14: Chapter 14 I helped Si Youyou clear her inner demons, and she gave me her first kiss as a thank you gift.

"Hoo!"

A voice, seductive to the bone, suddenly rang out in the darkness, as if someone were blowing air right into Ye Xiu's ear.

Ye Xiu fixed his gaze on the source.

He saw that sitting on the old wooden bed in the center of the room was no longer the hunched old woman.

By the moonlight, Ye Xiu saw a pair of fair, flawless jade feet gently swinging.

Moving his gaze upward, he saw legs that made one's blood boil, a slender waist...

And that face, a beauty so stunning it could cause the heavens and earth to lose their color.

At this moment, Si Youyou was no longer putting on a disguise.

She leaned languidly against the headboard, draped only in a red veil as thin as a cicada's wing.

She looked at Ye Xiu with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, her eyes flashing with a dangerous and charming light.

"What? Do you not recognize me anymore?"

Si Youyou extended a finger and beckoned to Ye Xiu.

"Come here, let big sister see... just how many secrets are hidden inside that little body of yours."

Ye Xiu took a deep breath, his Golden Sea of Bitterness automatically circulating to suppress the restlessness.

Instead of retreating, he took a large step forward and walked straight to the bedside.

Looking down at this leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, a signature roguish smile lifted the corners of his mouth:

"You joke, Granny."

"Since I'm here to collect a reward, let alone secrets..."

Ye Xiu raised his wine gourd, took a swig, and then leaned down.

He stopped three inches from that stunning face, their eyes meeting:

"Even if I had to rip out my heart to show you, big sister, I would not refuse."

"Oh, is that so?"

Si Youyou's near-perfect body pressed against him.

She extended her arms, wrapping them around Ye Xiu's neck like a beautiful serpent.

That stunning face drew closer and closer, her red lips slightly parted, the breath she exhaled carrying a dizzying sweetness.

Yet, it was laced with a subtle, greedy chill.

"Little enemy, your heartbeat is so fast..."

"You want to rip out your heart for big sister? Then... give it to me."

Her fingers lightly traced Ye Xiu's chest, and a strange, dark light actually flickered at her fingertips.

It was as if she intended to pierce directly through his flesh and skin to grab that beating heart.

Ye Xiu looked at the face inches away, his eyes glazed over, as if he had completely succumbed to the land of gentleness.

He took the opportunity to wrap his arms around the beauty's waist, the smile at the corner of his mouth becoming even more wicked: "If big sister wants it, just take it."

"Heh..."

A flicker of triumphant mockery and ecstasy flashed in Si Youyou's eyes.

She lunged forward, her red lips no longer seeking a kiss, but transforming into a vortex of devouring vitality, aiming to suck away his Yang energy!

At this critical moment.

Ye Xiu's previously glazed eyes suddenly became as clear as a mirror, even revealing a chilling coldness.

He did not dodge, but instead—very abruptly—raised the wine gourd in his hand and, with lightning speed, took a huge gulp!

He did not swallow it.

"Pfft—!!!"

A mouthful of strong liquor, mixed with the Divine Power of the Golden Sea of Bitterness and the vitality of the Azure Emperor, transformed into a spray of wine mist.

It was sprayed directly onto the face of this "peerless beauty"!

This scene was a complete waste of a treasure! If others saw this, they would surely curse Ye Xiu as an unromantic bastard.

But in the next second, something bizarre happened.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

The wine mist sprayed onto Si Youyou's delicate skin, and it actually sounded like it had been poured onto a red-hot branding iron, emitting a teeth-grinding, corrosive hiss!

"Ah—!!!"

The voice that was seductive to the bone suddenly vanished, replaced by the roar of an old, sinister, and pain-filled man!

"Damn it! You damned little beast! What kind of wine is this?!"

Si Youyou's stunning face twisted instantly.

A thick mass of black Qi, as if burned, frantically crawled out from her seven orifices!

The black Qi condensed in mid-air into a blurry and hideous ghost face (Li Tianxing), staring fixedly at Ye Xiu, filled with malice.

"Such a beautiful woman, yet she reeks of a dead old man."

Ye Xiu pushed the woman in his arms away, wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, and sneered:

"Li Tianxing, you old ghost, you can't even rest in peace after dying?"

"Do you really think that I, the 'Wine Sword Immortal', am just for show?"

As that mass of black Qi was forced out of her body by this mouthful of "Demon God Wine".

Si Youyou on the bed seemed to have her strength drained, her whole body trembling violently.

Her eyes, which had been filled with demonic strangeness and greed, finally regained their clarity, but what followed was endless fear and fragility.

"Cold... so cold..."

Si Youyou wrapped her arms around her chest; the thin red veil had long been soaked by the wine, clinging tightly to her body and outlining her breathtaking curves.

But she couldn't care about covering herself now; her face was deathly pale, and she curled into a ball, like an injured kitten.

Just a moment ago, she had almost been completely possessed by that "thing" inside her!

Ye Xiu looked at the trembling woman before him; the playfulness in his eyes faded, replaced by a hint of solemnity.

This was the price of Cultivating the Great Nurturing Heavenly Demon Scripture.

Although one remains forever young with heaven-defying strength, the Soul is constantly on the verge of collapse.

"Granny... no, Sister Si."

Ye Xiu sighed and stepped forward, wanting to check her condition.

To his surprise, Si Youyou suddenly reached out a cold hand and grabbed hold of Ye Xiu's clothes tightly.

She looked up, her face covered in tears, her eyes red-rimmed—where was the majesty of the Heavenly Demon Sect leader now?

At this moment, she was just a pitiful woman who had been tortured for countless years.

"Save me..."

Si Youyou's voice trembled with a hint of desperate pleading.

"Ye Xiu... you really can suppress him..."

"Help me... please help me..."

She disregarded the boundaries between men and women, practically throwing herself into Ye Xiu's arms, her hands tightly gripping his shoulders, her nails digging into his flesh.

"Help me drive this Heart Demon... out!"

"As long as you can save me... whatever you want, I will give you!"

As she spoke, very suddenly, this great beauty offered up her scorching red lips.

This is?

Si Youyou's first kiss!

This former Saintess of the Heavenly Demon Sect had killed her husband during their wedding.

That is, the former leader Li Tianxing; she was still a virgin to this day.

To win over Ye Xiu, she actually used her first kiss as a reward?

And just at the moment of this kiss, the System notification sound appeared in Ye Xiu's mind again!

[Ding! Key plot point detected!]

[Triggered hidden quest: Purify the Heavenly Demon!]

[Quest description: Assist Si Youyou in suppressing and refining the remnant Soul of Li Tianxing within her.]

[Quest reward: Successfully advance to the Dao Palace Realm.]

Ye Xiu felt the violent trembling of the beauty in his arms, as well as that fear originating from her very Soul.

He did not push her away.

Instead, he reached out and gently patted her jade-smooth back, a warm current slowly flowing in through his palm.

"Don't be afraid."

Ye Xiu's voice rang out in the darkness, carrying a reassuring power.

"It's just a Heart Demon, isn't it?"

A phantom of a green lotus flashed and vanished in Ye Xiu's eyes.

"Tonight, I will help you... wipe him out completely!"