlessly enlarged the greed in people’s hearts. Perhaps they were not worshiping some god at all, but some filthy thing.
Her hand at her side clenched into a fist. Her tongue pressed against her cheek. She almost could not control her urge to mock aloud. The other side’s concealment art was very strong. She could not catch it accurately. Besides, the Immortal-Entering Sect’s disciples had scattered its aura to some degree.
Or perhaps…
Yin Wu closed her eyes. After so many years, the other side’s strength had been growing all along, like a bottomless hole, drawing power from others.
They had to resolve this quickly.
Irritation rose in Yin Wu’s heart. She looked at Li Lingjiang beside her. Li Lingjiang also had her head slightly raised, thoughts unknown. Yin Wu always felt Li Lingjiang’s mood at this moment was indescribably low. White clothes suited her, yet made her look too much like the person she had been back then.
Moonlight slipped past tree shadows, blurring the outline of Li Lingjiang’s edge, mingling with her soft sigh.
The whole ceremony moved very slowly. By the time it ended, it was almost midnight, but no one felt tired. The power gained in their bodies made them unable to help feeling excited. The chosen people’s reactions were even stronger.
Ada Danni moved her numbed body. She quickly walked toward Li Lingjiang, who was brushing off dust, and could not help lifting her head. “I feel I can challenge you again.”
Li Lingjiang’s hand stopped. Suddenly, she locked onto Ada Danni’s eyes and asked, “Where are your two companions?”
She used the old tongue. Not many people could understand, and not many paused.
But the smile on Ada Danni’s face stopped. She was angry, furious, so angry her body kept shaking. Her lips instantly lost color, yet she could not say a single refuting word.
Li Lingjiang still looked cold. She stood still, yet seemed to instantly pull the distance between them closer. She said again, “You killed them and made them into gu insects, did you not?”
The stated fact made Ada Danni keep stepping back. She looked at Li Lingjiang in shock. Only after a moment did she recover. She forced out a smile. “No. You have no proof.”
Hearing this, Li Lingjiang laughed softly. Her eyes held very easy-to-see pity. She tapped twice in the empty air with her fingertips. “Look.”
“They are standing behind you.” Resentment curled around, long-lasting and unwilling to scatter.
After speaking, Li Lingjiang turned and left. Yin Wu followed behind her, looking at Ada Danni with deep meaning before turning away.
Only tense Ada Danni remained, looking around everywhere, cold sweat silently flowing as she breathed in small gasps.
She looked resentfully at Li Lingjiang’s back, gritted her teeth, and touched the gu insects at her waist. A trace of poison flashed in her eyes.
“My Lord.” Yin Wu jogged to catch up with Li Lingjiang. “What did you mean?”
Li Lingjiang looked straight ahead. “Nothing much. My instinct says her mind is about to collapse. Her body is like a shell with two souls fighting each other inside. Unfortunately, the Ada Danni we first saw has fallen into a disadvantage.”
Sometimes the first impression was the most accurate. Ada Danni’s first impression had not offended them, including the two men who followed behind her.
Yin Wu squeezed her fingers and asked softly, “Will she die?”
Li Lingjiang’s steps paused so faintly almost no one could notice. She said honestly, “I do not know. I can only be sure Ada Danni is being controlled and is targeting us. My words were only meant to wake the other her. But as for how badly this place…”
Her fingertip slid over her heart. “…has been eaten away, that is hard to say.”
Yin Wu said nothing. She held Li Lingjiang’s hand tightly and comforted her in silence.
By the time the two got into bed, it was already the second half of the night. Yin Wu held Li Lingjiang tightly in her arms. Li Lingjiang forced herself to stay awake, and even her words were unclear. “I feel uneasy.”
Yin Wu patted her back. “What is wrong?”
Li Lingjiang’s breath fell into Yin Wu’s neck. “I do not know. My heartbeat suddenly became abnormal. I suddenly regret that I should not have said those things to Ada Danni.”
“Do not worry. That is her fate. From the moment she was chosen, it was already decided.” Yin Wu’s voice was extremely soft, so Li Lingjiang missed several syllables. Before she could ask again, she had already fallen into heavy sleep.
Yin Wu looked at the mark flashing over the back of Li Lingjiang’s neck and kissed it gently. Her voice was not clear. “Sweet dreams.”
The young immortal held Li Lingjiang and closed her eyes to sleep with her.
Li Lingjiang had not slept long when she woke. A drawn-out singing sound came from outside. Seeing Yin Wu still asleep, Li Lingjiang felt a strange impulse rise in her heart. She carefully placed Yin Wu’s hand, which rested on her waist, flat, put on her shoes, and walked out the door.
The wind outside instantly blew her sight into disorder. She raised a hand to block it. Not far away, Ada Danni’s awkward opera voice reached her ears. Li Lingjiang looked somewhat lost as she walked forward.
Ada Danni’s voice was like an invisible thread, hooking her tightly over. She did not know if it was an illusion, but the moonlight at this time was frighteningly bright. Li Lingjiang wore only an inner garment and had loosely draped on an outer robe. It was a little cold.
“Ada Danni?” Li Lingjiang rubbed her aching wrist and forced herself to stand still while looking at the person before her. “What are you doing here?”
“Me?” Ada Danni suddenly turned her head. Heavy makeup was painted on her face. It looked like opera makeup and yet not. It carried a little more beauty. Her fingertip touched her lips, revealing a charm for no reason. “I am getting married.”
Li Lingjiang’s pupils tightened. She looked at Ada Danni in disbelief. Only then did she notice that Ada Danni was wearing wedding clothes. She immediately thought of the opera Duan Wuxiu had sung before.
She steadied herself and carefully approached Ada Danni, softening her voice. “Who are you marrying?”
Confusion appeared in Ada Danni’s eyes. She murmured, “I do not know either. But I am getting married. Look, my red wedding robe.”
She gave a shy smile and lifted the red wedding robe. “Is it pretty? I like it very much.”
Li Lingjiang continued, “Then come here first. I will take you to find the groom, all right?”
Ada Danni pouted and hesitated for a while. Suddenly, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, ruining her makeup at once. Her emotions abruptly turned into collapse. “But I cannot find my elder brothers. Where are they? Where are they?”
She searched in panic. Li Lingjiang had just taken one step when Ada Danni’s eyes stared straight over. Suddenly, she calmed down and stated the fact. “I remember. I killed them.”
Ada Danni laughed loudly and covered her mouth with her sleeve. “Do you know how they died? My gu insects hollowed them out bit by bit.”
She walked forward two steps and sincerely asked Li Lingjiang, “Do you want to try it too?”
Li Lingjiang frowned. Sensing something wrong, she hurriedly retreated. Then she sensed a strange aura. She suddenly turned around. A shadow covered her whole body. Behind her came Ada Danni’s twisted voice. “Do you want to try? Try it.”
Li Lingjiang lifted her eyes to the newcomer. In the next moment, terror entered her gaze. Her body could not help going weak. The instant she fell backward, she fully lost awareness.
Hah.
Li Lingjiang’s body trembled. She reflexively sat up from the bed and instinctively called Yin Wu’s name. In the next instant, a familiar aura wrapped around her completely. The young immortal kissed her neck, arms around her, rubbing her again and again. “All right, all right. It was only a dream.”
“A dream?” Li Lingjiang murmured. For a moment, she wanted to open her mouth and argue. No. This was not a dream. It was something that would happen in the future. But when the words reached her mouth, she could not say anything.
Yin Wu kissed her forehead. “My Lord, are you all right? Why have you been dreaming so often lately? Next time, I should add something calming to your medicine.”
Li Lingjiang struggled to digest the contents of the dream. One foresight dream made her body very tired, and even responding became difficult. She breathed out heavily, turned her head, and coughed.
She coughed until her body shook. The scene before her blurred. She remembered Ada Danni’s appearance in the dream and that final person. Her throat hurt badly. A familiar feeling made her almost reflexively roll up her sleeve and cover her mouth.
She wiped away the blood at the corner of her mouth and suddenly grabbed Yin Wu’s arm. Her lips moved, but no sound came out for a long time. Outside, dawn had clearly arrived.
Li Lingjiang lowered her head and only said softly, “All right.”