Chapter 8: The Young Master Is Teased Again

Wuyan immediately clasped his fists and withdrew. In a flash, he landed lightly on the thick trunk of a tree. From his vantage point, he could see clearly into the young master's room.

As expected, a petite figure bent low and leapt easily onto the wall.

"What powerful soul force!" The Demon Cauldron had already sensed it.

Ji Yin felt the cauldron's excitement. "Restrain yourself, don't act like you haven't eaten in eight hundred years."

Since the Demon Cauldron and Ji Yin were one and the same, their communication was always telepathic.

The petite figure slipped down from the wall, vaulted through the window in one smooth motion, and quickly hid behind the screen. After confirming there was no movement in the room, she crept out from behind the screen.

A light gauze canopy hung over the bed, and through its misty veil, a figure could be seen lying there.

Ji Yin approached the bedside, step by step.

"Great Demon, are you sure you don't want to kill him first? The soul is at its strongest at the moment it leaves the body, and devouring it then would yield purer strength."

"Nonsense. If I could kill him, would I need to sneak around like this?"

"True enough."

Through the thin gauze, Xuan Yuanji watched the figure standing at his bedside. The evil power she exuded seemed even stronger than before.

His soul force began to fluctuate, as if something was forcibly drawing it out!

"It hurts!" Ji Yin felt as if her heart would burst.

The Demon Cauldron immediately ceased its devouring.

"Great Demon, I'm about to explode!"

A fine sheen of sweat appeared on Ji Yin's brow. She suddenly recalled how Little Demon had been unable to withstand even a fragment of spiritual power during previous attempts.

How could she have forgotten that? With Little Demon's current strength, there was no way to devour such potent soul force!

Fortunately, she stopped in time. Any longer and her heart might have ruptured from the strain.

Neither she nor Little Demon was as powerful as before.

Looking at the man on the bed, Ji Yin was filled with frustration, but there was nothing she could do.

Just as she was about to turn away, the man on the bed moved.

Ji Yin felt a force slam into her abdomen, sending her flying back to crash into the screen!

She’d been discovered! Scrambling to her feet, she prepared to leap out the window. She had barely moved when a length of white gauze shot toward her, wrapping tightly around her waist.

Ji Yin fell to the floor in a flustered heap. She lifted her head to see Xuan Yuanji standing a few steps away, elegant and imposing, a man of peerless bearing.

Climbing up, Ji Yin brushed the dust off her clothes and flashed Xuan Yuanji a mischievous grin. "I just came to check on you. Are you eating well? Sleeping well? Is there anything you need? If you’re lacking anything, just tell me and I’ll have someone prepare it at once!"

Xuan Yuanji stared at her in silence.

What had she just been doing? Or rather, what had she tried to do?

What kind of power did she possess that could absorb his soul force?

Under the cool, piercing gaze fixed on her, Ji Yin felt her scalp tingle. "If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going. Good night."

Suddenly, Xuan Yuanji tightened his grip. Ji Yin’s body was pulled uncontrollably toward him, stopping just a pace away.

"Can’t bear to see me go?" Ji Yin shot him a wicked smile and winked.

Perched on the tree branch, Wuyan gripped his sword tightly. The young master was being teased again!

Xuan Yuanji struck without warning.

"Shit!" Ji Yin dodged away at once.

"You’re serious? Don’t you feel ashamed beating up someone as defenseless as me?"

Xuan Yuanji did not relent, but he kept his attacks measured.