Mo Xuanli naturally also saw Si Chun, not expecting to encounter her here. Since Si Chun was lying low here, she must have a purpose.
But right now they couldn’t acknowledge each other and could only brush past.
When the guard was about to lead them into a room, Gu Baiqing quietly put Three Bean down, letting them provide support outside, while he himself entered the room with Mo Xuanli.
“You two can first cultivate here. The Demon Lord will come to see you shortly,” the guard said, then withdrew and even closed the door.
At the instant he closed the door, a flash of barrier light passed by.
Mo Xuanli flashed to the door to check. It was just an ordinary barrier, intended to trap them inside and not let them go out. For them, breaking the barrier would be effortless, but what this Love Demon was planning to do still left Mo Xuanli unable to figure it out.
“Xuanli, look.” Gu Baiqing suddenly spoke.
Mo Xuanli lowered his head to look at the ground, only to see countless red threads crisscrossing as they manifested, like decorative elements embedded into the room itself. The floor, walls, and ceiling were all covered, like a nest woven from red threads.
They had seen Ruiyao use a similar move before, but that had been intended to trap them in an illusory realm of the love net.
But the one before them now had no aggressiveness at all, as if it truly were just decoration.
“It seems to be gradually turning red…” Gu Baiqing walked back and forth a few steps, saying in confusion.
Mo Xuanli walked to Gu Baiqing’s side and was just about to say something when suddenly both of their expressions changed. At the same time, they sensed someone outside the window to one side.
There was no movement, just quietly standing there, could it be peeping?
Who was it? Peeping at what?
The two exchanged a glance, their eyes full of confusion.
But the other party also showed no aggressiveness, so neither of them made a move. After all, they were currently disguised as ordinary minor demon clan members. They could only quietly observe the changes in the surrounding red threads for the time being.
And at this moment, Si Chun had already found an excuse to leave the group and hurriedly chased over this way. Finally seeing the familiar guard, she probed a little.
“Those two young fellows just now really looked quite good.”
“They are good, but they’re a pair. You know our Demon Lord hates it most when loving couples are torn apart, so you’d better not set your mind on them.”
“Ah, so that’s how it is?” Si Chun put on a greatly shocked expression, and she truly was surprised inside. If loving couples entered, then they must have passed the test at the entrance, so… Xuanli succeeded?
She then said, “Then why weren’t that pair kept at the banquet? Why were they brought to the inner courtyard?”
“Isn’t that to make the Demon Lord happy? It’s rare to encounter ones who can make the love net turn golden red. Lord Demon Lord wants to see whether they can pass the Refining Love Chamber.”
“Golden red? What is the Refining Love Chamber?” Si Chun pretended to look innocent.
“Oh right, you just arrived and haven’t seen it yet. Being able to reach golden red means the two have sincere feelings. In the demon clan, it’s very hard to have such devoted lovers. And the Refining Love Chamber is composed entirely of the love net. Combined with the Demon Lord’s spells, it can test the hearts of two people. If they are lovers with feelings as firm as gold, it can make the entire chamber light up. But if there is even the slightest other thought, hesitation, regret, doubt, even a trace of lingering attachment to a former lover or anyone else, they will fail. And then… they will be entangled by the love net and forever imprisoned in the illusion, until their hearts have no more impurities and their love becomes intense and balanced before they can come out. This is a place successive Love Demons have used to refine the most faithful love unto death in the world. Of course, it is also a place some Love Demons use to verify that there is no perfect, flawless love in this world.”
Si Chun’s expression changed. This Love Demon really had taken the pursuit of purity in love to the extreme.
There were many who passed the red thread inspection, but this kind of Refining Love Chamber was simply too difficult.
Si Chun did believe in Mo Xuanli’s feelings for Gu Baiqing, but even if Gu Baiqing had accepted Mo Xuanli, in such a short amount of time it probably wouldn’t be that intense. If they got trapped in the illusion, would it be like last time, needing to break out violently? Wouldn’t that expose them? They had also infiltrated this place and definitely couldn’t expose their identities.
“This… isn’t it too difficult? Since it’s already golden red, doesn’t that represent their feelings are very good? Testing them like this, wouldn’t that just be asking for trouble?”
“What do you know? This is exactly what our Demon Lord most needs to do. The Demon Lord is a Love Demon, so naturally they must seek the most intense feelings in this world, love or hate alike. By absorbing such feelings, our Demon Lord will become even more powerful.” As the guard spoke, he couldn’t help but sigh. “But I’ve been in the palace for several hundred years, and I’ve only seen ten pairs reach golden red. And among those ten pairs, not a single one escaped the love-net illusion. In the end, all of them gave rise to resentment and died inside.”
After saying this, the guard left.
But Si Chun cursed “pervert” in her heart, immediately turned around, and secretly rushed toward the Refining Love Chamber. She had to save the two before the love net activated.
At this time, Mo Xuanli and Gu Baiqing had also noticed the changes in the room’s red threads.
They seemed the same as the red threads that tested them at the entrance, slowly making the red become more vivid, gradually emitting a faint glow, as if the entire room were shrouded in dim red light.
Looking at it… it was somewhat ambiguous?
A strange throbbing inexplicably arose in Gu Baiqing’s heart. He wanted to… lean together with Mo Xuanli, talk heart to heart, say a few words. This feeling came abruptly and at the wrong time, making Gu Baiqing instantly understand, it must be the influence of the love net here. He immediately wanted to remind Mo Xuanli to be careful.
But when he turned his head, Mo Xuanli suddenly pounced over, pulling Gu Baiqing into his arms, his hoarse voice whispering by his ear, “Master…”
Gu Baiqing’s heart softened at being called that, and the strange throbbing intensified. “Xuanli, something’s wrong… mm!”
The words had barely left his mouth before they were completely blocked by the person in front of him.
Gu Baiqing retreated several steps, until his body hit a pillar, yet he still couldn’t break free from Mo Xuanli’s embrace and kiss.
Mo Xuanli kept drawing in Gu Baiqing’s breath, not giving him a chance to speak. Gu Baiqing wanted to push him away, but his hands were captured and pinned above his head.
Below, there were several suggestive thrusts, followed by shameless rubbing and grinding, instantly making Gu Baiqing’s body go soft, his face flushing crimson.
There were still people watching outside.
In the demon realm, they tried to use spells as little as possible to avoid exposing their identities. At this moment, Gu Baiqing could only try to make the other party snap out of it by biting him.
But Mo Xuanli domineeringly ignored it, instead curling his tongue around Gu Baiqing’s, wantonly teasing him.
Blaming himself for not being able to bite harder, he hesitated, when suddenly Mo Xuanli opened his eyes. There were emotions in them, but even more so an overflowing love.
And Gu Baiqing also understood, this guy hadn’t lost control at all.
There was no kind of charm technique here that caused chaotic desire. It was simply that the love net deepened the affection in people’s hearts, driving them to accompany their loved ones and do the things they wanted to do.
Gu Baiqing was instantly a bit speechless, glaring at Mo Xuanli.
But he didn’t know that at this moment, those plum-red eyes of his, watery as they glared at someone, were practically about to hook Mo Xuanli’s soul right out of him. Mo Xuanli’s body became even more excited, his movements also growing a bit larger, physically making his master feel the consequences brought about by that single look.
The movements through their clothes were nonetheless unbearably real, making Gu Baiqing recall all kinds of past nonsense. Heat began to rise throughout his body, the strength in him gradually draining away. He only felt waves of heat constantly surging upward, sure enough, the love net deepened a certain emotion, making him for the first time fall so quickly, utterly without the ability to resist.
Gu Baiqing could only glare again, yet he didn’t know that he was simply adding fuel to the fire.
Mo Xuanli also wanted to stop, but certain emotions in his heart were infinitely magnified right now, and all he wanted was to be close to his master.
Mo Xuanli struggled to move back a little, kissing along his cheek to his ear, and softly said, “Master, don’t worry, I won’t mess around, just a kiss, rub a bit…” There were still people peeping outside, how could he allow others to see this side of his master, so even when kissing, he blocked his master with his own body.
Gu Baiqing panted lightly, the corners of his eyes steamed into a rosy red. “You… this still doesn’t count as messing around? What kind of behavior is this? Important matters come first, have some self-control, stop.”
Mo Xuanli swept a glance over, couldn’t help but kiss again at the angry corner of his eye, then said with difficulty, “We can’t let others suspect anything. This room should be testing something. We might as well go along with it, then take the chance to get close to the window. I feel that past it, the formation on the window side is the weakest. Later we’ll go over and confirm whether it’s really the Love Demon. If it is, we act directly. Ao Heng and Three Bean are outside; they should have already discovered her, so she won’t be able to escape. We just need to find a way to minimize the impact and not let anyone notice.”
Gu Baiqing listened in a daze. Don’t blame him for being unambitious, who could keep their rationality steady and think about things while being continuously teased like this? He also had to admire Mo Xuanli. How did he manage to keep a cool head while his body wasn’t cool at all?
In order not to expose the awkwardness of not really taking it in, he could only say, “Do as you say.”
As soon as the words fell, Mo Xuanli, like a wild beast that had been holding back for a long time, reached out and scooped up Gu Baiqing’s leg.
Gu Baiqing’s eyes instantly widened. Losing his balance, he could only awkwardly tiptoe on the other foot, and the hand that had been freed could only cling to Mo Xuanli’s shoulder to steady himself.
Mo Xuanli’s movements were swift. With a turn, he brought the unsteady Gu Baiqing over to the table, causing the tea set on the table to clatter down to the floor with a ping-clang. Gu Baiqing was pressed onto the table; with one leg scooped up, someone’s movements became even more real.
Mo Xuanli’s other hand, sleeve included, was placed at Gu Baiqing’s cheek, ensuring that even if someone outside tried to peep, they wouldn’t be able to see.
The sounds coming from the thick solid-wood table carried an embarrassing rhythm, making Gu Baiqing’s face burn unbearably hot.
What did he just say again? Wasn’t this supposed to be acting? Then how… was this brat really not doing it on purpose? Not mixing in personal motives? He already…
Gu Baiqing’s eyes were already rippling with a layer of moisture, looking hazily at the exquisitely featured, captivating Mo Xuanli before him, and at the background behind him, the red light growing more and more vivid, seeming to gradually show hints of gold.
Whether it was the influence of the love net, or his self-control when facing Mo Xuanli growing weaker and weaker, he actually could no longer muster the will to deal with proper matters.
But the next second, the moisture in Gu Baiqing’s eyes seemed to be shocked out instantly. His whole body trembled. At some point his leg had already been set down, but Mo Xuanli’s hand had gone in another direction. Gu Baiqing was horrified and wanted to struggle.
Had he gone mad?
But Mo Xuanli was always outrageously forceful in this regard. Even pushing him with both hands was useless; instead, he was tormented a bit by Mo Xuanli’s technique as a warning, showing not the slightest appearance of a well-behaved disciple.
In the blink of an eye, beneath layer upon layer of clothing, the two were already secretly pressed together, and Gu Baiqing only had the option of being forced to comply.
Outside, the Love Demon wasn’t peeping at anything. She was merely admiring the room full of red light and the thick love she sensed from the love net, like a spirit that fed on essence, satisfied and expectant.
And when Si Chun approached, what she saw was the red light spilling out through the door crack and window seam, not dazzling, very gentle, just like the atmosphere between those two.
Si Chun was just about to move closer when she saw a black dragon, like a little snake, dart out from the bushes.
Si Chun immediately reacted.
Ao Heng tilted his head toward Si Chun, signaling her to follow.
Then he brought Si Chun into the barrier he had constructed for Three Bean, secretly peeping at the Love Demon below.
Si Chun softly explained the situation in the room. Ao Heng didn’t care at all, curling around Three Bean’s neck.
Three Bean swished his tail and said, “It’s fine.”
At this moment, inside the room below, Gu Baiqing finally couldn’t hold out anymore. His body tensed instantly. Mo Xuanli also let out a long breath. A small cleansing spell flashed, as if wiping away all evidence of guilt. The next moment, Mo Xuanli hugged Gu Baiqing again, turned around, and directly pressed him against the wall by the window, continuing to kiss him, only this time, the kiss carried the intent of post-event soothing.
At this point, the love net inside the room had completely lit up. The golden-red light was extremely dazzling, yet not piercing.
The Love Demon outside the window was completely dumbfounded. She hadn’t expected that she would truly see the day when this room fully lit up. Her excited pupils even trembled.
Just then, the barrier at the window was suddenly cut open by wind blades, and a bolt of lightning shot straight out, striking the Love Demon. Instantly, her entire body went numb, collapsing weakly to the ground.
The Love Demon realized something was wrong. As soon as she raised her head, she saw the two standing at the window. Though their eyes were red, their bodies carried an upright aura completely out of place with the demon realm.
Instantly realizing they were enemies, she wanted to counterattack, but God Nine Transformations, carrying pressure close to that of a divine artifact, directly transformed into a whip and wrapped around her. Silently, it bound the Love Demon until she fainted.
Si Chun, noticing the disturbance below, immediately jumped down. Seeing the unconscious Love Demon, she raised her head in astonishment toward the window, only to see Mo Xuanli nod to her in signal.
Si Chun turned to look at Gu Baiqing, only to see Gu Baiqing’s eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at Mo Xuanli. Then he turned his head over and said coldly, “Trouble you to take a look.”
Si Chun hadn’t yet reacted when the window slammed shut. Immediately after, the sound of a thunder strike came from inside. Not long after, Gu Baiqing walked out alone, squatting down to check on the Love Demon’s condition. Three Bean, with Ao Heng, scampered off toward the room to look for Mo Xuanli. They were already very familiar with this kind of situation.
The God Nine Transformations that was binding the Love Demon extended small red cords, winding and twisting as they wrapped around the approaching fair white wrist, seeming to act coquettishly.
Si Chun was dumbfounded. “Senior… Xuanli he…” The words had barely left her mouth when Si Chun fell silent, because she saw the indescribable red marks on the neck of the crouching Gu Baiqing, and instantly understood something, feeling extremely awkward.
“How did you end up here? Are you alone? Do you know about us coming over to assist with rescuing people and finding the fragments?” Gu Baiqing, after confirming that the Love Demon wouldn’t wake up for the time being, raised his head and asked Si Chun.
Si Chun hurriedly reported, “I split up from everyone to act separately. I didn’t know you had come over. I came here to steal the Demon Lord Token.”
While Si Chun was speaking, Mo Xuanli had already come out carrying Three Bean. He didn’t seem to be seriously hurt, but Si Chun clearly saw the grievance and guilt filling Mo Xuanli’s eyes.
After greeting them, Mo Xuanli walked up closer to Gu Baiqing, gently tugged at Gu Baiqing’s sleeve, and said softly, “Master…”
Three Bean also jumped onto Gu Baiqing’s shoulder and rubbed against Gu Baiqing’s cheek. Gu Baiqing swept him a glance and didn’t pull his sleeve away, after all, most of his anger had already subsided, letting Mo Xuanli hold on as he said, “Go forward and confirm it.”
Hearing that his master had given him instructions, Mo Xuanli immediately obediently complied.
Watching the interaction between the two, and noticing the rings on their hands, Si Chun instantly understood. She couldn’t help but curl her lips, sincerely feeling happy for Mo Xuanli.
Soon, the two sides exchanged information.
Only then did Si Chun learn of all the upheavals outside.
Her coming this time wasn’t acting on her own initiative either, but to carry out a difficult mission.
They had discovered that the hostages were trapped in the Water Curtain Prison beside the Sacred Hall, and there was a powerful formation surrounding that Water Curtain Prison. After research by the strongest formation master among them, they concluded that it couldn’t be directly dismantled; only by obtaining four Demon Lord Tokens at the same time and opening it could it be done.
They had exhausted every method and swapped out three of them, but the fourth one was extremely difficult to take from any demon’s hands. So they shifted their thinking to the other four uncooperative demons.
Si Chun naturally had some unresolved feelings toward the Love Demon, so she volunteered to come steal and swap the Love Demon’s Demon Lord Token. The rest continued to keep an eye on information about the fragments and the safety of the hostages, and also to see if they could find an opportunity to obtain a Demon Lord Token from other demons, working on two fronts.
Those who entered had also suffered casualties, and they truly couldn’t spare more people to help, so Si Chun could only come alone.
She hadn’t expected to coincidentally encounter the master and disciple who had been separated from the team.
And now…
With a single move, the two directly knocked the Love Demon unconscious, making Si Chun, who had painstakingly infiltrated and was preparing to steal, feel quite helpless.
“Don’t you think you went a bit overboard?” Si Chun frowned.
“Because we’ve already decided to take full action. We’ll use the fastest method possible to avoid wasting time. It’s best if she can take us in openly and aboveboard.” Mo Xuanli found the so-called Demon Lord Token on the Love Demon and handed it to Si Chun.
“But how would she cooperate? What if…” Si Chun said worriedly.
Gu Baiqing called out to Three Bean. Three Bean jumped down, spiritual power surging. With the support of true dragon arts, he cast a powerful illusion spell on the unconscious Love Demon.
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