Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 343 - 292: I’m Actually a Bit Disappointed_1

Chapter 343: Chapter 292: I’m Actually a Bit Disappointed_1

Soon after, the over hundred dragons inside the Xingyun Hall looked pale and trembled slightly at the endless screams and whips from outside.

"It hurts, it hurts! You actually added salt and chili powder to your whip, are you really my sister?"

"That’s twenty-five lashes already, when will you stop?"

"Sister, I’m doing it for your own good, for you to meet a man you like. Dragons aren’t supposed to stink, is that still a dragon?"

"That’s thirty lashes! Ouch, for the lifelong happiness of my sister and brothers, what did I do wrong?"

"Ouch, I admit my mistake, I was truly wrong. Please be gentler, I beg you!"

"No, don’t whip that part, any other part is fine, just not there!"

"You really went for it? It’s going to be useless, it really will! Please, have mercy!"

The whipping continued for about a quarter of an hour before Ao Shuying dragged an exhausted and wounded Ao Gun into the hall. She threw the dragon in the center of the hall then coldly swept her gaze over the dragons present.

"I know that you are all unsatisfied. Dragons are lustful by nature, but I insist on controlling your desires. Haven’t you considered how many bastard offspring bearing dragon blood have been born due to your indiscriminate affection? They wreak havoc in the world, draining the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth. How much karma do you think they bring you? How much trouble would they cause for the dragon clan?"

"You all presume that there is an abundance of the world’s Yuan Qi, that you can continue to exploit it. Perhaps you should refer to our dragon clan rules and see what caused the near extermination of our clan forty-three million years ago during a global disaster. How did the phoenix and vermilion bird come into existence? Wasn’t it because they couldn’t survive, and a large portion of the dragons voluntarily twisted their bloodline, changing their bodies into birds?"

"Our dragon clan once dominated the world, so why have we fallen to hiding under the water, relying on the mercy of the humans? Isn’t it because we took too much from nature, and thus were abandoned by the universe, making it difficult for us to survive on land?"

"Dragons are lustful, but you are not beasts. Only beasts would follow instincts."

"I ask you again, how many true dragons do we have here? Apart from me, there are only three! How does the propagation of these bastards benefit our dragon clan?"

Silencing the dragons, Ao Shuying turned her attention to Ming Fei and the rest still kneeling on the ground.

"I will explain the affairs of your three tribes to Li Xuan. Consuming normal food is allowed under the cycle of Heavenly Dao. But wanton catching and killing has crossed the line. This is not what Li Xuan intended, but as the saying goes, ’What the superiors love, the subordinates will definitely exaggerate’. He and Jiang Yunqi cannot shirk this responsibility.

"However, the three of you harbored ill intentions and almost caused a man’s death, leading to today’s calamity, and it is quite wicked! Considering the circumstances and your manipulation by others, I will spare your life. But though the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is hard to forgive. I sentence each of you to one hundred lashes delivered by Li Xuan himself. You will be banished to Tongtian River for hard labor until death. Are you satisfied with this?"

Ming Fei, Fubo, and Pingbo were taken aback. They then respectfully knelt down: "Your Highness is indeed fair and strict, we completely agree."

The so-called ’Tongtian River’ is at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the initial segment of the Jinsha River, where the Yangtze River originates. It is in Qinghai region, where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau houses one hundred and eighty thousand big demons that are not part of the aquatic clan controlled by the Sea Dragons. Almost every year, they would move downstream and initiate a war.

Working in that region is extremely dangerous, with the constant threat of death.

But when the three of them heard that Li Xuan was a benefactor of the lord of the Yangtze River, they had given up all hopes.

Now that they were not only able to keep their lives, but also received a personal promise from the Lord of the Yangtze River to help their three tribes avoid the disaster of extinction, how could they not be happy?

"Ao Zhihui, take them with you and let Li Xuan personally execute the punishment!"

Ao Shuying snorted, looked in the direction where Yu Hongchang and the others had gone, and then transformed into a red Thunderbolt, flying out of the Dragon Palace. Ao Zhihui wrapped up the three men and followed closely behind Ao Shuying.

At this time inside the hall, not only had the hundreds of dragons all stretched their necks to see the direction Ao Shuying had left.

The Yangzhou Dragon King Ao Gun, who had been playing dead, also lifted his head and clicked his tongue: "Speaking of letting Li Xuan personally execute the punishment, it’s nothing more than finding an excuse to go with him. Do you believe that while she’s saying she doesn’t want to, she’s actually very happy inside--"

"Thud!"

Ao Gun’s voice came to an abrupt halt as a large axe was plunged right in front of him.

It had been casually seized from one of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals by Ao Shuying. It was lodged less than a hair’s breadth from Ao Gun’s nose, causing him to shiver all over.

That woman was too treacherous, she was actually still watching this place.

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Shortly after everyone flew out of the water, they reached the shore several miles away and found a quiet place in the nearby forest.

At this point, Yu Hongchang was unstable and consumed an elixir as soon as she landed. Then she sat down and began to meditate. The ’Taoheng Xuanji’ placed in front of her began to emit a faint blue light.

Vice Master Zhang and several top experts from the Fourth Gate quickly arranged a large array around Yu Hongchang. Their actions were fast and they had set up a large array in less than a moment.

Xue Yunrou, with tears in her eyes, was by Li Xuan’s side, cleaning his body and helping him dress as his limbs were still numb.

Li Xuan was speechless, Xue Yunrou’s gesture was as if he was a little wife who had been wronged and bullied by a tyrant.

Although he was annoyed about being schemed against, he didn’t feel violated. On the contrary, he felt a bit of regret for not being able to personally experience that process.

But was he truly violated? He didn’t have any memory of it.

He had just sensed his own body, and it seemed there were no signs of ’violation’.

"I’m alright, Yunrou."

Li Xuan swallowed an elixir to restore his spirit, then continued meditating on the Dari. Before long, Li Xuan’s body returned to normal. He embraced Xue Yunrou, who was flung in his arms, and comforted her, "It’s alright. Look at me, I’m perfectly fine, aren’t I? So, someone just slept with me for one night. So what?"

He knew that men didn’t have rights; in his previous life, he’d never heard of cases where men were harassed or sexually assaulted.

It might have happened, but Li Xuan, being the narrow-minded and ignorant person he was, had never seen it.

The key was that the Dragon King who had done it was really beautiful, not inferior to any of Xue Yunrou or Yu Hongchang around him. Those dragons said that she was the most beautiful woman in the four seas, and that was probably true.

However, a man being abroad must indeed protect himself.

Xue Yunrou hugged Li Xuan tightly, tears falling from her eyes, "It’s my fault, for letting you suffer this humiliation. If only I had been more alert, if only I had a little more mana, you wouldn’t have encountered such humiliation."

Li Xuan, however, felt there was something wrong with their conversation; this plot seemed rather familiar to him.

"Don’t cry, Yunrou. It doesn’t matter if a man is topped once. If necessary, we can just retaliate. If this grudge is not reported, I will not consider myself a man anymore."

"Who topped you?" At this moment, Ao Shuying’s voice suddenly echoed in their ears. The blushing woman appeared twenty feet away, glaring at Li Xuan. "Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t top you, and nothing happened last night."

Xue Yunrou paused, looking over with disbelief: "How could nothing have happened?"

She remembered Li Xuan’s body was sticky.

Ao Shuying guessed what she was thinking, and snorted lightly, "I told you nothing happened, so nothing did."

She wouldn’t show weakness in front of others. To get this far was already her limit. She certainly wouldn’t admit that it was her drool, or that she had hugged Li Xuan all night and licked him.

"Really?" There was still a bit of suspicion in Xue Yunrou’s eyes.

She thought dragon instincts were lustful, and Li Xuan was, not only attractive, but also fame-rising, an excellent choice in both looks and reputation. Ao Shuying might have been drawn to Li Xuan’s charm and staged the whole thing.

That Poyang Turtle Prime Minister said that it was those three who threw Li Xuan onto Ao Shuying’s bed, she refused to believe this.

Did all the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the Poyang Dragon Palace die? That was the sleeping hall of the ruler of the Yangtze River——

However, Xue Yunrou had also heard about the reputation of this female dragon ruler, she was very noble, open, and hearty.

"She is not lying." That was Yu Hongchang, who had opened her eyes and looked over: "Last night Xuan didn’t, mm-hmm! He didn’t do that kind of thing with anyone."

If that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t have withdrawn from the Dragon Palace so easily then.

Back then, though she was counter-flowing Yin and Yang in her body, she still could have gotten some returns early at a small cost.

Xue Yunrou glanced at Yu Hongchang, "How would you know?"

"I just know!" Yu Hongchang’s face flushed, she had actually sensed his condition through the Yinsha remaining in Li Xuan’s body.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. So he wasn’t topped, he wasn’t wrong, was he?

But what was that small disappointment in his heart?

Ao Shuying also let out a sigh of relief seeing this. She was glad to see this misunderstanding cleared up best. She didn’t fear making a few more powerful enemies, but it was unnecessary to cause trouble over such a thing.

"I came to see you on their behalf."

At this time, Ao Zhihui and several others including Elder Mingfei arrived on the surface of the lake.

Ao Shuying held up a black whip and handed it to Li Xuan, "This is the culprit of this incident. They plotted against you and intended to kill you, and their guilt cannot be escaped. I sentenced them to hard labor on the Tongtian River until death, and each of them will be whipped a hundred times. I want you, Li Xuan, to administer this whipping personally."

Her only intention was to let Li Xuan vent his anger. If he couldn’t dispel the anger in his heart, this newly appointed Earl Jingan could exterminate these three families in a moment.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, and picked up the whip, whipping Master Pingbo violently, causing his skin to be torn and his bones to be exposed, contorting in pain.

However, he only stopped after ten lashes, and only gave Elder Mingfei ten as well, but he gave that Pingbo whip twenty times, as he was the one with the most malice from the three of them.

Then Li Xuan stopped and threw the whip back, "I’ll just let someone else take over the rest of the whipping. Furthermore, this indiscriminate killing and catching of these three families is actually something that Uncle Jiang and I had discussed before setting off. Uncle Jiang is ready to ban fishing for two years, and won’t be catching any golden abalones or dragon alligators that come to his door. It’s just that the news hasn’t spread widely yet due to the short period."

Ao Shuying was just about to mention this, her eyes sparkled when she heard this and her lips curled up slightly, increasingly admiring him.

Upon hearing this, Pingbo, Mingfei and the others couldn’t help but mourn, filled with regret. If they had known about this sooner, they wouldn’t have ended up in their present situation.

Right then, two rays of light were projected from the horizon.

These were two flying symbols that landed in front of Vice Master Zhang and Xue Yunrou respectively. Xue Yunrou took it, and then her face suddenly changed, with all color draining from her face.

Vice Master Zhang also instantly furrowed his brows, his eyes filled with severity.

"What happened?" Looked at them with puzzled eyes, Li Xuan asked.

"There’s trouble at Longhu Mountain." Xue Yunrou lifted her pale face, "This is a rescue message from Longhu Mountain."