Chapter 1024: I’ll definitely make you all regret i (1/2)
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Was Long Feiye truly hungry, or just a glutton? Han Yunxi stared at him for a long time, unsure how to respond. Was she supposed to cook up some food or “service” him? In the end, she decided on the former. After all, going away to cook meant he wouldn’t be laughed at by him again.
With a small grin, Han Yunxi said respectfully, “It’s chenqie’s fault for making Your Highness hungry. May Your Highness pardon me and wait briefly while chenqie cooks up a bowl of noodles.”
She was about to get off the bed when Long Feiye suddenly turned to press her beneath his body, trapping her between his arms. Instead of ridiculing her, his motions suddenly grew gentle as water on a still night. Burying his head by her ear, his voice was both low and tender. “Han Yunxi, aren’t you going to ask me what I want to eat?”
At last, Han Yunxi had gotten her answer. What did he want to eat? He never liked eating at night, besides...herself. Moreover, he liked to eat multiple portions of her. Meanwhile, Long Feiye had already started undoing Han Yunxi’s waistband and stuck his hand inside, where it was steadily making its way up her body.
He smiled. “Han Yunxi, those noodles of yours honestly isn’t delicious. Until you cook something befitting this crown prince’s tastes, I’ll just have to eat you.” By now, his hand was already resting on her breasts.
Despite all their times in the past, Han Yunxi was unable to bear his tender caresses and soon gave voice to titillating moans between her teeth.
“Long Feiye, don’t...don’t, ah…”
She had no idea that Long Feiye loved it when she called his name like that. He rained kisses on her that started out light and soon grew demanding. They formed a trail from her perky bits to the more blush-worthy regions beneath.
Han Yunxi always through she’d get used to this man’s tender ways and aggressive dominance after all those sleepless nights, but she was mistaken every single time. She couldn’t recall how she survived that night beyond a memory of begging him for mercy by the end. After their near-death experience, they’d been busy mending their wounds. Before figuring out the Phoenix energy, Long Feiye refused to slacken his watch in case she was countered by its power against. They didn’t do anything except dual cultivation and tending to their injuries.
It was only after receiving the sword sect master’s letter today that they confirmed Phoenix energy would do her no harm. Now they had truly passed this trial and settled their hearts. They hadn’t even had a chance to hug properly or comfort each other yet. Perhaps conquering her completely was the greatest source of comfort to assuage the strongest moment of fear in Long Feiye’s life. By the end, even he was exhausted thoroughly. Still, he remained lying possessively on Han Yunxi’s body, refusing to let her thrash about…
Just like that, Han Yunxi’s group settled down to live at Medicine Requesting Cave. The trio focused on healing their injuries and Han Yunxi was soon completely well after a few days. She tested using the Phoenix energy and discovered she could access a portion of its powers. Thus, she used that to refine into fire and feed the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace. Pill Furnace Master was all too happy to see the furnace receive Phoenix energy. He vowed to Han Yunxi and the rest that as long as she gave the furnace Phoenix energy fire for at least 8 hours a day, the Returning Dragon Pill would be completely within five days!
Eight hours was tiring work. Both Long Feiye and Gu Qishao refused, but Han Yunxi convinced them both. They were pressed for time, after all. While she was doing her best to refine the pills, Long Feiye kept an eye on happenings around Cloud Realm. Gu Qishao split his time between studying the two ancient poison codexes he’d brought along and sending people to scope out news of the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace.
Currently, over half of Cloud Realm Continent was covered in snow. The entire Celestial Mountain range was dusted snow-white until it obscured some of the buildings on its sides. The same was true for the massive Heretical Sword Sect. Unlike Celestial Sword Sect, they had a single mountain path that allowed them access up and down the mountain no matter how hard the snows fell.
Bai Yanqing had just about recovered from his internal injuries. Presently, he was standing amongst the swirling snowflakes and observing the south. The woman in black robes carried over a hand warmer and simply gave it to him with none of the usual respect of Heretical Sword Sect disciples.
“Any news from Tianan and Western Zhou?” Bai Yanqing asked.
“Long Tianmo lost Mu Qingwu and has been ignoring Duanmu Jin for the past ten days. Great General Mu hasn’t gone to the training grounds during that time, either. Old Bai, your predictions were prophetic, this junior yields to you,” the woman smiled.
Bai Yanqing was indifferent to her flattery. He asked, “And what about Emperor Kangcheng?”
“Shouldn’t you be worrying about the Chu Clan troops? Without the Mu Clan troops, Long Tianmo is a good-for-nothing. Without the Chu Clan troops…” the woman paused, but still couldn’t bring herself to say ‘Emperor Kangcheng.’ She only added, “He too, will become worthless.”
“In other words, Long Tianmo hasn’t discovered the origins of Duanmu Jin’s poison yet?” Bai Yanqing replied.
Duanmu Jin’s poisoning wasn’t Mu Liuyue’s doing at all, but the efforts of a dowry court lady at her side. Her name was Huan’er (欢儿),[1] and she was one of the black-robed woman’s underlings.
“The perfume that Huan’er used is still with the poison doctors. You don’t need to worry about that!” the black-robed woman had obscured her features with dark gauze and looked both unremarkable and reserved. However, her eyes were filled with venomous ruthlessness. She added, “I know Mu Liuyue’s fatal weakness!”
“Excellent. The Mu Clan...heheh, I’ll leave you to.” Bai Yanqing rose to his feet and gave a final set of instructions. “Lass, your victory or failure in this life will depend on this move. You must keep calm…” So speaking, he patted her shoulders and walked away.