Ye Chu waited for the old madman but half a month passed and the old madman still had not appeared. On Heartless Peak Sleep Ancient remained fast asleep as if he intended to sleep through the ages.
Ye Chu spent time with Xi Xi and Yao Yao. The two of them raced through the magnificent scenery of Heartless Peak with laughter floating in the air. Happiness and joy showed on their faces in gentle smiles. Yao Yao and Xi Xi laughter affected Ye Chu and his heart felt refreshed and delighted. Ye Chu looked at Xi Xi. Her features were quite standard yet she looked thin and frail with dry hair that made her seem like a wild girl. Ye Chu thought that if Xi Xi did not have such a constitution she would probably have grown into an exceptionally beautiful and peerless woman.
Looking at Xi Xi Ye Chu could not help but feel tenderness and pity for her.
“Yao Yao …” Xi Xi picked a flower and handed it to Yao Yao. A smile bloomed on her face. The illness in her body had not affected Xi Xi optimism.
Yao Yao ran towards Xi Xi took the flower and giggled. She wanted to reach out and hug Xi Xi but then she saw Xi Xi suddenly collapse to the ground and her body began to tremble.
“Xi Xi sister!” Yao Yao got frightened. She grabbed hold and threw herself on the ground trying to pull Xi Xi up. Her small arms used all their strength yet she still could not lift Xi Xi.
“Xi Xi sister …” Yao Yao began to cry and threw herself onto Xi Xi body.
Ye Chu was also startled. His body leapt forward and he reached Xi Xi. He stretched out his hand to touch her and felt bone piercing cold. Ye Chu quickly pulled Yao Yao away. “Yao Yao do not cry!”
Ye Chu lifted Xi Xi into his arms. Xi Xi body was thin and frail and very light. Holding her felt like holding nothing at all.
Xi Xi body trembled. Her lips turned blue and her whole body gave off icy chill. The cold made her teeth chatter. Ye Chu holding Xi Xi felt as if he were holding a block of ice. The chill tried to invade his body and made him feel uncomfortable.
“Old madman! Sleep Ancient!”
Ye Chu held Xi Xi and ran wildly. He shouted at the top of his voice. The sound was like thunder and shook Heartless Peak. Ye Chu did not know where the old madman had gone. He could only carry Xi Xi to the place where Sleep Ancient was in seclusion.
Ye Chu kicked giant rocks one after another and smashed them straight into the cave where Sleep Ancient was in seclusion. Loud rumbling sounds rang out.
“Sleep Ancient come out now! Xi Xi is having an attack!”
Ye Chu roared. He kept kicking giant rocks one after another. The rocks smashed against the cave with continuous rumbling noises. But Ye Chu had underestimated how deeply Sleep Ancient slept. No matter how he smashed against the cave of Sleep Ancient seclusion he could not wake him.
“Damn it!” Ye Chu cursed angrily. He looked at Xi Xi whose trembling grew worse and worse. Her whole body seemed about to turn into a block of ice. Fear and anxiety filled Ye Chu heart.
Xi Xi attacks were becoming more serious each time. Ye Chu had seen her last attack. At that time Sleep Ancient had used countless efforts before he managed to suppress the cold in Xi Xi.
Icy cold aura kept surging and the chill spread out making even Ye Chu unable to stop shivering. Ye Chu saw Bai Xuan startled and bringing Yao Yao over. He quickly stretched out his hand to stop them.
“Do not come over!”
Frost covered Xi Xi hair and eyebrows. Bai Xuan looked and her expression changed dramatically. She was frightened and worried. “Ye Chu what happened to Xi Xi?”
“She is having an attack!” Ye Chu did not say much. He poured spiritual energy into Xi Xi body hoping to ease some of her pain. But at this moment Xi Xi face was already twisted in pain. She bit her lips tightly and refused to let any sound escape.
“Fourth senior brother do not worry about me. I will endure it and it will get better.” Xi Xi forced out a few smiles that looked extremely ugly. Her voice carried a tremble and cold air sprayed out as she spoke.
“Xi Xi if it hurts then cry out. It will make you feel better!” Ye Chu felt distressed. Xi Xi looked delicate yet she was very strong willed. Ye Chu could imagine how much pain Xi Xi was enduring right now.
“Fourth senior brother I am fine!”
What Xi Xi said made Ye Chu heart feel as if it were being cut by knives. He watched Xi Xi endure such pain yet he had no way to help. At this moment Ye Chu felt especially powerless.
Ye Chu punched the ground as if venting his anger and kicked a giant rock with his foot. “Sleep Ancient if you do not come out right now I will never let this go.”
“Old madman where the hell have you died? Come out quickly! Xi Xi cannot hold on much longer!”
Ye Chu roared until his voice grew hoarse. His eyes were blood red. He kept kicking out with his feet smashing against Sleep Ancient cave. His expression turned wild.
The chill spread from Xi Xi body. Ye Chu could not help but tremble. The temperature around them dropped. The chill spread and the grass was instantly frozen to death. Ice formed on the grass.
Bai Xuan stood to one side and watched Ye Chu body tremble with ice about to form on him. Her heart was filled with horror. She did not know what kind of chill it was that could make Xi Xi like this.
“Ye Chu …” Bai Xuan wanted to step forward and called out to Ye Chu.
“Do not come over!” Ye Chu shouted urgently. This chill was something even he could not resist. If Bai Xuan and Yao Yao came over it would easily cause big problems.
“Fourth senior brother do not mind me. Leave quickly!” Xi Xi shouted at Ye Chu and urged him to go. She knew how terrifying the chill surging inside her body was. Last time it could turn an entire lake into ice. This time it was probably even more terrifying.
Ye Chu strength still could not withstand such chill erosion.
“Do not speak!” Ye Chu shouted at Xi Xi. He kicked out with his foot again. “Sleep Ancient! Old madman! Come out quickly!”
Ye Chu shouts had no effect. Anxiety made his expression almost crazy and his eyes turned completely red.
This was his little junior sister. Ye Chu watched her suffer with a face twisted in pain. It felt like knives cutting into his heart.
“Blood … right … blood …”
Ye Chu suddenly remembered that last time when Sleep Ancient suppressed the chill in Xi Xi he had dripped his own essence blood.
Ye Chu thought of this point. He did not know if it would work but he did not care about that anymore. He scraped his palm against a sharp rock. Streams of blood flowed out. Ye Chu let the blood drip onto Xi Xi forehead.
The scalding blood fell onto Xi Xi forehead. The chill spreading from Xi Xi body seemed suppressed and no longer surged. The heat from the blood merged into Xi Xi forehead. The originally bright red blood quickly turned icy cold. The fresh red colour faded and it faintly became transparent.
Seeing that Xi Xi pain had eased because of this Ye Chu was overjoyed. “It works. It really works!”
Ye Chu blood flowed out and kept dripping onto Xi Xi forehead. The chill in Xi Xi was suppressed and no longer raged. Xi Xi twisted face finally recovered a little.
But Xi Xi saw Ye Chu blood continuously dripping onto her forehead and tried to push him away. “Fourth senior brother do not do this. This can only suppress it for a short while. It will soon lose effect. You cannot let your blood flow for long!”
“Do not mind me. I have so much blood I could drink it like water.” Ye Chu glared at Xi Xi and motioned for her not to move. At the same time he shouted at Bai Xuan. “Go and find the old madman quickly.”
Bai Xuan saw the blood flowing continuously from Ye Chu palm and knew Ye Chu could not let it flow like this for long. Although she was worried in her heart she also knew Xi Xi had to be saved. Seeing Ye Chu say this she quickly held Yao Yao and loudly called out for the old madman.