As long as Xi Yu wanted something, no one could refuse him.
But in what way was he inferior to that enchantress?
Why was it that Xi Yu had seven emotions and six desires when facing that enchantress?
Lu Zhixing’s eyes darkened. His hands hanging at his sides clenched tightly as he stared fixedly at Xi Yu.
Xi Yu met his gaze coldly.
He had always been hard-hearted. The reason he had been soft-hearted toward Lu Zhixing in the past was because Lu Zhixing was his disciple, and he allowed Lu Zhixing to make mistakes within limits he could control.
He could be arrogant and willful, act spoiled, play cute, and even throw tantrums for no reason—but the prerequisite was that it was with him.
Not like now, getting angry with him because of someone else.
Whether it was Zhi Yue or Lu Zhixing, whether or not the person standing before him now had his memories, if his emotions fluctuated, then they could only be because of Xi Yu, or directed at Xi Yu.
Within those boundaries, Xi Yu could indulge his beloved disciple without limit.
But once those boundaries were crossed, it was no longer acceptable.
A disobedient child needed to receive a little punishment.
Xi Yu curled his fingers, and Lu Zhixing, who had been standing some distance away, was pulled directly in front of him. He even used magic to force down Lu Zhixing’s knees, making him kneel.
A careless smile hung at the corner of Xi Yu’s lips as he gripped Lu Zhixing by the neck and bent down, looking into his eyes with a dark, sinister gaze.
“Who in this world doesn’t like warmth and soft beauty? I simply hadn’t discovered it before when I was pure and desireless. Now that I have, I’ve realized that what I like most are men who look this pitiful and submissive.”
“You just chased him away for me.”
Xi Yu’s hand moved upward, lifting Lu Zhixing’s chin. His voice was gentle as he uttered cruel words.
“Are you going to come and extinguish my seven emotions and six desires?”
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Lu Zhixing knelt beside the bed, his knees aching painfully beneath the pressure of spiritual power.
But what hurt him even more were Xi Yu’s words.
He placed both hands against Xi Yu’s legs and looked up at those eyes as deep and cold as a star-filled frozen lake.
Xi Yu had actually admitted that the enchantress had stirred his emotions.
Something Lu Zhixing had been unable to accomplish had been done effortlessly by that enchantress.
Kill him.
He had to kill that enchantress.
A vicious light flashed through Lu Zhixing’s eyes, and Xi Yu caught it perfectly.
That look stabbed straight into his chest like a sword, making his anger burn even hotter.
When he teased Lu Zhixing, this was the fierce expression he received.
But when that enchantress spoke to him softly and sweetly, Lu Zhixing was calm.
Did he really hate him being like this that much?
Then Xi Yu was determined not to give Lu Zhixing what he wanted.
He wanted Lu Zhixing to know that he, too, had seven emotions and six desires—and that his were even stronger.
He wanted to be intimately entwined with Lu Zhixing, their lips and teeth tangled together. He wanted those eyes of Lu Zhixing’s to never again reveal this displeasing expression.
Xi Yu sneered. His fingertip moved to Lu Zhixing’s lips, pressing down hard and rubbing against them with some force until those lips were ground into a vivid, enticing red before he finally stopped.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Xi Yu pressed a finger against the corner of Lu Zhixing’s lips.
“You don’t want to?”
Lu Zhixing’s Adam’s apple bobbed. His eyes were filled with pain.
He gritted his teeth.
“I don’t want to!”
He was willing to serve Xi Yu.
Not only was he willing—he was completely happy to do it.
But he couldn’t accept Xi Yu’s desire being born for someone else.
And he was merely a tool for venting that desire, a substitute for someone else.
No one had the right to make him a substitute.
Not Xi Yu.
Xi Yu couldn’t, and mustn’t, have desire for anyone else.
Whether it was Luo Cheng’an or that enchantress.
He had to kill that enchantress.
He absolutely had to kill that enchantress.
Damn it.
That enchantress deserved to die.
How dare he seduce Xi Yu?
The expression on Xi Yu’s face grew increasingly cold because of Lu Zhixing’s answer. A storm seemed to be brewing in his darkened expression. His features were already cold and striking, and with that dark look on his face, he resembled some beautiful, venomous ghost from an illustrated storybook.
“If I want it, then it’s not up to you whether you’re willing or—”
Before he could finish, Xi Yu increased the pressure of his fingertip. Just as he was about to lower his head and bite those lips that had suddenly ignited a fierce fire in his heart, the irritating sound of someone pounding on the door interrupted him.
Luo Cheng’an shouted while banging on the door.
“Brother, brother, brother! Help! Brother Lu, Brother Lu, Brother Lu! Help, help! Ah!!!”
Luo Cheng’an let out a miserable scream.
Xi Yu’s expression sharpened. After a brief hesitation, he reluctantly released Lu Zhixing and gave an inward snort.
Consider yourself lucky, little brat. Otherwise, I would have made you cry.
Xi Yu waved his hand and opened the door.
The spiritual power pressing down on Lu Zhixing instantly disappeared. He collapsed beside the bed, his lips a brilliant red. When he turned his head to look at Xi Yu’s back, his eyes were filled with a pathological, obsessive possessiveness.
“Don’t step on me—owww! It hurts!!! Help me!!!”
The moment Xi Yu opened the door, the corner of his mouth twitched.
A tiger was pinning Luo Cheng’an to the ground, its tongue hanging out as its paws repeatedly stomped on Luo Cheng’an’s chest.
It was obvious that the tiger wasn’t trying to kill him. Rather, it seemed to be playing with Luo Cheng’an.
But even if it was only playing, something that large stepping on someone like that certainly wasn’t comfortable.
Xi Yu flicked a finger, and the tiger shot through the air.
Luo Cheng’an hurriedly rubbed his chest. Xi Yu crouched down and helped him up.
Luo Cheng’an sniffled as he got to his feet, wiping his tears with the back of his hand.
“Why is there a tiger here?”
“It’s not a tiger.”
As Xi Yu spoke, he pointed at the tiger that had fallen to the ground and was howling.
The enormous, ferocious tiger rapidly shrank.
Then it transformed into nothing more than a calico cat about the size of an arm.
Luo Cheng’an’s eyes widened like copper bells.
Xi Yu raised an eyebrow slightly and crouched down in front of the calico cat.
The calico cat stared at Xi Yu, its fur standing on end. Its partially severed tail stood upright as it hissed at Xi Yu, looking as though it would bite him at any moment.
Xi Yu wasn’t afraid at all.
He tilted his head.
“Sang Biao?”
Sang Biao stopped in the middle of his attacking posture. His half-squinted eyes opened, becoming round and enormous. He looked completely different from the ferocious creature from moments ago.
He blinked and spoke in human language.
“You know this Great King?”
“More than that.”
Xi Yu spoke leisurely.
“I heard of Great King Sang Biao’s reputation even outside. They say that once you enter Wutong Village, as long as you cling tightly to Great King Sang Biao’s leg, everything will be worry-free.”
The moment Xi Yu finished speaking, Luo Cheng’an saw the previously bristling Sang Biao completely withdraw his hostility. He raised his head proudly.
“That’s not false. In this Wutong Village, you could say that this Great King is second to none.”
Xi Yu smoothly scooped the calico cat into his arms and stroked his fur along the length of his back.
Following Sang Biao’s words, he exclaimed in admiration.
“The Great King is amazing. This is my first time entering Wutong Village, and I’m so scared. Can the Great King protect me?”
As Xi Yu spoke, he signaled with his eyes for Luo Cheng’an to return to his room.
As for Lu Zhixing, Xi Yu swept him with his peripheral vision and saw him supporting himself against the doorframe, his face pale.
Xi Yu didn’t stop walking. He didn’t even give Lu Zhixing a proper glance.
Holding Sang Biao, he returned to his room.
Sang Biao, who was enjoying being scratched, closed his eyes comfortably and spoke shamelessly.
“Since you’re so sensible, this Great King will naturally protect you… Scratch my chin too.”
Xi Yu shifted his hand and began scratching his chin, but his thoughts drifted back to A City, to the way he used to tease Lu Zhixing by scratching his chin.
He was quite cute back then.
Now he’s turned into a cold, hard stone.
Xi Yu thought Lu Zhixing must have taken a liking to that enchantress, and that he had interrupted something good, which was why Lu Zhixing had acted that way.
Xi Yu sat beside the bronze mirror in the room and raised his eyes to look at his own face.
Although this face wasn’t as beautiful as the one he had in the Heavenly Realm, it certainly wasn’t inferior to the enchantress’s.
Lu Zhixing really has no taste!
Xi Yu snorted.
Yet when speaking to Sang Biao, his voice carried a hint of enchantment. While praising him, he casually probed for information.
In less than the time it took for one incense stick to burn, he had roughly learned the actual situation inside Wutong Village from Sang Biao.
Within Wutong Village, humans and demons lived side by side. The humans and demons there were sustained by spiritual energy, and most of them were unwilling to leave.
What Old Dog had said about the people here being skilled in gu magic was true.
Surrounded by spiritual energy, the people here who looked like ordinary humans were the last direct descendants of the Miao people. They were skilled in gu magic and did not intermarry with outsiders.
Their method of continuing their bloodline wasn’t through relations between men and women either, but through a kind of gu worm.
As long as someone swallowed the gu worm, they could become pregnant without intercourse, regardless of whether they were male or female.
The people here relied on this method to continue their bloodline.
As for the demons, they didn’t harm humans either.
The demons fell in love with one another. Some wanted to marry, and as long as they registered with the Holy Son, they could hold their wedding within the village.
The customs of Wutong Village were very open-minded.
There were only two things that needed to be noted.
The first was that humans and demons could not marry.
For all these years, the people of the village had kept this rule firmly in mind. There had never been any romantic relationships between humans and demons.
The second was that no one was allowed to enter the Holy Son’s Hall.
They were staying in the Holy Son’s residence, but the Holy Son’s Hall was located in the most remote part of the estate.
The humans and demons of Wutong Village were lively by nature, and the spiritual energy inside this residence was especially abundant. Some demons liked coming over, and the Holy Son had never stopped them.
He had only forbidden them from entering the inner hall.
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Sang Biao also said that the Holy Son was gentle and kind, and the Wutong Village under his leadership had simple, honest customs. Neither the humans nor demons in the village had ever used gu magic or demonic arts to harm anyone.
If someone accidentally wandered in, they would simply throw that person out.
No wonder…
Xi Yu thought.
No wonder, given the environment inside Wutong Village, Sang Biao had dared to bring Xiaoman back and even shamelessly claim that the Holy Son was nothing more than his pooper-scooper.
That Holy Son must have an exceptionally good temper.
But being able to tame so many demons couldn’t possibly rely on a good temper alone.
Xi Yu was truly eager to meet that Holy Son.
He knew they had returned, yet still hadn’t shown himself.
Xi Yu pondered this until he heard a melodious flute.
The previously lazy Sang Biao suddenly jumped out of Xi Yu’s arms, shouting,
“Food’s here! Food’s here!”
Xi Yu opened the door and let the impatient Sang Biao out.
He then saw Xiaoyu and Xiaohua walking down the corridor, each carrying a food box.
Xiaoyu put away his short flute, then pulled a ham as thick as an arm from inside his robes and handed it to Sang Biao.
He even reminded him,
“Just eat half of it. Don’t stuff yourself until you roll your eyes back again like you did a few days ago.”