Book 5 Chapter 5 – Lianyun Peak

　　"Oh yeah, what about you? I've seen that kick of yours. You're at least level three now, aren't you?"

　　"I'm not telling you." Liu Meng changed her posture and positioned herself more comfortably on Li Yiming's chest.

　　"Meng…" Li Yiming

　　"Your bald head is so ugly…" She slid her hand across Li Yiming's head.

　　"I missed you." Li Yiming tightened his embrace around Liu Meng. He could still picture very vividly Liu Meng's unwavering resolution back in Shangbei, when she ignited the phoenix's fire with her own soul. This was what he had been waiting for so long, and Li Yiming knew that Liu Meng had an even rougher journey than himself.

　　"Me too…" Liu Meng closed her eyes. She bit her lips when she remembered that she had decided to be nothing more than a spectator since the start, and that she had vowed to bury the memories of that fateful night in her heart. After a reunion under extraordinary circ.u.mstances, she had decided to give everything up once again for Li Yiming to live. However, a twist of fate allowed them to be together once more, and Liu Meng was grateful to both Heaven's Laws and fate for allowing it to happen.

　　Their fateful reunion fueled the desire for each other that was burning within them. Liu Meng could feel Li Yiming's body grow warmer and warmer, while her own strength was fading away. This was the first time she had been so close to Li Yiming after that night when she was drunk, only this time, her heart was as close as her body was to Li Yiming's.

　　Li Yiming adjusted his position and put Liu Meng down on the bed gently. Unlike Liu Meng, he had enough experience to understand where this was leading to, and his hands were already moving around on Liu Meng's body. He bent down and brought his lips to Liu Meng's neck…

　　'What the…?' Li Yiming suddenly jumped away from Liu Meng like a frightened cat. He stared at Liu Meng, aghast.

　　A jet of purple fire suddenly shot out of Liu Meng's chest and wrapped her entire body. She opened her eyes after realizing that Li Yiming was gone, only to find her lover with a smoldering head, colored black by soot.

　　"Ah! I forgot!" Liu Meng exclaimed and rushed to check Li Yiming thoroughly for any injuries.

　　"What just… happened?" Li Yiming was still bewildered. 'They say that the worst thing that could happen to you when you're burning with l.u.s.t is to be showered by a bucket of icy water. But what about a jet of fire baking your brains?'

　　"Mr. Kong… he told me that he used a special technique to wake me up, so I'm not entirely fused with the Phoenix yet. I can't control my powers very well, so he told me to avoid strong emotions…" Liu Meng stammered.

　　"Does that mean that your fire is going to go out of control as soon as you get excited?"

　　"I don't know… It's never happened to me before, but… it seems like it."

　　"Really…" Li Yiming touched his scalp again, but instead of his short hair, he found a layer of black dust.

　　"Sorry…" Liu Meng finalized her check and found Li Yiming unharmed, just a little disappointed and embarra.s.sed.