Chapter 42: I’ve been exposed?!

Su Li’er tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

All sorts of anxious and uneasy thoughts swirled around her, making it difficult to calm down.

‘How should the junior sister of the Sword Sect treat the big ice cold Sect Master now? Should she continue to take the risk and get close and affectionate?’

‘If she encounters Song Ruoxue at the general store again, what should she do? Continue to do business by force?’

‘What should she do to completely eliminate the rumor that a nine-tailed fox is hiding in the Sword Sect?’

So much so that in the latter half of the night, her head ached terribly.

Accompanied by anxiety, Su Li’er’s consciousness gradually blurred.

Of course, it wasn’t a deep sleep, but a very light one. Her body was so exhausted that she had no choice but to do so.

She had a strange feeling.

It was as if she were asleep, yet not asleep.

Her body felt like it was floating on the sea, drifting with the waves. She desperately reached out her hand, trying to grab the seawater, or the unrealistic clouds in the sky.

She couldn’t grasp them, couldn’t touch them.

She drifted alone, always towards the unseen end of the ocean.

‘Alright.’

‘Although it was a very scary environment, at least it was quiet… then I should relax a little. It doesn’t matter where I float to, does it?’

‘Relax.’

‘Get some good rest.’

‘I’ll think about those annoying things tomorrow.’

‘I should take advantage of this short night to get some good rest…’

—Clang!

The sound of wood being smashed.

‘Mmm…?’

‘Who is it, who has come?’

Su Li’er was dazed, unable to open her eyes.

“Alright, Little… Li! It really is you!”

Who’s… talking?

“Oh no, should I call you… Little Heavenly Dao, or nine-tailed fox?”

Her nerves suddenly tensed. Su Li’er’s eyes snapped open. In her vision was Song Ruoxue’s sinister and extremely terrifying face. Her eyes seemed to want to kill someone.

“I… what is the Sect Master talking about?”

“Heh, nine-tailed fox, what are you talking about?”

Su Li’er quickly sat up, feigning a calm expression. But soon, she discovered that there were several snow-white, fluffy fox tails on her bed.

‘Is it because of my mental state that the disguise art failed again while I was sleeping!?’

“Little Heavenly Dao, oh, Little Heavenly Dao.” A smile appeared on Song Ruoxue’s face, a smile with a somewhat morbid obsession.

“I didn’t expect you to be so bold, to hide so obviously… I should have thought of it long ago. Su Li’er… Little Li, with an unknown origin, how could you have joined the Sword Sect? Don’t you think so?”

“No… listen to me…” Su Li’er was incoherent.

—Click.

A very faint metallic sound was heard.

Su Li’er looked down in astonishment at the bright red… collar around her neck.

“In the future, the gate of the Sword Sect… will be guarded by you.”

Song Ruoxue’s eyes were full of madness. Then she forcefully pulled the iron chain. In an instant, Su Li’er was uncontrollably pulled over, and she fell to the side of the bed, her whole body almost falling off.

“Ouch—… let go,… cough!—I’m going to fall…”

“This expression… so pitiful, Little Li, I feel sorry for you.”

A jade-like hand with slender fingers clamped onto Su Li’er’s face, forcing her to show her current panic and the tears she couldn’t hide.

‘How could this be…’

‘I’ve been exposed just like that…’

‘And it’s even evolved into this state now…’

“Let… go!

Song Ruoxue was taken aback, then the madness in her eyes grew even stronger. “Alright…, show me your true personality, hahaha, your acting is so good, it’s really too good!”

Su Li’er glared back. “Yes! It’s an act!… It’s all an act, so what?”

—Smack!

A ringing sound in her ears. Her cheek felt as if it had been burned, both painful and numb.

A faint taste of blood in her mouth. She had bitten her tongue.

Su Li’er was in a daze.

‘I… was hit.’

“You… you dare to hit me!?”

Su Li’er’s anger flared up. Ignoring the pain on her face, she reached out to fight back, but soon, both of her hands were caught, and by just one of Song Ruoxue’s hands.

This surprised her.

‘Why… is Song Ruoxue so strong?’

“Looking at this face of yours makes me want to vomit.” Song Ruoxue’s disgust was undisguised. “Little Li… this face should disappear, disappear forever…”

“Eh… no! Wait…”

—Smack!

“…Don’t hit…”

—Smack!

“Ah!… It hurts…”

—Smack!

“…….Stop.. stop…..”

—Smack!

“Don’t… don’t,… I was wrong…”

—Smack!

“Huff… huff… mmm…”

—Smack!

“…Big… Sister Song,… wait…”

‘My vision… is a little blurry, my eyes are so itchy.’

Her breathing was chaotic, her heartbeat became rapid, and her face felt numb… it was a burning sensation, as if her skin had been peeled off.’

‘Why… can’t I speak?’

‘Is it because it’s too painful… hurry up, hurry up and say something… otherwise…’

“So Little Heavenly Dao cries too… hahaha, is this expression meant to beg for mercy? It’s too early for that… this is just the beginning. I said, I will make you experience all the ultimate punishments.”

A world-turning sense of dizziness.

The collar was tightened…

“Cough—!… cough, cough!”

Su Li’er showed a pained expression. Her hands weakly grabbed at the collar, scratching at it constantly.

Then, there was an indescribable feeling that spread rapidly from the base of her tail, up her spine to her brain, as if her whole body had been electrocuted.

“Yi!”

‘My tail… was pulled!?’

“As expected, you have to pull a fox’s tail.” Song Ruoxue returned to her usual frosty expression. It was precisely this calm and composed attitude that was even more frightening.

Her hand was stained with a pink liquid.

Su Li’er squinted in pain, staring at the pink body fluid, instinctively afraid.

A smile appeared on Song Ruoxue’s face. “A good thing that can make animals go into heat. Don’t you like to make others go into heat the most? Do you want to try it too? This medicine can increase your sensitivity by a hundred times… it’s very suitable for you, isn’t it? Little… Li? My dear little junior sister?”

Su Li’er began to struggle, although her struggles were very small. “No… Sect Master… don’t… I…”

“Wrong.” Song Ruoxue’s face was unreadable, her voice extremely low. “From today on, you are the gatekeeping pet of the Sword Sect. What should you call me… do you understand?”

“I…”

Before she could finish her sentence.

That jade-like hand with well-defined joints and slender fingers suddenly grabbed the base of her fox tail and pulled it up mercilessly.

“Yiaaah!!!”

Su Li’er’s eyes widened. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Her mouth was wide open as she gasped for breath.

Her whole body was trembling, especially her legs, which were kicking about wildly.

The neat bed was kicked into a mess.

“Mmm, there are still eight more.” Song Ruoxue said lightly.

“Ha… ha!… huff…”

I can’t… speak at all.

No… don’t pull anymore.

“Then let’s continue.”

So, that cold hand once again grabbed a tail and pulled it hard from the base.

This time, Su Li’er couldn’t make any sound. Her eyes were lifeless, and her whole body was rigid. Only her thighs were trembling slightly.

The faint, sparse sound of flowing water was heard.

“Pfft… Little Li, you can’t take it already?” A morbid excitement and fanaticism appeared on Song Ruoxue’s face. She whispered in Su Li’er’s ear, her breath like an orchid, “There are still seven more…”

‘No… don’t!’

‘You can’t continue…’

‘I… will die.’