Chapter 901 - 252: Master and Servant, Westward Journey, Heart-Slaying

Chapter 901: Chapter 252: Master and Servant, Westward Journey, Heart-Slaying

Now, he didn’t need to pretend anymore. But the Firefly Demon still seemed to remember this matter, and now she was here to fulfill it for him.

However, Li Yuan wasn’t interested in the woman in front of him.

And from a utility standpoint, he had no need to accept her any longer.

Their relationship was already stable enough; it was purely a "feeder and servant" relationship, without any need to complicate it further.

"Please allow me to serve you, my lord."

The Firefly Demon’s charming cheeks showed even more desire.

Li Yuan gently said, "Miss Ying, we do not know each other well yet, so we shouldn’t be too hasty."

The Firefly Demon alluringly said, "I... I only wish for you to know, from now on, every inch of me, whether heart or body, belongs to you, my lord.

I am your personal possession, my lord."

Li Yuan said, "Oh, I understand. Go back to sleep."

Firefly Demon: ...

She was a little unwilling.

Only by fully surrendering to the man in front of her, allowing him free rein over her, could she gain a sense of security, a feeling of "having additional value and not being easily discarded."

However, she was a smart woman, so she said nothing more, stood up, lightly bowed, gently said "Good night, my lord," and gracefully walked out. Only when she reached outside did a faint sobbing sound echo.

Li Yuan, being an old hand at acting, immediately realized the person crying was also a seasoned actor upon hearing the quiet sob.

However, he really had no intention of accepting the Firefly Demon.

This demoness was far too complicated.

Listening to her footsteps like a heavy chain dragging, stopping and starting, he called out, "Come back."

The slow, heavy footsteps suddenly became lively.

In an instant, the door swung open. The Firefly Demon flitted in like a blue firefly and knelt at Li Yuan’s feet, sighing softly as she murmured, "My lord, I..."

Li Yuan reached out his hand, palm down, and said, "Feed."

The Firefly Demon looked at that hand, sighed gently, and said, "I want to establish another kind of relationship with you, not just this..."

Li Yuan said, "Do your job well, and I will not abandon you."

The Firefly Demon was silent for a while, then said, "Yes."

After speaking, she slowly buried her pretty face, drew closer to Li Yuan’s hand resting on his lap, extended her tongue to lick it, then pressed her lips against it, and began to suck out the life force.

Even though she was not efficient at extracting life force, she was still fed to fullness.

Under such suction, her appearance became even more alluring, her eyes jade-white, like a white night sky, each gleam of light reflecting like the Milky Way on it, her beauty reached an extreme, not a mortal beauty, but that of a Divine Spirit.

But this kind of Divine Spirit knelt before Li Yuan, akin to a docile beast.

Li Yuan patted her hair and said, "Go back to sleep."

The Firefly Demon licked her lips and said, "My lord, are you sure you don’t want me to serve you? I... I have never served a man before."

Li Yuan directly said, "I’m not interested in you."

The Firefly Demon was merely probing, she bowed gracefully again and turned to leave.

As she reached the door, Li Yuan suddenly asked, "Your method of sucking life force, can it be taught to others?"

The Firefly Demon smiled bitterly and said, "This method was bestowed by Beidou, it’s my innate power, I truly don’t know how to pass it on..."

Li Yuan said, "Understood, go to sleep, it’s late, and we have to travel tomorrow."

"Yes, my lord."

The Firefly Demon departed.

Looking at the closed door, Li Yuan somewhat understood. The Firefly Demon’s method of "sucking life force" was probably akin to Xiaozhao’s "hair splitting into Wu Ya, each Wu Ya can become independent life force," all belonging to unreplicable talents.

The next morning.

Li Yuan ate a bowl of noodles on the street and strolled leisurely through this small town, unintentionally seeing a general store, then spotted someone hawking "Malt candy for sale, malt candy for sale," and after a brief thought, he went over, paid, and bought a big box, then carried it away under the seller’s dumbfounded gaze.

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More than two months later, the carriage arrived near Sword Mountain Pass.

Sword Mountain Pass had already restored order, new Armored Warriors patrolled with Great Halberds behind the mottled black battlements; the thawed city pass also became very ’moist.’

The fresh green grass and the first red flowers had explosively grown over these more than four years.

Young deer frolic and run on the border grass, startled away by the wind-blown grass, heading for a natural stream to drink with yelps of delight.

Further away, herdsmen rode horses, alongside old cows leading the young, moaning occasionally as they walked and grazed on the grassland...

In just over four years, the icy snow landscape had transformed into a leisurely frontier scenery.

Sword Mountain Pass was still sealed, guarding against the Southern Barbarians remained the national policy, but how could it stop Li Yuan from advancing?

The application of Domain Power allowed the entire carriage to levitate directly, crossing over the fortress in the air from an unguarded part of the mountain range, and landing outside the pass.

The fine horse continued its journey.

A few days later, entering the Land of Eternal Night, here it had not yet entirely retreated, yet was gradually recovering.

The Firefly Demon surprisingly found the whole carriage enveloped in a faint red glow. Within this red glow, it was warm like spring; even as an ordinary person she needed no cotton-padded jacket, a thin blue dress was enough.

These years, perhaps Li Yuan had not made significant progress, but his mastery over power had become increasingly meticulous, things he couldn’t do before now were easily done.

Previously, at most, he struggled to combine Domain Power with fire to form "Fire-tipped Spear," "Chaotic Heaven Silk" sort of things...