Chapter 95 Restraint
Chapter 95 Restraint
Jiang Ming finally got a good night's sleep.
He sat on the edge of the bed, put on his shoes, cast a cleansing spell on himself, left the inner room, glanced at Shen Yao sitting at the table, and hurriedly went out without saying a word.
A moment later, a disciple-like cultivator entered, cleared away the bowls and plates from the table, set out new food, and left without speaking to Shen Yao, after giving a farewell bow.
Shen Yao wasn't hungry, so she didn't eat, nor did she dare to cultivate there; she could only wait.
Several hours later, the disciple-like cultivator returned. Seeing that the food on the table hadn't been touched, he silently retreated to stand by the window.
Shen Yao: "What's your name?"
The disciple neither replied nor looked at her.
Shen Yao: "Where did Jiang Ming go?"
The disciple stood there like a wooden stake.
Shen Yao asked a few more questions casually, but received no answer, so she didn't want to see her anymore: "I'm not eating, you can take it all away."
At this moment, the disciple replied, "If the fairy doesn't eat, this disciple cannot leave."
Shen Yao: "Ha, does Jiang Ming even care whether I eat or not? If I don't eat, will he kill you?"
The disciple fell silent again.
Shen Yao sat down, picked up her bowl, ate a few bites, and put down her bowl and chopsticks: "Take it away."
The disciple did not move.
Shen Yao ate some more, and the amount of food was noticeably less before the disciple tidied up and left.
Shen Yao felt very annoyed; she hated losing her freedom the most!
Jiang Ming didn't return until evening.
He seemed to have drunk a lot of strong liquor, as he smelled strongly of alcohol.
They came back in a hurry, as if they had just finished a drinking party and rushed back here immediately.
He had probably drunk a bit too much; even his usually cold face was slightly flushed.
After Jiang Ming rushed in, he glanced at Shen Yao, closed the door, and slowly walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it gently.
Shen Yao was already very impatient: "Hall Master Jiang, why did you kidnap me here?"
Jiang Ming remained calm: "I'll rid you of your inner demons."
"Ha, exorcise my inner demons?" Shen Yao didn't believe he would be so kind: "Jiang Ming, my inner demons are you! You're exorcising my inner demons? Are you afraid I won't go mad fast enough?"
Jiang Ming looked at her calmly: "I don't like the way you speak. If you change your way of speaking, your inner demons will be eliminated faster."
Shen Yao: "What? You locked me up, and now you expect me to fawn over you?"
Jiang Ming took out the stone bead: "This bead was originally in your bag."
Shen Yao took one look and realized it was her All-Spirit Stone Bead. She immediately reached out to snatch it back: "Give it back to me!"
Jiang Ming raised his hand to dodge: "What exactly is this bead?"
Shen Yao: "You are not worthy to know."
Jiang Ming: "Oh? You're not worthy to know, not that you can't know?"
Shen Yao: "Stop arguing with me, Jiang Ming, what exactly do you want?"
Jiang Ming sat down leisurely and played with the stone beads in front of Shen Yao.
Shen Yao: "Give it back to me. It's just an ordinary stone bead. My dad made it for me to play with when I was little."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming chuckled for a moment, put away the stone bead, and looked at Shen Yao with a very happy expression: "I only realized today that you are also a liar."
Shen Yao thought Jiang Ming was simply perverted: "It was just an ordinary stone bead to begin with."
Jiang Ming beckoned to her: "Come here."
Shen Yao stood still.
Jiang Ming stood up and approached her, his breath reeking of alcohol. Shen Yao felt a strong sense of oppression as he enveloped her.
Jiang Ming looked down at her: "Then explain to me why Shen Yu came out of this bead."
Shen Yao stared at him in astonishment, her expression changing drastically: "What have you done to my sister?"
Jiang Ming: "Are you sure it's your sister?"
Shen Yao: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Ming: "Your sister... is a demon."
Shen Yao felt incredibly panicked and scared. She wanted to yell at Jiang Ming, but she was afraid of provoking him, so she tried her best to keep a calm tone and asked, "My sister, how is she?"
'So she knew Shen Yu was a demon.' Jiang Ming understood and replied, 'So far, she's doing well.'
Shen Yao breathed a sigh of relief. She reached out and grabbed Jiang Ming's sleeve, pleading, "Don't kill her, don't hit her. What do you want? I'll give you anything."
Jiang Ming glanced at him, then grabbed his sleeve and asked calmly, "What do you have?"
Shen Yao said sincerely, "I have many, many perfect stones. I can give you as many as you want."
Jiang Ming brushed away her hand that was clutching his sleeve, sat back down at the table, and poured himself another glass of water: "No matter how many Perfect Stones I have, this hall master has no shortage of them."
Shen Yao didn't believe it; there was no cultivator who couldn't be broken by the Perfect Stone: "I'll give you ten Perfect Rains like the one at the Treasure Appraisal Meeting."
"Heh." Jiang Ming laughed dismissively.
Shen Yao: "One hundred matches!"
Jiang Ming paused for a moment. Seeing that she had a chance, Shen Yao moved closer to him, squatted down, looked up at his face, and continued to tempt him with wealth: "As long as you don't hurt Shen Yu, I can give you five hundred showers of perfect rain."
Jiang Ming was deeply moved by the female immortal in front of him.
Jiang Ming swallowed the cold water and said to her, "I really like your posture. If you keep talking to me like this, I'll treat Shen Yu like a precious treasure."
Shen Yao dropped the pretense: "Haven't you thought about what my father will do to you when he comes looking for you?"
Jiang Ming smiled mysteriously: "Do you know why I brought you back to the True God Sect?"
Shen Yao: "Why?"
Jiang Ming: "I have a father too."
Shen Yao: "Is your father also a Celestial Venerable?"
Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow, realizing that her father was a Celestial Venerable: "Yes, my father is a Celestial Venerable."
Shen Yao scoffed; among immortals of the same level, her father was definitely more powerful.
Jiang Ming then said proudly, "I also have an older sister who was originally an Immortal Ancestor, and is now an Immortal Venerable."
Shen Yao: "So you're the only good-for-nothing in your whole family?"
"Haha, I almost forgot, you're not a good-for-nothing." Jiang Ming pulled Shen Yao up, hugged her tightly in his arms, and said, "Tell me, how did you quietly go from a seventh-grade four-elemental root to a sixth-grade five-elemental root?"
Shen Yao remained silent, and Jiang Ming began to guess: "Let me guess, is it related to that stone bead?"
Shen Yao remained silent, so Jiang Ming continued, "Shen Yu came out from inside. Can living things go into that stone bead?"
Thinking back to the day of the treasure appraisal event, when Shen Yao suddenly disappeared and then suddenly reappeared, Jiang Ming felt that he had guessed the truth pretty accurately.
Without waiting for Shen Yao's reply, Jiang Ming said, "Take me inside."
Shen Yao had a sudden inspiration! Once Jiang Ming went in, he wouldn't be able to get out. She could trap Jiang Ming inside and kill him!
“Okay!” Shen Yao agreed: “Give me back the bead, and I’ll take you inside.”
Jiang Ming took out the stone bead, and Shen Yao reached out to take it, but Jiang Ming avoided her hand: "Just put it in like this."
'Hmph, let's see you be arrogant for a bit longer.' Thinking this, Shen Yao led Jiang Ming into the Origin Stone Space.
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