Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 719 Childhood Dreams, Blood Ties Shining Brightly (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader [qiu])

The true blood of the Mirage Dragon was just like another kind of clear spring water. The moment Pei Ye touched it, it flowed into her body through the gaps in her skin.

In an instant, Binglu became active, opening his mouth, which was then pressed down by Pei Ye. The mirage blood flowed smoothly into his body, as if it were his own blood. Like the dragon blood, Pei Ye clearly felt its presence.

At the same time, he could also clearly feel the blood of the dragon within the woman's body, as if a single thought could make it leave that body.

This was indeed a trust beyond his imagination. Even in his most intimate imaginings of their relationship, Pei Ye had never reached this point—she had given him everything: her plans, her life, her ideals, her freedom… From the moment the Mirage was formed, there was only one person in the world who could destroy her.

It was Pei Ye.

Even during the tumultuous months after leaving Fenghuai, Pei Ye had never heard such words before. Many people had entrusted their lives to him, and Lord Sui had also seriously discussed their future journey together... But among all the things represented by this Mirage Knot, life and death were probably the most ordinary.

He stood there stunned for a long time, his lips pressed tightly together.

The scaled demons' teeth and claws seemed to become only background noise. The boy and girl sat side by side, and it was very quiet inside the water curtain, just like that morning in the Zhujing Palace.

Li Xizhou smiled and said softly, "Pei Ye..."

Pei Ye lowered her head: "If I don't take it, will you go find someone else?"

"……Um?"

Pei Ye looked down at his hands and remained silent.

“I have two questions, Li Xizhou.” He raised his head, still with that expressionless look. “I have two questions.”

Li Xizhou was slightly taken aback. She had clearly seen the boy's trembling eyes and his stunned gaze. In that instant, their hearts were clearly very close. In fact, she had expected that scene. She did not intend to scheme against the boy, but in their interactions, she had almost seen through the boy's character.

But after lowering his head for a moment, he looked up and said a couple of unexpected things.

"What's the problem?" she asked.

“The first problem is that we don’t seem to have discussed this matter.” Pei Ye looked at her seriously.

"..."

“You’ve never told me about these thoughts before, and I’m so touched that you’re willing to tell me all this. You’re right, it’s truly a rare thing to find a confidant with whom you can trust each other.” Pei Ye paused. “But how can you assume that just because you’ve poured out your heart, I’ll be willing to… form this kind of bond with you?”

Li Xizhou stared at him blankly: "But you came to both the Zhujing Palace and here."

"I treat everyone this way, don't you know that?"

"..."

“As long as they are my friends, or even if they are not friends and I only meet them by chance, I am willing to go to this lengths for them.” Pei Ye looked at her. “When I first met Zhu Gaoyang, we were able to entrust our lives to each other. I have only known Piao Qing for a few days, but I am willing to help her deal with the Seven Flood Dragons. We who travel the world are always ready to go to great lengths for each other.”

Pei Ye's expression turned serious as he looked at her intently: "Xizhou, you actually went through all the difficulties yourself and handed it directly to me. Didn't you genuinely worry about my rejection? In your heart, am I that transparent?"

Li Xizhou's expression turned solemn.

“Xizhou, I will still tell you the truth. I know I have a warm heart, and like you, I have no parents since I was a child. Whoever treats me sincerely, I will definitely treat them sincerely in return.” Pei Ye lowered his eyes. “So I am very touched by your trust in me today.”

"But you left without saying goodbye to start this matter that day, and whatever your reasonable reason was, you must have relied on that confidence. Just because you told me the reason doesn't mean I'm not angry anymore. This matter makes me a little angry... and I'm still a little angry now."

Li Xizhou looked at him; the boy's eyes were light brown, clean and bright. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something in defense. But she first pressed her lips tightly together, sealing her words.

Look at him intently.

She swallowed hard and whispered, "Then, what's the second question?"

"The second issue is that we need to clarify this 'alliance'," Pei Ye said solemnly. "Even close brothers should keep clear accounts. If we are to form this kind of contract, it's not about making friends, it's about forming an alliance, and it can't be based solely on feelings. What I should do for you, and what you should do for me, needs to be clearly stated."

Li Xizhou stared at him in a daze, speechless for a long time. She almost never expected such words to come from the mouth of a young man.

She said the same thing: "I really didn't expect to hear those words from you."

“It seems I’m not entirely transparent to Your Highness.” He didn’t hide anything. “When the kitten and I formed a bond, the first thing it said was what it did for me and what I did for it.”

A smile appeared on Li Xizhou's stunned face, then he returned to his solemn expression: "You're right, Pei Ye. We're not just friends as children; I want to make this life-or-death pact with you. Please speak."

Pei Ye stared intently at her: "I'll repeat myself: I'm going to kill Taiyi True Dragon Immortal Lord, and you're going to kill Qilin."

"Yes."

"Then, I will do everything in my power to clear away any obstacles on your path to killing the Qilin. As long as I live, I will ensure that you are not controlled by the Qilin." Pei Ye extended her hand to her. Li Xizhou remained silent for a moment, then grasped the hand: "I will do everything in my power to help you obtain all information about the Taiyi True Dragon Immortal Lord, and all methods to kill him. Famous swords, extraordinary techniques, and even the immortal power gained after killing the Qilin are all included."

She paused for a moment, then said, "I am willing to entrust myself to you, Pei Ye. As long as we do not deviate from each other's goals, I am willing to be honest and intimate with you."

Pei Ye looked at her for a while, then gripped the woman's hand tightly and said earnestly, "I accept."

Li Xizhou gave a beautiful smile, but Pei Ye's face remained expressionless.

He withdrew his hand and leaned his head against the stone wall, gazing at the waterfall.

Li Xizhou said softly from the side, "So, shouldn't I solve the first problem now?"

Pei Ye remained silent.

Li Xizhou was silent for a while. In fact, just as the boy said, she knew his personality very well and could say a lot of sweet words, but she couldn't say any of them at this moment. The boy's anger and disappointment were the only things that caught her off guard and really twisted her heart.

After a long silence, she still didn't know what to say, so she simply stopped thinking. She turned around and suddenly pressed herself against the boy, gently wrapping her arms around his neck and burying her head quietly in the crook of his shoulder.

Pei Ye's body stiffened slightly.

"You're being a scoundrel!" he said angrily.

"Hmm," Li Xizhou uttered a nasal sound.

“…Li Xizhou, I knew it all along, you make friends like a child.” Pei Ye took a deep breath, then remembered the footprints this person left in the Leyouyuan Forest.

“But I’ve decided to forgive you.” He lowered his head and tilted it slightly. “Because you’ve never had many friends growing up. And I happen to be very magnanimous and don’t hold grudges.”

Li Xizhou looked up at his expressionless face, but couldn't detect any indifference in his expression.

She was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached into her clothes.

Pei Ye looked down at her.

Then she took out two small ceramic pigs, each about half a finger long, from her clothes.

"..."

Li Xizhou raised his hand, placed the expressionless one under Pei Ye's cold face, then placed the other under his own face, and slowly smiled at Pei Ye.

The pig's eyes were smiling like crescent moons, its mouth wide open, its laughter both smug and foolish.

She didn't say anything, just looked at the boy with that expression. Pei Ye turned his head away with a straight face, then burst out laughing.

So Li Xizhou laughed too. She propped herself up from Pei Ye, but still leaned against his chest, looking at him with a gentle, faint smile. Those eyes didn't smile often, but when they did, they were especially beautiful. Pei Ye had actually seen them many times before; they were like deep autumn water, seemingly unmoved by anything.

So when he saw those eyes, he inexplicably had another misconception, as if his heartfelt confession and childlike confiding had all been a trap. She had stirred up his intense emotions, yet she had also calmly controlled them, which was why she could look at him with those smiling eyes now.

But she had just risked everything and entrusted everything to him; the turmoil in her heart was still suppressed within her.

"You've already lost your composure and you're still half-angry, it's really unpleasant. Even if we had met when we were kids, Sisi and I definitely wouldn't have liked playing with you." She smiled at him. "Are you done yet? Why don't you tell me yourself, Young Master Pei, how you can calm down?"

Pei Ye lowered his eyes, looking at her sullenly. Her silky hair, her clean and kind face that he rarely saw so closely, and that pure white robe—that morning in Zhujing Palace, it was he who had given her that set of clothes…

Li Xizhou suddenly narrowed his eyes, slightly annoyed: "Why are you staring at my feet?"

She pulled her leg back slightly.

Her feet are indeed quite captivating.

Pei Ye kept his face down and expressionless, when suddenly an impulse arose within him.

This impulse may have been buried in her heart for a long time, when the two of them were drunk on the roof of the tower at night, on the roof of the Zhujing Palace, and a few mornings ago when she buried her head in her neck and whispered, "I am willing to entrust myself to you countless times"... but now it has surged out with the surging emotions.

Pei Ye didn't speak. He suddenly lowered his head and bit the woman's lips hard.

He pressed her against the stone wall and then immediately began to penetrate her.

Li Xizhou's eyes widened, his neck held in the boy's hands, stiff and motionless, only his lips slightly parted.

It was only then, through the boy's actions, that she truly felt for the first time both the love he had aroused and the anger he had suppressed.

(End of this chapter)