Chapter 16 Shui Ningxue (3)
Chapter 16 Shui Ningxue (3)
?"Where am I?"
A gentle voice of a woman sounded, her voice was pure as she stood life fairy staring at the figure of Xia Tian in shock.
Her initial confusion was replaced by surprise.
"S-Song Yun?!"
She awkwardly waved her hands at him, because he was doing a similar gesture at her from a long ago, it looked quite a comical scene.
"It's Xia Tian now."
Xia Tian corrected her. He is used to changing names.
"Come here," said Xia Tian ordered as he observed her figure.
Shui Ningxue nodded, she did not understand what is happening but she complied with it nonetheless.
This is what Xia Tian likes about this girl, it does not matter how much she will complain if he says anything then she will do it unconditionally.
She had long silver hair with matching silver eyes. On her appearance, she still looked like a 19-year-old teen, her appearance can be said to be only slightly less than Evelynn's and above Xia Shuiyao's level.
But there is one distinct feature that differentiates Shui Ningxue from any of the other women Xia Tian has seen to date.
It is her innocence.
Her face... It looks so pure and untainted, that any man would not dare to think about lust in front of this fairy-like beauty.
To Xia Tian, however, it was a completely different feeling, after seeing her, there is only one voice that screams in his head.
Destroy that beautiful face of hers...
Make her cry, let her feel pain...
Contort her face, let her suffer...
Destroy her...
That silver eyes glistening with tears give him a feeling he can't comprehend.
It is not like he can not control himself, but it is more like he doesn't want to control himself.
He willingly let himself be free from his chains, which are always binding him.
When the first time he met her in the first world where he was born, she was hiding along with her sister and escaping from assailants.
Her whole family was slain by another immortal, as a mortal family, they were just ants in front of her.
The reasoning of that immortal was just like any other man, he wanted to treasure her, keep her to himself.
She would probably never suffer a single grievance if she left with that immortal, he would treat her as a fairy.
But before she can say anything, it was her father who declined, just like any other man, he also did not want to part with her, not because of lust but because he thought he would be able to treat her far better.
Obedience was in Ningxue's nature, so she listened to her father.
The immortal was angry about how that old pig kept his goddess happier than him...
Blood was shed, and the immortal destroyed her house.
She along with her sister escaped.
There she met the fallen immortal for the first time at that time Xia Tian's name was Song Yun.
But people called him the fallen immortal.
He was the person who got to the peak of the immortal realm and left all his powers to start again as a mortal from the beginning.
No one knows the reason why he did this.
Everyone called him fallen, as after he started as a mortal again, he was manic.
Even before falling, his reputation was anything but good... But after losing his powers it got even worse...
Whatever woman he would be with, after sleeping with her and enjoying with her, he would ruthlessly kill them.
Men or women, if it was his prey would live a faith more horrible than death...
To his enemies, it was an opportunity...
They started chasing him, and unfortunately for them, he was always one step ahead of them.
When she and her sister arrived in front of him, he was entering the realm of immortality again.
After the tribulation, Xia Tian opened his eyes for the first time and saw both of them.
His silver eyes shined in darkness, immediately both sisters faces turned ugly, they knew their faith is doomed.
Their legs froze on the spot, and both of their body stiffened.
First was her sister.
After getting tortured for one month by Xia Tian, she was broken.
She stopped eating or drinking, as a mortal they needed food for energy, due to lack of nutrition her sister died like a rotten corpse.
He did not lay his hands on Ningxue during the time he played with her sister, as if protecting the main dish for the last.
Although her sister was gorgeous compared to her she always lived in the background.
One can say her sister did not look any worse than Xia Shuiyao.
After her sister, it was her turn.
She was similarly tortured for the first few days, strangely enough, Xia Tian did not break her down.
Not out of care or consideration for her...
But because...
If he broke her down... He can't enjoy her again...
He can't see that face of hers broken down into tears.....
He knew what feeling it was ... It was obsession.....
From birth, Xia Tian was more aware of different people's emotions, like how his parents have their self-interest in helping him...
How some of parents think you as a means to achieve their own dreams which they can't... If they can't do it by themselves how can they expect their children to do it? And when their expectations are not met... They would get angry like anyone else... Take that anger on their children...
How people will smile as long they are happy with you...
How people like playing with small babies... But the same babies when grew up are not liked by them...
People never like babies but it was babies obedience that they like... A baby is harmless to them... People feel a sense of security near it... It does not judge them like others...
This is also the reason humans like pets...
So he knew it was obsession on his part...
He can control it and kill her there...
It was only a slight obsession and not uncontrollable...
But he wanted to see the other road... It was making him curious...
Would he enjoy his toys more... If he does not break them down...
There were two roads in front of him... One kills her just like he always kills his earlier Toys and walks ahead on the existing road...
Or try to let her live and do not break her and see what lies in another road...
Would it be a better toy for him?
Xia Tian choose the second road and did not break her down...
It was the moment he stopped breaking his toys by himself...
Shui Ningxue had already arrived in front of Xia Tian, she observed the place around her... It was vacant ... But it gave her an ethereal feeling...
She can't help but ask.
"Are we in heaven?"
Xia Tian who listened to her smiled gently.
"There is no heaven and hell, people aren't judged based on good or bad... God gave them free will... Why would he care about their actions... He has the power to stop evil but he does not do so. So wouldn't it make him the biggest evildoer by himself? If he cared why would he even let them commit it? ... Would he punish them for the crime he let them commit it ... "
Ningxue rolled her eyes at him, he was messing with her.
She obediently lifted her legs and sat down in his lap facing her back at him.
From living with him for a long time, she realized a few things about him...
He would not kill you as long as you don't disrespect him... His pride is too high...
Getting scared in front of him is useless... Crying is useless... Laughing is useless... He doesn't care about other people's emotions, to begin with...
If he wants a particular emotion from them, he would get it by himself...
He imagine the picture of the person with that emotion that he liked and make it a reality...
The rest of the time he won't care whether they laugh or cry, they can live as they like...
So if he want her to cry, he would make her cry in any way possible... So why should she bother about doing it herself?
He liked things that give him fun... As long as he won't stop you from doing something, you are allowed to do it...
And If he want to explain anything to her, he would explain it by himself, it was always like this...
In the first world, Xia Tian's control over his emotions was not as good as it was in the later period, this is why Shui Ningxue knew a lot more about him than any of the women currently around Xia Tian.
Just as she thought, Xia Tian soon explained a few things to her.
Time is irrelevant in this place, so it was never an issue for him, he can go back to the time he wants...
First, he explained about the Void realm and universe and souls to her...
Then he explained about the world and that this is his seventh world...
As for the God part, he just skip it, he does want anyone to know about it.
He got the powers of god not because he wanted more powers, but because he simply does not like anyone else even having the capability to manipulate his actions.
What a manipulator hates most is another person manipulating him...
Whether god uses it or not uses that power to manipulate Xia Tian, he has the capability to do it ... Which Xia Tian simply hated.
"So that Immortal was called children of destiny?" asked Ningxue as her eyes were beaming with excitement.
Her mind was slightly broken which she was not aware of, after all her experience, she started accepting every situation...
She had become a person who will try to find good even in her most miserable condition. When Xia Tian tortures her and makes her cry, instead of getting sad, she would rather get happy thinking that at least he let her live.
Xia Tian laughed seeing her excited face.
"Well, that's what I prefer to call them."
They were talking about the immortal chasing after Xia Tian.
After a few years of meeting Xia Tian, Ningxue died.
Or more correctly sacrificed herself.
Ten immortals were chasing after Xia Tian, one of them who was the child of destiny.
Even at that time, Xia Tian have good knowledge about the favored child of destiny ... As he himself used to be one...
He knew fighting against them will bring only bring his demise.
At that time Xia Tian was still immortal.
The best way is to escape and let them complete their purpose, after that you can easily kill them, if not they would be killed off by anyone else regardless.
The normal plot should be children of destiny saving Ningxue from him... And Xia Tian escapes and hides, till the children of destiny die by himself.
Xia Tian would become that background villain who just disappeared and never appeared in the story, till it was completed.
This was his original plan, as for Ningxue, Xia Tian would kill her before leaving, after all, he won't let anyone else play with his toys.
But something else happened, Ningxue knew Xia Tian is going to kill her...
As a person with a broken mind, she thought to make good out of her death.
She used her peak level of mortal cultivation and detonated herself, it can get Xia Tian some time.
Why didn't the destiny interfere? At that time Xia Tian was not void realm cultivator, so he was not beyond authority of destiny.
Destiny control events and not people.
Destiny was able to get child of destiny to place where Shui Ningxue was, she was supposed to become a diviner for son of destiny.
Both son of destiny and Ningxue did met, but the moment they met, she blown herself to stall time for Xia Tian to escape.
Destiny was able to control the event of their meeting, but not the action both will take when they meet, in the end... both retained their free will.
Destiny can manipulate son of destiny to get inside the room at the same time heroine is changing her clothes, so that they can cultivate their feelings, but Destiny can never control what action both will take, like will heroine screem and hide herself seeing sudden intruder? What action will son of Destiny take seeing heroine naked in his room? Their actions are beyond control of destiny...
As for Xia Tian, he never cared about her decision, the result was her death anyways.
Even as his favorite toy, it was still a toy in the end.
Even his last words to her were, 'If you want me to feel gratitude towards you by doing this, then it is impossible. But if I meet you next time alive, I would fulfill your one wish."
Xia Tian was always driven by survival-driven behavior...
He would put his survival even above any woman... He believes in his ability... As long he is alive, he can bring them to life in the future after he gains enough power...
As for why he did not bring back Ningxue despite gaining the power of God?
It was because he never cared ...
He wouldn't care about her even in the future, if not for spotting her half-soul in Xia Shuiyao's body.
He won't go out of his way to revive his old toys, but if he spots them somehow, he won't ignore them either.
"You can bring me back, does it mean you can bring my sister back as well?"
Ningxue asked Xia Tian, as she turned back and stared into Xia Tian's face with an expectation-filled gaze.
She was unaware of void realm power levels, but if he can bring her back, he should also be able to bring her sister back... The very thought of it left her happy.
Xia Tian's eyes were calm, and Ningxue noticed his silver eyes have a blue hue on them... It was something which he doesn't have earlier... But people's appearance keep changing, so she did not bother to ask.
That blue hue was developed after Xia Tian gained the powers of God.
"I can bring her back but is that what you want to use your wish for?" said Xia Tian.
His lips curved into a smile, what he loves most is people making decisions.
Xia Tian was referring to her wish, which he said he would fulfill if he ever meet her again. He hasn't forgotten about it.
Ningxue's expression changed upon getting reminded of it... Now she remembers, she did have a wish, which she can get fulfilled by him...
If he can fulfill her any wish, then she would rather like to ... Be free... Free from all this ... For once and for all... She wanted to be truly free...
After learning about souls she knew, even after death, there would be a way that someone can gather her soul elements together and bring her back... It was hard but not impossible...
She just wanted to be eternally free... It was enough of living for her...
With a soft smile, she faced Xia Tian and shook her head.
"No, I would not use my wish for it."
Her silver hair fluttered, as it danced with air, she was more fairy-like than the whole fairy race itself.
Xia Tian nodded.
It is up to her, if she wants her sister back he will do it, but her wish would be exhausted.
As for her sister, he did not care.
She would just become one of his toys.
"Then what you want...? "
To Xia Tian's question, Ningxue did not reply...
Before going she wanted to do something else...
With a provocative gaze, she said.
"We can talk about this later, why don't you do what you want to do first?"
Xia Tian raised a brow in surprise, then he chuckled.
"Haha, indeed you know me best."
His calm gaze was no more there, it has turned into the gaze of a predator.
He previously thought he would play with her after he fulfills her wish... But since the prey is inviting herself, he should not restrain himself.
Shui Ningxue's eyes trembled, she asked Xia Tian. "Do you like me seeing crying so much?"
"Of course."
Xia Tian replied almost instantly.
The feeling of satisfaction he feels when he sees her fairy-like face tainted with tears is not something he can easily forget.
It would be a lie to say Ningxue did not want to be treated with care...
She had always been treated by people around her like a goddess and they would go to any lengths to keep her happy... But this Xia Tian what liked the most was her face twisted in pain.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
She thought, 'Maybe it can work.'
"Can't you give be gentle for once? It is the second time you will take away my chastity?"
She pleaded Xia Tian as if making a crying face, one could say she was a good actor.
She was really trying hard.
She had a new body, so her virginity was still intact.
Unfortunately, her pleas were ignored.
"Request denied," said Xia Tian, as he crushed her all final hopes.
Ningxue on being denied ruthlessly can't help but pout and mutter, "Bad person."
She turned her face to another side, it was clear she was annoyed by him.
As for being called a bad person by her, Xia Tian did not care.
Ningxue really knew Xia Tian well.
She knew what words she can speak in front of him and what words she can't.
She is very careful with her choice of words.
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[A/N: How hardcore you want next R18 to be? If I go by the story it, she would really get miserable...
Many people won't be able to digest next chapter, so I can soften it a bit depending upon readers opinion. ]