2: Chapter 2: Exorcising Demons Across Heaven and Earth, and Taking in the Lady of Xianglong City for Wine.

"Mmm... ah..."

The green smoke swirled, not dissipating, but instead wrapping around that figure like a thin veil.

Through that eerie mist, one could vaguely see an extremely graceful and curvaceous figure.

Her waist was as slender as a willow, yet her hips were astonishingly voluptuous, with curves exaggerated enough to make any man's blood boil.

She was not wearing clothes, or rather, that layer of green poisonous mist was her clothing.

She just stood there barefoot, stepping on that cowhide she had just shed.

She stretched her body gently in that gloomy miasma, letting out a moan that made one's bones feel numb.

"Hehehe... out at last..."

"Finally out..."

The woman slowly turned around amidst the ghastly green mist.

Revealing a pair of peach-colored eyes, staring fixedly at Qin Mu, who was already frightened silly before her.

In those eyes, where was there any trace of kindness?

It was clearly the greed of insatiable hunger, and a suffocating—seductiveness!

"Hoo!"

She lifted a jade-like foot and stepped onto the damp soil, with a trace of cow blood still remaining on her ankle; the contrast between red and white was shocking.

"Ah... the taste of freedom."

The woman stretched, a posture so exaggerated that her ample chest seemed about to burst out.

She narrowed her peach-colored eyes slightly, her tongue lightly licking her red lips, and she let out a sigh of satisfaction.

Qin Mu was stunned.

Although the youth's mind was precocious, how could he have ever seen such a spectacle?

It was a primitive temptation that transcended race.

It made his heart beat like a drum and his blood accelerate, but what followed was a chill that seeped into his bones.

Because that woman's gaze was too cold.

It was the gaze one uses when looking at food.

"Muer, you really are Auntie's good boy."

The woman moved with lotus steps; with every step, the grass beneath her feet instantly withered, turned black, and melted into a puddle of pus.

She looked at Qin Mu with a smile, her voice as sweet and cloying as poison-soaked honey: "To repay you for saving my life, Auntie has decided... to let you die a bit more quickly."

Qin Mu trembled all over, subconsciously gripping the butcher knife hidden behind his back, and took a step back.

"You... you want to eat me?"

"Eat you? No, no, no, that would be too wasteful."

The woman giggled coquettishly, stretching out a slender finger to point at Qin Mu's heart from a distance.

"You are a Spirit Fetus Overlord Body; your blood is a great tonic.

Auntie has been tortured by those Soul Suppressing Nails for so many years, and my body is very weak; it's just right to drink all your blood to moisten my throat."

As she spoke, her gaze passed over Qin Mu and landed on Ye Xiu, who was sitting on a large bluestone not far away.

That "drunkard" wearing strange, puffy clothes (down jacket) and holding a wine gourd in his hand.

At this moment, he was staring at her with great interest, his eyes showing not the slightest fear, but rather as if he were... watching a play?

This kind of gaze made the woman very displeased.

In The Great Ruins, no one dared to look at her, the Lady of the City Lord of Xianglong, with such a gaze.

"As for that drunkard..."

The woman snorted contemptuously, a flash of cruelty crossing her eyes.

"Although he is a Mortal with no Spiritual Qi, his skin is tender, so he should taste quite good.

Since he has seen Auntie's body, I will gouge out his eyeballs to brew wine, and as for the rest... I'll suck them dry together."

"Boom!"

Before her words had even faded, the green mist around her suddenly boiled, transforming into a hideous ghost face that swooped down to cover both of them!

"Run quickly!!"

Qin Mu shouted, swinging the butcher knife in his hand fiercely.

Although he knew he was no match, the wild nature of a youth from The Great Ruins would not let him resign himself to capture.

However, that strike, which was enough to split stones and break monuments, landed on the green mist.

It was like hacking into cotton, and the force was instantly dissipated.

"Ant, stop struggling."

The woman appeared before Qin Mu as if teleporting, a cold claw about to clamp onto Qin Mu's crown.

Just at this critical moment.

[Ding!]

[System task triggered!]

In Ye Xiu's mind, that mechanical and grand voice suddenly rang out.

[Task Name: Eliminate Demons Between Heaven and Earth]

[Task Description: The Dao of the Wine Sword Immortal lies in freedom, but even more so in defending the Dao. With demons present, how can one sit idly by?]

[Task Goal: Kill or subdue the Great Demon before you (Lady of the City Lord of Xianglong).]

[Task Reward: Open the Human Secret Realm, Awaken "Bitter Sea", Enable the first level of the Azure Emperor Scripture!]

On the stone, the corners of Ye Xiu's mouth curled up slightly, forming an amused arc.

"Eliminate demons between heaven and earth, huh..."

"How can I eliminate demons without a sword?"

Ye Xiu shook the heavy wine gourd in his hand.

"I have one."

"Hey, beauty over there."

Ye Xiu's lazy voice pierced through the layers of demonic mist and clearly reached the woman's ears.

The woman, who was about to harm Qin Mu, paused and turned her head angrily:

"You damn drunkard, are you in such a rush to be reincarnated? Don't worry, once I've sucked him dry, you'll be next!"

Ye Xiu showed no anger; instead, he sat up from the stone and pulled the stopper out of the wine gourd.

A rich, thick aroma of wine instantly permeated the air of The Great Ruins.

This wine aroma miraculously suppressed the nauseating stench.

"I saw you crawl out of the cowhide just now, covered in sweat; you must be thirsty, right?"

Ye Xiu raised the gourd, shook it at the woman, and smiled innocently.

"I have good wine here; how about I treat you to a cup?"

The woman was stunned.

Is this person an idiot? He's about to die and he's asking me to drink?

But the next second, her expression changed.

Ye Xiu's smile suddenly vanished, and from those eyes that had originally been hazy with drunkenness, two beams of tangible golden light suddenly shot out!

He held up the wine gourd with one hand, pointed the mouth of the gourd at the arrogant demoness, and shouted lightly:

"Collect!"

Hum—!!!

The originally plain yellow-skinned wine gourd suddenly had dense golden runes appear on its surface.

Each rune was like a small golden tadpole swimming, radiating an ancient and weathered aura.

An indescribable, terrifying suction force erupted from the mouth of the gourd out of thin air!

This suction force did not target the plants, nor did it target Qin Mu; it locked solely onto that woman with surging Demonic Qi!

"Wha... what is this?!"

The grimace on the woman's face instantly froze, replaced by extreme terror.

She discovered that her body was rising off the ground uncontrollably.

The Demonic Qi within her body was like a floodgate opening, rushing madly toward the mouth of that gourd!

"No! This is impossible! Who are you?!"

The woman screamed, desperately urging the green mist to resist.

Her hands gripped the ground tightly, even gouging ten deep furrows into the hard rock.

But that suction force was like the Law of the Heavenly Dao, impossible to resist.

"Who am I?"

Ye Xiu looked up at the sky, as if reminiscing, or perhaps as if showing off.

"Riding the wind on a sword, eliminating demons between heaven and earth."

"You can just call me... Wine Sword Immortal."

As his voice fell, Ye Xiu slapped the bottom of the gourd fiercely.

"Get in there!"