The King of Curses

Chapter 235: The elder sister who has tasted the sweetness of the marrow

Jiang Yunmei's eyes turned a deep blue like the sky, and she stared at one place intently.

"I was watching him."

She looked confident.

“So I had a good idea of which direction he was heading.”

"Clairvoyance" combines "seeing through illusions", "clairvoyance" and "perspective" into one, making it truly almighty.

With conscious observation and tracking, they followed the stall owner at a distance and soon found where he went.

"Stopped. Have we reached his resting place?"

At the end of the destination stands an antique building, which looks like the kind of inn that would appear in martial arts TV dramas, and as always, it carries cosplay to the extreme.

The places where Cen Dongsheng and others lived had a similar style. Of course, as distinguished guests, the accommodation prepared by the operators of the Shanyin Ghost Market for them was more luxurious.

As the three of them slowly approached the target location, Jiang Yunmei's expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Something is wrong. This person's aura is changing."

"Is there an attack?"

"No... the breath of life fades away slowly."

During the conversation, Cen Dongsheng and Song Yutang started to act almost at the same time. They jumped high on the spot and jumped onto the eaves.

The man punched the window and broke it, then he saw the vendor staggering through the door, holding his throat, his face was purple, and he looked painful. When he saw Cen Dongsheng, his eyes were filled with confusion, and he subconsciously reached out his hand to him as if asking for help...

“噗咚。”

He fell to his knees and was silent.

Song Yutang followed closely behind Cen Dongsheng and climbed in through the window. Looking at the man lying motionless on the ground, he heard his companion's voice:
"died."

“He’s dead…”

Cen Dongsheng picked up the white bed sheet beside him and wrapped it around his hands, then turned the deceased over and examined his body.

The purple veins, like protruding blood vessels inside the body, extended from the neck to the cheeks, making the corpse look hideous.

The purple color spread and penetrated into the bed sheets, trying to crawl onto Cen Dongsheng.

“…It’s a curse.”

This weak toxin has no effect on the man who has reached the level of a magical sorcerer, and is blocked at the epidermal level.

"Did we meet anyone else while we were following him?"

Cen Dongsheng asked in a low voice.

"No, I was watching him the whole time and didn't see anyone approaching."

"Then, the same thing happened during the sneak attack... So, this person was poisoned before the attack, before he met you, and even before he set up the stall in the dark street."

"In other words, he was a bait that was used and thrown away."

"good."

"The onset of the toxin is timed?"

"Well, I'm afraid it's triggered by the attack. This time point is relatively easy to control."

After the brief discussion, Song Yutang couldn't help but sigh.

"The clues we finally got are gone just like that? The mastermind behind this must have done a lot of preparation."

"It's as expected. They must have thought a lot and prepared a lot to have the confidence to drag us, an uncontrollable group of outsiders, into the vortex of events and stir up the muddy water. We are just solving the problems arranged by our opponents step by step. It's not easy to overturn the chessboard now."

Cen Dongsheng laughed.

"Don't worry. Even if only the corpse is left, it still has its uses. Since you killed someone with a curse, there must be some clues left behind."

He looked at the strange color that appeared on the corpse's cheek.

"I can't recognize it, but someone can. Among the Super Working Committee that has gathered the largest group of Curse-Forbidden Masters in terms of quantity and quality, there must be someone who knows the answer."

This requires transferring people over. The influence of the Super Working Committee has not yet reached Shanyin City in the north, and there is no local branch that can conveniently mobilize people, but this is not a problem for Cen Dongsheng.

It's just that it takes time.

*
The next morning, Cen Dongsheng opened the lattice window and breathed in the fresh air.

He quietly admired the scenery in the distance and saw that large areas of stalactites on the dome of the abyss were shrouded in halos of light. The color above had turned moonlight white since someone had no idea when, and now it was turning into orange-red, simulating the light at dawn.

This approach is not only ingenious, but also combined with the grand and magnificent scene and the winding underground river in the distance, the scenery can be described as magnificent. The Geomancer Society has indeed put a lot of thought into building this underground city.

The shops on the street took down their solemn white banners and hung up green flags instead. No one knew why.

After enjoying the morning scenery, Cen Dongsheng returned to his room, washed up, tidied his clothes, walked down the stairs and walked out the door.

At this moment, he heard someone above greeting him.

The man looked up and saw Jiang Yunmei, who was wearing a nightgown and leaning against the window with her arms supported. She was waving sleepily down, while Song Yutang was standing beside her, with her arms folded, looking subtle, as if in deep thought. It was unknown what the two had just talked about.

"Good morning, Teacher Cen."

"Good morning."

"You're going over so early?"

"Well, we've already made an appointment."

"I see... Then, please work hard." Jiang Yunmei said with a smile, "I will cheer you on from afar."

Come on... What? You know I'm going on a date with my girlfriend today.

Cen Dongsheng suppressed the urge to complain.

At this moment, the disciple's gaze fell on him again, and his heroic eyebrows raised slightly.

"Wait a moment, Master."

"Ok?"

Song Yutang seemed to have noticed something. She probably thought it would be faster to take action than to explain it with words, so the girl leaned against the railing and jumped down from the room.

"how?"

"Master, you are in too much of a hurry to go out. Look, you haven't even turned up the collar of your clothes. You can't go to meet your girlfriend in such a sloppy manner."

Song Yutang took the initiative to extend her hand and naturally tidied his clothes.

"……forget."

Cen Dongsheng looked down and saw the girl's slender fingers moving flexibly between the bow tie and buttons.

Those were hands that could control lightning and catch bullets; of course, they could also carefully arrange a man's clothes. "Okay, let's go meet her."

After finishing the arrangement, the apprentice patted his chest.

"I'm leaving."

"Goodbye."

"Well, see you later."

Song Yutang waved and jumped back to her room.

After walking for a distance, Cen Dongsheng couldn't help but turn his head again, and saw Jiang Yunmei talking with a mischievous look on her face, as if she was making a joke on her companions again; and Song Yutang's face was slightly red. After a while, she seemed to be angry and directly used "violent means" to interrupt her companions' nonsense.

Cen Dongsheng shook his head and turned away.

*
As the leader of a powerful force, An Zhizhen would not travel alone.

If it is an official visit, the target location will receive news five days to a week in advance, and the senior management of the Shanyin Ghost Market operator who received the notice from the Super Working Committee will go out to greet them collectively - this is the normal procedure.

But although An Zhizhen is a leader, he is also a willful king; so before visiting the Shanyin Ghost Market with great fanfare, the woman decided to take some time to be alone with her man and have a date for only the two of them without anyone knowing.

As agreed, Cen Dongsheng came to a secluded pier and waited quietly for his elder sister to arrive.

Come to think of it, she should have noticed it...

Cen Dongsheng's heart moved slightly, remembering that before he went out this time, Sister Zhizhen had pestered him for a long time, and for no reason - this kind of childish willfulness and excessive demands rarely appeared in her, who was mature and reliable.

I don't know whether to say it's "tasting the marrow and getting the taste" or for some other reason, but ever since the brother and sister had a relationship, their daily lives have been very absurd for a period of time. When they are in the mood, they will hug each other, then roll into bed and have sex all day long... Often when they wake up, it is already noon, and the whole day has been wasted.

Because their sister Qingyan was at home, it was not very convenient, so they often went out on dates and stayed overnight in suites in high-end hotels.

This time when Cen Dongsheng went out, it took him a lot of effort to get his girlfriend's consent.

He found reasons from all directions, including to enhance the strength of his own team, to gather intelligence on other forces, to prepare for the future expansion of the Super Working Committee, for the possible existence of special-class curse masters... and so on. He gave a lot of reasons that were linked to actual interests, and only then did An Zhizhen give in.

This was why he showed a complicated expression for a moment after receiving the message from his elder sister.

…It’s only been two days, why do I feel like she can’t bear it anymore?

Cen Dongsheng didn't know whether An Zhizhen would be able to control her desires in the future, but his elder sister had been too "unrestrained" recently - there was no other reason for this idea. He didn't hate her enthusiasm. The two of them were in the heat of the moment, and the joy of love was indeed pleasing to the body and mind. He was simply worried that it would affect business.

He felt that his own affairs did not matter, but sometimes he would worry whether An Zhizhen would fall because of his existence and take a different path from his previous life...

It was really incredible. If people in his previous life, including himself, heard one day that the Philosopher King could be influenced to this extent by a mere man, they would definitely think it was a fairy tale.

In Cen Dongsheng's impression, An Zhizhen was undoubtedly a rational and cold person; however, the passion she showed in bed was beyond his expectations. Every time, it seemed as if she wanted to swallow him into her body, or ask him to merge into one with her.

The emotion is hot and gentle like water, like a slowly opening spider web, which sticks to its prey and then injects paralyzing digestive juices bit by bit, so sweet that it is creepy.

In fact, sex is only one aspect of the sublimation of the relationship between lovers. The essence behind it is...

My elder sister is indeed becoming more and more clingy.

What a happy trouble, Cen Dongsheng thought.

Of course, he had thought about just giving in. Wouldn't it be good to be with An Zhizhen every day? Being a fool who doesn't make progress might only make past efforts look more foolish.

Moreover, even if he maintained his current strength, he would already be strong enough by the standards of future generations of curse masters; as for that distant dream, which existed on the other side of the chasm...it would be better to give up early.

——For a period of time, thoughts like laziness and depravity frequently appeared in his mind.

It seems that an overly dissolute life can really wear down a person's will. As the saying goes, beauty is a knife that scrapes bones. The more charming a lover is, the more willpower is needed to break free from this charm.

After struggling for a while, he finally broke free and did not shamefully drown in his elder sister's love.

Among all this, the presence of Sister Qingyan played the most crucial role. She was like an invisible alarm bell that made Cen Dongsheng wake up quickly.

Thinking of her presence, he knew it was not time to give up. No matter what, he should not let his sister down.

In addition to his sister, Cen Dongsheng remembered that he had also made promises to Song Yutang and Jiang Yunmei, and he hoped to keep them to the end.

At the very least, he wanted his disciple to become a stronger and more outstanding person who could stand on his own, and let Jiang Yunmei smoothly embark on the path of "Wonderful Son of God"...

And he himself still needs to continue to complete his own curse; if his goal is to reach the highest realm, it means that he has to start considering the next special curse.

It is because of the sense of responsibility that we can escape from the land of comfort in time.

...But, just after a moment of separation, the heavy land of tenderness came to him again, as if it would not stop until it drowned him.

Cen Dongsheng was thinking about all sorts of things when a figure that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar appeared alone on a boat not far away.

She walked lightly, stepping onto the shore, her every move full of charm, but the people around her seemed to be completely blind to her, deliberately ignoring such a beautiful existence, and no shadow of a woman was reflected in their pupils.

An Zhizhen hated being interrupted when communicating with her beloved, so she blocked everyone's attention, walked in front of Cen Dongsheng, and looked directly at him with her bright eyes.

For a moment, it seemed as if the only people left in the world were this couple quietly gazing at each other.

Knowing that there would be the risk of becoming addicted again, he finally couldn't resist the temptation. Cen Dongsheng couldn't help but reach out and touch her cheek; the elder sister took the opportunity to grab his hand and rubbed it gently.

An Zhizhen is now in high spirits, and her already stunningly beautiful face has become even more charming, like a rose covered with dewdrops, blooming in the morning sun.

She was in full charm and started with a powerful statement:

"Are you tired of my body, Dongsheng..."

She said in a resentful tone.

"How is that possible?" Cen Dongsheng answered simply and crisply, "Even if I hug you a thousand times, I won't get tired of it."

"So you can't hold on any longer? You need to replenish your nutrition..."

"It's you who always can't hold on in the end."

In this kind of thing, a man will never admit defeat.

"I've already told you that I came here to take care of something."

Cen Dongsheng sighed.

"I'm here for business, too."

An Zhizhen smiled happily.

"But before that...staying with me and making me happy is also very important, right?"