"Because you’ve administered Charm Poison to me."
Tianyan raised her pale hand and gently stroked her own burning cheeks, "After it’s removed this time, what should we do in the future?"
Tianyan lowered her jade-like hand, staring into his eyes:
"If you persist in driving me away, causing the Charm Poison to spiral out of control, then once this ghost willow goes berserk, I will come back to kill you."
"You won’t be able to find me."
"There will be a day when I can."
"How have you become just like Tian Ye?"
"It’s just cause and effect."
Tianyan said softly with a smile, her expression gentle, "Anyway, if you leave me here, once I find you, I will just kill you.....mmm-hmn."
Before her words finished,
Xu Yuan, somewhat annoyed, reached out and took hold of Tianyan’s neck, as white as a swan’s, then threw her against the trunk of the tree behind him.
A hint of pain crossed the girl’s brow, yet her deep golden eyes stubbornly fixed on him before her.
Xu Yuan clenched his teeth, gazing at her familiar, stunning face:
"Are you really forcing me to lay my hands on you?!"
His voice faded, and a heavy silence fell upon the massive trunk of the ghost willow.
The broken sunlight, filtering through the soon-to-close mist, shone down,
Tianyan, looking at him, clearly upset, sniffled a bit through her slightly sour nose, her tone softened, her transmitted voice trembling:
"You... why must you believe that I would kill you for a chance to escape?"
"......" Xu Yuan’s expression stiffened.
Tianyan clenched her fists, her delicate nails digging into her palms: "All these years, how many times have you saved me, how many times have I saved you? It’s clear... it’s clear I was prepared to spend the rest of my life in this Illusionary Realm with you, yet you..."
Xu Yuan released his hold and interrupted her, his expression slightly softened, and he spoke in a low voice:
"Here’s what we’ll do. You settle down somewhere, tell me the location, and I’ll come every half month to help you remove the Charm Poison."
Every half month, the Charm Poison would reach a minor climax, and at this point, armed with Enchantress Divine Taoist Charm, he was confident he could handle Tianyan....
Upon hearing his words, Tianyan’s eyes briefly shone with light but then dimmed, she murmured weakly:
"Don’t, knowing your temperament, you likely won’t come....."
Seeing her unmoved, Xu Yuan lifted his hand, grasping her smooth and delicate jaw:
"I’ve already made the biggest concession."
Tianyan didn’t resist, allowing him to hold her, softly laughed:
"Then just kill me....."
Xu Yuan felt his anger almost uncontrollable, flipped his hand to grip her neck and pressed her under his body:
"Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?!"
The girl, her back against the massive willow trunk’s broad branch, suddenly reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, fiercely pulling down.
Xu Yuan’s pupils slightly contracted as his body pressed directly upon Tianyan’s tender and boneless body.
Subconsciously wanting to control the ghost willow to free himself, but then he heard her breathy voice by his ear:
"What do I have to do for you to trust me....?"
In the midst of the chilling ghost fog, the temperature subtly rose.
The approach of the man’s breath caused a pathological blush on Tianyan’s cheeks, which had already quietly spread to her earlobes.
Her golden eyes, still resplendent, now also showed a hint of longing.
The culmination of injuries and the passage of time brought the Charm Poison inside Tianyan to a critical point.
Xu Yuan halted his thoughts and propped himself up:
"Let’s not talk about this now; I’ll first help you remove the Charm Poison."
The ancient willow branches towered into the clouds, the mist swirling.
She watched as he rose from atop her, her lips parted, and suddenly she uttered a single word:
Origin Qi stalled, and Dao Charm ceased to work.
Xu Yuan looked back, puzzled.
Silence lingered for a long moment.
Tianyan bit her lip corner, turning her gaze away:
"Don’t use the Dao Charm...."
The voice was soft, but clearly audible.
The mists, whirled away by the winds, closed in completely at this moment, and everything fell under the cover of darkness, except the girl’s sidelong golden eyes, flickering in the dark.
The girl looked up, her eyes seductive as silk, as she looked at the man straddling her waist, her voice trembling:
"This... this is all I can offer you now....."