Her exquisitely beautiful face, delicate features, and soft hair cascading over her shoulders only served to accentuate her elegant bearing.
Even with her brow furrowed, there was an indescribable charm to her.
Right now, Ye Ziyun wore only the ribbons of a tube top, and her long dress was torn in several places, exposing her long, fair thighs, which only added to the allure.
Having been reborn,
Only Nie Li knew how devastatingly beautiful Ye Ziyun would become in a few more years — like a snow lotus in full bloom, elegant and lovely, as though she were a celestial goddess of the Ninth Heaven, sacred and noble.
Back then, admirers of Ye Ziyun were everywhere. Countless people were driven mad by her,
After tending to the wounds on Ye Ziyun's body, though he felt a faint sense of loss, Nie Li still picked up one of his own garments and draped it over her. Her clothes were far too tattered to be worn again.
He had more than enough patience to wait for Ye Ziyun to accept him, to wait for her to slowly grow up, just as she had in his previous life.
Nie Li sat guard beside Ye Ziyun, settling into a cross-legged position. He felt the mysterious power contained within that torn remnant page of the Book of Time-Space Demon Spirit, and the Soul Power within his Soul Sea surged and churned violently.
If he ever got the chance, he had to make his way to the Desert Divine Palace as quickly as possible and retrieve that Book of Time-Space Demon Spirit!
Having absorbed that white light, Nie Li felt that his Soul Power had increased significantly — at least to over one hundred and fifty. Yet he could sense that the power contained within that white light was far from exhausted. Much of it still lay hidden deep within his Soul Sea, and he had no idea when he would be able to turn that tremendous power to his own use.
Nie Li gradually entered a state of selfless absorption. Waves of Soul Power flowed around him as though they had taken on physical form.
Just as Nie Li was immersed in his cultivation, Ye Ziyun slowly regained consciousness from her faint.
She touched her body and realized she wasn't wearing clothes. Instantly, her face turned a shade paler.
Nie Li, that bastard — this was too much!
Noticing that her skirt was still on, Ye Ziyun let out a small sigh of relief. But her heart still churned with a mix of shame and anger. In all her life, no boy had ever seen her body, and Nie Li had actually undressed her while she was unconscious!
Ye Ziyun's expression was complicated. She knew Nie Li had removed her clothes to treat her injuries, but she simply couldn't let it go. Nie Li had to have done it on purpose — who knew what had happened while she was out!
After all, she didn't know Nie Li's character all that well, and she remained wary of him.
Nie Li, sitting beside Ye Ziyun, slowly opened his eyes. A faint smile crossed his face. "You're awake?"
Meeting Nie Li's gaze, Ye Ziyun suddenly realized she still wasn't dressed. She hurriedly pulled his garment tighter around herself and said urgently, "Turn around — I need to get dressed!"
Nie Li turned his head away, a grin on his face as he said, "It's not like I haven't seen it before!"
At his words, Ye Ziyun's face flushed crimson in an instant. She nearly felt like throwing all ladylike decorum aside and pummeling him right then and there. She was caught between shame and fury, and yet Nie Li could speak so casually about it. When he had previously mentioned she had a butterfly-shaped birthmark on her body, she had already suspected that Nie Li had peeked at her bathing!
Ye Ziyun quickly got dressed and said in a low voice, "Done!"
Nie Li turned his head and couldn't help but be dazzled. Ye Ziyun was wearing a purple silk dress that only accentuated her youthful beauty. Ye Ziyun looked gorgeous no matter what she wore.
Ye Ziyun shot Nie Li a glare. She was absolutely exasperated — his sheer shamelessness was something she simply had no answer for.
"Nie Li, do you... like me?" Ye Ziyun lowered her head in thought for a moment, then looked up at Nie Li and asked.
"Of course!" Nie Li smiled faintly and admitted it without a shred of embarrassment.
Although she already knew the answer in her heart, hearing Nie Li say it outright still sent a tiny tremor through her. She took a deep breath and spoke to him with a serious expression: "Nie Li, we're still young. Who knows what will happen down the road? Maybe in a few years you'll end up liking someone else. We should be focusing on our studies right now. Only through dedicated cultivation can we go further on the path of martial dao. How about this — first reach the rank of Gold Demon Spirit Master. And if you still like me by then, I'll agree to be your girlfriend!"
Ye Ziyun's face was flushed red, and her heart was inexplicably racing.
Watching Ye Ziyun's bashful demeanor and listening to her dead-serious speech, Nie Li couldn't help but find it rather amusing. He looked at her with a hint of teasing in his eyes. Was she trying to brush him off like a naive child? He blinked and pretended to be excited: "Really? That's amazing! Cultivation is actually pretty simple — as long as I put in the effort, I can reach the Gold rank by next year. And when that happens, you're not allowed to go back on your word!" After saying this, Nie Li was secretly laughing his head off inside.