When he reopened his eyes, the scenery before him had changed. All around him, there were sounds of merchants hawking their wares, but it was different from the human world. Every “person” speaking here was actually a demonic being.
“Look at me.” Yan Xuan saw that he was lost in his own world again and couldn’t resist grabbing hold of and turning his face to look at him, saying, “Change your appearance before we proceed.”
Yi Ning’s appearance was too eye-catching and was a rarity in a place like this. He didn’t like the feeling of seeing Yi Ning being coveted by other people.
Yan Xuan covered Yi Ning with his demonic aura, then stuck an incredibly ugly human-face mask on him.
This is much better. Yan Xuan thought.
Towards this pockmarked, bushy-browed and snub-nosed face, Yan Xuan said without a trace of guilt, “The Immortal Master still looks good even wearing a mask.”
After being prodded at for all this time, Yi Ning finally batted away his outstretched claws and said suspiciously, “Where are we going?” In his opinion, there wasn’t anything special about this place, it was just that the humans had all been replaced with demons, that’s all.
In the end, they were both the same.
Since you’ve come to the demon realm, then, naturally, we have to take a look around the Ghost City.” In a good mood, Yan Xuan hooked an arm around his shoulders and pulled him into his embrace, then continued, “If you have anything you want to buy, then just buy it. Didi will pay for everything.”
Here it is again. It seemed as if he went one day without using this “gege”, “didi” to tease him, then Yan Xuan would feel uneasy.
If this was the case, then he was going to squeeze Yan Xuan dry.
After making up his mind, Yi Ning was also much happier, and said, “Then let’s hurry. Lead the way.” The two of them tacitly found their own enjoyment in the situation, each secretly feeling happy.
It was just that the entire time they were walking, the gaze of everybody that landed on Yi Ning was filled with shock and fear. Yi Ning lowered his head to look at himself but saw nothing that would give away his identity. Unless, he had been cultivating for too long and his entire body was filled with a righteous aura that demons were most fearful of?
Without waiting for him to puzzle it out, Yan Xuan suddenly stopped walking and said, “We’re here.”
The main gates of the Ghost Market was constructed like those of a palace, grand and resplendent. Yi Ning couldn’t help commenting oddly, “Why do demonic cultivators also enjoy such overblown extravagance?”
“It’s not overblown extravagance, it’s that the more they can’t get something, the more they want it.” Yan Xuan replied as if musing to himself.
Demons imitate humans, wanting to live like humans, wanting to stay in palaces and experience the same emotions as them. Wanting to experience the same joy, anger and sorrow, how laughable.
His words stunned Yi Ning, but before Yi Ning could react, he turned his head back again and smiled at him. Unlike you, who can get whatever you want.”
When he wanted disciples, he’d have disciples. If he looked for a marriage partner, there would be huge swathes of people coming forward to find him. His reputation was pristine, his character was righteous, and his cultivation was profound. What many people bitterly strived for their entire life, Yi Ning had achieved every single thing while he was so young.
Hearing these words, Yi Ning stopped walking and said quietly to him, “No,” he looked at Yan Xuan placidly, “I have things I can’t get.”
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Yan Xuan suddenly didn’t want to hear what it was.
What was Yi Ning thinking about? Not being able to win Gong Xiuxian’s heart? Or was it him being unable to ascend due to his cultivation being sealed? Were these what Yi Ning wanted?
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“It’s just that no one can give it to me.” Yi Ning smiled self-deprecatingly.
He truly was selfish, this was who he was. Yi Ning knew that he was a solitary person who acted arbitrarily, to the point of being a little naive.
Even if the fact of him liking men was enough to shock the world, he wasn’t able to do such a thing as share his lover with someone else.
Ever since he was young, he didn’t have parents or relatives and was raised by the Sect Leader. His shixiong and shidi all secretly whispered that the Sect Leader showed favouritism to Yi Ning. However, what the Sect Leader loved was his rare talent; what he truly loved was the Mingguang Sect, not Yi Ning himself.
He had never experienced what being unceasingly chosen by someone felt like. Like Yan Xuan said, the more he couldn’t get it, the more he desired it.
“Forget it, why am I discussing these things with you? Let’s hurry.” Yi Ning laughed lightly. Today, he was in a good mood, so he didn’t want to think about those annoying things.
Yan Xuan stared blankly at him, all the way until Yi Ning brushed past him and walked off into the distance. Like he was awakening from a deep dream, he stared at his retreating back and murmured, “I can give you that.”
I can. I can give it to you.
He repeated that in his heart innumerable times.
If I can give you the wholehearted love you want, with this blackened and scarred heart of mine…
Yi Ning, would you want it?
The moment they entered the Ghost Market, the scent of incense washed over them. Completely against his expectations of a room full of claws and fangs, every demonic cultivator present was in human form.
“May I know which branch the two of you belong to?” A young maidservant with a hairpin in her hair approached them in welcome, only to nearly bite her tongue when she spotted Yi Ning.
How ugly! She had never seen a demonic cultivator like him. Yet, he stood perfectly straight, like an upright pine tree. From afar, he looked like an immortal.
Yi Ning felt the maidservant staring at him with a strange expression and felt a little ill at ease. He touched Yan Xuan and indicated for him to go first.
“From the snake race.” Yan Xuan was still turning over Yi Ning’s previous words in his head, so he casually threw out these words.
The smile on the maidservant’s face froze, and she said slowly in disbelief, “Sn-snake race?”
Wasn’t the only one left of the snake race the previous Demon Venerable who had been sealed away by Immortal Master Yi Ning?
She suppressed the suspicion in her heart and said, “Please don’t tease this servant. Who doesn’t know that the only demonic cultivator left of the snake race is the Venerable Lord who was sealed away by Immortal Master Yi Ning?”
Yi Ning: …
How coincidental. Their identities were revealed with just a single line.
“Cough… Can our identities not be kept secret?” Yi Ning silently nudged Yan Xuan with his sword hilt, and added, “Say something.”
Yan Xuan clicked his tongue. Yi Ning always liked to remain low profile, so he could only do as Yi Ning wished and say to the maidservant, “Stop the nonsense. One treasure cup, arrange a room for us.”
The maidservant was both excited and shocked, hurriedly received the treasure cup that Yan Xuan tossed to her and said happily, “My lord is too generous. This servant will certainly prepare the best room for you.”
To shut her up, he used a treasure cup. As the Demon Venerable, Yan Xuan truly was squandering his wealth…
Yi Ning rubbed his temples, then looked back at Yan Xuan who asked him, expression unchanging, “What’s wrong? Let’s go.” The two of them followed behind the little maidservant to a second floor private room.
“Nothing, are you normally also this generous?” In the end, Yi Ning couldn’t resist asking that question. For him, he would typically be reluctant to change even his sword tassel, so Yan Xuan’s actions seriously went against his sensibilities.
Yan Xuan tilted his head and looked at him, saying lightly, “No, but I have to present myself better in front of you. I can’t be too miserly, don’t you agree?”
Why is he suddenly speaking sweet words again? Yi Ning frowned and said, “Speak properly, where did you learn such nonsense?”
Was what he learnt too unrefined? Yan Xuan touched his own face, then spoke again, “Aren’t I speaking properly? I didn’t expect that the Immortal Master likes to be bullied by me everyday.”
He looked at Yi Ning with eyes full of hidden meaning, who gave him a hard glare. As if finding the Yi Ning like this incredibly interesting, Yan Xuan once again dipped down close to his ear and said in a low voice, “You don’t need to help me save money, you can buy whatever you want.”
His voice was rough, like a beguiling ghost. Yi Ning shoved him aside, then said purposefully, “Don’t worry, tonight I will definitely spend enough to leave you in poverty overnight.”
However, after speaking, he didn’t hear any response from Yan Xuan. Turning his head back to look, he saw Yan Xuan sitting by the table, propping his chin on his hand and staring at him blankly.
“Why are you looking at me like this? Do you feel pain for your money?” Yi Ning sat down across from him, picking up a teacup and taking a small sip to hide his expression.
The other person seemed to have chuckled lightly, then said, “I do seem to feel a little pained.”
Yi Ning would now even joke around with him naturally, he liked such a Yi Ning. In the past, Yi Ning would always treat talking to him as a waste of breath and start attacking him the moment they saw each other; occasions like now were much too rare.
He had to treat Yi Ning better, even just a little bit.
Thinking to this point, he picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Yi Ning and said calmly, “Is there anything you want?” After speaking, he tossed the list of treasures that the maidservant left behind to Yi Ning.
Written on the list were all the treasures being auctioned off today, such as a monk cultivator’s prayer beads, a thousand-year lotus, a demonic cultivator’s Walking Corpse Gu, a Ghost-faced Saber, as well as various secret tomes stolen from several sects, each of which would be priceless items if released to the outside.
In Yan Xuan’s eyes, they were simply worthless. The only worth they’d potentially have would be to make Yi Ning happy.
Yi Ning picked it up and looked over the list, finding nothing that he could use. When his gaze reached the end, it stopped on a singular name on the list.
He suspected that he had read it wrongly, but even after reading it over multiple times, what was written on it didn’t change.
Yi Ning lifted his eyes to look at Yan Xuan, sliding the list in front of him, then said in an unpleasant tone, “What are you playing at now, to put me up for auction?”
“What did I do?” Yan Xuan said oddly, lowering his head to take a look. The second line from the back, the penultimate treasure, was made up of two words – Yi Ning.
His pupils shrunk, and he snatched up the list, growling, “Servants, get in here!”
Seeing him enraged, Yi Ning understood that this wasn’t Yan Xuan’s doing. However, who would do such a thing and put his name on the list of auctioned items?
The maidservant was shocked and immediately rushed in from outside the room, asking tremblingly, “My lord, is something the matter? Is there anything you are displeased with?”
Yan Xuan’s expression was dark, as if he was about to give the maidservant a hard time. Yi Ning hurriedly pushed the cup of tea that Yan Xuan poured for him in front of Yan Xuan and told him, “Drink some tea, let me explain.”
This time, Yan Xuan didn’t accept the tea, his finger lightly tapping on the table’s surface twice before he said with a cold smile, “Where is Gou Qiwen? Tell him to come see me.”
The maidservant flinched and said to him in shock, “M-my lord, the boss doesn’t see outsiders, if there is anything wrong, this servant can…”
“Seven minutes.” Yan Xuan looked at the maidservant, his eyes cold as a wintry pool, and said lightly, “If by that time this lord doesn’t see him, tell him to wait for his death.”
After the maidservant ran out in a panic, Yi Ning sighed and said, “Why did you give her a hard time? Why not wait to see what they’re playing at?”
Yan Xuan shot him a look. Yi Ning thought he was going to say he was too naggy, but didn’t expect the words leaving his mouth to be, “Did I scare you?”
Yi Ning choked a little, looking anywhere but him as he replied, “No, I just wanted to ask you to act a little more restrained.”
If he hadn’t been with Yan Xuan the entire time, Yi Ning would have thought that this was Fu Zhuo in disguise.
Why was he getting better and better with his words?
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Thank you for the update! Eheheh YN, prepare to be spoiled (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
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Wah, the suspense is actually killing me here!!
Thanks so much for the chapter can’t wait for more😍
Ohohoho YN, don’t worry about squeezing YX dry, he’ll willingly give you everything!! Ty for the chapter ♡ლ(´͈◡ુ`͈ლ)
Yes a straightforward pair these two could make to be yet! If Yi Ning ever learns to read the room that is 😂
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Thank for the update
Thanks for the chapter!
I’m so curious as to who Fu Zhuo is and how he knows Yi Ning.
I hope Yi Ning and Yan Xuan stoo beating around the bush and just say their thoughts aloud, they leave so much room for miscommunication haha.
»Since you’ve come to the demon realm..« & »Unlike you, who can get whatever you want.”« Both are missing “ at the beginning.
Please someone tell YN that it is not selfishness to have your beloved only love yourself D:
What if that supposed auction ‘item’ Yi Ning is the missing sect master? :’D
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
He’s educated as lover!
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Please someone tell me, where can i find the password
Where can i find the password to unlock the chapter? Please tell meeeeeeeeeeeeee. …… I dont understand what to do 🥲
As stated in the main page of the novel, you can find the password by joining the Chrysanthemum Garden discord server and looking under the #password-lock channel.
Thank . Found it 💙