Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 513 - Six Desires Powder

When Liu Wuxie didn’t say anything, Chen Ruoyan didn’t press him any further. Instead, she just sat quietly beside Liu Wuxie.

The night deepened, yet neither of them spoke. Still, Chen Ruoyan didn’t return to her room.

Soon, three men in black outfits approached the inn. Their footsteps outside could faintly be heard.

The trio stopped right by a corner.

“This is the inn,” the man on the right whispered.

“Is the woman as beautiful as you described her to be, Third Brother?” the man in the middle removed his mask, revealing a hideous face. A long, centipede-like scar stretched from the left side of his forehead to his lips.

“Yes, Big Brother. I’ve been watching them! She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. We’re in for a treat tonight!” the man on the right replied, patting his chest confidently.

As Liu Wuxie and Chen Ruoyan were checking into the inn, one of them quickly noticed Chen Ruoyan’s beauty and started stalking her. She was simply far too beautiful not to attract any attention.

“Did you bring it?” the man in the middle asked.

“Yeah. Right here.”

The two others each took out a bamboo tube with a mysterious object inside.

“Let’s go!”

With the bamboo tubes still in their hands, the three flipped over the wall and entered the inn. Following the information that they had gathered while scouting Liu Wuxi and Ruoyan earlier in the day, the three headed to the courtyard where their targets’ rooms were.

Eventually, they found one brightly lit room, with two silhouettes visible on the window frame.

“They’re together!”

They stealthily and slowly moved along the wall. When they reached Liu Wuxie’s window, one wet his finger and gently poked through the paper covering the window, creating a small hole the size of a fingernail. The man on the left inserted the bamboo tube into the hole and gently blew on it, releasing a faint cloud of smoke into the room.

Their quiet movements made it difficult for most people to notice them.

Liu Wuxie would’ve normally detected their presence as soon as they entered the courtyard, but the words of the woman from earlier had him thinking deeply. Combined with the suppressed anger in his chest, he forgot to pay attention to his surroundings.

After some time, the mysterious tree in his dantian stirred, making him finally notice that something wasn’t right.

“Hold your breath!”

Unfortunately, he was already a step too late. He didn’t expect people would try to poison them in the middle of the night.

Chen Ruoyan accidentally inhaled some of the faint red mist spreading into the room, making her face flush. Quickly losing her strength, she collapsed into Liu Wuxie’s embrace.

Fortunately, Liu Wuxie was practically immune to all poison due to the Sky-Devouring Divine Cauldron.

Scanning the area with his divine sense, Liu Wuxie detected people outside the window. He gently laid Chen Ruoyan on the table, then shouted, “You’re courting death!”

Despite knowing that it was taboo for cultivators to let their guard down, the two still got distracted. Liu Wuxie, an Immortal Emperor in his past life, couldn’t believe he made such a rookie mistake.

However, perhaps the Azure Mountain City’s remoteness and its strongest expert being a Heavenly Phase Realm cultivator were to blame. Coupled with the conversation he had with the mother earlier, he inevitably left himself vulnerable.

In a flash, Liu Wuxie headed outside and stood before the three men, whose expressions darkened upon seeing him.

“Y-You’re fine?!”

“Hand the antidote over!” Liu Wuxie demanded.

Chen Ruoyan was likely unconscious due to poison. If it wasn’t neutralized soon, she could be in danger.

“Big Brother, that brat’s extraordinary! Our Six Desires Powder didn’t even affect him! Let’s kill him and go in to have some fun!” the man on the right exclaimed. He then took out a longsword from his interspatial pouch and prepared to attack Liu Wuxie with the others.

Liu Wuxie frowned. “The Six Desires Powder, huh?”

Thanks to his alchemy knowledge, he quickly identified what it was: a potent aphrodisiac that made those who had inhaled it go into heat. The victim would be burned to death from the inside out if they didn’t have intercourse.

“Die!”

Refusing to waste what little time he had left, Liu Wuxie struck down with his palm, crushing the two men on either side before they could respond. He was already in a foul mood, and these people just had to barge into the courtyard and mess with him.

After killing the two, Liu Wuxie lifted the man in the middle off the ground, imobilizing him before he could even respond.

“The antidote!” Liu Wuxie shouted. His gelid voice bit and pierced into the man’s chest, making him shiver in fear.

“I don’t have it!” the man stammered. The Six Desires Powder didn’t have an antidote in the first place.

Refusing to believe him, Liu Wuxie invaded the man’s soul sea and performed a soul search for the first time in this lifetime.

He only ever used this nasty method whenever he was extremely furious. After all, it subjected the victim to unbearable pain. To make things worse, with their soul destroyed, they could no longer reincarnate.

Liu Wuxie’s divine sense manifested into a small figure and entered the man’s soul sea to search for his memories. However, he failed to find any information about an antidote for the Six Desires Powder.

The man screamed in misery and pain as Liu Wuxie’s primordial spirit tore apart his soul sea. Physical pain could be endured, but having one’s soul searched was worse than death.

Coming up empty-handed, Liu Wuxie left the soul sea. By then, the man was already dead. His agony was evident in his expression, and blood dripped from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

Liu Wuxie threw the corpse aside and returned to the room. Chen Ruoyan, who had already woken up, was writing and slowly stripping off her clothes until she only had her undergarments on.

Her perfect figure—which was by no means inferior to Xu Lingxue’s—was laid bare before Liu Wuxie. However, since one’s beauty increased with their cultivation, and it had been a year since they had last met, Xu Lingxue had to be comparable to a fairy by now.

Chen Ruoyan’s gaze fell on Liu Wuxie. She slowly walked over and threw herself in his arms. Although her mind was clear, she couldn’t control her body.

“I feel so hot!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll help you deal with the poison!”

Liu Wuxie wrapped a coat around Chen Ruoyan and injected his true essence into her to help her expel the Six Desires Powder. However, nothing he tried worked since it wasn’t poison.

Once inhaled, its victim would go in heat, rendering them powerless.

Chen Ruoyan clung onto Liu Wuxie like a snake, the coat that Liu Wuxie had put on her falling to the ground.

“Big Brother Liu!”

She leaned closer to him.

Chen Ruoyan had wrapped herself around him like an octopus, preventing him from moving. In this situation, Chen Ruoyan would die if he failed to make up his mind.

Flustered, Liu Wuxie shouted, “No, it wouldn’t be fair for you!”

He was inexperienced in romance and still a youth at heart. It would be unfair to Chen Ruoyan if he took her innocence like that.

“I can’t take it anymore!” Chen Ruoyan slurred.

Now fully naked, she clung onto Liu Wuxie even more tightly. Liu Wuxie’s body naturally reacted to her tender skin, but he quickly calmed himself down through sheer will.

“What should I do?”

Liu Wuxie’s mind raced. He couldn’t and didn’t want to tarnish Chen Ruoyan’s reputation. Before they could do the deed, they had to be married first.

“That’s right! Cold water!”

He should be able to help her cool down with ice. Hence, he immediately used Frost Finger to create an ice tub and then carried Chen Ruoyan inside.

She sat in the ice tub naked with Liu Wuxie behind her, channeling his true essence into her body to stabilize her pulse. He was ready to help if anything went wrong.

Cold energy entered Chen Ruoyan, rapidly decreasing her temperature. Eventually, her mind became clearer as well—enough for her to realize what she had just done.

Now, she couldn’t help but wish to find a hole for her to crawl into.

“Ruoyan, I’ll teach you the Heart-Calming Mantra!”

Liu Wuxie sent a golden ray into Chen Ruoyan’s soul sea. Whenever he became irritated or had a massive stir in his emotions, he would always use the Heart-Calming Mantra.

Thanks to it, Chen Ruoyan gradually recovered her senses. She had even forgotten what happened earlier because she felt like she was floating on clouds.

As the night deepened, the redness of Chen Ruoyan’s face gradually resided, perhaps due to the combination of the Heart-Calming Mantra and the cold energy. Eventually, she entered a state of selflessness.

Liu Wuxie draped a coat on her so she could sit in the ice tub alone. Afterward, he left the room, sat outside, and suppressed his impure thoughts. He didn’t want her to feel awkward when she woke up.

The Six Desires Powder was a potent aphrodisiac. If they had done the deed, it would have become a potent poison capable of killing someone in the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

This incident served as a reminder for Liu Wuxie not to lower his guard regardless of the situation. It would have been humiliating if some weak cultivator managed to kill him in a place like this due to his carelessness.

The thought alone made cold sweat drip down his forehead.

When the sun rose, Chen Ruoyan emerged from the room dressed in a new outfit. A hint of embarrassment flashed when she saw Liu Wuxie, who was still sitting outside.

Remembering what happened last night, her cheeks turned red. She lowered her head and kneaded the hem of her clothes anxiously.

As a reserved woman, the incident yesterday made her feel like a slut. She would heat up involuntarily whenever she thought of it.

“Are you alright now?” Liu Wuxie asked calmly and with genuine concern.

“I’m fine,” Chen Ruoyan replied softly, but she did not dare raise her head. After all, he had just seen her entire body last night.

Liu Wuxie smiled awkwardly. “That’s good, then!”