"Lu Linsheng?"
Bai Ling shouted, but when she heard no answer, she raised her voice and shouted again, "Lu Linsheng?!"
The figure that was devouring the demon paused, and a vague voice came after a moment, "Hmm? I'm here, what's wrong?"
Bai Ling sat on the hammock and looked at the dark shadows in the corner. She had just woken up, and the Night Pearl was floating beside her. Lu Linsheng was not in the lighting range of the Night Pearl, and it was still dark. She could only see him and a pile of messy demon skeletons. In order not to disturb Bai Ling's rest, Lu Linsheng would drag the demons that were thrown down to the corner to eat when he ate.
They had been thrown in here for several days. Even though Bai Ling was calm at first, she was now restless. After all, she was still a young girl. Whether it was the dilemma or the long absence from the sun, it brought her psychological pressure. But what made her feel most uneasy was not these, but Lu Linsheng.
She jumped down from the hammock and walked towards Lu Linsheng with the night pearls. Just after she took a few steps, Lu Linsheng spoke up and said, "It's a little dirty here. Don't come over. You'll get your boots dirty."
Bai Ling subconsciously stopped and looked at her boots. They were a pair of spotless white boots. As a white dragon, the human form she transformed into looked clean enough so that she would not be easily stained by dust and stains.
During this time, Lu Linsheng came out from the corner and slowly approached her. Bai Ling saw the shadow that was more than two meters tall in the dark gradually shortened and finally became the height of a normal human male. When he walked to her side and revealed his face under the illumination of the night pearl, Lu Linsheng looked no different from usual, still the frail scholar.
"Are you awake?" Lu Linsheng said.
Bai Ling glanced at him, walked in the direction he had just gone, and saw the uneaten demon in the corner. All the demons thrown down these days were demons, without exception.
This matter made Bai Ling increasingly uneasy. She always felt that Lu Linsheng seemed to be slightly different - perhaps because of the sensitivity of a girl, or perhaps because of the talent of the dragon race. There were really too many demons thrown in, and Lu Linsheng accepted them all, eating a lot day and night. She always felt that this was not good.
When they were outside, Lu Linsheng liked this kind of eating process very much, but he followed her and was managed by her most of the time. She only allowed him to eat when they encountered demons attacking them. Although he didn't seem to be full, he didn't seem to be addicted every time. The longer Bai Ling was with him, the more she felt that he was moving towards a good side, but now, he had already undergone a subtle change.
Bai Ling couldn't explain it clearly, but when she suddenly woke up and saw the shadow in the corner, she suddenly felt frightened. It was an instinctive reaction to danger. Bai Ling occasionally heard the sound of flesh and bones being torn apart. She could even imagine the scene. Lu Linsheng's way of eating has become much more "rough" recently. Instead of simply wrapping up the monsters and swallowing them, he now likes to tear the food into blood before swallowing it - this is not for the convenience of eating, but more inclined to vent some evil desires.
It was like... a devil's habit. That's how devils are, used to enjoying blood, they all have a strong desire for destruction.
The worst thing is that Lu Linsheng didn’t seem to notice this. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with him.
Old Beike, who had seldom spoken since entering here, sent her a message in a rare heavy and serious voice, "Young Master, I have a guess. I think this Lu Linsheng is a bit like some strange existence in the legend. You know, I am very old and I remember some things. Although I don't remember them clearly, I know that this kind of thing cannot swallow too many of the same thing, otherwise it will be assimilated easily."
"Young Master, just in case, you can't let this Lu Linsheng eat demons like this again. Even if he is not that kind of thing, after eating so many demons, he will easily be infected with demonic energy. The blood may trigger murderous intent, and then you, young master, will be in danger."
Bai Ling had a bad feeling in her heart after hearing what Old Beike said. She walked to the corner and looked at the remaining demon skeletons. She kicked one away in annoyance. She turned around and found Lu Linsheng following her closely, staring at her, which was a bit creepy.
She felt that she should talk to Lu Linsheng. Pulling Lu Linsheng back to the resting place, Bai Ling twisted his face to make him look at her, and then said very carefully: "Recently, you have been eating magic, and I feel that something is wrong with you."
Lu Linsheng gave a strange smile, which might be because Bai Ling was in a bad mood and squeezed his cheek hard, causing it to be a little deformed.
"What's wrong?" Lu Linsheng didn't care about it at all and was still smiling at her.
Bai Ling couldn't explain it. Old Beike was always talking in a mysterious way. She wasn't sure about what he said, but she was really nervous.
Lu Linsheng was still waiting for her to speak. Only at this time, he looked the same as before, as if he would never refute her words. Bai Ling thought for a moment and said to him, "Don't eat those demons anymore. There might be problems. Let's talk about it after we get out, okay?"
Lu Linsheng grunted, nodded, smiled and said okay.
He agreed too quickly, and Bai Ling was worried. She had seen how he behaved when he ate those things, like a glutton, with that kind of intoxication and obsession, to exaggerate it, it was like taking drugs, how could he agree so easily
"Are you really going to promise me? Have you thought it through?" Bai Ling looked at him suspiciously, thinking that even if he agreed with his mouth, he might turn around and eat it when she wasn't paying attention.
Lu Linsheng said, "If you don't want me to eat it, I won't eat it." He didn't look like he was lying.
Bai Ling felt a little relieved.
But she soon realized that this was not a good idea. There were too many demons left behind, and many of them fell nearby. Lu Linsheng didn't want to eat them, so they had to clean them up and temporarily pile them in a corner on the other side. Some demons were not dead yet, so Bai Ling would take out her hammer to deal with them. Being thrown here for no reason, she was so angry that she became straightforward when killing demons, and no longer felt nauseous and wanted to vomit like before.
As the days passed, the corner was already filled with a pile of demon corpses. The dead demons in there all looked fresh and had not decayed, so there was no strange smell, but the smell of blood was getting stronger and stronger, a bit pungent.
After Bai Ling and Lu Linsheng talked about it, he really didn't go to eat demons again. In order to find out whether he really kept his promise, Bai Ling would secretly pretend to sleep in the middle of the night to see how he would react. For several days in a row, he sat beside her and watched her as he did during the day, without leaving to quietly eat on the other side. But occasionally she would see Lu Linsheng staring at the place with a strong smell of blood, and then turn his head to look at her after looking for a while.
Later, he looked at those demon corpses more and more often, and several times, Bai Ling noticed that his eyes turned a deep red.
"Lu Linsheng!" Bai Ling called him with some fear.
Lu Linsheng blinked and smiled at her as usual. Bai Ling leaned over and hesitantly raised her hand to touch his too thin hand: "Are you... very hungry?" He hadn't eaten for a long time, but she hadn't found a way to leave yet.
Bai Ling's spirit bag contained her food, but it was meaningless for Lu Lin to eat it raw, as it was not something he could absorb and digest. At first, Bai Ling tried to share food with him, but he refused.
Lu Linsheng looked at her hand covering the back of his hand, then looked at the obvious worry on her face, hesitated, lowered his head, leaned his forehead against hers, and said, "Yes, I'm hungry, I won't eat those, don't be afraid."
Yes, Lu Linsheng felt Bai Ling's fear, even if she didn't show it, but he sensed Bai Ling's fear of him eating a lot of demons. Even if this fear was very weak, even Bai Ling herself didn't realize it, but he could find it, so he restrained his appetite like this.
Restraining one's instincts was indeed a terrible thing. But his instincts were not only about appetite, but also about Bai Ling. When his instincts diverged, he naturally chose Bai Ling. As long as she was by his side, he was willing to endure this hunger and pain, as well as the growing weakness.
Bai Ling couldn't stand it anymore. She was now completely sure that the person who locked them up here was not a good person, no matter whether he was a human, a demon or a demon. She wanted to get out very much, but she couldn't find a way out after trying every possible way. She even took her hammer and hit the wall in a rage, trying to smash the wall, but she almost went deaf.
She sat there sulking, and noticed that Lu Linsheng was looking at the pile of demon corpses again, his eyes were filled with extreme desire, the look that only a very, very hungry person would have. Bai Ling reached out to attract his gaze, "Would you like some water?" She made small talk.
Lu Linsheng shook his head, and the look he gave her was the same as the look he gave the demons just now. In order to fight against his instinct of appetite, his obsession with her was also completely aroused accordingly, so this was a terrifying look that could scare most ordinary people away.
Bai Ling was stared at by his red eyes, and she got goose bumps physiologically, but she took the initiative to hug him. Lu Linsheng also reached out to hug her, and pressed her into his arms, using such force that even Bai Ling felt a little pain. He buried his face in her neck, and after a while, Bai Ling felt a little wet. Of course, this was not his crying, but his saliva. Bai Ling was used to it, because this was not the first time. For Lu Linsheng, she was actually a kind of edible food, and she was sure that she tasted much better than those demons, and was definitely a delicacy.
"Lu Linsheng, you drooled on me again and got it on my clothes." Bai Ling grabbed Lu Linsheng's clothes.
Lu Linsheng's voice was a little vague, "Well, I... am a little hungry."
Not just a little hungry, but very hungry. Bai Ling imagined herself as a piece of delicious fried chicken, and Lu Linsheng was so hungry that he almost lost his mind, but he could only drool at her. For a moment, she even felt a little funny about the current situation. But soon, she touched Lu Linsheng's head and said in a low voice: "If you can't find a way out, you should continue to eat magic. I can't let you starve to death."
No matter what he would become after eating those demons, she couldn't let him starve himself to death because of these doubts.
Old Shell called out "little master" hesitantly, but in the end said nothing and chose to remain silent.
Two days later, Bai Ling woke up and found that Lu Linsheng beside her had turned into a black original form. He no longer looked like a human. She suddenly realized that he could no longer maintain his human form. She stared at Lu Linsheng's back for a while. He looked like a monster, with a pair of black wings hanging behind him. Black feathers fell at her feet, covering her legs.
Bai Ling suddenly jumped up, dragged the silent Lu Linsheng to the huge mountain of demon corpses, and said concisely: "Eat!"
The slender black shadow hesitated for a moment, and his whole body swayed slightly. After Bai Ling woodenly and resolutely expressed his intention to let him eat again, he pounced on those hideous demon corpses. Soon, he fell into madness like a starving person who finally ate food.
Bai Ling listened to the voice beside her and felt a little relieved, but her heart suddenly felt like it was being squeezed higher and higher. She turned her head and squatted, hugging her knees and burying her head.
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Xuan Cang looked coldly at the scene in the cauldron in front of him, and showed a look of disgust and contempt for the dark monster that pounced on the demon corpse. When he turned to Bai Ling, his expression became scrutiny and expectation. Bai Ling's control over Lu Linsheng surprised him a little, but he would never believe that the demon body could be "tamed". The more harmonious they were now, the more Xuan Cang looked forward to the scene of them tearing apart their warmth and killing each other in this cauldron.
The author has something to say: I felt relieved when I saw everyone laughing in the last chapter.