novelzi Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Nie Yinzhi hadn't slept all night, and Gu Jiang hadn't had the chance to sneak into her bed while she was asleep. In the past few days, she would go out for a walk every morning, but today she didn't leave her room, and there wasn't even a sound from the next room.
Gu Jiang got up from the couch, wanting to pass through the demonic energy to take a look, but unexpectedly, he was repelled. He frowned, standing by the wooden partition between the two rooms, realizing that Nie Yinzhi might really be angry.
This small barrier was nothing to him; he could crush it with a single finger. But if he did that, Nie Yinzhi would only get angrier. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.
Gu Jiang paced around the room a couple of times, then lay down on the bed. If only he had complimented her, Nie Yinzhi was really troublesome.
Thinking about how Nie Yinzhi had cried the night before, his body began to heat up again. Without her by his side, he couldn't be bothered to move the spiritual mist, letting it spread through the room and be carried away by the wind that snuck in through the window.
After lying down for a while, Gu Jiang suddenly thought of something, flipped over, and sat up. He waved away the spiritual mist in front of him, pulled up his sleeve, and touched the curse mark on his wrist.
In the next room, Nie Yinzhi sat with her knees hugged to her chest on the couch, also studying the Symbiosis Curse. The golden sprout on her wrist floated above the curse mark, and a scroll of the Symbiosis Curse lay open in front of her.
There was a highly difficult derivative technique under the Symbiosis Curse that could freeze the seven emotions. Ever since she guessed that the more Gu Jiang liked her, the faster the demonic energy would be dissolved by her blood, Nie Yinzhi had thought of this derivative technique.
However, the seven emotions were different from the five senses and were hard to clearly distinguish. To lock them, they had to be locked together. Nie Yinzhi didn't want Gu Jiang to become an emotionless person. She wanted to separate the seven emotions and only lock away his "love," allowing him to have joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, just not love.
Just temporarily lock it away.
But this was too difficult and too taxing on the mind. Nie Yinzhi's mind was almost exhausted. After another failure, she couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged, especially since she had to find a way to seal Gu Jiang's liking for her herself.
Nie Yinzhi couldn't help but drift off for a moment. When her mind was empty, emotions tended to surface. She sat there with a blank expression, hugging her knees, tears streaming down her face.
Suddenly, the golden sprout on her wrist wobbled, and a wisp of demonic energy emerged from the single leaf, swaying back and forth. Nie Yinzhi came to her senses, wiped her face roughly, and when she saw the demonic energy swaying in the leaf, she couldn't help but want to see him.
But even if she went over, it would just be to sleep with Gu Jiang, which wasn't meaningful at all. Nie Yinzhi suppressed the urge in her heart, hooked her finger around the wisp of demonic energy, and pinched the leaf.
Gu Jiang had only wanted to try and see if he could use the curse mark to greet Nie Yinzhi, hoping she would open the barrier herself. What couldn't be said properly? Why lock herself up?
But what was Nie Yinzhi doing now?
He frowned, wanting to smash her little barrier with a slap, but the demonic energy lingered for a while before deciding not to force its way in. Let her touch it to calm down.
This time, Nie Yinzhi didn't deliberately activate his senses, so even though she was touching him, he could still endure it.
At first, Gu Jiang thought so.
But Nie Yinzhi just kept touching, and the sensation of her fingertips on the leaf was reflected in his body as if soft fingertips were directly touching his skin. Even though he wrapped himself tightly, it was useless.
And the sensation of being touched spread all over his body, even in some private places.
He had originally wanted her to calm down, which was why he didn't break the barrier, but now he was stuck in an awkward position. Even though he really wanted her to stop, he was even more afraid to break the barrier and startle her.
Feeling the warm breath on his body, Gu Jiang was utterly helpless, letting out a restrained sigh from his nose, "Nie Yinzhi..."
Nie Yinzhi played with the leaf for a while, her emotions calmed down, and she sat cross-legged to recover her mind.
On the other hand, Gu Jiang was left exhausted after tossing and turning for a long time. He rested on the couch for a bit, then got up and stood by the bed, thinking. Demonic energy flowed out and directly dissolved the bed into nothingness, then he waved his sleeve to disperse the lingering aura in the room and took a bath, changing into clean clothes.
After doing all this, Nie Yinzhi still showed no sign of movement.
He was about to knock on the door when a small piece of paper fluttered in through the window, unfolding in front of him.
Some said she lacked a strong will. Xiao Ling suddenly laughed, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as she did so.
Her manic state made the surrounding elders frown. The demonic aura was being dissolved by the sealing talismans on the four pillars of the execution platform, and the lightning whip struck again.
The roaming lightning tore her flesh open, but Xiao Ling didn't feel the pain for a moment. Her broken meridians and shattered inner core were each covered with thin, greenish-blue demonic threads. The sealing talismans continuously dissolved them, yet they constantly regenerated from her wounds, creating a tug-of-war.
【Is the female lead going to fall into demonhood? Wow, what a surprise!】
【Looks like Xiao Ling isn't going to be written off yet. The story should continue.】
【After all, she's the main character, the soul of the entire work. I guess she won't be killed off so easily. That other character, Sang, died so early purely because of his lack of screen presence.】
【Lots of people thought the main character was definitely going to die. The official blog has been flooded with debates. On one side, the main character's fans are demanding the trash drama be taken off the air, while on the other side, the drama fans are insisting it should continue even if she dies. Seems like everyone's been wasting their time.】
【Indeed, women still have to rely on themselves. Those useless men aren't worth anything.】
When Nie Yinzhi saw these comments, she had already disembarked from the cloud ship. They had now arrived in Fortress City in the northwest, from where it would take only two days of sword flight to reach the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, guarded by the Wuliang Sect.
Previously, Feng Hanying had been with them, and out of consideration for Yanyan Tu's feelings, Nie Yinzhi hadn't ordered that famous grilled dish. Now that they were in Fortress City, the homeland of Yanyan Tu, she naturally wanted to try the local specialty: grilled Yanyan Tu.
The rabbit, with its perfect balance of fat and lean, sizzled with oil, its golden crispy skin hiding juicy meat inside. When torn apart, the aroma was irresistible.
Nie Yinzhi found it too hot to handle, so Gu Jiang rolled up his sleeves and, following her instructions, tore off a piece of meat from the thigh, dipped it in sauce, wrapped it in lettuce, and handed it to her.
"It's so big," Nie Yinzhi said, unsure how to take a bite.
Gu Jiang then cut it in half for her and fed her again. The demon was incredibly attentive. Nie Yinzhi took a bite and glanced at him, then took another bite and glanced again.
Gu Jiang found it odd. "What is it? Speak up if you have something to say."
Nie Yinzhi pointed at another piece of meat on the rabbit, watching him reach out to tear it off. His fingers were long and slender, the rounded tips stained with oil, slightly red, likely from the heat.
However, Gu Jiang didn't even flinch. The heat was nothing compared to the intensity of the sensation Nie Yinzhi's blood gave him.
Nie Yinzhi asked uneasily, "Why haven't you been sleeping these past few days?" He was also willing to accompany her for meals and strolls, unlike before, when he would spend most of his time lying in bed. Gu Jiang was now almost adjusting to her schedule.
"Are you hiding something from me?" Nie Yinzhi's appetite waned. "Something like what they say in those storybooks—like a final farewell?"
Gu Jiang chuckled. "Where do you get all these storybooks from?"
"From you, back then. I read them in my spare time." Nie Yinzhi bit into the wrapped rabbit meat he handed her, chewing slowly and swallowing before leaning closer to him. "Don't change the subject. I want to see your lake."
Gu Jiang pushed her away, his fingers leaving an oily mark on her face. "Not here."
Nie Yinzhi looked around. It was indeed the peak dining hour, and the place was crowded. She relented for now but insisted, "You promised to stay with me until I die. So, you won't die before me, right?"
Gu Jiang nodded nonchalantly. "Yes, I promised you that."
Nie Yinzhi began counting on her fingers. "I'm at the Nascent Soul stage now, which gives me five hundred years of life. I'm only seventeen now, turning eighteen next month. Within these four hundred years, I'm sure I can reach the Deity Transformation stage, which extends my lifespan to eight hundred years."
"So, you have to stay with me for at least seven hundred eighty-two years and one month."
The demon quietly enjoyed himself, unbeknownst to her.