The moment their warm lips met, an intoxicating sensation washed over them. It was as if they had both been electrocuted at the same time, their bodies trembling in unison.

A faint, almost inaudible whimper escaped Su Qingning's lips. Although the sound was faint, it carried a bone-deep ecstasy. The fire stirred within Lin Xiao suddenly blazed to life.

He kissed her even more wildly.

At first, Su Qingning tried to remain reserved, but under Lin Xiao's powerful assault, she began to yield. She started to respond to him. Although they had kissed several times, her technique was still clumsy. Of course, Lin Xiao's wasn't much better.

But Lin Xiao couldn't care less about technique. All he wanted at that moment was to kiss Su Qingning, to kiss her fiercely and melt her jealous heart with his fiery passion.

After what felt like an eternity, just as Su Qingning felt she was about to suffocate, Lin Xiao finally let her go.

Su Qingning slumped into his arms, cheeks flushed. Her watery eyes gazed at him, shimmering with seduction. When she saw the smirk playing on his lips and the mischievous twinkle in his eyes, she bashfully landed a soft punch on his chest.

Then, with a coquettish pout, she said, "You're terrible!"

"Still jealous?" Lin Xiao asked with a grin.

"Hmph, I am not!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Lin Xiao kissed her again.

Su Qingning quickly began to respond. Her response seemed to encourage him; not only did he deepen the kiss, but his hands also began to wander over her graceful figure.

The dual stimulation left Su Qingning panting and gasping. Her body, unable to withstand such sensations, began to tremble slightly.

After another unknown stretch of time, Lin Xiao reluctantly let her go.

Their eyes met. Lin Xiao saw that Su Qingning had gone completely limp, a boneless heap in his embrace.

"Still jealous?" he asked again.

How could Su Qingning dare to contradict him now? She knew full well the consequences of talking back. In fact, she had no desire to. The last vestiges of jealousy in her heart had been swept away by Lin Xiao's overpowering assault, replaced by a sweetness like she had just devoured honey.

The sweetness was so profound that she wanted nothing more than to stay collapsed in his arms. To say nothing, to do nothing, and to simply pass the rest of their lives together in this quiet moment.

Lin Xiao felt the same way. He sat on the soft sofa with Su Qingning straddling his lap, nestled in his embrace. He breathed in the alluring fragrance of her body and listened to the beating of her heart.

Suddenly, Lin Xiao sensed something was off. Without changing his expression, he discreetly took her wrist and began to diagnose her.

The diagnosis startled him.

The Gu Insect attached to her heart had started to hatch from its shell. Although there was still some time before it hatched completely, the true danger had arrived. Once a Gu Insect begins to hatch, it needs to feed on a massive amount of blood essence. Right now, Su Qingning's heart was its nourishment.

Damn it. I've been so busy with everything else lately that I completely forgot about the Gu affliction inside her. I'm such an idiot!

He cursed himself internally. Right now, he truly wanted to tear Bai Chenglong to pieces. Even though Bai Chenglong was already dead, Lin Xiao still wanted to grind his bones to dust.

That damned piece of trash.

But getting angry now was useless. The immediate priority was to get this damned Gu Insect out of Su Qingning's body.

For Lin Xiao, removing the Gu Insect wasn't difficult. The hard part was that Su Qingning didn't trust him.

Of course, he could also wait. He could wait for the Gu Insect inside her to hatch completely, for the poison to take full effect. At that point, Su Qingning would have no choice but to believe him. But Lin Xiao didn't want to wait for that. Once the poison activated, Su Qingning would suffer excruciating pain.

How am I going to persuade her to trust me? This is a real dilemma.

Lin Xiao was about to bring up the Gu affliction when his cell phone suddenly rang.

The call was from Shen Jingzhe.

She must have arrived.

Lin Xiao answered the call.

"I'm here." Shen Jingzhe's icy voice came through the phone.

"Okay, I'll come and get you!"

After getting the answer she wanted, Shen Jingzhe immediately hung up.

"Honey, Shen Jingzhe's here. I'm going to get her," Lin Xiao said.

"I'll come with you!" Su Qingning replied in a sweet voice.

It had to be said that even though he had kissed her forcefully, her attitude toward him was now much better than before.

Lin Xiao gently tapped the tip of her delicate nose. "Silly girl, do you even have the strength to walk right now?"

Su Qingning's fair cheeks instantly turned scarlet. She bashfully tapped his chest with a soft fist.

Lin Xiao chuckled. "Wait for me!"

As he spoke, he gave her a lightning-fast peck on her red lips. Then he fled the lounge as if his life depended on it.

Lin Xiao was delighted by Shen Jingzhe's arrival. After all, her cultivation was terrifyingly powerful. With her around, any opponent would seem like trash.

He hurried out of the gymnasium and saw Shen Jingzhe standing gracefully by the entrance, her face hidden by a gauze veil. Shen Jingzhe saw him too but remained perfectly still, clearly waiting for him to approach.

Lin Xiao didn't mind and quickly walked up to her. Without a word, he opened his arms.

"Come on, let me give you a hug."

"Scram!" Shen Jingzhe snapped coldly.

Lin Xiao wasn't angry or embarrassed. He was thick-skinned enough, anyway.

"Damn it! Next time you want a hug, I'll be the one telling you to scram!" Lin Xiao grumbled, feigning anger.

The corners of Shen Jingzhe's mouth lifted. Beneath the veil, her breathtakingly beautiful face became even more alluring. But her voice was even colder when she replied, "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory."

"No shit. If a dog could spit out ivory, it'd be a genetic mutation!"

PFFT.

Shen Jingzhe actually burst out laughing at his retort. She was already a natural beauty, so her laugh possessed a devastating charm. Too bad her face was hidden behind the veil, so Lin Xiao couldn't see it.

Seeing her laughing so freely, Lin Xiao joked, "So you can laugh? I thought you were an ice mountain that couldn't."

"Shut up. No one will think you're mute if you don't talk!"

With that, she strode toward the gymnasium.

Just as Lin Xiao was about to follow, his phone rang again. It was a call from the Third Master of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion. Lin Xiao answered immediately.

"Still in Jinhai City?" the Third Master asked.

"Yeah, still here," Lin Xiao replied.

"Be careful. An enemy from beyond the domain has infiltrated."

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