Chapter 408: Chapter Forty-Seven – There Will Be a Next Time
Ye Changsheng felt like his head was splitting open. He slowly sat up and looked around, finding no one else nearby. He must have slept for almost a whole day. Ye Changsheng didn’t have much memory of what happened after he got drunk; he couldn’t recall what he had done. He looked at Zhong Yanhan clinging to his body and fell into deep thought.
He recalled when he went down to retrieve her, she had already transformed into a little fox. How had she returned to human form now? Could it be that, like before, he had committed some foolish act after drinking?
“Xiao Han?” Ye Changsheng gently shook the little fox’s shoulder and whispered her name in her ear.
“Xiao Han?”
“Mm…” Zhong Yanhan responded vaguely.
Ye Changsheng couldn’t possibly run back to Azure Peak carrying Zhong Yanhan in this state. If others saw, it would be a huge scandal, his reputation as a love guru would be further cemented. He used a sorcery to expel the alcohol from Zhong Yanhan’s body, helping her sober up.
“Mmm, Changsheng…?” In Ye Changsheng’s arms, Zhong Yanhan slowly opened her eyes and regained consciousness. She realized her current state, and as memories flooded her mind, her face instantly turned crimson.
“Ah!!” Zhong Yanhan hugged herself and cried out, her face so red it looked like it was bleeding. Startled, Ye Changsheng immediately let go of her.
Ye Changsheng said, “Congratulations, Xiao Han, you’ve broken through. You’re now at the fourth level of the Golden Core Realm.”
“Mmm,” Zhong Yanhan nodded, occasionally stealing glances at Ye Changsheng. “Changsheng, it turns out there are indeed things you’re not good at. You can’t hold your liquor.”
“Uh… so you found out.” Ye Changsheng sighed, deciding he should clarify what he had done to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings since he remembered nothing. “When I was drunk, did I do anything to you?”
“…Yes.”
“What was it?”
“Changsheng… you took liberties with me.”
*This is bad!* Ye Changsheng didn’t want to develop too close a relationship with Zhong Yanhan. The closer they became, the more likely it was to lead to lingering attachments. The little fox was now scantily clad and appeared very shy. Even Ye Changsheng himself wouldn’t believe it if he said he hadn’t done anything to the girl. The crucial part was, to what extent had he gone?
“How did you take liberties? Tell me properly.” The little fox’s tail drooped pitifully. “Changsheng, you touched me… touched me everywhere, and you were pressing down on my body.”
*Damn it!* This was clearly a drunken frenzy!
“Then… is your primordial yin still intact?” Ye Changsheng asked.
The little fox’s body trembled, her heart pounding. A bold idea surged through her. What if it wasn’t intact? Ye Changsheng would take responsibility, right? Right! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although it was a deceitful act, Zhong Yanhan genuinely wanted to win Ye Changsheng’s heart. She was incredibly jealous of Luo Yingying and desperately wished Ye Changsheng would treat her the same way.
“It’s gone,” the little fox whispered.
But to Ye Changsheng, her words were like thunder from the heavens, deafening him and leaving him stunned. He stood frozen, holding his forehead. Had he really entered her body? Ye Changsheng slowly raised his eyes to look at Zhong Yanhan. Zhong Yanhan was nervous and immediately lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze, covering her face with her snow-white tail.
“Lying is not good, Xiao Han. Bad foxes must be punished,” Ye Changsheng said, gradually calming down.
“Huh? Huh? Changsheng, what are you saying? I don’t understand…” The little fox began to play dumb, but her voice was stiff, a clear sign of a poor lie. Ye Changsheng could tell that if he had truly done something to the little fox, she would have been flustered, angry, and embarrassed, demanding he take responsibility. But she wasn’t. She was clearly lying and feeling guilty.
“Let me see!” Ye Changsheng stood up.
“Don’t come here!” The little fox scooted backward and sprang up, even using the Heavenly Cang Step in her panic, and fled backward with a loud commotion.
“Be good and let me see!” But Ye Changsheng used the Immortal Ascending Step, instantly grabbing the little fox’s tail. He applied some force, and the little fox’s body went limp, falling into Ye Changsheng’s arms like a puddle of mud. Ye Changsheng immediately lifted her outer garment and placed his hand on her lower abdomen, probing with his Spiritual Sense.
The little fox had become mischievous, actually trying to deceive him!
“Yingyingying…”
“Yingyingying is useless. Your courage has grown, hasn’t it? Daring to lie to me,” Ye Changsheng glared at Zhong Yanhan.
“I-I didn’t!”
“Still saying you didn’t? I knew something was off with you. Did you deliberately lure me into the Drunken Immortal Pool?”
“Ah? Ah? Is… is there such a thing?” The little fox averted her gaze, too guilty to meet Ye Changsheng’s eyes. She had indeed been drunk and lost her rationality, doing such things. Even after waking up, she found herself ridiculous for constantly thinking about giving herself away!
“Bad fox, I’m going to punish you properly today.”
“Eek… Yingyingying!”
…
Zhong Yanhan transformed back into a silver-white little fox and was knocked out again by Ye Changsheng. Ye Changsheng put her away, tucked her into his clothes, and left the Drunken Immortal Pool, avoiding the sight of others. He brought her back to Azure Peak. However, as soon as Ye Changsheng returned to Azure Peak, the alcohol’s effects resurfaced, and he felt drowsy. After all, it was the Drunken Immortal Pool of Immortal Lord White Emperor, and the wine was no Mortal Grade commodity. It could make even Immortals fall into a deep slumber. Even though Ye Changsheng had used sorcery to expel most of the alcohol, his tolerance was still overwhelmed. Ye Changsheng could barely stay upright, almost falling asleep on his feet. He wouldn’t be able to take Zhong Yanhan back to her residence in time. So, he simply took the little fox back to his room, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep.
He slept for another three days.
…
“Where did Senior Brother Ye go? I haven’t seen him these past few days. He promised to guide me in breaking through to a minor realm,” Qiu Muyu muttered. She hadn’t seen Ye Changsheng for days and didn’t know where he was. Strangely, Zhong Yanhan had also disappeared. Qiu Muyu decided to go to Ye Changsheng’s residence to find him directly.
Qiu Muyu arrived at Ye Changsheng’s door and knocked three times. “Senior Brother Ye, it’s me, Qiu Muyu. I’m here to see you,” Qiu Muyu said. Qiu Muyu waited for a long time, but there was still no response from inside. Was he not there? But when she pressed her ear to the door, she could hear breathing sounds from the room; it sounded like someone was asleep.
“…Is Senior Brother Ye being lazy again? Hiding away and sleeping?” Qiu Muyu felt a bit displeased. Why would her heavenly brother stand her up? So, she decided to emulate Lu Yue and sneak in through Ye Changsheng’s window to startle him!
The young girl circled to the back and leaped onto Ye Changsheng’s windowsill, intending to give him a surprise. “Senior Brother Ye, I’m here to—” Qiu Muyu’s smile gradually froze. There was a fright, but no joy. She saw the scene inside and felt as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer. Ye Changsheng and Zhong Yanhan were hugging each other, sleeping together in the bed! Although Zhong Yanhan usually acted aloof, Qiu Muyu remembered that Zhong Yanhan was an shameless girl who deliberately tried to seduce Ye Changsheng even though he already had a wife. Now it was confirmed!
“Hmm?” Ye Changsheng heard Qiu Muyu’s voice and sat up, stretching his waist. He saw the stunned Qiu Muyu on the windowsill and Zhong Yanhan on his bed.
“…What’s going on?” Ye Changsheng’s expression darkened. He had slept too soundly these past few days and hadn’t noticed, and now this had happened?
“Th-this is… ah…” Qiu Muyu asked, “Senior Brother Ye, what is this?” Zhong Yanhan even turned over and snuggled closer to Ye Changsheng, behaving very intimately. Ye Changsheng sighed. Fortunately, Zhong Yanhan was not in her demon form, so nothing was revealed.
“Junior Sister Qiu, actually… it’s not complicated. Senior Sister Zhong and I had a little wine, and then we got drunk and slept for a while.”
“Drinking… got drunk…” *Drunken indiscretion…!!* Qiu Muyu had already imagined what had happened and was greatly shaken. What’s more, Ye Changsheng didn’t show any shock or surprise, as if he had accepted the situation. *I’ve lost. I’ve lost completely!* Qiu Muyu’s composure was about to break.
“Excuse me, I-I’m interrupting!” Qiu Muyu seemed to have lost her soul. Without waiting for Ye Changsheng’s reply, she quickly ran away.
“This is troublesome. Rumors will probably spread again, saying I’ve lured away the Heavenly prodigy of White Emperor Sword Sect!” Ye Changsheng sighed.
“…”
“Still pretending to sleep? You’ve been awake for a while, haven’t you?” Ye Changsheng said.
“…You found out?” Zhong Yanhan opened her eyes. Ye Changsheng’s drunkenness had completely subsided. He stared at Zhong Yanhan, “You’ve become naughty.”
“No, I haven’t!” Zhong Yanhan jumped off the bed and stuck out her tongue.
“You woke up once before, didn’t you? And you took the Taiyin Pill,” Ye Changsheng said. “You woke up and didn’t leave, but stayed here and deliberately did this in front of Qiu Muyu.”
“I wanted to see Lu Yue’s furious expression, so I didn’t leave and stayed here. Who knew Qiu Muyu would come first… Besides, Changsheng, you said before that if I wanted to, I could sleep here.” The little fox started making excuses after being found out.
“That is true…”
“And I didn’t do anything. I was just simply… sleeping!” the little fox said righteously. Ye Changsheng thought this little fox was becoming increasingly difficult to handle.
“No more doing this next time, or I’ll continue to punish you,” Ye Changsheng could only say.
“Okay.” *So, there will be a next time.* The little fox agreed outwardly, but she thought so inwardly.
