The sky over the evening gradually covered with a thick layer of dark clouds. Soon after, it began to rain lightly, tapping on the eaves and playing the sound of drip-drop-drop.
The disordered footsteps echoed through the streets and alleys of the Blood Emperor City, accompanied by phrases like "Hurry up, hurry up, or you'll miss out on your share" as they rushed towards the city outskirts under the rain curtain.
The rain cannot cover the excited hearts of people and demons who hurry hurriedly.
As the patriarch of Xuehuang Sect, Li Huangquan broke through to the Zuo Zhao realm in the morning and became the first true sovereign in Nanzhuo Domain's history. After consolidating his realm in the afternoon, he formally left his seclusion in the evening and led the entire Xuehuang Sect, as well as other demonic sects of Nanzhuo Domain, to launch a total offensive against Nanzhuo Alliance.
Upon receiving the news, the magical practitioners within the Blood Emperor City chased after them immediately, both to express their loyalty and to get a taste of the leftovers from behind the Xuehuang Sect.
Only after all the magical practitioners who had donated blood in the medical clinic left, Lu Jian'an retracted his gaze from the rain-soaked main street and closed the door, pulled down the window sash, and walked into the inner hall where a blood pool was kept.
Near the blood pool, he had deliberately set up a simple wooden bed, and covered it with a soft quilt and silk sheet.
On the bed, Zhu Nanzhi, her clothes slightly disheveled, was curled up, her eyes gently closed, and she was breathing evenly.
Despite having passed some time, her classical and cold-faced look still carried traces of residual redness, the white shapely calves beneath her skirt occasionally twitched, and her jade-like toes would curl as well. Her body seemed yet to recover from the preceding ice and fire stimulation.
Lu Jian'an walked to the bed's edge, bent down, and reached out to stroke Zhu Nanzhi's abdomen with his fingers, which shimmered with vitality. Instantly, he could feel Zhu Nanzhi's body temperature beginning to drop.
The toxicity of the Ice Crystal Cold Dew flower was induced by him.
"Let you be a sick narcissist, this time it fell into my hands."
Lu Jian'an pinched her cheeks, stood up, and walked to the edge of the blood pool. He inserted a short blade into the array, increasing the power to refine the blood within the pool.
After tonight, this blood pool will no longer be needed.
The rain grew heavier, and the continuous rainfall that would last until tomorrow night became the only sound inside the house.
The orange-red candlelight, adjusted to a specific direction, emitted a soft and warm glow, but under the contrast of the scarlet blood in the blood pool, it created an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
As the candle body slowly melted and the toxicity of Ice Crystal Cold Dew flower occupied Zhu Nanzhi's meridians throughout her body, she felt even colder and curled her knees, her hands unconsciously holding her arms.
Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, her lashes trembled lightly, and Zhu Nanzhi mumbled in a dissatisfied tone: "Husband~It's cold. Don't continue anymore. I can't take it..."
Thinking that her husband was still playing a cold and stimulating game, she muttered to herself, quickly realizing something was amiss.
If he was still in the game, then the cold place would only be one, and it would be impossible for her to feel this cold all over her body.
This is too strange.
With her eyebrows furrowed, Zhu Nanzhi opened her eyes and, with the sound of gurgling bubbles in her ears, saw a vast blood pool before her.
The blood in the blood pool was steaming and gurgling bubbles while releasing heat, and the blood level was decreasing at a faster speed.
The candlelight flickered, and Zhu Nanzhi, already feeling cold, felt even more chilled upon seeing what was happening.
What is this place?
Zhu Nanzhi tried to suppress the coldness in her body and quickly sat up. She shouldn't be in a place like this with her husband in broad daylight... How did she end up here?
Where is my husband?
"Madam, have you awakened?"
The familiar voice made Zhu Nanzhi's heart stabilize immediately. She turned her head to look at the young man, who was smiling, with his eyes clear and determined, and his brow displaying a sense of courage.
Sword-browed and star-eyed, his temperament was steady and reserved but also approachable. His posture was upright with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Moreover, he was not only strong on the outside but also inside...
Yes, it was her husband.
Zhu Nanzhi smiled on her face, as long as her husband was there, she didn't have to worry about anything... Hmm?
Zhu Nanzhi moved to get out of bed, but she felt the coldness filling her body again. And...
Where is my spiritual power?
She tried to move her spiritual power, but it was ineffective!
Even though there was still spiritual power in her spirit sea, it could not come out from the spirit sea and pass through the meridians throughout her body!
Her cultivation level of the early stage of the Supreme Saint realm was as if it had sunk into the sea, with no response at all!
Zhu Nanzhi's expression stiffened, and she looked at Lu Jian'an's lips moving but didn't know what to say.
With a smile on his face, Lu Jian'an took a step towards the bed, looking down at Zhu Nanzhi: "My lady has surely guessed it by now. This is my clinic, and that is the blood pool. I have brought you here."
Zhu Nanzhi stared at him blankly, still saying nothing.
Lu Jian'an sighed lightly and spoke softly: "I originally didn't want to do this, but after discovering that you are a Supreme Saint realm cultivator, I had to use this method... This is all your fault.
My lady, if you were not a Supreme Saint realm cultivator, you would not have become like this.”
Zhu Nanzhi, with her legs crossed at an angle, stared at Lu Jian'an blankly. The coldness spreading through her body temporarily faded into the background, as she felt her husband's words were somehow familiar.
She remembered, when she knew that her husband cultivated the dark side, she had rehearsed what she should say when she was going to transform him into a sword spirit in her mind. She had thought of several sets of speeches!
But, how could it be coming out from her husband's mouth?
Zhu Nanzhi bit her lower lip softly, "Husband, why did you bring me here? When did you give me..."
As she spoke, Zhu Nanzhi's tone paused, and her beautiful eyes widened: "When you were with me...?"
"Very clever." Lu Jian'an praised, instinctively wanting to pinch her cheek, but he restrained himself.
Now that he wasn't sure of the way Zhu Nanzhi activated the toxins within her body, with her now awake, he needed to avoid any unnecessary contact.
Zhu Nanzhi slightly lowered her head, and her deep-green hair fell naturally, partially hiding her classical and elegant face.
"Madam, do not blame me for... " Lu Jian'an was about to speak further, but his expression showed a slight change as he continued.
Because he saw Zhu Nanzhi's soft shoulders shaking, as if she were crying?
No, it's not!
Zhu Nanzhi suddenly looked up, and her sky-blue eyes, which were obviously shimmering with moisture, seemed as if a flame were burning within them.
Despite being poisoned by the Ice Crystal Cold Dew flower, her fair cheeks were flush with color, and an uncontrollable smile spread across her lips.
As she opened her red lips lightly, her tone carried an odd sense of pleasure: "Ah~~My husband, my husband, my husband is really a perfect match for the wife. My wife is so happy... My husband~ Ah..."
She raised her arms and was about to embrace Lu Jian'an.
Lu Jian'an quickly retreated a few steps to avoid her arms, but before he could open his mouth, Zhu Nanzhi pouted her lips and complained unhappily: "Husband! Why do you want to avoid me, my lady?"
“…”
Dammit!
Lu Jian'an shouted in his heart, this woman is really too abnormal!
He originally thought about scaring Zhu Nanzhi with a sick narcissistic way, but instead of scaring her, she gave him a scare, making him lose the idea of pretending to be a sick narcissist.
A real sick narcissist is indeed not a character that can be pretented.
Calming down his mind, Lu Jian'an gathered his smile and spoke calmly: "Madam, you are joyfully anticipating too early. If you knew my purpose, you would not be smiling anymore."
Zhu Nanzhi tilted her head and looked at him: "My husband is going to kill me?"
Before Lu Jian'an could speak, she continued speaking to herself: "I don't think so. Otherwise, why would you have to say so much to me? You still care about me, so..."
No matter what my husband wants to do to me, I don't mind."
"If I just want to kill you?" Lu Jian'an gazed into her eyes.
"Then come on." Zhu Nanzhi raised her neck, exposing her beautiful neck: "It would be very pleasing for the wife to die in your hands."
Lu Jian'an rubbed his forehead: "You really are a lunatic."
"Giggle~The wife knows that the husband cannot bear it." Zhu Nanzhi laughed foolishly: "I think..."
"All right!" Lu Jian'an interrupted her, pointing to the short sword hovering above the blood pool, and said seriously, "I won't hide it anymore. I want to refine you into the sword spirit of that short sword!"
"Mmm... mm."
Zhu Nanzhi widened her eyes in shock, staring at Lu Jian'an. The smile on her face was slightly stiff, but this stiffness quickly dissipated, replaced by an even more joyful expression.
Not because she was delighted to be refined into a sword spirit, but rather...
"My husband is going to refine me into a sword spirit? My husband has been thinking about this, when did you start having this idea?"
Zhu Nanzhi's voice became more urgent, and a gradually flushed her face with an unusual red tinge: "Yes, as long as I can become your sword spirit, I can stay by your side and be governed by you personally."
The wife is too moved~ The husband has such a brilliant idea; the husband is really smart~ The wife likes such a husband so much~"
There seems to be a kind of worshipping light in her eyes: "The wife is so happy~ The happy feeling is like she is going to shed little pearls."
She rubbed her thighs together a few times, and the sky-blue eyes in front of her seemed to become brighter and brighter: "The husband's favoritism towards the wife, the wife will not let down the husband's affection~ The wife really likes the husband very much."
Lu Jian'an stared blankly at this performance of a familiar solo act, feeling as if there were something stuck in his throat.
Lu Jian'an thought he wanted to use a sickly narcissistic way to treat a sick narcissistic person, but... she can still be a sickly narcissist!
Does she know the current situation between us?
"For the sake of being together with me forever, my husband has come up with such a clever method, and we are really very well-suited~ Ah~" Zhu Nanzhi's expression grew even more joyful, and her smile became even more... obsessive.
She seems to be completely indifferent to the fate of being refined into a sword spirit in the future.
Lu Jian'an looked at the bright sparkle in Zhu Nanzhi's eyes that showed no sense of crisis, calmed his mind, and quickly started thinking in his brain.
He knew there were several types of sick narcissism, so he had always thought that Zhu Nanzhi was a combination of possessive and aggressive types, with a possessive mindset accounting for 80%.
Because she has a strong possessiveness, but the punishment she inflicts after her favorite person 'makes a mistake' is extreme but not fatal.
But now she is also showing a happy side when she hears the fate of being refined into a sword spirit, so there is also a bit of self-harm type of mindset?
No, perhaps it's not...
Lu Jian'an looked at Zhu Nanzhi, and at this time, she raised her hands and held her face with petal-like palms, with a brilliant and happy smile that was hard to describe. But in the eyes that were full of love and worship.
"Are you happy?" Lu Jian'an slowly opened his mouth: "Do you want to be refined into a sword spirit by me?"
Zhu Nanzhi, with a face full of crazy, shook her head decisively at this moment: "I don't want to!"
She really doesn't want to.
After becoming a soul, though I can merge my spirit and soul, in the initial stage, husband will definitely be on guard against me using any kind of soul attack like body snatching. So, I will not be able to enjoy your presence for a long time.
However, if you become a sword spirit instead of being refined by me, you will not be able to use it yourself!
So I don't want to be refined into a sword spirit by my husband at all!
"Indeed..."
Lu Jian'an felt more certain in his heart, so he continued to ask: "Then what makes you happy? Do you think you can solve the poison in your body?"
Zhu Nanzhi shook her head again, and her eyes lit up once more: "The wife is just admiring the husband, and the husband has such brilliant ideas. Isn't the wife supposed to be happy?"
As she spoke, she laughed out loud in a foolish manner, her slightly open red lips revealing her white teeth: "Admiring the husband, being happy for his ideas... Happy to the point where I feel that we are truly a match made in heaven with each other."
"Husband, can you tell the wife when you had such an idea about her?"
Lu Jian'an smiled slightly: "The first time I saw you."
"Huff... "
Zhu Nanzhi's breath became more urgent again. Despite being poisoned, she had sweat on her forehead because of the excited brain, making her look particularly bright and charming.
"The husband is really, really... " Her eyes shone with crazy admiration again, as if she were in heat: "How should the wife praise the husband?"
Lu Jian'an remained silent, completely at ease.
It seems to include worship in her type of sick narcissism.
In the type of sick narcissism that worships, the subject believes that their heart's desire is greater than the sky, and their desires are above everything else!
No wonder, with such a strong possessive personality, she's not at all dominant in bed...
Knowing this, Lu Jian'an couldn't help but lift his corners, he will have Zhu Nanzhi completely trained into a worshipping type of sick narcissism, so that way he won't have to worry about her being refined into a sword spirit!
And it will also be beneficial for the family harmony.
"No need to praise." Lu Jian'an smiled and looked at Zhu Nanzhi, starting the detoxification plan he had long ago made: "No matter how much I praise her, it will not change her mind."
He took a step forward and raised his hands slightly to release spiritual power: "Madam, please bear with it, I will finish this soon."
Lu Jian'an had already guessed that Zhu Nanzhi would never agree to be refined into a sword spirit. Her absurd idea could not accept the fact that because of gender differences, she would be refined into a sword spirit.
If that's the case, then besides being with each other, they won't be able to be intimate.
So Lu Jian'an's initial idea was to use the Ice Frost and Snow Flower to control Zhu Nanzhi, and then let her voluntarily detoxify - because that was the only card Zhu Nanzhi had left!
And in the process, discovering that Zhu Nanzhi is a kind of slightly worshipful type of sick narcissist is an unexpected bonus.
This is a big harvest!
"Wait, just a moment!"
Although she is delighted with the husband's similar idea, as she sees the husband actually starting to move, Zhu Nanzhi can't help but retreat to the other side of the bed, opening her mouth to stop: "Husband, wait a moment. The wife has something to say."
"The wife is a cultivation realm at the beginning of communion with sainthood. Although she is not as good as me, too late to generate change, so I don't want to wait." Lu Jian'an's spiritual power in his hand grew stronger, and the art required for forging the sword spirit quickly took shape.
Zhu Nanzhi's eye twitched. The husband was serious!
Zhu Nanzhi felt a bit sad. It should be the husband who is refined into a sword spirit, but... why did it turn out to be the wife instead?
She didn't want to be refined into a sword spirit!
"Husband!" Zhu Nanzhi spoke very quickly, "After learning about your method of poisoning and your thoughts about the wife, I said several times that husband and wife are really a match. Why don't you guess why I said that?"
"Also, husband, if you continue to use your spiritual power, there will be danger..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Jian'an frowned: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Nanzhi smiled slightly: "Because husband, you also have poison in your body~ It was planted by me!"
"What?!"
Lu Jian'an shocked at Zhu Nanzhi: "When did you put the poison?"
How could I not feel anything at all?"
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