10: I'm really not a lolicon!

After lunging forward, Huang Qingxue bit down on Chen Qingxuan's forearm.

"Ow, holy crap..."

Chen Qingxuan cried out in pain;

He instinctively shook his arm to break free, but unexpectedly, Huang Qingxue was like she was embedded in him; her small body swayed up and down with his arm, but she just wouldn't fall off.

"Are you a dog?"

Chen Qingxuan was furious.

Saying that, he flipped Huang Qingxue over and gave her small bottom a rhythmic lesson—

Smack, smack, smack!

"Ah... waah..."

After a short while, Huang Qingxue sat on the ground, clutching her bottom and wailing loudly.

"Are you going to bite me again?" Chen Qingxuan frowned and glared at her, and upon seeing the two clear rows of tooth marks on his arm, his mouth couldn't help but twitch;

This little girl's mouth really has some strength.

"Giving me a Slave Mark... and you still want to lie and say you're not..." Huang Qingxue raised her tear-stained face, her reddened large eyes filled with grievance.

"You..."

For a moment, Chen Qingxuan didn't know what to say;

A Slave Mark?

Good heavens, did he look like that kind of pervert?

Although he felt deeply wronged, seeing her look of being weak, cowardly, yet defiant, Chen Qingxuan knew that saying more would be useless.

She had already decided he was an Evil Cultivator.

Thus, Chen Qingxuan steeled his heart. "Right, this is a Slave Mark... it will be branded on you for all eternity, and you cannot change it whether in life or death... For the rest of your life, you are my, Chen Qingxuan's, little slave... You can't even escape my grasp in death. Well? Are you satisfied now?"

"You... you admitted it!"

Huang Qingxue puffed out her cheeks, looking as if she would burst into tears at any second.

Chen Qingxuan... this name, she would never forget it in this lifetime.

"Yes, I admitted it... so what? What can you do?"

Chen Qingxuan was completely unaware of the Little Pitiful One's thoughts; he spread his hands in a threatening manner. "You're just a Cauldron, did you expect me to respect you? Let me ask you, do you want to grow up obediently to be my Cauldron... or do you want to resist and anger me... so I'll refine you right now?"

Thump—

Refine... Huang Qingxue's small body trembled in fear.

It seemed that only now did she remember she was utterly powerless before Chen Qingxuan, and she immediately didn't dare to speak.

"Speak, do you want to be refined?!"

"I..."

Huang Qingxue flinched in terror, clutching her small hands and not daring to look up. "I... I want to wait until I grow up... grow up a bit more to be your Cauldron... please don't refine me, okay?"

"I have to listen just because you say so? What should your attitude be when begging someone? Hmm?"

Looking at the Little Pitiful One's humble appearance, Chen Qingxuan didn't soften his heart; he felt it was necessary to train her a bit to prevent previous accidents from happening again.

And this method was indeed effective.

The next moment, Huang Qingxue made a compromise, her eyes brimming with tears as she said, "Big... Big Brother... I'm still too weak right now... I'm not qualified to be your Cauldron... Please let me be your Cauldron in the future... okay?"

"..."

Chen Qingxuan swallowed hard.

Looking at Huang Qingxue's aggrieved and bullied appearance, for a moment, he actually had the illusion that he really was an Evil Cultivator.

But he really isn't a loli-con!

And given Huang Qingxue's personality, he had to pretend to be strict. "Then what about what just happened? Have you realized your mistake?"

"I've realized it."

Huang Qingxue pursed her lips and nodded obediently.

"What did you do wrong?"

"I... I shouldn't have bitten Big Brother's arm... I'm sorry, Big Brother... I am Big Brother's Cauldron... I shouldn't have forgotten my place..."

Huang Qingxue's attitude changed drastically, as if she had made some kind of decision;

As she spoke, she actually moved forward as if possessed and reached out to gently massage Chen Qingxuan's arm where the tooth marks remained.

Chen Qingxuan was stunned.

But he wasn't a fool either; he knew this little Empress wouldn't admit defeat so easily; it was merely a compromise for the sake of survival.

She was truly afraid of being refined by him... or being used ahead of time.

"Alright, follow me!" Chen Qingxuan didn't plan on scaring the Little Pitiful One any further; it would be enough as long as she didn't cause any more trouble before he delivered her to the Divine Phoenix Sect.

But the moment Chen Qingxuan turned around;

He didn't see the humility and fawning on Huang Qingxue's face vanish in an instant, replaced by a cold numbness.

Her fingers clawed at the ground, and only one voice remained in her mind—

Chen Qingxuan!

Sooner or later, I'm going to shove my foot in your mouth... and make you my dog!

...Two days later.

Chen Qingxuan and Huang Qingxue had not yet made it out of the mountain range when they happened upon an isolated Hidden Village;

A so-called Hidden Village refers to an area formed by a group of people who have broken away from the mundane world and yearn for seclusion; such places are often little known, and some are not even marked on maps.

"Seven Swords Valley?"

Stopping before a stone pillar at the village entrance, Chen Qingxuan looked out at the Hidden Village called Seven Swords Valley; its scale exceeded his impression of what a Hidden Village should be;

Judging by the figures walking on the streets, there were at least a hundred people living together.

Gurgle~

Huang Qingxue's little stomach made an uncooperative sound.

Hearing the sound, Chen Qingxuan looked down, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Let's go, let's head in and take a look."

Chen Qingxuan took her hand and led her into the village deep within the canyon, intending to find something to fill their stomachs.

But as they went deeper, the clanging of iron clashing from all directions made Chen Qingxuan feel suspicious;

Every household here seemed to be forging swords, as if they had some kind of obsession with them.

Consequently.

Chen Qingxuan prepared to find someone to ask, so he stopped a young girl walking toward them. "Hehe, little sister..."

Before Chen Qingxuan could finish his sentence, the little girl took one look at him, let out a "wah," and turned to flee in terror.

?

Chen Qingxuan was frozen on the spot.

What's that supposed to mean?

At that moment, a man with powerful arms walked over carrying a sword. "How did you two come to this place?"

Chen Qingxuan looked at the newcomer and cupped his hands. "I am Chen Qingxuan. I arrived here by chance while taking my sister out for training, and I wanted to come in to find some food..."

Hearing Chen Qingxuan's words, although Huang Qingxue didn't expose him, she curled her lip.

Calling me sister with his mouth... but in reality, he treats me as a Cauldron.

He's just a perverted loli-con!

"In that case, Young Master Chen, please follow me!"

Seeing that Chen Qingxuan and Huang Qingxue were both young, the burly man warmly invited them to sit in a pavilion and even had someone bring out some food.

During this time, he explained the existence of Seven Swords Valley to Chen Qingxuan;

Seven Swords Valley originated from seven Sword Cultivators who came here to live in seclusion because they were weary of the killings in the mundane world; after hundreds of years of development, it gradually formed the current village.

"Speaking of which, we are all descendants of those seven people, so you see every family forging swords... it's also a kind of Legacy," the man explained.

Chen Qingxuan nodded in realization. "In that case, have you ever thought about moving away from here to live in a safer place?"

The man shook his head.

Noticing Chen Qingxuan's puzzled expression, he explained with a smile, "Firstly, we are used to our current life, and secondly, we must abide by the dying wishes of our seven ancestors to wait here for someone who can help us find liberation..."

"Liberation?"

Chen Qingxuan thought he had misheard.

Until he was told that a monster was suppressed in the deep pool beneath Seven Swords Valley.

"It was no coincidence that the seven ancestors retired here," the burly man said solemnly. "A terrifying monster is suppressed here, but fortunately, through the efforts of the ancestors, it is now sealed by a Sword Array. We only need to constantly forge swords and throw them into it to provide a steady stream of power for the Sword Array to suppress that monster..."

"What kind of monster is it?"

Chen Qingxuan asked curiously.

Even Huang Qingxue, who had been eating, looked up with curiosity.

"It's hard to say."

The man shook his head and said slowly, "We only know its body is like a mountain, without scales or armor; its entire body seems to be built from countless naked women, and it constantly emits lewd sounds that are offensive to refined sensibilities..."

Chen Qingxuan's eyes lit up. "I want to see it."

?

Huang Qingxue looked at him as if questioning her life choices.