After Transmigrating and Humiliating the Cold and Glamorous Demon Venerable - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Unable to Resist Wanting to Flip Her Belly

New wounds overlapped old ones on Zhong Xue’s body; some were deep gashes from sharp weapons, others were charred black marks left by burning. The most shocking was a wound on her right hind leg near the root of the thigh. The fur and skin had been violently ripped open, exposing the stark white bone beneath. Blood was still slowly seeping out, matting the remaining white fluff into clumps, making her look pitiably wretched.

Ye Lanqing’s heart wrenched fiercely. She couldn’t help but think of the world she originally lived in, where there were always people who abused cats and dogs. She took a deep breath, suppressing the sourness in her throat, her movements becoming even more gentle.

She took the softest, cleanest cotton cloth, soaked it in warm water, and bit by bit wiped away the blood-stained and matted fur of the little fox.

At first, Zhong Xue struggled incessantly, let out low growls from her throat, her blue eyes filled with hostility. Later, once most of her fur had been cleaned, she felt a sense of comfort and even instinctively shook her body.

An impulse originating from bloodline instinct surged into her heart; she wanted to flip over and reveal her fragile belly toward those hands, seeking more solace. The moment this thought arose, it was hatefully suppressed by Zhong Xue using her remaining traces of reason.

She was the Demon Venerable; how could she flip her belly for a lowly human cultivator!

This stinking Taoist must be using some sort of wicked spell to lure her.

Human cultivators are truly too despicable!

What kind of spell is this exactly? It’s even more sophisticated than her Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox’s charm arts…

Ye Lanqing saw that the little fox had finally stopped being so tense and was no longer resisting desperately as she had at the start. She tentatively reached out her hand and gently scratched the softest patch of fur where the little fox’s chin met her neck.

“So good, so well-behaved.”

Zhong Xue’s body shrunk, her fur bristled, and she began to bare her teeth at Ye Lanqing again, letting out a fierce hissing sound.

How dare this lowly human cultivator touch her neck! That was a restricted zone second only to the belly and tail! Except for her mother and her mate, outsiders were not allowed to touch it!

The deadly part was that being touched there by this little Taoist actually made her feel somewhat comfortable.

It felt as if she were a newborn, protected under her mother’s soft underbelly, having her fur licked.

Damn it, how could this be happening!

Zhong Xue looked around alertly. She had smelled a strange medicinal scent when entering the room earlier; could this little Taoist have put poison in the medicine? This little Taoist wouldn’t be trying to use this method to turn her into a spirit pet, would she?!

This group of stinking Taoists is truly despicable!

Ye Lanqing didn’t know what the little fox was thinking, but she could see that the hissing was just an expression of dissatisfaction and wouldn’t actually result in harm. If she didn’t know that this seemingly harmless little fox was the Demon Venerable capable of destroying the world, she would have wanted to keep this little fox by her side as a pet.

Seeing that only the bloodstains on the little fox’s face remained, Ye Lanqing hesitated for a moment and didn’t dare wipe them for her.

Ye Lanqing found half a bottle of medicinal wine from the original owner’s medicine chest and said to the little fox: “I have to disinfect your wound. There’s no betadine here, so I can only use wine. It might hurt a little, so bear with it. You’re not allowed to bite me, understood?”

Even though she had put a makeshift Elizabethan collar on the little fox, Ye Lanqing still felt uncertain. This wasn’t an ordinary fox, and Ye Lanqing wasn’t clear on the medical standards of this world. If she truly got bitten by a beast, it would likely be a hassle to deal with.

“But then again, you probably don’t have rabies…” After all, she was the Demon Venerable; how could a Demon Venerable have rabies.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Xue, who had only been hissing, instantly began to tremble all over with rage, her hissing sound nearly breaking her voice.

Zhong Xue hadn’t even been this angry when she was being tortured; back then, all she thought about was seeking revenge once her injuries were healed. Now, being spoken to like this by a little Taoist, Zhong Xue nearly fainted from fury.

She was the Demon Venerable; how could “mad dogs” be compared to her!

How could she, the dignified Demon Venerable, possibly have rabies?!

“Alright, alright, don’t be so fierce with me, I said the wrong thing.” Ye Lanqing apologized quickly, worried the little fox might die from a stress-induced rage.

Ye Lanqing found a small clump of clean cotton wool in the medicine chest, dipped the cotton in the medicinal wine, and cautiously helped disinfect the little fox’s wounds.

It was strange; when she was helping the little fox wipe her fur earlier, the little fox was incredibly fierce. Now that she was helping treat her wounds, she was unexpectedly well-behaved. Even when the pain was severe, she only kept her eyes tightly shut and retracted her little leg; the sight was truly heart-wrenching.

“Poor little thing, do you know I’m saving you, so you aren’t fierce with me even though it hurts? Or is it that you’re too weak and have no strength left?”

At these words, Zhong Xue immediately opened her eyes and bared her fangs at Ye Lanqing.

The reason she refused to make a sound just now was simply because she didn’t want to be looked down upon by a lowly human cultivator. She was the dignified Demon Venerable; how could she not even endure the pain of having wounds treated. If she screamed in pain, this group of cultivators who enjoyed torturing demons would only feel triumphant.

She absolutely would not let this trash cultivator before her see her as a joke.

Zhong Xue had too many injuries. Although Ye Lanqing used the supply sparingly, that bit of medicinal wine was only enough to disinfect a few of the more serious wounds. Fortunately, it was winter now and the weather was quite cold, so the wounds hadn’t festered.

Seeing the little fox’s tail twitching, Ye Lanqing cautiously leaned in and gently blew a breath of air onto her wound.

The big tail that should have been fluffy was now sparse of fur because the injuries were too heavy; it was truly pitiable.

As the cool breath brushed over her sensitive tail, Zhong Xue shrank back while simultaneously warning Ye Lanqing with her eyes.

Stinking Taoist, do not be presumptuous!

Knowing the little fox was warning her, Ye Lanqing realized the little fox definitely possessed consciousness. She simply moved the bronze mirror in front of the little fox and said to her: “Poor little thing, you’re already in this state, you shouldn’t be so fierce anymore.”

At first, when she was so fierce, Ye Lanqing had been a bit afraid. But once she got used to it, Ye Lanqing only found the little fox cute. She was just like a “client” in a pet hospital—some like to bare their teeth but don’t dare to actually bite.

Zhong Xue looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and the feeling of humiliation was magnified infinitely. The fur she had meticulously maintained for a thousand years was nearly half gone, her neck was bound by broken tree bark, and her sharp claws couldn’t be displayed. This stinking Taoist moving the bronze mirror here now was surely for the purpose of humiliating her.

For a split second, she had almost thought the little Taoist’s movements were gentle and that perhaps she really wanted to save her.

As expected, not a single cultivator is any good!

How could Ye Lanqing know the little fox had thought so much? She coaxed: “Look at you, you’re so weak now yet you’re always hissing at me… that wastes a lot of energy. And as you can see, the place I live is so broken, I have nothing of value and not much decent wound medicine. I don’t even know if I can get you any meat to eat tonight.”

Zhong Xue turned her head away, refusing to look at the bronze mirror. She didn’t believe a single word the little Taoist said.

Can’t get any meat to eat?

Whenever these sanctimonious cultivators caught a demon, didn’t they wish they could eat their flesh and drink their blood? How could they have no meat to eat when they were so ruthless?!

The most irritating thing was that normally, as soon as she raised a fox paw and bared her fangs, all the beasts in the mountains would scatter to avoid her. She was so majestic, yet this little Taoist actually called her show of force “hissing”?!

However, what the little Taoist said wasn’t wrong; she needed to save her strength for now. If one day this little Taoist tried to escalate her humiliations, she would perish together with her. Not only would they die together, she would chase her to the Underworld to crush this little Taoist’s soul, ensuring she could never be reincarnated.

The grudge of being plotted against during her tribulation could be avenged in the next life; for now, this little Taoist who dared to touch her neck and pat her bottom was her greatest enemy.

Ye Lanqing saw the little fox lying obediently on the bed and thought she had come around. She gently stroked the little fox’s tail and took out the medicine for treating wounds. She shook the porcelain bottle, hearing only the sound of a few pills clinking inside, and couldn’t help but sigh.

“There isn’t much medicine for treating wounds either. I’ll have to think of a way tomorrow.”

Today she could only prioritize applying medicine to the serious wounds; as for the remaining shallow wounds, if there really was no medicine, they would just have to heal on their own.

Based on the original owner’s memories, Ye Lanqing used the lowest-level healing talisman, dissolved it in water to make talisman water, and then dissolved those few remaining pills into it.

When she turned around, she saw the little fox shaking her head.

Zhong Xue had rested on the bed for a while, and seeing the little Taoist busy with something, she wanted to shake off the tree bark wrapped around her neck. Unfortunately, she was too weak now, and the way this little Taoist had previously “tortured” her left her unable to break free.

“Be good, I’ll help you take it off once I’m done applying the medicine.” Again using the tone for coaxing a small pet, she cautiously coaxed the Demon Venerable.

Zhong Xue’s movements froze. She completely gave up her struggle and only gazed at the little Taoist with those sapphire-like fox eyes.

The little Taoist wanted to save her simply because she coveted her cultivation and flesh as a Demon Venerable, wanting to heal her only to use her for alchemy later.

Ye Lanqing carried the dissolved medicinal liquid and sat by the bed. She looked at the wound on the little fox’s leg that was so deep the bone was visible, took a deep breath, and steadied her nerves. She soaked a clean cotton cloth in the medicinal liquid and applied it to the wound extremely gently.

The stimulation from this action was far more intense than during the previous disinfection.

Zhong Xue jerked her head up. The sharp pain made her almost unable to control the urge to lunge and bite this reckless little Taoist to death. However, in the instant she was gathering her strength, she met Ye Lanqing’s amber eyes.

In Ye Lanqing’s gaze, there was no mockery, no cruelty—only heartache and worry.

Zhong Xue: “…”

Fine, little Taoist, this Venerable will trust you this once.

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