Chapter 473 - 473: The Fairy's Laugh (2nd Update)
Chapter 473: Chapter 473: The Fairy’s Laugh (2nd Update)
Azure Dragon held a cup in hand, savoring the look of Zhu Ruyan, “Miss Ruyan truly lives up to her reputation, indeed a ravishing beauty!”
Zhu Ruyan remained silent for a moment, “Thank you for the compliment, young master!”
“Come, drink this cup!” Azure Dragon passed her a cup of wine.
Zhu Ruyan trembled slightly, then stretched out her delicate hand, took the cup, and drank it all in one gulp.
“What a drinker!” Azure Dragon clapped in admiration, “I heard that Miss Ruyan came from a place of ill repute, I didn’t believe it. But seeing her capacity for wine today, I now know the rumors were true.”
The remark was a veiled insult, grating to the ears.
Zhu Ruyan’s complexion turned slightly pale, but she only said softly, “The young master jests.”
Zhu Lei, wanting to smooth things over, hurriedly said with a smile, “Sir, my junior sister only ended up in that place because of a great misfortune that befell her family. She emerged from the mud unsoiled and remained pure.”
The senior brother, with a sycophantic face, told others that his junior sister was untouched.
The situation was utterly ridiculous.
But Zhu Ruyan just bowed her head gently, not making a sound.
Azure Dragon, for some reason, suddenly became angry and said coldly.
“Emerging from the mud unsoiled? Ha! I simply don’t believe there’s a woman in this world who can resist all external temptations! What ‘unsullied one’, nothing but deceit and theft of reputation! And after being with him for so long, I bet she is nothing but a wilted flower!”
Zhu Lei muttered and dared not speak.
Azure Dragon waved a hand, “You may leave, there’s no further need for you here!”
Zhu Lei hesitated for a moment, then bowed, “As you wish!”
As he left, he gently closed the door behind him.
Now only Azure Dragon and Zhu Ruyan remained in the room.
“Pour the wine!”
Zhu Ruyan obediently picked up the wine pot and filled a cup.
Azure Dragon took it and drained it in one gulp.
And so, the room fell into silence.
Zhu Ruyan poured; Azure Dragon drained.
No one knew how much time had passed.
At any rate, more than a dozen wine pots had been emptied.
Azure Dragon was somewhat bleary-eyed, sprawling indolently on the soft couch in the room, waving at Zhu Ruyan, “Come here!”
Zhu Ruyan silently stood up, her hands naturally falling to her sides, and the short sword hidden in her sleeve slid into her left hand.
This was a good opportunity.
This Azure Dragon was now drunk, and if she approached him and struck suddenly, even if he were an immortal, he would fall to her blade.
As long as she killed this man, her own death would be worth it!
As she made her calculations, Zhu Ruyan slowly walked toward the couch.
But just as she stepped within striking distance, Azure Dragon said indifferently, “You’re very good at keeping your composure!”
Zhu Ruyan was startled.
“I’m guessing you’re holding a short sword in your right hand hidden in your sleeve!”
Zhu Ruyan’s face turned a bit pale, yet she only said softly, “The young master jests again!”
But as she looked down, Zhu Ruyan suddenly erupted into action, her short sword turning into a streak of light, thrusting at Azure Dragon.
The full force of a strike from the peak of the Loose Immortal was not to be underestimated.
Yet Azure Dragon did not move, only sitting with a mocking air on the couch, watching.
Just as the sword was about to reach Azure Dragon’s face, Zhu Ruyan felt a darkness before her eyes, and her surging cultivation level receded like a tide.
With a thud, Zhu Ruyan fell to the ground, and the short sword clattered beside her.
Azure Dragon sat up and looked down at Zhu Ruyan, who was lying on the ground, unable to move even her fingers, and smiled faintly.
“I am very curious, what Cultivation Technique could have allowed a weak woman like you to reach the Loose Immortal level in just two years? And you would rather attempt to assassinate an immortal than disclose it?”
Zhu Ruyan didn’t even have the strength to speak, she could only try to lift her head and stared at Azure Dragon with angry eyes.
“Do you want to ask what’s going on?” Azure Dragon said.
Zhu Ruyan glared at him angrily.
Azure Dragon said with a grin, “The drink you had contained something called ‘Fairy’s Laugh.’ It’s not a poison, but it can make cultivators, below immortals, lose their Cultivation Level for a couple of hours.”
Zhu Ruyan’s heart sank slowly.
“A couple of hours!” Azure Dragon sighed lightly, “That’s enough time for many things to happen between a man and a woman in a brothel room! Especially when you look so pretty!”
Azure Dragon picked up a short sword from the ground and traced it along Zhu Ruyan’s face, “You are still so good-looking!”
Zhu Ruyan’s pupils contracted slightly, for at that moment, Azure Dragon seemed demented, like a madman.
“Don’t look at me with that kind of eyes; I am not a madman, I am just…” Azure Dragon said with a grin, then suddenly, the sword’s gleam flashed.
The short sword stabbed into Zhu Ruyan’s palm and went straight through, nailing it to the floor.
Blood instantly stained the ground red, and Zhu Ruyan trembled with agonizing pain.
“I just hate you pretty bitches!” Azure Dragon said with a sinister smile, slowly twisting the dagger in his hand.
Zhu Ruyan trembled slightly, but her face showed little expression, she even looked at Azure Dragon with almost calm eyes.
“Why… why do you look at me with those eyes? You bastard! Shouldn’t you be scared and begging me for mercy?”
Zhu Ruyan’s gaze completely infuriated Azure Dragon. He grabbed her hair and smashed her head violently against the floor.
Thud, thud, thud.
After a few blows, blood streamed down Zhu Ruyan’s forehead.
Even so, there was still little expression on Zhu Ruyan’s face, and her eyes even held a hint of pity.
“What is that look? Are you pitying me? You bastard! Do you believe I will call in dozens of filthy men to gang-rape you right now?” Azure Dragon shouted hoarsely, his face twisted with ferocity.
The corners of Zhu Ruyan’s mouth lifted slightly, and with all her strength, she whispered two words, “Pathetic!”
Upon hearing those words, Azure Dragon practically went insane. His face turned livid as he pulled out the short sword and grabbed Zhu Ruyan by the hair, tilting her head back, with the short sword resting against her throat.
The sharp edge of the short sword easily cut through Zhu Ruyan’s creamy skin.
“You call me pathetic? Hah, you wretched woman, I will torture you bit by bit! I don’t believe you won’t beg for mercy!”
But at that moment, the window facing the street suddenly shattered, and a woman rushed in, throwing several silver needles with the flick of her wrist.
Azure Dragon dodged the silver needles with a slight turn of his head.
The incoming woman took advantage of this moment to grab Zhu Ruyan from the ground and turned to run.
Azure Dragon sneered, “Trying to save someone? Then you shall stay too!”
With that, he struck with a palm.
Thump.
The woman was no match for Azure Dragon and got hit in the back by the strike, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Still, she didn’t let go, instead, she used the momentum of the hit to rush forward desperately.
But just as they reached the window and appeared to be on the verge of escaping,
A thin barrier of light blocked their way.
Thump.
The woman was rebounded by the light barrier, and in a moment of confusion, Azure Dragon kicked out.
The woman was sent flying, and when she landed on the ground, she was coughing up blood, unable to stand up anymore.
Zhu Ruyan looked at the woman, and despite being poisoned, she struggled fiercely and shouted out with eyes about to burst.
“Senior Sister!”