My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 514 - 511: The Winds Rise and the Clouds Swirl (Part Three)

The power of the Earth Core Flame suddenly surged, burning the blood arrows into the air, and the pierced wounds healed swiftly.

Upon witnessing this scene, Ximen Lie found it hard to accept and started to shout crazily.

"Alas..." Emperor Dugu Jingtian's hope that had just arisen was dashed again, leaving a taste so bitter in his heart... Was even Ximen Lie out of options? Was he truly going to die here?

Unwilling!

Truly unwilling!

The Earth Core Flame burned fiercer and hotter, and Dugu Jingtian and Ximen Lie were covered in sweat, breathing heavily as if they were about to be roasted alive.

"It's too hot! It's just too hot!" Dugu Jingtian licked his cracked lips: "If it goes on like this, I'm certain to be turned into a dried corpse."

Ximen Lie's condition was worse than Dugu Jingtian's. He had expended a great deal of True Qi to employ the secret technique, and now he was too weak to counter the Earth Core Flame.

Just then, the voice of Shangguan Yunyue came down from the roof: "How is it, do you like the feeling?"

"Shangguan Yunyue!" Dugu Jingtian suddenly raised his head and roared with all his might: "Let us out now! Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Shangguan Yunyue asked indifferently.

"I will tear you to pieces!"

"About to be burned to death, and yet you still talk tough."

"You..."

"It seems the lesson I've given you isn't enough. Well, I'll be going then, and come back to see you another day."

"Don't go! Don't you go!" Hearing Shangguan Yunyue was about to leave, Dugu Jingtian suddenly panicked: "Come back! I have something to say!"

"Go ahead." Shangguan Yunyue wasn't really planning to leave; she was just putting on a show.

Dugu Jingtian took a deep breath and said in an even tone: "Tell me, what must be done to let us out?"

"Are you submitting to me?" Shangguan Yunyue laughed.

Dugu Jingtian twitched his face: "You can think that."

"Hehe..." Shangguan Yunyue laughed heartily: "To think that the mighty Emperor himself is submitting to me, it's truly unbelievable."

"Shangguan Yunyue, I promise you, as long as you let us go, we won't trouble you, how about that?"

"Can you speak for the Immortal?"

"I..."

"Let him speak for himself!"

Dugu Jingtian turned to look at the pale-faced Ximen Lie and said softly: "Immortal, as the saying goes, under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. It's better to stay alive and deal with no wood to burn. Just submit to her."

Ximen Lie said nothing, his face still tense.

"Immortal, I know you're upset, unable to swallow your pride," Dugu Jingtian continued to persuade: "I feel the same way, but to save our lives, we must temporarily bow our heads." He then lowered his voice, so only the two of them could hear: "Once we get out, we'll slowly take care of Shangguan Yunyue."

Ximen Lie still didn't speak, but he was actually tempted at this point, just too proud to admit it. He was an Immortal; how could he submit to a mortal?

"Immortal, please, say something," Dugu Jingtian grew anxious: "Do you really want to be burned to death?"

Hearing the words "burned to death," Ximen Lie's expression changed: "Fine!" He nodded: "I'll submit to her!"

"Immortal, you have my sympathies," Dugu Jingtian let out a long sigh of relief. As long as Ximen Lie was willing to submit, things would be much easier.

"Have you finished talking?" Shangguan Yunyue's impatient voice came from above: "My time is very precious; I have no interest in idly chatting with you here."

Ximen Lie looked up, gazing at the roof: "Shangguan Yunyue, if you let us out, I guarantee we won't make things difficult for you."

"Apologize to me first," Shangguan Yunyue said: "You falsely accused me of hoarding the Stele and humiliated me in every possible way. I wish I could just cleave you in two with my sword!"

Ximen Lie's mouth twitched a few times as he suppressed his anger and said, "I apologize to you, I shouldn't have wronged you."

"Your attitude isn't sincere enough; I don't accept it."

"You..."

Just as Ximen Lie was about to explode, he was held back by Dugu Jingtian: "Hold back! Don't get angry! Provoking her will do us no good."

Damn, this is suffocating! Ximen Lie gritted his teeth and said, "I offer you a formal apology. I am sorry; I shouldn't have wronged you, let alone humiliated you. Please forgive me."

"Hmm, that's more like it," Shangguan Yunyue chuckled: "Seeing as you are sincere in your apology, I'll forgive you."

"Can you let us out now?" asked Ximen Lie.

"I don't trust you! I'm worried that once you're out, you'll make things difficult for me."

"That won't happen! I can swear it."

"Don't try to fool me with oaths; I don't fall for that trick."

"Then what do you propose?" Ximen Lie's patience was nearly worn out. He had lived for tens of thousands of years, yet this was the first time he had felt such indignation. It was truly maddening.

"Hmm, let me think." Shangguan Yunyue pondered for a while, then said: "I have thought of a method, but I don't know if you'll agree to it."

"What method?" Ximen Lie asked sternly: "Let's hear it, and if it's reasonable, I will agree."

"Hurry up and say it," urged Dugu Jingtian.

"Listen carefully," Shangguan Yunyue said: "You hand over a wisp of your soul to me, and I'll let you out."

"You're seeking death!" Ximen Lie immediately grew furious upon hearing this. The soul is the essence of life; any damage to it puts one's life at risk. Handing over a wisp of soul to Shangguan Yunyue was equivalent to putting one's life in her hands.

Dugu Jingtian's face also darkened: "You want a wisp of my soul? No way."

"Really not possible?"

"Not possible!"

"Alright then, continue enduring the burning of the Earth Core Flame. After you're burned to death, I'll come burn some joss paper for you."

"Shangguan Yunyue! Don't push things too far!" Dugu Jingtian roared furiously: "If we get burned to death, don't expect to end up any better off!"

"When I reactivated the Earth Core Flame, I was ready to die and vanish," Shangguan Yunyue said: "Having the two of you as company on the Yellow Springs Road, my death would be worthwhile."

"You..."

"This is my only condition! Agree, and I'll let you out. If you don't, then you might as well wait to be burned to death."

"Shangguan Yunyue! I won't let you get away with this! I won't let you get away with this!!!!"

Dugu Jingtian shouted several times in a row but got no response from Shangguan Yunyue; she seemed to have already left.

"Bastard! Vile woman! After all the years I have helped you, this is how you repay me?!" Dugu Jingtian was so angry he felt like his lungs were about to explode.

"Enough, stop yelling; it's just making me anxious," Ximen Lie glared at Dugu Jingtian: "What's the use of swearing here? It's utterly pointless! Better save your energy to think of a way to get us out of this."