Chapter 978: True Face
June 4, 2025 Author: Fingertip Madness
Chapter 978: True Face
Xia Feng silently raised his black eyes and met that morbid gaze.
Both of their breathing became somewhat rapid, the bathroom filled with mist.
Just then, the red rope on Ke Yanqing’s right wriststring trembled.
That was her contact method with Brother Vais. To protect her younger brother, Corvis, at any time, Brother Vais could contact her from any distance through this God Relic.
“Buzz—”
“Buzz—!”
The red rope vibrated continuously. Ke Yanqing’s morbidly intense beautiful eyes gradually returned to focus. She glanced sideways at her right hand that was holding Xia Feng’s left shoulder.
The bright red rope on her fair wriststring seemed to be a warning, frantically urging her to stop any further action.
She was silent for a moment, then sighed. She lightly patted Xia Feng’s cheek twice and said softly, “Alright, get up. Brother Vais is looking for me, so Sister will go talk to him first—Mmph!!”
Xia Feng suddenly covered her slightly parted red lips. Her cool, gentle, beautiful eyes widened, and a flush instantly spread across her face. The terror of being violated by a stranger, coupled with the sense of betrayal, filled her heart with fear, making her feel an indescribable sorrow.
But just as she was about to push Xia Feng away, she heard a low murmur, “Sister Qing, I miss you so much.” Her beautiful eyes gradually unfocused, transforming into a gentle, languid glow.
He wasn’t a stranger. He was Konan. Ke Yanqing raised her tender, lotus-root-like arms, her hands crossing behind Xia Feng’s neck.
“Buzz—” The red rope on her wriststring was still vibrating, making Xia Feng’s scalp tingle.
However, Xia Feng’s heart was quite calm, his black eyes quietly gazing at this maid-in-waiting who was so different from her usual demeanor.
Indeed, you can know a person’s face but not their heart.
Of course, making Ke Yanqing happy now, satisfying her morbid desires, but if Ke Yanqing knew that Xia Feng was actually the K-Masked whom she hated and found most disgusting, would she simply die on the spot?
As he was contemplating, Xia Feng sensed that the vibration of the red rope behind his head had stopped. It was replaced by a clear and steady male voice, “Sister Qing, where are you?”
“?!”
Xia Feng’s pupils dilated, and he subconsciously bit down, almost biting Ke Yanqing’s tongue.
Sensing Xia Feng’s inexplicable excitement, Ke Yanqing also found it a bit strange. However, after a muffled sound, she still spoke in a soft, low voice, “What is it?”
“Those three assassins were indeed sent by me. Sister Qing, you can punish or scold me as you wish.” From behind his head, the steady male voice reached Xia Feng’s ears. He glanced at Ke Yanqing, his hand moving upward.
The water mist twisted and morphed like a riddle. Ke Yanqing’s breath hitched. Her flushed, beautiful face was now breathtakingly stunning. With a hint of annoyance, she directly and forcefully gripped Xia Feng’s neck!
But before she could exert any force, her own snow-white neck arched backward forcefully.
“Sister Qing? Are you listening?”
On the other side,
Brother Vais looked at the red rope with confusion. He could faintly hear Sister Qing’s rapid gasps, as if she had encountered some danger and was in battle.
“I’m listening.” Amidst the muffled gasps, a soft, slightly helpless voice replied, “Vais, are the assassins really sent by you? Why…”
Brother Vais’s eyes narrowed slightly. His expression was indifferent, but his tone was sincere and full of regret. “Sister Qing, I was blinded by impulse this time. It was my fault. I promise, I will never lay a hand on my younger brother again.”
“Mhmm…”
Through the red rope, the soft voice lightly responded, then abruptly paused. The next moment, “Ah!!”
A cry of pain. Brother Vais’s expression changed slightly. “What’s wrong?!”
However, there was no further response from the other side. Brother Vais furrowed his brows and lifted the red rope to his right ear, listening carefully. He could faintly hear a woman’s gasps, seeming to be Sister Qing’s? But they sounded a bit rough and unlike hers.
However, the gasps became more and more rapid, like rain hitting plantain leaves, along with crackling noises.
But no matter what, Sister Qing’s current situation seemed to be quite dire. Brother Vais’s face darkened, and he turned to his subordinate, “Are you sure that Maid-in-waiting went to where that cripple is?”
Seeing Brother Vais’s murderous gaze, the subordinate’s face turned pale. He stammered in fear, “Young Master, I, I only saw Maid-in-waiting return…”
Brother Vais’s eyes were sinister. He held the red rope to his ear and listened for a moment longer. The faint sounds became increasingly high-pitched and thin, as if she were out of breath and could no longer make a sound. However, the downpour-like noisy roar did not subside in the slightest.
Instead, it grew even louder.
The sound was somewhat distorted. Brother Vais’s heart grew more uneasy. He no longer took the slow vehicle. With a stomp of his foot, he sped towards the sky!
The bathroom.
Ke Yanqing propped herself up with her arms on the floor tiles. Her wooden hairpin had neatly coiled her soft hair into a bun, but a few strands still clung to her snow-white shoulders and back.
Her flushed little face was lowered, her beautiful eyes fixed on the floor tiles and the constantly vibrating red rope on her wrist. She bit her red lips tightly. Xia Feng’s calm voice sounded from behind her, “Aren’t you going to turn off the red rope?”
Ke Yanqing’s pretty face became even more flushed. She avoided the question and asked in a low voice, “Xiao Nan, tell Sister Qing, what is your other identity?”
In the memory modification she performed on Konan, she had replaced his original true identity with Konan’s hidden identity from his years abroad.
At least, in Ke Yanqing’s opinion, Xia Feng’s memory had been successfully modified.
Xia Feng pulled the reins in his hand, lifting them slightly, and said calmly, “I am a subordinate of the Abyssal Saint.”
“?!” Ke Yanqing’s snow-white neck snapped back. At the same time, she pressed down on the red rope on her right hand with her left.
Stopping the vibration and transmission of sound from the red rope.
“You, you are from the Abyssal Saint?” Her voice trembled and broke. Her mind was completely a mess. What a coincidence! The Abyssal Saint…
The reins pulled her neck higher. The man’s voice sounded calmly in her ear, “Sister Qing, the Saint said that if you want to complete the deal today, bring all the spirit materials directly. As for the S-class Spirit Paper, you can wait a few more days.”
Ke Yanqing felt like she was suffocating, almost unable to think. But she suddenly realized that she loved this feeling, this feeling of being controlled by the man behind her…
As for the deal with the Abyssal Saint, she naturally hadn’t forgotten it. But there were still half an hour before sunrise, and her combat power would be greatly amplified during the day. Therefore, given the current crisis in Golden Sparrow City, it was best to head to the Sumeru Gate after sunrise.
However, there was still a problem now.
Although she was a bit crazy, even psychologically morbid, she still remembered the current crisis on Sparrow God Mountain.
Now that it was invaded by the Heavenly Gifted Calamity Poison, more than half of the Twelve Seats’ combat power had been dispatched to the front line. The remaining forces were not skilled and could hardly resist the spread of the calamity poison.
A solution must be found as soon as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Sensing the man’s large hand pressing on her waist, she looked back up. Although she didn’t hold out much hope, she still asked with a trembling voice, “Does the Abyssal Saint have a way to deal with the Heavenly Gifted Calamity Poison?”
“…” Xia Feng fell into thought. He had to admit that he did have a way.
However, this would depend on the sincerity of the Golden Sparrow Flower, this super noble power.
“Sister Qing, I am just a subordinate of the Abyssal Saint. But as long as the Golden Sparrow Flower shows sincerity, I believe the Saint would not mind lending a small hand.”
The reins tightened again. Ke Yanqing choked, about to say something, when she suddenly turned her head as if sensing something, her legs tightening.
Xia Feng pulled hard on the reins and also turned his head to look. Under the Eye of Deconstruction, someone was rapidly approaching this house.
Brother Vais was here!
(End of this chapter)
