Chapter 106: Forget It, As Long As You’re Happy

“Miss Bai, perhaps… there’s something wrong with your bead?”

Lin Xun backed away, but the mandarin duck cauldron was only so big; he hit the cauldron wall after just one step.

Although Bai Luoxue was a girl of few words and even fewer expressions, her intelligence was perfectly fine. How could she believe Lin Xun’s nonsense? He wouldn’t be able to fool her that easily… Bai Luoxue took a step forward, closing in on Lin Xun, seemingly wanting to remove his mask.

But at that moment, inside the mandarin duck cauldron, the patterns were filled with flowing light. Instantly, the interior of the cauldron was filled with a glow like red candles, and several streaks of light entwined the two of them.

Lin Xun had a very bad feeling!

The mandarin duck cauldron hadn’t stopped operating; it was still activating. The lack of movement earlier was simply because it was gathering energy.

Bai Luoxue was even more shocked.

If her senses weren’t mistaken, this mandarin duck cauldron had been set to “Technique Inversion, Reversal of Yin and Yang.”

In other words, let alone her controlling Lin Xun, Lin Xun could inversely and forcibly trigger her own Secret Technique to control her! He could make her his Puppet.

Bai Luoxue wanted to flee, but she found her will gradually blurring and her body drawing closer step by step.

“I’m going to become a Puppet,” Bai Luoxue thought to herself.

She didn’t feel particularly sad, because she had originally intended to control Lin Xun. To be controlled in return was simply Karma.

However, she wouldn’t be able to complete her Master’s orders.

Forget it, so be it.

In any case, her heart was devoid of passion, joy, or sorrow. She had no emotions at all, and her entire being was already numb. Even if she became a Puppet, what difference would there be from her current self?

Bai Luoxue gave up resisting the mandarin duck cauldron.

Suddenly, Lin Xun jolted. He felt his hand being held by a soft, boneless little hand, and then a wave of bewitching intent that threatened to erode his entire consciousness instantly spread through Lin Xun’s Meridians.

Under the influence of the mandarin duck cauldron, Bai Luoxue’s consciousness was gradually fading, and her innate Bewitching Bone was already out of control.

It could only be said that Lin Xun’s Realm was high enough; otherwise, even someone in the Immortal Realm probably wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.

Now Lin Xun had two choices: one was to choose to control her, and the other was to give up this perfect opportunity.

As Lin Xun saw it, if he chose to control her, it would solve all his troubles.

Moreover, this woman with the innate Bewitching Bone would be completely obedient to him.

He could make her do the laundry, send her to buy soy sauce, and even have her go snatch cheap eggs when the shops were having a sale.

It was a pity this world didn’t have cell phones; otherwise, he could even have her snatch train tickets!

For a man, this was a dream-like existence.

But what if he gave up this opportunity?

If he gave up this chance, given Bai Luoxue’s lack of emotion, he couldn’t expect her to give up her obsession with him, let alone hope to move her through influence.

She would still be thinking of controlling him, and next time, he might be the one facing the danger of being controlled.

For anyone else, there would be no need to choose between the two.

But for some reason, Lin Xun’s mind once again recalled the scene from not long ago, where Bai Luoxue would sit in the courtyard at night, looking up at everything in the sky.

When Bai Luoxue looked at the starry sky, although her eyes were devoid of joy or sorrow, and her pupils were like two cold stars…

…Lin Xun felt that beneath her gaze, another different emotion was hidden.

Abruptly, Lin Xun shook off that unprecedentedly soft and delicate hand with great reluctance. Using a tree branch, he quickly struck the mandarin duck cauldron away.

Having escaped the mandarin duck cauldron, Lin Xun took three serious steps back:

“Prodigy! Don’t you dare mess with my Dao Heart!”

The mandarin duck cauldron lay to one side, flashing on and off like the light on Ultraman’s chest.

Without the enhancement of the mandarin duck cauldron, Bai Luoxue’s eyes gradually regained their clarity.

Under the moonlight, the girl had not removed her veil, but with just her cat-tailed peach blossom eyes, her charm was fully revealed.

Those eyes of hers seemed capable of plunging the entire world into an illusion, making people willingly sink into them.

And this was even without Bai Luoxue using any charm techniques.

If Bai Luoxue were to lean against him, activate her charm techniques, take off her veil, and then have the mandarin duck cauldron apply its debuff… honestly, even Lin Xun didn’t know if he would still be able to swing his demon slaying saber.

This Saintess of the Huanxi Sect was a walking hormone!

He absolutely could not get close to her!

Fortunately, after the mandarin duck cauldron was cast aside by Lin Xun, Bai Luoxue’s eyes, compared to their previous seductive and watery appearance, were now like a clear lake with no ripples.

“Why?” Bai Luoxue looked at Lin Xun blankly, her expression still blank. Actually, with her veil on, Lin Xun couldn’t see her expression clearly anyway.

But in the girl’s eyes, Lin Xun still saw a very, very faint trace of confusion.

Bai Luoxue was confused as to why Lin Xun didn’t take the opportunity to control her.

With the help of the mandarin duck cauldron, he could have completely turned her into his person. She wouldn’t hurt him or betray him; she would have been as obedient as a doll.

Bai Luoxue felt that any other man would not have let this opportunity go.

But he had cast aside the mandarin duck cauldron and let her go.

Bai Luoxue didn’t understand. She didn’t understand why he would do such a thing.

“No reason,” Lin Xun said, shaking off the lingering influence the mandarin duck cauldron had left in his heart. “I never take advantage of people in a vulnerable position, let alone control a woman’s mind and turn her into my Puppet.”

“You are so strange.”

“…” Lin Xun’s brow twitched slightly. He somehow felt like Bai Luoxue was insulting him.

“Regardless, I saved you. Don’t you have anything to say?” Lin Xun looked at Bai Luoxue, his heart actually quite conflicted.

Because Lin Xun didn’t know how to handle this now.

His identity had been exposed after all. It was fine for his identity to be exposed, but the problem was that his home address had been exposed too!

He was living a good life in Luo City, teaching during the day, learning ‘foreign languages’ with Qinger at night, selling calligraphy and paintings when he had some free time, and sneaking off to the brothels to listen to some tunes when Qinger wasn’t paying attention.

Life was quite comfortable. Lin Xun didn’t want to move.

But the problem lay in how he should deal with this Bai Luoxue.

Should he just ‘take care’ of her?

But…

…looking at the delicate girl before him, who looked to be only about the age of a high school student.

Lin Xun felt like he could snap her willow-like waist with just one hand.

But he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

When Lin Xun finished speaking, Bai Luoxue also lowered her head and fell into silence.

But very quickly, Bai Luoxue raised her head, her bright eyes blinking as she looked at Lin Xun.

“Thank you for saving me, Young Master.” Bai Luoxue performed a curtsy.

“Oh.”

Lin Xun was slightly surprised and then a bit dazed, not knowing what her angle was.

“Forget it… as long as you don’t come near me again, that will be reward enough.”

Bai Luoxue shook her head: “It’s impossible for me not to come near you, Young Master. However, before I control you, Bai Luoxue can grant you one request.”

“No, wait, do you think you can even beat me?” Lin Xun asked back, somewhat amused. This girl really stayed true to her original intentions.

Speaking of which, who did I offend? Why was I targeted by the Huanxi Sect?

Why don’t you go control that Jiang Qingshang—wait, Jiang Qingshang is a woman, it seems she can’t control her either.

Hearing Lin Xun’s question, Bai Luoxue lowered her head again, then looked at Lin Xun with her seductive eyes once more:

“I originally thought that you, Young Master Lin, suffered from a great dao injury and had a low Realm, so it would be very simple to control you.

Now that your injuries are mostly recovered, Luoxue indeed cannot control you. Unless Luoxue gets close, fully activates the Bewitching Bone, and supplements it with charm techniques, then there’s a possibility of bewitching you.”

“And so?” This girl was really blunt, even stating her plan.

“Now that you are on guard, Young Master, Luoxue cannot get close. The plan can only be temporarily shelved.”

Temporarily shelved…

Lin Xun put his hand to his forehead: “Girl, haven’t you ever thought about having a sweet romance and finding someone you like? Why do you have to pick a crooked tree like me?”

Bai Luoxue blinked her cat-tailed peach blossom eyes: “This is Master’s order.”

“Then what if I want to kill your Master?” Lin Xun’s gaze gradually turned cold. “Between your Master’s life and pestering me, pick one.”

“Master has already passed away. You cannot kill my Master again, Young Master Lin.”

“…” Lin Xun kind of wanted to curse.

“Miss! I’m already married! If you keep pestering me! For the sake of my peaceful life as Yoshikage Kira, I really will have to kill you.”

“Mm.”

It was as if the girl was saying, “You can kill me if you want, but I’m still going to control you.”

“Miss, what exactly do you want?” Lin Xun sighed. “You can’t get close to me, so wanting to control my mind is simply a pipe dream. What do you plan to do?”

“I don’t know,” Bai Luoxue shook her head, “but I will try.”

“Try?”

“Mm,” Bai Luoxue nodded and repeated, “try.”

“…”

“Forget it, as long as you’re happy.”

Lin Xun gave up thinking.

“But regardless of how you try, I have a few conditions.

If you don’t agree, I really will take action against you. I won’t take your life, but I will cripple your Cultivation Technique and then send you to a female frien—female friend of mine, and let her purify you with Buddhist scriptures every day!”

“You just saved me, Young Master. Luoxue will naturally agree to your conditions, except for letting you go.”

“…”

Taking off the unnecessary mask, Lin Xun revealed his true face.

“First thing: I am already married. You are not allowed to appear before my wife! Furthermore, you must not harm my wife, not even a single hair! Otherwise, even killing you would be letting you off too easy.”

Bai Luoxue looked into Lin Xun’s eyes. When he said those words, she truly felt a threat of death.

He really would kill her.

“Mm.” The girl nodded. It wasn’t that she was afraid of death—in fact, she had no fear of death in her heart—it was simply that she had promised she would agree to him.

“Second point, there are also some of my friends and such; you can’t harm them either.”

“Can I appear before them?”

“I can’t control that, but you cannot reveal your identity! And if I’m with my friends and we run into you, you have to pretend you don’t know me.”

“Mm.”

“Third point: about me being Lin Xun, only you can know. You cannot tell anyone else.”

“Mm.”

“Just those three points. As long as you follow them, you can use whatever methods you want on me. If you can actually get me, I’ll consider it my loss. Any problems?”

“No.” Bai Luoxue shook her head.

“Very well.” Lin Xun breathed a sigh of relief. “Let’s sign a Great Dao Blood Covenant.”

“Mm.”

“Can you stop saying ‘mm’?”

“Okay.”

“Forget it.”

Lin Xun recited an incantation, and a scroll formed from the charm of the Great Dao slowly appeared between the two of them.

A Soul Oath sworn by the Divine Soul cannot be broken unless one reaches the stage of Union with the Heaven and Earth; otherwise, one’s soul and body would be utterly destroyed.

Lin Xun and Bai Luoxue bit their fingertips at the same time, and the drops of blood that seeped out slowly merged into the Divine Scroll of the Great Dao between them.

The moment their essence blood completely fused within the scroll, the contract was complete.

The scroll vanished. Unless both parties dissolved it simultaneously, Lin Xun didn’t have to worry about Bai Luoxue breaking her word.

After the matter was temporarily settled, Lin Xun stepped forward and used a Soul Searching Secret Technique on the three men.

The only downside of the Soul Searching Secret Technique was that after the search, the target would become an idiot.

But Lin Xun didn’t care. They were enemies anyway, and they wouldn’t survive in the end.

After searching their souls, they became idiots who could only make babbling noises.

From the memories of the three, Lin Xun also understood the reason for the situation.

The middle-aged man was the son of Fang Jianqiu, the third-in-command of Zilin Holy Land. The other two Elders were Fang Jianqiu’s followers.

Lin Xun hadn’t noticed before and thought that Fang Jianqiu, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, was a hero who had risked his life to save Luo City, gotten trapped by the Black Dragon Sect, and almost died.

In reality, Fang Jianqiu had a deal with the Black Dragon Sect. Even if Lin Xun hadn’t intervened, nothing would have happened to him. As for what the deal was, Fang Jianqiu’s son didn’t know.

However, the information he found was that Fang Jianqiu was not only in collusion with the Black Dragon Sect but also with the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

This time, when Jiang Qingshang went to the Wilderness Secret Realm, Fang Jianqiu followed her. One of the other three people was also Fang Jianqiu’s man. They intended to kill Jiang Qingshang in the Wilderness Secret Realm.

As for why they were chasing Bai Luoxue…

Originally, those chasing Bai Luoxue were three female Elders from Zilin Holy Land who were only trying to stop her from entering Luo City.

But how could this girl of few words let them tell her what to do? As a result, a conflict broke out.

The three female Elders felt that since Bai Luoxue had left the outskirts of Luo City, they would stop the pursuit. Instead, it was this son of Fang Jianqiu who developed lustful intentions.

He called upon his father’s two followers and used the mandarin duck cauldron his father had borrowed through his collusion with the Great Joy Temple. He planned to seriously injure Bai Luoxue and then use the cauldron to have his way with her.

This mandarin duck cauldron was of a very high grade—it was a half-immortal weapon with the effect of reversing Yin and Yang. If his plan had gone smoothly, he really could have controlled Bai Luoxue.

Actually, the plan was quite good, but Lin Xun felt that whether he came or not, the other party wouldn’t have succeeded, because Bai Luoxue had intended to end her own life to preserve her purity.

Lin Xun couldn’t help but glance at Bai Luoxue.

Perhaps this was the most peculiar Saintess in the history of the Huanxi Sect…