Chapter 410 - She Has No Pearls
Chapter 410 of "Journey to the End of the Night" opens revealing the plot: Baili An had fed quite a lot of Blood Energy to Si Li, and hunger... Discover what happens!
Baili An had fed quite a lot of Blood Energy to Si Li, and hunger began to churn in his stomach.
The power of darkness could help him stabilize the Corpse Pearl inside him that wouldn’t stop clamoring, but it couldn’t stave off his hunger.
During the process of recuperating, he casually glanced at Hong Zhuang, the assassin who was far away from him.
Hong Zhuang was leaning against an ancient, pitch-black tree, faintly visible as she fiddled with the delicate Silver Scorpion Blade hidden inside her sleeve.
Her face was concealed in the shadows of her hood, leaving only her cold, sharp chin visible.
Noticing Baili An’s gaze, her spine stiffened, and her fingertips turned the silver blade into a sharp ray, hiding it inside her sleeve and vanishing from sight.
Just as Baili An was about to hook his finger, stirring the dark breath to pull Hong Zhuang towards him, his gaze suddenly shifted, and he looked down.
Accompanying the slight tremble of an unknown, icy object in his heart, the eyelashes of Si Li, the Corpse Demon Princess sleeping in the pool of blood, fluttered lightly and slowly opened her eyes.
Surprise was evident on Baili An’s face.
The black eyelashes lifted, revealing beautiful, narrow fox eyes that were not the sharp, clear blood-red he had envisioned.
Her pupil color had changed during her sleep to a pure, clear hazel green with a deep forest breath, clean and mysterious.
The pitch-black hair made her complexion extraordinarily pale, and her usually red blood-like thin lips had faded to a light pink shade.
When she first awoke, her eyes were exceptionally clear, revealing the confusion in their depths as crystal clear.
She looked like a freshly awakened, innocent puppy.
Her entire being appeared soft, harmless.
For a moment, Baili An even doubted if he had saved the wrong person, hesitantly muttering, “Si Li…
Sister.”
A soft utterance, like a pebble thrown into a lake, caused rippling waves in those calm, lake-like eyes.
The ripples scattered the confusion in her eyes.
Her light green eyes deepened mysteriously, resembling enigmatic deep stones.
Despite her weakness, she suddenly exuded an inviolable, formidable aura unintentionally.
She touched her forehead and slowly sat up straight, calmly looking at the pool of blood beneath her, then indifferently glanced at the Demon Lord’s head hanging from Baili An’s waist before raising her hand to chop him on the forehead.
Si Li said coldly, “Sister is sister, pausing after adding a name, who taught you these rude manners?”
Si Li wasn’t at all surprised that Baili An could draw his sword and wake her up.
Baili An took the blow squarely without dodging, staring dazedly at the pale, weak woman before him, thinking indeed she was his sister.
For some reason, as this thought dawned on him, a smile unknowingly appeared on his face.
Si Li narrowed her eyes, “What is there to laugh at?”
Baili An shook his head and looked at her pale lips, asking somewhat worried, “Sister, are you hungry?”
Si Li’s brows furrowed, her voice indifferent, “Not hungry.”
“Really not hungry?”
Si Li impatiently explained, “Any Corpse Demon who reaches a high rank can sustain their Corpse Pearl with the power of darkness, similar to Cultivators who subsist without food.
No need to eat regularly.”
“But, sister, your eyes are turning green with hunger.”
Si Li’s brows angrily raised, and she coldly responded, “I was born with these colored pupils, do you have a problem with that?”
Yet Baili An knew that unless there was an issue, she wouldn’t face the world in her human form.
He didn’t say much more, directly slicing his neck with his fingernail, as a faint scent of fresh blood diffused into the air.
Baili An propped himself up and leaned towards Si Li.
Yet, the moment Si Li saw the blood, her cold expression drastically changed as if she saw a venomous snake approaching her, covering her nose with her sleeve in her weakened state and clumsily standing up, trying to escape in a hurry.
She even shouted fiercely, “Get away from me!”
Baili An was puzzled.
During her sleep, he hadn’t hesitated to infuse his blood into her, and her quick awakening clearly showed that his blood was extremely beneficial to her.
Why then did she seem to fear and recoil from it?
Si Li’s expression was stern and compelling, but not at all disgusted by his blood, because Baili An clearly saw her throat roll slightly as she suppressed her hunger.
Undoubtedly, she was in a state of extreme hunger.
Baili An lightly wiped the wound on his finger, and the blood instantly disappeared, also vanishing from the air.
He didn’t forcibly feed her his blood, and resignedly said, “Well, this place is rich with the power of darkness; sister, you can regulate your breath to heal on your own.”
Si Li’s expression not looking too good, hummed in acknowledgment, but she did not draw on the dark power of the place, instead falling into some deep contemplation.
At this moment, the Female Demon Lord spoke up, “I say, Si Li, how will you heal if you don’t eat?
How will you return me to my body if you don’t heal?
Your disobedient brother isn’t easy to handle, although he is also entering the Bronze Gate, he does not intend to resurrect me but plans to seek death with that giant snake.
You really need to take good care of him.”
Baili An and Si Li turned their gazes towards this tattling Female Demon Lord.
Si Li scoffed, “One act of kindness, yet you expect two members of the Royal Family to give their lives for you, Demon Lord, you’re really naive.”
The Female Demon Lord laughed, her expression eerie, “But before that, you also hid from me the fact that you lost your life-defining Corpse Pearl.
Now you are injured by The All Heavens Sword; your power greatly reduced, and you refuse to eat.
Even though the power of darkness here is endless, with your depleted body, you cannot draw the power of Ghost Mountain.
Even a strong mortal could kill you.
For me to stake my life on you would truly be naive.”
Baili An frowned deeply at these words, urgently turning to Si Li, asking in a deep voice, “What is actually going on?”
He only knew Corpse Demons are not born with Corpse Pearls.
Only when their power and cultivation reached a certain realm could they transform the essence of their power into a Corpse Pearl.
A person’s most important organ is the heart.
For Corpse Demons, it is the Corpse Pearl.
As for the Shebi Corpse, even though its body had turned into mud and dissolved into the earth, its Corpse Pearl, once separated, could last a thousand years.
What happens then to a Corpse Demon without its Corpse Pearl when their most vital part is gone?
Baili An dared not think further.
Who could possibly have the power to seize Si Li’s Corpse Pearl?
Si Li glanced indifferently at the Female Demon Lord, “You seem to know too much.”
The Female Demon Lord gave a charming smile, “Not too much, just about right.”
Si Li said, “Although I am not the eldest sister, I deserve his respect and love due to our age, but I will not constrain his actions or will.
If he wishes to save you, he will; if he does not, should you dare to force, I will cleave open your head, turn it inside out, stitch you up, and send you back.
Don’t try to doubt my words.”
With a cold laugh, she bore none of the embarrassment of a desperate situation, glaring at the Female Demon Lord’s head, “You wonder whether I can do it if I dare to.”