“Your clansmen are in Tianshui City right now. In half a day, we shall hand you over to them.” Sauron said, “So, you must make your choice quickly. One of two options!”
To exchange her chastity and purity for a flawless body free of tattoos.
Instantly, Tu Lingduo fell into a truly difficult choice.
For her, was removing the tattoo and restoring her body’s flawlessness more important?
Or was preserving her chastity and purity more important?
Tu Lingduo was a person of spotless purity. Up until now, she had never been in a relationship. From childhood to adulthood, she had strived and struggled for her family.
As for men, the only one she had truly spent prolonged time with was probably Ling Ao alone.
When Gui Qinshao and Ling Ao studied at the Royal Academy, they often stayed at the Tu Ling Duke’s residence. Especially Gui Qinshao, who even at the Tu Ling residence acted imperiously, more like a duke’s daughter than Tu Lingduo herself.
When practising swordsmanship and martial arts at the duke’s residence, Gui Qinshao looked down upon any sword instructor. In her heart, she only acknowledged Sword Venerable Bi Xiao. Moreover, she cultivated sword technique not to kill, but for beauty. The more difficult the sword technique, the more enthusiastic she became.
Ling Ao was different. He mostly studied killing sword techniques. So within the duke’s residence, he and Tu Lingduo studied together under a swordsman named Wuchang.
Compared to Gui Qinshao, Ling Ao and Tu Lingduo had more common ground.
So when Tu Lingduo’s master and disciple recruited Ling Ao as a live-in son-in-law, Tu Lingduo did not object.
But speaking of romantic feelings, she and Ling Ao lacked sparks.
Having never been in love, Tu Lingduo naturally treasured her purity. However, precisely because she had never loved any man, she also did not have the happiness of keeping herself chaste for some man.
From the most pragmatic perspective, even if she lost her chastity, no one would know.
But the tattoo on her body, and the terrifying hellish itch, not only made her unable to show herself to anyone, but also made her wish she were dead nearly every day.
These dozen or so days, the twice-daily hellish itch had nearly driven her to breakdown. Moreover, this enormous Sauron tattoo on her body made her dare not even look at her own body, even hating her own body.
Now Sauron said he could help her remove the tattoo and eliminate the twice-daily hellish itch, but it must be exchanged for her chastity and purity.
So, before long, she had her answer in her heart.
However, she could not speak this answer aloud. It meant she was an unchaste woman, a shameless, faceless woman.
And once spoken aloud, she would never be able to hold her head high before Sauron again.
You, the legitimate daughter of the illustrious Tu Ling family, actually offering yourself willingly to a man for the sake of mere bodily suffering, completely throwing your dignity to the ground.
So, Tu Lingduo truly found it difficult to speak.
“Miss Tu Ling is so chaste and fierce. Sauron admires you. Farewell.” Sauron said, then turned to leave.
“Wait…” Tu Lingduo called out.
“Speak it out. What choice have you made? Speak it out?” Sauron squatted down before her, smiling.
Looking at Sauron’s face, even more beautiful than a woman’s, Tu Lingduo’s heart was filled with humiliation. Because she was biting her teeth so hard, blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
Her gaze was like fire as she stared at Sauron, saying word by word, “I choose the second.”
“What is the second choice?” Sauron asked.
At this moment, Tu Lingduo truly wished she could bite Sauron to death, then eat him bite by bite. She hissed, “You help me remove the tattoo on my body, and the twice-daily hellish torture. I shall give you my pure body, to be ruined by you as you please.”
“Oh, put that way and I understand.” Sauron said.
Then, he went forward and untied the ropes binding Tu Lingduo’s four limbs. Pointing at the bathing tub in the corner of the wall, he said, “Go and wash yourself clean. How old are you, still wetting your trousers.”
This sentence nearly made Tu Lingduo rush up and perish together with Sauron again.
Removing her garments, she directly closed her eyes and walked into the bathing tub to wash clean.
Ever since she had that enormous tattoo on her body, she had never looked at her own body, hating her own body with utter intensity.
It was now winter. Converted to Earth temperatures, Tianshui City’s temperature was below ten degrees. And the bathing tub was filled with cold water, instantly causing Tu Lingduo to shiver.
Biting her teeth, she washed her body clean. Then Tu Lingduo emerged from the bathing tub.
Sauron handed her an enormous bath towel, letting her dry herself. Then she wrapped this large bath towel around her body, both to keep warm and to hide her shame.
Sauron pulled her before a crystal mirror. This was pieced together from nine crystal mirrors, taller than a real person.
“Remove the bath towel.” Sauron said.
Tu Lingduo’s face trembled slightly. Then she removed the bath towel from her body. Instantly, her completely naked delicate body was fully exposed before the mirror.
Because the air was cold, and her dragon power cultivation had been temporarily sealed by a special method, she could not resist this cold. Combined with the psychology of shame, her entire body shivered uncontrollably, nearly every hair standing on end.
An enormous tattoo coiled upon the front of her body, from her chest to her thigh. It truly looked somewhat shocking.
“Look at it…” Sauron said.
Tu Lingduo’s gaze fell upon this tattoo, and her beautiful face began to twitch again.
“When I was young, I wrote ‘Sauron was here’ on your bottom, causing you unbearable pain.” Sauron smiled, “Now, compared to this tattoo, that little graffiti is not worth mentioning. So suffering is entirely a matter of comparison.”
Tu Lingduo bit her teeth and said, “Hurry up. What are you still delaying for? Whether you ruin me first or remove the tattoo first, decide for yourself.”
“Of course, first perform the deed, then collect payment.” Sauron said. Then he took out that Marrow Cleansing Pearl, crystal clear, half-liquid and half-solid, with a feeling like flowing water.
Sauron said, “If I said this pearl was fake and fundamentally could not remove your tattoo, what would you do?”
The moment these words were spoken, Tu Lingduo convulsed. If that were truly the case, it would be no different from first trampling her dignity, then dragging her from hope back into despair.
“In that case, I would spend all my money to find assassins from the Dark Society to kill you. Then after returning home, I would cut this tattoo into mangled shreds while still alive.” Tu Lingduo said through gritted teeth.
“I am so frightened.” Sauron smiled. Then he placed the Marrow Cleansing Pearl upon her bottom and rolled it.
At this moment, Tu Lingduo discovered that Sauron’s hand holding the pearl had been wearing a glove all along. When that pearl rolled upon her bottom, it suddenly became incomparably scalding hot. Then a mysterious energy permeated into the flesh and skin.
Moreover, this feeling of permeation was exactly the same as when the Bone-Eroding Liquid had permeated into her body.
“Sauron, what exactly is this?” Tu Lingduo said in alarm. Then she twisted her delicate body to look.
She discovered that the words on her bottom, “Sauron was here,” were actually gradually fading.
Instantly, she was incomparably excited inside. It truly worked. So she twisted her body with difficulty, watching the writing on her bottom gradually disappear.
“The writing left by Bone-Eroding Liquid can never be erased. Even if you dig away the flesh and blood, it will still remain upon the bones.” Sauron said, “However, it can be covered by another kind of Bone-Eroding Liquid, one that is colourless and approximates skin tone. This way, even if it permeates into your bones and flesh, it cannot be seen.”
“Then, what about my twice-daily hellish itch?” Tu Lingduo asked.
Sauron said, “That is another kind of medicine. There is an antidote.”
After rolling for roughly a dozen or so times, the graffiti on Tu Lingduo’s bottom had completely disappeared.
At this moment, Tu Lingduo had a feeling of wanting to weep with joy. For over ten years, this graffiti had accompanied her body. Now it had finally disappeared.
Then, Sauron rolled this Marrow Cleansing Pearl upon her chest. The new colourless Bone-Eroding Liquid gradually permeated into her skin, replacing the original colour.
Thus, the tattoo upon her chest gradually disappeared.
Rolling all the way down, from her chest to her waist, to her lower abdomen, to her thigh.
Finally, this enormous tattoo completely disappeared. Her body once again restored its snowy white flawlessness.
Whether from excitement, or from the scalding heat of the Marrow Cleansing Pearl permeating into her body, her delicate body began to tremble in waves. Finally, she even somewhat instinctively twisted her legs together.
Everything was finished.
Tu Lingduo stood before the mirror, admiring her body again and again.
She seemed to have received another kind of freedom.
Previously, she had not cherished her own body. But now, this feeling of regaining what was lost made her involuntarily treasure her beautiful body.
She examined and admired herself in the mirror for a long time, to the point that she nearly forgot Sauron was still beside her, and that she was completely naked.
“Very well, the deed is done. Time to pay.” Sauron smiled.
Instantly, Tu Lingduo’s delicate body trembled.
Yes, it was time to pay the price. She had personally promised. To exchange her chastity and purity for a pure, flawless body.
An infinite sorrow welled up in her heart.
As a woman, her most precious thing was about to be lost. Moreover, it was to be lost under these involuntary circumstances.
Instantly, she could not help but be filled with hatred for Sauron once again. This devil, this devil who trampled her dignity and defiled her purity.
And what she hated most was that to say she was not willing, yet she had personally agreed.
To say she was willing, yet she was forced.
Taking a deep breath, Tu Lingduo closed her eyes and said, “Come. Although that phrase has already been said many times, I shall say it one last time. I shall consider it as being bitten by a dog.”
Sauron stepped forward, pinched her chin, and looked up and down at her body for quite a while. “No, absolutely not merely one bite.”
Then, he took out a porcelain bottle and placed it at her lips. “Open your mouth and drink this.”
Tu Lingduo opened her mouth and drank. It was an aphrodisiac of fragrant allure. After drinking, her entire body instantly became fiery hot. Her entire mind swayed, as if floating towards immortality.
This devil, it truly was that kind of evil medicine.
Immediately following, Tu Lingduo felt her body temperature rising, her consciousness gradually dissipating.
Very quickly, she knew nothing more. She only felt a piercing pain, and complete madness!
…
Not knowing how much time had passed, Tu Lingduo gradually woke up, regaining consciousness.
She discovered her entire body was incomparably sore, without the slightest strength. Even her throat was parched and hoarse.
Moreover, the burning pain emanating from deep within her body clearly told her that, as a woman, her most precious thing was already lost.
And Sauron was lying beside her at this moment. Even her own four limbs were still entwined around him.
Sauron smiled, “Let me tell you two or three things.”
Tu Ling’s delicate body trembled. Then she swiftly pushed Sauron away, curled up to one side, and stared at Sauron with a gaze of bone-deep hatred.
This shameless scoundrel had seized her purity in the most despicable manner.
Sauron continued, “First, I never touched you. Everything was your own self-directed performance.”
“Second, I defiled you, and not merely once.”
Sauron sat up, somewhat painfully rubbing his waist, as if he too was quite sore. He smiled, “Third, one sentence I spoke was false. Which is true and which is false, you judge for yourself!”