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Mu Yu cast a soundproof formation outside to mute Gui Ximing for good and kicked the latter’s hand trying to dig out the skull. “Lucky this Spirit Void Domain exists.”
“Aren’t they after the fiend kings for their bodies? Gui Ximing fundamentally was immortal. What is he still searching for?” asked the dragon vine.
“Whatever he used, it must’ve had drawbacks. All of them would be strutting around with a Bloody Domain Demon Skull already, otherwise,” Mu Yu explained.
“Maybe they just don’t like looking like a blob of rotten flesh?” Xiaoshuai guessed.
“Hahaha.”
“This seems… cruel,” Qiao Xue softly opined, kicking Gui Ximing’s hand off her shoe as it grabbed her.
“This is nothing compared to the deeds they thrust upon others. This is the best way to prevent him from committing evil again,” Mu Yu contested.
All Mu Yu had to do was seal Gui Ximing’s limbs in different places, and the latter would have no means of reattaching himself. As such, he sealed Gui Ximing’s left hand on the eighty-ninth floor and right hand on the twenty-fifth floor.
“We’re going to need to take another route to the ninety-ninth floor because we missed a path. By my estimations, it’ll take three days to reach the ninety-ninth floor. Since we’re now on the twenty-first floor, we’ll need to wait here for two days, and a path leading directly to the ninety-ninth floor will appear. I’ll seal his legs on floors we come across,” informed Mu Yu.
Mu Yu, who was unsure if he liked Qiao Xue or if Ju Mang was merely attracted to Xuan Ming, watched Qiao Xue meditate, yawning. When she opened her eyes to see him spacing out, she questioned, “What are you thinking about?”
“N-nothing. I was just thinking that you look really pretty,” replied Mu Yu, hiding his dilemma with a fake smile.
“I agree,” added Xiaoshuai, trying to climb up from Qiao Xue’s thighs to her bosom.
Qiao Xue watched Mu Yu grab Xiaoshuai and, in a soft voice, inquired, “You miss Tian Ran?”
Mu Yu pursed his lips, unable to utter a lie.
“… She’s a nice girl.”
“You’re also a good girl, haha,” responded Mu Yu, speaking from the bottom of his heart.
A mesmerising flower bloomed on Qiao Xue’s lips. “Perhaps Water Spirit has influenced my feelings for you. We need to cool off and work out what our true feelings are.”
“I was thinking the same thing. Regardless, I will protect you,” pledged Mu Yu, feeling a weight lifted off his chest.
“Cultivate. I’ll stay on lookout,” offered Qiao Xue, sitting inside a spring with her winning fish accompanying her.
“I’ll take you up on the offer.”
Qiao Xue knew that Xuan Ming didn’t influence her affection for Mu Yu, and she knew he wasn’t under Ju Mang’s influence. Otherwise, he would’ve fallen for her at first sight. He only started developing feelings for her when their items started showing an attraction for one another.
Sixty hours later, the entrance to the twenty-first floor started oscillating.
“Who goes there?!” called Qiao Xue.
“Qiao Xue? Fantastic!”
“Xing Yuan?” Qiao Xue stowed away her Water Spirit.
“You sure you want to be here?” Mu Yu opened his eyes, then questioned.
“Impure, impudent scoundrel,” lambasted the dragon vine.
Long Yeli and Long Xingyun refrained from getting physical owing to Qiao Xue’s presence. Long Xingyun sauntered over to Qiao Xue, expressing, “Have you been well? I’ve been worried about you ever since those oceanblaze beasts split us up.”
“You were worried about me? Mu Yu told me you asked the mermaid fiends to separate us and stall me.”
“Mermaid fiends? Who? Why would I ever do that to you? Don’t believe his lies! We’re fiends; he’s human. He’s trying to sow discord between us.”
“Some dragon you are. You don’t even have the guts to admit to your deeds,” snapped the dragon vine.
“I would never hurt Qiao Xue. Don’t malign me,” Long Xingyun impugned without batting an eye.
“I really should’ve just killed you back on the eighteenth floor,” remarked Mu Yu.
“Xingyun, let’s put the past behind us. You best mind yourself, though. The dragon vine with Mu Yu is the successor Grandpa Green Dragon has desired all this time. Show some self-respect, or I can’t help you,” warned Qiao Xue, trusting Mu Yu.
Wearing a fake smile, Long Xingyun promised, “Of course. I will respect Grandpa’s wishes.”
“I’ll spare you this time since Qiao Xue is around, but the next offence will be your last,” cautioned Mu Yu.
“You just got lucky last time. You think you can defeat our entire kingdom?”
Long Yeli stopped Long Xingyun from going further, unaware Mu Yu could no longer wield Helian Kong’s soul item. Mu Yu went back to cultivating, while the dragon vine monitored Long Xingyun’s every action.
“Qiao Xue, do you know how to reach the ninety-ninth floor?” queried Long Xingyun.
Qiao Xue stole a quick gander Mu Yu’s way. “… There’s a system to the pagoda’s passages. We just need to wait here for a while longer for the passage to connect this floor to the ninety-ninth floor.”
“Really? You figured out the way it works? No wonder why Grandpa thinks so positively of you. He’s lucky you brought him here.”
“No, I’m the lucky one. He is the one who worked it out. You should be thanking him,” corrected Qiao Xue, finding a spot to meditate.
Long Xingyun attempt to get in Qiao Xue’s good graces failed miserably. Still, he shamelessly glared daggers at Mu Yu and sat down next to Qiao Xue.
Mu Yu suddenly released a green light onto Qiao Xue’s blue energy. Long Xingyun recognised the chemistry comparable to dual cultivation, lighting up his jealousy.
“Qiao Xue!”
Qiao Xue started cultivating solely to ignore Long Xingyun; however, she forgot about what happened when she cultivated with Mu Yu. Opening her eyes upon hearing her name called, she realised what she did and said, “D-don’t worry. You and Uncle Yeli should also cultivate together. We might run into Ghost Gate’s team when we reach the ninety-ninth floor, so we need to be ready.”
Qiao Xue straightened up and stole a glance Mu Yu’s way once.
Qiao Xue is mine! I swear I’ll murder you! Long Xingyun inwardly swore.
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