TVLMS Chapter 106

Bu Tianhan threw a multiple-choice question, but Gu Xiyu knew that he could only give one answer, no matter if he was the original owner or a mission executioner.

“Okay.” Gu Xiyu simply responded, his voice soft but clear enough for the person in front of him to hear.

Bu Tianhan slightly clenched his hand, his eyes staring straight at him, and asked, “Does “okay” mean coming back with me?”

Gu Xiyu lowered his eyes: “Yes.” He tried to keep his eyes from looking into Bu Tianhan’s.

Looking at each other for a long time would inexplicably cause a burning sensation.

They were clearly not doing anything right now, yet it was like his entire being had been filled with Bu Tianhan’s breath.

Bu Tianhan suddenly sneered and said: “You agreed so easily, do you understand what it means to be at my mercy?” After a moment of silence, Gu Xiyu leisurely raised his eyes, and replied earnestly: “I know.”

The tone of his voice was as light as the wind, as if he were someone who had already discarded fear from matters having to do with life and death and would not have any fear or turmoil in his mood no matter what he had to face. But when Bu Tianhan looked into those calm eyes, he knew that his ‘I know’ was a true understanding of what would happen to him.

Even so, he still agreed.

Bu Tianhan thought he would have to spend a lot of effort persuading Gu Xiyu, and was even prepared to do whatever it took to force him into submission if he didn’t agree. Unexpectedly, he didn’t even struggle, but accepted immediately, as if he would accept even if Bu Tianhan gave him a knife to kill himself.

The glowing panel that reminded him of its existence from time to time flashed abruptly in this calm moment, as if deliberately telling him – you are Gu Xiyu’s mission target, of course he will choose to go with you.

Bu Tianhan took a deep breath and silently hooked the corners of his lips, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes. He felt a tingling pain deep in his heart.

After so many years, he was very clear about what kind of person Gu Xiyu was. How could he possibly refuse? Even if he were to do something even more outrageous to him now, his emotions probably wouldn’t even change half as much, only condoning his doing it.

Even if he was not the real Tai Ling, he was a true emotionless Dao practitioner at this moment.

One who was able to cultivate the two most important techniques of the Emotionless Dao to the seventeenth level.

Gu Xiyu would back down just for the sake of the other cultivators on the continent, it had nothing to do with him, nor with his relationship with ‘Xie Xing’.

Bu Tianhan was about to go crazy with jealousy. He hated all the people and things that could get even a little bit of Gu Xiyu’s ‘love’. He stubbornly wanted this ‘prey’ to belong to him alone, to think of him and miss him from his body to his heart.

But he was also conscious of the fact that what he had now was a benefit that many people could not aspire to, and he could not be too greedy.

After pushing down the anger in his heart, he said to Gu Xiyu, “There is another issue that needs to be discussed now.”

Gu Xiyu asked him, “What?”

“The techniques I practice are evil, and the main way to improve my level and cultivation is to take the lives of others. You don’t want me to make a move against the orthodox cultivators, and I can’t kill all the demonic cultivators in the Demonic Domain – or there will be no one to help me fight against the orthodox cultivators.” Bu Tianhan said, pretending to be distressed, “Master, although I like you very much, I can’t give up my cultivation to keep you by my side……. What do you think? What should I do?”

Gu Xiyu frowned slightly. He couldn’t sacrifice himself. He was only one person, which was not enough to stuff Bu Tianhan’s teeth. The mission would end up starting all over again, which wasn’t cost-effective.

As he was torn, the intelligent system spoke up and said in its usual cool tone: [Actually, you can offer him another way to upgrade.]

Gu Xiyu became a little more interested: “For example?”

The system replied in a rather cryptic but clear manner: [Practice dual cultivation with him.]

“?” Gu Xiyu was stunned for a moment.

Dual cultivation was simply a two-person exercise. Of course, he knew that the intelligent system was not talking about a proper two-person activity.

The system was still calmly explaining to him, [Within the secret stone pagoda, Bu Tianhan obtained a double cultivation technique left behind by the great demons. Unlike the secret techniques of sects like the Huanhuan Sect, this dual cultivation method requires those with directly opposite physiques like the immortal and demonic physiques to practice it, and since it is a demonic technique, the bigger beneficiary is naturally the demon cultivator.]

[But once this technique is practiced, Bu Tianhan’s cultivation progress will be able to catch up with his demonic power, and it can be offset.]

Gu Xiyu was silent after hearing this and even laughed in his heart, secretly gritting his teeth at this pit.

The Bu Tianhan in front of him still had a very torn expression and was obviously not likely to open his mouth and tell him about it voluntarily.

Gu Xiyu’s ears, which were hidden under his hair, burned a little, but he still clenched his fist under his sleeve and tried to maintain a calm facial expression as he said, “Dual cultivation.”

Bu Tianhan’s body visibly stiffened for a moment, as if he hadn’t expected him to say it himself. “…… what?”

Probably because he was a little ashamed to bring it up of his own accord, Gu Xiyu’s tone became a bit agitated. “Isn’t the cultivation method that includes another person called dual cultivation?”

“Do whatever you want to me, just don’t hurt anyone else.” And stop moving that risk value.

Bu Tianhan’s eyes turned dark at the blunt words.

Only after a long time did he smile and ask in a deep voice, “Is that so? Master …… can accept it?” It was clearly a term of respect, but the word sounded indecent when it came out of his mouth.

Gu Xiyu’s slightly lowered head was forcibly lifted to look up, and the warmth of Bu Tianhan’s fingertips brushed against his lips. There was an irresistible desire evident in his movements, unconsciously raising the heat between their touch.

“I’ll have to test you to find out.” When Bu Tianhan spoke again, he realized that his voice was already horribly hoarse.

The warmth that had tickled Gu Xiyu’s lips was quickly moved away, but before the residual warmth that remained on it could disappear, another, softer warmth came up against them.

Gu Xiyu remained in his original position and did not move, except for a few light flutters of his eyelashes from Bu Tianhan’s sudden move. He did not respond in any way. Like a sentient puppet, he did not resist, indulging in the other man’s aggression.

The initial closeness was gentle and lingering, a tentative attempt to reign in the aggression. Soon, he was no longer content with this mere contact, nimbly prying open the gates Gu Xiyu did not intend to guard so tightly and penetrated with impunity. He seemed to be very skilled at this kind of behavior and knew how to tease and please the other.

Bu Tianhan stared down at Gu Xiyu’s calm eyes, and a darkness flashed in his eyes. The kiss intensified when he raised his hand to caress the back of Gu Xiyu’s head. As their breaths mingled, the other sounds around him became more distant, and in their place, the sensations in his body became more intense.

The fingers on the back of Gu Xiyu’s head were caressing him at an unhurried pace, each movement delicately tickling his senses, almost making his emotionless daoist persona to collapse.

Fortunately, Gu Xiyu was so experienced that even when Bu Tianhan finally finished ‘testing’ and released him, his eyes, his expression, and even his body did not react or change. The only thing he couldn’t control was some instinctive physiological changes – such as the unintentional wetness in his eyes and the scarlet color at the end of his eyes that seemed to emit a silent seduction.

Bu Tianhan’s breath was imperceptibly heavier, and he wished to do it on the spot.

When Bu Tianhan slowly released him, he deliberately drew the charming silver thread where the two had been in close contact. When he raised his eyes to look at the other man, he couldn’t help but feel irritated again.

Gu Xiyu clearly had such a sensitive constitution, yet he was so emotionless when conscious, with no trace of lust or affection in his eyes.

Bu Tianhan’s eyes went cold, and he withdrew the smile from his lips, his voice unconsciously dropping a few degrees: “Since you have no objections, then follow me back to the Demon realm.”

Gu Xiyu had made an agreement with Bu Tianhan, so the demon troops waiting at the border did not make a move against the people of the Immortal dao. But even so, the vast majority of demon cultivators had to kill for their cultivation, and they were sometimes ruthless enough to kill even people on the same path. All Gu Xiyu was able was temporary ‘peace’ from Bu Tianhan’s side.

But this was enough for the vast majority of the orthodox cultivators, other demon cultivators are similar to fellow cultivators, and they were easier to deal with than one Bu Tianhan. The most troublesome thing about this demon was that he would get reborn due to the demon seed. If he died and came back a few more times, he might be able to reach a level where even the combined forces of several sects could not compete with him.

However, there were no plausible measures against him, especially since there were many ordinary people on this continent. So now that Gu Xiyu has temporarily restrained him, they would enjoy some short-lived peace, even though the people of the Immortal Dao felt that it was a pity they would lose a great power that could hopefully destroy Bu Tianhan.

Gu Xiyu followed Bu Tianhan back to the Demon Palace, but instead of the ‘sweet’ dual cultivation he had hoped for, they had a little argument.

The reason was that he not only abducted him but even went to the Tiansu Immortal Sect and brought Lu Cheng back to the Demon Palace with him.

When Gu Xiyu saw the demon cultivators escorting a familiar figure to the main hall, he almost lost his breath from anger. Lu Cheng, whose hands were bound, could do nothing but look at him with a worried expression, and when he looked at Bu Tianhan at the side, his expression became complicated.

Gu Xiyu’s finger pointing at Lu Cheng trembled slightly as he reprimanded Bu Tianhan incredulously, “You said that as long as I came back with you, you would let the others go!”

“Yes, don’t worry, I won’t go back on my word.” Saying that, he looked at Lu Cheng with a smile, “It’s just that with such a big compromise, I thought it was a bit of a loss to just have you, so I asked for a bonus gift.”

Lu Cheng, who was treated as a bonus: “……”

Bu Tianhan gave Lu Chen a contemptuous look and then said to Gu Xiyu in a nice voice, “Don’t worry, for the sake of my friendship with him, I won’t kill him.”

With that, Bu Tianhan walked down the steps and came to Lu Cheng, whose eyes were filled with disappointment and pain. He raised his hand to pat his head and said, “Senior Brother Lu, I remember that once upon a time, when we were on the mountain, you always asked me to help with menial work like walking all the way to carry water and other jobs… Since you are now in my Demon Palace, why don’t you also help me with the chores?”

When he said the honorific title of “senior brother,” he also deliberately increased his tone of voice, and it sounded like he was teasing Lu Cheng.

Under Lu Cheng’s incredulous and extremely offended gaze, Bu Tianhan smiled viciously, “Master always praises Senior Brother Lu for being particularly meticulous and always completing things very well. It just so happens that my Demon Palace is very cluttered, so I will ask Senior Brother to take care of it.”

Lu Cheng was a well-known Sword Dao practitioner in the Tiansu Immortal Sect now, so being taken back to work as a housekeeper was simply a nightmare. Especially when the person treating him like this was his once beloved junior brother, he had mixed feelings.

He looked at Gu Xiyu, who stayed silent at the side, and his heart was flooded with worry: “Xie …… Bu Tianhan, what exactly do you want to do? What do you want with Master?”

“Master has treated you so well all these years, and I’m sure you could feel his good intentions. If you have any resentment, just come at me. Master has suffered a lot for your recklessness in the past, don’t bully him anymore!”

Bu Tianhan gave Lu Cheng an amused look and said, “I know.”

“Master is indeed quite good to me ……us.” Perhaps it was an illusion, but Lu Cheng felt that Bu Tianhan had reluctantly added “us” to the word, and he mentioned it with a little jealousy.

While he was deep in thought, Bu Tianhan had already turned around and led Gu Xiyu to him. He looked at Bu Tianhan and Gu Xiyu’s interlocked hands and felt that there was something strange about them, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

Without waiting for him to think about it, Bu Tianhan spoke: “So from now on, I won’t let Master suffer any more hardships.”

The man’s eyes were tinged with anger, and the object of his hatred did not seem to be here. His hand holding Gu Xiyu tightened, but when he met the calm, beautiful eyes, he smiled again.

“And don’t worry, I like Master so much, how could I hurt him?”

Lu Cheng paused and said hesitantly, “Like?” It always felt like the affection Bu Tianhan was talking about was not the same kind of affection he had for his Master.

“Yes.” Bu Tianhan smiled, lowered his head, and kissed Gu Xiyu’s mouth right in front of Lu Cheng. And then, he was not satisfied with this, so he went ahead and lightly kissed his neck, and then he raised his eyes to look at Lu Cheng. From Lu Cheng’s perspective, the possessiveness in his eyes was dangerous and clear. “Master has agreed to dual cultivate with me.”

Gu Xiyu: “……” He never imagined that Bu Tianhan would be so bold as to swear sovereignty in front of Lu Cheng, not to mention confess all this to him.

He was indeed nervous when he first saw Lu Cheng being brought back as well, but after hearing him say this and then speculating in conjunction with his attitude, he suddenly understood something.

The intelligent system had once said that both Bu Mingfeng and Lin Wuhen in the Tiansu Immortal Sect were not good. Before Bu Tianhan’s identity was exposed, Bu Mingfeng wanted to get “Xie Xing” and Lu Cheng, and now that Bu Tianhan had removed his disguise and left the Tiansu Immortal Sect, while he had compromised by returning to the Demon Palace, Lu Cheng was left with no support, so Lin Wuhen could take advantage of Lu Cheng in a fit of anger.

He pulled up his panel and looked at the risk value, which had dropped back to 50 when he had agreed to return with Bu Tianhan.

Gu Xiyu lowered his eyes, hiding the light smile that flickered under his eyes.

Although this soul fragment was a nasty lunatic, he was still the person he was familiar with deep inside.

Knowing that Bu Tianhan wanted to save face, Gu Xiyu did not break up his rare, poorly executed kindness, only giving Lu Cheng a placating look.

Unexpectedly, Bu Tianhan caught this little move and was immediately unhappy. He picked him up and said to Lu Cheng provocatively: “What you should do next is arranged by someone else; don’t bother me. Master and I will live in a two-person world now.”

Lu Cheng was dumbfounded the moment Bu Tianhan kissed Gu Xiyu, and he didn’t even hear what was said to him later.

He stared dumbly at Bu Tianhan as he took Gu Xiyu away like that; the shock was like a huge tsunami suddenly lapping at him, slapping his whole body into dizziness.

He never imagined that his junior brother would have such thoughts about their master!

What’s more, he didn’t expect that two men could ……

Lu Cheng’s cheeks quickly turned red, not knowing whether it was because of the shyness of discovering this shocking secret or because of the shame and anger of Bu Tianhan’s offensive remarks.

Anyway, this was Bu Tianhan’s territory, and even if he had doubts about his master’s will and so on, reality didn’t allow him to be so presumptuous.

Bu Tianhan took Gu Xiyu back to his chambers. Compared with the small wooden house on Tiansu Immortal Peak, his bedroom was huge and luxurious. The bed frame was made of gold, and the soft mattress was on top of rare jade material, which was warm in the winter and cool in the summer and also helped to cultivate the body and mind.

When Bu Tianhan put Gu Xiyu on the bed, the latter was already asleep.

Now that he had managed to bring Gu Xiyu back, he was in no hurry to do anything to him.

For something as beautiful as dual cultivation, one had to take it one step at a time to enjoy the process.

He sat on the edge of the bed and quietly looked at the man lying on his bed, his fingertips gently tapping on his brow, slowly pulling the demonic Qi he had once poured into him out.

Although that little amount had not yet affected Gu Xiyu’s yuanshen, it had tormented his spirit over the years.

Bu Tianhan murmured with a low smile, “Dual cultivation is consuming in mind and spirit, it can’t be done without nourishing your spirit …….”

He had finally brought the person to his demon palace and would do whatever he wanted. Although Bu Tianhan’s heart was not settled, it was always much more stable than before.

He reached out and carefully took off Gu Xiyu’s outer robe, straightened the scattered hair around him, and covered him with the blanket before his eyes flickered with a little hostility.

In the past, it was because Gu Xiyu was still in the Tiansu Immortal Sect, and the Immortal Sect was so large that he could not act rashly, fearing that things would be revealed prematurely and cause unnecessary trouble, as well as harm to those he valued. Now that the people have come to his territory, he can finally start to fix the long-held grudge against Bu Mingfeng and the shameless Lin Wuhen.

There was no point in killing them outright; he wanted them to have an uncomfortable life and then cut off their path to cultivation in the most ruthless way.