“Zhu Yuexi, since you’re essentially a slut, why bother pretending to be so pure at a time like this? The poison you used is potent enough; I bet you can’t hold back much longer.”
If there was anything about Zhu Yuexi that caught Xu Sheng’s eye, it was probably her endurance. Her dosage was indeed heavy. If it were an ordinary woman, she probably would have already been kneeling on the ground, licking Xu Sheng’s feet and begging him to…
Yet, the current Zhu Yuexi could actually maintain her clarity.
“You bastard… Xu Sheng, I told you that you can’t touch me…”
At this point, Zhu Yuexi suddenly paused, seemingly unable to say the words that followed.
“Otherwise what? Otherwise, you’ll have your Master tear me into 10,000 pieces? Heh heh…” Xu Sheng toyed with the Recording Stone in his hand, his meaning already very clear.
“I don’t care about a situation of mutual destruction, but you should know, Zhu Yuexi — once your true face is exposed to Mo Ruxue, given her hatred for evil, you will lose everything. Even her love will vanish. And you know best how potent that drug you used is. If I really do nothing, you will definitely succumb to the fires of your own lust and die. Once you’re dead, you’ll lose everything just the same.”
As time passed, Zhu Yuexi’s legs gradually grew weak and listless. Without realizing it, they gave out, and she sank to her knees by the side of the bed. However, the expression on her face was still full of resentment.
“Even if I die, I won’t let a demon like you have your way.”
Xu Sheng nodded, appearing particularly indifferent.
“Fine, then just wait for death.”
With that, he took two steps back and sat back down in his chair.
Zhu Yuexi was dumbfounded. Meanwhile, Xu Sheng rested his chin on his hand, looking at her with great interest. An inexplicable surge of anger rose in Zhu Yuexi’s heart. She knew, of course, that this wasn’t Xu Sheng giving up; he was betting that her stubbornness was just talk and that she didn’t really want to die.
But at this moment, the situation didn’t allow Zhu Yuexi to think that much. She wanted to push herself up, at least so she wouldn’t look so pathetic. But she had clearly underestimated the intensity of the drug she had used.
Right now, Zhu Yuexi felt as if 10,000 ants were crawling all over her body, and the fire within her was almost impossible to suppress. Her legs also began to clamp together instinctively. She couldn’t even perform the simple act of standing up.
Her breathing gradually became rapid. She suddenly felt very cold, and the nearby Xu Sheng was undoubtedly the only source of heat within 10 miles.
She really wanted to get closer…
She really wanted to…
At this point, Zhu Yuexi’s brain had gradually turned into mush. It wasn’t that she was losing consciousness, but rather that her desire was battling her awareness. The two were like an angel and a demon fighting in her mind, neither yielding to the other. Once this line of defense was breached, she would lose control completely…
“Save me…” Zhu Yuexi looked toward Xu Sheng. One of her hands had subconsciously moved to…
Xu Sheng remained seated in his chair, unmoved.
She still had one last sliver of sanity. She suddenly remembered that Xu Sheng was the Valley Lord of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. The Valley Lord of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons… how could he not be able to neutralize this poison?
“The antidote…”
Zhu Yuexi’s voice was already heavy with panting. She even felt that as she spoke these words, saliva was dripping from her mouth. Perhaps it was more than just saliva.
Xu Sheng finally responded to her.
“Oh… you mean the antidote. My apologies for that, but if you had begged me for the antidote 10 seconds ago, I might have had another way. However, you chose to give me a thorough scolding. Now, even if I wanted to save you, I’m powerless. If you don’t find a partner to release it now, I’m afraid you really only have one path left: death!”
Xu Sheng’s tone was somewhat mocking, but Zhu Yuexi truly had no way to distract herself. Just maintaining that last sliver of clarity had already exhausted all her strength.
There was no other way…
There was absolutely no other way…
“Help me…”
Zhu Yuexi was almost sprawled on the floor, her face pressed against the cold ground while her body arched in a strange and seductive posture.
“Help me…”
Xu Sheng’s words just now had been very clear: he had no way to neutralize the poison. Zhu Yuexi understood this. So, her plea for help likely didn’t mean an antidote.
To be honest, Zhu Yuexi’s previous attitude and the trap she had set before knowing Li Qingqing’s true identity had made Xu Sheng loathe her from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, seeing her in such a pathetic state now gave him a surge of pleasure.
“Crawl over here.”
Xu Sheng issued the command like a ruler of all things. Just hearing these words gave Zhu Yuexi an urge to submit. Thus, in addition to the physical reaction brought by the drug, an inexplicable feeling she had never noticed before began to grow in the depths of her heart.
She subconsciously wanted to submit to him…
No longer allowing herself to think about the reason, Zhu Yuexi crawled toward Xu Sheng. When she finally managed to reach him:
“Don’t move.”
The command sounded indifferent, but his words carried a hint of being impossible to refuse. Hearing this, something deep inside Zhu Yuexi’s body seemed to be satisfied, and that satisfaction sparked even deeper desire.
“Apologize.”
Xu Sheng wore a smile.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
Zhu Yuexi only had the last sliver of her sanity left.
Xu Sheng knew that the most interesting part probably ended here. If possible, he actually didn’t intend to rely on things like drugs; Zhu Yuexi was truly too stupid for getting poisoned by her own hand. After all, relying on drugs was the easiest way to deceive oneself.
Once the balance in one’s heart was broken and desire took the upper hand, even if logic still existed, one would subconsciously hide it. This was perhaps a protective mechanism; she clearly still had logic left but pretended it was entirely the fault of the drug. Everything that happened afterward could be mitigated in terms of “shame.”
What he wanted was a true conquest, a deeper level of conquest — a conquest that didn’t rely on any external forces. However, there were still many, many days ahead. Xu Sheng didn’t mind crushing Zhu Yuexi’s pride and stripping away all her fig leaves in their future interactions to thoroughly conquer her.
“Lower your head.”
Xu Sheng ordered.
—
Sitting on the hilltop, Xu Sheng pulled back from his memories.
What followed was a plot where Zhu Yuexi became a complete slave to her desires, subconsciously pretending to have no self-awareness. It wasn’t interesting at all. Xu Sheng still preferred psychological conquest. He regretted more and more letting Zhu Yuexi get poisoned by her own hand; it had taken a lot of the fun out of the first time. Many of the moves to break the opponent through verbal provocation and psychological stimulation hadn’t even been used yet.
‘But Zhu Yuexi’s ability to handle pressure is quite strong… Such stimulation wasn’t enough to make her main body wake up. If it were her Master, Mo Ruxue, I’m afraid the day of the first time would have been the day she woke up.’
Xu Sheng stretched and yawned.
‘I’ll go back and check on the status of those two first.’