Chapter 5 — Blood for Blood (1/2)

To her dismay, her entire body was bare without a single article of clothing, and she was immersed in a small pond that emitted blood-colored steam.

She instantly felt confused.

“Awake? And here I thought it would take you another day. Little pipsqueak, from now on, remember to nourish your body properly. Otherwise, with your flat stature, I really wouldn’t know where to lay down my hand.” An incomparably devilish voice suddenly teased.

A beguiling man, clad in white, strolled into the cavern as his lips arched into a smile.

“You!”

“Of course it’s me. If not me, who does little pipsqueak think it is?” The eyes that he stared at her with were glaringly overbearing and possessive. It brought Yun Wu a wave of displeasure.

“Release me!” Her voice was hoarse, and she clenched her teeth. The man looked at Yun Wu while smiling. He made a gesture with his fair hand. Two rays of cold light shot out, and the ropes around her wrists promptly broke into two halves.

“Don’t scratch. It wasn’t easy to get your skin to heal. I’m someone who loves beauty—even more so beautiful people, and right now, every bit of your body belongs to me.”

He stood by the pond, grinning slyly as he ran his eyes over each and every inch of her exposed skin. When Yun Wu heard him, she almost snapped off the roots of her teeth in anger.

Shameless.

But despite her exasperation, Yun Wu continued to soak in the pond and didn’t get up. Although she didn’t know kind of herbs and blood were mixed into the pond water, she could feel it working at a breakneck pace to close up the wounds on her body.

If it weren’t for her having exceptional self-control, she probably would’ve succumbed to the itchiness already and long left scratches on her skin.

She was gripping the rocks that enclosed the pool so tightly, her nails were screeching. Only by doing this could she resist the impulse to scratch her body. The man was smiling the whole time.

His keen eyes brimmed with amusement and sheer interest. Just from watching her for three days, he was able to tell that this meager girl was actually pungently tough, and that aspect thoroughly amused him. It had been long since he last felt his blood roaring and surging like this.

All of a sudden, his hand reached out and grabbed the necklace that was plastered to her chest. Yun Wu paid him no heed. It was a spiral-shaped pendant, suffused with an air of old age. In the eyes of outsiders, it was undoubtedly just an utterly hideous and worthless necklace.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to peacefully stay around Yun Wu’s neck for so long.

After a glance, the man withdrew his probing gaze. Mischievously, the same slender finger glided upwards to provoke her narrow chin. “Say, pipsqueak, should I eat you now or raise you a bit more? It’s getting a little hard to resist…” Yun Wu didn’t even stop to think before opening her mouth to bite the finger that had touched her.