Chapter 628: The Heartless Little Demon Empress
"What are you doing?" the Little Demon Empress directly ignored his question and asked coldly... The chill in her voice was almost piercing, but it wasn't deliberate—it was simply her natural state.
Yun Che stood up: "I'm refining medicine. Why are you here..."
"Refining medicine? Without a cauldron, furnace, or vessel, how can you refine medicine?" the Little Demon Empress said without expression.
"Others can't, but that doesn't mean I can't." Aside from the initial sudden fright, Yun Che's expression had already returned to normal. If there was anyone in the entire Illusion Demon Realm who truly didn't fear the Little Demon Empress, it was Yun Che. He extended his hand, and between his fingers was the light red pill he had been staring at for a long time: "Little Demon Empress, you've come at just the right time. This pill was refined for you."
"For me?" The Little Demon Empress's brow tilted slightly. "What need does this Empress have for any pill!"
"I can't be sure if it will extend your life, but at least... its medicinal power is very gentle. Eating it won't cause any harm."
The Little Demon Empress's eyes were like cold stars, utterly still, and her expression showed not the slightest stir. She flicked her long sleeve, and the pill in Yun Che's hand flew into her own. Without even looking at it, she directly tossed it into her space ring: "Considering your good intentions, this Empress will accept it. But from now on, there's no need to do such meaningless things. This Empress's fate was personally spoken by the Golden Crow Divine God. Even the Golden Crow Divine God has declared it so—what power in this world could change it? This Empress understands the state of this body far better than you do. Even if you use all the medicinal herbs accumulated by your Yun Clan over ten thousand years, or even exhaust all the Purple Vein Divine Crystals in this Illusion Demon Realm, you couldn't extend this Empress's life by even a single breath... It would only be a futile waste!"
"What you most need to do is simply keep the secret of my lifespan and tell no one else! As for other matters that are not your concern, you need not meddle!"
"No," Yun Che met the Little Demon Empress's eyes directly and shook his head firmly. "If you were only the Little Demon Empress, as long as it didn't involve the interests and safety of my Yun Clan, I couldn't care less whether you lived or died. But... this matter, I cannot let go of. I will never allow you to die in three years... because you are still my woman, Yun Che!"
"..." The Little Demon Empress's gaze flickered, then suddenly turned ice-cold: "Presumptuous! Yun Che, do you know that just by daring to speak such disrespectful words to me, I could pronounce you guilty of a death sentence!"
The terrifying pressure of the Little Demon Empress was enough to make even a high-level Emperor Lord tremble, but Yun Che showed no sign of fear. Instead, he smirked and said unhurriedly: "Even if I believed in ghosts, I would never believe you would kill me. You are the Little Demon Empress... and I, Yun Che, am your man! And strictly speaking, you were the one who forced me..."
Chi...
A sharp wind tore through the space, and before Yun Che's eyes, a gray shadow flashed. A pair of small hands had firmly gripped his neck... She held him tightly, completely choking him, and his throat bones were almost crushed. If not for the Little Demon Empress's petite stature, he would have been lifted off the ground by his feet.
"Do you really think I dare not kill you?" The Little Demon Empress's face was inches away, her pupils as deep and endless as the starry sky, as cold as an ice abyss piercing the heart: "These last three years of mine, I intend to wash the Illusion Demon Realm in blood. As long as I am willing, there is no one I cannot kill! And you, knowing too many of my secrets, are already a dead man! Yet you still dare to be so reckless and insolent before me!"
A faint hint of blood odor reached the Little Demon Empress's senses. She suddenly noticed a two-inch-long bloodstain on the sleeve of Yun Che's right arm. Judging by the smell, the bloodstain was recent. Her brow furrowed slightly, then she averted her gaze.
Yun Che couldn't breathe, and his whole body was as if crushed by a mountain, unable to muster even the slightest strength to struggle. A layer of pallor gradually spread across his face, but there was not a trace of fear in his eyes. With difficulty but clearly, he said: "I don't... believe... you would... kill me..."
The Little Demon Empress's gaze grew even colder, and her voice was chilling to the bone: "Then do you want to test it?"
"Fine..." The small hand on his neck tightened even more, causing him immense pain, but he was smiling: "Let me see... what method you use... to kill me..."
As he spoke these halting words, his right hand, gathering all the profound energy he could muster, shot out like lightning and grabbed fiercely at the Little Demon Empress's slightly swelling chest.
Instantly, a soft mound of jade-like flesh sank into Yun Che's palm. The Little Demon Empress's gray robe and inner garment were both thin, and Yun Che could clearly feel the shape and softness of the snow-white flesh in his grasp...
Boom!!
With a thunderous explosion, Yun Che's body flew out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the wall of the medicine pavilion. The wall, made of ten-thousand-year mystic jade, was smashed into a hole more than three zhang wide, sending fragments of jade scattering down.
Yun Che lay on the ground for a long while before finally supporting himself on the broken jade and standing up unsteadily. He clutched his throat, coughing and laughing smugly: "Cough... still putting on a brave front? You could never kill me."
The Little Demon Empress's chest heaved, and a fierce killing intent radiated from her. She turned around and said coldly and mercilessly: "I do not kill you because you once saved my life, and even more so because I do not wish to owe the Yun Clan! As for what happened in the Golden Crow Thunder Flame Valley, I merely used your Phoenix and Dragon God constitution to obtain the power to take revenge. Did you actually think that would make me develop feelings for you? Ridiculous and naive!"
Yun Che: "..."
"I will not kill you today, to repay the life you saved back then. But from today on, if you dare to offend me again, or mention even half a word about the Golden Crow Thunder Flame Valley, I will..."
The Little Demon Empress paused mid-sentence, then coldly "Hmph"-ed. The space around her body twisted, and she vanished completely from Yun Che's sight.
"Phew..." Yun Che's body slowly slid down, then heavily sat on the ground. Although the Little Demon Empress hadn't struck to kill, her attack was by no means light. His entire qi and blood were in chaos—if it had been just a bit heavier, it would have been enough to make him bleed from all seven orifices.
"This woman... really doesn't hold back." Yun Che rubbed his throat with one hand and pressed his chest with the other. He looked up at the spot where the Little Demon Empress had disappeared and suddenly said, somewhat absentmindedly: "Mo Li, what do you think? Should I prepare some 'Immortal Fat Jade Liquid' for the Little Demon Empress?"
"Immortal Fat Jade Liquid? What's that? Something else to prolong life?"
"It can't prolong life. But if a woman drinks some every day, it can make her chest more full. The effect is excellent, and there are no side effects. The Little Demon Empress is perfect in every way, except her chest is a bit flat... almost as flat as yours. Sigh..." The pain in his body made Yun Che hiss.
"..." An icy killing intent enveloped Yun Che's entire body. Mo Li let out a low, cold laugh: "I actually felt a bit of sympathy for you just now... but now I truly regret that the Little Demon Empress didn't break every bone in your body!!"
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The Little Demon Empress did not go far. When she reappeared, she was a hundred zhang above the Yun Clan's medicine pavilion.
She stretched out her small jade hand, and in her palm lay the light red pill from Yun Che. She picked it up and slowly brought it close to her lips. Suddenly, she stopped... From the pill, she sensed an extremely faint... trace of blood.
Instantly, her mind flashed to the bloodstain on Yun Che's sleeve... This trace of blood had exactly the same scent as that bloodstain.
The Little Demon Empress's arm lowered, and she stood in a daze for a moment. Then, with a flicker, she vanished from that spot.
Yun Che finally calmed his qi and blood and stood up. Looking at the smashed wall, he felt quite frustrated. These ten-thousand-year mystic jades were priceless treasures. At that moment, a heavy aura came from behind him. He turned around and saw the Little Demon Empress had returned, and on her face, there was clearly... anger.
"Did you refine this pill with your own blood?" The Little Demon Empress held up the light red pill, her voice extremely low.
Before Yun Che could answer, the Little Demon Empress said angrily: "Do you think your Dragon God blood is omnipotent? Do you think you can defy the fate that even the Golden Crow Divine God cannot change?"
"...I don't know. But even if there's only a slight chance..."
"Then you would be willing to keep using your own blood to refine medicine for me?" The Little Demon Empress's cold gaze carried a hint of mockery: "Do you think that by doing this, I would be grateful and weep with gratitude?"
"Hmph! You are sometimes clever enough, yet at other times, you are incredibly foolish. Do you think this is a way to curry favor with me..." The Little Demon Empress raised her arm, the light red pill held between her fingers: "But to me, if I inadvertently took it, it would only pollute my body with your blood!"
As her voice fell, a cluster of crimson-gold flame ignited in her palm, instantly incinerating the pill refined from Yun Che's blood into ashes.
Yun Che: "..."
"Hmph!" The Little Demon Empress dropped her arm, turned around, and vanished from his sight like mist.
"Ah..." Yun Che shook his head, sighed, and murmured quietly to himself: "Why do you have to be like this... I understand women far better than you do..."
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Above the Yun Clan's medicine pavilion, the Little Demon Empress extended her hand, slowly brought a light red pill to her lips, and gently swallowed it... A warm and gentle aura immediately spread and filled her entire body. She rose into the air and headed toward the center of the Demon Emperor City. In the vast sky, she was alone. For over a hundred years, she had always been alone, perhaps already used to it.
But today, amid her solitude, there seemed to be a faint intermingling of a loneliness and bitterness she had never felt before.
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[Proof that the order of Chinese characters doesn't affect reading comprehension. Look at the ending of the previous chapter if you don't believe me!]