Queen of Ten Thousand Demons Insists on Marrying Me - Chapter 65

Tantai Jing’s body was fragrant and soft. Just embracing her and feeling her warm, smooth skin was enough to cause one’s scalp to tingle and one’s heart to run wild.

After a long period without intimacy, merely being wrapped in each other’s arms was enough to make both of them breathe rapidly and feel exceptionally restless.

Inside the dimly lit tent, the sounds of lips meeting and the comfortable sighs and moans of a young woman could be heard occasionally.

Lu Xiaoxiao’s lower abdomen began to feel a scorching heat. Gradually, she was no longer satisfied with simple contact. Her hand slowly slid down Tantai Jing’s spine. Each patch of skin she passed over, she lingered on for a long time, until Tantai Jing’s fingertips dug deep into her own shoulders and back.

Just as her palm grew soft and moved toward the final, deep, secluded spot…

Tantai Jing, her face flushed and completely immersed in the heat of the moment, suddenly opened her eyes, abruptly pushed Lu Xiaoxiao away, then quickly got up and put on her clothes. She tucked Lu Xiaoxiao completely under the blanket, leaving only her head exposed, and slowly sat down on the edge of the bed.

Tantai Jing looked anxious, the blush still on her face. She softly yet scoldingly instructed Lu Xiaoxiao: “Close your eyes!”

“Huh?” Lu Xiaoxiao was confused by her series of actions. She hadn’t even started yet; there was no way she could have made Tantai Jing uncomfortable.

Tantai Jing hurriedly removed the barrier and said anxiously: “My foster mother and Senior Sister seem to have arrived. They are rushing towards your tent.”

Lu Xiaoxiao was already suffering from being cut off halfway. When she heard that Senior Sister and Fuzhao were approaching, she quickly tried to get up and said: “I need to get dressed, too! I’m not even wearing my undergarments. How can I see people?”

“It’s too late!” Tantai Jing, in her rush, completely forgot to use magic. A sudden gust of wind kicked all the clothing under the bed, and she dashed out to meet them.

Lu Xiaoxiao lay naked under the blanket, feeling extremely uneasy.

Her Senior Sister’s anxious voice came through the door: “I heard Xiaoxiao was injured? Let me go in and see her quickly.”

Lu Xiaoxiao hastily checked again, flipping around to make sure the blanket was firmly tucked in.

Tantai Jing’s calm voice rang out: “Xiaoxiao is fine now. She was just a little startled and has fallen asleep. How about you come back and see her later, after she wakes up, Senior Sister?”

Lu Xiaoxiao thought: I certainly was startled, and it was Senior Sister who scared me. But then she thought of Tantai Jing, a person over 231 years old, having to call Lu Wanbai “Senior Sister” just like her, and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Then, Lu Wanbai’s voice: “I think I heard a sound inside. Did she wake up knowing I was here? Let me go in and see her.” This instantly scared Lu Xiaoxiao into tightly covering her mouth. She wanted to get out of bed and quickly put on her clothes, but she was afraid Lu Wanbai would burst in the instant she was dressing, leaving her physically and mentally suspended in an awkward position.

Tantai Jing’s voice became slightly strained. She took a step forward, spreading her arms to block Lu Wanbai: “Senior Sister, you must have misheard. She just fell asleep.”

Just then, Fuzhao took a large step, bypassing both of them, and strode directly into the tent: “I am the best at treating shock. You were often startled when you were little, and I was always the one who handled it. Let me see her. It’s just sleeping; we can wake her up.”

Lu Xiaoxiao saw the curtain being pulled open and immediately closed her eyes, lying completely rigid.

Fuzhao, thank you so much, seriously!!!

You have no common sense! Aunt Wan must have truly been blind to have fallen for you!!!

Ah, ah, ah, ah! How embarrassing!!!

I swear I will never be this lustful in an unsafe place again. Please, heavens, spare me!!!

Lu Xiaoxiao lay on the bed with her eyes tightly shut, nearly forgetting to breathe.

“Why is the Sect Master’s face so red? Is she sick?”

Damn it! Why did Bai Shitao come in too?

“She’s perfectly fine. She was locked up in the dungeon for a month and didn’t get sick,” Wan Qingyi’s voice also sounded inside the tent.

Seeing the tent filled with people, Tantai Jing had a fleeting thought of simply abandoning Lu Xiaoxiao, finding somewhere to hide until the Lancang Demon Territory opened, and then returning to Mount Gouwu to enter solitary cultivation for ten years.

Wan Xuan’er’s voice sounded: “Let me take Xiaoxiao’s pulse.”

Hearing Wan Xuan’er say this, Fuzhao immediately stepped forward to lift the blanket, intending to pull Lu Xiaoxiao’s arm out.

Tantai Jing closed her eyes in despair: I might as well go into solitary cultivation for a hundred years.

Just as Fuzhao’s hand was less than an inch away from the blanket, a drop of sweat rolled down Lu Xiaoxiao’s flushed cheek, and a tear simultaneously fell from the corner of her eye.

“Haha~ So many people! Are you all here to see me?” The moment Lu Xiaoxiao’s forced, dry voice rang out in the tent, it finally saved both her and Tantai Jing’s dignity.

Seeing her wake up, Lu Wanbai quickly crouched down by the bed and asked: “Xiaoxiao, are you okay? I heard you ran into Yan Sihong in the mine. Are you hurt?” As she spoke, she reached out to pull Lu Xiaoxiao’s hand out for Wan Xuan’er to take her pulse.

Lu Xiaoxiao tensed her body and fiercely held down the blanket: “I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine! I just caught a tiny bit of a cold. Please leave quickly so you don’t catch it. I’ll be fine if I just get some more sleep.”

Wan Qingyi asked suspiciously: “Can cultivators catch colds?”

“I’ve never heard of it.”

“Unheard of.”

Lu Wanbai and Luo Mu answered in unison.

Lu Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the tent ceiling, forcing out a big smile, and said word for word: “It might be some other ailment, but I need to rest right now. Can you please leave?”

Just as everyone was about to continue expressing their concern for Lu Xiaoxiao, Tantai Jing’s sleeve made a “tear” sound; she had twisted and ripped it in her anxiety.

Lin Yizhi remarked wistfully: “Demon Lord Tantai and the Sect Master truly have a deep affection! The moment she arrived here, she discovered the Sect Master was in danger. Now, she’s taking care of the injured Sect Master without even changing her clothes, which are wrinkled from the haste. It’s truly enviable.”

Just as everyone’s attention was drawn to Tantai Jing, Wan Xuan’er, who was standing by the window, suddenly felt something hook her foot. She looked down, and her face instantly turned bright red.

Fuzhao, who had been focused on her, followed her gaze. Her fair face also immediately flushed crimson, followed by a voice filled with uncontrollable fury: “I can see she’s completely fine. All of you, get out!”

Everyone was confused by her sudden outburst, but since they were all Human Cultivators, they weren’t obliged to obey her command. Apart from Luo Mu, everyone else looked towards Wan Xuan’er.

Only Tantai Jing and Lu Xiaoxiao’s eyes became even more vacant, closer to tears than ever.

Wan Xuan’er unnaturally looked down at her toes, then, afraid that others might see something, she abruptly raised her head and looked at the tent ceiling: “Everyone, please leave first. I see Xiaoxiao is fine and just needs some rest.” She then took the lead and walked out of the tent.

Seeing Palace Master Wan speak, the others stopped pestering and obediently filed out.

“Palace Master Wan’s cultivation is truly profound. She can diagnose illness without taking a pulse or using spiritual energy.”

“Envious. I wonder when I can achieve such a level of cultivation.”

Two Xuantian Sword Sect disciples walked out of the tent while talking, completely oblivious to Wan Xuan’er’s stiffened expression.

Fuzhao was already angry that everyone ignored her, a dignified Mahayana stage cultivator. But after glancing at Lu Xiaoxiao, who was lying on the bed like a corpse, she didn’t feel so angry anymore.

She muttered softly: “As long as she wasn’t the one on the bottom, it’s fine,” then walked to Tantai Jing, gave her a look of approval, lifted the tent curtain, and walked out.

The only ones left in the tent were the two who had alternatingly red and white faces, and hot and cold flashes.

Lu Xiaoxiao now felt no shadow of the illusion. She only felt a cold sweat breaking out below her, and a somewhat sticky feeling in her private area. A crystal tear rolled down the corner of her eye. She said lifelessly: “Tantai Jing, I want to take a bath.”

Upon hearing this, Tantai Jing walked dazedly to the bedside, expressionlessly ignited Lu Xiaoxiao’s scattered clothes on the floor with a flash of fire, then took out a clean set and placed it nearby. She stammered: “You can bathe behind the screen. You go first. I… I’ll go take a bath too.”

Tantai Jing, as she walked towards the tent entrance, looked back and thought to herself: The shadow of the illusion is gone, but let’s hope she doesn’t acquire any other kind of shadow.

She then left in hurried steps to find a tent to bathe in.

Having finished her bath, Lu Xiaoxiao stood on a cliff edge of the mine mountain, watching the sunset glow spread across the entire sky. The breeze felt incredibly comfortable on her skin, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that this was not the time for such relaxation in the Lancang Demon Territory.

Tantai Jing, who had changed into a scarlet dress, walked up from behind, firmly grasping one of her hands, and said with concern: “Don’t think about doing anything rash. You’ll forget about it all soon enough.”

Lu Xiaoxiao froze: “Thank you for the reminder. Actually, I was about to forget.”

Tantai Jing immediately felt a bit awkward. She wanted to stroke Lu Xiaoxiao’s head to comfort her, but after looking around and finding no one, she finally placed her hand on her head.

“We are going to get married anyway. Besides, maybe they didn’t even know what it meant.”

Lu Xiaoxiao glared at her, complaining: “Why did you put on your clothes so fast and not tell me! And you kicked my clothes under the bed!”

Tantai Jing stepped closer, kissed Lu Xiaoxiao on the corner of her mouth, and said awkwardly: “I was too rushed, I forgot. I promise I won’t do it next time.”

“You want there to be a next time?”

“Absolutely no next time! Next time, no matter what they say, I won’t open the barrier and let them in!”

Lu Xiaoxiao knew there was no point in arguing further. She simply held Tantai Jing’s hand and walked to the cliff edge to sit down. The two of them admired the distant overlapping mountains and the red sunset clouds meeting the horizon.

“Let’s get married as soon as we leave this Lancang Demon Territory. How about treating this mine as my dowry?” Lu Xiaoxiao’s earlobes were deep red. She turned her face to the Tantai Jing beside her and asked softly.

“Good. How about we go back to Mount Gouwu for the wedding?” Tantai Jing leaned on her palms against the cliff edge. Her two long, slender legs hung over the edge, swinging playfully.

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded, reached out, and wrapped her arms around Tantai Jing’s shoulders, holding the small person close in her embrace.

The sun gradually set, and everything around them grew dim. Tantai Jing was nestled in her arms, her silver-frost hair constantly brushing against Lu Xiaoxiao’s face. Looking at the flawless profile of the person in her arms, her heart filled with tenderness. Lu Xiaoxiao felt that the happiest moment of her life was right now.

She glanced behind her, confirmed no one was coming up the cliff, and then put her hand through Tantai Jing’s hair, pressing the back of her head, and kissed her again.

Their lips were pressed together. Lu Xiaoxiao occasionally sucked on Tantai Jing’s lower lip, and sometimes gently nibbled, while Tantai Jing grabbed her shirt collar and passionately met her kiss.

In the throes of their passion, just kissing made the two of them feel incomparably happy.

They finally separated reluctantly when their breathing became ragged.

“Do you want to sleep together tonight?” Tantai Jing asked somewhat shyly. After what happened during the day, she felt quite embarrassed to sleep with her again, but she was also afraid of hurting Lu Xiaoxiao’s feelings.

“No, no. Let’s wait until after the wedding,” Fuzhao was still at the camp. Lu Xiaoxiao absolutely dared not risk it.

After cuddling for a while longer, the two of them walked side-by-side down the cliff.

However, after they had walked only a few dozen steps, a dazzling red light suddenly rose behind them, shooting straight up into the sky, meeting the horizon, and condensing into a massive, sky-piercing column of light. The intensity of the light instantly shattered the tranquility of the firmament.

The light column was perfectly round and straight, emitting a blinding, brilliant glow that illuminated the surrounding clouds, making them look crystal clear, like a scene from a dream.

Tantai Jing’s gaze was serious. She stared intently at the distant red light column, her brows slightly furrowed, her voice tinged with incredulity and shock: “This… such a strange phenomenon. Could it be that a divine artifact has broken free from an ancient seal and reappeared in the world?”