Chapter 39: Escaping Death's Grasp

Wei Yuzhu sat beside Yun Tingliao's wheelchair, her voice sharp and piercing, making Yun Tingliao's eardrums ache: "Enough, shut up! Don't make a scene! How can you behave like this?"

Ridiculous! Discussing decorum with these two forced female cultivators? This shameless wolf demon!

Shi Ran and Wei Yuzhu exchanged a glance, grabbed whatever was at hand and began throwing wildly, crying as they threw, but strangely everything they tossed landed on Yun Tingliao, bruising and swelling his face as he kept wailing!

Before the Nine Severance Whip in his hand could even be unleashed, decent household items one after another shattered, broke, and rotted before him! As a crippled demon in a wheelchair, how could he possibly reclaim anything from these two tigresses? He could only watch helplessly as his bridal chamber crumbled piece by piece.

Yun Tingliao, never having suffered such utter humiliation, clenched the Nine Severance Whip in heartbreak and let out a soul-rending roar to the heavens: "Awoo!"

This is nothing like the wedding night he imagined, is it?

The wolf's howl echoed through the demon realm, startling Yun Tinghan awake from his sleep, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "These two disasters, what exactly did they do? To make Third Brother so furious?"

A little white mushroom demon stumbled in running: "Princess, princess, hurry and see! Third Highness, Third Highness..."

Yun Tinghan's heart panicked involuntarily: "What happened to Third Brother?"

"Third Highness is all better!" the white mushroom demon blinked her pure, innocent little eyes, speaking with utmost sincerity: "Third Highness is on all fours, revealed his true form, and ran toward Wandering Mountain!"

What?! Those two female cultivators are actually this formidable? Third Brother has been lame for years, yet after just one night he can walk like the wind? Yun Tinghan didn't know what he was thinking, his face flushed crimson as he lowered his head in silence.

The white mushroom demon was anxious inside, so she had to remind again: "Princess, you really should go see Third Highness! Wandering Mountain has many scattered demons lurking; if you bump into some blind one who offends the Highness, what then?"

"Right, right, right!" We must go! Third Brother has been confined to a wheelchair for so many years, finally got his wish tonight—we must not let any mishap happen! Yun Tinghan put on his clothes and was about to leave, but turned back at the door: "You've thought things through well, handled the task nicely, though I never noticed before—what's your name?"

The white mushroom demon fidgeted, seeming reluctant to speak: "Bai.... Bai, Bai Xiaohong!"

Bai Xiaohong?! Yun Tinghan nodded: "I'll remember you, you're quite clever; once I find Third Brother I'll transfer you to my Chuanfang Hall!"

Hearing this, the white mushroom demon fidgeted even more: "Th... thank you, Princess!"

Yun Tinghan thought this white mushroom demon was just shy, didn't think much of it, transformed into a beautiful white wolf, and madly dashed toward the moon, straight for Wandering Mountain!

Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, Shi Ran pushed Yun Tingliao's wheelchair as they fled for their lives, destination: Jiaohu Village!

Yun Tingliao was bound to the wheelchair, unable to move, just about to shout when Wei Yuzhu swiftly shoved a red cloth into his mouth: "What are you howling for! Clearly you can wolf-howl, isn't that right?"

The old wound at the corner of Yun Tingliao's mouth was pulled painfully; his gaze at Wei Yuzhu seemed laced with poison!

"What are you looking at!" Wei Yuzhu frowned, glaring back even more venomously: "If it weren't for the elder saying to spare your life, you'd think you'd still be alive now?"

She still wore her disheveled wedding attire, the gold-thread embroidered dragon-and-phoenix medallions twisted and distorted in the complex folds, the collar flung wide, under the flowing silk's sheen, faintly revealing the soft, moist glow of the skin beneath.

Several strands of black hair escaped from her askew pearl crown, winding damply against her sweaty neck, then sliding deep into the wide-open neckline, vanishing into the tempting shadow.

The rouge's crimson bloomed on her lips, stained with a tooth mark, like a fruit fiercely kissed and bitten open, exuding a wild, decadent sweet-sickly aura.

Feeling Yun Tingliao's gaze, even Wei Yuzhu couldn't help but feel both shy and angry.

At that critical moment, the Nine Severance Whip was only a step away from Shi Ran; to prevent her from being severed limb from limb, she lunged to seize the whip, but Yun Tingliao reversed his grip and flung it away—she also tumbled into his embrace.

"Throwing yourself into his arms!?" Yun Tingliao gave a cold smile, looked her up and down with disdain: "Just you?!" After saying that, he grabbed her slender willow waist, intending to throw her down.

But Wei Yuzhu was a step faster, lunging to grab his vital spot: "What? All talk and no action? Disdaining me? And still......" She gave a bewitching smile, her eyes meaningfully glancing downward.

"You..." Having his vital point seized, Yun Tingliao's forehead veins bulged; he drew a deep breath and growled low: "Let go of me!"

"No way!" Wei Yuzhu arrogantly squeezed hard: "You let us go, and I'll let you go!"

"You... you still want to hold on all night!?" Yun Tingliao grunted angrily, furious and defeated!

On the other side, Shi Ran struggled to her feet, just barely escaping— the Nine Severance Whip was only 0.001 millimeter from her, she could even see the purple electric clouds on the whip!

Unfortunately, misfortune always lags a step behind her; she was blown away by the whip's wind, luckily escaping with her life, she fell head-dizzy, also failing to see the two in their extremely ambiguous pose, and blurted: "Wei Shijie, are you alright?!"

Wei Yuzhu gripped Yun Tingliao's vital point, naturally unafraid: "I'm fine, you and the elder go first to find the Binding Immortal Lock, I'll handle things here!"

Lingxiao buzzed near Shi Ran's ear: "The Binding Immortal Lock is in his treasure chest!" Pausing, seemingly unable to hold back, continued buzzing: "Returning requires diligent hard training; only by being strong oneself can one avoid easy injury!"

Shi Ran's hands itched, desperately suppressing the urge to swat mosquitoes: "Understood, Master!" She stood up, stumbled over to the treasure chest and began rummaging.

Wei Yuzhu distracted, her grip loosened, Yun Tingliao seized the chance to pull her into a fierce embrace and kissed her hard!

Their lips and teeth tangled, yet there was not a trace of affection—one wanted to suppress, the other to resist, evenly matched, neither gaining advantage.

Wei Yuzhu gradually couldn't breathe, she hardened her heart and bit down hard on Yun Tingliao's lip corner!

Now, seeing Yun Tingliao's gaze, Wei Yuzhu only felt shame and indignation impossible to bear; she lowered her voice to threaten: "If you dare say another word! I'll have you roasted into wolf jerky, understand?"

Yun Tingliao said nothing, but his gaze lingered ambiguously on Wei Yuzhu's red lips, making her heart flutter!

"I say, you two!" Shi Ran stopped walking: "I'm neither blind nor deaf, can't you treat me like a living person?"

Her hands ached from pushing the wheelchair, these two were still flirting! Too much bullying of this single dog!

Wei Yuzhu took a deep breath, forget it, today I'll just consider myself bitten by a dog! After returning, I'll definitely cling to Gu Yusheng and soon forget tonight's unhappiness! "Hurry up! The human-demon border is just ahead!"

"Who! Who's there!"

Not good! It's the patrolling demon soldiers! Shi Ran and Wei Yuzhu exchanged a glance!