This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 174: Chapter 94: Don’t Bite Me, Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill, How Could They Be So Close?

Unless her master came down from the mountain and brought her back some trinkets she was interested in, like jade hairpins, earrings, and the like.

"Saintess Zhu Yun, why must you be so hard on yourself? We’ve only really known each other for a day or two."

"You’re so concerned with my feelings. Could it be that you’ve taken a liking to me?" Jiang Lan asked.

Ling Zhuyun was stunned for a moment. Then, after seeming to give it some serious thought, she shook her head and said, "I don’t think so. Your charm isn’t that great, Young Master Jiang."

"So you’re just flustered and eager to explain because your conscience is bothering you and you feel guilty toward me. But I’m not the least bit interested in your explanation," Jiang Lan said coolly.

Ling Zhuyun was at a loss for words. Thinking it over, it seemed to make sense, but something still felt off.

’If it were just a guilty conscience, I wouldn’t have been so flustered when I saw him storm off just now...’

"Follow me."

Jiang Lan seemed a little exasperated. He waved his hand, signaling for Li Daoyi, Ao Xu, and the others to wait where they were.

Ling Zhuyun stared at him blankly before realizing what he was doing. The tips of her ears grew hot as he grabbed her hand and led her into a side hall nearby.

"Young Master Jiang..."

She tried to speak.

"Don’t you dare bite me." But Jiang Lan had no intention of letting her talk.

"Hm?"

Ling Zhuyun was a little confused. ’Don’t bite him? What does he mean?’

The next moment, she suddenly felt the veil on her face disappear. Then she watched as Jiang Lan cupped her cheeks, his handsome face moving in to claim hers.

Ling Zhuyun’s eyes, clear as autumn pools, widened instantly. A soft cry escaped her glossy, lustrous lips.

"Mmph..."

Her flawless, jade-like face instantly flushed as if painted with the colors of a sunset, and even her translucent, crystal-clear earlobes turned a deep crimson.

Coming to her senses, Ling Zhuyun tried to push Jiang Lan away.

But Jiang Lan had already pulled back, standing a zhang away.

"You..."

Ling Zhuyun, having never expected Jiang Lan to do something so sudden, stared at him, mortified and furious. Her full, shapely chest heaved slightly.

She reached up to touch her own moist, tender lips, glaring at Jiang Lan. After a moment, she calmed herself and put her veil back on.

"You don’t have to explain anymore. I’m not angry now," Jiang Lan said.

"I..."

Ling Zhuyun was fuming and mortified, but for the life of her, she couldn’t think of anything to curse him with.

The explanation she had prepared earlier was now in complete disarray in her mind.

"What’s wrong? You want to run me through with your sword? To take revenge for me taking liberties with you just now?" Jiang Lan asked.

"I don’t."

Ling Zhuyun turned her head away.

’This is the first time anything like this has ever happened to me. Logically, I should be furious. I should kill him with a single strike.’

But she didn’t feel that way at all. There was only the mortification of being bullied by him. The jade-like hands hidden in her sleeves clenched into fists, then relaxed.

"So, you don’t need to feel guilty or feel like you owe me anything."

"If you think that’s not enough, you could always promise yourself to me."

Jiang Lan said casually, seemingly smacking his lips lightly as if savoring the taste from a moment ago.

"Young Master Jiang, you’re so childish."

Seeing his action, Ling Zhuyun’s jade-like hands clenched again. The shame and anger in her misty eyes were hard to conceal.

"Anyway, since you feel you owe me and you don’t dare to kill me, does that mean you’ll agree even if I make some outrageous demands?"

But Jiang Lan seemed not to notice the fury in her eyes, instead asking with great seriousness.

"I would never agree to that." A sudden chill flashed in Ling Zhuyun’s eyes.

Jiang Lan smiled and said, "I don’t believe you. How will we know if we don’t try..."

"..." Ling Zhuyun stared at him, her clenched fists looking like she wanted to land a few blows on him.

By the time she left the side hall, walking out behind Jiang Lan, she had already regained her composure. Her expression, hidden beneath the veil, betrayed no emotion.

Li Daoyi, Ao Xu, and the others were waiting not far away. They were all tactful enough not to glance in their direction.

Although rumors claimed Jiang Lan had a bad reputation for being a listless debauchee, after following him for this long, they found him to be inscrutable and unpredictable.

Moreover, even a woman as transcendent and holy as Ling Zhuyun, in the eyes of the world, seemed to be entangled with him in a complicated, indescribable relationship.

Though they didn’t know what the two had gone through outside the Secret Realm, they could tell that Ling Zhuyun seemed to care a great deal about Jiang Lan.

"The people from the Blood Immortal Sect are getting more and more brazen."

Not long after leaving the main hall, Jiang Lan’s group encountered several cultivators fleeing from a short distance away. They were all injured and had faces full of terror.

While exploring the various cave mansions, they were ambushed and attacked by members of the Blood Immortal Sect, and many of their companions were killed.

As news spread, many members of the Blood Immortal Sect became audacious, revealing their presence openly.

They even deliberately left bait around some cave mansions to attract other cultivators to fight over it, then they would strike and wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Ling Zhuyun’s heart grew heavy as she watched these tragic scenes unfold.

Although she desperately wanted to believe in Ye Ling’s innocence, at this moment, her conviction began to waver.

’When she first learned from Ye Ming that the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion was about to appear, there was no news of it in the outside world yet.’

’But not long after Ye Ming told her, news about the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Cave Mansion spread like wildfire across the various commanderies.’

’Could it really be such a coincidence?’

...

Although members of the Blood Immortal Sect lurked in the shadows of the Secret Realm, waiting for their chance to strike, the depths of the Ancient Medicine Garden remained chaotic, with astonishing battles breaking out in many places.