Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 637 - 522: Learn to Protect Yourself_1

Chapter 637: Chapter 522: Learn to Protect Yourself_1

Li Xuan was still very wary of the Bashe Queen.

He thought to himself, "As a young man out in the world, I must learn to protect myself!"

However, when the Bashe Queen came to his room, she was quite serious and earnestly asked about the enfeoffment.

Only then did Li Xuan let his guard down a bit, allowing the Bashe Queen to enter.

The reason for this was that this very matter was one he wished to expedite.

If the Court recognized the several hundred thousand monsters of the Tongtian River as vassals, then one day, they could tame these monsters.

However, Li Xuan was still cautious. Although he let the queen into his room, he left the door open.

He thought that under the watchful eyes of the people, the Bashe Queen wouldn’t dare to cause trouble. This way, he wouldn’t be misunderstood by several girls.

With each taking a seat, Li Xuan began to elaborate on the enfeoffment.

"The Queen can seek the position of Tongtian River God from the Court, even the positions of Lancang River, Mekong River, and Nu River Gods. With these positions, the queen will be justified in commanding the monster species in Qinghai-Tibet and Yunnan, and the Court can use the Queen’s strength to pacify the area. Isn’t it a win-win situation?"

After hearing this, the Bashe Queen sneered in disdain: "Even without the Court’s enfeoffment, I can still command the water demons of One River and Two Rivers. In the enfeoffment you mentioned, I only see the Court benefitting, it does not bring any benefits to my tribe."

Li Xuan let out a laugh, "How can there be no benefits? The foremost benefit is longevity. If the Bashe Queen can obtain these positions, your mana would greatly increase in the highland Yunnan area, and your life could be extended by at least five hundred years."

Strangely enough, if humans combine the Power of Xinyuan in their cultivation, it not only pollutes the Zhenyuan and Shenpo, but also shortens their lifespan.

However, this problem does not exist for the monster species. The power of Xinyuan can help them grow stronger and speed up their cultivation.

The previous generation of Taoist experts studied this and ultimately determined that it was related to the body structure of the monster species and the defects of the Shenpo.

The power they cultivated was large but chaotic, even more chaotic than the Xinyuan power.

This is also true for the dragon clan.

Therefore, the divine power coming from thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of humans would not contaminate their power, but instead, help them purify it to a certain extent.

Furthermore, their Shenpo seems to lack some kind of spirituality. The faith of humans can make up for this deficiency.

"—And according to my knowledge, isn’t your Bashe Court always poor? If you can take disciples from those lamas, just the annual tribute of disciples is a significant fortune.

Not to mention Yunnan, Yue State, or even the southern regions of Yunnan. There are tens of millions of people there. Do you know how many positions of mountain gods and land gods are there?"

Li Xuan was speaking with great enthusiasm, when he suddenly noticed that the Bashe Queen was already leaning close to him.

Li Xuan blinked in confusion, "What are you doing, Your Majesty?"

Then, he saw the Bashe Queen breathing a white mist at him. Li Xuan saw this and was instantly alarmed.

He immediately stopped breathing and sealed off all his pores using Zhenyuan.

Despite this, his consciousness still felt a bit dizzy.

Luckily, Li Xuan learned his lesson after the Leshan Giant Buddha incident.

Now, when he absorbs the energies of heaven and earth, he uses the ’Liuhe Zhuxian Sword Diagram’ as an intermediary. In simple terms, he filters the natural Yuan Qi in the Sword Diagram before absorbing it into his body. This is why he only inhaled a small amount of white smoke.

After that, Li Xuan suppressed and expelled the smoke with his mana and quickly regained his clarity of mind.

At this point, the Bashe Queen had already revealed half of her snake body. Her upper body was still human, but her lower body was a snake. She swung her tail and shut the wooden door with a ’slam.’

Then she lunged at Li Xuan and pinned him against the wall with her immense power that was of a heavenly level.

Li Xuan was strong, but he couldn’t resist at all. He thought, fuck, did I just get "wall-slammed"?

"This scent—"

The Bashe Queen leaned her head into the crook of Li Xuan’s neck, sniffing deeply, "Your scent really is different. It’s masculine, but it smells much better than the others. Your bloodline must be very strong."

Li Xuan was trying to execute Thunder Style to get out of her grasp. However, the Queen’s hand held him tightly.

"Do you still want to resist? Ah, is this what you humans call "playing hard to get"? We snakes don’t need that. If we want something, we want it. I’ve heard that that kind of thing is really pleasing. Don’t worry, you are the first male I’ve been with. Afterward, I won’t eat you—"

The Bashe Queen, while talking, extended her tongue towards Li Xuan’s ear.

Li Xuan was grateful it wasn’t a snake’s tongue, but a normal one, although the tip was still forked.

Just as Li Xuan was planning his escape, the Bashe Queen’s expression changed, and her figure turned into a liquid and dispersed. Then, a red beam of light swept past Li Xuan’s nose, burning a huge hole in the side of the ship.

At that moment, Yu Hongchang stood by the door, looking at them with a green face.

"What are you two doing?"

The figure of the Bashe Queen re-condensed twenty steps away. She looked at Yu Hongshang with resentful and reproachful eyes: "Obviously, we’re mating, you wicked human. Why are you disturbing us?"

Yu Hongshang immediately turned pale. She waved her hand and unleashed dozens of crimson beams, bombarding continuously.

The Bashe Queen was equally terse, conjuring several ice mirrors in front of her in a blink of an eye, reflecting these ’Extreme Yang Divine Light’ in all directions.

"——Ah, I get it. You’re jealous and you’re competing for mating rights, aren’t you? In our snake clan, it’s common for females to fight over desirable males. Don’t worry, after I conceive the child, I’ll give him back to you. I won’t cling onto him."

Yu Hongshang was literally fuming. She immediately switched to the ’Divine Light of Taiyang and Taiyang’, resulting in the collision of Yin and Yang’s power, instantly shattering the ice mirrors.

Even the water the Bashe Queen had turned into was shattered.

"Stop!"

Just as the Bashe Queen began to amass dozens of wind knives laced with strong poison in preparation for a counterattack, the figure of Li Xuan suddenly intervened between the two.

With one magical hand gesture, Li Xuan invoked the energy of the ’Huntian Zhenyuan Cauldron’ from Dugu Biluo’s body and held off both Yu Hongshang’s red fiery cloud and the Bashe Queen’s poisonous knives.

The two women still intended to brawl over Li Xuan, but the cabin was once again engulfed by thunderous explosions.

"Everyone, cease fighting immediately!"

The majestic Shen Kui Lei Yin mixed with Hao Qi finally deterred the two women.

Li Xuan also secretly heaved a sigh of relief. The two had only exchanged a couple of moves and had already destroyed dozens of rooms on the ship. If they continued to fight, the power reactor nearby would be affected.

The thought of the 350,000 teals repair bill made Li Xuan break out in a cold sweat.

He knew that Shaobao Yu Jie would definitely force him to bear the cost.

Once he’d caught his breath, Li Xuan glared furiously at Bashe Queen: "Please go back to your room, Queen! I have no intention of mating with you~ spit! I absolutely won’t have a physical relationship with you. I have absolutely no romantic feelings for you now or in the future. So stop hoping, Queen. We’ll never happen!"

Bashe Queen complained, "You promised to ensure my safety. Why did you go back on your word? Furthermore, we were just mating. What does love have to do with it?"

"I did promise to ensure your safety, but I certainly didn’t plan to tolerate your use of aphrodisiac poison to manipulate me."

Li Xuan snorted lightly, his gaze icily composed: "In consideration of your first offense, I will not hold this against you this time. However, if there is a next time, I will certainly make you pay the price, Queen. Please go back to your room. For the sake of avoiding misunderstandings, you’d better stay there for the next few days on the way."

Bashe Queen wanted to say something, but she quickly noticed that several girls who had rushed over were also looking at her with cold eyes, the glint of murderous intent lurking in their gazes.

The Bashe Queen gasped and had no choice but to turn into a mist of water and disappear on the spot with a slight snort.

Yu Hongshang, on the other hand, waved her sleeve and walked towards the distant corridor with a cool expression.

Li Xuan quickly explained, "Shang, don’t go! Listen to me. I was forced this time. She used aphrodisiac poison on me! Shang, you have to trust my character."

Yu Hongshang ignored him. She had already entered one of the rooms and slammed the door shut vigorously.

At this point, Li Xuan felt an eerie chill creeping over him. He realized that the girls standing before him were all looking at him with icy eyes.

Li Xuan realized the trouble he was in wasn’t just concerning Yu Hongshang.

He immediately extended his hand, drew out a cloud of white poison from the Liuhe Zhoutian Sword Diagram, and displayed it in front of him.

"Don’t look at me like that. What kind of gaze is that? Is it a sin to be handsome? No! I just didn’t expect that the Bashe Queen would stoop to such methods. That’s the only reason why I was unprepared."

He thought to himself that it was fortunate some evidence still remained within the Liuhe Zhoutian Sword Diagram that hadn’t been burned by Yu Hongshang. Otherwise, he’d be so far gone that even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t clear his name.

Luo Yan crossed her arms and looked closely at the white smoke. The chilliness in her eyes only slightly eased.

However, she still spoke sternly, "All I know is that flies don’t bite seamless eggs. This is your own fault for being careless."

After she spoke, she realized something was wrong. She thought, wasn’t she just scolding herself too? So she immediately changed her tune, "Next time you talk to her, make sure I’m present."

She thought to herself, if that snake dares to do anything again, she would chop off its head directly.

Jiang Hanyun also felt some of her bitterness dissipating. She had felt awful when she initially found out about Li Xuan’s possible encounter with the Bashe.

Jiang Hanyun understood the source of her feelings, but she couldn’t dispel them. She had resolved multiple times to throw herself wholeheartedly into serving the Liudao Division and Martial Law, disregarding matters of the heart, but she always failed when faced with Li Xuan.

She needed to keep calm, really calm—

"Crash!"

The noise echoed throughout the cabin. It was Jiang Hanyun. She had smashed a nearby wooden wall with a casual tap: "If you dare to do anything with her, Li Xuan, I swear I’ll break your legs."

Looking at the wooden wall that had been blasted into fragments by Jiang Hanyun, Li Xuan couldn’t help but shudder.