Black Bellied Belle: Demon Lord, Bite the Bait Please Chapter 109 : The Mysterious Old Man

The colour on Qing Yu's face turned ugly as well as it had been because of her single moment of carelessness that gave the ghost that opening, almost bitten by him.

She reached her hand out and grabbed Lou Jun Yao behind her to quickly walk across before she stopped. She then looked down and studied his arm, to see that the skin was still smooth, the joints on his fingers distinct, flawless and beautiful.

“Did you touch that little ghost at all?” Qing Yu asked, her face looking worried.

“No.” Lou Jun Yao replied.

“You really didn't?” Qing Yu continue to ask in disbelief. “Did you get bitten? He was going all out to bite me just now.”

Upon saying that, she did not wait for a response from the man but just stretched her hands out to feel his arm all over probingly, feeling relieved only when she was sure there were no wounds.

[Whew, it was rather fortunate. If he had gotten bitten and did not notice it, the consequences would have been dire.]

[He had done that to save her, so he must not get wounded.]

She had become so accustomed to being candid and straightforward, her personality never one to be bothered by trifling details like a man, and would not act bashful and shy like the dainty young ladies out there. But she was still a female no matter what, so her actions at that moment did not only caused the three other people watching to stare with eyes wide and their jaws slack, even Lou Jun Yao was taken aback by her sudden action.

[This little fox has really gotten too used to dressing up as a boy that she is acting exactly like one now.] With those tiny hands of hers suddenly feeling his arm all over like that, it was almost killing him.

Back when he was in Cloud Heaven, Lou Jun Yao's pet peeve was well known throughout.

Clothes worn before would not be worn a second time, and he did not allow people to enter his room easily, claiming that they would taint the air inside and affect his mood.

He also hated to have any other person touch his body. At first it had just been due to pure dislike but after he was afflicted with the ice and fire Yin Yang Curse, no one could even get close to him, unless they had had enough of living and were courting death.

In the past hundred years, no one had been able to get within even three meters of him, much less come to touch him.

But right before their eyes….. The lass had just felt him all over didn't she?

Why did he not fly into a rage? Instead, the expression on his face was….. looking a little helpless.

That's just too amazing.

Mu Lai had already noticed from earlier that the man with Qing Yu possessed a very powerful presence, an invisible form emanating out from him unconsciously. It could be seen from that just how unfathomably profound that man's cultivation really was. Upon that flawless countenance crafted by the hands of the gods, that pair of rare violet eyes were just so deep and mystifying.

She averted her eyes after glancing briefly from afar, for no other reason than the fact that those violet eyes were just too devilish. She had almost had her soul hooked without even gazing carefully at them, so it could easily be imagined just how dangerous they really were.

But, to think Qing Yu had come to know such a powerful man. Could she have come to know him back when she was accidentally transported into the White Fen Continent?

It must be said that Mu Lai guess was really quite accurate this time. They had indeed come to know each other in the White Fen Lands, although it had not been all that pleasant an encounter then.

After they successfully passed through the Flaming Red Ghosts' territory, the grey robed man continued to take the lead to scout the way forward. They encountered quite a number of wandering spirits and ghosts along the way, but they were of no challenge to him at all so he dealt with them quickly as they advanced.
Chapter 109.2 : The Mysterious Old Man

Using Bai Zhi Yan's words, it was said that although usually a little lazy, he was still rather useful when it really mattered. With that pair of eyes that were able to see ghosts, all those ghosts and ghouls seeking to ambush them from within the darkness were not even given a chance to make their move.

“The reason for this trip, is to help her?”

Lou Jun Yao and Qing Yi were still walking at the back and they were speaking to each other on and off.

“That's right. Lai Lai's father is a gold grade Elixir Cultivator and he suffered cultivation backlash after being ambushed, greatly damaging his life essence. So now we need to capture a little ghost with the ability to collect and gather life essence to help him recover or his cultivation will disperse till its depleted and he will die.”

Hearing her words, Lou Jun Yao curled up his lips indiscernibly. “You are really so kind to anybody and everybody.”

“That's where you're wrong.” Qing Yu turned back to smile at him to say, her long narrow eyes seemingly shining with a sparkling light. “I am only like this to people I care about. With people that have nothing to do with me, unless they are of some use to me, otherwise even if they were dying right before me, I will probably not even give them a second look.”

Regardless whether it was in her past life or present, she could never really be considered to be a good person.

There was kindness, but the prerequisite was that there was no threat of harm upon herself.

In the past life, someone said she was callous and hard hearted, clearly cold blooded and merciless, but hypocritically presented a caring image to the people in the world on the surface, deceiving many with how she looked on the outside.

Some people have also said that was what really terrified people most.

The young lady's eyes were always smiling, but that was just a veil that prevented people from being able to see through her, like she was always putting on an amiable and approachable smile, but actually had cold cruelty running deep in her bones.

Lou Jun Yao was dazzled for an instant at that moment.

Young ladies at that age, regardless whether it was in Cloud Heaven or in the lower level realms, were mostly adorable and bashful, many innocent and guileless, some arrogant and bossy, ones that were pretentious and entitled more than he could count.

But it seem that only she stood like a lone tree, unique and special.

Clearly a young and flawless beauty, she did not look out of place in the slightest when dressed up as a boy, her mannerisms and actions as easy going and magnanimous as any man, possessing such great skills but she kept such a low profile that people easily overlooked her.

She seemed to possess many faces, and every single one so lively and refreshing. She was not weak, stronger in will than many men. She valued ties and friendship very much, never seeking to take advantage of others, instead fearful of owing people favours that she was unable to repay, always making sure debts are properly and sufficiently cleared.

Although it could be said that she was clever, but just by that one point alone made seem rather foolish.

No matter the time and age, women were always viewed to be weaker, and could only survive under the protective wings of men.

But on the young lady here, Lou Jun Yao had never seen weakness on her. From the moment they had first met, he had known that her future was limitless and impossible to predict.

Hence he had remained here in the Constellation Lands and still did not go back, not just to deal with his personal matters, but was intrigued by the talents in this young lady. He knew, that she could only be won over only by outsmarting her and not forcibly seized, otherwise, only the opposite effect would be achieved.

The expression on Lou Jun Yao's face deepened and his moist thin lips raised up slightly in a faint arc before he said: “What you're doing is just great. In this world, kind people usually do not go far.”

Chapter 109.3 : The Mysterious Old Man

Qing Yu raised an eyebrow, a little surprised at his answer and her eyes then sparkled with a mischievous glint. “From your words, the meaning I gathered is that the reason all you people in Cloud Heaven have a lifespan of a few hundred or even several thousand years is because all of you are so vicious hearted and utterly unscrupulous up there?”

Lou Jun Yao was taken aback by those words a moment before he gave a soft helpless laugh. “That line of thinking, works as well.”

Qing Yu immediately twisted her face up in disdain and walked a distance further away from him before saying softly. “How frightening. Looks like I had better keep my distance from now onwards, or I might unknowingly fall into one of your schemes one of these days.”

“…..” [This little fox sometimes really just knows how to get on one's nerves.]

As the two of them bantered, a loud sound suddenly rang out up in front. A rather elderly sounding voice then reached them from afar: “All of you have come a long way and I regret the tardiness in welcoming you. But as this place is where the ghost race reside, it is not suited for the living to remain in here too long.”

“Cease this ghostly and mystifying farce and show yourself.” The grey robed man snorted with cold derision. He swept his eyes quickly around, and was surprised that he could not find any signs of the person who spoke.

Bai Zhi Yan looked questioningly at him, and the grey robed man shook his head with a surprised look on his face.

“This old man had guarded this place for more than forty years and I it is my first time seeing such a entity in here. Pardon my lack of manners.” That voice rang out speaking slowly, and an old man wearing old and tattered clothes gradually showed himself.

It was a very short dwarf, only about half a grown man's height. If not for his white beard and hair, one would have thought he was a child if one did not look carefully. A faint black mist swirled around him, the black shroud giving off a sinister and frightening feeling.

“You are the Master Exorcist guarding this place?” Bai Zhi Yan arched up an eyebrow and asked in surprise. “Why did you capture our people?” Although the dwarf was short and did not look extraordinary, but he possessed a very powerful aura which made him seem to be an exceptional exorcist.

Hearing that, the old man's face did not change but his gaze passed fleetingly over Qing Yu briefly. “Capture? That isn't true. This old man was trying to save these two little dolls.”

He had actually seen through their disguises with just one glance and knew they were women dressed up as men. His eyes were quite astoundingly perceptive.

“Everytime night fell, a great number of ghostly ghouls would climb out from underground and engage in mindless slaughter. I think that you would have witnessed that when you came here and if this old man did not take them away from there, I fear they would have met with misfortune.”

“Then why would you want to save us?” Qing Yu asked with crafty suspicion.

[There were so many people in the Afterlife Loft, so why did he only save the two of them? That was a rather suspicious point.]

The old man then showed a highly benevolent smile. “Because in that place, those other people are all already dead.”

[It was all dead people in there…..?]

Those words said in a light fleeting tone shocked the group of people them.

[What did he say?]

[That the people in the Afterlife Loft were all dead? How is that even possible! ?]

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