"Yuan Yao," answered the demon as he gracefully ascended the steps.
Lin Xuan gave his all to hurry behind him, but after thirty steps, he doubled over gasping for more air to put out the flames in his lungs. He could no longer keep moving. This was too much climbing than he was used to and had left its marks from the pain rushing through his veins.
"Weak," Yuan Yao muttered opening his arm and yanking Lin Xuan with his qi. "How do you expect to survive with such a weak body?"
"Haha!" Lin Xuan laughed dryly while being carried like a sack against Yuan Yao's waist. "I have no energy because someone drank too much of my blood."
"I'll drink even more soon."
"No! I need at-" His words were interrupted when Yuan Yao leaped into the air, covering the rest of the steps.
He swirled in the air with a screaming Lin Xuan before landing in front of the gates.
The two disciples guarding it were about to salute when Yuan Yao raised his free hand to stop them. And with a retching Lin Xuan by his waist, he entered the sect.
"Put me- bleh!" He continued retching while covering his mouth.
The dizzy feeling consuming his head and stomach from the unexpected air movement made him feel sick, leaving him with no energy to fight Yuan Yao.
The disciples who saw this scene whispered amongst themselves. The men frowned, wondering who the man with Yuan Yao was, while the girls giggled, seeing the man who ranked second on the list of the most handsome men in the sect. Their excitement rendered Lin Xuan invisible to them.
'I feel like I'm about to die,' Lin Xuan thought as Yuan Yao carried him straight into the big building behind the meeting hall.
There were only a handful of disciples present who paid little attention to them for they were not supposed to be here past six.
"Old Wei?" Yuan Yao called putting Lin Xuan on the large registration desk. "I've brought you a surprise, Old Wei."
Immediately, all the lanterns in the whole lower library level lit up simultaneously, illuminating the figure now standing behind the desk in gray robes and long golden hair.
Lin Xuan smelled the captivating perfume from the person who had materialized before him, expecting an old man.
But he was shocked to see a man who seemed to be only in his middle or late twenties. "Huuuh?"
"Who is this?" Old Wei questioned scowling at Yuan Yao. One could detect the tensed blood between them which all fell on poor Lin Xuan.
"I don't know his name but he's your assistant."
Old Wei's gaze lowered to Lin Xuan who was still laying on the books now in a mess. With a flick of his finger, Lin Xuan was sent rolling in the air before thudding on the wooden floor with a groan.
"Where have you picked this clueless mortal? Do you think I'll fall for your tricks, Yuan Yao?" He said his name with spite that darkened his already dark eyes.
Lin Xuan lifted his hand as it was the only part of his body that could move. "Hello, I'm Lin Xuan from the Lin clan in Tianyi City."
Old Wei's brows scrunched glaring at him. "Aren't you supposed to arrive in three days?"
Lin Xuan diverted his eyes to Yuan, pleading for help.
"I accidentally picked him up." He walked over to Lin Xuan and, indeed, did pick him up using the back of his collar, pulling him until he was on his feet. "He's weaker than the weakest disciple in the sect. You should do a better job protecting him from now on, Old Wei. Or I will steal him."
With that, he tossed Lin Xuan straight at Old Wei like throwing a cup.
Old Wei caught him with his qi and left him suspended in the air.
When he looked at where Yuan Yao was standing, there was only an empty space.
He closed his eyes to dispel the inevitable anger he always felt whenever Yuan Yao showed up and then turned to the three disciples who were creeping around the aisles. "Leave or spend the night in the punishment hall."
"Hey?" Lin Xuan yelled from the bubble he had been folded in. "I really am the library assistant!"
Shooting him a side glare, Old Wei turned for the stairs and took a single step. When Lin Xuan saw him again, he was already on the first floor without using the stairs.
"Go to sleep. We'll talk in the morning."
The bubble began moving, and within two minutes of floating between the tall shelves, Lin Xuan found himself in a room with nothing more than a bed and a desk.
He was deposited on the bed, the bubble popping.
"Tsk! Are they all lunatics in this sect?" he grumbled rolling off the bed. "Ah! My body hurts so bad. How could a single day feel so long? Bad luck."
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News about the arrival of a new library assistant spread throughout the sect in the next three days, recording the highest library visits in the previous two months.
Lin Xuan, who thought he'd be given a day to relax and know his surroundings,s, was surprised when Old Wei put him to work immediately with the pretense of testing his skills.
Lin Xuan could only rely on his smart brain to adapt as fast as possible even though he made countless mistakes in the first week.
With no one to guide him, the workload felt like it was triple its weight, making him feel like quitting already. But he remembered that the sect wasn't even paying him a coin. His father had instead to the sect to get him in.
In other words, his father had paid the sect to have his son work for free here, so it didn't matter if he quit or not; the sect would lose nothing.
He could only take out his stress on the water as he bathed at the end of the day.
"Uuuuurgh! This is getting harder and harder. I want to go home and spend the days eating." Like he had after coming to this world.
Out of nowhere, two hands slid on his shoulders and began massaging them.
"Aaaah, right there. That feels g-"
His eyes flew open as his body jerked forward and away from the edge of the tub.
He was about to scream when Yuan Yao's laughter came. "Someone misses his dear mother. Do you want to go back and suckle on her tit while she sings you a lullaby?"
"Why are you here? Get out!"
Ignoring Lin Xuan's bitter order, Yuan Yao stepped into the tub with his shoes and clothes, instantly making Lin Xuan frown annoyed.
"You're crazy. Then I'll leave you the-" he said, starting to turn to leave the bamboo bathtub, but his body was grasped from behind as the demon that had been suppressed for a while emerged.
It was thirstier and thrilled that it didn't have to go out to hunt for willing victims when one was readily a single right here.
Lin Xuan was about to cry out when Yuan Yao bit him but a large hand came to cover his mouth and partially his nose.
The water splashed out of the tub to his meaningless struggles.
He was afraid that whatever had happened last time would reoccur while in his naked state. And to his horror, his member began filling up as the toxins from the bite infiltrated his system.
"W-wait," he breathed with his hand attempting to cover his already hard member. But the mouth on his neck didn't listen to him, weakening Lin Xuan even more from being dominated.
It didn't matter whether he was in his previous or current life; he still had a weakness for dominance.
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