Chapter 94: Chapter 94: The Pinnacle of the Demon Realm (29)
 

Chuzheng quickly realized why the people in the city had such a strong reaction when they saw her.

She and Li Tang were wanted.

Chuzheng stared at the wanted poster posted by the Ziyun Sect on the announcement board. What kind of drawing was this? How could they recognize them? Even representatives of abstract art weren’t like this!

“Up ahead.”

“Everyone be careful of the Demon Head’s trickery!”

“You go that way.”

Disciples of the Ziyun Sect, raging with momentum, came running from the empty streets and blocked their way out.

Li Tang turned around, his eyes gradually revealing a murderous intent, “I’ll go kill them.”

Li Tang leaped forward, blocking those people.

“Demon Head!” a disciple drew his weapon, “You dare appear here! Today is your day of death!”

“Eliminate demons and defend the path! Kill the Demon Head!”

“Eliminate demons and defend the path!”

Chuzheng: “…Do we, do we really need to shout slogans?”

“Charge!” After shouting their slogans, the disciples of the Ziyun Sect rushed forward together.

Li Tang watched them charging silently, the hand by his side gradually surrounded by Demonic Qi.

Just as he was about to make a move, Chuzheng walked past him. The disciples of the Ziyun Sect were flying towards her, about to attack, but in the next second, they scattered in the air with a ‘bang’.

The woman casually walked through the falling powder, standing on the other side, and looked back, “Aren’t you leaving?”

Li Tang: “…”

He glanced at the Demonic Qi in his hand, retracted his palm, and the murderous look in his eyes faded; then he stepped forward to follow.

Chuzheng finished the ruinous task for the King’s Account and hurriedly left the city.

Staying in the city was not safe; the King’s Account was always ready to wreak havoc.

She needed to find a desolate mountain to stay in, to be safe.

Too scary.

The Ziyun Sect sent several groups of people after them, but before Li Tang could even make a move, they were all collectively dealt with.

Li Tang was quite frustrated. Couldn’t they let him take action just once?!

She made so many moves, and Li Tang didn’t even clearly see how she did it.

It seemed like it was just a small thing she easily accomplished with a mere gesture.

At nightfall.

Li Tang found an abandoned temple nearby and cleaned up a spot for them to rest.

Li Tang looked at Chuzheng leaning against the side; he moved over, “How did you do it?”

“Hm?” What was he talking about? There were many things she could do.

“Kill those people.”

Chuzheng glanced at him, her long and dense eyelashes lightly drooping.

In the temple, the firelight flickered, and the shadows of the two people on the ground were intermittently bright and dark.

“When you killed them, I didn’t feel any Demonic Qi,” continued Li Tang.

Even the most powerful members of the Demon Clan, when using their powers, would emit detectable Demonic Qi.

But she didn’t.

“So what?” Chuzheng calmly poked the fire.

“…” Li Tang felt a sense of unease.

This unease was expanding; the power inside him was constantly looking for an opportunity to devour him.

“You can’t tell me?”

Chuzheng looked up at him, “Why should I tell you?”

Suddenly, Li Tang stood up and quickly left the ruined temple.

He leaped into the small woods behind the ruined temple, releasing the accumulated power in his hand.

Rows of trees collapsed, startling the birds that nested there.

“Stop talking!!” he shouted angrily.

—You are afraid.

That voice still existed in his mind.

—Look, she doesn’t care about you at all. As long as you join me, she will belong to you completely.

“No…” Li Tang clutched his head, “Shut up!”

——What are you afraid of? As long as you become stronger, she won’t be your match, and you don’t have to be afraid, you will have her.

Veins on the back of Li Tang’s hands stood out, and cold sweat slid from his forehead down to his eyebrows, then dripped from his cheeks to the ground.

He held his head, muttering to himself: “Shut up, shut up, just shut up!”

–

Chuzheng poked at a fire with a dead branch, the flames casting light on her ice-cold cheeks but failed to add the slightest warmth.

There were footsteps at the entrance of the dilapidated temple. Chuzheng’s grip on the dead branch tightened slightly, then she relaxed the next second and continued to poke at the fire.

Li Tang came in from outside and sat down beside Chuzheng: “Don’t you want to rest?”

“Yeah.”

Chuzheng threw away the branch, ready to head to the side to rest, but Li Tang grabbed her: “Let me hold you.”

He didn’t give Chuzheng a chance to agree, and directly pulled her into his arms: “Sleep.”

Li Tang’s body was somewhat feverish, and the chill of the night was instantly dispelled.

As Chuzheng lay in his arms, she could see his tense jawline. Li Tang suddenly lowered his head, their gazes meeting in midair.

Chuzheng stared straight at him, not dodging in the slightest.

Li Tang held the gaze for a moment, but soon felt uncomfortable and averted his eyes, suddenly bowing his head.

The sound of the fire crackling was the only noise in the silent temple.

Their shadows overlapped on the temple wall. Li Tang’s fingertips brushed Chuzheng’s cheek, deepening the kiss slowly.

He kissed her with caution and tenderness, as though afraid to startle the person in his arms.

Their hot breaths mingled, the soft and warm body in his arms, the light tickle from her eyelashes brushing against him – every sensation was a temptation.

“Is it sweet?” A voice laced with restraint sounded.

Li Tang asked her, his lips pressed against hers.

Chuzheng seriously replied: “The taste of fruit, you’ve eaten fruit.”

Li Tang pecked her lips: “So is it sweet?”

“…Yes.” Chuzheng had swallowed back the lengthy exposition about the inherent sweetness of fruit under the intervention of the King’s Account.

“Do you like it?” His voice was deep and his dark eyes reflected Chuzheng’s image.

After thinking for a moment, Chuzheng still answered earnestly: “It’s alright, I don’t dislike it.”

Yes, she didn’t dislike it.

Since it was something she didn’t dislike, she naturally wouldn’t refuse it.

But…

Chuzheng didn’t quite understand the purpose of such contact.

Is it merely to increase the pleasure of the body? Lacking any substantial benefit, it seems like a waste of time.

Li Tang’s breath hitched slightly, a faint smile lingering on his lips. He kissed from the corner of Chuzheng’s lips up to her brow, whispering softly: “Sleep, I’m watching over you.”

Chuzheng looked at him for a moment and closed her eyes.

Li Tang’s kiss landed again, and Chuzheng was a bit annoyed, but fortunately, Li Tang soon pulled away and held her without moving again.

Li Tang didn’t sleep; he didn’t dare to. In sleep, it was too easy for his own Heart Demon to take advantage of his vulnerability.

He had to be vigilant at all times.

The night grew deeper, and the dew heavier.

Suddenly, Li Tang looked outside, and Chuzheng also opened her eyes, sitting up from his embrace.

She looked at the fire for a while as if she had just woken up, unaware where she was.

But upon closer inspection, one would find her eyes devoid of any confusion, calmness that didn’t seem human.

Even closer, one might feel the fierce aura emanating from her.

She was really annoyed at the moment.

The disturbance in the dead of night was so bothersome!

Li Tang stood up, softening his tone: “It’s nothing, I’ll take care of it. You keep sleeping.”

“Noisy,” Chuzheng uttered a single word.

“I’ll be quieter.” He’d make sure they wouldn’t make a sound when he killed them later, so as not to disturb her sleep.

“You’re noisy.”

“…”