novelinnhs Chapter 35 You Just Like to See Me Tortured
Chapter 35 You Just Like to See Me Tortured
Since the day the contract was signed, Cheng Xiao has been left in the Spirit Beast Garden, as if he had been forgotten.
However, this did make things convenient for him.
He and Long Yingxue could focus on recovering from their injuries and improving their strength without anyone bothering them.
Otherwise, it's quite annoying if a henchman comes along and causes trouble every now and then.
Cheng Xiao's daily task is to share the spiritual power in his soul with Long Yingxue, and then take a small portion back from her for his own use.
Besides this pure spiritual energy, there are plenty of spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Garden.
Anyway, the Cheng family is large and powerful, and corruption is rampant, even to the point of being rotten to the core. If one or two people are missing, others won't notice anything.
During the day, Cheng Xiao would pretend to be a good-for-nothing and continue working there.
At night, the Spirit Beast Garden was an inexhaustible resource for him.
After several months of hard work, the two made rapid progress.
Cheng Xiao also witnessed the almost terrifying vitality of the dragon race for the first time.
If it were a human being, being skinned, having tendons pulled out, teeth removed, and even losing an eye would likely mean certain death.
But Long Yingxue, being a member of the dragon clan, was still clinging to life.
Under the constant nourishment of Cheng Xiao's pure spiritual power, her injuries were rapidly healing.
In the first month, silvery-white scales reappeared on Long Yingxue's body.
In order to help her stand up again, Cheng Xiao fished out the dead black mamba.
He extracted the snake tendon and, with the help of highly poisonous spiritual plants growing around the Spirit Beast Garden, recreated a "dragon tendon".
This "dragon tendon" is a living thing that constantly absorbs the dragon girl's blood and energy to maintain its vitality. It will cause severe pain whenever you exert force on it, but it is also exceptionally soft, even surpassing the original dragon tendon in terms of flexibility.
At first, Long Yingxue was somewhat resistant.
But after Cheng Xiao said, "If you don't use it, you'll just stay lying on the ground," she gritted her teeth and accepted it.
With the help of his Mahayana-stage spiritual essence, the surgery went very smoothly.
Long Yingxue was finally able to stand up again.
Although his strength is far less than before, and he can no longer use the powerful and sweeping moves of the dragon race, it is at least a new beginning.
In the second month, Long Yingxue gradually adapted to her body and also began to learn new fighting methods.
Her eyes and teeth grew back.
After two full months of recovery, she finally returned to her former self, no longer the "loach" that was trampled on and writhing on the ground.
Long Yingxue's scales were beautiful, their silvery-white color shimmering in the sunlight.
Although the edges still show the immaturity of newly regenerated scales, the noble and awe-inspiring lines belonging to a true dragon are already fully revealed.
She coiled on the ground, raising her long, slender dragon neck.
The two dragon horns on its head were crystal clear, as if they were carved from ice.
The only terrifying thing was her back, beneath which, beneath the entirely silver-white dragon body, lay a scarlet "dragon tendon".
Now, Long Yingxue finally looks like a dragon.
With Cheng Xiao's help, her strength is gradually recovering.
Everything was going in a good direction, but Hakimi was a little worried.
Two months have passed, and Long Yingxue's favorability rating hasn't increased at all.
It was -80 before, and it's still -80 now.
Cheng Xiao showed no gentleness whatsoever; in fact, he frequently "abused" Long Yingxue, constantly seeking places to temper her newly recovered body.
His methods were extremely cruel, leaving Long Yingxue covered in wounds every time.
Then he infused her with spiritual energy to quickly restore her health, and the cycle continued.
Long Yingxue screamed in agony each time, but Cheng Xiao showed no sympathy whatsoever and even intensified his abuse.
Hakimi felt that under these circumstances, let alone increasing favorability, it would be difficult enough to prevent favorability from dropping any further.
"Big brother, are you still going to throw her down today? Or can we at least show a little bit of tenderness?" Hakimi had lost count of how many times he had tried to persuade her.
"Go, why wouldn't I go?" Cheng Xiao answered crisply.
During this period, he had been training Long Yingxue intensively.
He wanted to increase his strength quickly, and the more Long Yingxue consumed, the faster she absorbed spiritual energy.
If he weren't afraid that the little dragon would explode and die, he would have poured all the spiritual power in his soul into it.
Hakimi was still saying things like "be gentle," "don't rush," and "the favorability rating isn't increasing," but Cheng Xiao pretended not to hear him.
He said to Long Yingxue, who was resting on the bed, "Let's go."
Long Yingxue's massive, silvery-white body trembled noticeably, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories.
However, she had probably already resigned herself to her fate. After only a moment's hesitation, she shrank her body and wrapped herself around Cheng Xiao's arm.
Cheng Xiao pushed open the door, and the moonlight outside was just right.
He left the Cheng family home with practiced ease, then followed a mountain path to a secluded deep pool.
The pool is tens of meters deep, deep and tranquil. Although the water is very cold, even somewhat chilly, it looks like an ordinary pool on the surface.
But just seeing the water and hearing the "drip-drip" sound made Long Yingxue tremble once again.
Cheng Xiao took out a jade bottle from his soul space and poured the pale blue liquid inside into the deep pool.
In just a few breaths, the temperature by the deep pool dropped rapidly, and some places even began to freeze, with gusts of cold air rising from the pool.
This is the Taiyin Cold Marrow that Cheng Xiao once obtained in a secret realm.
This thing is not some gentle healing elixir, but rather the most yin and coldest substance in the world.
For the two of them right now, this is the perfect resource for body tempering.
Cheng Xiao's body, which had had its supreme spiritual bones removed, was unable to withstand the infusion of a Mahayana-stage divine soul, and was even on the verge of being unable to withstand Long Yingxue's counter-attack.
The extreme cold energy of this Taiyin Cold Marrow could forcibly freeze his damaged meridians, making his body "with ice as bones and cold as meridians".
Needless to say, Long Yingxue has a natural affinity for ice, snow and water. The Taiyin Cold Marrow can not only assist her in cultivation, but also help her suppress the "Dragon Tendon" on her back.
The pool, several tens of meters deep, combined with the Taiyin Cold Marrow, became a natural training ground.
Cheng Xiao thought it was a hidden treasure, but he never expected it would come in handy here.
Fortunately, he has a habit of stocking up on goods.
Cheng Xiao had already poured the entire bottle into the pool. If an ordinary cultivator saw this, they would definitely say he was wasting a precious resource.
But there was nothing he could do.
If taken directly, not only him, but even Long Yingxue, a true dragon, would not be able to withstand it.
Cheng Xiao put away the empty jade bottle. The deep pool had now turned into a bone-chilling cold pool, with a layer of pale frost floating on the surface.
The benefits of Taiyin Cold Marrow are numerous, but its drawback is that the process is extremely painful.
Even if the pool water neutralizes the medicinal properties, soaking in it is no different from being slowly sliced to death.
"Go down." Cheng Xiao said calmly, turning to look at the silver dragon that was still trembling slightly.
Long Yingxue's golden vertical pupils stared at the deep pool emanating a terrifying chill, and she instinctively felt fear.
She didn't want to go down, but the first time she resisted, Cheng Xiao threw her down.
She almost died from the pain.
If she were to go down by herself, at least she would be mentally prepared.
Although Long Yingxue knew that Cheng Xiao was doing it for her own good, she would still silently curse him as a pervert in her heart.
Every time she struggled inside, he would watch silently from the outside, seemingly enjoying the process.
What is this if not perverted?
However, Long Yingxue only thought about it in her heart.
She took a deep breath, preparing to jump straight in; a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one.
But before she could get ready, she saw Cheng Xiao take off his clothes, revealing his thin body covered in scars, and without the slightest hesitation, he stepped into the deep pool first.