Chapter 279: Promising You Three Thousand Demonic Princesses
Rain poured all night, without a moment’s pause.
In the silent deep forest, Chen An spoke after a moment of silence, “It’s enough that Xiao Li remembers me.”
“You can also erect a monument for me, and loudly publicize this achievement…”
The steady words abruptly stopped.
For the first time, Chen An’s usually calm expression showed a hint of emotion.
His eyelids twitched, and he blurted out, “Xiao Li, what are you doing!”
He saw the girl lean in and pick him up, carrying him on her back.
However, if it were just this, Chen An wouldn’t have been so “shocked.”
The girl, her face red, retorted loudly, “I don’t care, Prime Minister Father taught me this!”
“If Prime Minister Father says something like that again, I, I will severely…”
Long Li didn’t finish her sentence, as she felt she was being a bit too perverted herself.
But compared to Prime Minister Father’s life and her will to survive, this minor perversion seemed less important.
She carried the man, preparing to pick any direction and simply leave.
After all, no matter where she went, it would be better than staying put and waiting to die.
Chen An’s previous battle with Long Yintian was too conspicuous. More than one person saw him fall into the deep forest, and pursuers were already following, meticulously searching every bush.
Seeing this, Chen An wanted to struggle and persuade her again.
However, the girl noticed his movement, grabbed his arm, and said fiercely, “Shut up, don’t say another word!”
Thus, the air fell into an awkward silence once more.
From behind, faint sounds of hooves could be heard, confirming that their crisis had not yet passed.
The next moment, a sharp bird cry echoed through the night sky. Several unknown big birds occupied the sky, circling overhead.
Fortunately, they were in the deep forest, and it was dark. Their vision was heavily obstructed by dense foliage, so they hadn’t yet spotted the slender figure carrying the man and running.
But if they wanted to escape the forest without cover, they would definitely be discovered.
Given Long Li’s current realm, tearing apart a few demon soldiers would be no problem. However, if her progress were halted, the vast army following closely behind would be enough to wear her down to death.
This was a truth Long Li understood without Chen An needing to explain.
She pursed her lips, silent, her small face filled with unprecedented determination.
The cold raindrops trickled down her chin, soaking into her clothes.
Her two fair, bare feet leaped through the muddy, pockmarked ground, splashing water everywhere.
All night, the man had protected her very well. Compared to his body covered in wounds, she could find no other fault besides her feet being a bit muddy.
“Prime Minister Father, you must be alright…”
“As long as you can hold on, when I take you back to Dragon City, I will promise you three thousand demonic princesses. Whether it’s cat girls, deer girls, or those little foxes who are best at serving, whatever you want, I’ll get it for you… As long as you promise me, as long as you are alright.”
“Whether they are old or young, as long as Prime Minister Father likes them, I’ll send them all to you.”
“Don’t humans like these beast-eared girls the most?”
“I’ve long heard that during private dealings between great demons of the Demon Country and humans, the most popular were those cat girls and little foxes who had only just completed their shapeshifting, still retaining their ears and tails.”
She shouted loudly as she ran.
She was trying to stimulate the man’s will to survive by painting such a grand picture.
“What do you take me for, Xiao Li?”
A response came quickly, in a slightly helpless tone.
“Don’t you like it? Then let’s try something else?”
“Or perhaps you’d like to try my ‘good brother’s’ wives and concubines? I heard they were once great beauties famous throughout the land.”
She replied without hesitation.
“…”
A moment of silence.
“You have quite an imagination…”
“But if it could truly be as you say, I would really like to rest well and live a more peaceful life.”
Chen An responded softly, feeling the small yet firm body holding him tightly beneath him. He looked around and suddenly sighed.
“Actually… it would be great if there were a cliff.”
Long Li was stunned. She couldn’t quite understand the logic of his words.
“Why?”
This time, the reply came very slowly.
She waited for a while before hearing the man’s voice, tinged with unconcealable fatigue.
“Because then, we could jump off the cliff…”
?
Jump off the cliff…?
Is Prime Minister Father trying to commit suicide with me?
For some reason, Long Li’s thoughts raced. Even in the face of crisis, she couldn’t help but blush a little.
Of course, she had no idea that Chen An had this thought because he remembered she was the heroine of this world. So if she were to lead him off a cliff, it would be very reasonable to encounter some cliffside fortune, and perhaps stumble into the cave mansion of a peerless great demon.
Thinking wildly, her consciousness gradually slowed, her eyelids feeling as heavy as lead.
Chen An suddenly felt so tired. Clearly, less than one night had passed, yet he felt like so much had happened.
Beneath him, as if sensing his weakening aura, the small body trembled.
Long Li knew that the best course of action now was to find a secluded place to treat the man’s injuries and let him recuperate.
But the sweeping search of pursuers behind her made her dare not stop.
The girl’s eyes turned red. She bit her lip tightly, refusing to make a sound, and continued to move her feet numbly.
Fortunately, though the breathing on her back grew weaker, it remained constant and hadn’t completely ceased.
This situation continued until Long Li suddenly smelled a bitter, salty scent.
She abruptly looked up and realized that in her aimless rushing, she had unknowingly neared the end of the forest and was approaching the riverbank.
Washed by the overnight rainstorm, the river’s tide had surged. Amidst the turbulent waves, meters-high breakers rolled in, carrying the sea breeze that rustled the girl’s soaked hair.
She thought of something, her pupils flashing with determination, and immediately put the man down.
Then, her gaze fell upon the man’s body, covered in wounds, her alluring face showing pity.
Long Li slowly extended her hand, her fingertips touching the shoulder, where the blood-soaked wound had turned a ghastly dark color.
She tried to pull it up, but another hand gently pressed her down.
She looked up and saw the man’s ordinarily elegant and unparalleled face, now so pale.
Rainwater slicked his hair, clinging to his forehead. Beneath his forehead, his eyes, which she remembered as always gentle, were tightly closed.
“Close your eyes, don’t look.”
She still remembered his quiet instruction when they were surrounded by a million soldiers.
And now, he lacked the strength to speak.
So Long Li pulled aside the torn cloth on his shoulder and saw a gruesome, nauseating sight of torn flesh and blood. But injuries like this were not the only ones on the man’s body.
Not to mention the terrible internal injuries caused by Long Yintian’s final blow… Prime Minister Father must be in so much pain…
Rain and tears mingled, wetting her face.
“Hiss!”
Suddenly, the sharp, piercing birdsong from the sky interrupted Long Li’s sorrowful thoughts.
Having reached the riverbank, without any shielding obstacles, they were naturally discovered.
She came back to her senses, no longer delaying. She tore off a strip of her skirt and carefully tied the man tightly to her waist.
The Li River was a great river that flowed across the entire continent. With its boundless expanse, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a sea.
Long Li thought, although she couldn’t jump off a cliff, she could jump into the sea… Even though the Li River’s flow was definitely not towards Dragon City.
But at this moment, more than any “glory and wealth,” she wanted the man to live.
The wild river wind blew with a bitter tang.
The girl cast one last glance at the Demon Country that rightfully belonged to her.
Then, she leaped.
(End of Chapter)
