Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 104: Vicious Oath

’This old bastard is actually pretty strong!’

Ye Tianling was taken aback. When the blood-colored Thunder Power struck him, his whole body felt as if countless streams of Flame Power had been driven into him. A paralyzing yet incredibly pleasant sensation seeped into his meridians.

The aura of his Samadhi True Fire immediately grew excited, like a fish finding a clear spring.

’This feels amazing!’

Ye Tianling thought.

But at the same time, he deliberately put on a pained expression, letting out a wretched cry and starting to tremble.

In reality, the pleasure was so intense he couldn’t control his trembling.

But he had no choice. To prevent that old bastard Guan Tianya from noticing anything was amiss, Ye Tianling could only pretend to be in agony.

"Hmph. Now you know my power, don’t you? With the Thunder Tribulation aura from my Void Celestial Fire Blood Thunder, I don’t care if you’re from the Royal Blood Dragon Clan—you will suffer! Also, Long Tianshu, I have a proposition for you!"

Guan Tianya continued after a moment’s thought. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

’Spit it out, old bastard.’

The pleasure was so intense that Ye Tianling almost cried out. It was an incredible struggle to restrain himself.

He knew his gamble had paid off. The Samadhi True Fire was utterly ravenous for this Thunder Tribulation aura. If Ye Tianling hadn’t been suppressing it, the Samadhi True Fire would have likely devoured every last wisp of the Void Celestial Fire Blood Thunder’s aura in an instant.

This small amount was clearly not nearly enough to satisfy the Samadhi True Fire.

"Hehehe... Didn’t you say this Ouyang Ruoxue is your cultivation partner? She’s supposed to be pure as jade, and her meddlesome master, Granny Qinglian, would never let anyone lay a finger on her disciple. But since you’re of the Dragon Race’s Royal Blood, it’s not surprising you’re involved with her. I suppose that old crone has nothing to complain about now.

"So, I’ll make you a deal. Cooperate with me. Condense the Dragon Soul Essence Blood from your bloodline and willingly let me extract your Talent for my Alchemy. In return, I will swear a solemn, unbreakable oath on my life and soul to never defile Ouyang Ruoxue! But if you refuse... I’ll violate her right here, in front of your very eyes!

"I want to see for myself if the chosen partner of a Dragon Race member tastes as exquisite as a Dragon Race woman."

As Guan Tianya spoke, his eyes glittered, a fiery light blazing within them.

Clearly, he coveted Ouyang Ruoxue’s peerless beauty—he didn’t care that she was already involved with ’Long Tianshu’ and was no longer ’pure’.

Ouyang Ruoxue watched Ye Tianling, her expression cold and impassive.

"Alas, what can I do? I’m hopelessly in love with my sweet Ruoxue. You win, you old dog. Let my sweet Ruoxue and little sister Qingxi go. I’ll give up all resistance and let you refine me to death."

Ye Tianling said with a ’sigh,’ his tone matter-of-fact.

"You... Senior Brother Long, are you crazy?! How can you possibly believe a word that old bastard says?!"

Lin Qingxi froze, then stared at Ye Tianling in astonishment.

’She’d never imagined that ’Long Tianshu’ would be willing to trade his life for her safety.’

Even though her safety was just a secondary part of the deal, when she compared him to Senior Brother Yang Qingyun, who had knelt and begged for his life at the critical moment, or to Lin Qingyu, who had betrayed her and used Senior Sister Yang Qingyue’s life to escape...

This act from ’Long Tianshu’ suddenly stirred something in her heart.

Ouyang Ruoxue, however, remained expressionless. She knew Ye Tianling too well.

Ye Tianling was far too composed.

No matter how convincing his act was, Ouyang Ruoxue refused to believe he didn’t have a trump card up his sleeve.

At the critical moment, Ye Tianling’s trump card had instantly killed Guan Cangyun, a peerless master of the Sword Void Nine Transformations.

No one knew better than Ouyang Ruoxue just how terrifying his progress had been over the past ten-odd days.

So when she heard him, she merely snorted, her gaze turning even colder.

"My sweet Ruoxue, your husband is willing to die for you, so why no reaction...? Although your husband’s Ability is astonishing, even he is powerless against the Sword Soul Realm. The Sword Void is but a fantasy, let alone an enemy at the Sword Tribulation Realm!"

Ye Tianling said, feigning a pitiful look.

As he spoke, he put on an expression of agony.

Concern and worry filled Lin Qingxi’s eyes.

Her beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Tianling as she repeated with concern, "Senior Brother Long, don’t trust Guan Tianya! He’ll never honor his vow!"

Guan Tianya’s eyes turned sinister, his expression savage. "Lin Qingxi, you little brat, don’t push your luck! Believe it or not, I can violate you to death right now!"

Lin Qingxi’s expression was defiant. "Bring it on. We’ll see if I, Lin Qingxi, am afraid!"

Guan Tianya’s expression grew even uglier, his old face turning livid.

’He didn’t have time for this.’

Even though the other experts had all gone to the Celestial Dragon Sword Tomb, they had surely left arrangements behind. It would take them some time to return, but not too long.

Every breath he wasted brought him one step closer to losing this opportunity.

He couldn’t afford any delays.

The Absorption could be skipped.

But refining Long Tianshu into a Dragon Pill was something he absolutely had to do.

If Long Tianshu didn’t resist, the time required would be drastically reduced.

If he did resist, it would take several times longer. That was the real reason he was forced to ’negotiate’.

"AAAAARGH—You bitch!"

Guan Tianya roared in frustration, but he couldn’t actually go and violate Lin Qingxi.

He was already on the verge of exhaustion after his battle with Ouyang Ruoxue and repairing the Forbidden Array. Forcing the refinement of the Dragon Pill now was already stretching his limits.

This was too rare an opportunity to pass up, which had paradoxically put him in a very passive position.

Ouyang Ruoxue stared intently at Ye Tianling, as if trying to discern his true intentions.

But she couldn’t.

Likewise, Ye Tianling tried to use his Soul Talent to perceive Ouyang Ruoxue’s thoughts, but he made a strange discovery: her ice-cold disposition made her impossible to read through Sensing.

It wasn’t that his Soul Talent had failed. Rather, Ouyang Ruoxue was on guard. She was in a state of being ’cold as ice,’ her mind a frozen blank with virtually no thoughts to read.

’How did this woman get so cold...?’

Ye Tianling grumbled to himself.

’When we were practicing Yin Yang Harmony before, you were quite cooperative, weren’t you? How can you not recognize your husband after just a few days apart?’

This was the meaning that showed in Ye Tianling’s eyes.

Ouyang Ruoxue understood the message in his gaze instantly.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and the coldness on her face intensified.

"Long Tianshu, have you made your decision?"

Guan Tianya pressed.

"I’ve made my decision. You make a death-vow that after you refine me into a pill, you will not violate them and will set them free. And don’t try any word games. Lord Long is not so easily fooled!"

Ye Tianling suppressed a ’shiver.’ The Samadhi True Fire was being mischievous, darting playfully through his meridians and making him feel so ecstatic he could barely control himself.

"Fine, I will swear it! I, Guan Tianya, promise Long Tianshu! Once Long Tianshu is refined into a pill, I will release Ouyang Ruoxue and Lin Qingxi unharmed, and I will harbor no ill intentions toward them! If I break this vow, may I, Guan Tianya, be struck down by the Thunder Tribulation of the Nine Heavens, my Sword Soul obliterated! May my soul be scattered and annihilated under a thousand calamities, utterly destroyed and reduced to ash!"

Guan Tianya looked at Ye Tianling. "Your turn."