Chapter 414: Volume 1 Chapter 414 Sinful Island (12)

Taking a private plane back to Sinful Island, Jiang Zhi's physical condition did not improve; she was awake for only a short time each day.

After spending a week in bed, Jiang Zhi struggled to sit up, her mouth dry, her chest feeling stuffy, leaving only one thought.

She wanted to drink blood.

A strong craving spread throughout her body, covering every pore of her skin, all calling for blood.

Jiang Zhi stumbled out of the coffin, her body swaying, leaning against the wall, she moved out of the room little by little.

Outside the villa during the day, the air was cool and shady; the interwoven canopy blocked almost all sunlight, and the flower beds in the courtyard were filled with countless bright red roses.

She saw Li Wu standing in the center of the flower bed, holding a watering can, sprinkling… a blood-colored liquid onto the bouquet.

The liquid poured onto the rose petals, making them lush and glistening with an eerie sheen.

Li Wu wore a pure black shirt, with suit trousers that accentuated his tall, slender figure; his sleeves were rolled up, revealing slender arms as white as paper, his fingertips stained with a few drops of scarlet liquid, blooming roses clustering around him, the scene like an ancient painting that made one unable to look away.

Her gaze was too striking; Li Wu turned around and stopped the watering motion.

"Little Jing, you're awake."

Jiang Zhi's gaze lingered on the watering can in his hand; she moistened her dry lips and said, "What kind of water is that?"

Ordinary tap water would cause the roses to wither; what water did he use to make them bloom vividly?

Li Wu stepped out of the flower bed and came before her; his deep pupils were like a lakeside under night sky, specks of light scattering, deep and gentle.

"Animal blood." He lifted the lid of the watering can, and a faint bloody scent spread in the air.

Jiang Zhi froze for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Why would the flowers like animal blood?"

How could plants like animal blood?

Li Wu gazed at her constantly trembling eyelashes and said, "They are not ordinary plants."

After speaking, he continued, "Your body still can't move around freely; I'll send you back."

Jiang Zhi shook her head, unwilling to stay in the dark, cramped coffin; she wanted to go outside and feel the warm sunlight.

"I want to stay here, Ah Li."

Her brows and eyes revealed unavoidable fatigue and drowsiness.

Step by step she approached the youth, until her whole body lay upon him, she tiptoed, Jiang Zhi leaned close to the skin on his exposed neck, feeling icy cold, yet she could clearly sense the surge of his blood within.

Li Wu placed the watering can on the nearby rack, took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from his fingertips, then gripped the back of her head and softly coaxed, "You can do whatever you want."

Jiang Zhi's once clear eyes became dazed and scattered; her fingers clutched his shirt hem, a sharp fang tip protruded from the corner of her lips, she lost all reason, her mind holding only one thought.

Bite through his skin, taste a mouthful of his blood.

At the instant the fang pierced his skin, Jiang Zhi reacted quickly, suddenly pushing the youth before her away, stepping back several paces, breathing rapidly, her eye sockets red, she desperately suppressed the urge from within.

"No."

Li Wu stepped closer, his downcast eyes suddenly imposing, his demeanor completely opposite to usual, "If you don't drink blood, you'll feel terrible."

Jiang Zhi clutched tightly at the front of her shirt, her breathing becoming difficult.

"Ah Li, I… why is this happening?"

She had become like a vampire, constantly craving blood at all times.

Li Wu gently rubbed her head, feeling pity, and said, "You may have always been a vampire; it's just that you discovered it late."

The humans placed on Sinful Island had poison injected into their bodies; the poison would take effect over time.

After the girl's toxin took effect, he immediately fed her his own blood.

Over time, her body would undergo changes.

From a human turning into a vampire.

What Li Wu wanted was not limited to this.

No, even from the moment he brought her back, the Young Primordial Ancestor was not Li Wu, but Yun Jin with awakened memories.

Erase Jiang Zhi's memory, forget the world mission and all plotlines; her entire world would have only him left.

Yun Jin said so.

One day, she will stand in his camp, fighting side by side with him.

Rather than being driven and controlled by the Main God System.

Therefore, first we must change her mindset, thoroughly becoming a person of his kind.

Yun Jin broke the skin of his fingertip, and blood seeped out in streams.

Since Jiang Zhi's body was remade from his blood, Yun Jin's blood holds an extremely strong allure for her.

The moment his blood was exposed to the air, she could no longer control her body, opening her mouth to envelop his finger, continuously sucking and licking the blood.

Yun Jin gave a light laugh, shadows settling in his narrow eyes, carrying a feeling of ruthless yet excited predation.

"That's how you behave."

…

A few days passed.

Jiang Zhi, who had awakened from the coffin, felt somewhat better; she reached out her hand to rest on her chest.

"Thump—"

"Thump—"

Her heartbeat grew slower and slower, as if it would stop beating in a few days.

These days, Jiang Zhi must drink Li Wu's blood, otherwise she would suffer strong withdrawal symptoms, feeling anxious and restless, craving blood.

This is not the life she wants.

Jiang Zhi's mood grew worse day by day, her eyes losing their former luster, like a dead, black pool.

Today Li Wu had important matters to attend to and left; the vast villa was left with only her.

Jiang Zhi walked to the courtyard and sat on the bench to rest.

Looking at the increasingly vivid roses in the flowerbed, she reached out to break a stem, her fingertip skin unintentionally pierced by a thorn, blood sliding down her fingertip and dripping onto the petals.

The rose petals greedily absorbed that drop of blood, the blood disappearing as if soaked into the soil.

Jiang Zhi stared in shock at the scene.

She suddenly stood up, turned, and walked toward the locked shed at the back of the courtyard.

Before Li Wu watered the roses, she would always go to the shed.

She looked at the iron lock hanging on the door, paused a few seconds, then found an iron wire and twisted it inside the lock.

"Clang——!"

The iron chain fell to the ground.

Jiang Zhi took a deep breath, calming her surprised feelings.

This lock-picking skill was like muscle memory in a fight, etched deep into the soul.

Pushing open the shed door, she smelled a damp dust odor.

Using the faint light, she roughly swept her gaze over every corner of the room.

She found nothing unusual.

As Jiang Zhi turned to leave, her peripheral vision caught a spot on the floor.

The wooden floor laid flat on the ground had no dust, and was even spotless.

She walked over, crouched on the ground to inspect.

Then she picked up the gardening shovel beside her and pried open the floorboard.

Before her eyes suddenly appeared several sections of stairs extending underground.

Jiang Zhi furrowed her brows, gripped the iron shovel in her hand, and lifted her foot to go down.

Reaching the deepest point, she took out a candle from her bosom, lit it, and dispelled the darkness around her.

The air in the basement was not thin; she protected the candle in her hand, walking forward step by step, and iron doors gradually appeared in her view.

The iron doors were locked, and she could not see inside.

Jiang Zhi stopped in front of an iron door marked 101, extended the candle into the narrow gap, wanting to use the candlelight to see inside.

But from inside the iron door came a vibrating sound of something striking the wall.

"Old thing! Do you think you can kill me like this? How ridiculous."

The voice inside was hoarse like sandpaper, dark and gloomy, exuding a ferocious and terrifying malignance.

Jiang Zhi saw scattered syringes in the iron bucket at the door, and also a watering can.

The watering can was exactly the one Li Wu used every day to water the flowerbed.

She smelled a faint trace of blood inside, swallowed her saliva, and a desire to drink blood surged from within her.

A Li was lying.

That was not animal blood at all, but human blood.

Jiang Zhi could not stay here long; Li Wu would return soon.

But to gather clues, she pressed herself against the iron door and said, "I can rescue you, but you must tell me who you are."

The person inside heard the voice and froze for a moment.

"Who are you again?"

Jiang Zhi raised an eyebrow: "You aren't even qualified to ask me questions."

The person snorted, tone vicious: "You're just the old thing's spy sent to pump me for information, huh? I tell you, once I get out, you and that old thing will both die."

Jiang Zhi lost patience: "If you won't talk, forget it."

She turned and walked away.

"Wait."

Jiang Zhi stopped her steps.

The person inside the iron door asked: "Are you Wang Xiao Jing?"

Jiang Zhi's expression flickered slightly: "I am, so what?"

This was not the first time she had heard that name.

She is called Jiang Xiao Jing; who is Wang Xiao Jing?

"I am A Du!"

"A Du?" Jiang Zhi said: "I don't know you."

The A Du locked in the iron door became emotionally agitated: "How the hell could you forget me? Or did I save you in the park!"

Jiang Zhi simply could not understand the meaning of his words.

She had no impression whatsoever of what he said.

But.

Jiang Zhi did not argue further, but asked: "Why are you here?"

Upon hearing this, A Du's anger flared, he grimly ground his teeth, "To save you."

If it weren't to save her, he wouldn't have fallen into the old thing's trap.

Jiang Zhi grew more confused: "Why save me? I'm not A Li's blood servant, am I?"

A Du spat gloomily: "A Li? You mean Li Wu, that old thing who's lived who-knows-how-many years? He altered your memories? Truly sinister, you're not his blood servant at all. Your identity is a human captured and brought to Sinful Island, understand?"

Jiang Zhi: ……

The amount of information is a bit overwhelming.

"I understand; when I find the chance, I'll let you out."

After she finished speaking, she left the basement.

After wiping away all traces of her presence, Jiang Zhi closed the storeroom door and hung an iron lock on it.

Walking down the villa's second-floor corridor, she saw Li Wu emerging from the bedroom ahead, and her steps came to an abrupt halt.

Yun Jin saw her, the gloom and heaviness in the depths of her eyes vanished, and she asked casually, "Where did you go?"

As the young man approached, the bloodlust that Jiang Zhi had barely suppressed surged again; she pinched her nose and stepped back, saying, "I went for a walk in the courtyard."

She had gone two full days without drinking blood, and her fangs felt numb and itchy.

"I have a surprise I want to give you."

Upon hearing that, Jiang Zhi asked blankly, "What?"

Yun Jin took her hand and led her into a room.

What met her eyes was a human girl curled up in the corner, her limbs bound by iron chains.