Chapter 1121: "Crumble and Fall (2)"
Qu Ling Yue had never once thought that she would fall into such a state one day. She had carefully protected her chastity and always thought that she would give to her beloved everything that was most precious to her, but that had been cruelly stripped from her, together with her dignity, her spirit, all ground into tiny broken pieces, never to be put back together again.
"I beg you..... Do not look at me..... Can you please leave..... I'm really filthy..... dirty..... I beg you..... go....." The Qu Ling Yue of the past had yearned so hard to be able to interact with Jun Xie, but now, she felt she wasn't even qualified to be in the same room as him. She didn't want Jun Xie to see the such an ugly and hideous her and Jun Xie's gaze only made her feel unimaginably ashamed of herself.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes and looked at Qu Ling Yue's trembling figure.
Suddenly, she knelt down on one knee by the bed, and pulled Qu Ling Yue out from under the blanket with a quick tug!
"No! !" Utter despair filled Qu Ling Yue's eyes, but as weak as she was, she was unable to resist it. She was dragged out from under the blanket, her face all streaked with tears, her trembling lips revealing how terrified she was feeling.
"Don't look at me..... Please..... Don't look at me....."
Jun Wu Xie ignored Qu Ling Yue's begging plea and held Qu Ling Yue by the shoulder with one hand, the other lifting Qu Ling Yue's head by the chin, forcing Qu Ling Yue to look at her in the eyes.
"What are you so afraid of." Jun Wu Xie said.
Qu Ling Yue's sight was already blurred by her tears and she wanted to break free, but she did not have the strength, but to only shake her head helplessly.
"I'm just so filthy..... so filthy..... I beg of you..... Do not come again. Will you please just go? I do not want you to see me looking like this....." Why was she even alive? Why was she not dead instead? Qu Ling Yue already had no will to live and she would rather she had died in that cell than have to face Jun Xie again.
Qu Ling Yue's eyes were red from crying and she was choking so hard on her sobs that she could only take intermittent breaths in between them.
Jun Xie held on to Qu Ling Yue's hands and brought them up before her eyes.
The fair tiny hands were filled with many small cuts and wounds. The wounds have been carefully tended to and they have begun to scab.
"Who said you are filthy? I had you all washed and you are all clean now." Jun Wu Xie said, her eyes fixed on Qu Ling Yue.
Qu Ling Yue turned away, refusing to even look at herself.
"Let me go..... Don't even bother about me....." She continued to plead helplessly.
The current her, even felt that her very soul had become absolutely filthy and she wished so much that she was already dead, or completely demented, so she wouldn't have to face all of this now.
There was nothing, more than having Jun Xie see her in this state, that would drive her to become so traumatised.
"Your mother is dead." Jun Wu Xie then said.
The struggling Qu Ling Yue suddenly froze completely, her eyes widening as she stared in disbelief at Jun Xie.
"Your mother had been severely ill from the early onset and Qu Xin Rui did not get anyone to give her any treatment and even ordered for her dead body to be disposed in the wild, leaving it there for wild beasts to feed." Jun Wu Xie's voice was so cold it would make people shiver.
Qu Ling Yue was overcome with shock. She sat staring blankly on the bed, tears rolling down her face uncontrollably.
"Your Father has gone mad. If you die, then I will leave him to continue with his madness. If you want me to cure your father, you will have to live on." Jun Wu Xie said, looking at Qu Ling Yue very seriously, her tone of voice hard and unyielding.
Qu Ling Yue then looked up in shock at Jun Xie.
Chapter 1122: "Crumble and Fall (3)"
Jun Wu Xie released her restraint on Qu Ling Yue and retreated to one side from the bed. There wasn't a single expression on her face and the icy chill in her eyes were terrifying to look at.
"To live or die, you choose on your own."
Qu Ling Yue was stunned. The news of her mother's death and her father's madness was just too shocking to her and she found that it was impossible for her to digest all of it within such a short period of time. She fell helplessly back to sit upon the bed and hit hard on the corner of the blanket, crying her heart out soundlessly as the grief and despair wrecked at her mercilessly.
Jun Wu Xie turned to walk out of the room and the instant she shut the room door, the sound of stifled crying could be heard behind the closed door.
Standing outside the door, Qiao Chu gulped noiselessly when he heard the crying. Everything that Jun Wu Xie had said to Qu Ling Yue earlier, he had heard every single word clearly.
The fact that Qu Ling Yue would have suicidal thoughts was something they had well expected. But even if you beat him to death, we would never have guessed that Jun Wu Xie would use such methods to stop Qu Ling Yue from killing herself.
Little Xie's method was just too simply brutal by itself!
"Telling all of that to her like that, is that really alright?" Qiao Chu asked, seemingly rather conflicted inside as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. The one inside had just experienced an unimaginable nightmare and without even saying a single gentle comforting word, Jun Wu Xie had instead threatened her!
"If not, then?" Jun Wu Xie asked, looking at Qiao Chu with a frown on her face.
She had absolutely no idea how she was to comfort someone. Moreover, she did not think that those nice sounding words would have any effect. At this point, Qu Ling Yue completely detested and abhorred herself and no matter what reassuring words she said, Qu Ling Yue would definitely not hear a single word of it. So, she might as well employ a more direct method, to simply prevent her from taking her own life.
"Err....." Qiao Chu was stumped by Jun Wu Xie's retort and he did not know what to say. He had not tried comforting others as well and what's more it was regarding a matter like this.
"You came to look for me for something?" Jun Wu Xie asked as she stared Qiao Chu who was still unable to speak.
Qiao Chu immediately remembered the reason he had come to look for Jun Wu Xie. "Er.... Big Brother Wu Yao discovered something within the Heavenly Cloud Chambers and he told me to come ask you to go there. It's on the sixth level."
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head and turned to walk away, leaving Qiao Chu to stand by the door alone, to listen to the sounds of crying coming out from inside the room, as he massaged his nose several times in helplessness.
The Heavenly Cloud Chamber, had now become temporary quarters for Jun Wu Xie to reside in. But after she had rescued Qu Ling Yue, she had not taken a single step out from that room and she wasn't too familiar with her way around the place. All the favoured men who had been in the Heavenly Cloud Chambers had been chased out by Ye Sha and Ye Mei much earlier. Upon laying eyes on Jun Wu Yao's malicious being, not one among all the timid favoured men dared say one word when given the marching orders and they had wasted no time in packing their things to quickly scramble out from the Heavenly Cloud Chambers in haste.
The sixth level was mainly empty where a wooden door blocked off a major part of the area. When Jun Wu Xie had come to the Heavenly Cloud Chambers for the first time to attend Qu Xin Rui's birthday banquet, she had already noticed that door on the sixth floor. Through that wooden door, an indistinct faint scent of blood had been coming out from behind it and that stench was still present now.
Ye Sha and Ye Mei were standing at the door and when they saw Jun Wu Xie approaching they immediately fell on one knee to offer their greetings.
Jun Wu Xie raised a hand to ask them to get up and walked through the doorway on her own.
However, at the moment that Jun Wu Xie stepped over the threshold, a think bloody stench immediately hit her and what her eyes saw inside made her brows creased up together instantly.
Behind the door, the stone slabs beneath her feet were covered with a thick layer of congealed blood. The blood had filled every corner of the entire floor and as they had already congealed for a rather long period, the blood had already turned slightly black.
Chapter 1123: "Spirit Absorbing Pearl"
In the dimly lit room, Jun Wu Yao stood leisurely in the middle of the room. In his hand, he was holding a crystalline clear blood red gem. Hearing Jun Wu Xie's footsteps, he turned slowly around and the gem in his hand scintillated with a devilish gleam under the firelight.
"Still remember that Ye Sha once told you that when he came here to the Heavenly Cloud Chambers, he discovered something interesting?" Jun Wu Yao asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, his head tilted, the corners of his mouth arced up with a devilish charm.
"It's this thing?" Jun Wu Xie asked, her gaze upon the blood red gem. The gem was obviously translucent but Jun Wu Xie could not help having the feeling that that thing was a ball formed from coalesced fresh blood.
"Among the Twelve Palaces, there is one named the Soul Return Palace, and they are most adept at using spirits to experiment different things. In the Soul Return Palace, there are many magical spiritual artifacts and among them, there is one called the Spirit Absorbing Pearl, that uses a living person's blood as a medium, to be used as an offering to sacrifice the person's spirit to the Spirit Absorbing Pearl, which infuses power into the Spirit Absorbing Pearl. With certain limitations, the Spirit Absorbing Pearl will be able to preserve a person's youthful looks, but its true purpose isn't just for this." Jun Wu Yao said as he toyed nonchalantly with the blood filled Spirit Absorbing Pearl.
"This was what Qu Xin Rui used to preserve her youthful looks of a twenty something?" Jun Wu Xie immediately understood. No wonder she had always felt that there was something not quite right with how Qu Xin Rui looked.
"She should have used this. But the true purpose of the Spirit Absorbing Pearl is meant for a person's spirit and not their looks. To think that there would be someone in the Soul Return Palace that would be so dumb as to waste the use of the Spirit Absorbing Pearl, that's really quite..... interesting. Does Little Xie know, how the sacrifice that this Spirit Absorbing Pearl requires, is carried out?" Jun Wu Yao's eyes narrowed slightly, his devilish gaze sweeping over the blood covered stone slab floor under their feet.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head.
Jun Wu Yao then said with a smile: "It needs the blood of a living human to nourish it, and it has to be the blood of a young male. When making the offering, they need to cut the sacrifice open from the chest to the abdomen, spread open the ribs to expose the chest and place this Spirit Absorbing Pearl into the sacrifice's opened chest, to allow the blood to give it its nourishment, as it slowly absorbs the sacrifice's spirit and life. And throughout the entire process, the sacrifice is still alive, till the Spirit Absorbing Pearl has absorbed all his spirit and life's blood, before he breathes his last."
Jun Wu Xie's heart jumped. Qu Xin Rui had been so highly concerned with her looks and to preserve her youth all these years, she must have made quite a number of men as sacrifices. Within this blood tainted place, how many people have struggled before death claimed them, and how many young men from the Thousand Beast City had their lives taken away from them here?
"In actual fact, this Spirit Absorbing Pearl, is most suitable to be used on unstable spirits or people with spirits which are lacking. To have been used to preserve one's looks, was just such a waste." Jun Wu Yao said with a wide smile, he gaze upon Jun Wu Xie. Seeing the spot between Jun Wu Xie's brows tense up, he asked: "Does Little Xie detest this highly demonic artifact?"
Jun Wu Xie did not say anything but Jun Wu Yao's eyes glinted. He suddenly clutched five fingers together and instantly crushed the Spirit Absorbing Pearl!
The clear sound of an explosion rang out within the room and the broken Spirit Absorbing Pearl turned into a glittery dust that fell from Jun Wu Yao's fingers.
"If Little Xie doesn't like it, then there is no need for this thing to exist."
Jun Wu Xie was a little surprised. She had always felt that Jun Wu Yao's words were a little strange, but she could never put her finger on it.
Jun Wu Yao walked over to stand before Jun Wu Xie and lifted a hand to rub Little Xie on her head.
"You've toiled for so long, you should get some rest now."
Chapter 1124: "Who Dares Say One More Word (1)"
The human skin map was discovered within one of Qu Xin Rui's room and Jun Wu Xie's goal for coming to the Thousand Beast City was finally achieved. But she did not leave the place immediately but had remained behind temporarily.
Qu Ling Yue did not make any attempts to kill herself and she made her final choice showing it through her actions. She lived on, begging Jun Xie to cure her father.
In fact, even if Qu Ling Yue had not requested it, Jun Wu Xie would still have done that all the same.
Qu Wen Hao had used the Spirit Taming Bone Flute to gain control of Lord Meh Meh and only he would be able to remove that, or if he was dead, then would Lord Meh Meh go back to normal.
Jun Wu Xie had obviously no intentions to kill Qu Wen Hao.
But in the subsequent days that came after, although Jun Wu Xie was staying within the Heavenly Cloud Chambers, she did not have any chance to once meet Qu Ling Yue. It was as if Qu Ling Yue was hiding from her and even when people brought her food and drinks, she would hide within the room and opened the door just a small crack to receive them. And as for Jun Wu Xie..... the moment Jun Xie comes to Qu Ling Yue's room, Qu Ling Yue would try everything she could to hide herself from the youth.
She did not want to see Jun Xie again, not because of hatred, but because she was too ashamed to see him.
Towards Qu Ling Yue's stubbornness, Jun Wu Xie did not say anything about it, but just stood by her earlier agreement, to treat Qu Wen Hao.
Qu Wen Hao had been put through enormous shock and his consciousness had completely collapsed and broken down. Such conditions when put even in the hands of Jun Wu Xie, was not something that could be treated in two or three days. Afterall, in the human body, one's consciousness was the most vulnerable.
Xiong Ba and Qing Yu had come to the Heavenly Cloud Chambers a few times but they did not dare meet Jun Xie but had only relayed the gratitude of the Thousand Beast City's citizens to Qiao Chu and the others for them to convey to Jun Xie.
After having suffered under oppression for more than a decade, the Thousand Beast City finally got a new lease of life and their people who had lived under all that hardship were finally able to return back to living a normal life.
But.....
After the crisis was resolved, disharmonious voices rang out within the Thousand Beast City.
Qu Wen Hao as the Grand Chieftain of the Thousand Beast City, had gone mad, and according to reason, the position of Grand Chieftain should be temporarily handed over to Qu Ling Yue but in regards to that, voices with differing views rang out.
Qu Xin Rui had revealed everything about the things that Qu Ling Yue had been through before everyone in the Thousand Beast City on that day. It could be said that currently in the Thousand Beast City, everyone was very much aware of the kind of horrifying things that Qu Ling Yue had been put through.
And the people who had done those things to Qu Ling Yue were men who were once favoured men in the Heavenly Cloud Chamber that rode roughshod over the people. After Jun Xie took over the Heavenly Cloud Chambers, those favoured men had run from the place and scattered. But the men had gotten so used to the leisurely and privileged life in the Heavenly Cloud Chambers and asking them to return to the life of a normal person just like that, how would they be able to tolerate that? On top of that, their pompous ways back when they were in the Heavenly Cloud Chambers were still well remembered by the citizens of the Thousand Beast City.
Now that they have returned, they were made to suffer countless fierce glares and insulting curses and under the incessant and continuous abuse, they had dragged Qu Ling Yue into the picture saying if they were all not to be forgiven, then how could the hopelessly withered flower that Qu Ling Yue had become have any right to take up the mantle of being the Grand Chieftain of the Thousand Beast City?
The words of those people had been highly unpleasant to hear and those citizens who did not know the entire truth began to lose the sympathy they had for Qu Ling Yue under the influence of those rumours. They began to say they did not wish to have a girl who had lost her chastity to become their Grand Chieftain, as that would only make them feel ashamed and humiliated.
Chapter 1125: "Who Dares Say One Word More (2)"
When the several Clan Chiefs convened to discuss about the future situation of the Thousand Beast City, the topic concerning whether Qu Ling Yue would be able to become the Grand Chieftain was debated even more heatedly.
Xiong Ba had banged his fist on the table and quarrelled loudly with the other Clan Chiefs. Under to come to a conclusion, he had left in a raging huff as he made his way towards the Heavenly Cloud Chambers.
"Wow, I see a face there, looks really red with rage." Qiao Chu was sitting inside the Heavenly Cloud Chambers biting on an apple and when he saw Xiong Ba approaching livid with rage, he could not help himself but to say that sarcastically.
Maybe it was due to Xiong Ba's and Qing Yu's deeply apologetic demeanor that had let Qiao Chu and the others feel that they were sincere, which caused the grudges within their hearts to gradually disappear, but..... although the enmity was gone, to want them to accept them back as friends, wouldn't be possible.
Xiong Ba's face showed a tinge of embarrassment as he scratched at his head and said: "Young Master Qiao, don't make fun of me please."
"What happened? Saw that you have been so highly agitated recently. You all already have Qu Xin Rui imprisoned, how is it? Has that old witch been getting by well over this period?" Qiao Chu asked.
Having been asked by Qiao Chu, Xiong Ba immediately thought of how Qu Xin Rui currently looked. The grotesque memory of seeing a person struggling under the fate of having all her flesh rot off and then growing it back, had completely unnerved even the stalwart and hardy Xiong Ba where his scalp had tingled with numbness when he saw that. It was then that Xiong Ba finally understood why Jun Xie had wanted Qu Xin Rui to be kept alive. Living like that seemingly neither human nor ghost, was truly an existence more agonizing than death. Within the Fiery Blaze Clan Hall, Qu Xin Rui's screams could be heard everyday, sounding just like a terrifying cry coming from a ferocious ghost deep in the depths of Hell.
Seeing Xiong Ba's reaction, Qiao Chu knew, that Qu Xin Rui's looks must have been rather "exciting and brilliant" to see.
"Speak. What are you here for today?" Qiao Chu asked.
Xiong Ba opened his mouth and said highly awkwardly: "Today..... I have..... come to seek Young Master Jun."
Qiao Chu immediately raised up an eyebrow. He was just about to say something when a cold voice rang out suddenly.
"Why would you be looking for me." Jun Wu Xie said as she came down slowly from upstairs, her chilly gaze sweeping over the figure of Xiong Ba standing frozen at the doors.
Xiong Ba's repeated and persistent appearances at the Heavenly Cloud Chambers, to express his guilt and goodwill, was known to her, but she had never met with him at all.
Xiong Ba looked at Jun Xie, highly flabbergasted. Ever since Qu Xin Rui had been captured, he had not been able to see Jun Xie even once. Seeing her so suddenly like this, his heart had almost jumped out from his throat.
"I..... I..... not me, aish! Young Master Jun, the thing is actually this..... The several Clan Chiefs and Elders had discussed about it. The Thousand Beast City had just gotten over its crisis but the Grand Chieftain had become like that..... Suddenly without a leader among the dragons, so..... they were thinking..... whether they can ask..... ask you to temporarily take up the position of Grand Chieftain....." As Xiong Ba spoke, his heart was feeling rather apprehensive. Truth to be told, he had really discarded his face at the door when he came in to see Jun Xie today.
Jun Xie was the Emperor of the Fire Country, and although the Thousand Beast City wasn't all that weak themselves, they would still be nothing before Jun Xie's eyes.
"It was all due to you that the Thousand Beast City was saved this time. Throughout the entire city, everyone sees you as their saviour, and if you are willing to temporarily take on the position of the Grand Chieftain, I believe..... everyone will be convinced." Xiong Ba said as he looked at Jun Xie nervously. The Thousand Beast City was now in tumult without a leader and they desperately need someone to stand forth to calm the situation.
Jun Wu Xie's eyebrow raised slightly.
Qiao Chu was so surprised his eyes went wide. Even if you beat him to death, he wouldn't have thought that the people of the Thousand Beast City wanted Jun Wu Xie to be their Grand Chieftain!
Chapter 1126: "Who Dares Say One Word More (3)"
Jun Wu Xie did not say anything. Her silence made Xiong Ba even more nervous. But just as Xiong Ba was feeling so nervous that he was about to run out through the doors, another Clan Chief of the Thousand Beast City came in following Xiong Ba's footsteps.
"Young Master Jun!" That Clan Chief was advanced in age and had met Jun Xie before, but that had been when he was with Qu Wen Hao trying to capture Lord Meh Meh.
When Xiong Ba saw that Clan Chief, his chest immediately felt highly stifled and seemed to want to say something, but felt that quarrelling with the man in front of Jun Xie and Qiao Chu might not be appropriate, so he merely gritted his teeth and glared at him.
"Young Master Jun, you are the benefactor of the Thousand Beast City. Now that the Grand Chieftain is of unsound mind, the Thousand Beast City needs someone who is convincing to temporarily take on the position of the Thousand Beast City. Young Master Jun had not taken it against us and saved the entire Thousand Beast City and this old man here has no choice but to come here thick skinned to plead for Young Master Jun to help us all another time, to temporarily become our Grand Chieftain." The Clan Chief offered his greetings respectfully to Jun Xie, his words uttered out clearly unlike the nervous Xiong Ba.
Xiong Ba glared at the old man discreetly, wishing deeply he could kill that man with a single slap.
Regarding the matter about who was to assume the position of the Grand Chieftain, this old man had been the one who had argued with him the hardest. The man was loyal to the Thousand Beast City but his unbending and one tracked mind had frequently angered Xiong Ba so much that made Xiong Ba always want to get into a physical fight with him.
"What has it got to do with me?" Jun Wu Xie replied, her eyes narrowing slightly.
The Clan Chief was taken aback. He had been aware that Jun Xie had previously declared he was cutting off ties with the Thousand Beast City but at the Thousand Beast City's most critical time of crisis, Jun Xie had helped them push back the insurmountable odds, which had let him see a sliver of hope. Hence, he was surprised that Jun Xie had flatly rejected him without even giving his suggestion a single thought.
Qiao Chu watching from the side could not hold himself back anymore. Jun Wu Xie had interfered because she had a bone to pick with Qu Xin Rui and it didn't have anything to do with the Thousand Beast City. They had been already been saved because of that and that was not enough, they could actually be so shameless and even had the cheek to come as Jun Wu Xie to be their Grand Chieftain! ? What cheek!
"I say, who is this old man here? Are you even fit to speak out here? Your Grand Chieftain of the Thousand Beast City might have lost his mind, but his daughter is still here well and alive. Since you guys are looking for a new Grand Chieftain, by all reasons, the rightful choice should be Qu Ling Yue! Why are you all here seeking our Little Xie to take on the job! ?" Qiao Chu asked, his face immediately darkening.
Towards Xiong Ba, he could still consider to be cordial. But with this thick skinned old Clan Chief, he did not have the slightest inclination to be polite at all.
Who would have known. Once Qu Ling Yue's name was mentioned, the old Clan Chief's face immediately creased up.
"With our Thousand Beast City's stellar reputation at stake, how could we let such an offensive and immoral woman become our Grand Chieftain? If news of it were to spread, we would be seen as the biggest joke!"
Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowed up immediately and she stared coldly at the old Clan Chief, all warmth disappearing from her eyes in an instant.
"She is in possession of an unclean body and if she was to become the Thousand Beast City's Grand Chieftain, how could she convince the people? Such a filthy girl, if keeping her just as a commoner, it can be disregarded. But to let her lead the glory of the entire city....." The old Clan Chief's brows knotted together, his eyes with disdain written all over them.
Xiong Ba was so angered by those words his entire body was trembling with rage. In the recent days past, he had heard quite a lot of similar things like this said, and his heart had already been shooting off with anger, driving him to rush forward to give the old Clan Chief a punch on the face.
But someone's actions had been faster than Xiong Ba!
The old man's voice had barely fallen when the figure of Jun Wu Xie had suddenly appeared right in front of him in a flash, and with a whip of her leg, the old man had been sent flying out through the doors of the Heavenly Cloud Chambers!
Chapter 1127: "Jealous (1)"
That man was sent flying straight out through the door, to crash heavily to the ground and vomiting out a mouthful of blood. He struggled hard to raise his head and looked at Jun Xie in confusion, puzzlement in his eyes.
"Young Master Jun..... I..... Have I said anything wrong..... Why have you....."
"Shut up." Jun Wu Xie shouted in a cold voice.
Xiong Ba who had almost moved to strike was standing stunned on one side, having not expected that Jun Xie would have moved faster than him. It must be said though, seeing the old Clan Chief being kicked outside like this, greatly relieved the pent up rage within his heart!
"Young Mas....."
"You hear this clearly now." Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowing up slightly.
"Three day from now, I will be marrying Qu Ling Yue in the Thousand Beast City. If I am to hear anyone say a single disparaging word about her, I will break that person's neck." Jun Wu Xie's tone was frosty, her words infused with rage.
"What! !" Immediately after Jun Wu Xie's words left her mouth, needless to mention about the old Clan Chief, even Xiong Ba and Qiao Chu were instantly speechless, their eyes bulged almost popping out of their heads.
Xiong Ba was so getting so excited his entire body was trembling. He had known that Qu Ling Yue had developed feelings for Jun Xie, but Jun Xie had not done anything to show reciprocation. After Qu Ling Yue was put through all that, even Xiong Ba felt that it was no longer possible for anything to happen between Qu Ling Yue and Jun Xie. But..... Jun Xie had at this moment suddenly said, he would be marrying Qu Ling Yue! !
Xiong Ba's mind completely blanked out.
Qiao Chu gasped loudly and stared with wide incredulous eyes.
[Little Xie was going to marry Qu Ling Yue?]
[What the hell was this! ?]
[No doubt that Qu Ling Yue's ordeal was very pitiful, but..... Little Xie, you are a girl you know! You are a pure bred girl through and through! How are you going to marry another girl!]
As everyone there were still overwhelmed in shock, Jun Wu Xie said chillingly to the utterly shocked Clan Chief: "Now scram!"
The Clan Chief immediately picked up his legs and ran away in fright.
It wasn't a till a long while later that Xiong Ba finally managed to regain his senses and was about to say something when his gaze fell upon the back of Jun Xie. He immediately shivered and in that instant turned tail and fled!
"Little Xie, about this, shouldn't you....." Qiao Chu had just opened his mouth to express the immense shock within his heart when he had just turned his head, and he immediately froze in his spot.
"Big Brother Wu Yao! !"
Jun Wu Xie's body stiffened as she turned hesitantly, quickly spotting Jun Wu Yao, not knowing from when he had appeared behind her. His face was showing the devilishly charming smile that she was so familiar with, but that smile did not reach his eyes in the slightest, and within those jet black eyes, it was seen that they were faintly revealing a purplish tinge!
"Little Xie, is going to marry that girl?" Jun Wu Yao asked slowly, his voice light as a feather, brushing past one's heart.
Jun Wu Xie's mouth gaped open. It was originally already decided, but without knowing why, upon seeing the cold chill in Jun Wu Yao's eyes, she could not make herself say it no matter how hard she tried.
This was also the first time that she had seen Jun Wu Yao look at her with such eyes.
"Big Brother Wu Yao, Little Xie was just kidding. She is a girl, how is it possible for her to marry Qu Ling Yue?" Even the incredibly dense Qiao Chu could sense the strange vibes coming from Jun Wu Yao, and he instinctively tried to make up an excuse for Jun Wu Xie.
"Scram." Jun Wu Yao spat out just one word that was cold as frost, his gaze not having moved an inch.
Qiao Chu disappeared completely from the room in the same instant.
[Big Brother Wu Yao today, was just too terrifying!]
On the first floor of the Heavenly Cloud Chambers, only Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao were left.
Jun Wu Yao walked slowly to come before Jun Wu Xie, his hand reaching out to hold Jun Wu Xie by the chin, and lifted her face up slightly.
"You want to marry her? Hmm?"
.....
Lord Jue: Come out here!
Author Bei: I will not come out even if I die in here! I will lose my life if I go out there!
Lord Jue: You think, by hiding, you will then be able to live?
Author Bei: My Lord! Let me explain first! Qu Ling Yue is a girl! Wu Xie is also a girl! The two of them will not be able to create any disharmonious situations! You must cool down! ! It's just but marrying right! When in school, many girls address other girls as wifey as well..... Wu Xie! Save me! ARRRGGGHHH! Your Lord Jue is going to kill your birth mum here! For the love of the god, come save me!
Chapter 1128: "Jealous (2)"
Jun Wu Xie's eyes widened. At that moment, Jun Wu Yao's demeanor was a little different from before. The corners of his mouth were still arced up in a smile, but Jun Wu Xie could no longer find the mirth that she always saw in those eyes.
"Because you pity her and you are going to marry her? She had been hoping to die all this time, so why don't I help you kill her and grant her her wish?" Jun Wu Yao's eyes narrowed up slightly and the hand holding Jun Wu Xie's chin involuntarily exerted some strength and the skin below his fingertips turned faintly red. The violet light within his eyes fluctuated uncontrollably and green veins popped up upon his greatly tensed up hand. He fought very hard to contain his surging emotions to not allow himself to lose control, by squashing the tiny figure before his eyes.
"I'll help you kill her, alright?" Having not gotten a reply from Jun Wu Xie, Jun Wu Yao repeated his question in a soft voice, but his words and tone had already betrayed his murderous intent and that he was not joking, and would be true to his word.
Jun Wu Xie stared unwaveringly at somewhat unfamiliar Jun Wu Yao before her eyes, her clear eyes not showing the slightest bit of fear, but was tinged with puzzlement and confusion instead.
Seeing the look of confusion in Jun Wu Xie's eyes, Jun Wu Yao drew in a deep breath, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Jun Wu Xie around the waist, forcefully lifting her body up while at the same time lowering his head to firmly clasp his mouth over that little mouth that was slightly open.
It was an highly invasive and punishing kiss, which drew out all the air from inside Jun Wu Xie's chest, the strong and powerful arm drawing her petite little body deep into his embrace, where she was stuck closely together to him, without the slightest gap between them.
Feeling like he wanted to mesh her right into his bones, wishing for her to forever belong to him alone, the intense desire to take everything she was assaulted at every cell within Jun Wu Yao, the discontent in his mind pulling the string taut and stretching it to its limits, seemingly like it could possibly snap at any moment, which would then make him lose all control!
Jun Wu Xie pushed against Jun Wu Yao's chest futilely, the feeling of being oppressed had come too suddenly, which put her at a loss at that moment. Moreover, her strength when placed before Jun Wu Yao's, was just so insignificant, and she couldn't budge him in the slightest.
Every inch of her mouth seemed filled with his breath and she did not even have the chance to breathe. Her gradually oxygen deprived brain began to develop a throbbing ache and she subconsciously drew out her needles from her fingertips, only wanting to put an end to the confusing and frenetic situation. But in the instant that those needlepoints were pressed against Jun Wu Yao's vital points, Jun Wu Yao's highly tensed arm suddenly relented, and she wasn't able to stab those silver needles in his acupoints.....
The icy cold sharp points were pressed against Jun Wu Yao's skin, and did not pierce him. But as he moved, it lightly brushed against his skin and the slight pain from that light scratch, had immediately pulled Jun Wu Yao back to his consciousness!
Sensing the slight trembling from the tiny figure within his arms, he suddenly retracted the strength in his arm, and raised his head, pulling himself slightly apart from Jun Wu Xie!
Jun Wu Xie's face was already covered in a pick flush and the air that surged right back into her chest caused her to suddenly choke and cough, making her face turn more rosy, and her clear eyes to lightly mist up, brought about from the choking cough.
Jun Wu Yao looked at Jun Wu Xie's flushed cheeks through half narrowed eyes, his gaze falling upon her slightly red and swollen lips. He raised up his hand and gently rubbed his finger over those moist lips.
"I do not allow, you to marry her. No matter if it's Qu Ling Yue or anyone else, whether it's to take in a wife or marrying yourself off, I will not allow it."
Chapter 1129: "Jealous (3)"
Jun Wu Yao could not make himself imagine, a scene with Jun Wu Xie dressed in a fiery red wedding dress, and standing next to another person . Just the very thought of it, would make him want to blast the person standing next to her into a million pieces.
"I am not really going to marry her." Jun Wu Xie said, still panting slightly.
"Oh? Then what is this?" Jun Wu Yao asked, his eyes narrowing up.
"I need to not let her, continue to become the subject of humiliation, coming out from anyone's mouth. I want to make her to be able to stand before everyone once again, and have no one dare to say another word against her. She needs an identity, and I can give it to her..... Or more accurately, "Jun Xie" can give it to her." No matter how dense Jun Wu Xie was with such things, she still understood what marriage was. A union mostly between man and woman, and in the eyes of other people now, she was just a young youth. What people saw with their eyes, was merely a cold and indifferent "Jun Xie", and not the Young Miss of the Lin Palace, Jun Wu Xie.
The murder within Jun Wu Yao's eyes, gradually faded away. His fingers ran through Jun Wu Xie's hair, and he said in a highly gentle voice: "So what?"
Jun Wu Xie sighed. Although she hated to explain things to others the most, but a voice deep in her heart was telling her at that moment, that she needed to explain all her intentions to Jun Wu Yao to let him understand everything, or..... Jun Wu Yao would definitely send Qu Ling Yue right down to hell in the next moment.
"Jun Xie needs to become the pillar behind Qu Ling Yue. This is what I owe her. Only when she is free from having others debate about her, will she be able to pick herself up again. I am a girl myself, so between us, it couldn't possibly result in anything more. I only wish to protect her for a time, till she finds someone she truly loves in the future, she will be free to pursue her own love, and entering into a marriage with another girl like me, will not caused her to have any complications with her future husband at that time."
Jun Wu Xie's thought about the entire thing, was extremely simple. She only wanted to become the pillar behind Qu Ling Yue.
Jun Wu Yao raised up an eyebrow. "What if she doesn't find an ideal man? Wouldn't it mean that you would have to continue to carry on the marriage in name with her?"
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. "I am Jun Wu Xie, not Jun Xie. When the time comes when I am able to openly return home, "Jun Xie" will then cease to exist. And by that time, I believe that Qu Ling Yue would have become strong enough, whereby without needing me to be around, she will still be able to face any challenges that might come her way."
From being a delicate flower kept in the greenhouse, to grow up to become strong willed enough to overcome all obstacles, would require a period of time of grinding. And what Jun Wu Xie wanted to do, was to hold an umbrella over Qu Ling Yue, to allow her to be able to last through this grinding period of time.
Jun Wu Yao looked at Jun Wu Xie, and the rage in his eyes began to slowly subside. This was the first time, that Jun Wu Xie had been willing to be so patient, to explain so much to him. And he had earlier detected, that Jun Wu Xie's silver needles, had been pressed against his neck, but this time, she had not stabbed them into him. When his emotions had almost slipped beyond his control as he raged in madness, she had actually not retaliated. That had gradually diminished the murder that had originally surged within him.
If this had been before, those few silver needles that Jun Wu Xie held in her hand, would have already been completely stuck right into his neck.
"You can go ahead with your plan, but there is one point that you will need to promise me." Jun Wu Yao said.
"What?"
"The person to carry out the rites for the marriage ceremony cannot be done by you." Jun Wu Yao said as he tapped his finger upon Jun Wu Xie's forehead, right between the brows. Even when he knew that everything was not real, he still could not make himself accept that.
Jun Wu Xie blinked blankly and said: "I had intended to have Brother Hua take my place all along."
Chapter 1130: "Jealous (4)"
Although Jun Wu Xie has never gotten married before, but she had seen the marriage ceremonies take place within the Qi Kingdom in the past and the tedious intricacies involved, was not something that she was able to accept.
In any case, since Hua Yao was most skilled in disguises, these tasks would be best suitable to be left to him.
After hearing those words from Jun Wu Xie, Jun Wu Yao's eyes were finally able to smile.
"Then do what you want." As long as it was not Little Xie standing there dressed in clothes ready to be wed, all others, Jun Wu Yao did not mind, and there was nothing that was worth his attention.
Jun Wu Xie's wedding partner, can only be him alone, and not anyone else.
Sensing that Jun Wu Yao's emotions had reverted to normal, Jun Wu Xie creased up her brows together, and the two small hands pressed against Jun Wu Yao's chest push slightly.
That was when Jun Wu Yao realized that the strength he exerted earlier, must have hurt Jun Wu Xie somehow.
"Apologies, lost control of my emotions a little there." Jun Wu Yao smiled and kissed the top of Jun Wu Xie's head, and released his arm around Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie shot Jun Wu Yao a glance, and subconsciously felt her slightly red and swollen lips, and the gaze that was looking at Jun Wu Yao turned slightly strange as well.
Jun Wu Yao still continued to smile. "Does it hurt? I'll help you massage it a little." He reached out his hand towards Jun Wu Xie little mouth as he spoke, and Jun Wu Xie immediately pulled up her hand and smacked that dishonest paw away.
"The next time, I will not hold my hand back." Jun Wu Xie tried hard to put on a stern face, as she waved her silver needles in her hand. She did not why she had stayed her hand at the very last second as well.
Jun Wu Yao laughed good naturedly and said: "Alright, if there's a next time, I'll let Little Xie make me a porcupine, alright?"
Jun Wu Xie nodded satisfactorily and then kept her needles away. Casting another glance at Jun Wu Yao, she then turned and ran upstairs.
A pity Jun Wu Xie had completely failed to notice that Jun Wu Yao had not promised that he would not commit such deeds in the future. What he had merely agreed to, was if that happened the next time, he would obediently suffer Jun Wu Xie's "resistance". Jun Wu Xie's silver needles, to other people were highly deadly, but to a certain demon lord, they were something that did not hurt or tickle him. Even if he was to be pricked to become a porcupine, he would still be able to continue to get fresh with her!
Watching Jun Wu Xie's back that almost looked to be "running away", the darkness in Jun Wu Yao's heart finally dispersed completely.
Jun Wu Xie ran up to the seventh floor of the Heavenly Cloud Chambers with her face slightly flushed. When she came to the top floor, her steps slowed slightly and she walked slowly to come before Qu Ling Yue's room.
As expected, she had just come near to the tightly shut door when from inside the room, a series of hurried and flustered steps sounded, and even the clatter of some things being dropped or toppled in haste.
Jun Wu Xie stood at the door, looking at the tightly locked door, knowing the Qu Ling Yue inside, must have hidden herself up again.
"I know that you are inside." Jun Wu Xie said.
Not a single sound came out from inside.
"There is one matter that I need to tell you. It doesn't matter even if you do not open the door, as you only need to hear this." Jun Wu Xie did not care whether the door before her was opened, or closed.
Inside the room, Qi Ling Yue had both her legs curled up tightly, as her back leaned against the side of the bed, her arms curled around her knees, and her head buried between those knees. Jun Wu Xie's voice came into her ears, which brought about a slight trembling.
She was not willing to see Jun Wu Xie, was because she was frightened, and also because she was ashamed.....
Although she was still living, but all those things that had happened, were all still highly vivid in her mind, unforgettable and inerasable. She didn't even need to go hear with her own ears, but she knew only too clearly, that when people spoke about her, just how unbearable and harsh those words were.