Chapter 275: You Are My Only Wish

“Do you like it?”

Bai Luoxue looked up at Lin Xun from below, taking a step closer. Around Lin Xun’s nose, the air was filled with the pleasant, natural, bewitching fragrance emanating from her body.

Lin Xun subconsciously glanced down and accidentally caught a glimpse of delicate, snowy-white skin.

He lifted his head and met Bai Luoxue’s extremely bewitching Peach Blossom Eyes.

The young girl’s eyes blinked gently. Although she spoke seductive words, her eyes were as clear as a spring.

Yet, this touch of clarity was like the Luo River, impossible to fly over or swim across.

One could only slowly sink into them, gradually losing oneself in her gaze.

Lin Xun knew that Bai Luoxue wasn’t using any charm techniques; this was entirely a passive effect brought about by her natural Bewitching Bone.

But even so, it was already incredibly startling.

“I don’t!”

Forcing his will to remain firm, Lin Xun took a cloak out of his Storage Pouch and draped it over the girl’s shoulders.

“Go back inside and put on more clothes! Put some shoes on too. Why are you barefoot? It’s so cold; what are you thinking?”

“I’m not afraid of the cold,” Bai Luoxue said indifferently. “Besides, you like my feet.”

“No! I don’t!” Lin Xun quickly denied it.

“But you looked at my feet many times just now,” Bai Luoxue said calmly.

“No! You must have seen wrong!” Lin Xun said crossly. “Are you going to change or not? If not, I’m leaving.”

“Oh.”

Even though Bai Luoxue didn’t understand why he wanted her to wear shoes when he clearly liked her feet,

she went back to her room and changed into a long dress to prevent Lin Xun from leaving.

Her originally bare, tender white feet were now wrapped in Foot Socks and tucked into small embroidered shoes.

With every step the girl took, a lotus seemed to bloom, as she left small footprints on the white snow in the courtyard.

“Where did that nightgown from earlier come from?” Lin Xun asked curiously.

That kind of camisole nightgown was very common in his original world, but in this ancient, conservative era, it shouldn’t exist.

“The Huanxi Sect already had them,” Bai Luoxue blinked. “But it was my first time wearing it. Was it not pretty?”

Bai Luoxue lowered her head, thinking to herself that she would never wear it again.

Since he thought it didn’t look good, there was no need to wear it anymore.

Lin Xun didn’t know what Bai Luoxue was thinking.

In any case, as soon as Lin Xun recalled Bai Luoxue’s appearance just now, his throat felt a bit dry.

He had seen a lot in his life; in his previous life, he had been through the baptism of countless lewd images.

And that was just an ordinary nightgown just now.

It only exposed her fair shoulders and calves.

But why was its lethality so great when she wore it?

Not daring to think more, Lin Xun changed the subject and looked at the Ice Lantern on the stone table.

“Did you make this?”

“Yes.”

“What did you carve on it?”

Lin Xun asked curiously.

The drawing on the Ice Lantern was very abstract, even more so than Yaya’s stick figures.

Lin Xun felt like this drawing looked like a Magic Formation.

“Nothing,” Bai Luoxue looked at Lin Xun calmly.

“Alright then, let’s release this Ice Lantern quickly. I’m in a hurry.” Lin Xun didn’t know what kind of tricks this emotionless girl was up to.

But no matter what she carved, just let it fly; what she carved was none of his business.

“Yes.”

Bai Luoxue nodded and then walked to Lin Xun’s side.

Before Lin Xun could react, Bai Luoxue took his hand in hers.

Under her veil, Bai Luoxue’s small mouth opened slightly.

Just as Bai Luoxue was about to put Lin Xun’s index finger into her mouth, Lin Xun quickly pulled it back.

“What are you doing?” Lin Xun was startled.

“Releasing the Ice Lantern,” Bai Luoxue explained.

“If we’re releasing an Ice Lantern, then release it. Why are you trying to bite me?”

“I want a drop of your blood,” Bai Luoxue blinked.

“And then?” Lin Xun’s brow twitched slightly.

“Then fuse it with my blood.”

“And after that?”

“And then drip it onto this Ice Lantern, and we’ll let it fly together.”

“Like hell we will.” Lin Xun really wanted to give her a flick on the forehead.

But with his hand halfway in the air, he realized that would be inappropriate.

Looking at Lin Xun’s hovering hand, Bai Luoxue held it, stood on her tiptoes, and made a move as if to bite his finger again.

However, Lin Xun quickly retracted his hand. “I say, what kind of Formation is this?”

No need to think about it; the strange pattern on the Ice Lantern must be some weird Formation, otherwise, why would she need his blood?

“It’s not a Formation,” Bai Luoxue shook her head.

“Then what is it?”

“A ritual.”

“Is there a difference?”

“Yes,” Bai Luoxue nodded.

“Fine, what’s the use of this ritual?”

“As long as our blood is fused together, the book says we will grow old together and you will never leave me.”

“Let me see that book.”

Lin Xun took the book to have a look.

This book was once again from the Huanxi Sect’s Library.

Indeed, it wasn’t a Formation; it really was a type of ritual.

A Magic Formation has a specific effect.

A ritual, on the other hand, represents a kind of blessing or prayer.

This strange pattern was some tribe’s marriage ritual.

Rumor has it that if a husband and wife’s blood is fused and they are joined in marriage, they will receive the blessing of the Ancient God and will never be separated until their hair turns white.

Although it was just a ritual, and this Ancient God was likely just a conceptual belief that didn’t actually exist, Lin Xun still didn’t dare to take the risk.

“Don’t overthink it,” Lin Xun threw the book back to Bai Luoxue. “Hurry up and release the Ice Lantern.”

“Oh.” Knowing her plan had failed, Bai Luoxue’s eyes didn’t show much disappointment.

Bai Luoxue just looked at Lin Xun’s finger, seemingly with a hint of reluctance.

In the end, Lin Xun used his spiritual power to light the Ice Lantern, and the lantern carved with the blessing ritual slowly rose into the air.

However, this Ice Lantern had no other lanterns to accompany it; it rose into the sky all alone.

Although this Ice Lantern looked very lonely, it also had a kind of forlorn beauty.

“Make a wish.” After the Ice Lantern had been flying for ten breaths, Lin Xun looked at the girl beside him. She was still staring with those cat-tailed peach blossom eyes.

“Make a wish?” Bai Luoxue tilted her head.

“Obviously.”

Lin Xun’s tone toward her always seemed so blunt, no matter the occasion.

“Hurry up and make a wish. Any wish is fine, like world peace, a breakthrough in your Realm, having enough to eat and drink—whatever you want. It’s just a wish anyway; it doesn’t matter if it’s a bit big.”

“Then I want you,” Bai Luoxue lifted her head and looked at Lin Xun beside her.

“You’re supposed to wish to the Ice Lantern. What’s the use of looking at me while wishing?” Lin Xun’s brow twitched slightly. “Also, I’m not giving myself to you. Choose another wish.”

“But you said any wish is fine.”

“…You can’t achieve this wish,” Lin Xun said crossly. “It’s a waste to even wish for it.”

“But…” The girl lowered her eyes.

“But what?”

The girl lifted her head again, looking at Lin Xun with pure eyes.

“But… you are my only wish.”