After The Simp Sealed His Heart With Cement, The Demon Lord Immediately Fell In Love! - Chapter 6

During the days Su Mo remained in a coma, he suffered intensely. His consciousness was constantly clouded, and the sequelae of having his spiritual root extracted began to manifest. As someone with a Pure Yang Body, his internal fire was naturally strong, and he was never afraid of heat or cold. However, while unconscious, he felt as though his body were being frozen in snow one moment and roasted in a furnace the next.

Ye Lin, who remained by his bedside without leaving even for a moment, had cried until her eyes were nearly blind. Su Mo’s body swung between being scorching hot and as cold as a corpse, and he constantly babbled about pain, cold, and heat. His spiritual root had been ripped out by force, leaving him in unimaginable agony. Yet, that damned Emperor spent his days gallivanting with his new favorite, using the very body strengthened by Su Mo’s own stolen spiritual root to enjoy the pleasures of life. How ironic it was.

“My Lady, you must hold on. You absolutely cannot let that little bitch succeed. Once you recover, we will leave. We will never suffer this humiliation again. I refuse to believe that in such a vast world, there is no place for us to stay. The world is blind. They treat that beast like a wise monarch. What kind of wise monarch is he? If he were truly wise, why would he treat you, who gave him everything, like this?”

Ye Lin knelt by the bed, weeping and cursing as she channeled spiritual energy into Su Mo. Su Mo awakened from the chaos to hear his little maid’s treasonous words.

“Linlin, I have told you many times, words have consequences. My throat is so dry, can you pour me a cup of water?” He laughed helplessly, his voice weak. As he spoke, his throat felt as if it were being scraped by countless razor blades, burning with pain.

“My Lady, you finally woke up! This servant will go get you water right away!” Overwhelmed with joy, Ye Lin sobbed hysterically and stumbled off to fetch the water.

After drinking two full pots of warm water, Su Mo finally felt alive again. His body was incredibly weak, so he attempted to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. Even though he channeled his energy, his Dantian remained empty of any trace of spirituality. Only then did he belatedly realize the reality that his spiritual root had been removed. Previously, with Ye Lin channeling energy for him, he had not felt the cold. But after she left to prepare his food, he finally realized the bone piercing temperature of the environment.

So this is the true temperature of the Heart Sealing Palace. It really is cold. Su Mo chuckled bitterly, shivering as he lay idly on the bed. He wanted to get up and fetch some warmer clothes, but his body was too weak; even moving a finger was a struggle. With no other choice, Su Mo could only endure the freezing cold and continue lying on the bed like a corpse.

When Ye Lin returned with hot food, all she heard was the sound of him sneezing uncontrollably, trembling so violently that frost was beginning to form on his body.

“My Lady!” She hurriedly set down the food, eyes red, and ran over to channel spiritual energy to him.

“I am afraid it will be hard on you from now on, Linlin,” Su Mo sighed helplessly. He hated being a burden to others, but reality left him no choice.

“It is all the fault of that scumbag and his mistress. How could they be so cruel?” Ye Lin’s eyes reddened again, looking as if she wanted to bite Wen Muli and Yan Yichen to death.

With Su Mo’s body now no different from that of an ordinary mortal, he could no longer absorb spiritual energy, and his cultivation base would surely decline rapidly. Making him live in the Heart Sealing Palace was effectively sentencing him to death. As much as she hated Wen Muli, Ye Lin had no choice but to go and beg for help. However, she did not see Wen Muli; she was blocked outside the palace gate.

“The Emperor is not in the palace. Go back.” The head palace official looked at Ye Lin with disdain, waving her away.

Wen Muli, who was usually so busy with state affairs, had been absent from his post. It took little guessing to know he had definitely taken Yan Yichen, that little bitch, out of the palace to play. No matter how much she hated them, Ye Lin had to swallow her grievances.

“Sister Yanyu, my Lady has just recovered from a major illness and cannot withstand the cold. Please, show some mercy and have the servants send over some Fire Gathering Stones!” She knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, her tone filled with humility.

“What a joke. Who in the world does not know that your Lady is strong and healthy and not afraid of the cold? If you want to feign pity, find a better excuse. Nowadays, with the Demon and Monster clans constantly invading, finances everywhere are being cut to support the front lines. There are no extra materials to satisfy the vanity of your pretentious Lady. Get out, get out, get out!”

The official named Yanyu sneered, speaking with sarcastic malice before turning away impatiently. Ye Lin felt as if her heart had turned to ice. When Yan Yichen fainted, hundreds of Fire Gathering Stones were moved into the side hall as if they were worthless. Yet now, she only asked for a few stones to warm her master’s bed, only to be heartlessly refused. Being refused was one thing, but being called pretentious on top of it was unbearable.

The treatment of a cast off consort in the cold palace was indeed worse than that of a dog. It was precisely because of Wen Muli’s attitude that these sycophantic servants dared to be so brazen.

“Zhou Yanyu, stop right there!” Unable to endure it any longer, Ye Lin roared. Even if she were punished later, she had to seize those Fire Gathering Stones for her master! If a tiger does not show its teeth, do they really think it is a sick cat?

“My Lady, look what I brought for you!” About an hour later, a bruised and battered Ye Lin returned. Su Mo was shocked to see the injuries on her.

“How did you end up like this?” His heart ached with anger, but his body was so numbed by the cold that he could do nothing.

“It is nothing, I just tripped on the way. It does not hurt at all. Look, what is this?” Ye Lin chuckled, presenting three Fire Gathering Stones to Su Mo as if they were treasures. Anyone with eyes could see she had been beaten. Su Mo guessed the full story, feeling a mix of bitterness and fury in his heart.

“Who hit you?” Ignoring the stones, he asked coldly.

“No one.” Ye Lin stammered, refusing to tell the truth.

“Ye Lin! You have suffered so much serving me all these years. I can endure being treated coldly, but I absolutely cannot tolerate them bullying you! Tell me, I will stand up for you, hmm?” Su Mo said solemnly, his expression grave.

The latter felt a surge of bitterness and burst into tears. “It was the palace official Zhou Yanyu. She is jealous that you have held the position of Empress for so long and has long disliked us. I only wanted a few Fire Gathering Stones, and when she refused, she also kept humiliating you. I could not suppress my anger, so I attacked her.”

Su Mo’s brow furrowed, his eyes flashing with a murderous glint. Zhou Yanyu was the daughter of the leader of the Shuiyun Sect and the woman who had the best chance of becoming Empress. But Wen Muli married him instead, announcing to the world that his harem would only ever have one seat for him. Unwilling to give up, Zhou Yanyu had settled for the position of palace official. And Wen Muli, intending to humiliate Su Mo, had not given him the Empress’s Phoenix Seal, but had handed it to Zhou Yanyu instead. With the seal in hand, Zhou Yanyu had been throwing her weight around, never once putting Su Mo in her eyes.

They say a good man does not fight with a woman. In the past, Su Mo could not be bothered to haggle with her. But no one was allowed to bully his people!