The imperial city of Central Province will be reached by early morning tomorrow.
It was evening now. The sunset clouds burned fiercely in the sky as the sun gradually set. Ji Qingxuan was still lying on the lounge chair, her cheeks painted golden by the afterglow of the setting sun. However, her eyes were still a little vacant.
Jiang Huai, on the other hand, continued to work on his small trinkets beside her. The crimson spirit marrow obtained from the Dragon Clan was enough for him to make a small gift for every woman he knew, with even some left over.
Ji Qingxuan had simply sat quietly all afternoon, her face like frost. It was clear she was not a person who enjoyed casual conversation, so Jiang Huai did not deliberately seek her out. The afternoon was exceptionally quiet. Yet, as the sun finally set, a faint blush reappeared on Ji Qingxuan’s cheeks.
She suddenly turned her face towards Jiang Huai, biting her lip. Her eyes revealed a hint of stubbornness. “Tonight, you don’t need to refine the Dragon Heart power for me. I will endure the explosive burst of the Dragon Heart power on my own. If I lose my senses and ask you for Dual Cultivation, you must refuse.”
In an instant, Jiang Huai’s mouth split into a wide grin.
He obviously had no objections. He had been racking his brains about how to get out of it, but now that Ji Qingxuan had given a strict order, it was perfect. In a flash, he stood up and looked at Ji Qingxuan. “Then I’ll go back to my room to sleep?”
“Wait.” Ji Qingxuan suddenly spoke. With that, she took out a piece of rope, her eyes looking at Jiang Huai. “Can you tie knots?”
“Yes.” Jiang Huai nodded lightly.
Yes, this time it was because Qingyu liked it, so Jiang Huai had learned several ways of tying knots.
Ji Qingxuan looked at him with cold eyes, then stood up and walked towards her room, saying faintly, “Tie me up, and untie me in the morning.”
“Okay.”
Jiang Huai looked delighted. For some reason, seeing him look so relieved, Ji Qingxuan suddenly felt a surge of anger from the bottom of her heart. She really wanted to punch him hard.
After returning to the room, Ji Qingxuan sat on the bed, while Jiang Huai took out the rope. He watched as Ji Qingxuan sealed her acupoints and suppressed her cultivation level to the Five Realms. This way, even with her cultivation, she wouldn’t be able to break free from this spirit rope. She sat on the bed, and Jiang Huai had her extend her hands. First, he tightly bound her slender wrists together, preventing her from making any further random movements. He also asked Ji Qingxuan for her opinion, “Should the legs be tied together or separately?”
“Separately.”
Ji Qingxuan’s slender and well-proportioned legs under her skirt slowly parted. Jiang Huai temporarily wrapped the rope around her waist, tied her ankles, and finally flipped her body over. He wound the rope around Ji Qingxuan’s body twice using the ancient method. Looking at the tied-up Ji Qingxuan, Jiang Huai felt a sense of accomplishment.
After speaking, he reached out and poked Ji Qingxuan’s lower abdomen. Ji Qingxuan’s eyeballs immediately widened, and instinctively, she wanted to kick him. However, her calves were tightly bound, and even her wrists couldn’t struggle at all. Jiang Huai then let out a long sigh of relief. “Okay, it’s successful. It seems you can’t break free.”
“I’ll untie you in the morning.”
“Okay.” Ji Qingxuan turned her face away, her brows clear and cold.
As Jiang Huai walked out the door, a ding-ding-ding sound suddenly echoed in his ears.
[The Imperial Princess of Central Province, Ji Qingxuan, possesses Dragon Clan bloodline, is Meticulous in thought, and proud in personality. After realizing she was tormented by you all night yesterday, besides her shame and anger, her body actually produced a trace of almost instinctive infatuation. This infatuation made her fearful, worrying that once her body got used to your presence, she would become increasingly dependent on you and be controlled by you. Therefore, she wanted you to tie her up tonight.]
[But now she has sealed her cultivation, and her body is even entangled by ropes. If you want to do something bad, wouldn’t it be easy? Why not take advantage of her body’s unbearable heat in the middle of the night and sneak in to relieve her lust? I think after tonight, if you ask her for Dual Cultivation again, she won’t resist so much, and might even agree?]
[Mission Objective: Seduce Ji Qingxuan.]
[Mission Reward: High-level Experience Scroll * 3.]
Jiang Huai’s footsteps only paused for a moment. Just then, Ji Qingxuan’s cold voice reached his ears. “If I call you with Spiritual Qi tonight, no matter what, you must pretend not to hear.”
While her lust had not yet completely burned away her reason, Ji Qingxuan said this to prepare for her potential loss of composure later. Jiang Huai nodded lightly. “Don’t worry, I’ll cover my ears now.”
With that, he gently closed the door for Ji Qingxuan.
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Midnight.
No matter how Ji Qingxuan struggled, the spirit rope tied by Jiang Huai was so tight that she could only leave faint red marks on her tender and smooth skin, with no possibility of breaking free. Even though her voice carried a slight pant, and she instinctively called out Jiang Huai’s name in a charming and seductive manner, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response at all.
Ji Qingxuan gritted her teeth angrily, unable to tell if it was good or bad. Did that guy really cover his spiritual senses?
Perhaps she had wronged him. He was truly a gentleman and had kept his promise. He did not take advantage of her complete immobility and rising desires to take liberties. But this guy… couldn’t he be more of a bastard?
Thinking of this, Ji Qingxuan gritted her teeth in annoyance again. However, the object of her hatred tonight was not Jiang Huai, but herself. It was truly strange. In previous years, she had also explored various secret realms in the Five Regions to improve her cultivation, and had met many young talents. But perhaps because of her Dragon Clan bloodline, she had never favored humans much, and could not generate any instinctive, physiological desires. Yet, whenever she was near Jiang Huai, or even just thought of his name… her body seemed to instantly activate a switch, as if willingly prostrating herself beneath him, letting him…
No! She couldn’t think about it anymore!
Ji Qingxuan, who believed her will was strong enough to withstand extreme body tempering and had always had a detached personality with minimal fluctuations in joy and anger, was now tormented by this inexplicable lust to the point of sweating profusely. It seemed like tears were welling up in her eyes? How could this be? She was fine when she wasn’t thinking of Jiang Huai, but when she thought of him… it was as if the instinct in her bloodline was calling to her, as if she couldn’t wait to come before him again, awaiting his favor.
No, no, no, no, no! If this happens a few more times, your cultivation path will be completely ruined. Ji Qingxuan, you will become this man’s plaything, dependent on him, losing your dignity, losing everything! Restrain yourself! You must restrain yourself!
Even thinking this, Ji Qingxuan couldn’t even rub her legs together. All she could do was lift her waist, arching her slender waist into a jade bridge. Her current posture was truly pathetic. Her body was covered in crystalline sweat, soaking her dress, and beneath the skirt hem, it was already wet and slippery. She even sensed the sticky discomfort of the bedsheet. She began to try calling Jiang Huai’s name again, but… Jiang Huai gave no response at all.
Ji Qingxuan suddenly began to regret it. She regretted telling Jiang Huai to pretend not to hear… But these words were spoken by herself when she was sober, so she couldn’t blame Jiang Huai at all. She suddenly began to wish that guy was a complete bastard and should be taking advantage of her current helplessness, as he did yesterday. But he didn’t seem that interested… Why? Why? Why?!
She was so beautiful, her figure so slender, her skin so smooth, her gasps so pleasant to hear. Why wasn’t he interested! Why wasn’t he a bastard! Why was he so obedient! Why didn’t he really come!
“Jiang Huai!!”
Ji Qingxuan’s suppressed voice rang out again, thick with sobs. She had failed again. She still could not overcome the desire originating from her bloodline. But no matter how she called out now, there was no response. She began to regret it, regretting why she had said that last night. She even regretted why she had looked at him with a cold and disgusted expression during the day. If not for that, wouldn’t he have come to see her out of concern or pity?
Thinking and cherishing such thoughts, red marks had already appeared on Ji Qingxuan’s ankles and wrists.
Her head felt like it was burning and losing its reason. Suddenly, a faint sound of a door opening reached her ears. Her body stiffened abruptly, and she was startled. She turned her head to look outside the door.
Outside the door, Jiang Huai innocently blinked at her.
This was truly infuriating.
The moment she saw him open the door, Ji Qingxuan seemed to regain some of her reason. A strange sense of mockery arose in her heart. So, that guy wasn’t a gentleman after all, but also a bastard, and it was all an act! But did this also mean that he still had a trace of infatuation for her body? A wisp of pride suddenly appeared in her heart, but moments later, she felt immensely ironic.
Jiang Huai walked closer step by step. Ji Qingxuan bit her lips tightly, saying nothing. Although words like “get out” even appeared in her mind, she couldn’t bring herself to say them. Her current posture was comical and pathetic, completely devoid of all elegance and languor. Her eyes were filled with deep longing. Jiang Huai squatted down, reached out, and gently placed his hand on her snow-white wrist.
She thought he was going to untie her ropes, so she turned sideways, letting him touch the knot on her back more easily. But Jiang Huai mumbled, “Don’t move.”
Jiang Huai’s fingertips rested on her wrist. After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Alright, alright, don’t worry. I just wanted to see if the Dragon Heart power would cause any damage to your body if you forcefully endured it. It seems there’s no impact. Although your mind is being affected, the Dragon Heart power is being refined by your Dragon Heart, so it won’t harm your body. Hold on, only four more hours until morning.”
With that, Jiang Huai blinked innocently at her, extinguishing the newly lit Firefly Stone lamp. Tears almost instantly fell from Ji Qingxuan’s eye sockets. Her voice was filled with sobs. “Come back… come back…”
“I won’t listen, I won’t listen.” Jiang Huai pretended to cover his ears tightly with his hands and quickened his pace out of the room.
