She Said That Kisses and Hugs Are Needed for Redemption [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 26

The quiet room, the gently swaying gauze curtains, and the elegant curls of rising incense mist created an ambiguous atmosphere that quietly bloomed at this moment.

Fu Lancen lowered her head slightly. Beneath her slender, curved brows, her autumn-water eyes brimmed with tender affection. The clear mist rippling within them tugged at the heartstrings of the person before her, whose mind was already in a whirl.

Lu Xi gave a light laugh and cupped Fu Lancen’s fair face. She leaned in tenderly, pressing her lips against the girl’s crimson-flushed cheek. Soft and sweet; that was Lu Xi’s first thought.

Her mouth moved down along the side of the girl’s face until it reached the slightly parted, pink, thin lips. Suppressing the nervousness in her heart, she gently took them into her own. As their lips touched and their noses brushed, their breathing grew increasingly rapid. Their warm breaths intertwined and lingered around them, evoking an indescribable tingling sensation.

Lu Xi remained motionless, her mind a total blank. She only felt that this softness was like a fish; with a light bite, it sought to slide through her parted lips. This being her first kiss, she was somewhat at a loss. When Fu Lancen extended the tip of her tongue to lick the corner of her mouth, a roar sounded in her head, and she nearly lost her self-control.

She followed the girl’s lead, changing from biting to licking with gentle movements. She licked for a long while but still couldn’t quite get the hang of it. Though she was breaking into a sweat, she had not yet made any further progress.

“Clumsy,” Fu Lancen murmured. She gave the flushed woman a reproachful look before resting her hands on the back of the woman’s head, pressing her closer. Noticing the woman’s startled expression, she too became involuntarily nervous.

However, she did not want to waste time during this long-awaited intimate encounter on the woman’s dull and clumsy movements. Enduring her shyness, her slender hand made a light flick, and the gold-stamped belt at the woman’s waist was undone. The unrestrained robes hung loosely at her hips. Her fingertips continued to brush upward, pulling open the partially hidden collar. The delicate skin glowed with a charming luster like white porcelain in the dim candlelight. The protrusion of her collarbones became increasingly prominent as the woman trembled slightly, and the white jade pendant around her neck dipped into the hollow, swaying against her shapely lines.

It was not until their tongues danced together that Lu Xi truly felt the beauty of a kiss. She obediently closed her eyes, passively accepting the fox’s exploration between her lips and teeth. Their saliva was thick and smooth, rubbing together as their tongues tangled. The two slowly became lost in the sensation until they could no longer think.

The room was silent. A red candle sparked, and dots of dark red light jumped, lengthening the entwined shadows cast upon the bed. The discarded wedding robes draped over the edge of the bed moved gently with the sliding gauze curtains, slowly veiling the warmth and tenderness within.

With Fu Lancen’s guidance, the initial process went quite smoothly. However, when it came to the final step, they spent a long time testing the waters but remained completely helpless.

Beads of sweat covered their foreheads, dampening strands of long hair. The wet hair clung to the side of the cold, noble woman’s face, adding a touch of allure. Her slightly lowered eyes were tinged with a charming rhythm, like a goddess pulled down from her pedestal, tainted by worldly desires. Every unconscious glance was a silent invitation.

“What… what should we do next?” the woman’s voice was low and raspy, carrying a seductive quality and a hint of passionate urgency.

The fox, half-lying against the headboard, had moist eyes and crimson corners, looking as though thousands of desires were brewing within her. Her knuckles curved as she hooked the undergarment still hanging precariously around the woman’s neck. With a slight pull, she snapped the thin straps.

Her gaze moved downward; the scenery was beautiful.

Her swollen, moist lips parted slightly, and her raspy voice rippled with a hint of disheveled enchantment. “Do you… not know how?”

Lu Xi was speechless. Without the foundation of relevant experience, she truly did not know how to proceed.

Just as she was itching with impatience, she had a sudden stroke of inspiration and remembered the scroll Zhi Wu had stuffed into her arms earlier. That evil dragon had been smirking so lewdly then; the gift was clearly not a good thing. At the time, she lacked the experience to grasp Zhi Wu’s meaning. Thinking of it now, however.

Giving two light coughs, Lu Xi flipped her wrist, and a scroll with hidden content appeared in her palm.

“What is this?” Fu Lancen never expected that at such a moment, this hateful woman would actually push her aside and begin reading a book so seriously. Her small face turned red with frustration, and she simply leaned over, her curves inadvertently rubbing back and forth against the woman’s arm. “Why are you… reading a book?”

As soon as Lu Xi opened the scroll, she was drawn in by the bold illustrations. Her entire mind was focused on the two women in the drawings, and she didn’t even notice Fu Lancen’s deliberate approach.

“I am learning,” she said, feeling her mouth go dry. She coughed twice more.

The atmosphere that had just been built up vanished quietly. Fu Lancen was extremely dissatisfied. She stopped her subtle seduction and took direct action, grabbing the arm in front of her and shaking it gently. She even used the charm techniques she rarely employed, her voice becoming extremely sweet. “Xixi sister… tonight is our wedding night.”

As she spoke, her reproachful gaze followed Lu Xi’s hand as she turned the pages, and she was instantly captivated by the lifelike portraits depicted in the scroll. There were all sorts of positions, sitting or standing, front or back; the content was detailed and quite interesting.

Fu Lancen blinked and then looked at the woman beside her who was staring unblinkingly. So, the “learning” she mentioned was studying these portraits?!

“What do you think of this one?” Lu Xi was absorbed, as if she had suddenly mastered a secret art. She studied a page and, feeling she could do it, looked at the girl with the wandering gaze and pointed at the figures in the drawing.

Fu Lancen took a brief glance and was instantly mortified. But she was also quite curious, so she replied vaguely, “You… you decide.”

“Then let it be this.” The scroll was placed neatly at the head of the bed. The woman with clear eyes supported the fox by her shoulders, and they fell together into the soft bedding.

After a while, the scroll scattered on the quilt flipped to a new page. The gauze curtains brushed past, casting layers of overlapping shadows over the book. The little fox’s curved claws gripped the sides of the pillow, her knuckles turning white and her veins showing. As a breeze passed through, she felt a sudden chill.

The woman with deep eyes, worried that the fluffy head might hit the headboard, raised her hand to shield the girl’s brow. The scroll flipped another page, and the Nine-Tailed Fox’s fluffy fur brushed against Lu Xi’s face. She took a deep breath of the crisp, light fragrance and pushed aside the nine large tails that had suddenly appeared.

The girl, her face flushed with red, already had physiological tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes. As she turned her head to look at her with a sideways glance, her wronged and piteous appearance truly made Lu Xi’s heart melt. Looking up, a pair of fluffy fox ears had actually appeared on the sides of the girl’s head, their snowy fur puffing out in the dim candlelight, looking incredibly cute.

Lu Xi took a deep breath, grabbed a swaying tail, leaned closer to the edge of the bed, squeezed the little fox’s slender arm, and picked up the scroll once more.

Only a few days had passed since True God Xi Ning’s ceremony when the Demon Race made another major move. After Zhi Wu went to the Northern Wilderness, she had dismantled the array set by the demons to prevent it from absorbing more resentment to feed the Demon Sovereign who had not yet emerged.

However, several reports had recently arrived stating that a large number of demons were acting too frantically. To rescue their Demon Sovereign, they did not hesitate to sacrifice themselves, using their own flesh and blood as an offering to provide a continuous stream of demonic energy to the sovereign beneath the seal.

As a result, it was feared that before long, the Demon Sovereign would absorb enough energy to break through the repeatedly repaired seal. This was no small matter. Even though she was mindful that Lu Xi was still in the middle of her honeymoon, Zhi Wu had no choice but to report the matter to her.

“The Demon Race is indeed very loyal. They are engaging in collective self-sacrifice to welcome back the sovereign.” The usually flippant woman now wore a calm expression, showing the gravity of the situation. “Before returning to the Heavenly Realm, I checked the sealing array again. It has loosened once more. If those demons continue their sacrifices, the Demon Sovereign, who has been recuperating for ten thousand years, will no longer be suppressed.”

Lu Xi sighed inwardly. It seemed that in the end, it would require Fu Lancen, the Goddess, to take action to completely suppress the Demon Sovereign. Fortunately, during their intimate encounters these past few days, she had not forgotten to cultivate. With the dual cultivation with a True God, Fu Lancen’s health had improved greatly, and her cultivation had made significant progress.

However, she was still a bit short of being able to reseal the sovereign; she and Fu Lancen would have to work harder. But given the current situation, could they wait for Fu Lancen to fully grow?

Ultimately, Lu Xi decided to go to the Northern Wilderness first to see the size of the cracks in the seal before deciding what to do. She glanced at Zhi Wu below and left the words “Wait for me a moment” before vanishing from the hall. Seeing this, the sternness on Zhi Wu’s face vanished completely, replaced by a friendly roll of her eyes.

Returning to the room in the rear palace, Lu Xi went to the bedside. Just as she sat down, she saw the sleeping girl’s eyelashes tremble, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

“I need to go to the Northern Wilderness. You stay home and rest well. I will be back in two days.” Squeezing the fluffy tips of the girl’s ears, Lu Xi leaned down and planted a kiss on her pink cheek.

Over the past few days, the little fox had been dragged along by her to “study” under the guise of the honeymoon, frolicking so many times that she was left exhausted, forced to rest in bed today while rubbing her aching waist. Otherwise, Lu Xi would have taken her along to the Northern Wilderness; after all, her heart and mind were entirely full of the little fox now, and she couldn’t bear to be apart from her for a moment.

However, matters have their priorities. She could not be “love-brained” like Qi Ran, disregarding the common people for the sake of romance.

Fu Lancen extended a jade-white arm and tugged at Lu Xi’s sleeve, her eyes filled with an inseparable, lingering affection. “I… I want to go with you.”

“Be good.” The journey was bumpy, and Lu Xi didn’t want the little fox to suffer. She slowly massaged the girl’s waist, her voice incredibly gentle. “Two days at most, and I will be back, alright?”

“Alright.” Fu Lancen did not want to hold Lu Xi back, so she could only nod and agree. “Then you must be careful. Do not get hurt.”

The tips of the little fox’s ears twitched slightly. Lu Xi couldn’t help but give them another squeeze before pecking those bright red, thin lips. She took a deep breath and turned to leave the inner hall.

In the original body’s memory, she had been to the Northern Wilderness countless times; it had remained largely unchanged. But this visit felt different. The air in the wind was exceptionally piercing, hitting the face with a pain like being cut by knives.

Lu Xi and Zhi Wu traveled forward until they landed on the high, jagged mountain peak. The peak was split from top to bottom, and a golden light flickered faintly within the bottomless abyss, though this light had become extremely dim, shrouded by thick, dark smoke.

“There is too much demonic energy; the seal has been corroded.” Zhi Wu was anxious.

The churning black mist suddenly surged upward, transforming into a sharp, cold glint that struck toward the two people on the peak. Lu Xi waved her hand, and a white light sliced through, shattering the surging mist.

“He is quite restless.” It seemed the Demon Sovereign below, after tens of thousands of years of recovery and the reckless sacrifices of those demons, had regained the power to manifest. If this continued, he would likely break the seal in a matter of days.

Lu Xi tapped on the system, 001, which had not appeared for a long time. “001, has the plot moved forward? Fu Lancen doesn’t have the ability to seal the Demon Sovereign yet. Why has he suddenly become so strong?”

“Oh, you finally remembered me?!” 001 hummed, sounding quite arrogant. “When you were busy being all lovey-dovey with the female lead these past few days, why didn’t I see you looking for me?”

Lu Xi’s temple throbbed. “Stop the small talk. Business is more important.”

“Fine.” Since the mission was more than halfway finished, 001 stopped beating around the bush. “Bai Youran has become a useless person, right? Destined to sleep for the rest of her life. But Qi Ran, who loves her to the point of madness, couldn’t accept this reality. He searched the library for a long time and finally discovered that to wake her up, the soul previously attached to her body must be completely separated and returned to her.”

Qi Ran, who valued his wife more than his own life, struggled for a long time before traveling alone to the Northern Wilderness to strike a deal with the Demon Sovereign below. He offered his own body as an Upper God in exchange for the sovereign to absorb more demonic energy through him and gain more power. In return, once the seal was broken, the Demon Sovereign would separate that sliver of soul and return it to the unconscious Bai Youran.

“Qi Ran?!” Hearing that name again, Lu Xi clenched her fists in anger. She had originally thought that since he was the ruler of the Heavenly Realm personally appointed by the original body, she would leave him some dignity and not drive him to a dead end even after knowing he used his position for personal gain. She never expected this man to be so thoroughly love-brained that he would disregard all living beings in the Eight Desolations to make a deal with the Demon Sovereign.

“What happened to Qi Ran?” Hearing Lu Xi grinding her teeth, Zhi Wu was somewhat confused.

Calming her rising emotions, Lu Xi did not hide the truth and briefly explained the deal between Qi Ran and the Demon Sovereign. “We will return to the Heavenly Realm first, secretly detain Qi Ran and Bai Youran, and see if we can sever the direct connection between him and the sovereign.”

On the way back, a solemn Lu Xi continued to question 001. “Now that the seal is about to open, the Demon Sovereign is about to emerge. But Fu Lancen has not fully activated her essence blood; she cannot fight him yet. What should be done?”

001 fell silent for a moment before delivering news that broke Lu Xi’s heart. “To reseal the Demon Sovereign now, the Goddess must use her entire soul to support her essence blood to suppress him. In doing so, the Goddess will… die and dissipate into nothingness.”

“What did you say?!” Lu Xi nearly lost her footing on the clouds. “Is that the only way?!”

She did not want the common people to suffer, but she also did not want the little fox to vanish because of her mistakes.

001 hesitated for a bit before stammering, “Well… that isn’t the only way.”

Lu Xi saw a glimmer of hope. “What else?”

“You.” 001 seemed somewhat reluctant.

Lu Xi was surprised. “Me?”

“Yes. You can also completely seal the Demon Sovereign. Because you have had intimate contact with the Goddess, when you were one with her, your essence blood surged and became tainted with her aura. As an Ancient True God, with this sliver of essence blood aura, you can reseal the Demon Sovereign in the Northern Wilderness.”

Is that all? For some reason, Lu Xi felt 001 hadn’t finished its sentence; she likely had to pay a price.

Sure enough, 001 followed up with the cruel truth. “However, if you do this, you will have to exhaust your entire soul to suppress him. Therefore, your end will also be death.”

Perhaps knowing how cruel its words were, 001 added considerately, “But don’t worry, you are only dissipating in this world. You, as a person, will still follow me to another world to perform missions. So you aren’t truly dying. Don’t worry.”

Lu Xi was speechless. In this situation, either she died or Fu Lancen died. Is that it? At this moment, she hated her own self-righteousness. She hadn’t dealt with Qi Ran in time, giving him the chance to create such a painful choice for her and Fu Lancen.

Fine. Her little fox had only just begun to live a comfortable life; she hadn’t seen the bustling world of the books with her own eyes, and she hadn’t eaten enough of the candied haws she longed for. So, she would be the one to seal the Demon Sovereign. After all, she wouldn’t truly die; she would just… just never see the little fox again.

Having made her decision, Lu Xi felt a heaviness throughout her body. She looked up at the endless sky and the clouds scattered across the horizon, suddenly realizing she had been in this world for almost a year. With the identity of a True God, she had a familiar friend and a wife with whom her heart was intertwined. To be honest, she was truly reluctant to leave.

“What is there to be reluctant about?” 001, sensing her emotional fluctuations, said bluntly, “You are just a traveler. If you get too involved, you will fall deeper and deeper. What if later…”

It suddenly cut itself off and said no more. However, Lu Xi, immersed in her own emotions, did not perceive 001’s fleeting panic, which allowed it to breathe a quiet sigh of relief.

Returning to the Heavenly Realm, Lu Xi ordered Zhi Wu to first capture Qi Ran and Bai Youran, lock them in the secret cell beneath the Boyun Divine Hall, strip Qi Ran of his divine bones, and wait for her further orders.

Three days later, Lu Xi returned to the home she shared with Fu Lancen. Standing outside the courtyard, she saw the large red lanterns from their wedding day still hanging at the door, with the wedding couplets written by Zhi Wu still pasted on both sides. The vibrant red colors remained, but her state of mind was no longer the joyful one of before.

Regarding the news she had just learned, she did not know how to explain it to Fu Lancen. If the little fox knew, she would surely grab her with red eyes and refuse to let her sacrifice herself. Lu Xi could not bear to see the little fox cry. After thinking it over for a long time, she decided not to tell her for now. They were newly married; in this joyful atmosphere, she shouldn’t say things that would make her sad.

After standing outside for a long time, Lu Xi pushed open the courtyard gate and stepped into the garden filled with blooming flowers. Seeing the pear blossoms in full bloom beside her, she carefully selected two branches to break off, held them behind her back, and continued into the house.

The doors to the inner hall were wide open. A rocking chair was placed at the bottom of the steps, and the lazy little fox was lying on it. Perhaps exhausted, she had a half-read book resting on her face, blocking the slowly fading sunlight, and was half-asleep.

Hearing the footsteps, the little fox’s fingertips moved. Sensing the familiar scent, she suddenly opened her eyes, snatched the book from her face, and sat up hurriedly. Her eyes still held a bit of drowsy sleepiness as she looked at the newcomer.

“You’re back?!”

She stood up quickly, tossed the scroll aside, and ran to Lu Xi, wrapping her arms around that slender waist and burying her face in the warm hollow of her shoulder. “You are a whole day late!”

“I’m sorry, I was a day late.” Being held tightly by the girl, Lu Xi hurried to embrace her back, one hand stroking her head. She leaned down, resting her chin against her and nuzzling her gently. “I picked two branches of pear blossoms to put in the vase on the desk later. The pear scent is sweet; I hope you like it.”

Goodnight!

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