The Amnesiac, Sickly Beauty Is Pregnant With My Dragon Cub - Chapter 63.1

 A wave of dull soreness washed over her lower abdomen. Yu Xuanji simply shook her head and said, “It’s nothing. I just ate too much just now, and my stomach feels a bit uncomfortable. It’ll be fine once I go out for a walk to digest.”

Cang Lan thought for a moment and said, “Wife, didn’t Yun Zhi prescribe some medicinal meals for digestion before? I’ll have Huang Liu stew some for you.”

Yu Xuanji curved the corners of her lips and said, “I really can’t eat anymore. Why don’t we just wash up and sleep? Didn’t we say yesterday that we’d take a ‘mandarin duck bath’ together? I’ve prepared some fresh flowers to pour into the hot spring pool, so we can bathe together.”

Hearing Yu Xuanji’s invitation, Cang Lan couldn’t help but recall that oolong incident from a few days ago. Today, she happily followed Yu Xuanji to the edge of the hot spring pool, quickly stripped off her outer clothes, entered the water right in front of Yu Xuanji, and then opened her arms toward the other woman, shouting impatiently, “Wife, come down quickly, let’s bathe together.”

Every bath before had included foreplay, but this time, Cang Lan simply wanted to bathe with Yu Xuanji. As for those strange things, they were all tossed to the back of her mind.

Yu Xuanji undressed unhurriedly. With her back to Cang Lan, her hands elegantly unfastened her buttons. In an instant, the soft, transparent gauze garment she wore slowly slid from her shoulders, revealing a snow-white back and a soft, slender waist.

Cang Lan watched, swallowing hard, staring blankly at Yu Xuanji’s back as if her eyes wanted to grow onto her body.

The sound of gurgling bubbles came from the water. Without turning back, Yu Xuanji knew that Cang Lan had ducked into the water, breathing in the hot spring pool, not daring to look at her with open eyes.

Cang Lan submerged her entire body. After a moment, Yu Xuanji’s voice reached her ears: “A-Lan, I can’t unfasten the inner garment buckle. Come up and help me.”

In the blink of an eye, Cang Lan leaped out of the water. With light steps, she reached the shore and stood behind Yu Xuanji, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on the other’s chest, unconsciously swallowing her saliva.

Yu Xuanji smiled and turned around, exposing her smooth, snow-white back to Cang Lan’s sight. She leaned down slightly, her shoulders trembling gently, and said softly, “A-Lan, I’m a bit cold. Can you hold me while you help me unfasten the buckle?”

At this moment, Yu Xuanji’s hips were slightly arched, her entire body bent into a subtle and alluring curve. After a moment, she turned her head, the corners of her eyes tinged with a faint rouge. She bit her lower lip and said, “A-Lan, what are you standing there for? Hurry and help me.”

With a loud bang, the screen shielding the hot spring pool fell to the ground. Yu Xuanji lay prone on a soft, smooth green stone, her left leg entwined by a dragon’s tail. She struggled but couldn’t get up. Propping herself up with one hand on the stone, she slightly parted her pale red lips: “A-Lan, enter—”

Before she could finish, the veins on the backs of Yu Xuanji’s hands bulged as her fingers tried to grip the smooth stone for leverage, but she couldn’t hold on. Finally, they went limp and hung down.

This bath lasted for about four to six hours. Yu Xuanji fell into a dazy sleep, her upper body lying on the smooth shore while her legs dangled in the hot spring water, her skin steamed to a faint peach-pink hue.

The black dragon leaped out of the water, stirring up a wave of water to wash away the foam on Yu Xuanji’s back. Using dragon claws that could easily crush the skull of a demon beast, it gently held Yu Xuanji in its palm and then softly picked her up with its mouth.

In her daze, Yu Xuanji opened her eyes and met Cang Lan’s huge, golden dragon eyes. She reached out to touch its cold, smooth nose, struggled to lift her head to kiss it, and then fell back into a deep sleep.

Cang Lan transformed into human form, placed the dry and warm Yu Xuanji into the fragrant and soft bedding, and rubbed against her body contentedly, taking deep breaths of the cold fragrance on Yu Xuanji’s body.

Seeing that Yu Xuanji was asleep, Cang Lan satisfiedly pulled her into her embrace. Thinking back to the scene of their lovemaking in the hot spring pool just now, she felt that something wasn’t quite right.

That place on Yu Xuanji was usually quite shallow; the tail only needed to be placed in easily. But today was different from before; something seemed off, as if something inside was blocking her tail.

Cang Lan was both anxious and annoyed. She wanted to use a bit more force but feared her crashing movements would hurt Yu Xuanji, so she finally stopped. Yu Xuanji’s face was flushed and her lips were crimson, with faint red tooth marks left by Cang Lan’s biting.

Cang Lan felt that her body was somewhat abnormal, but it had only been two months since her last estrus. Ming Huang said a dragon’s estrus occurred every three months, but Ming Huang also mentioned that a young dragon who had just experienced estrus was unstable, meaning her estrus could arrive at any time.

“…”

Holding Yu Xuanji in her arms, Cang Lan felt an unbearable dry heat in her body. She wanted to vent it fiercely but didn’t dare use too much force for fear of waking Yu Xuanji.

Originally, Cang Lan wanted to go to Ming Huang to ask if there was any way to temporarily alleviate the estrus, but Huang Liu came back saying that the old phoenix and A Xuan had both disappeared, and no one knew where they went.

Her body felt both dry and hot. Cang Lan held her breath and bit her lower lip, afraid that her heavy breathing would wake Yu Xuanji. Soon, taking advantage of a moment when Yu Xuanji turned over, she rolled away from the bed and landed on the carpet below.

Cang Lan placed the body pillow in Yu Xuanji’s arms, then stealthily slipped out. She arrived at the Dragon Pool, leaped in, and coiled around her dark iron spear, slowly spreading her scales as the bone-chillingly cold water washed over her body.

Not long after Cang Lan left, Yu Xuanji woke up. Looking at the soft pillow in her arms, she propped up her upper body and sat up slowly, her nose catching a rich, sweet scent. She was very familiar with this smell; it was the scent only a dragon in estrus would emit.

The fragrance had a dark sweetness, and it seemed even richer than the first estrus. Yu Xuanji felt restless. She meditated on the bed for a while, reciting the Heart Sutra in an attempt to suppress her thoughts.

A rustling sound reached her ears, like the sound of a snake-like beast dragging its tail across the sand.

Yu Xuanji snapped her eyes open. Hearing that the sound seemed to be just outside the cave, she instinctively looked up. A huge head poked through the skylight; it looked like a dragon, but it had no horns, only two slightly bulging fleshy lumps.

It was a Jiao (Flood Dragon)!

The green Jiao opened its mouth wide, staring at Yu Xuanji meditating on the bed. It suddenly lunged, trying to bite down hard, but was blocked by the barrier Cang Lan had set, leaving it dizzy from the impact.

Yu Xuanji’s eyes turned sharp as she lifted the quilt and stood up slowly. Seeing that this woman posed no threat but that the barrier couldn’t be broken, the green Jiao slowly withdrew from its siege of the cave. Just as it was about to find a new breakthrough to force the black dragon in estrus out, it turned its head and met a white-robed woman standing on the mountain peak.

This was the same person who had been inside the cave.

Yu Xuanji stood against the wind, her robes fluttering. She held a pale white bone whip in her hand, her face cold as frost, looking contemptuously at the green Jiao currently in estrus.

A Jiao and a dragon look somewhat similar, but in detail, they are worlds apart. A Jiao is not a true dragon. Aside from the disparity in strength, a Jiao’s body is nowhere near as thick and powerful as a true dragon’s. Its body is covered in dark green, hard scales, and its back features sharp, serrated spinal ridges, giving it a fierce appearance—a far cry from an auspicious beast like a dragon.

Yu Xuanji casually poured out a faint golden light from her palm, covering the entire Dragon Pool. No matter what sounds of fighting occurred outside, the person inside would not hear a thing.

The green Jiao moved forward. Originally, it did not fear this human woman, but now, for some reason, its body felt weak upon seeing her, even though she was clearly just an ordinary human woman.

Yu Xuanji said sternly, “Who goes there? Leave at once!”

In the blink of an eye, the green Jiao transformed into a woman in green clothes with narrow fox-like eyes and upturned corners, possessing a swaying and flirtatious grace. She stood in mid-air and gave Yu Xuanji a contemptuous smile: “This seat has searched for several months to find the black dragon’s nest, intending to become her partner. Who are you?”

Yu Xuanji said coldly, “She is my wife.”

The green Jiao acted as if she had heard something incredible, laughing until she was out of breath. Clutching her stomach, she said, “Did you just say she is your wife? This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. You are just a mortal, and she is a divine dragon. How could she possibly look upon a mortal like you? Your life is but a fleeting moment, like an ephemera. It truly makes me die of laughter.”

Yu Xuanji’s expression remained unchanged as she swung the bone whip. The originally smooth and rounded bone whip sprouted terrifying barbs on its edges the moment she swung it; one strike would be enough to flay the skin and flesh of a demon beast.

The green Jiao couldn’t dodge in time and was struck down to the ground by the bone whip. Her back was torn open, and deep green blood flowed out profusely.

“Ah—” the green Jiao screamed in pain, staring incredulously at the terrifying woman before her who looked like a Rakshasa. She knew she had truly underestimated her enemy this time. She slowly crawled up from the ground, holding a sharp crescent scythe. She wiped the blood from her face and walked limpingly toward the woman, revealing a mouthful of snow-white, sharp fangs. She smiled: “I didn’t expect to meet a formidable opponent today. I thought you were just an ordinary mortal, but it turns out you have practiced immortality.”

Yu Xuanji frowned and said, “I do not wish to harm you. Leave. The further, the better. I will act as if today never happened.”

The green Jiao laughed loudly: “Leave? I traveled over mountains and rivers to get here specifically to use the power of the Dragon God to transform from a Jiao into a dragon. Just now was merely my carelessness that gave you an opportunity. You are just a tiny human. I am a Jiao who has cultivated for a thousand years. Only I can stand alongside the black dragon. What are you?”

The tip of the bone whip was dripping with fresh blood. The deep green blood fell to the ground drop by drop. Before long, the blood remaining on the bone whip was slowly absorbed and soaked in, making the bone whip appear even more lustrous.

The green Jiao stared intently at the woman’s weapon and stammered, “What is that?”

Yu Xuanji replied, “This is a long whip made of dragon bone. I’m afraid you won’t survive a third strike.”

The green Jiao instinctively took a step back, stunned: “Dragon bone? That black dragon from a thousand years ago has already perished, could it be—”

Yu Xuanji slowly raised her eyelids: “You know too much.”

The green Jiao gritted her teeth and sneered, “So what if it’s a bone whip? You’re just a mortal. Once I kill you, she will naturally shift her affections. She and I are a match made in heaven!”

With that, the green Jiao brandished her scythe and dived forward, the sharp tip of the scythe slashing violently toward Yu Xuanji. The green Jiao curled her lips in triumph, but the woman before her disappeared in the blink of an eye like a ghost.

The scythe struck a giant rock in the mountains, which shattered instantly. She turned around abruptly, and the woman appeared behind her, silhouetted against the pale moonlight. With a lift of her hand and a drop of the whip, another strike landed on the green Jiao’s chest.

Yu Xuanji held back her strength on this strike, trying to give her one last chance. However, the barbed bone whip still tore away her skin and flesh, beating her until her ribs were exposed.

The green Jiao fell to the ground with a scream. She propped herself up with both arms, and a white shadow loomed over her. Looking up, the human woman stood before her, looking down at her silently.

“Don’t kill me.” The green Jiao was terrified and knelt on the ground begging for mercy, knocking her head against the ground with a thud: “I was blind. Please, don’t kill me. I’ll leave immediately, far away, and I’ll never dare to harass you again! Please let me go!”

Yu Xuanji lowered her eyelids, nodded, and said coldly, “The further you go, the better. Never appear before Cang Lan again. If I find out you’ve said anything you shouldn’t to her, this will be your end.”

The green Jiao’s gaze fell on that broken rock. She saw the woman’s eyes shift, and the rock exploded in an instant, turning into powder and scattering with the night wind.

The green Jiao knelt and kowtowed repeatedly, promising, “I won’t say a single word!”

Yu Xuanji nodded, turned around, and put away the dragon bone whip, saying, “Fine, leave.”

The green Jiao lowered her head, eyes filled with tears. Suddenly, her gaze turned sharp. She grabbed the sharp scythe, raised it with both hands, and slashed fiercely toward the woman’s back.

A booming dragon roar erupted. A newly awakened giant dragon emerged from behind the woman. The dragon’s dharma form, with its claws and teeth bared, protected the woman in front of it. Coiled like a mountain, its thick dragon tail slapped the ground. In an instant, the mountains shook and rocks flew.

Yu Xuanji slowly turned around. The true dragon dharma form stood behind her following her movement, its spine rising and falling like an endless mountain range. Between its scales flowed a lava-like, brilliant golden light, illuminating almost the entire sky and earth of the Great Barren.

The green Jiao’s lips moved, hearing the woman’s voice carried by the wind: “I hate treacherous and cunning people who break their word the most.”

The green Jiao was crushed into powder by the overwhelming and powerful pressure. Before she died, she opened her eyes in horror, shaking her head in unwillingness.

She is clearly just a mortal, why does a mortal have a true dragon dharma form? This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!

In the blink of an eye, the green Jiao’s body turned into wisps of ash, blooming with dots of green phosphorescence in the night before being blown away by the wind.

Everything went silent. The sky and earth of the Great Barren gradually darkened. The golden light, like flowing water, slowly seeped into Yu Xuanji’s body, gathering at the position of her heart.

Yu Xuanji touched the last wisp of golden light and curved her lips helplessly: “Naughty again. I didn’t intend to take her life, but since you are unhappy, then let her be killed.”

Returning to the Dragon Pool, Yu Xuanji passed the shore and saw a massive creature lurking at the bottom of the deep pool. She lightly tapped the surface of the water with her finger. Ripples appeared on the water, gradually growing larger until the entire cave shook slightly.

Standing on the trembling ground, Yu Xuanji looked up into the black dragon’s huge golden eyes. She walked forward a few steps and hugged the dragon’s head, leaning against it.