10 – Is My True Self Better Than Your Husband?
Yun Sangsang laughed heartily: “And that’s the end of it! We went our separate ways, broke up completely, and he has nothing to do with me anymore. So there’s really nothing more to say about such a stranger.”
“Hmm…” Yuan Ning Wang’s face instantly turned cold, his eyes swirling with demonic energy.
He had sacrificed his hair to become a little bald monk, and all he got in return was this nonsense?
Hah, utterly useless!
He had even learned from those two minor demons that her husband was called Lingyao God, yet what had she told him? She hadn’t even revealed her husband’s name!
Very well.
This foolish celestial maiden actually dared to mess with him—she was done for!
His mood turned extremely foul, and the demonic energy within him stirred restlessly along with his emotions.
Demonic energy is the negative emotion most capable of invading one’s heart. As the God of Misfortune, Yun Sangsang had some resistance to it. Thus, neither she nor the Parrot noticed the surge of demonic energy within Yuan Ning Wang. However, the young creatures nearby were affected by this demonic energy!
The next moment, numerous plump, round, white fleshy worms suddenly fell from the tree branch above Yun Sangsang’s head!
They landed precisely on her head, neck, body, arms, and the back of her hands!
The squishy texture, the icy cold temperature, and the wriggling of those fat worm bodies on her neck and hands made Yun Sangsang shriek in horror—
“Ah—”
Ahhh! How could so many fleshy worms fall on her? So disgusting, so terrifying!
She stamped her feet, shook her head, and flailed her hands wildly as if she had seen a ghost, trying to shake off the worms from her head, neck, and hands—her hands moving so fast they became a blur!
After a series of heart-stopping screams, Yun Sangsang managed to shake off those disgusting fleshy worms from her neck and hands.
However, her frantic flailing had disastrous consequences for Yuan Ning Wang, who was sitting in front of her for his head shaving.
Yuan Ning Wang slightly raised his eyes, watching the droplets of blood trickling down to his eyebrows and eyelashes, then reached out a finger to gently wipe them.
Blood.
He hadn’t bled in many years.
His gaze darkened.
Was this the power of the God of Misfortune? Even someone as powerful as him, Demon Lord Yuan Ning, couldn’t withstand her influence, shedding blood on the very first day they met?
Yet, he could do nothing to this person who had caused him to bleed.
He lowered his head to look at the worms scattered all over the ground.
Because these disgusting worms that made her scream in panic had fallen from the tree due to the influence of his demonic energy. So, if one were to trace the source, he himself was to blame.
Unable to wring her neck, he could only look up at her and coldly pose a soul-searching question.
“Might I ask, celestial maiden, have you forgotten that you’re holding a razor? Are you trying to shave my head or split my skull open? You said I would face a death tribulation today—could it be that my death tribulation is you?”
“Uh…” Yun Sangsang, whose heart was still trembling violently after dealing with the worms, suddenly looked down at the top of Yuan Ning Wang’s head upon hearing his words!
Two slender wounds immediately caught her eye!
The wounds weren’t large or deep, but bright red blood was slowly seeping out.
She instinctively glanced at the razor in her hand. Thankfully, it was just a short, thin blade—if it had been a large cleaver, she would have truly split his skull open.
Meeting Yuan Ning Wang’s calm gaze, she felt extremely guilty.She trembled as she pointed at the fleshy worm on the ground, feeling both awkward and guilty as she apologized to Yuan Ning Wang: “I’m sorry, I’m really, really sorry! Sister didn’t mean to do it, I’m just terrified of these soft, squishy worms, absolutely terrified…”
Yuan Ning Wang glanced at her calmly.
There was no need for emphasis – the wound on his head had already made it abundantly clear just how terrified she was of these fleshy worms.
He said to her indifferently, “Look up at the sky, don’t look down.”
Yun Sangsang was taken aback for a moment. For some reason, she felt he seemed particularly authoritative right now, so she obediently raised her head to look at the sky.
After she lifted her head, Yuan Ning Wang – unable to use his Demon Lord powers – coldly extended his foot and ruthlessly crushed the worms to death.
One stomp for each.
After destroying all evidence of the worms, he glanced up at her.
Thinking about how disgusted she was by worms, he frowned in annoyance at her troublesome nature while simultaneously scooping up several handfuls of leaves from nearby to cover the tragically deceased worm corpses, concealing the gruesome, nauseating scene.
Only after completing this task did he casually say to Yun Sangsang, “Alright, they’ve entered the reincarnation cycle.”
Yun Sangsang lowered her head, looked at the leaves that completely covered the worm corpses, paused for a moment, then suddenly raised her head to meet Yuan Ning Wang’s gaze.
Ahhh! Why did she suddenly feel like she was being protected by a child?!
She felt somewhat touched, yet also a bit embarrassed.
She gently wrapped her arms around Yuan Ning Wang, then used her sleeve to wipe the blood from his head as she said gratefully, “Thank you, Little Yuanning. You don’t know – back when I was in the Immortal Realm and said I was afraid of worms, no one ever comforted me. They’d only say I was being delicate, that no Immortal Deity should be afraid of fleshy worms, that I was just pretending to be weak to gain men’s sympathy…”
She frowned: “What complete nonsense! So what if I’m afraid of worms? Those soft, slimy little worms look really disgusting and awful. Why can they be afraid of snakes and mice, but I can’t be afraid of worms?”
Yuan Ning Wang glanced at the hand she had placed on his shoulder while hugging him, suppressing the urge to break her arm, then looked up to listen to her rambling.
Taking in her frowning, aggrieved expression, he couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly.
Although she was somewhat useless as a person, she was genuinely quite amusing.
He asked leisurely, “How could no one comfort you? Didn’t your Fu Jun comfort you either?”
Yun Sangsang laughed: “Him? I’ve always acted like he doesn’t exist. What do you think – has he ever comforted me?”
Yuan Ning Wang narrowed his eyes slightly as he observed her expression.
Strange.
Weren’t those two little demons saying she was madly in love with her Fu Jun, driven insane by love?
Why was it that the her he was seeing now spoke of her Fu Jun as indifferently as if he were a stranger – no love, no resentment, no hatred, so calm it was as if she’d never been married?
Yuan Ning Wang stared at her for a few moments before suddenly asking with a meaningful smile, “Since your Fu Jun doesn’t care about you, doesn’t that mean I’m better than your Fu Jun?”
“Uh…” Yun Sangsang looked down at Yuan Ning Wang in disbelief, their eyes meeting.
Wow, this little brat really doesn’t seem like a child sometimes!Considering the child had just warmed her heart for a moment, she smiled and flicked his forehead with her finger, deliberately teasing, “Yes, yes, you’re even better than my Fu Jun, so hurry up and agree to worship me, okay? If you’re willing to worship me, then I won’t be your celestial maiden sister—I’ll be your celestial maiden wife, how about that?”
Yuan Ning Wang thought, well, that’s not such a great idea either. Having the God of Misfortune agree to be his wife wasn’t exactly a blessing.
His lost tooth was still lying there, and the wound on his head was still bleeding.
Just traveling with her had brought him such misfortune—if they were to become husband and wife, their fates intertwined for all eternity, who knows how much worse his luck could get.
However, he was quite curious about why she was so insistent on finding someone to worship her. Could it be related to restoring her Immortal Power?
So he asked, “It’s not impossible for me to worship you, but first you have to tell me—why is a Celestial Maiden from the Nine Heavens so determined to find someone to worship you?”