Chapter 16

Li Tiaodeng curled her body, her legs intertwined, silk… silk…

"I'm sorry… Master…"

Li Tiaodeng's hands trembled, then she tucked the handkerchief under the covers…

On the other side.

When Lin Yi left Pei Yuhan and Yu Xiaotang, the moon had not yet reached its zenith, probably around 22:00 in his previous Life's twenty-four-hour format.

Pei Yuhan and Yu Xiaotang had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Although they were Cultivators, such things were nothing to them, but wasn't the joy of the boudoir all about that bit of comfort?

There was no need to suppress one's emotions; just act according to the feelings of the body and mind.

Lin Yi gently pushed open the door to his and Su Lingshu's room. The purple-haired maiden was sitting by the bed, quietly watching the snowy ground outside the window. Hearing the sound, she turned her head, her purple hair cascading behind her, her brows carrying a hint of pity…

Hm?

Pity?

Lin Yi blinked. When he looked again, he could only see the same indifferent look on Su Lingshu's face.

It seemed as if the pity from just a moment ago was just his eyes playing tricks on him.

Lin Yi took note of this.

As a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, how could he possibly have his eyes play tricks on him? Unless someone had used an illusion-type technique to confuse him.

"Fairy Su, have you not rested yet?" Lin Yi walked to the window and stretched. The moonlight hit his body, causing the Great Sun Scripture inside him to circulate even faster.

At this rate, it would only take him about one-third of his original time to enter the Golden Core Middle Stage.

But… it was still slow.

It wasn't as fast as playing little games with the Fairies.

However, he didn't despise this bit of cultivation; after all, he didn't need to actually sit in meditation to Cultivate.

"I have already agreed with you that I would serve you tonight, and I will not break my promise," Su Lingshu said indifferently.

Chapter 27: Su Lingshu Enters the Game Herself

"Fairy Su is able to bend and stretch, I admire that," Lin Yi said with a faint smile.

Su Lingshu frowned. Bend and stretch? What did her taking the initiative to serve have to do with being able to bend and stretch?

"As long as you keep your word, that is enough." Su Lingshu did not want to say anything more to Lin Yi. She took a deep breath, then stood up from the bedside and took the initiative to walk into the range covered by the moonlight.

Su Lingshu squinted. The faint moonlight made her somewhat uncomfortable as she was used to the darkness. Su Lingshu gently extended her fair hands and hugged Lin Yi's waist from behind.

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow. The plumpness behind him was pressing against his senses. Was Su Lingshu really prepared to serve him proactively?

As Lin Yi's thoughts turned, he reached out and scooped Su Lingshu, who was leaning against his back, to his front. Lin Yi slightly lifted the fair, glowing chin of the beautiful Fairy. Su Lingshu's dreamlike purple hair scattered in the faint moonlight as she turned.

"Fairy Su, does Xia Qianzhen dislike Yin Yang?" Lin Yi asked, seemingly casually.

Su Lingshu narrowed her eyes slightly, then opened them and nodded.

Both of them were gauging the other's attitude and intentions.

"Does Xia Qianzhen like Ye Linyuan?"

Lin Yi leaned in and left a shallow bite mark on Su Lingshu's full lips.

Su Lingshu's expression remained calm as she looked at Lin Yi's face, then she shook her head.

"Ye Linyuan is devoted to the sword; Xia Qianzhen only submitted to him because of a marriage contract."

"Or perhaps… is there also a reason to deter Yin Yang? After all… Fairy Su already possesses such stunning beauty. Palace Master Xia must be even more exquisite, right?"

Lin Yi hadn't expected things to be slightly different from the original work, but… this was normal. After all, this was a comprehensive harem world. They say that if a butterfly flaps its wings on the East Coast, a storm will occur on the West Coast. Especially in this world that had become unrecognizable.

"… Perhaps," Su Lingshu's eyes flickered, and she nodded noncommittally.

Lin Yi held Su Lingshu's slender waist, his fingers gently rubbing against her sash. Su Lingshu pressed her jade hands against Lin Yi's chest, her upper body keeping a small distance from Lin Yi.

Lin Yi pulled with both hands, and Su Lingshu was pressed entirely against Lin Yi's body.

"Fairy Su, didn't you say you would take the initiative? Why am I the one starting it now? Could it be that…"

Lin Yi used his hand to restrain Su Lingshu's pretty face, his thumb wandering along the edge of her lower lip, occasionally brushing against her jade-white face.

"I don't need you to tell me, I know…" Su Lingshu felt a flutter in her heart, yet also some reluctance. These two contradictory states of mind merged together, causing her fingers to tremble.

Lin Yi let go of Su Lingshu and sat on the edge of the bed, quietly watching as Su Lingshu began to place her hands on her sash under the moonlight…

Rustle, rustle…

With a slight sound of something hitting the floor, Su Lingshu turned away.

She still couldn't bring herself to fully expose herself in front of Lin Yi, even though for the past month, he had already become more familiar with her delicate body than she was herself…

But… unwilling is unwilling. Even after everything had settled, she would look at him coldly, standing before him, letting his spiritual power wash over her entire body, removing all filth…

Even if this scene had happened many times, she still couldn't bring herself to reveal her true heart right now.

Lin Yi wore a faint smile, watching Su Lingshu's purple robes fall. Under the moonlight, the Fairy was as beautiful as a painting.

"Fairy Su, didn't you want to ask me how I knew about the matter between Xia Qianzhen and Yin Yang?"

Lin Yi suddenly brought up the subject Su Lingshu was particularly concerned about.

Su Lingshu's fair shoulders trembled, and a slight blush appeared on her delicate skin; it was from the cold. Su Lingshu's strength had been sealed by Lin Yi, and her purple robes were a Spiritual Artifact that could maintain a constant temperature and clean itself automatically. Now that she had undone them, it was inevitable that she would feel cold.

Su Lingshu did not answer; she was quietly waiting for Lin Yi's reply.

"Fairy Su, are you not going to take action? I have been waiting quite impatiently." Lin Yi had no intention of answering. He just borrowed the moonlight to admire the Fairy under the moon.

Su Lingshu's figure trembled. She suddenly felt that if she really did these things, her fate would be different.

"I hope you… keep your promise." Su Lingshu cut away some distracting thoughts. Where else did she have a way out? Now, whenever she closed her eyes, she saw Lin Yi's expressions—sometimes cold, sometimes smiling, sometimes helpless.

Lin Yi had already been carved into her Life. Even if he was a chess piece, wasn't she one too?

Su Lingshu looked down at her delicate body, and certain thoughts brewing in her heart surged up together.

Since Pei Yuhan cared so much about Lin Yi, Lin Yi must occupy a very important position in her plan. Lin Yi himself just didn't know it.

He was just a lecher, and Pei Yuhan satisfying his demands with her body—the assumption that Lin Yi was just Pei Yuhan's boy toy had been quickly overturned by her. Pei Yuhan didn't sink to that vulgar level in her mind.

Then Lin Yi's status in Pei Yuhan's scheme might need to be raised a bit, to the extent that Pei Yuhan was even willing to play with Lin Yi together with her little disciple…

What exactly was special about Lin Yi…

This was what she had been thinking about when Lin Yi went to Pei Yuhan and Yu Xiaotang's room.

These things needed to be tested step by step in the future, but regardless, Lin Yi was an existence that could not be ignored, perhaps even the most central figure in Pei Yuhan's plan!

What Su Lingshu said about serving him proactively was not a lie. She prepared to turn Lin Yi against them, to make Lin Yi truly fall in love with her, and after everything was over, she would completely erase his existence!

Lin Yi looked at Su Lingshu, who had her back to him, with a strange expression.

[Su Lingshu: 10/100 Lover -> 25/100 Lover]

He suddenly felt that he didn't need to guess what Su Lingshu wanted to do. Once it reached seventy or eighty, couldn't he just ask her directly?

Wasting this much effort, being on guard against each other and harboring murderous intent, really wasn't as good as the System.

Evaluation: pure love modulation system, activate!

Lin Yi naturally didn't know what Su Lingshu was thinking. He watched Su Lingshu turn around, the beautiful Fairy radiating a dreamlike charm at this moment.

Su Lingshu's flawless, jade-tender calves stepped lightly onto the purple Fairy robes. Her expression was still somewhat cold, but in her gaze, there was naturally an air of being unstained by worldly dust.

Su Lingshu lowered her head to meet Lin Yi's gaze silently, and then, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

She revealed a pure yet not lacking in beauty smile…

Chapter 28: The Fairy as a Chess Piece

In that instant, it was as if the entire inner room was bathed in a layer of radiance. Lin Yi was gently pushed by Su Lingshu's jade fingers and lay down on the soft bed.

Su Lingshu hummed softly. Being able to make Lin Yi lie down so easily and starting to take the initiative between the two of them made a hint of joy flash in Su Lingshu's heart.

If she had known, she would have taken the initiative earlier, and wouldn't have had to be so humiliated as before.

Su Lingshu's mind flashed through these thoughts. Previously… she had been thinking entirely about how to escape. Now, however…

Lin Yi looked with a smile at the beautiful Fairy who was kneeling before him. Su Lingshu like this was indeed unique; she didn't seem as cold as before, carrying a hint of tenderness.

"Hands."

Su Lingshu was concise.

Lin Yi extended his hands. Although Su Lingshu's attitude was still somewhat stiff, it was undoubtedly a good start.

Su Lingshu's heart began to soften; the ice sealing her began to show cracks, something Su Lingshu herself hadn't sensed.

"Legs."

Su Lingshu took off Lin Yi's white robes, then folded them together and placed them on the small cabinet next to them.

At this point, everything from the past began to surface. Su Lingshu bit her lip. She knelt beside Lin Yi, then raised her knees, bent her hips…

Su Lingshu frowned. She turned her head away, watching the moonlight flow in outside the window. The moonlight was like water, just like the present moment.

The words in the ancient books did not deceive her.

A few lines of verse from Xia Qianzhen's memories surfaced in Su Lingshu's mind; those were the lines she had read in the sea of books when she was young.

"… Dare not… secretly frown…"

Not this one.

Su Lingshu frowned.

"Pity the few drops of Bodhi…"

Damn it! Lin Yi, you villain! You ruin my Dao Heart!

Su Lingshu frowned again.

"… Dew drops on the peony…"

Su Lingshu closed her eyes gently. When she opened them again, her expression had become calm.

"That's enough, right? Lin Yi? Can you tell me now why you know these secret matters?"

Su Lingshu straightened her waist, her entire upper body bathed in the moonlight. As her jade arms gently tucked her long hair, she appeared graceful.

Lin Yi's body was plunged into darkness. He reached out, gently hugging the Fairy's slender waist, and then let out a slow sigh.

"Su Lingshu, is that it?"

Lin Yi was annoyed. Is that it?

"Hm?" Su Lingshu's brows furrowed slightly. What is "is that it"? Hadn't she already completed her part as agreed?

"What do you mean 'is that it'?" Su Lingshu asked, puzzled.

"I'm saying, are you underestimating me too much?" Lin Yi tilted his head and revealed a slightly ferocious smile.

This made Su Lingshu's heart jump; she instantly sensed Lin Yi's intention!

"No, I have already… Ugh…" Su Lingshu's pupils dilated. She bit her thin lips with her pearly teeth, and the beautiful figure in the moonlight instantly fell into the darkness!

Following that…

The moonlight outside the window began to be covered by thick snow clouds. The entire city slowly sank into darkness at this moment, and a heavy snow seemed to be about to arrive.

However… the moment Su Lingshu took a deep breath of the cold air, the whole world brightened up again. She lay on Lin Yi's chest, the temperature belonging to the youth making her slightly cold skin gradually warm up.