Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 630 - 404: The Lock of Life Together

Chapter 630: Chapter 404: The Lock of Life Together

Gurgle gurgle...

The sound of overflowing blood was very soft.

Lowering his eyelids, Tian Ye glanced at the hand that had pierced through his entire chest from behind. The fresh blood spilled from the ruptured chest, spreading like several little red snakes along his forearms, converging at the fingertips and dripping into the void...

With a cold gaze lingering for a moment, a mysterious smile suddenly crossed Tian Ye’s lips.

His will-spirit perceived, Xu Yuan’s voice still as cold and gentle:

"You... what are you laughing at?"

"I... what am I laughing at?"

Tian Ye struggled to lift his hand, gently grabbing the blade-like hand that had pierced through his chest. It was warm to the touch, still wet with blood. Turning his beautiful eyes towards the man behind him, his smile bloomed like flowers: "You... what do you think I am laughing at now?"

Xu Yuan watched her flawless profile for a moment, chuckled softly and said:

"I guess... maybe because my actions were beyond your expectations."

"Changtian, you really do understand me..."

A crisp and clever laugh followed. Tian Ye gently licked the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth with the tip of his delicate tongue. The spreading red made the smile at the corner of his lips even more enchanting:

"I thought you might cooperate with me or attack me, but I didn’t expect you to act so decisively, this truly surprised me."

"Some opportunities, once missed, will never come again," Xu Yuan said, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"You... went through all the trouble to tell me so much, you should at least discuss it with me."

Tian Ye had realized but didn’t resist. With a voice trembling from severe injury and those magnificent golden eyes to the side, she said: "After all, no matter what, she and I are both from Jiatiange. What if... what if I had agreed?"

"You wouldn’t agree," Xu Yuan’s words held no hesitation: "At least, the probability of your agreement is less than the chance of me ambushing and slaying you right here."

"...Ha, you’re not wrong to say that."

Tian Ye fell silent for a few breaths, laughing lightly while facing away, casually pointing to the Enchantress Divine Tree Seed as thick as her thigh beside her: "But you are still a bit hasty. You should have waited a bit longer, waited for the Charm Poison to completely delay my perception before you could be sure to kill me in one blow."

"I wanted to wait too, but someone doesn’t seem to trust me."

Xu Yuan sighed, leaned in close to Tian Ye’s ear, his gaze fixed on the barefoot girl opposite him, and said softly, "If I’d waited any longer, I’m afraid that someone would have taken a direct stimulus. Then, the likelihood of complications would infinitely increase, wouldn’t it?"

With that said,

Tianyan bit her lip and looked away.

Tian Ye laughed till she was shaking, completely disregarding the bright red blood streaming from her wound and her soaked clothing.

Having laughed enough, Tian Ye glanced at her clothes that were now thoroughly drenched in blood and asked softly:

"But where did you make sure to choose her, Changtian?"

"Can I take it back now?" The hand Xu Yuan had thrust into her chest stirred a little.

"...." Tian Ye.

"Of course not."

Tian Ye hummed lightly, her fingertip gently caressing the warm hand that had pierced her chest:

"I just want to tell you that this wasn’t a wise choice."

Feeling the soft touch of the woman’s hand, Xu Yuan pointed out with a voice as serene as a quiet pool: "I’m well aware. Even though her temper isn’t great and her figure isn’t much either, your offer did tempt me a lot. But after all, we’ve suffered together for seven years, and she has saved me many times...."

Towards the end of his statement, his voice held a hint of self-mockery:

"So even if she doesn’t trust me, I can’t betray her...."

"Xu Yuan, I..." Tianyan started to speak, but before she could finish, Xu Yuan cut her off, asking:

"Tian Ye, given your current condition, you could probably perform that Life Substitution Secret Technique, couldn’t you?"

Tian Ye likely learned the Life Substitution Secret Technique from Tianyan if she survived Tang Ruofu’s assassination.

Tian Ye let out a weak chuckle, her alluring eyes shifting as she said:

"Indeed, only ’Tianyan’ can learn such secret techniques that even the Pavilion Master doesn’t know. It seems this little Tianyan didn’t lie to me,"

Then there was a moment of silence.

Her voice, delicate and enchanting like rain falling on a lakeside, dispersed through the mist:

"But who told you I would use that secret technique?"

"...."

Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned.

The Life Substitution Secret Technique in the Yantian Art was almost unreasonable. Despite the huge cost, once used, it could dispel all negative states from the body.

The moment his hand pierced Tian Ye’s chest, his Origin Qi and will-spirit began to seep into her body through the bloody hole.

He had not mastered Dao Charm, so the injury through the chest wasn’t fatal for the Primordial. Therefore, some "assistance" was needed.

And over these few sentences, his will-spirit and Origin Qi had already spread throughout Tian Ye’s body.

If it’s not used, how could this woman escape?

As he thought this over, Xu Yuan’s words took on a hint of amusement:

"Have you given up resisting?"

"Give up? How could I."

"Then it’s the Dao Charm."

"Not that either."

Tian Ye’s body leaned back slightly, resting in Xu Yuan’s arms, her gaze still on Tianyan as she spoke tenderly: "If I wanted to use Dao Charm, I would have used it at the beginning of your ambush. Using it now, that woman over there might be prepared, and its efficacy is probably not great."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan glanced at the woman in his arms whose chest had been pierced by his arm, his brow furrowed even more deeply.

If it wasn’t the Life Substitution Secret Technique or Dao Charm, then only one possibility remained...

Distraction.

"Not that either~"

Tian Ye’s waterfall of black hair cushioned on his chest, as if aware of his thoughts, "I haven’t informed old immortal Luo; he won’t come for now."

"...." Xu Yuan.

Tian Ye’s words completely baffled him.

In fact, the plan in his mind was quite simple.

If he could assassinate Tian Ye by surprise, that would be best.

The next best thing would be to severely injure Tian Ye and force out the Life Substitution Secret Technique, then team up with Tianyan to instantly surround and kill him.

If that failed and they couldn’t kill Tian Ye instantly and he managed to send out a distress signal, the goal was to capture him before the Saints from Jiatiange arrived to use as a hostage.

But now, Tian Ye’s carefree and indifferent demeanor had completely shattered his expectations...

Watching Tian Ye in his arms with no guard up at all, Xu Yuan’s rapidly whirring thoughts abruptly halted.

He realized something.

He didn’t need to think this much.

No matter what the other party wanted to do, his Origin Qi and Will-spirit had already spread throughout her body.

He could just detonate this Origin Qi and Will-spirit. If Tian Ye used the Life Substitution Secret Technique, then they would encircle and kill. If not, that would be the end of him...

With this in mind, the hand piercing through his chest suddenly burst into a dazzling bloody light...

Seeing this, Tian Ye simply closed her eyes, looking somewhat fatigued, though her lips still carried a faint smile.

His opponent’s resigned demeanor unexpectedly stirred up an intense unease in Xu Yuan’s heart.

Something’s not right...

While a thrill-seeker might sacrifice their life for thrills, they wouldn’t casually put their own life at risk just for fun.

Unless,

their death could lead to an even greater thrill.

"...."

His throat moved slightly, Xu Yuan’s eyes, flickering with bloodlust, suddenly froze, and he abruptly turned to look at the crushed jade slip in his hand.

[The secret technique is called Mutual Life Lock, which can link the Primeval Spirits of two individuals. If one of them dies, the other, although their life will not be endangered, will turn into an imbecile.]

His pupils shrunk sharply,

No way...

The Mutual Life Lock... it couldn’t be something that could be deployed unilaterally, could it?

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan suddenly remembered the Will-spirit and Origin Qi he had infused into her body as a contingency.

It’s over...

He immediately tried to withdraw his hand from her body.

But unfortunately,

this time he couldn’t pull his hand out.

Tian Ye’s delicate body clung to his hand like quicksand, preventing him from retreating even an inch.

"What a pity, have you discovered it?"

A plaintive voice softly rang out.

Tian Ye turned her cheek, the thick smile in her golden eyes evident: "Changtian brother, I really didn’t misjudge you~"

Seeing this,

without any hesitation, Xu Yuan immediately looked up at the washboard and shouted:

"Tianyan, help me separate from her!!"

"Buzz—"

As he spoke, a gentle golden light suddenly appeared between Xu Yuan and Tian Ye.

Being a divine teammate, Tianyan had immediately pushed aside the affection in his heart as soon as Xu Yuan made his move.

The golden light appeared for a moment, and a vast aura began to bloom.

Within that sphere of light, Xu Yuan felt the tight grip on his forearm weaken, and he quickly withdrew his hand and backed away.

As his hand was pulled out, the large hole in Tian Ye’s chest began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In no time at all, the wound had recovered.

Below the pierced clothing, a deep ravine outlined two soft southern hemispheres.

Tian Ye no longer had the shyness of before, leaving herself uncovered, her damask fur coat fluttering in the wind. Looking at the man who had now returned to the side of the other golden-eyed girl, her smile was as bloody as ever:

"Changtian brother~ Although you reacted quickly, the spell has already been completed, and we’re locked together now~"

As she spoke,

Tian Ye instantly appeared before the two with a Zhen Yan spell, bending her eyes to look at Tianyan with a smile:

"Hmm~ Changtian brother didn’t give up on you, now it’s your turn to choose, little Tianyan."

Tianyan’s eyes were cold, his gaze indifferent:

"Choose what?"

Tian Ye spread her hands open, her blood-soaked clothes clinging to her curves, the scarcely constrained wide chest flaring provocatively close in front of Tianyan.

"....." Tianyan narrowed his eyes.

"....." Xu Yuan swallowed.

Half-narrowing her starry, resplendent golden eyes, Tian Ye leaned in a little, approaching Tianyan’s ear, and breathed a fragrant whisper:

"You have about a quarter of an hour to think, after which Qing’s old man will arrive."

While speaking, her blood-stained fingertips gently traced Tianyan’s pristine, cold cheeks:

"Either kill me and leave him, who gave up on me for you, to become an imbecile, and then escape alone.

"Or wait to be captured and taken back to Jiatiange, to become a tree spirit and die."

Having said that, Tian Ye raised her chin, exposing her vulnerable spot without any defense, and the smile that lifted her blood-stained lips was devilishly alluring:

"Now, you can choose, little Tianyan~"