pertwk 17. The Corpse-Keeping Dharma King
17. The Corpse-Keeping Dharma King
Scarlett's voice was like a siren's song, deep, alluring, and penetrating straight to the heart.
Her deep blue eyes, like those of a still lake, seemed to spin, reflecting Qin Mian's somewhat dazed face, radiating an indescribable, captivating magic.
"You must protect me well along the way... protect me with your life... okay?"
Qin Mian's gaze gradually became empty and confused, as if it had lost focus. He just stared blankly into Scarlett's deep eyes.
He felt his consciousness being drawn into those two blue vortexes, leaving only an endless infatuation and protective instinct towards the woman before him. His lips moved, his voice becoming somewhat ethereal: "Okay... I promise you... I will... protect you... with everything..."
Seeing Qin Mian's eyes completely glaze over and his expression become submissive, Scarlett's smug smile could no longer be hidden and quietly widened.
"Heh... As expected, young lads who haven't had much experience with women are the easiest to manipulate... The official drug really works. This hypnotic ability is incredibly effective against people who aren't mentally strong enough and happen to be in a state of fatigue and relaxation. Now, we have such a slave..."
Scarlett was very pleased with herself.
Previously, she had received a drug provided by the authorities, which not only greatly enhanced her physical condition but also unexpectedly granted her a peculiar ability.
With her beautiful appearance and outstanding acting skills, she can easily hypnotize others.
She's not some naive and innocent heroine; she's a top player who has fought her way up in the world of capital and power struggles.
She wouldn't easily fall for a super fat guy like Qin Mian. What she did just now was merely to confuse Qin Mian, lower his guard, and make him more susceptible to her schemes, turning him into her slave.
However, just when Scarlett thought she had succeeded, she saw a mocking expression flash across Qin Mian's lips.
Scarlett's smug expression froze instantly, alarm bells ringing in her mind.
Those large hands, which had been merely loosely encircling her waist and seemed to have lost their power, suddenly burst forth with astonishing force, tightening abruptly like an iron hoop!
"Ugh!" Scarlett groaned, feeling as if her waist was about to be snapped, and her breath caught in her throat.
Qin Mian moved with lightning speed, giving her no chance to struggle. Using the force of a sudden burst of strength from his waist and abdomen, he rolled over with her, heavy yet agile, and pinned Scarlett to the ground.
"How is that possible? Wasn't he already hypnotized by me?"
Scarlett was horrified, feeling as if a mountain was pressing down on her, and she almost couldn't catch her breath.
At this moment, there was no trace of smugness on her face; instead, her expression was one of utter panic.
"Cough cough... Qin, what are you doing? Let me go..."
Qin Mian looked down at her, the innocent and naive expression on his face long gone, replaced by a knowing calm and an undisguised playfulness.
He chuckled, "Heh, what? Didn't you say you liked me and wanted something to happen between us? I'm the kind of person who hates to disappoint a beautiful woman. Now that we're all alone and the sandstorm is raging, it's the perfect... opportunity to deepen our relationship."
Scarlett's face drained of color, and she hurriedly said, "No, no! Qin, you've misunderstood! I... I do like you, but... it's too dangerous right now! We can't waste our precious energy on this... this meaningless thing! You... you let me go first, I swear! Once we're safely out of this instance, I... I'll definitely come find you! I'll be your real girlfriend! I swear to God!"
She spoke very quickly, trying to salvage the situation with promises, her azure eyes welling up with tears again, looking incredibly sincere and vulnerable.
Qin Mian simply scoffed, his eyes filled with a sarcastic "keep acting" attitude.
Does this woman really think he's a naive virgin driven by lust?
Do you think you can just get away with a few empty promises?
And her set of mental seduction tricks might be ineffective against ordinary people, but they wouldn't be able to shake Qin Mian's mind.
It's ridiculous!
The Qilin blood within him is extremely yang and strong, not only transforming his body but also tempering his spirit and will like a furnace, giving him a natural and powerful resistance to such sinister and mind-bending methods!
From the moment Scarlett was startled by a corpse and lunged at him, he realized that his cooperation was merely a ploy to see what tricks this woman was up to and what her purpose was.
"Heh, alright, I'll let you go." Qin Mian loosened his grip slightly, but the weight on his body didn't lessen at all. "However, you have to answer a few questions honestly first. What exactly is your role in this instance? Tell me, and maybe I can consider letting you catch your breath."
Scarlett cursed inwardly, "That cunning fatso! He's been acting all along! Pretending to fall for my trick, then trying to trick me into revealing information! You really can't judge a book by its cover!"
But circumstances forced her to force a fawning smile: "Okay, okay...please, let me get up a little...I'm almost out of breath...please get up, I, I promise I'll tell you!"
"I'm not discussing this with you." Qin Mian's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Speak if you want, or don't. That's fine too, since we might die in this instance anyway. Why not enjoy it first!"
As he spoke, Qin Mian used the Breast-Grabbing Dragon Claw Hand technique.
"Ah! No! I'll talk! I'll talk!" Scarlett was terrified, her face drained of color. Forgetting all about bargaining, she cried out urgently, "I am the Corpse-Keeping King! My inherited identity is that of the Corpse-Keeping King's lineage!"
"The Corpse-Binding Dharma King?" Qin Mian frowned, looking at Scarlett with suspicion, unable to connect this woman with the Corpse-Binding Dharma King at all.
"You're not kidding me, are you? Okay, since you say you're the Corpse-Binding King, what are your skills? And what's your exclusive quest?"
Scarlett made no attempt to hide anything, hurriedly saying, "The skill... is Corpse Control... it can... manipulate corpses to act, turning them into temporary corpse puppets... My exclusive mission... is... to find the remains of the Queen of Jingjue... and use Corpse Control... to refine her body... into my... natal corpse puppet..."
Qin Mian stared intently into her eyes, trying to discern truth from falsehood in those eyes now etched with fear and pain. But facing a top-tier actress, he knew all too well that eyes could lie. Words alone were insufficient to convince her.
"I already told you, let me go! I... I really can't breathe!" Scarlett gasped for breath, her face turning red from holding her breath.
"How can I be sure you're telling the truth?" Qin Mian asked.
Scarlett hurriedly said, "This is very simple. If you can find a corpse, I... I can use corpse control magic... to make the corpse... rise from the dead."
"Hey, how about that skeleton?" Qin Mian gestured towards the skeleton.
Scarlett shook her head with difficulty. "No, it has to be... a corpse with flesh and blood... that will work. That skeleton has no flesh and blood, so I can't... use corpse control techniques!"
"What a coincidence, I have a corpse here that you can try..."
Just then, a voice came from the side.
Both of them were startled by the sudden sound and quickly looked over. What they saw surprised them both.
Suddenly, Yamamoto Ichiro appeared in the room, carrying a dried-up corpse, and was looking at them with great interest.
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