Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 180: As Expected, Rotten to the Core
Upon hearing Long Tianmo’s words, Ye Tianling stumbled, the muscles in his face twitching involuntarily.
"Hee hee, what’s wrong? Don’t be so surprised. When you’re with me, you’ll be surprised every day until it becomes a habit."
Long Tianmo giggled, walked over, and swung her palm right at Ye Tianling’s face.
"What do you think you’re doing?"
Ye Tianling’s eyes flashed. He unleashed his Kunpeng Carefree Travel body technique and dodged her "attack."
"Why are you dodging? It’s not like I’m going to eat you. I just wanted to see if your face was real—hmm, you really do look a lot like Father-Emperor did back in the day."
Long Tianmo pouted and muttered in dissatisfaction.
"You call that ’seeing’? Looked more like you were trying to slap me."
Ye Tianling fought the urge to roll his eyes. Between his Soul Talent and this brief encounter, he’d already figured it out: Long Tianmo was, without a doubt, a peerless Little Witch.
’A Great Demon versus a Little Witch.’ Ye Tianling thought. He couldn’t even begin to imagine what his life would be like from now on.
"You’re the Great Demon. You’ve got thick skin, so you’re not afraid of a little slap."
Long Tianmo giggled, and her slender, lily-white hand became a blur as it shot out toward him.
This time, Ye Tianling truly couldn’t dodge.
SWISH— 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Her hand, carrying a faint, enchanting fragrance, landed on Ye Tianling’s face before she began to roughly smush it around.
Her rough handling nearly flattened his nose!
Ye Tianling didn’t hold back. His own hand shot out like lightning and pinched Long Tianmo’s pretty cheek.
"Ngh—Let go, you Great Demon!"
Long Tianmo cried out indignantly.
Her delicate brows furrowed and her almond eyes went wide, her tone trying for ferocious.
Ye Tianling gave her cheek a sharp pinch, stretching the fair skin out an inch or so. "I’m your older brother, Long Tianling. Show some respect, got it? And another thing—you knew Duan Qianji wanted to kill me, and that Ye Cangqian has the Celestial Forbidden Talent. Why did you let them go?
Are you trying to get your dear older brother hunted down for the rest of his life?"
After one last firm squeeze, Ye Tianling let go.
Even so, the surprising springiness of her skin left a strange feeling in his heart.
It was a feeling he’d never once had when he was with Long Tianyu.
As Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan, having just recovered their senses, came limping and stumbling over, they witnessed Ye Tianling’s action. The sight struck them like a bolt of lightning, leaving them completely dumbfounded.
’That’s... that’s the little princess of the Cyan Dragon Lineage!’
’The one and only Tianmo Saintess!’
’And Master... Master just pinched her cheek?’
’What in the world is going on?’
Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan hadn’t been this shocked even when Ye Tianling had obliterated Ye Cangqian with a single sword strike.
Now, seeing this display, the two were utterly stunned. Their admiration for their Master, Ye Tianling, soared to celestial heights. They were so impressed they were just short of dropping to their knees and kowtowing on the spot.
"Master is such a badass. He even pinches the Tianmo Saintess’s cheek whenever he wants."
"Exactly! That’s our Master for you. He’s on another level."
Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan were completely dumbfounded. They glanced at each other, a fanatical gleam radiating from their eyes.
It was the look of blind worship and adoration for Ye Tianling.
"You don’t know jack!"
At that moment, Long Tianmo pouted, her voice full of indignation.
Her large, beautiful eyes began to mist over.
’This Great Demon... he really is rotten to the core! How dare he pinch my cheek!’
’Even Father-Emperor wouldn’t dare to be so brazen!’
So Long Tianmo thought. But then she saw the stunned look on Ye Tianling’s face from her outburst, and the red blotches on his handsome features from her earlier ’assault,’ and she couldn’t help but let out a snicker.
Ye Tianling gave the Little Witch a strange look. Her teetering on the edge of tears one moment and laughing the next left him completely baffled.
"What do you mean, ’I don’t know jack’? Are you offering a demonstration?"
"Crude! Vulgar!"
Long Tianmo was aghast, her pretty face filled with disdain.
"I’ll admit to being ’crude.’ As for the ’vulgar’ part... I can’t do that by myself."
PFFT—
Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan, who had just walked over, stumbled and nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Even their thick skins couldn’t handle a line like that. It was too shameless, too obscene.
"Ugh... You win! Just stop talking! I’m still your sister, you know! You might be shameless, but I still have a reputation to uphold!"
A blush crept onto Long Tianmo’s face. Ye Tianling’s brazen words made her heart skip a beat, leaving her torn between bashfulness and the urge to grind her teeth in fury.
’There’s no such thing as ’most shameless,’ only ’more shameless’!’
’This Great Demon... he’d actually say something so obscene.’
After this lesson, she had to admit she was thoroughly outmatched.
"So *now* you remember I’m your brother? Where was this attitude a minute ago? You just stood there watching me get my ass kicked without lifting a finger?
Let me tell you, if that Duan Qianji had actually killed me, do you have any idea how terrible the consequences would be? How would we save Little Sister Tianyu? And what about all the Fairies in the world? Wouldn’t they lose their one, perfect, handsome husband, and be forced to live out their days in lonely widowhood?"
Long Tianmo rolled her eyes. "You talk as if you could save Sister Tianyu right now. Besides, since I was here, I obviously wasn’t going to let you die. But I have to admit, for some reason, watching you get beaten to a pulp was particularly satisfying."
Ye Tianling’s lips twitched. "Forget it. You’re my little sister, just a wet-behind-the-ears brat. I can’t be bothered to argue with you."
At his words, Long Tianmo shot him a glare. The look was surprisingly charming, revealing the vibrant air of a young maiden.
"I’m done messing with you. You’re too annoying. Sister Tianyu said your potential was exhausted, so I was going to test you and give you some Dragon Soul Origin, but you refused to cooperate.
But seeing you so full of life now, it’s clear you don’t need it."
Long Tianmo reined in her playful attitude and gave Ye Tianling a serious, careful look.
"I’ll take it! Dragon Soul Origin Energy, the more the better."
Ye Tianling said immediately, holding nothing back.
"You think Dragon Soul Energy is like water from the Ice Lake, something I can just hand out? Even if you want it, I’m not so willing to part with it! But enough about that. Let’s talk about why I didn’t step in earlier."
Long Tianmo shot Ye Tianling another glare with her beautiful eyes before continuing, "You idiot. You think I didn’t want to kill Duan Qianji? You think I didn’t want to kill Ye Cangqian?"
"You probably really didn’t want to. You’re lazy. Too lazy to fight."
Ye Tianling muttered.
Long Tianmo’s delicate frame trembled slightly. A lovely blush appeared on her pretty face as she said shyly, "Ahem. I can’t believe you discovered that good quality of mine."
Ye Tianling shrugged. "It was just a guess, but it looks like I was spot on."
Long Tianmo giggled. "Being lazy is one reason, sure. But the truth is, Duan Qianji is incredibly strong. He’s at the Sword Tribulation Sixth Refining Realm with Battle Power around Breaking Seven. And behind him is a peerless Elder whose strength is on par with Father-Emperor’s at his peak.
I only used a few of my Talents and special Abilities to scare him off. If we’d really fought, it probably would’ve taken a day or two to get a result.
As for Ye Cangqian, with his Desolate Ancient Celestial Forbidden Talent... unless you can obliterate him instantly with overwhelming force—hmm, kind of like how you killed Long Tianxiao, wiping out body and soul—fighting him is a truly disgusting affair.
You have no idea what kinds of bizarre things can happen mid-fight. Things can go wrong, your Qi Fortune can reverse, your Life Chart can be suppressed... If I ended up getting myself killed instead, that would be terrible."
As Long Tianmo spoke of this, an incredibly solemn expression appeared on her beautiful face.
This made Ye Tianling’s heart clench in alarm.
This wasn’t the first time he had heard something like this.
But to hear such a grave warning spoken so casually by Long Tianmo sent a shock through him.
