eurekapd Chapter 554 I'll be the first to skin you alive.
Chapter 554 I'll be the first to skin you alive.
Even though they could vaguely sense the impending grim situation, these young cultivators still held onto hope. The wind and sand would not extinguish the youthful spirit and passion; they would only temper it and make it stronger.
Sometimes, a "young" heart is better than a thousand difficulties.
After hearing Xu Youan's explanation, everyone present was amazed by his knowledge. Only Jiang Junze looked at him with suspicion and suddenly asked, "Why do you know so much about the demon race?"
Compared to Xu Youan, Jiang Liqian's reaction was much stronger. She didn't know what she was feeling guilty about. Before her brain could process it, her angry eyes were already fixed on Jiang Junze.
Jiang Junze neither backed down nor avoided the question, clearly indicating that he needed Xu Youan to answer it.
Xu Youan gently squeezed his senior sister's hand under his sleeve, then smiled slightly at Jiang Junze: "I've just read a lot of classic works. Senior Brother Jiang probably doesn't like reading much, right? You can't find Senior Brother at Lanxing Pavilion."
With a blatantly sarcastic tone, Luo Qing'an, fearing the two would start arguing, quickly laughed it off: "Our junior brother is just like his senior sister; he likes to read when he has nothing to do. Our junior sister even spent ten years in the library of Zhenfeng! It's normal, normal..."
As she spoke, she suddenly seemed to remember something and took out more than a dozen small jade bottles from her Qiankun bag: "Speaking of reading, I did see a record about demonic energy in an ancient medical book. I heard that demonic energy is far more domineering than spiritual energy. Once it invades the heart meridian, it will destroy everything in its path, including the cultivator's meridians and spiritual roots, eventually leading to their death. Moreover, demonic energy can also disturb a person's thoughts. Cultivators with weak consciousness are easily disturbed by demonic energy, becoming violent and irritable, or even going into qi deviation."
"This is a calming pill I made using the Xiangxing grass I grew at Kunya Residence. It can keep you clear-headed and expel demonic energy as quickly as possible when you are invaded by it. I originally just kept it as a precaution, but I didn't expect it to come in handy. There aren't many, and this is all I have. Let's all share it. It's good to have extra protection."
Luo Qing'an placed the small jade bottles on the ground, and only took two bottles for herself.
Hearing her third senior sister talk about demonic energy, Jiang Liqian immediately recalled the time in her previous life when she was framed by Shen Qingqing. The demonic energy that surged into her limbs and bones was icy cold and almost froze her from the inside out. At that time, she felt that her hands and feet were no longer her own, and then sharp pain rushed from every inch of her body into her cerebral cortex.
How to describe that pain? It's like consciously feeling your bones and meridians being pierced by a thousand or ten thousand ice needles, then your skin melting, your bones shattering piece by piece, filled with despair, but there's nothing you can do.
Although she was ambushed and infused with so much demonic energy, this also shows the influence of demonic energy on cultivators.
Spiritual energy and demonic energy are incompatible. Once they meet, it's either a fight to the death or one side suppressing the other relentlessly until death.
Just like them now, and the demons who have invaded this world.
Xu Youan acted quickly, first taking three jade bottles and stuffing them into Jiang Liqian's arms, then taking his own two bottles, pausing for a moment, and then putting both of his bottles into Jiang Liqian's hands.
Jiang Li frowned slightly: "Ayou!"
Xu Youan secretly moved closer to her and shook her sleeve in a flattering manner: "This is such an important thing, senior sister, please keep it for me, okay?" Her voice was low and a little coquettish, "I'm clumsy, what if I lose it? Senior sister, please."
With a slight touch of her fingertips, Jiang Liqian stared at a stray strand of hair that had fallen loosely behind his ear. Considering that they were in public, she restrained herself from going forward to help him straighten his hair.
His jade-like skin, contrasting with his thin, red lips, was already captivating enough, and then, without any restraint, his allure cascaded down...
Jiang Li took a deep breath, forcing herself to look away. Her mind was completely in turmoil, and she no longer cared what her junior brother was asking her for. She answered him haphazardly.
Out of the corner of his eye, Xu Youan caught a glimpse of his senior sister's slightly reddened earlobes, and raised an eyebrow, a warm smile flashing in his eyes. However, the next moment, he was met with a cold, scrutinizing gaze.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Youan's lips curved into a perfect smile. With his long, jade-like hands, he picked up two jade bottles and kindly handed them to Jiang Junze: "Senior Brother Jiang, please keep them safe."
Jiang Junze's gaze turned cold, and he warned him in a voice only the two of them could hear: "You'd better stay away from my little sister. If I find out that you dare to do anything indecent to her, I'll be the first to skin you alive."
A chill ran through his fingertips, and Xu Youan sighed.
"My senior brother and uncle don't really like me..."
"Is it so unforgivable for me to be by my senior sister's side...?"
Jiang Junze instantly lowered his gaze, his sharp eyes scanning him from head to toe.
His intuition told him that Xu Youan wasn't asking him this question, or perhaps not even himself, but something more ethereal, like fate.
Before he could ask anything more, the young man in the jade crown and thin robe returned to his little sister's side as usual. He naturally took out a water bag, asked her if she was thirsty and wanted to drink some water, and secretly stuffed a soft and glutinous pastry into her hand, urging her to eat it quickly so that no one would find out.
The little girl's mouth was covered in crumbs from eating. Perhaps it was her first time doing something like this, as she was stiff and looked guilty, avoiding eye contact with everyone. Xu Youan, however, skillfully went over to shield her from everyone's gaze and took out a clean handkerchief to gently wipe away the crumbs from her mouth.
Those practiced movements, that familiar intimacy, seemed as if they had done it a million times.
There were two jade bottles left on the ground. Seeing that everyone was being polite and not wanting to take any more, Luo Qing'an planned to put them away for the time being and take them out again in case of an emergency. However, before her hand could even touch the jade bottles, a slender hand had already reached past her and picked up the two jade bottles, putting them into her Qiankun bag.
Luo Qing'an turned her head in surprise.
A clear, crisp female voice, sharp yet cold as a blade, rang out: "Greetings, Senior Sister Luo. Please give me these two jade bottles."
Jiang Liqian looked at the woman who suddenly appeared with great surprise: "Qingmu? Weren't you with the people from your Shengxiaolou? Why are you here alone?"
Qing Mu tilted her head to look at her, her voice calm and even: "We got separated."
"..." Jiang Liqian didn't quite believe her words. There were plenty of communication devices in the cultivation world. If they got separated, couldn't they contact each other to find each other?
It seems more like she came to them on purpose.
Could it be that she also wants to be in their group?
Jiang Liqian thought to herself, but Xu Youan, who was beside her, actually asked the question for her. She was startled and subconsciously tugged at his clothes.