Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 506 Learning from the Ancients
Little White Hair would never have imagined that one of the scenes in his dream was not a dream at all.

The few words exchanged with the Ice Demon were a genuine dialogue that resonated with the Ice Demon throughout the Cold River.

The Ice Demon was stunned by her kissing the man and lost contact for a moment, but the faint sense of her soul's origin remained.

It turned out that she really had been kissing a man.

Since its birth, the Ice Demon never imagined that "itself" would one day perform like this. What is this?

It is the embodiment of the law of ice, a synonym for the icy coldness of the world.

Have you ever heard of a block of ice making love with a man?
Nobody uses ice cubes to make cups, right?

To say that the Ice Demon and Dugu Qingli are one and the same is not entirely accurate. The Ice Demon is indeed the manifestation of the Law of Ice, but everything is relative. While possessing the demonic intent to freeze everything, she also possesses the pure, crystal-like ice. They are one, but two sides of the same coin.

Demonic intent can be sealed, but the purest frost is omnipresent and cannot be sealed by anyone. This is the origin of the Ice Demon's split into Dugu Qingli.

Moreover, after being reborn from the source, she became human and cultivated the sword path. Her fundamental technique was still the supreme divine skill of Tianyao Holy Land, Frost Heaven Freezing Moon, which was closer to the Daoist Supreme Intent. The seven turns and eight twists were quite different from it. It is indeed impossible to say that Dugu Qingli was the Ice Demon.

But as long as Bing Lin's essence remains unchanged, no matter how pure as glass, she will only be a cold-hearted and emotionless little ice person, lacking all emotions.

Furthermore, this purity is particularly easy to stain, just like a white sheet of paper can be stained black by a single drop of ink.

The discovery of the Frozen City was intentional. It not only caused the Cold River to submerge the land, but also allowed the ice sculptures to emerge and wreak havoc, spreading their demonic power across the world. Among them, Dugu Qingli herself was the most vulnerable to being corrupted by the demonic power. Her entry into the Frozen City was even more valuable than the ice sculptures conquering the Heavenly Frost Kingdom.

While the capture of Ice City was undoubtedly a defeat, the fact that Dugu Qingli had entered the city and fought a fierce battle was an unexpected bonus.

She doesn't realize it now, but she will eventually find out what changes that wisp of demonic intent will bring as her cultivation silently grows. When it freezes everything and slaughters mountains and rivers, it won't even flinch—that is demonic power.

At that point, she would be it, effectively freed. Whether the sealed ice demon body existed or not, or whether it was unsealed, was no longer important.

"If this proves you're human, then does the murderous intent hidden within you prove you're a demon?"

She will eventually become a demon.

but!

Kissing a man made the Ice Demon feel a sense of losing control.

Once emotions and romantic love develop, will she still be the same cold person? No one can predict how things will go wrong.

The Ice Demon has waited so long for the Ice Primal Essence, which has undergone countless ages of evolution... It seemed quite normal when it was a child, so how did it become so twisted as it grew up?
Who taught you to kiss a man? Wasn't the master who picked you up a Taoist nun? What kind of Taoism do you practice? The Tao of the Harmonious Union of Women?

At this moment, the Ice Demon was more furious than ten Sheng Qingfeng, Pei Qingyan, and Gu Zhanting combined. The price he paid for his daughter being tricked away by the Ghostfire Yellow Hair was far more painful than that of the Ice Demon. This was the result of years of planning. The grand scheme had turned out like this!

The ice demon roared and tore at the ground in fury, causing a rumbling sound deep underground. Small spaces collided at great depths, and cracks appeared everywhere.

Unfortunately, the frozen city that was about to break ground remained unmoved, the cold river was quiet, and there was no more tremor.

…………

Meanwhile, Dugu Qingli often saw the Ice Demon's red eyes in her mind, but she didn't realize it was a result of primal resonance. She simply thought it was because she cared about the matter and naturally thought about it often. In short, the kiss at this moment relieved her of many entanglements, and she was no longer in a hurry to leave, feeling much more at peace.

After the kiss, she remained nestled in the man's arms, whispering, "Just here, okay?"

Lu Xingzhou almost laughed when he heard this: "You mean, once you leave, you'll pretend nothing happened?"

Dugu Qingli said, "I will do as you wish."

"Since this is the only place I have, can I ask for a little more?"

Dugu Qingli opened her eyes wide: "That's not what you said."

"There was no premise that it was limited to this place before."

"You said there's no one here."

"Does that mean I can kiss you if we're alone in a deserted place in the future?"

Her blue eyes started darting around.

Is that right?

Lu Xingzhou said, "If other uninhabited places don't work, shouldn't we give more if it's just this place? That makes sense, right?"

The little white-haired boy thought hard for a long time and felt that he didn't think he was wrong, so he had no choice but to ask, "What else do you want?"

Lu Xingzhou found the little robot, who was trying to reason with someone in a serious but ultimately illogical way, particularly adorable. Even his lewd thoughts disappeared, and he just wanted to laugh.

"why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at you for thinking that someone as pure as yourself is like the Ice Demon."

Dugu Qingli was stunned for a moment, then complained, "You've corrupted me. If I become an ice demon, it's all your fault."

"Believe me, the deeper my corruption goes, the more different I will be from the Ice Demon."

"So what else do you want? If you don't tell me, I won't give it to you." The white-haired boy was using this as a condition for making it seem like nothing had happened after he left, and he was still stubbornly insisting that the boy fulfill his request.

As for whether it was after the pollution that she became more different from the Ice Demon... maybe so. Anyway, in the dream, she said that kissing a man scared the Ice Demon away.

Lu Xingzhou found it so adorable that he couldn't resist kissing her again, and Dugu Qingli responded quite naturally.

That's it?

This time, Lu Xingzhou's hands started getting inappropriate. Dugu Qingli didn't think much of it; it had been like this during the previous medical checkup... Wait a minute. Why was he holding her hand again? This time it was even worse; he was rubbing her.

Dugu Qingli felt something was wrong with her body and subconsciously pressed down on his hand: "It's not like that."

Lu Xingzhou asked, "What kind of thing is it?"

"Lu Xingzhou! Mmm..." The girl tried to protest, but her mouth was gagged again.

His hands even started to slip inside his clothes, just like when he saw the young couple behind the tree in Harbin: "That's the standard. Think about the ancient people in Harbin. Humans were like this before the dawn of time."

Dugu Qingli: "..."

You're so eager to learn. No wonder he was so focused on this kind of thing back then; he wouldn't learn anything good, just this kind of thing.

Dugu Qingli wanted to stop him, but then felt that she had agreed to let him get more, so she didn't seem to have any right to stop him. The way her little hand seemed to want to stop him but didn't was incredibly cute.

The fact that "ancient people" did this behind trees on the street suggests that such things didn't need to be done in secluded places.

Dugu Qingli was dumbfounded. Before she knew it, her clothes had been torn apart, and two snow-white mounds of jade jumped out.

Feeling the heat of his palm, Dugu Qingli's lips were sealed again, and she finally couldn't help but let out a "hmm~" sound from her throat. With that cold voice, Lu Xingzhou couldn't tell whether it was an ice demon or a succubus.

Dugu Qingli finally understood what it meant to want more.

That feeling was absolutely terrifying and inexplicable; it couldn't compare to just a kiss.

He buried his head in the snowballs, which made things even worse... even his icy dantian started to burn, with heat spreading throughout his limbs and making his mind go blank.

Little White Fur stared blankly at the sky, his little mouth half-open, looking completely lost.

Just as his hand was about to move downwards, Dugu Qingli jolted awake and pushed him away breathlessly, saying, "That's enough!"

Lu Xingzhou knew he had gone a bit too far, so he didn't press his advantage and simply hugged her gently: "Okay, okay, that's enough."

Dugu Qingli glanced at him with a hint of distrust. Her blue eyes were strange; she was clearly full of embarrassment and anger, but in Lu Xingzhou's eyes, they remained calm, like an ice doll.

Lu Xingzhou was extremely fond of her and hugged her even tighter, resting his chin on her white hair.

His white hair was already messy, with a tuft sticking up, looking dazed.

Lu Xingzhou blew on the tuft of hair that stuck in his head and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Dugu Qingli could feel his heartfelt affection, and her shyness and anger gradually subsided. She nestled in his arms without saying a word.

Even now, Little White Hair still doesn't know what he likes about him. He always speaks coldly to him and even draws his sword to attack him. Is it just because he thinks he's handsome? ... But his heart is as clear as ice, and his feelings are absolutely genuine.

What's even stranger is that Dugu Qingli felt she wasn't the cute type at all, but Lu Xingzhou's attitude clearly showed that he found her very cute, and even wanted to laugh.

too weird.

Therefore, Yin Yang Extreme Intent Technique is not a good technique; it can blind people and cause mental instability.

Deep within the icy abyss, the Ice Demon: "..."

When will this world end? I can't take it anymore. The day I break free of my chains, I'll kill this despicable couple to cleanse my eyes!

…………

Another person who expects the world to be destroyed is Jiang Yuan.

As a top assassin who managed to ambush Lu Xingzhou and Sheng Yuanyao and escape unscathed (with only a few pieces of cloth missing), Jiang Yuan, hands on hips, is not a fool who would act recklessly.

Originally, when the pursuers were bombarding the area, she hoped Lu Xingzhou would launch a surprise attack so she could provide backup amidst the chaos, which would surely be very effective. However, after bombarding the area for a long time without finding anyone, the pursuers withdrew, leaving Jiang Yuan with a difficult choice.

Follow them, it's very dangerous. There are clearly some first and second-grade experts on the other side, and there are many of them. If we get surrounded, it will be very troublesome.

If we don't follow, and wait here for Lu Xingzhou to come out and discuss it, but the other side has already run away, and we don't know where they went. Wouldn't it be a waste of this spying? It's not enough to just send the mechanical puppets to follow; the mechanical puppets aren't fast enough.

After much deliberation, Jiang Yuan decided that safety was the top priority and didn't rush off. She figured it was safest to wait for Lu Xingzhou to come out. Anyway, that guy had a lot of tricks up his sleeve; she could just leave it to him to deal with.

They thought the others would come out immediately after they left, and that they could just wait. But after waiting and waiting, they squatted on the icy plain, hugging their knees, for a whole day and night in the cold wind, but Lu Xingzhou and Dugu Qingli were still nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Yuan was no longer calm.

Could it be that the two of them have already escaped through another exit? Wouldn't it be like I'd be an idiot to just wait here like this?

Jiang Yuan rubbed her numb knees and stood up, then looked around the area that had been blasted into chaos.

Just because those masked men can't be found doesn't mean that the esteemed masters of the ancient world can't be found.

If there really is a secret realm here, I absolutely must go in and drag that adulterous couple out.

You just got married, and you spent a whole day and night in a dark room with a little white cat. How could you do that to Yun'er?
Jiang Yuan took out a box. As soon as the box was opened, a bunch of woodworms scurried into the ground and searched around. Before long, the insects sensed and discovered the disordered nodes in the space.

The whole process should take no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Jiang Yuan suddenly wondered what she had been doing sitting outside for a day and a night, and couldn't help but slap herself.

"Splash!" Jiang Yuan jumped into the spatial rift and appeared in the pool.

(End of this chapter)