She Was Starting to Not Want to Run

Xiao Yu walked toward the forest with a wicked grin on his face.

The other party could not get out of the formation anyway, and night had already fallen.

In a place like this, even crying to heaven would bring no answer, and calling to earth would yield no door!

Xiao Yu strolled forward. "Don't be afraid. We're already so familiar with each other. I'm not going to kill you! What are you afraid of?"

"Didn't you eat what I gave you? I forgot to tell you, I really didn't put anything in it..."

"Oh, oh, maybe you got too full from drinking the past two days~ You're hungry again now, aren't you?"

Hua Lian's eyes instantly turned bloodshot upon hearing this from within the forest.

She had never seen such a shameless bastard!

Was he ever going to stop?

She was nearly crying from panic. She had finally broken free of the chains and intended to fight back.

Who would have thought this guy even had a Puppet Beast?

He had even tampered with her clothes...

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"You bastard, just you wait... Just you wait for your grandaunt!!!"

Xiao Yu strolled along leisurely. No wonder he had always thought movie villains were sick in the head before.

Why were they always so long-winded...

But now that it was happening to him, he understood how satisfying it was.

Looking at Hua Lian fleeing ahead in blind panic, he truly wanted to see her expression when she discovered the formation!

She would probably burst into tears on the spot...

And because of her clothes, she probably would not be able to run very far either.

Xiao Yu called out from behind, "Lian'er~ I've actually always thought you were pretty cute. Even a little silly!"

"You really dared to dream big. You're already crippled and can't cultivate anymore, yet you still thought of joining forces with your master to harm me? Aren't you hilarious..."

"How did you even dare? You tampered with things while refining pills right in front of me. Did you never go to school?"

"Do you know why I like playing with you? Because you're still young, still immature, and there are many things you don't understand! Unlike your master, that fine older sister who has lived for more than two hundred years. Her willpower is far stronger than that of an eighteen-year-old child like you!"

"I probably couldn't handle her in less than a year or half!"

Xiao Yu shouted smugly from behind.

When he looked up, Hua Lian ahead had already fallen in fright.

Her body was unsteady as well.

When Hua Lian heard Xiao Yu was about to catch up, her lovely face lost all color. She grabbed the woodcutter's knife and slashed her own arm.

She instantly became clear-headed!

No matter what, she had to escape today!

But before she could take two steps, she suddenly crashed into something.

She looked up, and her face immediately went bloodless. "The... Black Tortoise Formation... Why is there a formation? Why is there still a formation here..."

Her pupils suddenly contracted.

The color drained from her beautiful face!

Her lovely countenance dimmed, her cherry lips parted slightly, yet not a sound came out.

The skin between her cheeks, smooth as congealed fat, turned faintly pale. Her terrified gaze darted everywhere like that of a startled deer, filled with helplessness and fear.

"Why is there a formation... Master... Master..."

Hua Lian's body trembled slightly. Her hands tightly clutched her skirt, her fingertips turning white from excessive force.

Her raven hair was disheveled and drifted gently in the faint breeze, making her look even more flustered.

She could not escape...

Looking at the Black Tortoise Formation that resembled a great dome, despair filled her heart.

She no longer dared to think about what would happen next.

Xiao Yu was right. Her master had lived for so long, and her willpower was extraordinary.

But how old was she...

The moment she thought of what had happened between her and Xiao Yu before, her entire body began trembling uncontrollably.

When she looked again, her palms were covered in cold sweat.

Xiao Yu walked over with a heartbroken expression. Looking at Hua Lian, who had collapsed to the ground in terror, he said teasingly, "Don't be afraid. I'm not going to kill you. It hurts my heart just to see you like this~"

"Be good~ Haven't you gone a long time without eating? Big brother prepared lots of delicious food for you~!"

"As long as you behave, I guarantee this place is much better than your Jade Maiden Sect!"

As Xiao Yu spoke, he took out some roasted meat and tea, then sat beside Hua Lian and began eating by himself.

According to his understanding of the Judgment System,

if he wanted to raise the other party's sin value toward him, he first had to treat her a little better.

Then he could trigger an increase in sin value.

Seeing Hua Lian occasionally glance at the roasted meat across from him, Xiao Yu slowly took out a Recording Pearl.

He had specially traded pills for it before going to find Zhang Ziling.

Then he placed it directly in front of Hua Lian.

Hua Lian shuddered instinctively.

What was this bastard trying to do?

Looking at the Recording Pearl, her face instantly turned deathly pale.

She was the Jade Maiden Sect's chief senior disciple. If he got leverage over her,

she would never have a chance to turn things around for the rest of her life.

This bastard actually wanted to...

At that moment, Hua Lian's vision suddenly began to blur.

Her heartbeat quickened more and more, as if it were about to leap from her chest at any moment.

Her face turned red as well.

Looking at the bloody wound on her arm, why did she feel even dizzier than before?

Could the Hehuan Powder have entered her wound...

This bastard!

He was too cruel. How could someone be this cruel?

Why was he treating her like this?

Looking at Xiao Yu, who was nearly done with the roasted meat, Hua Lian grabbed the woodcutter's knife and slashed at him without another word.

The blow did not break through Xiao Yu's defense at all.

Xiao Yu watched her terrified expression with amusement. "See? I told you that you're stupid. I have the Nine Yang Divine Body now. You're only at Body Tempering Level One, and you still want to fight me?"

"Didn't your foundation get destroyed? Want to come sit over here~ I can help you restore it?"

"Don't be afraid~ I'm not going to kill you. What kind of look is that?"

As Xiao Yu spoke, he took another bite of meat.

Hua Lian instantly began crying. She shook Xiao Yu off and rushed to snatch the last piece of roasted meat on the ground.

She was simply too hungry.

Elder Wu had locked her up for several days, and she had barely eaten anything when she was fighting before.

This bastard actually dared to treat her like this again and again.

She really was a little...

Xiao Yu simply held her.

She stopped running and began wolfing down food and drink.

Four hours later

The bright moon hung high in the sky. Xiao Yu held Hua Lian in his arms and said, "From now on, you're my maidservant. Understand?"

Hua Lian's eyes were red, and she was unwilling in her heart.

Yet her right hand covered her dantian.

Her Spiritual Root had actually... actually truly been restored, and it was even better than before!

Not only that, she felt as if her sinews and marrow had been cleansed.

Her entire body felt incomparably clear and unobstructed!

Her cultivation had actually reached the Body Tempering Second Layer!

It was simply unimaginable...

What shocked her even more was that the wound she had cut into her arm with the woodcutter's knife had actually healed!

Not even a scar remained.

Was this the one-in-ten-thousand-ages Nine Yang Divine Body?

Hua Lian was momentarily somewhat...

But for some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Because Xiao Yu had treated her far too well this time, far too gently.

She could not help remembering the time her collarbones had been pierced by steel hooks.

Wait... How could she think that?

This was too strange!

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that they were the ones in the wrong.

If her master had not encountered Xiao Yu, her fate would probably have been even worse.

She might already have been refined into a Human Pill. How could she be lying here looking at the moon?

At first, he truly had not done anything to them. Things had changed only after she began urging her master to plot against Xiao Yu together.

Perhaps he truly only wanted to take revenge on them.

She was confused.

In a place like this, she could not escape even if she ran. If she wanted food, she could only rely on this guy.

Her master was still imprisoned by him, and she did not know where she was.

What exactly should she do...

Besides, she was his now. Every part of her belonged to him...

When she thought of Lin Ce, the Profound Spirit Sect's immortal seed whom she had longed for, she felt somewhat helpless.

Shouldn't her man have been a righteous immortal seed? How had he become such a bastard?

It was like a dream...

She was starting to not want to run.

She did not know why... Perhaps only by staying with this man could she save her master.

No, no, no!

What was she thinking? He was a demonic-path scoundrel!

As a member of the righteous path, how could she wallow in the same mire as him?

But though she thought that, she did not move away from Xiao Yu.

Beside her, Xiao Yu's nerves were stretched to their limit: Hurry up and plot against me!

Just make your move already!!!

Your master is going to kill me afterward, so make your move already?

What are you doing?

Are you planning to sleep after eating your fill?

You're not running anymore?

Xiao Yu's eyelids twitched. What did this woman mean?

She had not picked up the knife for so long. He had deliberately placed it beside her.

If she did not kill him, how was he supposed to raise her sin value?

Just as Xiao Yu was thinking, a pair of warm, fragrant little hands wrapped around him.

With a faintly weary breath sounding beside his ear, Hua Lian fell asleep in his arms.

Tears still lingered at the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Yu was momentarily stunned.

This woman had fallen asleep just like that?

She was not running anymore?

[System Notice: Wicked woman Hua Lian has begun repenting on her own, unlocking Judgment Mode early!]

[The host may carry out automatic judgment and manual judgment according to the other party's repentance!]

Xiao Yu looked thoughtfully at Hua Lian asleep in his arms.

No matter how he looked at her, she was just a little girl scared out of her wits.

It would be better if her heart were kinder.

Or did she actually have Stockholm syndrome...

In modern terms, it meant that a victim fell in love with her abuser and would even help the abuser commit crimes.

It was a psychological illness.

Based on Hua Lian's personality as she had displayed it before, she should not have repented.

As a lofty candidate Saintess, why would she repent to him?

Her personality was arrogant and unyielding!

Could it be that she had developed strange feelings for him?

Xiao Yu tried raising his hand and placed Hua Lian into the second Judgment Room.

He simply watched her sleep soundly.

Opening her information panel again, he could not help but let out a breath when he saw the words "orphan" written in her background.

But he also knew that Hua Lian had slaughtered countless demonic cultivators in her life.

In her eyes, everyone on Demon Island, young or old, deserved to die!

She had probably suffered too miserably as a child.

So after becoming an immortal cultivator, she had become inhuman.

Or was she simply foolish?

Her mind could still be saved, so should he make her repent?

Xiao Yu did not activate the judgment function of the second Judgment Room. He merely let Hua Lian sleep quietly inside.

His cultivation had now reached Body Tempering Grand Completion.

He was only one step away from Qi Refining, First Layer!

Excitement gleamed in Xiao Yu's eyes as he turned and entered Judgment Room No. 1.

Looking at Bai Yue, whose will was as hard as steel, his gaze lifted. "You've waited long enough..."