278: What is the truth?

However, a moment later, to Shen Li’s surprise, the death she had anticipated did not occur.

Su Xuan only approached her and gently tidied her slightly disheveled hair.

“Your hair is so beautiful, so smooth, and so lovely; don’t easily mess it up! That would make me unhappy!”

Su Xuan chuckled as he playfully ran his fingers through Shen Li’s hair.

“Su Xuan, you… what do you mean by this? Aren’t you going to kill me?”

Shen Li asked, puzzled.

“Kill you? Why would I kill you?”

Su Xuan frowned and glanced at Shen Li.

Is this destined female lead not right in the head? When did he ever say he was going to kill her?! How inexplicable!

Was he the kind of murderous person? Even if he was, he would only kill his own descendants; how could he possibly kill a great beauty like Shen Li?!

“You… you’re not killing me?”

Shen Li was utterly bewildered.

She had just imagined Su Xuan’s longsword being only 0.01 centimeters from her neck! Yet Su Xuan said he wouldn’t kill her!

“Hey, hey, hey, are you sick in the head? Have you been here so long without anyone talking to you that you’ve become stupid?”

“When the hell did I say I was going to kill you? If I wanted to kill you, I could have done it back then!”

“Would I waste time until now to make a move? Do you think my brain is as sick as yours?”

Su Xuan was so amused he started laughing and scolding her, poking Shen Li’s head repeatedly with his finger.

It was as if by doing so, he could poke away all the messy thoughts in Shen Li’s mind.

“Ah! I… I’m sorry, I misunderstood you!”

Shen Li immediately blushed, realizing she had misunderstood Su Xuan.

“Ahhh! How embarrassing! I had so many thoughts and made so many gestures just now; was all of it just me moving myself?”

Shen Li was on the verge of collapsing; how could she be so foolish?! She actually caused such a blunder!

“You… why would you think I would kill you?”

Su Xuan chuckled.

“Because… because even now, Ye Yan still lives in my heart, his image is still there!”

“The possessiveness of you men… no, it should be said that human possessiveness is very strong!”

“No matter who it is, no one should be able to accept someone else living inside their beloved, right?!”

Shen Li explained, a little embarrassed.

“Oh, you mean that! I really don’t care!”

Su Xuan chuckled.

“Why?”

Shen Li was puzzled.

“Isn’t it quite good to have someone else in your heart? For others, it might be somewhat unacceptable, but for me, it’s rather a unique flavor!”

Su Xuan gave a wicked smile.

These women were nothing but playthings to him; if they were fiercely loyal to him, he naturally wouldn’t feel indifferent.

Moreover, he loved watching those women who clearly had someone else in their hearts but had no choice but to… ahem, with him!

Su Xuan loved this feeling the most; as for whether that person would later do something with someone else, Su Xuan didn’t care at all.

If he got a first-hand product, someone who had never liked anyone else, that would be different!

Someone like Shen Li, in the end, was just a clean second-hand item; Su Xuan didn’t care at all whether Ye Yan was in her heart.

Besides, even if he was, it was useless! Ye Yan had already died and his Dao dissipated; could he possibly crawl out and contend with him?

Laughable! If he really could crawl out, Su Xuan wouldn’t mind burying Ye Yan back in the dirt.

If there was, that would be great; it’s a bonus!

“You… how could you think that?”

Shen Li felt that Su Xuan’s mind was truly sick! Why would he have such thoughts?

Such thoughts, for a girl her age, or rather, for a Righteous Path individual like her, were simply too advanced!

“It’s simple, because compared to your heart, I actually prefer your body!”

“In our Devil Cultivator’s worldview, the relationship between us should be called ‘running buddies’!”

“Meaning, it’s just for fun; if it were true love, that might be a bit unrealistic!”

Su Xuan chuckled.

“So… I’m just such an insignificant presence in your heart?”

For some reason, after Su Xuan explained the relationship between them, Shen Li felt a little wronged!

Clearly, she didn’t like Su Xuan, and their relationship was merely a transaction, yet why was she unhappy after knowing this?

“What do you mean insignificant? You’re very important in my heart, alright! Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to complete my plan so smoothly!”

Su Xuan chuckled.

“You…”

Su Xuan’s words gave Shen Li some comfort; turns out she wasn’t that insignificant after all!

“Alright, what I said earlier was just teasing you! Do you know why I don’t care whether Ye Yan is in your heart or not?”

Su Xuan deliberately kept her in suspense.

“W-why?”

Shen Li looked at Su Xuan with a curious expression.

“Do you want to know?”

Su Xuan gave Shen Li an ambiguous look.

Unfortunately, the latter clearly didn’t grasp Su Xuan’s meaning; after all, Shen Li was just an experienced novice in this regard!

“Yes! I want to know!”

Shen Li, not understanding Su Xuan’s meaning, instead looked at him with an eager, knowledge-seeking gaze.

It was as if Su Xuan was about to solve a math problem she had been struggling with for days.

“You know, some things can’t be gained without effort; they require some price to be paid! You understand what I mean, right?”

Su Xuan gave a wicked smile.

“This… so that’s how it is?”

Shen Li suddenly understood; so Su Xuan meant he wanted her to pay a price?

“Price… what price…”

Shen Li racked her brain, not knowing what to use to pay for the answer to this question!

“I’ve got it!”

Shen Li suddenly thought of something, then began to rummage around her bed.

Su Xuan: “????????”

“What is this woman doing? My hair?”

Su Xuan looked at Shen Li’s peach in confusion.

After searching for a moment, Shen Li pulled out a Secret Manual, revealing a relieved expression.

“Finally… finally found it!”

Shen Li showed a surprised expression.

“Here! This is our Tianyan Holy Land’s Array Sect Cultivation Technique; it’s close to a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique!”

“I’ll use this to exchange for the answer to your question; that should be enough, right! This is a Saint-Grade Cultivation Technique!”

Shen Li said proudly, as if she had successfully seized control of Su Xuan.