Chapter 74: Do You Want Me?

If that dark power within her could absorb the soul force of others for her own use, then from the very first meeting, she already harbored ill intentions toward him.

Ji Yin met Xuanyuan Ji’s gaze and grinned openly at him.

Xuanyuan Ji rose slowly, walked out of the house, and came to stand beside Ji Yin.

“Why aren’t you meditating?”

“I don’t want to. It’s too tedious. You’re so good-looking—so captivating that I can’t take my eyes off you. Watching you is much more interesting.”

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Ji crouched down, leveling his eyes with hers.

“From the moment you accepted my Phoenix Feather, you became my disciple. I will teach you everything I know—without reserve.”

“Does that include yourself as well?” Ji Yin’s smile was mischievous.

Her eyes sparkled, like twin stars hidden within, and just below her delicate nose, those rosy lips were tempting—enough to incite a craving for a kiss.

Xuanyuan Ji was startled by the thought. It was the first time he had ever felt such an impulse.

Ji Yin sensed the change in Xuanyuan Ji’s gaze. At first, it was gentle, like water, but then, inexplicably, it grew intense—until it blazed so hotly that her own breathing grew uneven.

“Do you want me?” he asked quietly, a note of teasing in his voice.

Ji Yin swallowed hard, her mind suddenly blank!

Why had Xuanyuan Ji become so bold all of a sudden? He wasn’t angry anymore, he wasn’t following the usual script either.

Ji Yin raised her hand, her fair fingers tracing along the lines of Xuanyuan Ji’s face, finally resting beneath his chin. “There should be no intimacy between men. If you were a woman, I might consider it.”

Xuanyuan Ji held her finger, replying, “If you were a woman, I might consider it too.” He returned her words in kind.

Ji Yin’s heartbeat grew wild and erratic.

“Little Devil, am I being flirted with?”

“It seems… probably… maybe you are?”

“How exciting, how thrilling! I never thought I’d live to see the day someone flirted with me!”

The Demon Cauldron: “……” It truly was something to be excited about. After all, the Great Demon King’s reputation on Star Liusha was notorious—so infamous that even if there was only one woman on the entire star, no man would want her. Worse yet, everyone wished her dead. Countless men wanted to kill her, but not a single one wanted to marry her.

“Why not tell him you’re a woman and see what he’d say?”

“Heh!”

Ji Yin withdrew her hand from Xuanyuan Ji’s grip and, with some regret, said, “So, we can only be master and disciple. Rest assured, Master, I will not disappoint you in your unreserved teaching.”

Xuanyuan Ji rose and turned back inside the house.

Ji Yin watched his retreating figure, feeling suddenly that the atmosphere had shifted.

Hadn’t things been going so well just now? How had it all changed in an instant?

“Great Demon, you really have no sense of romance! You finally meet someone who might actually consider you, and with just a few words, you kill the mood dead! This is why you’re single for life! Destined for loneliness.”

“Shut up!”

Ji Yin stood up, dusted herself off, scaled the wall, and returned to her own courtyard.

“Young Master, you’re finally back!” Shuang’er approached, carrying the Scarlet Flame Mink in one hand.

The Scarlet Flame Mink was still clutching a piece of jerky, gnawing on it with relish.

“Young Master, this little thing’s nearly stolen all your jerky! Should I break its teeth?”

The Scarlet Flame Mink, hearing this threat, immediately stopped chewing, staring at Shuang’er in confusion. Truly, the most venomous is a woman’s heart!