Li Tianming imagined that one day, he too would become a skeleton, nailed above this blood pool. His stomach churned.
Just then, a soft female voice sounded from behind him.
"Baby, why did you run around? It's so cold out. Don't catch a chill, understand?"
Li Tianming's hairs stood on end.
He closed his eyes for a moment, quietly and calmly withdrawing his hand.
When he turned around, he saw a tall woman in scanty clothing standing behind him beneath the moonlight flooding the Xi Emperor Palace, smiling sweetly.
Bathed in moonlight, her fair skin glowed with a rosy tint, soft and smooth as cream. Her beautiful hair was gathered before her, giving her a gentle grace that carried a seductive charm.
The smile at the corner of her lips made her seem like a spirit beneath the moonlight, radiating boundless feminine allure. Anyone who saw such a sight would likely go dry-mouthed.
Yet Li Tianming felt a lethal threat.
He was not the kind of man whose mind would be controlled by some worm between his legs.
Those three thousand skeletons from before proved that this enchanting beauty before him was a venomous snake.
And he, Li Tianming, had been targeted by that venomous snake.
In the very first instant, he steadied his heart, pretending to know nothing as he calmly met the Xi Emperor's gaze.
"It's so late. Why aren't you resting properly? Is it because you're too far from home, sleeping alone and unable to rest, longing for comfort, child?"
The Xi Emperor took a step forward, walking toward him with a sweet smile.
"Didn't I say it? This is my new home," Li Tianming said.
"Then that's all the more reason. When one first arrives in a new home, the long night stretches on. Only when