Chapter 304: You Are Mine

The night was deep and quiet.

In the south of Lin'an City, a certain dilapidated mansion was overgrown with weeds and covered in spiderwebs.

A seal was pasted over the main gate, and no one had lived inside the mansion for a long time.

Yet at this moment, in the main hall, a strange woman wearing a black cloak sat cross-legged, silent and motionless.

It was bitterly cold outside the house, but a thin layer of frost, barely visible to the naked eye, had condensed around her, making the temperature in the entire hall even colder than it was outside.

She seemed to have no heartbeat, no pulse, and not even the aura a human should have.

Her entire being was deathly still.

But suddenly, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of scarlet and eerie pupils, from which a cold, murderous intent suddenly erupted.

"Mm..."

However, at this moment, her body suddenly trembled, and a strange moan escaped her throat, as if it had not been emitted by her own self.

She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with bone-chilling coldness, her body surging with killing intent.

Yet the next second, her body trembled again, and she could not help but let out a strange sound from her throat, which instantly made her face flush red with shame, shock, and anger.

"What is going on? Even if that girl and I are of the same root and origin, the same person, it shouldn't be like this..."

"After all, my current body has already become a separate entity; the past few nights I could only feel it, why is it so intense tonight... Ah..."

"Damn it!"

She stood up abruptly, preparing to go out, but her legs suddenly went weak, and she sat back down on the floor.

"Filthy human!"

"Tomorrow, I will go and find out the truth!"

She gritted her teeth, her gaze gloomy and cold, yet her body, for some reason, felt numb and tingling, soft and powerless, trembling incessantly.

She kept her legs tightly pressed together, feeling as though she could not control her entire body, as if it were no longer her own.

This was a terrifying feeling she had never experienced before.

"What exactly did that girl do? Or, what exactly did that gigolo do?"

"How could I... suddenly be like this..."

For the first time, she truly and concretely felt fear and panic.

Meanwhile.

Deep beneath the Bai Mansion, in a certain cave within the Ghost Realm.

"Whoosh!"

Luo Zijun suddenly felt a vast amount of energy surging out from a certain acupoint like a burst dam, instantly enveloping his entire body and continuously scouring the meridians and acupoints throughout his whole frame.

At the same time, the energy already accumulated within his body also erupted suddenly.

The two collided fiercely, clashing, neither giving way, but soon they merged together and then charged toward the barrier leading to the Fen Shen Realm.

"Boom!"

The barrier shook, and the cracks began to widen.

Luo Zijun immediately drove a second attack, then a third, a fourth...

The Moon Palace Fairy had lain on the ground for a long time before rising to walk to the cave entrance, leaning against the wall to sit down; while helping him guard, she stared blankly at the Snake Skin in her hand.

A night of time passed quickly.

After a night of breaking through the barrier, the passage leading to the Fen Shen Realm within Luo Zijun's body was now covered in cracks, looking as if it were about to collapse.

Luo Zijun's shattered soul began to close up and heal rapidly.

Tonight was indeed more painful than last night, and his soul had shattered and healed repeatedly several times, but he had gritted his teeth and persisted through it all.

Now he clearly felt that his soul had strengthened significantly once more.

And his Soul Sea had become even more profound, the Soul Power within that had been exhausted was now recovering rapidly.

As for the energy brought by the Fire Lotus Seed, only a small amount remained.

He felt he should be able to control it now, completely unnecessary to continue channeling it into the Fairy's body, and could safely bring it back to the Human Realm.

However...

He raised his head and looked at the snow-white figure at the cave entrance.

"Fairy, I feel I am about to break through, only one last strike remains."

He said.

However, this last strike was crucial; he had to be fully prepared and let his soul reach its peak state before he could begin.

"Look, I can persist even without a woman's undergarments."

He said with some pride.

Of course, flattery was essential: "Just seeing the Fairy by my side is enough; I don't even need that Snake Skin."

The Moon Palace Fairy came back to her senses, her gaze turning to him; after examining his soul, she said coldly: "Don't be happy too soon. Tomorrow night is the night that decides success or failure. If you fail, it is very likely you won't even have the chance to start over."

Luo Zijun's heart tightened, and he said: "I will definitely treat it seriously and will not dare to be careless."

The Moon Palace Fairy stood up, waved the Snake Skin in her hand, and said: "Since you don't need this Snake Skin, then give it to me. Using it as a blanket is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it's soft, quite good."

"Ah..."

Luo Zijun was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "Fairy, this Snake Skin is of great significance to me; I cannot give it away."

The Moon Palace Fairy said coldly: "You promised before to work like an ox or a horse for me; even you are my ox and horse, let alone things on your body? I am asking you just to inform you, not to seek your consent."

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and he said: "Fairy..."

"Cut the nonsense, do you still want to cultivate or not?"

"I do... but..."

"There are no 'buts'. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will not allow you to channel that energy in your body to me now!"

The Moon Palace fairy threatened coldly.

"Uh..."

Luo Zijun hesitated for a moment and said, "Fairy, actually I feel that I can already control that energy within my body..." The Moon Palace fairy narrowed her eyes, looked at him coldly for a while, and said, "Do you mean to say that you don't need me anymore now?"

"No, not that."

Luo Zijun hurriedly denied it: "I mean that I can avoid troubling you, Fairy."

"As you wish."

The Moon Palace fairy gave a cold snort and said, "Do you really think the underground is the same as the surface? Once you reach the surface and your soul returns to your body, if that energy suddenly becomes uncontrollable and your physical body is destroyed, don't come crying to me!"

"Of course, you won't even have the chance to regret it, hmph!"

Hearing her describe it so terrifyingly, Luo Zijun thought that if he could just persist until tomorrow night, he might be able to clear away the dark clouds and see the sunrise; if he were to fail after all his previous efforts because of a moment of carelessness, wouldn't it be a regret that could never be mended?

Thinking of this, he could only say, "Alright, Fairy, then I need to trouble you one more time..."

The Moon Palace fairy snorted and did not speak, instead stroking the Snake Skin in her hand; the meaning was self-evident.

Luo Zijun hesitated slightly and said, "How about this, since you like this Snake Skin, Fairy, you can keep it with you for the time being; it doesn't matter how long. But if I need it one day, I hope that you, Fairy..."

"We'll talk about that then!"

The Moon Palace fairy moved her sleeve, put away the Snake Skin in her hand, then walked into the cave, sat down leaning against the wall in the corner, closed her eyes, and said coldly, "Begin."

Luo Zijun glanced at her, hesitated no longer, and walked over.

Soon, the energy transfer was complete.

The two left the cave and walked into the tunnel; Luo Zijun could not help himself and took her hand in the darkness.

The Moon Palace fairy trembled slightly and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing?"

Luo Zijun said, "Nothing."

"Let go!"

The fairy who had been as gentle as water in the cave a moment ago had already returned to her icy state at this moment.

Luo Zijun: "I won't let go."

The Moon Palace fairy stopped her steps and turned her head to look at him.

Luo Zijun also stopped his steps and said, "If you are angry, Fairy, feel free to hit me."

The Moon Palace fairy did not move, nor did she speak.

Luo Zijun did not speak either; he applied a little more force to his palm, gripping the soft, slender little hand in his palm even tighter.

The Moon Palace fairy was silent for a while, then continued to walk forward.

Luo Zijun followed by her side.

When they were about to walk out of the pitch-black tunnel, the little hand in his palm began to struggle, and the Moon Palace fairy said in an icy voice, "Let go."

This time, Luo Zijun let go.

He knew that she would be shy in places where the light was slightly brighter.

Therefore, during these past few nights when transferring that energy in the cave, she would always cast a spell to make the entire cave pitch-black, so that even with the vision of the soul, one could not see clearly, only hazily seeing her perfect curves.

The two walked across the stone bridge and arrived at the exit.

The Moon Palace fairy turned her body away and looked elsewhere, no longer standing face-to-face with him.

"Whoosh!"

A pillar of light appeared, and the two quickly arrived at the surface.

"Fairy, will I succeed tomorrow night?"

Luo Zijun asked with some trepidation.

The Moon Palace fairy had been about to leave, but upon hearing this, she paused for a moment, looked at him, and said only one word coldly: "Yes."

After saying this, she flew into the night sky and disappeared into the full moon that was about to hide behind the clouds.

"I definitely will!"

Luo Zijun clenched his fists, cheering himself on.

The night curtain soon faded away.

The morning sun quietly poked its head out from the distant green mountains, and the ten thousand rays of light it bloomed instantly lit up the entire city.

Luo Zijun's soul had already returned to his body, and he had entered dreamland.

Meanwhile, in the neighboring Luoxue Abode.

In a dimly lit boudoir, Bai Meixue was lying on the bed, eyes open, lost in thought.

Beside her lay that silvery-white Snake Skin.

Touching it, she felt a sense of intimacy, safety, and familiarity she had never felt before.

Suddenly, her eyelashes began to tremble, her eyelids began to grow heavy, her heartbeat began to accelerate, and a feeling that made her hair stand on end suddenly struck her.

Unconsciously, she closed her eyes and entered a dream.

"Have you still not figured it out?"

"My time is running out, and your time is not much either..."

"For the sake of a mere lowly human, you abandoned a thousand years of cultivation, were reincarnated, and destroyed your own Dao—is it worth it?"

"Alright, perhaps you don't have these memories from the past at all..."

"But I believe you will remember..."

"Only by leaving with me, only by reuniting with me, can we pursue the Dao and attain eternal life..."

"What is affection, love, or gratitude? In the face of eternal life, they are worthless..."

"Perhaps I should do something to make you wake up..."

"You are mine, and I am yours; no one can separate us..."

In the dream, a figure draped in a black cloak was hazy and indistinct, yet those scarlet, icy eyes were exceptionally clear in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)