After Sheng Jun Chapter 73 (Part 1)
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 73 Piercing Cry Across the Sky (part 1)
Zhong Ming looked at him, "Don't remember?"
Jiang Xingzhi pondered over Zhong Ming's expression, his heart panicking: It really was that time? In his panic, he also felt a bit guilty, "I was... distracted."
Zhong Ming, "......"
He was so angry he let out a cold laugh, saying word by word, "Distracted? Didn't you say that looking at my face wouldn't make you distracted?"
Jiang Xingzhi went to hook his fingers, "Who told you to suddenly pinch my neck and rub there......" This statement had the suspicion of shifting blame, but Zhong Ming didn't refute it.
"So?"
Jiang Xingzhi's face heated up. How could he let Xu Jian know that he had been distracted by being seduced? When he came to his senses at that time, he only heard the other party say, "Why are you still motionless, like a quail?" To cover up his momentary distraction, he immediately struck out at Xu Jian.
Thinking of the situation at that time, Jiang Xingzhi became embarrassed again and immediately put on a stern front while being timid inside, "So what did you say!"
The two hooked their fingers together. Zhong Ming lowered his eyes, "I finally revealed my feelings to you once, and you actually got distracted. Now you're even fierce with me... I'm very hurt, Deng Deng."
Jiang Xingzhi knew he was in the wrong and his momentum weakened, "Oh... then I won't be fierce with you. Tell me about it, Ah Zuo~"
Zhong Ming moved closer and asked him, "Do you really want to know?"
"Of course I want to know." Jiang Xingzhi was almost dying of anxiety, "Hurry up and tell me!"
A low laugh fell beside his ear, making his eardrum itch, "Alright."
Jiang Xingzhi's eyes lit up immediately, "What is it?"
His earlobe suddenly felt hot. Zhong Ming's lips pressed against it, holding the tender flesh of his earlobe and grinding it gently. Jiang Xingzhi's breathing became somewhat disordered, and he raised one hand to press against the person's chest.
Just as he was about to urge him on, he heard Zhong Ming say, "Yesterday, the reward I said I'd give you if you remember, now it's your turn to give it to me, and I'll tell you."
Damn, that reward...! Jiang Xingzhi turned red from head to toe in an instant. Xu Jian was taking advantage of the situation! He turned his head to avoid this person's whispering in his ear, his gaze fixed steadily on him.
He stared for several breaths and quickly admitted defeat.
Zhong Ming's eyes, burning with fire, gazed at him. Even without touching, it made him feel as if another cluster of electric current had risen.
Jiang Xingzhi thought about it: exchanging this reward seemed to make little difference... both could make him comfortable.
He simply nodded, "I agree."
Zhong Ming smiled with satisfaction, "Good."
He raised his hand to press on Jiang Xingzhi's neck, his fingertips rubbing across it. Jiang Xingzhi's eyes widened suddenly. His eyes were clear and bright, his body slightly stiffening under Zhong Ming's palm.
In the same scene, Zhong Ming's heart softened again just like that time, almost involuntarily opening his mouth, "I said, what are you nervous about? How could I bear to really hurt you?"
Thump, thump......
Jiang Xingzhi's heartbeat suddenly thundered in his chest. Xu Jian actually said such ambiguous words to him.
He couldn't make a sound for a moment, as if his entire being, including his soul, was about to be scalded and melted. Under Zhong Ming's gaze, he stuttered, "You, is this what you said? Didn't you say I was like a quail?"
The hand pressing on the skin of his nape suddenly tightened.
Zhong Ming looked at him with some shame and annoyance, as if he was angry, "I said that to make up for it only after I saw you had no reaction after I finished speaking. You couldn't have only heard that part, could you?"
Jiang Xingzhi's gaze wandered, "Mm......"
Zhong Ming gritted his teeth, "Then you struck at me."
Jiang Xingzhi coughed: ......Indeed, indeed he had struck. Wasn't that to cover up his embarrassment?
Zhong Ming asked him, "Why did you strike? I thought you were disgusted after hearing my words and got so angry." That hand kneaded the skin of his nape, "Do you know how long I was dejected?"
"I wasn't disgusted, I especially liked it!" Jiang Xingzhi hurriedly burrowed into his embrace, comforting his sensitive and overthinking heart, "I just didn't hear it......"
"Then why did you angrily strike at me?"
"Who told you to say I was like a quail?"
The skin of his nape was pinched hard again. Zhong Ming's voice, mixed with rough breathing, fell from above his head, "Jiang Xingzhi, you're going to anger me to death."
Jiang Xingzhi arched up to kiss his mouth, "Don't say such inauspicious words. We're about to have our great joy."
Great joy. This word successfully pleased Zhong Ming, and he wasn't angry anymore. He took advantage of his "injured" opportunity to turn the tables, pressing Jiang Xingzhi down to kiss back, "Then if you had heard it at that time, what would you have done?"
Jiang Xingzhi coaxed him, "I would have fiercely done this and that to you!"
"......" Zhong Ming slightly withdrew, "To me?"
Jiang Xingzhi grabbed his head to continue kissing, "Mm... not important."
One hand played with the reddened ear tip. Zhong Ming looked down at Jiang Xingzhi, who was immersed in it, while their lips and tongues intertwined, thinking: his Deng Deng seemed completely unaware of how important it was to grasp the initiative.
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The preparations for the bonding ceremony were proceeding intensively.
The entire Kunlun was decorated festively by Zhu Yan and the others, full of joy.
Jiang Xingzhi slowly walked down the mountain steps. The thousand-year-old trees along the path were decorated with lights and colors, hung with large red silk and golden-orange lanterns. The white jade long steps were also covered with gold-threaded red carpet, stretching from Yaochi Pool all the way to the mountain peak.
"Really extravagant enough." Jiang Xingzhi smiled and strolled all the way to Yaochi Pool.
He still couldn't overcome Zhong Ming's obsession. Yaochi Pool was designated as the location for their bonding ceremony. When Jiang Xingzhi arrived, Zhu Yan and Zhu Xu were decorating the venue.
Above the ethereal Yaochi Pool floated seating, and even in the mid-air outside Yaochi Pool hung suspended seats. The entire ceremony venue looked quite unprecedented and unrepeatable.
According to Zhong Ming's words: How could their divine couple's bonding ceremony be compared with ordinary people?
Jiang Xingzhi surveyed the scene and felt this was indeed incomparable with normal people.
Seeing him arrive, Zhu Yan and Zhu Xu hurriedly ran over, "Why has the Sect Master come?"
"I came to take a look." Jiang Xingzhi praised their arrangement and asked about the other Kunlun members, "Have the messages been sent out? How many of our Kunlun people can we get back?"
"Reporting to the Sect Master, they've all been sent out. But because too much time has passed, the divine consciousness left on the tokens has faded considerably. We don't know if the messages were delivered."
Seeing Jiang Xingzhi seem to show faint regret, Zhu Yan added, "But the news that the Sect Master and Protector Bai are to have their bonding ceremony at Kunlun has spread throughout the Three Realms. If our Kunlun people hear about it, those with intentions will surely return to investigate."
Jiang Xingzhi felt somewhat comforted, "I hope so."