Chapter 27: Second Kiss Gone

While Liu Churan was recovering from the kiss, Ye Wenxin already removed the Immortal Sealing Ring and destroyed it with a blank face. Ye Wenxin looked calm and collected, but in fact, cold sweat had soaked through her back.

Ye Wenxin had not thought that Liu Churan would make such a big move right on the first day.

Even more unforeseen was Liu Churan’s reaction after being duped, she was so clumsy and absorbed in the kiss, almost making Ye Wenxin forget about the heart of the matter.

Although she felt really embarrassed, she truly had no other way to deal with this Immortal Sealing Ring. She only intended to use her Iceborn constitution to scare Liu Churan, not thinking Liu Churan would unexpectedly be this brazen and instead took advantage of her kiss to shake her up.

Fortunately, she successfully resisted Liu Churan’s sexual enticement and removed the Immortal Sealing Ring.

Seeing she had recaptured her freedom, Ye Wenxin resumed playing the role of Demon Lord Gu Qingcheng.

“Churan, do you realize your mistake?”

“I haven’t made any mistakes.”

Liu Churan shook her head obstinately, even if Ye Wenxin were to kill her now, she still would not feel she had done anything wrong.

“Your mistake is that you executed this plan too early. At first, you still had three days to have fun with this lord. Now you have none.”

Liu Churan pursed her lips and kept silent, yet her eyes brimmed with tears again, seeming intent to continue acting pitiful.

Ye Wenxin was scared; if it was this lunatic Liu Churan, she reckoned she could really be found within a year. Ye Wenxin became even more afraid, wondering whether she could keep depending on sutras for support in case Liu Churan tried this sex appeal trick again.

Recognizing how dangerous Liu Churan could be, Ye Wenxin stood up, the breeze blowing through her clothing, yet it only left a slight chill.

“This Lord is going, and won’t be coming back.”

Liu Churan still did not speak, and it also seemed like she did not know what to say. Whether it was Ye Wenxin or Liu Churan, neither of them were good at saying goodbye.

“You must overcome yourself, don’t raise any internal demons.” Thinking of Liu Churan’s obsession with her, she gave a gentle reminder.

Liu Churan drew her lips into a thin line, her unwillingness to part became even more obvious in her eyes, yet she was incapable of making Ye Wenxin stay.

Ye Wenxin continued to stride forward. She dared not look back, nor was she able to.

“Qingcheng, I…”

“We’re not possible.”

Ye Wenxin answered subsconsciously, assuming Liu Churan still had not given up on sounding out whether they could take their relationship another step further.

Liu Churan snorted, her initially depressed eyes carried a hint of teasing, “No, I mean, I brought spirit wine. Do you want some?”

Ye Wenxin stopped in her tracks, and immediately walked back towards Liu Churan. She even had an awkward expression on her face.

“Well, that is, where do you keep the spirit wine?”

She felt she should not have turned back because of the spirit wine, but to her, spirit wine was far more important than her own dignity.

“Inside the storage ring I’m wearing.” Liu Churan pointed at the storage ring she wore, yet showed no intention of taking it off. Such behavior always made Ye Wenxin feel Liu Churan had a second trick up her sleeve.

“No need to fear, Qingcheng, it’s not like I’m going to eat you.” Liu Churan returned to her normal tone of voice, and as she smiled, she exuded even more charisma and allure.

Ye Wenxin had no choice but to approach her carefully. Despite being a demon cultivator, she had no knowledge of the tools demon cultivators used to make trouble, and was very concerned if she touched that ring, strange things would jump out.

As she thought about this, she tapped her finger lightly, untying Liu Churan’s necklace right away, and then vines grew from the ground to wrap around the necklace, bringing it directly before Ye Wenxin.

Ye Wenxin examined it carefully. There was no inscription on the storage ring, and no need to remove the previous owner’s information. She continued using her divine sense to probe. There was not only dozens of jars of spirit wine placed inside, but also many magic items, divine weapons, manuals, and cultivation methods.

“I want nothing else but the wine.”

“Just take them, they were all yours in the first place.”

Liu Churan declined Ye Wenxin returning those things to her, but it only made Ye Wenxin feel something was amiss. However, when she studied the ring again, she did not find any incantations inscribed on it.

“Then I’ll take them. Live well in the future.” Ye Wenxin turned around once more. This time, before Liu Churan had any chance to speak, she had already disappeared without a trace.

Liu Churan watched Ye Wenxin’s departing back, gently caressing her own lips which suddenly spread in a soft smile.

She smiled rather prettily, pity it only flashed briefly before it was gone, replaced with indifference. Liu Churan slowly put on a coat and said this towards thin air, “Is Fu Ling present?”

In that instant, a woman in red dropped down, kneeling before Liu Churan.

“Subordinate Fu Ling greets the Saintess.”

“Spread the word in the palace, the Demon Lord has started roaming the Martial World.”

“Affirmative.” Fu Ling promptly answered.

“Also, your succession as the next Saintess has been brought forward.”

“This…affirmative.” Although Fu Ling had some doubts, she still continued to reply.

“You have doubts in your heart?”

“Yes.” Fu Ling answered right away, clearly not understanding why her own succession ceremony was moved up so much.

Liu Churan’s eyes were indifferent, but looking at her most loyal subordinate, she explained, “I intend to enter closed door training.”

Fu Ling was even more doubtful, “But Saintess, your one year promise with the Demon Lord.”

Liu Churan suddenly gave a cold hum. Fu Ling bowed her head in fright, assuming her words had provoked Liu Churan.

Yet who knew, Liu Churan’s tone turned so bitter as she said through gritted teeth, “The Demon Lord has always been shameless. Even if I find her within a year, she will still rely on her cultivation to renege on her promise. In that case, I might as well rely on my strength to bind her back.”

Fu Ling suddenly saw the light and no longer had any questions, quickly taking her leave of Liu Churan to handle matters.

Liu Churan still stood in place, lowering her head to look at the Immortal Sealing Ring Ye Wenxin had broken, recalling every second of the time she spent with Ye Wenxin just now, and the more she mused, she more she felt that something was off.

If Ye Wenxin had the ability to unlock the Immortal Sealing Ring, why would she take the initiative to reveal the secret of her constitution?

Furthermore, she squandered hundreds of millions of spirit stones to force every artificer clan to forge that Immortal Sealing Ring. Ye Wenxin might have already reached the Tribulation period, but she was definitely at her weakest point right after breaking through, so how could she have possibly been able to break free from this Immortal Sealing Ring?

Speculating it, Liu Churan seemed to know the reason Ye Wenxin proactively kissed her. That kiss completely had no meaning. It was merely to make her emotions waver and taking that opportunity to find a way to break the Immortal Sealing Ring.

Recalling her silly look and the way she threw herself into the kiss, Liu Churan’s face flushed, and her lips parted slightly, the anger in her eyes so obvious.

“Gu Qingcheng, you lied to me again!” She shouted with no regard of her image, as if finally realizing she had been entirely fooled by Ye Wenxin.

However, she discovered this all too late. In that short period of time, Ye Wenxin not only found Hei Tong who was wandering around outside, she had gone to more immortal sect towns with Hei Tong that same night, avoiding the next confrontation with Liu Churan…

Three days later, more shocking news spread across the Martial World.

Demon Lord Gu Qingcheng began to roam the Martial World after breaking through, the disciple of the Wind and Moon Palace’s Saintess inherited the Saintess position, and Liu Churan entering closed door training.

Ye Wenxin was not surprised by Liu Churan’s persistence, what was more surprising was that she would choose to push the Saintess position onto her own disciple Fu Ling.

Ye Wenxin might not have had any contact with Fu Ling due to Liu Churan’s pettiness, but Fu Ling had too clean a mind, truly unsuited to be the Wind and Moon Palace’s Saintess.

Regardless, this was no longer a matter Ye Wenxin should concern herself with.

The only thing she cared about was how to make up a legitimate reason to return to the Azure Wings Sect.

From being in a coma after rescuing the beautiful mute, breaking through, as well as getting delayed a few days dealing with Liu Churan, and now, Hei Tong still had no desire to go back at all, indulging in the joy of becoming a person.

“Hei Tong, I plan on going back to the Azure Wings Sect.” Ye Wenxin ultimately decided to give up her plan to return with Hei Tong, tossed her a bag of holding full of spirit stones, and intended to part ways with her.

Although Hei Tong was smart, she came from the Azure Wings Sect, so her personality was incompatible with Ye Wenxin’s, who was originally a demon cultivator. Rather than bringing back this troublesome Hei Tong, it was more appropriate to let this ancient spirit beast disappear.

Hei Tong seemed to give little to no response, she looked at Ye Wenxin, then at the bag of holding in her hand, as if she could not make up her mind.

Ye Wenxin had already walked a long distance, and was still pondering how she would tell the old man at the Azure Wings Sect the story of her getting kidnapped by Hei Tong, when she felt someone tugging at her clothes. Looking again, Hei Tong was staring at her, reluctant to part, and that gaze reminded her for the first time of Liu Churan’s childhood appearance.

To tell the truth, she was afraid of a second Liu Churan appearing. However, after careful thinking, Hei Tong should not have that high of an IQ, and felt that she had overthink too much again.

“This Humble One also thought of that girl, let’s go back and have a look at things for the time being.” The only thing was, this child Hei Tong was always duplicitous.

In this world, Ye Wenxin had encountered weak and delicate types like Ling Jue, experienced sickly types like Liu Churan, but she never thought, right at this moment, God would also bestow upon her the extremely prideful type.

Despite her clearly devil may care attitude, she was firmly tugging Ye Wenxin, like a child who was abandoned by her mother, so miserable that no one could bear to leave her behind.

Ye Wenxin’s maternal instincts was starting to overflow, feeling that she could not possibly have raised a second Liu Churan, putting on an act, she said, “Mm, let’s do that then. Let’s go see that beautiful mute. We shouldn’t delay though, lest she falls into Qi Deviation again while we’re away.”

Hei Tong busied herself to nod desperately. She turned around, intending to transform back into her original form, but Ye Wenxin stopped her.

“Go find a secluded place to transform. Didn’t I already say, you’re already considered one of the Demon Lord’s people. If it was known that you’re a millennium-old spirit beast of the Azure Wings Sect, you’ll get caught. Do you want to turn into sweet and sour crow?” Ye Wenxin added with feigned graveness.

However, this was not the most important part. Ye Wenxin was actually scared of Liu Churan finding out about the existing link between her and the Azure Wings Sect, thus causing unnecessary trouble.