Chapter 271 – Purple Abyss Vine
After saying that, he leaned his body forward onto He Xi's back and without hesitation, his hands encircled her slender waist.
He Xi only felt something warm envelope her and was completely unaware of the weight she was now supporting. Instead, all her senses were concentrated to his lips as they slowly exhaled beside her ear.
"I entrust this King's lifelong happiness to Xi'er's hands. Xi'er, you…you have to take responsibility!"
Responsibility your sister!
He Xi grabbed Nangong Yu's hands and gathering all her spiritual power, she then soared into the sky towards the top of the valley.
The whistling wind passing their ears brought with it a gust of cold air, yet the man on her back was keeping her extremely warm.
For a moment, He Xi's mind wandered.
It seemed like it was only an hour ago when they were on opposing sides and on the brink of severing their relationship.
But now, it had become a situation of dependency regarding life or death.
Fate really loved to tease people! What sort of future would there be between Nangong Yu and herself?
The cliff of the valley was really high, so even though He Xi's spiritual power was almost depleted they still weren't able to see the peak.
Fortunately, not too far away there was a cave in the cliff wall, allowing her to temporarily catch her breath and replenish her spiritual power.
Landing steadily in front of the cave, He Xi was able to examine it up close and realized that while it looked shallow at first glance, it actually led deeper into the cliff wall. It only appeared shallow because it was covered by a thick layer of wisteria.
However, this wisteria was quite strange as its branches were transparent and with a closer look, you could see a liquid flowing inside of it.
He Xi couldn't help herself and took two steps closer to take a look at it.
Suddenly, Nangong Yu's voice sounded in her ears, "Careful, this is a fifth rank spiritual plant; Purple Abyss Vine."
Unfortunately, Nangong Yu's warning came just a breath too late. He Xi's finger had barely brushed against the plant when she felt a strong wind attack aiming towards her face.
The harmless looking purple vines of a moment ago had moved together like a whip and thrashed themselves towards He Xi's body.
He Xi was shocked and quickly retreated several steps, but the speed of the purple vines was faster. Furthermore, every vine heading towards her seemed to have the striking strength of a Meridians stage martial artist.
Yet, just as He Xi was about to be hit, the sound of lightning abruptly crackled and echoed by her ears.
The purple vines were struck by this wave of lightning and stopped; seeming to be hurt as they trembled along the ground. Several of the vines were completely burnt by the lightning and quickly shrunk back towards the cave entrance.
Nangong Yu quickly pulled He Xi behind his back, and holding up the black sword in his hand, he prepared to attack the purple vines.
But He Xi suddenly gripped Nangong Yu's hand and said with exasperation, "Nangong Yu, are you crazy?! Even now you're still daring to use spiritual power! Are you looking for death?!"
Nangong Yu froze, and before he had time to recover, he'd already been dragged behind He Xi's back. Next, a powerful earth attribute barrier appeared to protect him and keep him firmly behind her.
"Just obediently wait in there for me. If you dare move, then don't blame me for being rude!"
Seeing the girl's slim back blocking him from harm, Nangong Yu became momentarily stunned.
For the first time, there was someone who treated him like a treasure and willingly stood in front of him to protect him.
This feeling was very strange, yet also…tremendously wonderful; causing his entire heart to feel sweet and sour as if it was soaked in honey.
Why was his Xi'er always so special?
Currently, though, He Xi was focusing on the danger before them; how would she know that behind her Nangong Yu's head was lost in thought.
Seeing the purple vine's second attack heading their way, He Xi's heart lurched and she abruptly gathered her spiritual power.
In the blink of an eye, a golden flame condensed into a spectacularly patterned ball on her fingertips before she quickly smashed it towards the Purple Abyss Vine.
Chapter 272 – Spiritual Demon Plant
Plants were afraid of fire so sure enough, as soon as the fireball touched the Purple Abyss Vine it instantly started burning.
However, unexpectedly, even though the Purple Abyss Vine was bathed in the fire it didn't seem frightened like it had when it was being struck by the lightning. Instead, it seemed to tremendously enjoy the fire.
All of its purple vines swayed gently in the flames and at the same time, the spiritual power contained within the fire seemed to be diminishing. These purple vines were actually devouring the spiritual fire??
A moment later, all of the golden flames were completely extinguished.
He Xi's expression became grave as she prepared to withstand the Purple Abyss Vine's next wave of attack. However, the Purple Abyss Vine once again responded beyond her expectations.
They indeed moved towards He Xi, but it had no intention of attacking her. Rather, it entangled itself around He Xi's feet and body with an action similar to fawning and acting coquettishly.
Raising its sturdiest vine in front of her, it then swayed it to and fro. This pose made it seem like it was asking for something.
For a moment He Xi was dumbstruck. Could it be that this purple vine was a masochist? Did it enjoy being attacked and wanted more?
During this time, Nangong Yu standing behind her stepped forward and taking out a porcelain bottle filled with Ninth Secluded Spring Water, he poured two drops onto the purple vine swaying in front of He Xi.
In the next instant, the scene unfolding before He Xi caused her further shock.
The leaves of the Purple Abyss Vine suddenly started emitting the hint of a violet light and during this, they all stood straight up and swayed in sync.
He Xi could've sworn that if there was music, the purple vines would've been dancing around in a lively manner.
After moving about for a while in a synchronized dance, the violet light faded without a trace and the sturdier vines once again eagerly wrapped themselves around He Xi; this time including Nangong Yu in its fawning. Then, almost as if it was impatiently begging, it rubbed its leaves together to make a rustling sound.
He Xi still hadn't completely come to terms with what had just happened when she heard Nangong Yu slowly speaking as he narrowed his eyes, "You want this?"
As he shook the porcelain bottle in front of the purple vines, it immediately started swaying in exuberance. If it hadn't been afraid that Nangong Yu would attack it with lightning like before, it would've already snatched the bottle away.
He Xi, however, was stunned. "It can understand what we're saying?"
Nangong Yu answered, "There aren't that many fifth rank spiritual plants capable of using Divine Sense, but the Purple Abyss Vine is one of them and is therefore known as a spiritual demon plant. Spiritual demon plants can generally communicate with people like spirit pets."
After saying that, Nangong Yu looked at He Xi with affection in his eyes. "Xi'er, you have a muddled dantian and possess the spiritual power of all five elements, so advancing the spiritual root of your wood attribute is immensely important for you. Although the rank of this Purple Abyss Vine isn't particularly high, it's still useful. Moreover, it's possible for it to advance in the future so you should take it as your spirit pet."
Hearing that, He Xi's heart was moved.
You could say that possessing the spiritual power of all five elements would make He Xi exceptionally powerful, but at the same time, the road of ascension was also tremendously more difficult when compared to other martial artists.
Since she was still a low-level martial artist it wasn't too bad though as she could only accumulate a certain amount of spiritual power.
But if she wanted to advance to Gold Core Stage in the future, she would inevitably need to make a breakthrough on the spiritual power of all five elements. This would help to balance her spiritual power and raise her chances of succeeding.
It wasn't too difficult for her to advance the dual attributes of fire and water, but for several other elements, she had yet to find a method to help advance them. So in regards to this, it would definitely be useful for her to take a wood attribute spirit pet.
But while many people took in all sorts of spirit pets, most of them were beast pets. How many of them were able to subdue plant spirit pets?
Would the Purple Abyss Vine really want to be her spirit pet?
Chapter 273 – Subdue
Thinking of it, He Xi frowned until she suddenly felt Nangong Yu lightly scrape the tip of her nose, his voice filled with a teasing tone as he smiled, "Little fool, of course, it's not easy for other people to subdue spiritual demon plants, but you have something they like the most; spiritual spring water. Don't tell me you still don't know how to bargain with them?"
When she heard that, He Xi was unable to refute Nangong Yu and quickly spread out her left hand. In an instant, spiritual spring water started to slowly condense in her delicate white palm.
Sure enough, once the Purple Abyss Vine sensed the rich and fragrant spiritual energy, it immediately climbed up and wrapped itself around He Xi's arm like a child wanting to grab spiritual food.
While the Purple Abyss Vine was greedily absorbing the spiritual energy, Nangong Yu took advantage of the situation to immediately grab He Xi's right hand and gently bite one of her fingers.
The scarlet blood then seeped out to slowly drip onto the Purple Abyss Vine.
In a split second, an intense violet light constantly pulsed around the vines, causing them to stand up straight and make a rustling sound.
It was almost like it was angry and tried to resist by desperately struggling.
He Xi's eyes frosted over and she coldly said, "You wanted spiritual spring water, so naturally you have to pay the price. I, He Xi, hereby promise that as long as you become my spirit pet, in the future I'll allow you to drink as much Ninth Secluded Spirit Spring water as you want."
After she finished speaking, the Purple Abyss Vine suddenly stopped shaking and struggling. Yet the leaves still continued to move and make a rustling sound like it was in an intense discussion.
Eventually, all of the Purple Abyss Vine stopped swaying and it moved in front of He Xi. Her blood, including the spiritual spring water on her palm, slowly disappeared into the Purple Abyss Vine's body.
The next moment, a violet light gleamed on her palm. The mark of a purple vine then flashed before it slowly disappeared from view.
He Xi used her Divine Sense to internally inspect her body and found that the Purple Abyss Vine really was residing within her.
Focusing her mind and stretching out her right hand, she watched as a purple vine was instantly released and hit a huge rock on one side of the cave. In the blink of an eye, the huge rock was crushed into dust.
This process was extremely fast and the sound was very faint, so if you weren't watching carefully, it would've been easy to miss it. All it took was the flash of a purple light, and it looked like the huge rock was shattered due to the weather.
He Xi was satisfied as she returned the Purple Abyss Vine into her body. She found that the Purple Abyss Vine could freely lengthen and shorten according to her thoughts, and moreover, its speed was extremely fast. It was definitely more effective to use than her previous bone whip.
But while He Xi was satisfied, the Purple Abyss Vine within her body was very unhappy and continuously protested.
Although spiritual demon plants usually couldn't speak, the owner of the contract could generally understand what they meant anyway.
As a result, He Xi felt like there was a voice in her head constantly scolding her for not keeping her word and being untrustworthy.
He Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Focusing once more, she moved the Purple Abyss Vine into her space, leaving only a short length of vine within her body as a weapon.
However, when the Purple Abyss Vine was moved into her space, He Xi discovered a strange thing.
She could actually see the state of her space even though she wasn't currently in it. She could even see Dandan and Little Golden Dragon lying on the edge of the spirit spring, Dandan's broken voice ringing in her ears.
Although the Little Golden Dragon was still in a coma, she could tell that the two little guys' bodies were recovering which made her heavy heart feel relieved.
Chapter 274 – The Perfect Wife
Without the Purple Abyss Vine obstructing her sight, He Xi could now clearly see the cave on the cliff.
It was a cave made entirely out of rock and except for the Purple Abyss Vine, there weren't any traces of other plants or small reptiles around.
The cave entrance wasn't large and only allowed for two people to enter at the same time, but when inside, they found that the inside was exceptionally wide. They were unsure if it was because there weren't any snakes, rats, ants, or any sort of plant, but the atmosphere inside the cave was fresh and dry.
He Xi had originally intended to bring Nangong Yu to the top of the cliff, but now it seemed that this cave that had been guarded by the Purple Abyss Vine was more secure than an unknown cliff. It also seemed more suitable for healing.
Nangong Yu brought out a huge night pearl to light up the entire cave, while He Xi removed all the items of furniture she had stored in her space.
Big items such as a large bed, table, and chairs, and small items such as food, tableware, and chopsticks. Everything that a person could think of was brought out one by one.
This was also the difference between He Xi and other martial artists. An ordinary martial artists' storage space ring wasn't so large and with only a small space, they were barely able to store treasures and medicinal pills; so why would they be willing to store such insignificant things like these?
But He Xi's space was extremely large. So even though she was removing things like the table and chairs that she had placed in a corner of the Spirit Firmament Palace, it still wasn't anywhere near full. All her things in the Spirit Firmament Palace were organized by category, so she wasn't worried at all that storing junk like this would take up the room she could use for treasure items.
Since she could enjoy the pleasure of having such plentiful resources, He Xi had never treated her people unfairly and she was naturally willing to make her adventurous life more comfortable.
He Xi supported Nangong Yu and helped him to lie on the large soft bed, but instead of cultivating right away, he chose to smile as he watched He Xi busily moving back and forth. And as he was watching, his expression slowly became more and more gentle.
When He Xi turned around, she caught sight of Nangong Yu smiling joyfully as he looked at her. With his handsome face shining under the light of the night pearl, it made him seem like a seductive demon and caused her heart to palpitate like crazy.
Looking displeased she glared at him and asked, "What are you laughing about? Didn't you say that you wanted to recover from your injury as soon as possible? Why haven't you started cultivating yet?"
Nangong Yu slowly sat up and faintly laughed, "Because I was reluctant to remove my eyes from you! Currently, Xi'er seems like a hardworking little wife busy looking after her husband…well, to have such a perfect wife, this King is really blessed with the fortune of three lifetimes!"
"Dream on!" He Xi grabbed one of the pillows on the bed and smacked him over the head with it. "Who's your wife!"
Being heavily hit by the pillow, Nangong Yu uttered a muffled groan and bowed his head in pain.
It wasn't a soft cotton pillow, but rather a weighty buckwheat pillow. So although not completely convinced that the great Hell King would be hurt by a buckwheat pillow, He Xi still couldn't help but worriedly move a few steps closer to him. "Hey, are you okay?"
But before she had even finished asking, He Xi suddenly felt a strong force grab her and for a moment, she felt herself spinning in the air.
Once she recovered her sense of balance, she realized that she had been dragged onto the bed by Nangong Yu and was now firmly pinned beneath him.
Nangong Yu gazed down at her while the two of them were so close together, and within Nangong Yu's pitch-black eyes, it seemed like there was a brightly burning flame.
Being watched like that caused He Xi to be flustered, and she moved her hands and feet to struggle free.
However, purely comparing their strengths, she was nowhere near Nangong Yu's match. She wanted to use spiritual power to free herself, but she was worried about his injuries so she didn't dare act rashly. Unfortunately, this left her trapped in an impossible situation.
Using her hands, she forcefully pushed at Nangong Yu's chest and angrily shouted, "What are you doing?! Quickly let me go, otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Nangong Yu bowed his head and his black, silk-like long hair, caressed the side of He Xi's face. With the ends of his hair sweeping across the side of her face, she felt a startlingly numb feeling spread throughout her body.
Chapter 275 – Will Never Let Her Off
He Xi felt her heart beating wildly in her chest and became anxious to get out of Nangong Yu's arms, but then she heard his dark and husky voice slowly saying, "Never, I'll never let you go! Xi'er, just accept your fate! In this life, you're mine!"
Nangong Yu then lowered his head and slowly inched towards the soft pink cherry lips he always thought about. It was such a sweet taste; an ecstasy he felt down to his bones and one that he had missed for many days.
However, the second before his lips landed, He Xi slightly turned her small face to the side and made his warm kiss land on a corner of her mouth.
Although he had made contact with her exquisite skin and could smell her sweet fragrance which was extremely alluring, the originally hot atmosphere in the cave was slowly becoming colder.
Nangong Yu could feel He Xi'sresistance and disaffection towards him.
When He Xi turned her head back, her gaze was frozen as she decisively stared at him and slowly opened her mouth to say, "Nangong Yu, no matter how pleasant it is to hear your confession, there are still some things I have to tell you first!"
"Feng Lian Ying…I will definitely kill her! I don't care who she is or how powerful her backers are, I absolutely refuse to let her off! One day I'll make her pay me back what she owes me a hundred times!
He Xi's voice was ice cold and filled with a resolute tone. With the trace of murderous intent mixed in, it made those who had previously heard it become colder than they were before.
She admitted that her current skill was inferior and that she was still unable to kill Feng Lian Ying, with no possible way to confront the Liu Li sect.
But just because she wasn't currently capable of it, that didn't mean that it wouldn't be possible in the future.
She, He Xi, had always paid a debt of gratitude with kindness, and revenge with hatred. She wouldn't let anyone off who dared provoke her people! Even if she had to oppose Nangong Yu, she still wouldn't hesitate to even the score!
One day, she would establish her own power, so that the people in this world won't dare to easily humiliate her again!
For all of this, she could only depend on herself and not rely on other people.
Nangong Yu stared in a daze at He Xi's burning and shining eyes that were like an unfathomable clear pond. They resembled an unpredictable ocean, so arrogant, so conceited, but also so completely breathtaking.
This was his Xi'er!
A complicated look flashed across Nangong Yu's face and within his deep eyes, an intense emotion was surging. After a brief internal battle, he ultimately bit his tongue to withhold the words wanting to free themselves from his mouth.
He Xi wasn't surprised that Nangong Yu didn't answer her and without waiting for him to come up with excuses, she firmly pushed him off her to get up and indifferently said, "You stay in here to heal properly, I'll go guard outside."
In any case, Nangong Yu had sustained an injury when he'd saved her, so she would always remember this favour.
Just as He Xi went to quickly leave the cave, Nangong Yu's soft voice came from behind her filled with affection and sadness, "Xi'er, Xi'er…"
He gently called her name twice, and then that hoarse and magnetic voice disappeared into faint sighs.
He obviously didn't say anything, but He Xi felt like there was the trace of a wound on her heart.
Her steps slightly faltered, and then no longer wanting to stay, she left the cave.
He Xi walked out of the cave and took a deep breath, finding that it was only then that her anxiousness could calm down.
Releasing the Purple Abyss Vine, she restored it to its original form to cover the cave entrance once again.
When the Purple Abyss Vine saw He Xi, it immediately started to sway vigorously. It seemed extremely joyous but also very excited.
Whether it was just an illusion, He Xi felt that even though the Purple Abyss Vine was only in her space for a short period of time, it seemed a lot sturdier and solid. The leaves were also plumper, while its originally transparent purple stems and leaves seemed darker too.