Chapter 562 500: Pei Yuhang: "Jin'Er, to Restore Your Power, Quickly Open Your Mouth and Eat!

「Three days later.」

In the dark and cold dungeon, only a few faint flames danced on the stone walls.

Nangong Jin leaned quietly against the cold stone wall, her long hair scattered messily over her shoulders. Her snow-white robes were long stained with dirt and dried blood.

Her wrists were chafed red by the heavy shackles, yet her expression remained indifferent, as if the pain her body suffered had nothing to do with her.

—until the sound of familiar footsteps echoed.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes, as deep and still as an old well, finally rippled the moment she saw the newcomer, her voice tinged with a hint of joy.

"Brother Pei, you're finally back! You were gone for so long this time…"

Pei Yuhang came to stand before Nangong Jin. Compared to before, his robes were now somewhat disheveled, with signs of tearing in several places.

Noticing Nangong Jin's gaze sweeping over him, he subconsciously pulled up his collar, hiding the red marks underneath more securely.

Then, Pei Yuhang offered Nangong Jin a gentle smile.

"Junior Sister, I'm back."

"Brother Pei, you seem so down. Did that Female Demon, Ji Shenyun, do something terrible to you?"

Nangong Jin's fingertips curled slightly, the chains clinking together. She stared intently at Pei Yuhang's face, as if trying to discern some clue from his subtle expression.

Pei Yuhang shook his head, reached out to gently brush the dust from her hair, and said in a low voice,

"Don't worry. I've struck a deal with her. Right now, she needs my help with her Cultivation to heal her injuries, so she won't harm us for the time being."

'Healing?'

Nangong Jin couldn't help but recall the time she had sucked the blood… from Brother Pei's finger.

The sensation, the warmth from that time, was seared into her memory.

'And now… Ji Shenyun, that high and mighty Female Demon, is also going to suck his blood?'

'Brother Pei was with Ji Shenyun for a whole day and night. Does that mean she was sucking his blood for almost twelve hours!'

'Even with a Giant Sun Saint Body, he couldn't withstand that kind of torture and exploitation!'

Nangong Jin's eyes, usually as calm as the water in an old well, rippled at this moment. A strange emotion spread through her, causing a wringing pain to appear in her chest once again.

'It seemed this feeling always appeared whenever she saw Brother Pei being wronged.'

She slowly opened her mouth, her tone still calm, but her perennially indifferent eyes now churned with complex emotions—

anger, indignation, pain, and even a trace of something she herself had not noticed… jealousy?

"Brother Pei, is that Female Demon also healing by sucking your blood now?"

Pei Yuhang was taken aback for a moment, then realized Junior Sister Nangong seemed to have misunderstood something…

'Still, healing by sucking blood sounds a lot better than draining his Essence, doesn't it?'

After a moment of silence, Pei Yuhang nodded.

"Right now, Ji Shenyun does need my blood to heal the injuries inflicted on her by the Ancestral God Pavilion. In the future… I might have to serve her often."

"But Brother Pei, the gap in Cultivation between you and her is too vast. Even if your blood is the best Spiritual Medicine in the world, if she wants to heal… you'll be drained dry."

Nangong Jin bit her lower lip until it turned white, her slender body beginning to struggle fiercely again.

She twisted her waist, making the chains tremble and clang, her usually cold voice now tinged with bewilderment and anguish.

"I'm sorry, Brother Pei. It's all because I'm useless.

My Cultivation is clearly higher than yours. I should be the one protecting you, but now…

I have to rely on you submitting to that Female Demon just so I can have a moment's respite."

Nangong Jin's eyes lowered. Her Dao Heart, originally cultivated to the state of Forgetfulness, developed a crack from the immense sense of failure.

It also caused her Heart Lake, which normally remained perfectly still, to churn endlessly.

"No, Junior Sister Nangong, you mustn't think that way!"

Pei Yuhang first swept his gaze around inconspicuously. After confirming there were no surveillance devices, he quietly moved in front of Nangong Jin and bent down to whisper in her ear:

"Junior Sister, my entire Cultivation is sealed right now. But you, even though you're chained and heavily injured, can still use your Spiritual Qi."

"You are the key to whether we can escape this place successfully!"

Indeed, although Pei Yuhang had been forced by the circumstances to temporarily submit to Ji Shenyun.

But he never believed the nonsense that she would release him—let alone take him to see Yueqiu—after he helped her heal!

Rather than pinning his hopes on the capricious Ji Shenyun, Pei Yuhang had more faith in finding a way out himself!

"Junior Sister, didn't you say before that you still had a Qiankun Shifting Order? If we want to leave this place, it's our only hope."

Hearing this, Nangong Jin pursed her lips in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Brother Pei… I was actually lying to you before. I gave you the only Qiankun Shifting Order I had."

Pei Yuhang's expression froze. After a moment of silence, he placed the Engagement Ring from his finger, the one engraved with the character 'Ye', into Nangong Jin's hand.

"Junior Sister, a miniature Jiezhi Array is hidden in this ring. When not activated, it looks just like a normal Silver Ring, which is why Ji Shenyun didn't confiscate it.

I usually hide my important things in this ring, including the Qiankun Shifting Order you gave me."

"Unfortunately, my Spiritual Qi is sealed, so I can't open the ring's Jiezhi Space at all. I can only rely on you, Junior Sister, to recover some of your Primordial Qi and force it open."

Nangong Jin immediately clenched the ring, still warm from Pei Yuhang's body, and nodded seriously.

"Don't worry, Brother Pei, I'll do my best to open this ring!

However, because I forcibly enhanced my Cultivation to fight that Female Demon earlier, my body is very weak right now. It will take some time to open your ring."

Hearing this, Pei Yuhang didn't hesitate. He immediately bit his own finger and brought it to Nangong Jin's lips.

"Brother Pei, what are you doing…?"

'Was it her imagination, or did Brother Pei's blood smell even more fragrant than before?'

Looking at the bleeding finger now, Nangong Jin only felt her whole body go soft and hot, a strange throbbing stirring deep inside her.

"Hurry and drink, Junior Sister Nangong… For us to escape as soon as possible, you must quickly recover your Primordial Qi."

'Submitting to Ji Shenyun was a crisis, but it was also a tremendous opportunity.'

'Pei Yuhang hadn't expected that the Ancient Empress, who had lived for who knows how long, would still possess her Primordial Yin!'

'The first time of the last Saint in the mortal world was, for a Cultivator like Pei Yuhang who specialized in the Yin Yang Technique of dual cultivation, something that surpassed all the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures in existence!'

'If the seal on his Cultivation were to be released at this moment, he felt he could even break through to the Mahayana realm in one go!'

'No wonder Ji Shenyun had said he was getting a good deal.'

'Of course, to Pei Yuhang, his chastity was still more important…'

'But since it had already happened, Pei Yuhang had no choice but to accept Ji Shenyun's "gift."'

'Although his Cultivation was currently sealed and he couldn't use this power directly, he could indirectly share it with Nangong Jin by nourishing her with his blood!'

'As long as Nangong Jin could recover a little faster, she would surely be able to use the Qiankun Shifting Order and get them out of here.'

However, faced with Pei Yuhang's bleeding fingertip, which was comparable to a top-tier medicine, Nangong Jin refused and turned her face away.

"Brother Pei, I can't drink your blood anymore."

"That Female Demon drinks your blood, and I drink your blood… Your body definitely won't be able to take it!"

"Besides drinking blood, there must be other ways for me to recover my Primordial Qi."

'Of course there are other ways. That's the method Ji Shenyun used, and the effect was even better than with you… But how could such a taboo act tarnish the pure fellowship between us as fellow disciples?'

Pei Yuhang fell silent for a moment, then thought of a way to make Nangong Jin accept it.

His face turned stern, and he said seriously,

"Jin'Er, listen to me!"

Suddenly hearing Pei Yuhang use the pet name she hadn't heard in a long time, Nangong Jin's chained body trembled instinctively.

Pei Yuhang continued, "Jin'Er, do you think I'll be fine if you don't drink?

If you don't drink, that Female Demon will devour your share of my Essence Blood completely!

Once she recovers her Primordial Qi, I'll be completely imprisoned by her as a Human Slave, never able to escape, and you won't be able to escape your fate either."

"Now, will you drink or not! The more you drink, the less that Female Demon gets!"

As he spoke, Pei Yuhang forcefully pressed his finger against Nangong Jin's lips, the crimson blood staining half of her pale lips red.

"…"

Nangong Jin was silent for a long time. Finally, she tentatively extended the tip of her tongue, licked a bead of blood from the corner of her mouth, and at last opened her small mouth to take the fragrant, slender, bleeding finger inside.