Are They All Dead? Someone Open the Door!

"Because I was too thirsty. Could you give me some water?" Xiao Yi Xian lowered her head, teeth clenched, her heart pounding so fast that she did not dare look at Chen Changxin.

"So because you were thirsty, you bit my finger and sucked my blood?!"

Chen Changxin froze.

Good lord, was this really still a fantasy world?

Why did it feel like he had run into some improper female vampire? Should he try using virgin boy urine to ward off evil?!

"No, I didn't want to suck your blood. How was I supposed to know you were real?"

"I thought... I thought you were fake~" As she said this, Xiao Yi Xian clenched her fingers tightly. She felt utterly humiliated.

She had actually bitten his finger directly~

But Xiao Yi Xian remembered clearly that when she had bitten his finger just now, Chen Changxin had worn an extremely punchable expression. So why was he blaming her now?

Had she remembered wrong?!

Listening to her incoherent words, Chen Changxin gave up on the idea of using virgin boy urine to ward off evil.

After all, although this girl was a little dirty, looked highly unreliable, and seemed somewhat mentally unstable, she was at least human.

Virgin boy urine probably would not work!

More importantly, Chen Changxin felt that if he splashed virgin boy urine on this woman—

He would feel deeply uneasy, as though he were letting down Medusa, Die, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Xun'er, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and all those wives of his.

"This prince is charitable and kind-hearted. From now on, remember to worship me on the first and fifteenth of every month. I can be considered your savior."

As he spoke, Chen Changxin took out the waterskin he carried and casually tossed it to Xiao Yi Xian.

Then Chen Changxin headed toward Shimo City, not far ahead.

Originally, Chen Changxin had planned to travel through the night.

But after encountering this woman, he felt as though he was not actually in that much of a hurry.

Traveling all night was exhausting!

Finding a decent inn to sleep in and taking a hot bath—that was this prince's standard. Besides, his wife Qing Lin was still in Shimo City.

Though his wife Qing Lin was still very young.

And still very small, feelings had to be nurtured in advance. It was a long-term investment.

Not to mention anything else, Qing Lin was absolutely a promising prospect based on her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils alone. She was worth this prince spending a night here for!

"Th-thank you," Xiao Yi Xian said as she accepted the waterskin, just about to thank him.

Then she heard Chen Changxin tell her to worship him on the first and fifteenth of every month. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Worship you? I definitely will. When the time comes, I'll have someone draw a portrait of you and light three incense sticks before it."

"I'll worship you properly!"

"It was nothing. No need for a portrait, though you can have someone inscribe some words: the most handsome, strongest, and most charming man on the Dou Qi Continent, the number one Sword Emperor under heaven!"

Chen Changxin waved without looking back.

"The most handsome?"

"The strongest?"

"The most charming."

"Pah, pah, pah. That's right—the most shameless, number one swordsman under heaven!"

Xiao Yi Xian clenched her fingers tightly and muttered inwardly, then bared her teeth in the direction Chen Changxin had left.

Shimo City!

Seeing the tightly shut city gates, Chen Changxin stopped walking.

"Why are you just standing there? Go knock on the gate," Xiao Yi Xian, who had been following him from afar, walked over and asked as she looked at the dazed Chen Changxin.

"Why are you following me?!"

Chen Changxin asked Xiao Yi Xian in return.

"Ah, when did I follow you? You can go to Shimo City, so why can't I?" Xiao Yi Xian froze at his words, then turned her head away with a pout.

"The desert is endless, heaven and earth the same hue. The wind stirs the sands, painting the sky yellow. Beneath the blazing sun, all things wither. Only the desert never fades!"

Chen Changxin raised his head and said mournfully, "This prince will not enter the city. I shall spend the night outside and properly admire the beauty of the great desert!"

"Only the desert never fades?!"

"He... he doesn't just dream beautifully; even his poetry is so beautiful. He's so talented..."

Looking at Chen Changxin's mournful, upturned face, Xiao Yi Xian pictured a breathtakingly beautiful desert in her mind.

A deep admiration appeared in her gaze as she looked at Chen Changxin.

At that moment, Xiao Yi Xian felt that all the hardships of her journey had been worth it!

Although this Chen Changxin was somewhat womanizing, somewhat too fond of fanciful thoughts, and had even taken her as his bedmate without permission.

But...

So handsome, and so literary too—some things weren't entirely beyond negotiation!

At that thought, a rare sunset blush appeared on Xiao Yi Xian's dust- and sand-covered cheeks—black tinged with red, red tinged with black.

Chen Changxin: "."

I'm not entering the city, and neither are you?!

And you still say you haven't been following me?

Looks like you're after this prince's body!

Sigh, being too handsome is a burden sometimes.

Chen Changxin, you must hold the line!

Otherwise, you'd be letting down wives like Medusa, Die, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Gu Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Bibi Dong.

With that in mind, Chen Changxin gritted his teeth and took out the cloak Princess Die had given him before he left from his Storage Ring.

Chen Changxin looked at Xiao Yi Xian, their eyes meeting. Under Xiao Yi Xian's gaze, he simply draped the cloak over himself.

Then he took a bed out of his Storage Ring.

He brazenly placed it before the city gate, lay down on it, and leisurely gazed at the stars filling the sky.

Xiao Yi Xian was a mess.

What was he doing?

He wasn't seriously going to sleep here, was he???

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

The cold wind howled, and Xiao Yi Xian stood to the side, her teeth chattering from the cold.

Looking at Chen Changxin lying contentedly on the bed, Xiao Yi Xian clenched her fingers so tightly that they dug into her palms. Finally, she loosened her fists and walked toward the city gate.

She felt that if she slept in the desert tonight, she probably wouldn't live to see tomorrow's sun.

Bang bang bang—

"Is anyone there? Open the gate! There are still people outside!" Xiao Yi Xian knocked on the gate's handle and shouted through the crack in the doors.

"Are you all dead? Get someone to open the gate!"

"What are you shouting for? Don't you know there's a curfew?" An impatient voice came from inside.

"Sorry, but I'm really freezing. Please open the gate!" Hearing the response, Xiao Yi Xian said awkwardly.

Before long!

A burst of footsteps came from within the city gate. Just as the gate was about to open—

Whoosh—

A sharp thread of sword qi slashed directly at the gate, severing the huge wooden beam behind it.

"Fuck, enemy attack! There are enemies!"

"Brothers, grab your weapons! The Snake People Clan is attacking!"

In an instant, a chaotic uproar erupted from behind the gate. Torches flared to life, and the city gate suddenly swung open.

More than ten soldiers clad in armor, carrying torches and weapons, rushed out in a swarm and surrounded Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian: "."

What the fuck, I just knocked on a gate. How did that turn into an enemy attack?!

"Damn it, a single Snake Person dares barge into Shimo City? Brothers, chop her down and claim credit from the City Lord!"

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian standing at the gate, a guard captain swiftly drew the weapon at his waist and shouted sternly at her.

Swish—

Swish—

For a moment, cold flashes filled the air as more than ten blades lunged straight at Xiao Yi Xian.