Chapter 568: Chapter 538: The Yellow Sparrow is Behind

She exuded elegance and sincerity, a poise that somehow made her ambiguous words sound neither frivolous nor flirtatious.

Baili An didn’t know how he had become a “little rascal”. The claws he rested on the ground seemed to regain some sensation, barely able to twitch, but it was clearly impossible to escape under this woman’s watch.

He helplessly scratched several marks into the floorboards and said, “What benefit is there for you in turning me into this form?”

Ning Feiyan smiled leisurely and said, “I am the River Lord of the Si He in the mighty Demon World. Countless eyes are fixed upon me, unable to tally their number. Now, you are the City Lord of Xianling City, chosen by Kunlun himself. Sneaking you into the Demon World unnoticed was no simple task.”

Indeed, bringing someone from the outside world into Mo City was no easy feat, but Baili An believed that for Ning Feiyan, it would not be difficult.

Although it didn’t show on her face, Baili An could feel that by turning him into a cat and locking him in an iron cage, she was venting some emotions.

“Have I offended you unknowingly in some way?” Baili An asked directly.

Ning Feiyan returned a smile and said, “What makes you think so?”

Baili An said, “Although I am still alive for now, the murderous intent in your eyes when you saw me that night was real.”

Having been turned into a cat, Baili An’s eyes had become blue vertical pupils. Illuminated by the lamplight, they looked as clear and beautiful as colored glass. He slightly shifted his gaze and said, “Can I take it then, that you actually dislike how I normally look, hence you turned me into a cat?”

Ning Feiyan laughed a little, rose to her feet, and walked forward. She grabbed the back of Baili An’s neck and slowly lifted him up, not bothering to hide her actions, she frankly admitted, “You little fellow, your heart is quite transparent. Indeed, though you may look good, I don’t quite like that appearance of yours. It looks rather frightening.”

Baili An’s pupils dilated slightly: “Frightening?”

Ning Feiyan’s eyebrows lifted slightly, “You look better in your current form.” She patted Baili An’s head and smiled, “Don’t worry, I’ve said it before, you are quite useful. I won’t let you stay like this forever.”

“In half a month, the Royal Hall in the Demon World will host the Monarch’s Return Banquet. All the River Lords from different regions and the thirteen states of Ming Continent will gather to celebrate the Demon Lord’s return. Speaking of which, the Demon Lord was able to break the millennium seal and awaken largely thanks to your help. The Demon Lord always repays his debts. Shall I bring you to the banquet to have some fun?”

Baili An heard the underlying meaning in her words. He asked, “Why should I help you?”

The Monarch’s Return Banquet of the Demon Clan was naturally not merely a simple feast, and her mention of having “some fun” surely wasn’t just for mere amusement.

Ning Feiyan’s smile slightly faded, and her fingertips lightly brushed across Baili An’s waist. The movement was very gentle, yet the spot on Baili An’s body that had gone numb felt as though a red-hot needle had suddenly pierced through, causing agonizing pain.

“Do you think I’m negotiating with you?” Ning Feiyan suppressed her smile, retracted her hand, and a Blood Butterfly, glowing with a crimson brilliance, appeared on her fingertip: “You don’t have a choice.”

This Blood Butterfly was the very one planted inside Baili An’s body during their battle that night, bursting forth from his throat.

The source of the excruciating pain in his body, undoubtedly, was a poison Ning Feiyan had inflicted upon him.

Baili An, caught off guard by the sudden pain, choked and his voice became hoarse, “Is that all the tricks you have?”

Ning Feiyan toyed with the Blood Butterfly on her fingertip: “I thought this would be enough for a little corpse demon like you.”

She could control the poison in others’ bodies at will. Clearly, right now, she was deliberately tormenting him. Baili An coughed up a mouthful of black blood, his expression feeble and weakening, but his eyes were keenly fixed on Ning Feiyan.

The naturally downturned corners of the cat’s lips suddenly curled up, and his glassy eyes held a cryptic smile.

Dark blood beads still hung on the whiskers on both sides of his face, making him look pitiable yet somewhat comically adorable.

Ning Feiyan didn’t expect that even in such a dire situation, he could still manage a smile.

It was a smile that was far from mere bravado.

Right when she was puzzled, the Blood Butterfly fluttering at her fingertips suddenly became chaotic and unruly.

The thin wings nicked her fair fingertips, drawing a bright red mark.

Ning Feiyan squinted her eyes and looked down at the tiny wound on her fingertip. The blood lines spreading out like vines hinted at the Corpse Poison from Baili An entering her system.

Her squinted eyes soon relaxed, her injured fingertip curled slightly and she brought it to her lips for a gentle lick.

Ning Feiyan looked thoughtful, then analyzed, “So you’re saying, you deliberately pretended not to know, allowing me to plant the poison in you?”

He really knew how to turn the situation to his advantage, cultivating her poison with his Corpse Poison, sending it all back to her.

Now, his body harbored her poison, while hers was infected with his Corpse Poison.

Considering this, he did indeed have the right to negotiate with her.

Baili An felt the pain in his body gradually subsiding. He said, “Or should I say that I had no intention of dodging that knife from Hong Zhuang?”

This truly astonished Ning Feiyan. She lifted Baili An’s small body and pulled him close to study him intensely. Seeing that his expression did not seem feigned and coupling it with the abnormal calmness he exhibited since waking up from his severe injuries, Ning Feiyan furrowed her brows, a feeling of being outwitted unpleasantly surged in her heart.