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However, Shi Xiaobai wasn't aware of this at all, nor did he have any such intentions.
But as he looked at the top beauty who was within reach of him and about to fully expose herself, Shi Xiaobai felt a little thirsty as his body slowly heated up.
Shi Xiaobai was a youth that had never partaken in the acts of humanly pleasure, but he was also a male creature that was biologically normal. While facing such a fatal attraction, Shi Xiaobai instinctively turned fidgety.
This was a biological instinct of a male, and it would get out of hand if not curbed.
However, Shi Xiaobai was never a person who gave in to instinct. He could easily overcome his instinctual fear, so he naturally would not be defeated by his instinctual unease.
Shi Xiaobai's eyes shimmered for a moment before they returned to their original clarity.
He used a calm pair of eyes to look at the beauty in front of him who had her eyes closed and cheeks red. Even her ears were completely red. Immediately, Shi Xiaobai felt a headache.
The Infernal Queen had even taken off her clothes, so what reason could he come up with to refuse her?
"Darling."
Just as Shi Xiaobai was suffering from his headache, the Infernal Queen had opened both of her eyes and she had lowered her head slightly. Her hands wrapped around her chest once again, as she said hesitantly, "It's still a little early. I'm a bit...why don't, why don't we defer it to the evening before we..."
The Infernal Queen, who looked charming and enchanting, was actually a very conservative woman. Doing such acts in the day made her feel like she was engaging in a shameful act, so it was somewhat difficult for the Infernal Queen to accept it. Of course, she was willing to let go of her shame for the person she loved. She was even willing to do a striptease.
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his eyes lit up. The Infernal Queen's words perfectly helped him resolve the awkward situation.
However, Shi Xiaobai very cleverly revealed a look of reluctance. After a moment of silence, he said, "This should have been an act between two consenting adults, so how can This King force you. There is no need to rush it, so let's leave it to the evening. This King is somewhat hungry and will get some food first."
After Shi Xiaobai said this, he headed out of the room with a deadpan expression.
"Darling..."
Shi Xiaobai pretended not to hear the Infernal Queen's gentle voice that had a struggle in it. Instead, he quickened his pace and quickly left the room alone.
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Shi Xiaobai had nearly ran out of the Infernal King's bedroom. Although he had extremely strong self-control, he felt that it would be an extremely strange test of his willpower if the Infernal Queen did not wear a single article of clothing.
Shi Xiaobai could only pretend to be angry and leave alone. He temporarily put aside his search for clues regarding the “King’s Mandate”.
Along the way, Shi Xiaobai casually called a succubus palace maid to lead the way, and soon, he arrived at the dining room where feasts were held.
In the spacious room, there was only one large table placed in the middle with all sorts of food placed on it.
The overwhelming amount of food exceeded a hundred varieties as they emitted a rich fragrance.
And sitting by the side of the table was a person who was about to dine on the food.
As the only person to enjoy the table of food, the silver-haired girl grinned slightly. Her gaze, which seemed to struggle, was on the food that covered the table. Despite holding chopsticks, she had yet to begin eating.
Only when Shi Xiaobai slowly walked over did the silver-haired girl put down her chopsticks and wave her hands. She blinked and planned on greeting him.
When Shi Xiaobai saw that the table of food had yet to be touched, he puzzledly asked, "Why aren't you eating? Does it not match your appetite?"
The silver-haired girl shook her head and wrote on the writing board: "There's too much food. I have no idea which one to eat first. All of them look so delicious, so it's so difficult to choose. T∩T!"
The silver-haired girl pouted slightly and her struggling look made her resemble a kitten that did not know which fish to eat.
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Chapter391 An "Ouch"
Shi Xiaobai was somewhat surprised as he said, "Won't you know if you just try one mouthful of each?"
The silver-haired girl immediately rolled her eyes and wrote on the writing board, "Eating too much is fattening!"
Shi Xiaobai could not help but laugh as he shook his head. After a moment of consideration, he looked towards the succubus palace maid and asked, "Which of the dishes here are the most delicious?"
The palace maid hurriedly said apologetically, "These dishes are the best dishes of the palace chefs. This slave does not have any right to eat them, so she doesn't know which are the most delicious ones."
Shi Xiaobai nodded his head nonchalantly when he heard this. He obviously would not blame the palace maid. As he glanced at the silver-haired girl who was staring at the table full of food while in a struggle as to which to eat first, he laughed with a shake of the head as he grabbed a pair of chopsticks.
"This King happens to be hungry as well. Let This King try and see which tastes better."
When he said that, the palace maids standing by the side stared with widened eyes. The distinguished Infernal King was taking the initiative to be a food taster, it was something that made them momentarily unable to believe their ears.
The silver-haired girl was also slightly surprised, but she quickly squinted her eyes and gave a sweet smile. She wrote, "Brother Shi Xiaobai, you are really the best!"
Shi Xiaobai smiled slightly. In fact, he wasn't hungry, but he had a craving. The aroma from table of food was tantalizing, and in his opinion, it was even more attractive than the Infernal Queen, who had nearly stripped completely.
Shi Xiaobai stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of grilled meat that was oozing with aromatic juices. It was unknown which creature the meat came from, but it looked fresh and delicious.
Shi Xiaobai placed the piece of grilled meat into his mouth without hesitation as he began chewing.
The grilled meat was slightly hot, and as he chewed at it, the meat juice was like a bubble that burst as its aroma filled his mouth, and an intoxicating fragrance went straight to his head. As for the grilled meat, it was very chewy, but it was not vexing to chew on it. The doneness was perfect.
Delicious. The piece of grilled meat was no doubt a delicacy.
However, Shi Xiaobai frowned.
It was a delicacy, but it was a dish that failed his standards because...the piece of grilled meat's nutritional value was nearly negligible!
The nutritional value referred here was different from the common nutritional value people understood. Ever since he fell unconscious in the sixth level, Shi Xiaobai realized that he had become odd. Not only did he have a baffling sense of hunger, he was able to eat anything. He could even taste the flavor of chicken from a hard piece of rock.
Shi Xiaobai knew that it was not an illusion caused by hunger, but because his physique had undergone a baffling change. And the most obvious manifestation was how Shi Xiaobai could clearly feel how much energy each food he consumed had.
He could even give a value to measure the energy contained in different foods, which is the value of the food. If the stones in the Silent Desolate Lands were used as reference, and were considered as food with a nutrition value of one point, then the gigantic black scorpions had nutritional value of ten. The fruit on the Transcendence Holy Tree was at 10,000, or even higher.
As for the nutritional value of the piece of grilled meat in front of him?
It was a pathetic two points!
It was just a little more than a stone!
The nutritional value was not only a pure number. It did not mean that eating 10,000 rocks would accumulate the energy that matched the holy
tree's fruit. One's body would reach a level of saturation or even turn immune to any food. The lower the nutrition value of the food, the amount of yield would definitely be lower, regardless of the amount eaten.
Shi Xiaobai was very displeased with the piece of grilled meat. Even though it was very tasty, the nutritional value was just too low!
Shi Xiaobai immediately used his chopsticks to pick at another dish.
However, after he took a mouthful, Shi Xiaobai frowned once again. The nutritional value of the dish was even lower. It was at 1.5!
Since Shi Xiaobai had taken the initiative to be a food taster for the silver-haired girl, he felt that he had a certain degree of responsibility of choosing the best dish for her. The taste was only secondary, for the real key was the food's nutritional value.
Shi Xiaobai continue tasting the food again and again, and ate dozens of dishes consecutively, but Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows only became more furrowed.
Out of the dozens of dishes, the dish with the highest nutritional value was only three points!
What was going on?
The materials used to make these dishes did not look inferior to the gigantic black scorpions, but why were their nutritional value so low?
Was it a problem with the chef's handling?
Or were the materials used by the Infernal domain only deceptively good?
The palace maids noticed that the Infernal King was constantly testing the food, but his expression was turning ugly. They immediately lowered their heads as their hands trembled. They thought that the food was too unpalatable that in his rage, not only would the chef suffer, even they as palace maids would suffer his wrath.
However, when the silver-haired girl saw Shi Xiaobai's expression, her smile became even sweeter. It had to be Shi Xiaobai being extremely meticulous and serious in his selection for him to be so picky, instead of being perfunctory. This made her very happy.
However, was none of the food really tasty?
The silver-haired girl was somewhat puzzled. The fragrance from the food was very enticing.
Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up slightly.
"It's this!"
Shi Xiaobai pointed with his finger. He had just taken a mouthful of the the Honey-glazed Steak.
The steak's nutritional value was only eight points, but it was outstanding compared to the pile of food that was lower than three points!
Shi Xiaobai was relieved. Thankfully, not all the hundred dishes were junk food. The Honey-glazed steak's nutritional value was pretty good, and its flavor did not lose out to the other dishes. So this shall be it!
Shi Xiaobai had taken a long time to pick the food, and finally chose this dish after testing dozens of dishes, so the silver-haired girl did not hesitate at all. She immediately reached out with her chopsticks and grabbed a piece of steak. She placed it in her mouth with great anticipation and eagerly began to chew.
The silver-haired girl had been famished since a long time ago. She squinted her eyes, making her look like a kitten that was enjoying its food.
However, after a few bites, the silver-haired girl's expression changed drastically.
"Ouch!"
The silver-haired girl cried out in pain as she spat out a half-chewed piece of meat. Inside the meat, there was a black bead that resembled a peach's core.
It was obvious that the hard black pearl had caused pain to the silver-haired girl, causing her to involuntarily cry out in pain.
Wait?
She cried out in pain?
Wasn't the silver-haired girl a mute?
Shi Xiaobai immediately looked at the silver-haired girl in surprise.
At that moment, Shi Xiaobai suddenly felt an invisible energy surge from every direction, as though he was being surrounded by hard boulders. It felt like that they would crush him, so with a change of expression, Shi Xiaobai immediately circulated his psionic power to resist the energy.
At the same time, several screams sounded almost simultaneously. Several palace maids fell into a black rift that suddenly opened and without any resistance, they vanished.
As for the table that was covered with food, it disintegrated as food splattered onto the floor.
The silver-haired girl hurriedly covered her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes.
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Chapter392 How can it be put into the mouth just like that. Hands had to be washed first!
Tears welled in her eyes before streaming down her fair cheeks. The silver-haired girl covered her mouth with all her might, forcing herself not to cry. She looked like she had her mouth blocked. Even her cries were choked back.
The invisible and raging energy finally disappeared. And the empty room was already in ruins. The floor and walls had holes in them or they were cracked. The table of food and the plates it was holding were all shattered to the ground. And worst of all, the four palace maids that were standing by the side had been sent into a spatial rift, leaving nothing of them behind.
Why did such a situation suddenly happen?
From the silver-haired girl's reaction, the conclusion could be easily drawn.
The invisible energy came from the silver-haired girl when she instinctively cried out 'Ouch!' in pain.
The silver-haired girl was not a mute, but a simple 'Ouch' created damage blindly. So how could the kindhearted girl dare to speak?
Shi Xiaobai instantly understood the situation. He once found it strange and pitiable that the silver-haired girl was a mute despite having such a talkative personality. Now, he realized that she was not a mute, but because she had no choice but be a mute.
She liked chatting, but she could not speak. It was not because she couldn't, but because she did not dare to speak!
Seeing the silver-haired girl that was trying her best to cover her mouth while being sad and feeling remorse, but was afraid that she would make a sound from her cries, Shi Xiaobai felt his heart pain for her.
If she could not escape the devil-like voice, she would only live in more pain the more kind she was.
Shi Xiaobai could not help but take a step forward and hugged the silver-haired girl into his arms. He let her head rest on his chest as he gently stroked the girl's back and said softly, "You did not do it on purpose."
If she could make a sound, the girl would have been muttering about how she didn't mean to do it. However, she could not even speak, not even her sobs could be uttered.
"It's not your fault."
Shi Xiaobai whispered gently into the silver-haired girl's ears, "It was a mistake of This King. The dish was chosen by This King for you. If This King was more careful and realized that there was something wrong with the dish, this would not have happened. If there is anyone to blame, it should be on This King."
Shi Xiaobai's eyes flashed a hint of remorse. The words he said were not only to comfort the girl, but because he truly felt that he should have discovered something wrong with the dish.
Why did the dishes that were at best three points in nutritional value suddenly have a dish with eight points of nutritional value? Shi Xiaobai only believed that his luck was good, and did not go a step further to think of the reason.
And now, the reason was revealed. Inside the steak, there was a demonic beast core. The reason why the other dishes had low nutritional value was because the chef had specially removed the demonic beast's core when handling the dishes. As for this dish, the chef had been careless and did not remove it. It caused the silver-haired girl to accidentally munch onto the demonic beast core.
Back when Shi Xiaobai was eating the gigantic black scorpions and steel rhinoceroses, he had directly eaten the demonic beast cores. They were no different from biting on toffee sweet.
However, the silver-haired girl was an ordinary person. She had bitten on a demonic beast's core that was harder than steel without any warning, so it was obvious she would cry out in pain.
Shi Xiaobai said with a sigh, "Cry, cry out verbally. This King will be fine."
The girl obviously refused. She shook her head vigorously once again as she buried her head deeper, as though she wanted to hide into Shi Xiaobai's chest, and escape the tragic reality.
Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai's nose scrunched up, as he frowned.
He smelled a hint of blood.
Shi Xiaobai's heart missed a beat as he released his arms and took a step back. He stretched his hand out and raised the silver-haired girl's head up. His pupils could not help but constrict violently. He noticed that there was shimmering blood in between the girl's fingers that covered her mouth.
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The silver-haired girl's physique was weaker than Shi Xiaobai imagined. After she bit down on the demonic beast's core, she had shattered a tooth.
Shi Xiaobai forcefully pulled the girl's hands away, and even continued by opening her mouth. He saw her oral cavity completely covered in blood. The hole where her tooth had cracked was still seeping with blood.
The girl wanted to dodge and shake her head to indicate that she was fine, but it was impossible for Shi Xiaobai to forget it. The girl frowned in pain as she tried her best to not make a single sound. It truly wrenched one's heart.
Without any hesitation, Shi Xiaobai immediately used his left hand to open the girl's lips. He stretched his right hand's index and middle finger right into the girl's oral cavity and gently covered the bleeding gums.
With a foreign object inserted into her sensitive oral cavity, the girl's eyes widened when her soft tongue touched the unfamiliar fingers. She looked incredulously at Shi Xiaobai.
The girl instinctively struggled.
"Don't move."
Shi Xiaobai whispered, "Your wound needs to be treated."
The girl was appalled but she quickly realized that the painful wound that she could hardly endure was healing. The pain was also subsiding. Shi Xiaobai's fingers were emitting a warm energy that healed her wound.