Until I Am Satisfied

Feng Moyuan's violet eyes darkened further.

What was going on?

His gaze still drifted involuntarily to her lips.

Sensing something was wrong, Feng Moyuan pressed the Dragon Roar Sword against her lips. Once they were completely covered, that strange longing vanished.

The icy blade touched Su Ying's lips, and she shivered.

[Help! What am I supposed to do now?] Su Ying anxiously asked the system, which was playing dead.

[Host, perhaps you could keep pretending to be unconscious?]

The system admitted it was scared too. That sword could slit Su Ying's throat with a single stroke.

Su Ying thought this was a good idea. Her eyes widened, and just as she prepared to roll them back and feign unconsciousness, Feng Moyuan said coldly, "If you dare faint, I'll slash your face to ribbons."

"..."

Su Ying wanted to cry but had no tears. This wasn't playing fair!

"Were you the one who broke my barrier?" Feng Moyuan asked indifferently, struggling to suppress a smile.

Su Ying looked quite comical like this.

Feng Moyuan's mood brightened considerably. Apparently, she could do more than cook delicious food-she could make him laugh too.

"Mmph, mmph." Su Ying feared that opening her mouth would make the sword cut her lips.

The thought of how much it would hurt to have a sharp sword slice her lips made her cling fiercely to life. She pointed at the sword, signaling for him to move it away.

Feng Moyuan deliberately teased her by pressing the sword closer.

The blade pressed lightly against her lips, as though it might slice them open at any moment.

Su Ying was on the verge of tears...

"Speak." Feng Moyuan's voice carried a sinister chill.

Su Ying complained inwardly, [What the hell? Is this great demon king an idiot? He's holding a sword against my lips! How am I supposed to speak?]

Feng Moyuan's thin lips twitched. What nerve she had, daring to mock him!

He lifted the sword away.

Su Ying took a deep breath, finally recovering.

"Your Highness, Demon Venerable." Her mind raced as she tried to think of something flattering to say, but even after thinking for ages, she couldn't get a single sentence out.

Feng Moyuan, however, found her address of "Lord Demon Venerable" quite pleasing.

Su Ying frowned, mulling over her words for a long while before finally saying, "This was all a misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding?" Feng Moyuan asked indifferently.

As his icy voice reached her ears, Su Ying sat up and tilted her head slightly. "This lowly one didn't do it on purpose."

"Because you destroyed the barrier, I lost a considerable amount of cultivation. Tell me, how will you compensate me?" Feng Moyuan pressed the Dragon Roar Sword against Su Ying's neck once more.

She raised her head as the blade drew closer.

Her delicate, fair neck immediately came into Feng Moyuan's view.

To his surprise, he found that the skin of her neck looked exceptionally smooth and tender.

What would it feel like to take a bite?

Feng Moyuan narrowed his violet eyes. He could even make out the pulsing blood vessels beneath Su Ying's skin.

Those blood vessels tempted him just as his lips did.

Would her blood taste the way he imagined?

Su Ying felt her hair stand on end.

[Does he want to eat me?]

[Possibly. After all, eating you would greatly increase his power,]

the system said.

[I'm just flesh and blood! What's so appetizing about me? Even after cultivating for a few years, I'm still an ordinary person!] Su Ying trembled.

It wasn't so much being killed that frightened her as seeing herself eaten by Feng Moyuan, bite by bite.

How twisted would that be?!

[Ahem, Host, have you forgotten what this body of yours is?]

the system reminded her.

[What?]

[In the original plot, this body of yours is the reincarnation of the Heavenly Lotus Goddess, so it has a special fragrance that other people don't,]

the system said.

Hearing this, Feng Moyuan understood at once.

No wonder.

It was that special fragrance that had led him to Su Ying.

Otherwise, he truly wouldn't have been able to pick that ordinary face out of a crowd.

Only now did Su Ying remember that detail.

[Oh, right. But what does that have to do with me? I'm still a tragic supporting female character! The Heavenly Lotus Goddess's reincarnation exists just to sing the praises of someone else's love.]

"Pfft." Feng Moyuan laughed aloud.

Su Ying's eyes widened, and her body shook.

[It's over, it's over! The great demon king laughed!] She wished she could immediately escape using Sword Flight. [Could I get away if I ran now? The book said that unless he's smiling at the Female Lead, every smile the great demon king gives costs someone their life. Am I going to die?]

[Host, don't be afraid. Be brave. At worst, you can pick yourself up and try again,]

the system encouraged her.

Feng Moyuan thought, She really does know me...

Su Ying didn't care about anything else. Better to surrender first. She backed away two steps, making sure the Dragon Roar Sword couldn't hurt her, then knelt on the bed and began kowtowing. "Lord Demon Venerable, I didn't do it on purpose. Please spare me."

Seeing her behave like this, Feng Moyuan gave a cold snort. He wanted to see what else she could do besides kneel on the bed and kowtow.

"Lord Demon Venerable, this lowly one was in the wrong this time. I promise to cultivate diligently from now on and never barge into your barrier again. Please spare me." Su Ying shuddered and continued begging for mercy.

Feng Moyuan thrust his sword forward, pressing it directly against her throat. "How did you break the barrier?"

He had always been curious about this, but it hadn't been convenient to discuss it while he was posing as Chu Yu.

If Su Ying had cultivation like Xiao Muchen's, she certainly could have entered his barrier.

But she hadn't even reached half of Xiao Muchen's cultivation...

For a moment, Su Ying had no idea how to answer this rather complicated question.

[How am I supposed to explain to him that you sent me in there?] she asked the system.

[He won't believe it,]

the system said calmly, well aware of that.

[But you really did send me in there! And the other reason is that the original author wrote me into it. How am I supposed to answer?] Su Ying was speechless. She had already been inside the barrier when her mission began.

After hearing this, Feng Moyuan understood.

It seemed this system truly could do anything.

Then, if they were willing to help him...

Could he finally avenge that grudge of several thousand years?

At this thought, Feng Moyuan narrowed his eyes at Su Ying. It seemed that even when he eventually tired of this woman's cooking, he would still have to spare her life.

Because she could help him take revenge.

Su Ying could only explain sheepishly, "Well, Lord Demon Venerable, I was carrying a token from my master, so I accidentally broke through your barrier. But I promise I absolutely didn't do it on purpose! I can make amends!"

"How?" Feng Moyuan asked indifferently.

Su Ying's eyes darted about as she cautiously asked, "How about you decide?"

"Very well." Feng Moyuan withdrew the Dragon Roar Sword. "My kitchen still needs a cook. You will become my personal cook."

Su Ying sat there dumbfounded. That was all?

A cook?

Wasn't that exactly what she was good at? This Demon Venerable certainly knew how to find work for her...

"If you're unwilling, repay me with your spiritual root instead." As Feng Moyuan spoke, his gaze slowly traveled downward.

Su Ying shuddered and covered the place where her spiritual root was located. "I'm willing! I'm willing!"

"Demon Venerable, my cooking is delicious, but how many meals do I have to make?"

Meals?

Feng Moyuan raised an eyebrow and said ominously, "Until I am satisfied."