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The blade was pressed tightly against her neck.
A bone-chilling cold spread, causing goosebumps to rise on Dugu Yan's skin.
Her green eyes narrowed into slits as she asked in disbelief, "You weren't poisoned?!"
"How is that possible?!"
Li Dixian tilted his head back and took a swig of wine.
His Wine Spirit, having undergone two evolutions, now possessed the ability to detoxify.
"I admit defeat. Do what you will with me, kill me or torture me, it's up to you."
Dugu Yan held her slender neck stiffly.
"Heh..."
Li Dixian shook his head with a sneer, raised his Azure Lotus Sword, and flicked his wrist.
With a 'smack', the flat of the sword struck Dugu Yan's right cheek.
The force was not insignificant, causing Dugu Yan's head to snap sharply to the right.
"If you weren't Dugu Bo's granddaughter, you would have died the moment you tried to poison me."
He generally didn't hit women.
But for a vixen like Dugu Yan, who took an inch and demanded a mile, punishment was necessary.
Dugu Yan, however, didn't hear a word Li Dixian said.
Her enchanting green eyes narrowed into a line, faint emerald scales appeared below her neck, and two sharp fangs protruded from her red lips.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Never having been so humiliated, Dugu Yan opened her mouth and lunged straight for Li Dixian's neck.
All three of her Spirit Abilitys were poison-based, but poison had no effect on Li Dixian.
She could only resort to the most primitive form of attack.
A fragrant, fishy gust of wind blew, and seeing Dugu Yan's glowing fangs, Li Dixian's eyes flickered.
"Among the brewing methods I dreamt of last night..."
"There seems to be a basic wine whose main ingredient is snake venom."
A thought flashed through his mind.
Li Dixian's movements were swift.
Whoosh—!
The Azure Lotus Sword cut through the air with a whistle.
Another 'smack' echoed as it accurately struck Dugu Yan's right cheek.
This time, the force was truly considerable.
Dugu Yan stumbled back several steps.
Her already reddened cheek swelled even more.
"Dugu Yan, if you try to fight me again, I won't be so polite."
"Li Dixian!"
"I will definitely kill you!"
Dugu Yan's tall figure trembled as she charged forward again.
"You started this."
The Azure Lotus Sword once again rested on Dugu Yan's neck.
The cold, sharp blade made her calm down slightly.
And at this moment,
Li Dixian suddenly grabbed Dugu Yan's jaw.
He forced her to the stone table in the courtyard.
Then,
Li Dixian flipped his palm.
He picked up a teacup from the stone table.
He pressed Dugu Yan's pretty face to the teacup, her red lips against the rim, her fangs against the cup wall.
Dugu Yan's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Fine, emerald scale patterns appeared on her neck, and two fangs sprayed a sweet, pungent venom.
Instantly,
the bottom of the teacup was filled with a shimmering layer.
Li Dixian suddenly released his hold.
Dugu Yan stumbled backward, collapsing to the ground from exhaustion.
Her ample bosom heaved violently as she looked up at the delighted Li Dixian, her eyes slowly welling up.
"Li... Li Dixian..."
The alluring Dugu Yan was actually made to cry by Li Dixian.
Li Dixian put away the snake venom.
Seeing Dugu Yan, who looked as if she was about to break, he said somewhat guiltily, "I gave you a chance."
"It was you who insisted on fighting me."
Dugu Yan staggered to her feet and walked out of the courtyard without a word.
As she reached the courtyard gate,
she stopped, slapped her treasure pouch, and something fell into her palm.
Dugu Yan didn't even look, directly throwing it towards Li Dixian.
Li Dixian instinctively caught it.
Seeing the familiar wine pot, his eyebrows twitched.
Before he could ask, he heard Dugu Yan's cold voice.
"This is from your little lover in Soto City."
"She asked me to tell you not to forget the promise you made to her."
With that,
she leaped a few times and left.
Li Dixian sighed silently.
He had truly offended Dugu Yan this time.
Opening the lid of the wine pot in his hand, Li Dixian tilted his head back and took a drink.
Hmm, the taste was good.
But it was still a little short of entering the clear spring wine pot.
"Hmm?"
Li Dixian smacked his lips.
"Why does Zhu Qing-jie's wine always have a floral scent?"
A sword light swept across, clearing away the clutter in the courtyard.
Li Dixian couldn't wait to try brewing wine.
"Thanks to Xiang Qinghe for giving me so many brewing ingredients!"
"Now I can try brewing wine!"
Li Dixian rubbed his hands excitedly.
The wine he was brewing this time was called—Snake Saliva Rice Soul.
As it was one of the more basic wines among many, the steps were very simple.
Soak the selected spirit rice, process it through steaming and gelatinization, then ferment it with snake venom.
Its effect was to detoxify all snake venoms in the world.
"My current wine can already detoxify."
"If I further integrate the Snake Saliva Rice Soul, one cup of wine can release ten thousand poisons."
Li Dixian brewed the wine step by step.
Time quickly came to evening.
After completing the initial steps, Li Dixian stared at the viscous rice paste in front of him, carefully pouring in the Bilin Snake Venom.
Drip—
Drip—
The snow-white rice paste turned emerald green.
A heady sweetness also filled the air.
But before Li Dixian could rejoice,
Sizzle—!
Sizzle—!
The emerald green pomace turned black in the blink of an eye.
The sweetness turned into a fishy smell.
"..."
Li Dixian's expression was not good.
He had anticipated that brewing wine would be difficult.
But the problem was, he had no more snake venom.
Looking at the empty teacup, Li Dixian sighed, feeling exhausted.
"Ask Dugu Yan for some more?"
Remembering Dugu Yan's tearful appearance when she left,
Li Dixian rubbed his brows in distress.
"If not, I'll try another method."
At the same time,
at the Dugu Residence.
Bang—!
Dugu Yan slammed the courtyard door shut, startling Dugu Bo, who was cultivating in the flower garden.
"Yan Yan, what's wrong?"
Dugu Yan turned her face, her purple hair covering her right cheek.
She quickly walked through the flower garden and went straight to her room on the second floor.
"It's nothing, Grandpa, I'm cultivating."
Dugu Bo's dark green eyebrows furrowed.
His intuition told him that something must have happened.
But he couldn't ask directly.
"Keep an eye on Yan Yan's movements during this time."
Upstairs.
Behind the snake-patterned curtains,
Dugu Yan sat cross-legged, cultivating with her eyes closed.
Beneath her fair skin, green blood vessels emerged, slowly climbing along her carotid artery towards her cheeks.
Faint emerald snake-like patterns were vaguely visible.
"Hmph!"
After an unknown amount of time,
Dugu Yan suddenly let out a muffled groan, her slender body hunching over and curling up on the bed.
Painful moans escaped her throat.
But upon closer examination, one could vaguely sense a hint of pleasure hidden within the pain.
Dugu Yan suddenly lifted her head,
letting out a slightly hoarse gasp.
After quite a while,
she sat at the table, drenched in sweat, poured herself a glass of water, and sipped it slowly.
Scenes like this happened every day.
The Bilin Snake Spirit came with potent venom, capable of releasing toxins during attacks.
However, during cultivation, the toxins would also gradually erode her body.
This process was excruciating.
But from the age of six when she awakened her Spirit, to today, fourteen years had passed.
In fourteen years of pain, Dugu Yan had captured a hint of pathological pleasure.
She gently touched her right cheek.
She could still feel a burning pain.
It was like an electric current had shot through her heart.
"Li Dixian!"
"You deserve to die!"
Recalling the white-robed young man who had seized her jaw and forced her to spit out venom,
Dugu Yan trembled all over with humiliation.
But within that humiliation... there was a hint of forbidden pleasure she refused to admit.
It was like addictively tearing off a scab.
Dugu Yan drank water, her red lips pressed against the rim of the cup.
Her face gradually flushed, and two fangs suddenly protruded, spraying venom into the cup.
But...
nothing happened.
Humiliation and pleasure churned contradictorily in Dugu Yan's eyes.
She suddenly exerted force.
The teacup exploded with a 'bang'.
"Li Dixian!"
"Just you wait!"