Chapter 248: Mad from Shame
Translator: SoupHunter Editor: TomYummy
"Very well!" Miao Yi nodded, and accepted the terms. Tightening his grip on the Inversed-Scales Spear, he placed it back into his storage ring. Then with a flick of his wrist, a chained morningstar appeared in his hands. He erased the art source within this transcendent artifact and imbued it with his own.
Luo Shuangfei was still wondering what Miao Yi was trying to do, when he abruptly raised his arm and flung the shining morningstar at him.
Luo Shuangfei was taken by surprise. âBANG!â With a sweep of his spear, he knocked the morningstar away. However, the instant they clashed, he realized that the amount of force within the morning star didnât seem like it was intended as an attack.
"Since youâre going to be a hostage, youâll have to look like one. You better surrender easily, otherwiseâŠ" as he spoke, he raised the hand gripping onto the purple marten.
"Donât! Iâll do as you want, alright?" Luo Shuangfei immediately withdrew his spear artifact and held both his arms out, allowing himself to be restrained.
Miao Yi twirled the morningstar around once more as he invoked his arts to control it. The morningstar began to emit a radiant glow, and nimbly danced in mid-air like a snake. Dragging its long chain along, it bound Luo Shuangfeiâs hands to his back.
Against a cultivator at Luo Shuangfeiâs level, normal chains were no longer enough to keep him bound, unless he was tied up by having his limbs pierced through the same way Pi Junzi was back in the Sea of Constellations.
However, it was obvious that Luo Shuangfei definitely wouldnât allow him to do that.
Which was why Miao Yi had instead taken out a first grade transcendent artifactâthe chained morningstar. Erasing the remnant art source inside, he imbued the morningstar with his own art source and had it acknowledge him as its master
If he didnât have the recognition of ownership from the transcendent artifact and used it to directly tie up the other person, then it would have been even more useless than a normal chain. The other person could easily invoke his arts to control the morningstar. Only by gaining the morningstarâs recognition, could he use it to tie up the other party.
A single chain hung between the two of them under the moonlit sky, giving out a radiant glow.
With both his arms tied behind his back, Luo Shuangfei secretly tried to invoke his arts and free himself from the restraint. Not only was he unable to struggle free, Miao Yi threw a piercing glare at him. Evidently, his attempts had been discovered.
"Shouldnât you release ZiâEr now?" Luo Shuangfei grumbled.
His tone sounded like he had been wronged. Miao Yi had no idea if it was because his robbery attempt had failed and instead ended with his capture, or, because he had never been subjected to such humiliation.
Miao Yi gave a cold snort. Suddenly, he raised his arm and pulled at the chain.
Luo Shuangfei gasped in surprise. He couldnât stop his body from falling off the dragon steed. âBFFTT!â âclouds of dust were kicked up as Miao Yi dragged him several metres away. Immediately after, he hopped up and shouted, "What the heck are you doing!?"
"Iâm warning you. You better not try anything funny!" Miao Yi said, attaching the other end of the chain to Charcoal, as though warning Luo Shuangfeiâ âIf you dare try anything funny, then it wonât be like what I did just now. Instead, Iâll have my steed drag you around a few laps.â
Luo Shuangfei ground his teeth and growled, "Let go of ZiâEr."
Miao Yi jumped off his steed. His wolven greaves creating sharp, crunching noises as he trodd on the pebbles. With a flick of his wrist, the Inversed-Scales Spear reappeared in his hands.
âFSSHH!â The razor-sharp tip of the spear was now resting on Luo Shuangfeiâs shoulder, its triple-edged blades practically hugging his entire neck. If he dared to make any sudden moves, Miao Yi could have that slender crane-like neck of his spurting blood with a single pull of the spear.
Raising the purple marten in his grasp, Miao Yi asked, "How do you cure the poison?"
"First let it go!" After saying this, Luo Shuangfei saw that Miao Yi didnât respond. Instead, he saw a gleam in his eye that told him Miao Yi was still suspicious. He ground his teeth and said, "Iâm already in such a state. What are you afraid of?"
Miao Yi acted decisively then. With a swing of his arm, the purple marten escaped its captor and landed on the ground. Then, it quickly scuttled off towards Luo Shuangfei, climbing onto his shoulders and began squeaking beside his ear. Miao Yi didnât know what it was saying, but its green eyes seemed filled with fear when it looked at him. He had no idea what part of him was so frightening.
Luo Shuangfei also squeaked back at it a couple times, then pursed his lips towards the river bank.
The purple marten perched on his shoulder immediately scampered off, and hurriedly making its way to the river bank. Then, it jumped onto the bodies of those poisoned, and bit down on the back of their arms.
Miao Yiâs eyes gleamed as he observed with his transcendence vision. He saw that in those being bitten, the black aura faintly seeping out from the skin of their faces began to quickly receed. Then, a black mist would be sucked out of the bite wound on the back of their arms, and be quickly absorbed into the purple martenâs belly.
Once the darkness on the back of the victimâs hand completely disappeared, the purple marten would then quickly jump onto another personâs body and do the same.
One after another, as the black mist on the victimsâ bodies was absorbed into the purple martenâs belly, its eyes started to regain its green shine and vigor, and the purple glow on its body was appearing once moreâa sign that its previously expended vitality was being recovered, as though the poisonous mist was something very nourishing to it.
Soon, the purple marten finished absorbing the poison from both the men and their steeds. Then it quickly scuttled back to Luo Shuangfeiâs shoulders; all while continuing to stare at Miao Yi in fear.
"The poison within their bodies has all been absorbed. Now let us go."
Miao Yi asked, "Then why havenât they woken up?"
"They fell prey to the âBlack Rakshasaâ. The poison has only just been removed. How could you expect them to wake up immediately after? In a couple hours, they will naturally awaken."
"Black Rakshasa? " Miao Yi muttered. He didnât know what poison it was, but he could afford to wait a couple hours. Staring at the purple marten on Luo Shuangfeiâs shoulder, he asked, "Is this marten of yours capable of only curing a single type of poison, or various types of it?"
"Thatâs of courseâ" the proud Luo Shuangfei said a few words, before abruptly stopping himself, and eyed Miao Yi cautiously, "Whatâs it to you? Hurry up and release me."
Miao Yi could tell from his reaction that this purple marten of his could probably cure quite a number of different poisons. He was quite astonished, and secretly praised the marten for being such a valuable asset; it was such a waste for it to be in the hands a mere renegade. Although, come to think of it, this renegade cultivator possessed quite a number of quality goods.
His gaze trailed over the leather armor on Luo Shuangfei. He didnât ask any other questions, and just blankly said, "Thereâs no rush. They have yet to awaken."
Luo Shuangfei began shouting angrily, "Iâve told you already, they will naturally wake up in a couple hours."
"Your words have no proof. Why should I trust you? Be obedient and wait!" his words rendered Luo Shuangfei speechless. Then, Miao Yi eyed the purple marten on his shoulder, and said, "Keep this monster thatâs been constantly glaring at me away. It just took a bite out of me, yet it still has the gall to glare at me. Does it really think that I wonât kill it?"
When Luo Shuangfei heard that Miao Yi might kill his purple marten, he immediately blew a whistle. The purple marten instantly dashed inside the beast sack around his waist.
He didnât expect that right at that moment, Miao Yi would suddenly strike outâpulling away the beast sack from around his waist, and quickly tying up the opening. The purple marten could forget about running away now. Such a treasure had fallen into his hands just like that. Miao Yi hung the beast sack around his body.
Luo Shuangfeiâs eyes widened as he bellowed, "Bastard! Youâre not keeping your promise! You shitty asshole. Return my ZiâEr!"
Miao Yi pressed his spear over his neck. Blood instantly seeped out from the snow-white skin of his neck, and he no longer dared to move.
However, his worst fears had yet to be realized. With him restrained, Miao Yi suddenly placed his hands on Luo Shuangfeiâs body and tried to take off his armor artifact.
This armor artifact was different from Miao Yiâs battle armor, which was rigid and couldnât be forcefully taken off. On the other hand, Luo Shuangfeiâs armor artifact was a leather shirt that was supple to the touch. However, it was able to block Miao Yiâs ferocious attacks. Miao Yi had no idea what kind of treasure it was.
Miao Yi was a little curious whether or not this fellow was hiding some other treasure underneath his leather armor. Else, why would he so willingly surrender and become a hostage? He didnât even want to take off this artifact armor to give him as insuranceâit was very strange. If it were anyone else, they would obviously know that they wouldnât be able to keep this leather armor once they became a hostage.
"What are you trying to do?" Luo Shuangfei was utterly horrified as he watched Miao Yi rapidly unclasped the buttons on his leather armor. His voice couldnât help but quiver as he said, "Iâm warning you. There arenât many who would dare touch me in this entire realm. You had betterâ"
He suddenly felt a cold breeze on his body. Miao Yi had already taken off the leather armor. Luo Shuangfei shut his quivering lips and closed his eyes. He wanted to turn his head to the side, but the edges of the Inversed-Scales Spear hung close to his neck and held it in place.
Miao Yi had taken the leather armor off up till the arms, but he then realized that it would be difficult to completely take it off with the other personâs hands tied up. He turned back to look at the men that had yet to awaken by the river bank. Afraid that this bastard still had another hidden card to play, Miao Yi didnât dare push him too hard.
Truth be told, Miao Yi still suspected that the other person had something up his sleeve. Otherwise, he wouldnât have surrendered so easily. âSurrendering because he didnât want to take off his leather armor? That didnât make sense. He definitely had some kind of contingency, else he wouldnât be so bold.â
Underneath the leather armor was a spotless and fair-skinned body. Miao Yi didnât discover anything hidden at all.
The leather armor was pulled all the way down to his bound hands. Luo Shuangfeiâs upper body was almost completely naked at this point. Under the radiance of the moon, his skin was all the more fair and unblemished like jade; his lily-white waist as slender as can be. His figure was beautifully slim and elegant, giving him the seductive allure of a woman.
The only manly trait on Luo Shuangfeiâs body were the two large, sinewy pectoral muscles on his chest.
There was point in his skin being fairer; his figure, nicer; and his chest, bigger. Miao Yi had no interest in men. He closely inspected Luo Shuangfeiâs practically naked upper body, but he couldnât find any hidden treasures.
He even felt all over Luo Shuangfeiâs trembling skin; it had a pleasantly smooth and glossy feel to it. Then, he poked at those firm pectoral muscles of Luo Shuangfei with his fingers, making sure that they were truly made of flesh and not hiding anything.
Having his body touched all over by Miao Yi, and even being prodded in his chest, Luo Shuangfeiâs face flushed red, looking as though he wanted to bash his head into a wall and die.
The heart-shaped necklace hanging atop of his snow-white chest caught Miao Yiâs attention. It was very intricate and beautiful, but he couldnât find anything peculiar about it after examining it.
Miao Yi also examined the storage ring on Luo Shuangfeiâs fingers, but he didnât find anything inside. The only noteworthy item was that spear with the serrated edge. Miao Yi wasnât interested in all the other random bits, so he didnât take this storage ring away.
Then, he patted about Luo Shuangfeiâs thighs over his pants.
After not finding any treasures, Miao Yi pulled his leather armor back up and helped him clasp the buttons back on, as though to reassuring Luo Shuangfei and implying thatâ âIâm only checking you to make sure you canât play any tricks. I have no intention of stealing your armor artifact.â
Miao Yi didnât expect Luo Shuangfei to slowly open his eyes and grind his teethâas if enraged from the shame of it allâbefore clearly saying, "You will pay for what youâve done today. Release me!"
"Of course I canât let you go yet!" Miao Yi circled around him and took off his storage ring. He waved it in his face, using this gesture to warn himâ âI have to first confiscate the things you can use to resist me before letting you go.â
Miao Yi withdrew the chained morningstar binding Luo Shuangfei, and returned what limited freedom he had. Since he had shown so much anxiety for the purple marten, now that itâs in Miao Yiâs hands, he wasnât scared that Luo Shuangfei would run away.
Based on Miao Yiâs earlier actions back in the Sea of Constellations, he would have definitely killed Luo Shuangfei first before taking away his last remaining armor artifact. However, he was worried that this fellow had some kind of contingency, so he could only hold back his urge for now, and wait for the others to awaken before acting further.
"What are you following me for? Iâm warning you. Donât come too close to me!" Miao Yi abruptly turned back and leveled his spear at the approaching Luo Shuangfei.
The corner of Luo Shuangfeiâs eyes were slightly reddened as he shouted, "Asshole. I want to change my clothes. Give me my clothes!"
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