Chapter 4000 — Do Me a Favor
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For any other woman, Young Master Xu could have as many as he pleased. But who was Shangguan Lan'er? She was the pearl in the palm of Shangguan Tianxia, master of the Chongtian Pavilion. Should Xu Lingchong dare touch a single hair on her head, there was but one fate awaiting him: death.
And now this wretch meant to take her by force. Had Xu Lingchong eaten a leopard's heart and bear's gall, or had his brains drained clean out through his loins? Even courting death, there were better ways than this!
"You find it unbelievable? You think this young master shouldn't have such nerve? Hahaha!" Xu Lingchong laughed in triumph and pointed slyly at Wei Zhao. "Rest easy, Young Hero Lin. To force myself on Junior Sister Lan'er—that, this young master truly lacks the nerve for. But this young master simply cannot bear to give up Junior Sister Lan'er, so after much turning it over, there is only one course: I must prevail upon you to do me a small favor."
"A… a favor…" Wei Zhao went on feigning muddle-headedness.
Xu Lingchong shot him a contemptuous glance and rose, walking toward Shangguan Lan'er. "Why, to take the blame for this young master, of course. Young Hero Lin, drunk and inflamed with wine, forces himself upon Junior Sister Lan'er, and this young master discovers the outrage and slays him with a single blow. And after that—this young master may display his magnanimous breadth of heart by condescending to take in Junior Sister Lan'er, tarnished goods though she now is, letting bygones be bygones. What say you? This little stratagem of mine—reaping both fame and profit—is passable enough, is it not?"
"You truly are despicable…" Wei Zhao was secretly alarmed as he listened. Were Xu Lingchong's plan to be followed through, one had only to splash the filth upon a dead man like himself—no corpse to testify—and truly, no flaw could be picked in it.
"Despicable? Hmph, only failures and weaklings prattle such ignorant drivel!" Xu Lingchong paused, then turned his head and sneered. "And this young master has you to thank for it, Young Hero Lin. Had you not grown so close to Junior Sister Lan'er, this young master could never have found such an opportunity and such a pretext. Perhaps I might have waited bitterly for decades more and still never known her favors. But now all is well—my wish is at last fulfilled, and this young master may at last become Shangguan Tianxia's son-in-law. Your merit cannot be overstated! Hahaha!"
That said, Xu Lingchong could wait no longer. He drew a small vial of potion from his bosom and turned to pour it down Shangguan Lan'er's throat.
It was the Immortal's Stupor he had prepared long ago. Since he had failed to make Shangguan Lan'er drink it with the spirit wine earlier, he had no choice but to force it down her now. She had been knocked unconscious, true, but there was no telling when she might wake; it was safer by far to leave her senses good and muddled.
With a face full of savage, exultant glee, Xu Lingchong poured the Immortal's Stupor down her throat; then with one hand he seized Shangguan Lan'er's sash, ready to undress her. He had dreamed of this motion for years, and had practiced it to consummate skill upon other women.
To be sure, the Threefold Pavilion of North Island had few female cultivators, but with the status of Young Master Xu, finding a woman or two to sport with was the simplest of matters. He need not even speak—men like Lou Tianyou would scurry to arrange it for him.
But those were only common women. Female cultivators were scarce, and one of such lofty station as Shangguan Lan'er scarcer still. Today at last he could have the woman he had yearned for in his dreams—Xu Lingchong felt himself unable to contain his excitement at the mere thought. R1152