Ninian turned her face away and said, “I haven’t agreed to marry you yet. What do you take me for?”
Her face could turn away, but her elastic, soft body was pinned beneath Lan Ling.
For some reason, the moment Lan Ling touched her, she felt her breathing quicken, her heart race, and her heart was even filled with a desire for further intimacy.
The feeling of dopamine and hormones soaring together was something no one could resist, and of course Ninian was no exception.
She was already a mature woman, but to maximise her own value, she had never truly been intimate with any man. So of course she had desires in her heart.
When Lan Ling had his way with her, she truly felt waves of tingling numbness.
Especially since Lan Ling, while moving his hands, was also desperately stirring up her dopamine and hormone secretion.
The Dragon God Temple’s mental secret arts were truly too powerful.
Lan Ling said, “In twenty days I might be dead, so of course I have to seize every opportunity.”
Hearing these words, Ninian’s heart skipped a beat.
The meaning behind Lan Ling’s words was very clear: he would absolutely not betray his uncle Suo Mo, even if it meant death.
Then she suddenly remembered her father’s words. To make Lan Ling betray Suo Mo, she had to make his feelings for Ninian exceed those for Suo Mo. So Ninian might as well use some tactics. As long as he didn’t truly take her body, she could be much more open in other aspects.
After finding this justification, Ninian did not break free from Lan Ling’s grasp. After all… deep down, she was somewhat reluctant to leave.
“Shall we just talk like this?” Ninian said.
“Fine.” Lan Ling said, “What do you want to talk about?”
Ninian said, “I have some questions I want to ask you, about your past.”
“Fine!” Lan Ling said, “But I can choose to answer, or choose not to answer. And if you want me to answer, you must let me take some advantages.”
“Advantages? What advantages?” Ninian pretended not to know.
Lan Ling said, “Things like grabbing with my hands, kissing with my mouth.”
Ninian said, “Must you be such a hooligan?”
Lan Ling said, “I told you, in twenty days I might be dead. Of course I have to seize every opportunity.”
These words made Ninian’s heart tremble once more.
Ninian said, “First question, is that little girl your biological daughter?”
“No.” Lan Ling said, then kissed Ninian’s small mouth, thrusting his tongue inside, wildly sucking and biting in her mouth.
Honestly, this was Ninian’s first kiss.
She felt as if her body had been electrocuted. That sweet, tingling sensation spread boundlessly from within her body.
They kissed for a full eight minutes. When she felt waves of oxygen deprivation, Lan Ling finally released her lips.
And Ninian’s face was already completely flushed, as if drunk. Her eyes were almost overflowing with water.
After gasping for breath for a good while, Ninian said, “Second question, are you having an affair with Ali? My uncle Gou Fu’s wife.”
Lan Ling glanced at Ninian. This was a game of truth or dare.
And the woman in his arms had very deep schemes. That evening when he went to catch them in the act, although he didn’t catch them, she had long suspected it was Lan Ling.
After hesitating for a moment, Lan Ling nodded and said, “Yes.”
“You… truly are a scoundrel.” Ninian said.
Immediately after, Lan Ling pounced on her again.
Ninian thought Lan Ling would take greater advantage of her, such as putting his hand inside her clothes. But he didn’t. Lan Ling was still kissing her, kissing her earlobe, lightly holding and biting it.
Instantly, Ninian felt her body tremble again and again, as if countless ants were crawling inside her bone marrow. It was an indescribable comfort, as if even her bones had gone soft.
She truly had never felt this way before. It was as if Lan Ling had opened a door for her.
“Then Gou Fu’s lower body rotting away, was that also your doing?” Ninian asked.
Lan Ling thought for a moment, then nodded again and said, “Yes.”
Then, he once more pinned Ninian to the ground, still kissing her, kissing her neck, planting one strawberry after another.
Lan Ling said, “Now it’s my turn to ask you. Also three questions. Remember this is truth or dare. You can choose not to answer, but if you do answer, it must be the truth. And if you don’t answer, you’ll be taken advantage of by me. Let me tell you, I’m very lecherous.”
Ninian was alluring and irresistible, feeling very stimulated. She couldn’t help but nod.
“First question, are you simultaneously stringing along Du Yan, Qiu Ju, and Yang Gu, making them fight and die for you, playing with their feelings?” Lan Ling asked.
Ninian hesitated for a good while, then nodded.
“Slap…” Lan Ling fiercely slapped her bottom and said, “You really are a slut.”
When he said this, there was contempt in his tone, yet also a flirtatious flavour.
Then, he poured a full cup of wine and fed it into Ninian’s mouth.
“Second question, even after you marry me, you will still maintain ambiguous relations with these three men, won’t you?” Lan Ling said.
Ninian very much wanted to shake her head and say no. But for some reason, at this moment she didn’t want to lie. She felt that if she lied, Lan Ling would look down on her, and she would become a shallow woman.
She would rather be seen as a bad woman by Lan Ling than become a shallow woman.
She still nodded.
“Slap, slap, slap…” Lan Ling slapped her wildly again.
Then, Lan Ling poured her another full cup of wine, fed it into her mouth, kissed her small mouth, and snatched half the wine from inside.
“Third question, you want to kill your father’s second wife, Si Si, every moment of every day, don’t you?” Lan Ling asked.
Ninian’s heart trembled. She felt that Lan Ling was truly like a worm in her heart, completely knowing what she was thinking.
“This question, I don’t want to answer.” Ninian said.
Actually, her not wanting to answer was already an answer.
Before she could finish speaking, she was pinned to the ground by Lan Ling.
“No, no…” She struggled while fending off Lan Ling’s passionate kisses, but was quickly bitten on the lips by Lan Ling, deeply kissing together.
Soon, she felt a chill on her upper body. Her clothes had actually been stripped off.
No, no, the pace was too fast.
She completely couldn’t grasp the initiative. In her confused state of mind, she actually let Lan Ling do as he pleased. If this continued, before twenty days were up, she would be completely devoured by Lan Ling.
She fiercely bit her tongue, pushed Lan Ling away, hastily put on her clothes, and hurriedly fled from Lan Ling’s tent.
After running all the way back to her own tent, she discovered that her body was already in a complete mess. There was no time to heat water. She directly climbed into the bath barrel, letting cold water extinguish her feverish, confused emotions.
Then she thought of a question.
Could she truly afford to play the game of real feelings?
When she was with Du Yan and the others, every movement, every word was a performance. She looked down from above, playing with their feelings, speaking insincere lies, listening to their heartfelt confessions, showing an extremely moved expression, but laughing coldly in her heart, cursing these fools.
However, when with Lan Ling, she could no longer remain a cold observer. She had also entered the game herself.
And once she lost the lofty position of cold observation, she would become at a loss, losing the initiative.
For example today, playing truth or dare with Lan Ling, she was completely immersed in it, feeling stimulated, fun, sweet, excited.
And even when being taken advantage of by Lan Ling, her body was completely enjoying it, craving it.
“No, absolutely cannot continue like this. Absolutely cannot lose the initiative. I am forever playing with others’ feelings. I absolutely cannot fall myself.” Ninian said coldly, “The moment any hint of feelings appears, cut it off immediately.”
Next, Ninian decided to be cold to Lan Ling for a few days, not responding, not approaching, not speaking.
But immediately after, she thought that Lan Ling’s feelings for her should be genuine.
For example, he had voluntarily told her the secret of his affair with Ali, and the secret of framing Gou Fu. This was equivalent to him placing his very life and death completely in Ninian’s hands.
Thinking of this, she felt somewhat better, with a touch more superiority.
…
The next day, Constantine sent out a team of one hundred people to the Fallen Horse Mountains to build new border lines and sentry posts.
From now on, the entire Fallen Horse Mountains belonged to the Chimera Tribe. The tribe’s territory had expanded by nearly a third. This was a tremendous achievement.
Another day passed, and Constantine ordered all armies to return to the Chimera Tribe.
After Lan Ling completely recovered his mental strength, he began weight-bearing training again. He put on a specially made leather battle suit, loaded it with lead weights, and held a deadwood sword weighing several hundred jin.
Seven hundred jin of lead weights, seven hundred jin of deadwood sword. One thousand four hundred jin of weight in total.
No horse riding, no falling behind, closely following the army back to the Chimera Tribe.
Only previously, the weight-bearing training was twenty thousand metres per day. But this time it was a full nearly two hundred li.
One thousand four hundred jin of weight completely reached his limit.
With every step, sweat poured like rain. His vision went dark again and again. His mind grew dizzy again and again.
In less than two thousand metres, his body had reached the limit of pain. A thick bloodline power surged from the depths of his blood vessels, entering his four limbs and hundred bones, continuing to temper his muscles and bones.
Only now did everyone truly see that Lan Ling was still doing weight-bearing training.
Instantly, all the Foreign Army shouted while marching, “Go for it, go for it, go for it!”
After this battle, Lan Ling had effortlessly conquered the hearts of the Foreign Army brothers. And now, seeing Lan Ling doing weight-bearing training on the march, the Foreign Army also felt incomparably close to him, deeply admiring.
Du Yan watched everything with extreme displeasure in his heart. On one hand, he looked down on Lan Ling for grandstanding. On the other hand, he despised how poor his martial arts were, that he was still carrying over a thousand jin at this point.
And Ninian completely carried out her previous strategy of being cold to Lan Ling, not approaching, not speaking, not contacting.
She absolutely had to make Lan Ling come to her on his own initiative, just like Du Yan, Yang Gu, and Qiu Ju, coming to beg her like dogs.
As long as she saw Lan Ling acting as lowly as a dog, it would break Ninian’s budding feelings, and she could completely despise Lan Ling.
However, these past two days, Lan Ling was either meditating or doing weight-bearing training. He had no intention of coming to find her at all.
This made Ninian very uncomfortable. Riding a horse was uncomfortable. Walking was uncomfortable. Her heart was filled with restlessness and anxiety. Countless times she wanted to rush before Lan Ling and ask, what do you mean? Why haven’t you come to find me yet?
But she couldn’t do this. She absolutely could not take the initiative. She had to make Lan Ling come to her, and come to her like a dog.
As time passed, she grew increasingly restless and uneasy. Food had no flavour. Sleep had no comfort. There was an indescribable discomfort.
Although she was unwilling to admit it, the fact was, she had already fallen!
…
And at this time, Lan Ling couldn’t care less about Ninian. He seemed to be in hell every moment.
After walking fifty li with one thousand four hundred jin of weight, he added another fifty jin. The moment he felt even slightly easier, he immediately increased the weight.
In short, he had to constantly push his body’s limit, his bloodline’s limit, to the extreme.
One could say, if not for his Golden Bloodline and Golden Demon Body, such brutal training would have killed him long ago.
Once the barbarian army began marching, within two to three hundred li they absolutely did not rest or sleep.
And Lan Ling, carrying over a thousand jin, also did not rest or sleep, walking a full day and night. Finally, after marching two hundred li, he returned to the Chimera Tribe.
At the start of the march, his weight was one thousand four hundred jin. By the time he returned to the tribe, his weight had already reached one thousand six hundred jin.
After arriving at the Foreign Army’s camp, Lan Ling kissed little Ya Ya, then removed the lead weights from his weight-bearing suit.
“These are the gold coins exchanged from military merit. Buy whatever you want.” Lan Ling handed a box of gold coins to Dina.
“This, this many?” Dina exclaimed in surprise.
And Lan Ling directly collapsed onto the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
This day and night of marching two hundred li had truly exhausted him. Too painful!
…
This sleep, Lan Ling slept for a full ten hours.
When he woke up, he discovered he was not sleeping on the ground, but on a wooden bed, covered with a blanket.
The clothes on his body had also been changed, and he had even been bathed.
Without a doubt, Dina had done all this.
And Lan Ling had been completely unaware.
Of course, with his mental strength, even while sleeping, he could sense any danger.
But he absolutely trusted Dina, so when Dina was tending to him, he did not release any mental strength, but continued sleeping soundly.
“You’re awake. Breakfast is ready. Ya Ya couldn’t wait for you to wake up, so she already ran out to play.” Dina said.
Today’s breakfast was unusually sumptuous. Apart from porridge, it was all meat.
Lan Ling swept through the food on the table like a whirlwind, devouring everything clean.
After eating, he eagerly picked up the graduated stone bar. He wanted to test his strength, to see how much his cultivation had increased from this two hundred li of hellish trial.
Nine hundred and fifty jin, no problem, lifted effortlessly.
Nine hundred and ninety jin, also no problem.
One thousand jin, though somewhat strenuous, but still lifted.
One thousand and ten jin, Lan Ling used all the strength of his body, and still lifted it.
Lan Ling had actually broken through once again.
A day and night of sleepless, hellish training had actually made him break through once more, from a seventh-level Warrior to an eighth-level Warrior.
His bloodline and body were too heaven-defying!