CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 122: TANG SENG’S MEAT

The icy touch of fingertips, like an electric current, skimmed Yue Jinghua’s earlobe. In Qing Pu’s light golden eyes, shimmering glimmers flickered, "Fa Xiaoyi planted the Gemini Star Formation on your body."

"Heh, how did you know I was Gemini before," Yue Jinghua grinned and said, but soon her smile disappeared. It was impossible for Qing Pu, that ancient relic from a thousand years ago, to understand the concept of zodiac signs. Her heart ablaze with eagerness, she brushed through her long hair, feeling the marks bitten by the crazed Fa Xiaoyi that morning.

A body modified with Green Liquid not only has extremely strong fatigue resistance but also excellent healing ability. A common wound would typically heal in just a few hours, though it still felt somewhat bumpy to the touch.

"!" Yue Jinghua thought the wound had completely healed, but on touching it, she felt something was amiss, realizing that it was not the half-moon shape of a bite mark.

The pattern was very peculiar. Taking a hand mirror from the Desire Gourd, Yue Jinghua brushed her hair aside and looked closely, "Why are there so many star patterns, and what is this Gemini Star Formation about?"

On Yue Jinghua’s neck, there was a black and purple star pattern, resembling a tattoo, and nothing like a bite mark.

The star pattern looked awfully familiar. Upon careful recollection, Yue Jinghua remembered it was the Five-star Summoning Demon Array used by Fa Xiaoyi, with only a slight difference from her own Six-star Array.

Upon seeing this dark-colored star pattern, Qing Pu was also feeling a wave of irritation, which further confirmed his earlier thoughts.

After the incident occurred, he also regretted not acting sooner. If it weren’t for his standoff with Zong Shaoqing at the time, he wouldn’t have given Fa Xiaoyi the opportunity to take advantage.

"The Gemini Star Formation is a unique cultivation method belonging to the Summoners’ clan. As the population of Ancient Summoners was originally sparse, to ensure the purity of their bloodline and maintain strong summoning power, male and female summoners would mostly seek partners within their own kind for Dual Cultivation after coming of age. After the fusion of spirit and body, the Gemini Star Formation will appear on each other’s bodies." To form a Gemini Star Formation between male and female summoners, at least one condition must be met: either a union of hearts and minds or a deep entanglement of flesh and blood.

Fa Xiaoyi must have learned about this ancient Gemini Star Formation through that shred of Dark Memory in the Earth Yin Escape. His love-hate feelings for Yue Jinghua, under the extreme distortion of his mind, led to his relentless biting, which resulted in this star pattern mark.

"Isn’t there a way to remove it?" Yue Jinghua felt as though the dark Five-star Array carried an aura of Fa Xiaoyi’s brutal unrest, which pulsated continuously in the artery by her ear, like a ticking time bomb with an unknown detonation time.

"If I still had my Summoning Treasure Book, perhaps I could figure out a way, but now, there’s no method left. It’s a brand that has seeped into the soul. When he left this brand, he also left a portion of his dark summoning power inside you," evidently, Zong Shaoqing also knew this, which is why he made a temporary truce with Qing Pu.

Seeing that Yue Jinghua was not in immediate danger, Qing Pu submerged back into Shang Country’s Palace, hoping to find some trace or clue there.

With no Summoning Treasure Book on Fa Xiaoyi and no trace of it in the palace, Qing Pu had to return to look for Yue Jinghua.

"If it’s just carrying Dark Power, it’s nothing. After all, my body already has Dark Power, Sha Techniques, Demon Marks, whatever you name it; I don’t care much about having one more thing," Yue Jinghua said, not too concerned after listening.

"The Gemini Star Formation, if it’s just a Death Formation, that wouldn’t be much of an issue. But if Fa Xiaoyi isn’t dead, to enhance his cultivation, he only has two options: either to kill you and absorb your flesh and blood, regaining the lost portion of his magic power. The other option is to Dual Cultivate with you." Thinking of this possibility, Qing Pu felt quite uneasy.

Fa Xiaoyi fell into the National Destiny Acupoint and did not find the corpse; nobody knew whether he had died or fallen into Dark Hell.

"That’s not the most fatal part. Carrying the Dark Power, some Dark Element Demon Beasts hiding in the corners of the continent will covet your energy, making you more susceptible to stealth attacks. Dark Powers are almost a taboo on the continent, for instance, if the Divine Court and the high priests of some countries learn of your existence, they will also strike to kill," this is what Qing Pu was most worried about.

Fa Xiaoyi’s dark potential had been well concealed for many years, but this incident of using the Earth Yin Escape to summon the Snake-haired Demoness Gore significantly increased his level as a Dark Demon Summoner.

The relationship between the Dark Beast and Summoner is more like that between prey and hunter, while the relationship between ferocious Demon Beasts and Demon Summoners is mutual, even to the point of life and death—either subdued or killed.

By swallowing a Demon Summoner’s Dark Magic Power, a Demon Beast has the chance to directly advance, for the Demon Fetus to elevate into a Dark Demon People.

Yue Jinghua organized her thoughts and realized that, in short, she had suddenly gone from an obscure failure to a piece of Tang Seng’s Meat coveted by Dark Demon Beasts hidden on the continent.

Yue Jinghua was so engrossed she inadvertently furrowed her brow.

In Qing Pu’s golden pupils, a slightly pale face was reflected.

After a long time, Qing Pu stood behind her, and looking at Yue Jinghua’s shoulders that had grown thinner in recent days, hesitated with his hand, finally placing it on Ying Jinghua’s shoulders, like a shy boy experiencing his first awakening of love, he said softly, "I will do everything I can to protect you."

"Mhm, you need to take responsibility, it’s a must," Yue Jinghua suddenly turned around. If Qing Pu had a physical body, Yue Jinghua would have collided with him face to face by now.

Qing Pu could even see the excitement dancing in her eyes and the deep blackness of her eyes like the starry sky.

"Qing Pu, you have to take responsibility for teaching me how to use the Dark Star Array. Just Dark Demon Beasts— I’m not afraid of even the Near Saint-grade Snake Woman Gore, so why would I fear some lurking Dark Beasts? Once you’ve taught me how to use the Dark Summoning Magic, whatever Demon comes my way, if one comes I’ll capture it, if two come, I’ll tie them together," Yue Jinghua was now fully revealing the personality she had as a female spy.

Unlike others, faced with adversity, she never complains; she only grows more excited, like a dormant wild beast honing its fangs and claws, waiting for that moment to pounce fiercely.

Seeing Yue Jinghua not only unafraid but also showing a strong will to fight, Qing Pu was stunned into a daze.

His heart, which had been calm for nearly a thousand years, was now rippled by a small stone called "Yue Jinghua"—the ripples spreading in concentric circles, long-lasting.

In his being, a fervor that had been silent for a long time was gradually boiling up again.

Almost subconsciously, Qing Pu promised, "Okay."