Ah Yin held nothing back, recounting her experiences in a gentle, unhurried voice.
As a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, she had witnessed almost the entire history of humanity's development, from being oppressed by the Soul Beast Clan to driving soul beasts into forests, ravines, and other remote corners, openly claiming the entire continent.
Thus, after a hundred thousand years, filled with longing for humanity and a desire to become human herself, she had chosen human transformation.
Even another hundred thousand years would only bring a soul beast one more heavenly tribulation. But if she became human, a species uniquely blessed by heaven, even the chance to become a god would no longer be impossibly distant.
The Douluo Continent held boundless wonders and beauty, yet to soul beasts, they remained beyond reach.
Rather than spend tens of thousands more unchanging years in the Blue Silver Forest, Ah Yin would rather gamble on the opportunities a century could offer.
"I wanted to become human."
With a serene smile, Ah Yin spoke of her deepest wishes, her voice full of yearning.
"To travel the entire world in human form."
"Instead of remaining trapped in that tiny forest until a heavenly tribulation reduced me to dust and ashes."
"I wanted..."
At this point, Ah Yin hesitated slightly. The words caught in her throat, refusing to come out.
Ji Feng unconsciously smiled, a hint of sincerity shining in his eyes.
Only now, hearing Ah Yin recount her past like this, did he finally feel that she was a living, breathing being, with emotions and thoughts of her own, with her own convictions and dreams.
"Did you want to become a god, Ah Yin?" Ji Feng gently finished for her.
Ah Yin grew a little shy. She was merely a soul beast, yet she harbored such an unrealistic dream.
"If I transformed into a human, naturally I hoped to become a god through it. For some reason, soul beasts seem unable to become gods." Ah Yin's voice softened, a shadow passing through her watery blue eyes. "There are only heavenly tribulations, one after another. A soul beast's future is destined to be bleak. Only human transformation offers a sliver of hope."
Ah Yin looked faintly forlorn. Her exquisite beauty and charm, so tender that anyone would ache to cherish her, set Ji Feng's heart racing.
What was more, they were already embracing intimately, so close that their breaths were almost completely intertwined. He could see her eyes, tender as water, while the fresh fragrance of grass and trees kept drifting into his nose like a temptation.
Ji Feng could hold back no longer. He leaned in and kissed Ah Yin's delicate lips.
"Mmph?!"
Ah Yin gave a startled, questioning hum. In an instant, her lovely eyes, clear as autumn waters, glistened even more brightly, and her pretty face flushed as vividly as rosy clouds. Ji Feng caressed her skin, so tender it seemed a touch might draw out water, and kissed her deeply.
As he kissed Ah Yin, he made up his mind. Scum like Tang Hao must never have such an adorable woman!
He still remembered how, in the original story, that idiot Tang Hao had locked Ah Yin in a hidden chamber, denying her even sunlight. Even if he did not take her to the Blue Silver Forest, he should at least have found somewhere with a good environment to plant her!
With Ah Yin's nature-wildfire could never burn her away, and the spring breeze would bring her back to life-she might have revived on her own after a decade or so in the Blue Silver Forest.
And he dared claim he wasn't after Ah Yin's soul ring and soul bone!
He had already earned himself a death sentence!
After her initial fluster, Ah Yin's cheeks grew increasingly rosy. Using cultivation far stronger than Ji Feng's, she turned the tables and pressed him into her embrace. Stirred by the fluttering of her heart, stalks of Blue Silver Grass climbed over his body like countless tentacles.
The beauty threw herself into his arms. Ah Yin could no longer hold back either!
She greedily sucked at Ji Feng's saliva. The endlessly thriving Blue Silver Grass soon formed a gigantic cocoon around them. Pressing her graceful, voluptuous body tightly against his, Ah Yin gazed at him with burning eyes and gently wrapped her arms around his waist.
Wasn't something a little wrong here?!
At this point, Ji Feng began to realize that things might not be going quite as planned.
He wanted a moment to catch his breath, but he could not withstand Ah Yin's insistence. Like a plaything, he was left entirely at her mercy inside the cocoon. Her movements were gentle, and she occasionally coaxed him in a soft voice, but she would accept no refusal. The two sank into a world of their own.
"There's not a shred of romantic beauty here! Just pure lust! Two shameless lechers!"
In a distant tree, Nahida helplessly covered her eyes, feeling utterly sullied!
Wasn't that wager a complete joke?! Ah Yin was far more proactive than Ji Feng!
"And he was going on about moving her with sincerity! All that 'true' and 'heartfelt' nonsense! Where exactly was the sincerity? How come I didn't know he wasn't human?!"
Nahida was so angry that she felt phantom pains starting in her chest!
Beside her, Sangonomiya Kokomi, who was watching the spectacle with her, also blushed faintly. She hid half her face behind her fan, leaving only her almond-shaped eyes visible, a trace of springtime warmth lingering in them.
Even as a strategist, she knew nothing about romance. Seeing Ji Feng and Ah Yin become so intimate on only their second meeting truly shook her understanding of love.
Wasn't romance supposed to start with two people loathing each other because of various encounters, then getting tangled up in all kinds of difficulties, working together to solve them and nurturing love along the way, before finally opening their hearts and winning the beauty at the very end?!
Romance wasn't supposed to work like this!
The two had initially thought the grass cocoon would soon disperse. Who knew their wait would stretch straight from daytime into night?
Nahida and Sangonomiya Kokomi sat cross-legged on the grass playing board games. At first, they had merely waited idly, but even after going into town for a meal and returning, the other two were still inside the cocoon.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Nahida made a game set on the spot and invited Kokomi to play with her. With time to kill, Kokomi readily agreed.
"Check!"
Utterly bored, Kokomi placed a piece.
"W-wait! Let me take that back. I'll move here!"
"Check!"
Kokomi placed another piece.
"Hey, hey, hey! Did I lose?!" Nahida found it rather hard to accept.
Kokomi rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "What's so hard to accept? We've switched through nearly ten kinds of games. How many times have you won? No wonder you like studying and designing games. It turns out you just can't beat anyone. I suppose inventing new games is all you can do."
Just then, the distant cocoon finally stirred.
Nahida took the opportunity to shove the board aside and stood up, remarking, "Does human reproduction take that long? From morning all the way until night. Don't they get tired?"
The Blue Silver Grass cocoon, formed from soul power, slowly dispersed. Emerald light peeled away and drifted down, gradually revealing Ji Feng and Ah Yin within.
Ah Yin had thoughtfully woven clothing from Blue Silver Grass beforehand. It now covered them both, sparing them the embarrassment of emerging naked.
Ah Yin stepped out in a floor-length blue-silver gown, its skirt woven from densely layered Blue Silver Grass leaves that shimmered with a faint emerald sheen. She walked with graceful steps, radiant with triumph and breathtakingly beautiful, her eyes and brows brimming with unconcealed allure and satisfaction.
Her once delicate, gentle face now glowed with vitality, becoming even more captivating as it blossomed with a mature, sumptuous radiance. Even her bearing had quietly transformed-the pure, tender Blue Silver maiden of yesterday had become a beauty in full bloom, elegant, dazzling, and beyond compare.
Ji Feng beside her had also undergone a complete transformation. Nourished and tended by Ah Yin inside and out, his skin was now as fair and smooth as a baby's, and his features had grown even more refined. Seen from a distance, he possessed a soft beauty that blurred the line between man and woman. If he had previously been merely a handsome young man with well-shaped features, his looks had now entered the realm of a dreamboat.
His brows and eyes also bore a greater resemblance to Ah Yin's.
However, he also looked somewhat weak. Ah Yin naturally slipped an arm around his waist, carefully studied his face, then nodded in utter satisfaction. His increased handsomeness was secondary. What pleased her most was that Ji Feng now looked a little like her. It felt as though she had stamped him with a mark that belonged to her alone.
The satisfaction of feeling that Ji Feng belonged entirely to her instantly made the yellow exclamation mark above her head disappear, turning into sixty Primogems.
Ah Yin's quest-to make Ji Feng hers-was complete!
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