"It seems… like last time, I dreamt a bad woman was going to hurt big brother… and then I fought with her…"
"But I can't remember the specifics… that bad woman was so strong… I felt like I was almost defeated…"
Xiao Xiao said with a troubled expression as she ate her ice cream, "I won before… that bad woman hasn't appeared in a long time…"
"Is that so… then do you remember what that bad woman looked like?"
Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao with a rather serious expression, feeling that Xiao Xiao's nightmares might not be that simple.
"She looked…"
Xiao Xiao produced paper and a drawing brush in her hand, attempting to draw the bad woman from her nightmare, but suddenly found herself unable to start.
"Xiao Xiao, what's wrong?"
Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao, who was frowning, with some confusion.
"Big brother… I don't seem to remember what she looked like…"
Xiao Xiao's expression was puzzled, her brows furrowed even tighter, "Let me think carefully…"
"Ah! My head hurts so much!"
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Xiao's expression turned pained, and she couldn't help but clutch her temples, large beads of sweat breaking out on her forehead.
"Don't think about it anymore, don't think about it!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng immediately stopped Xiao Xiao.
"Big brother… I… I…"
Xiao Xiao lowered her head, her face full of self-reproach.
"Xiao Xiao, you don't need to worry about the bad woman in your nightmares. No matter what kind of evil spirit or demon she is, I can handle it!"
Ye Feng gently stroked Xiao Xiao's face with the back of his hand, saying earnestly.
"Mhm!"
Xiao Xiao nodded with a serious expression, "I believe in big brother!"
"Um… Ye Feng…"
At this moment, Ling Xi spoke, "Ye Feng, the reason Xiao Xiao has nightmares is likely related to the erosion of Belial's slothful power, one of the Seven Deadly Demons, when we were in the City of Sin!"
"Last night, when Xiao Xiao cried out, I detected a very faint fluctuation of slothful power… however, the slothful power was quickly defeated by Xiao Xiao's angelic power!"
"There shouldn't be any more nightmares from now on!"
Saying this, Ling Xi gave Xiao Xiao a comforting look.
"Is that so…"
Xiao Xiao blinked, her expression somewhat complex.
"Xiao Xiao, don't overthink it. Whatever happens, we'll face it together!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng reached out and squeezed Xiao Xiao's cheek, saying.
"Oh, okay!"
Xiao Xiao touched her slightly red cheek where Ye Feng had squeezed it and nodded happily.
…
Because Xiao Xiao was yawning incessantly and was mentally exhausted, Ye Feng and his group rested in place for the entire day, with Xiao Xiao mostly catching up on sleep.
In the following days, Xiao Xiao recovered her spirits well and no longer had nightmares, so Ye Feng and his group once again embarked on their journey to find the Lamp of Creation…
…
One noon,
After finishing his meal, Ye Feng felt inexplicably restless, and his spirit was somewhat listless.
"Is this a residual effect from crossing the厄水劫 yesterday… I should rest a bit…"
Ye Feng muttered, entered the small wooden cabin, lay on the bed, and drifted into a heavy sleep.
…
As Ye Feng slept, a strange black smoke suddenly appeared above his head.
Just then, Ling Xi also walked into the small wooden cabin.
"Uh!"
Ye Feng, who had been sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes turned blood red, with black mist swirling in the depths of his pupils.
"Ye Feng, what are you doing? Ah!"
As Ling Xi was wondering and confused, it suddenly turned into a scream. Ye Feng lunged at her, pinning her on the bed, and then began to grope and claw at her body… finally even tearing at Ling Xi's clothes…
"Riiip~ Riiip!~"
"Ye Feng, what's wrong? Wake up!"
"Swoosh~ Riiip!"
"Ye Feng, if you keep this up, I'm going to get angry!"
"Riiip!"
Amidst Ling Xi's slightly anxious calls and struggles, Ye Feng hugged her and tore her clothes into shreds, revealing large expanses of fair skin…
The intimacy of their skin rubbing against each other as their bodies twisted brought Ye Feng waves of strange comfort, causing him to emit low growls from his throat, and Ling Xi's entire face turned red…
"Whoosh!~"
Suddenly, a flash of crystal-clear water appeared on Ye Feng's body. Ye Feng's blood-red eyes returned to normal, and the black mist in the depths of his pupils completely vanished.
"Ling Xi… you… I…"
Ye Feng, who had sobered up, looked astonished and embarrassed. He looked at the fragments of Ling Xi's clothes in his hands, and at Ling Xi, who was disheveled and blushing beneath him, and immediately realized that he might have unintentionally done something to hurt Ling Xi…
"Little one, your heart is quite restless. Can't wait to favor the little angel? My King…"
At this moment, Bai Xi's voice rang out, and a slender figure in a long dress flashed into the room through the wooden door.
"I… I… Ling Xi, I'm sorry!"
Seeing Bai Xi, Ye Feng felt not only embarrassed but also guilty. He quickly got off the bed and apologized to Ling Xi, handing her a jacket at the same time.
Ling Xi, her face flushed red, took it and draped it over herself, unsure of what to say for a moment…
The atmosphere in the room immediately became heavy and oppressive…
"I just sensed Asmodeus's demonic power and rushed over! I thought it was Hera who had suddenly arrived… but it turns out it was the demonic power that Hera left on you when we were in the City of Sin…"
Bai Xi broke the silence first, "Little one, you don't need to feel so guilty. It was the influence of demonic power. You were extremely exhausted mentally after cultivating in the厄水 yesterday, which gave Asmodeus's power of desire an opportunity…"
"Besides…"
Bai Xi winked at Ye Feng, "Besides, you are now the King of Angels… if you were to have something with Ling Xi and the others… they wouldn't refuse… and from your past experiences, this little girl might even be happy about it…"
"It's just that you seem a bit rough!"
Saying this, Bai Xi looked at Ling Xi, and Ling Xi's face, which had just subsided, turned red again.
"Uh… uh…"
"Ling Xi… about what just happened… I… I'm truly… truly sorry!"
Although Bai Xi was right, Ye Feng felt that his actions just now, no matter what, were disrespectful to Ling Xi…
"Little one, if you apologize again, Ling Xi will get annoyed!"
Bai Xi, seeing that Ye Feng was about to say more, interrupted him.
"Ye Feng, it's okay!"
Ling Xi looked at Ye Feng, her face blushing red, and said earnestly.
"Big brother, come quickly, something has happened!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's urgent voice came from outside the small wooden cabin.
"Ling Xi, I… I'll go out and check first!"
Ye Feng said to Ling Xi, then quickly opened the door and ran in the direction of Xiao Xiao's voice.
"Asmodeus's power of desire… if there isn't the slightest thought in one's heart… it wouldn't be effective…"
Bai Xi muttered as she watched Ye Feng leave, then turned to look at Ling Xi.
Ling Xi immediately lowered her head again, her cheeks flushed…
…