Chapter 110: Double Stimulation and Indulgence
Bai Ye.
It was him again!
The last dream was still vivid in her mind—the entanglement, the kisses, the name she had almost blurted out... Yun Sheng thought she could avoid him for a while, at least.
But there he was, standing as if he had never left.
Yun Sheng instinctively wanted to retreat.
But the moment she moved, the figure turned around.
Through the thin mist, she couldn’t make out his expression, but she could see his deep, dark eyes piercing through the hazy space, fixed squarely on her.
He didn’t move.
He just watched her.
His gaze was heavy, holding no questions, none of the aggressive pressure from the last dream. He just watched her quietly.
His stare made Yun Sheng’s chest tighten.
She remembered how she had escaped the dream last time, the lingering warmth on her lips when she woke, the panic of that moment...
If she hadn’t gone to report to the Tower immediately after waking, that last dream would have probably troubled her for some time.
But now, Bai Ye had appeared again.
She hadn’t tried to pull him into her dream. She hadn’t even been thinking about him.
"You..."
Yun Sheng had just started to speak when the figure moved.
Bai Ye began to walk, approaching her step by step, each footfall seemingly in time with her racing heart.
She wanted to retreat.
But her feet felt rooted to the spot.
When he was finally close, she could see his face clearly.
He still had the same cold, stern features, the same eyes as deep as a frozen pool.
But something seemed different.
There was none of the dangerous desire from last time in Bai Ye’s eyes, none of the aggressive questioning. He was uncharacteristically gentle.
"Your spiritual power is depleted."
The sudden words clearly stunned Yun Sheng.
She hadn’t expected this to be the first thing Bai Ye would say.
"I..."
"Come here."
Bai Ye cut her off, holding out his hand.
The hand was long and strong with well-defined knuckles, hovering before her like a silent invitation.
Yun Sheng stared at the hand but didn’t move.
Bai Ye wasn’t in a hurry.
He just kept his hand outstretched, watching her quietly, as if waiting for an answer that was bound to come.
"What are you going to do?" Yun Sheng’s voice was a little tight.
Bai Ye looked at her, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, as if restraining something.
"You enter these dreams to recover, don’t you? Come here, I’ll help you."
Yun Sheng froze.
’Help her?’
The man who took from her so forcefully in her dreams, who pressured her at every turn in reality, was now standing before her, offering to help in a tone that suggested it was the most natural thing in the world?
"Why?" she blurted out.
Bai Ye didn’t answer.
He just watched her with that heavy gaze, a hint of an emotion she couldn’t decipher in his eyes. Then he withdrew his hand and took a step forward himself.
The distance between them shrank abruptly.
Yun Sheng wanted to retreat, but his gaze pinned her in place.
"Every time you enter a dream, you can actually absorb my spiritual power, can’t you?"
His voice was low, seeming to rumble from deep in his chest.
Yun Sheng’s heart trembled.
"Then why are you..."
"Mm, it’s fine. Come here."
Bai Ye extended his hand again. This time, he didn’t stop mid-air but directly clasped Yun Sheng’s wrist.
The grip wasn’t heavy, but it was impossible to break.
He gently lifted her hand and slowly pressed it to his own forehead.
"Do you feel it? What you want is right here."
They were so close that his scent seemed to envelop her completely.
Yun Sheng’s breathing fell into disarray.
She tried to pull her hand back, but he held it even tighter.
"You don’t want to?"
Yun Sheng looked up at him, meeting his deep, dark eyes.
There was none of the danger from the last dream, no questioning, no forceful taking.
There was only an emotion she couldn’t decipher... indulgence?
It was as if he was saying, ’If you want it, just take it.’
Yun Sheng bit her lip.
She really did need to recover.
After the previous battle and exertion, her own spiritual power within her spiritual landscape was almost completely gone.
If another wave of danger came, she wouldn’t even be able to protect herself unless she used Bai Ye’s and Si Jin’s spiritual power.
But using their power, before she had properly mastered how to merge and conceal it, was tantamount to voluntarily exposing her secret!
Yun Sheng had discovered before that while it was difficult to replenish her own spiritual power in the real world, the power she received from Bai Ye and Si Jin in her dreams could feed back into her system, generating a small amount of her own.
It still wasn’t much, but it was definitely much faster than recovering in reality!
"Every time you enter a dream and we have physical contact, your spiritual power unconsciously intertwines with mine. The deeper the entanglement, the more power you get. Now, I’m offering it to you willingly. Are you still going to refuse?"
Bai Ye’s husky voice brushed past Yun Sheng’s ear, one word at a time.
Yun Sheng pressed her lips together and said nothing.
She was silent for a long time.
So long that Bai Ye thought she wasn’t going to speak again.
"How will you give it to me?"
Yun Sheng’s voice was soft, so soft it was as if she might take the words back at any moment.
The light in Bai Ye’s eyes shifted slightly.
He didn’t answer. He just applied a little pressure with his hand and pulled her directly into his arms.
Before Yun Sheng could even let out a gasp, she felt a warm touch on her waist.
His palm was pressed against her waist. The pressure wasn’t heavy, but it was incredibly assertive, as if he had been waiting for this very moment.
Bai Ye held her tightly in his arms, her back pressed against his chest. She could clearly feel the warmth from his body and the rise and fall of his chest with every breath.
"You..."
Yun Sheng had just started to speak when a gentle force turned her around.
Bai Ye looked down at her.
His deep eyes churned with emotions she couldn’t comprehend, as if something had been suppressed for too long and was about to burst out at any moment!
He lifted his thumb and gently brushed the corner of her lips.
The touch was so soft, so gentle, that Yun Sheng’s heart skipped a beat.
Just then, Bai Ye suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.
It wasn’t like the possessive kisses from before; this one was slow and patient.
His lips pressed against hers, moving softly, feeling her warmth, her trembling, her heartbeat.
Yun Sheng’s mind went blank.
She wanted to push him away.
But she was held fast in his embrace, the warm palm on her waist like a brand, pinning her to the spot.
The next second, he parted her lips.
At the same time, her spiritual power was gently drawn out.
Bai Ye’s spiritual power, like invisible threads, slowly coiled around hers, resonating with it.
A warm, rich power seeped deep into her spiritual landscape through this resonance.
"Mmph..."
An unconscious whimper escaped Yun Sheng’s lips, only to be completely swallowed by his kiss.
She could feel her own spiritual power responding greedily, like a young, starved beast that had finally found food.
The more their spiritual powers intertwined, the more she received, and her consciousness gradually began to blur.
She could feel the hand on her waist tighten slightly, pressing her deeper into his embrace.
She could feel his kiss becoming deeper, more lingering, and she could feel their entwined spiritual power gently replenishing all the exhaustion and emptiness in her most secret depths.
The feeling was too intimate.
So intimate it was almost dangerous.
But she didn’t have the strength to refuse.
In fact...
She wasn’t sure if she had even wanted to refuse.
Not until her spiritual landscape finally stabilized and the emptiness was temporarily filled did the two intertwined spiritual powers slowly separate.
Bai Ye’s lips finally left hers as well.
He lifted his head slightly but didn’t loosen his hold on her.
He just looked at her, his eyes holding a lingering undercurrent, a hint of satisfaction, and an even deeper emotion she couldn’t comprehend.
Yun Sheng leaned against him in his arms. Her lips were red and swollen, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes glazed over, but she still asked in a hoarse voice, "Why did you help me?"