I Was Forced To Marry The Phoenix Empress

Chapter 279: Convincing

The reason I had told you to gouge out his heart earlier is that after it’s devoured by your body, the demon blood will start flowing through your body. As a result, it will make your physique compatible with my powers.

However, its benefits don’t end there. Using my knowledge, I can use the momentum generated from the rapid changes in your body to raise your cultivation even higher...to the point it was supposed to be if not for me losing a large portion of my strength.

The second method, which I’m going to say now, doesn’t provide this additional benefit. However, it still fulfils the core aim...

As the soul stated those words, its voice turned heavy.

Part of him wanted to try to convince Gao Zhen again, but he forcibly suppressed that urge.

With barely five minutes at his side, he couldn’t prolong things any longer.

Even if I lose out this time...other possibilities exist as long as I’m alive.

With that thought in its mind, the soul continued.

...the aim to convert your blood into that of a demon’s, which will eventually strengthen your physique as well and ensure that you can fully utilise your newfound powers.

"So what is this method?" Gao Zhen asked with narrowed eyes as she tried reading through the subtle changes in the soul’s tone.

From the soul’s words, it was clear that he deliberately hid the other option from her because he wanted to gain maximum benefit. However, she still felt that there was much more to it.

But she soon shook those useless thoughts away as one thing was confirmed.

The decision he was making right now wasn’t beneficial for him at all, which only meant that both Yi Chen and her would be able to get out of this crisis alive!

The method is for you to absorb his demonic essence. Once the essence has taken root inside your body, it will naturally start converting all your blood into that of a demon’s.

"I understand." Gao Zhen nodded firmly and asked, "So how should I proceed with it?"

It’s pretty direct. Just copulate with him, and your body will start absorbing it on its own. Once that happens, then I will-

"This!..."

The moment the words registered in her mind, she froze, her head slowly turning around as her gaze finally rested on Yi Chen’s figure for a couple of seconds.

A part of her even considered the possibility for a second, but the very next instant, she quashed that thought away, vehemently shaking her head to the side.

"I-I can’t! I can’t do this to him!"

She exclaimed the next instant to the soul’s surprise.

WHAT?! Have you totally lost it now! I even revealed the only other method there is, and it even saves his life! What else do you want? Do you just want to die? Is that what it is, you crazy bitch?!

"H-He’s married...he’ll hate me for it," Gao Zhen muttered while shaking her head.

So? Is that more important than your life?!

The soul was about to burst out with those thoughts, but it restrained itself at the very last moment.

With only four minutes remaining before her entire body turned limp, he didn’t want to enter another fruitless argument.

Silence

For the next couple of seconds, no one said a thing.

While Gao Zhen’s mind imagined various scenarios, overwhelmed by what the soul had suggested earlier, the soul was using this opportunity to logically arrange his thought process.

The next second, his voice finally echoed inside Gao Zhen’s head.

You fear he’ll hate you...Does that mean you want him to be happy?

"Of course!" Gao Zhen answered without a second thought.

Her response instantly answered a few things that the soul wanted to know, and he said the next moment.

Then...wouldn’t he be happy if he could return alive and meet his wife again?

"I-I..."

SLAM!

Before Gao Zhen could state her mind, her knees went limp. She tried to move her toes and feet, but everything below her knee was paralysed.

"This..."

It has started....

Realising that only three minutes remained, the soul frantically tried to convince her.

You’ll really die at this rate!...and so will he! Do you really want that to happen? Do you really want him not to meet his wife again when you have the option of making that happen?... If he knew about this, then won’t he hate you to the core?

The joy that used to flash on Yi Chen’s face whenever the conversations shifted towards his wife formed in Gao Zhen’s mind as she heard those words.

"I...I don’t..." Gao Zhen answered while clenching her jaw.

Seeing her finally being swayed in the direction he wanted, the soul suddenly lowered its tone almost to that of a whisper.

Just save him...how would he know what had happened between the two of you? He’s clearly unconscious, and with the only other witness being me, who’s trapped inside your head now...you can keep it a secret forever.

He’ll never know what happened and thus...you’ll not only save his life, but he’ll also have no reason to hate you for it.

What the angry outbursts and pleadings failed to achieve was easily done by these convincing whispers.

"...I-I’ll do it."

Gao Zhen stated that very moment.

Knowing that time wasn’t on her side, she immediately started dragging herself towards Yi Chen’s figure.

Finally reaching next to Yi Chen’s figure, she glanced at his unconscious face that seemed to have no idea about what was going on.

A tinge of guilt began to well up in her heart that very moment.

HURRY UP! YOU ONLY HAVE A MINUTE NOW!

The soul roared in anger and anxiety, seeing her pause at the very last moment.

Gao Zhen took a deep breath the next second. Forcing herself not to glance at Yi Chen’s face, she crawled over his body before undoing her robes.

A few moments later, cries filled with not passion, but guilt and self-loathing echoed throughout the room.

The soul kept directing instructions on how to circulate her Qi during this period, making her start to despise his voice with all her being.

However, even though she hated it, she did as she was told, and the wounds riddling her body began to heal, starting just a few seconds later.