Bai Xuan had always thought something had happened between Ye Chu and Tan Miaotong, but after discovering in the following days that nothing had actually occurred between them, she could not help but burst out laughing. “And here I thought our Young Master Ye was a love saint. Turns out he has not managed it yet!”
“…”
Ye Chu turned his head away, ignoring Bai Xuan’s words. Only Tan Miaotong was blushing furiously at this remark, looking delicate and alluring. Tan Miaotong was familiar with Bai Xuan. She glanced at Ye Chu and said softly to Bai Xuan, “He is such a good-for-nothing. I would never be tricked by him!”
When Ye Chu heard Bai Xuan’s words at that time, he nearly face-planted on the ground. He could hardly imagine that the delicate and obedient Tan Miaotong could say such a thing.
Ye Chu very much wanted to curse a few times, but seeing Bai Xuan’s warning expression, he fled in panic.
In the days that followed, Bai Xuan and Tan Miaotong clearly treated Ye Chu as a good-for-nothing, showing him no good expressions. Occasionally when they were together, the two of them would jointly gang up on Ye Chu. In the end, Ye Chu did not even dare to see the two women anymore.
They were too hurtful!
A week after returning, Ye Chu still had not seen Xixi. Shuigu said she was absorbing the blood power of various clans. Ye Chu did not want to disturb her and could only wait.
On the eighth day after Ye Chu’s return, Jin Wawa and Ou Yi also returned to Wuxin Peak, which surprised Ye Chu greatly. On the day they returned, Old Madman suddenly appeared as well, and Shuigu also awoke from his slumber.
The few people who had been scattered about Wuxin Peak in recent days were all gathered together. After returning to Wuxin Peak, they all came to Bai Xuan’s courtyard, then looked Ye Chu up and down.
“What? You lot did not go out and develop a taste for men, did you?” Ye Chu, seeing them looking him up and down, could not help but feel his scalp go numb.
Jin Wawa first spat, then chuckled with a heh-heh. “Not bad. You have actually reached the peak of the Profound Origin Realm. Soon you will be qualified to assault the Sovereign realm.”
“Mm! Although your talent is a bit lacking. But to cultivate at such a speed, it is comparable to me back in the day.” Ou Yi, looking into his mirror, offered his commentary.
Jin Wawa and Ou Yi spoke one sentence each, seemingly acknowledging Ye Chu, but actually praising themselves. Ye Chu directly ignored these two madmen. His gaze fell on Old Madman, looking him up and down. He still felt that Old Madman was exactly the same as the two people in the coffins outside the Divine Palace.
“Ye Chu, take that thing out and let the old man see!” Shuigu suddenly said to Ye Chu.
Ye Chu knew what Shuigu was talking about. Seeing that Shuigu, for once, had no trace of sleepiness and was looking at him with a grave expression, Ye Chu also took out that thing and handed it to Old Madman.
Old Madman opened it to look. The dragon-shaped metal had blood halos flowing through it, shockingly bright red.
“It really is him!” Old Madman reached out to stroke the dragon-shaped metal. Unlike when Ye Chu stroked it, after Old Madman stroked it, the blood halos on it flowed even more rapidly, spreading out like rippling water.
Especially, a wave of blood energy surged out from within. Although it was not strong, it surprised Ye Chu.
“Old man, what is this thing?” Ye Chu, seeing that Old Madman recognised this thing, could not help but ask.
“The bone of the Blood Butcher Sovereign!” Old Madman answered.
“What?” Ye Chu, Tan Miaotong, Ou Yi, and the others were all horrified. How terrifying was a Sovereign’s bone? Looking at that metal that resembled a divine dragon, Ye Chu let out a light breath and said, “Old man, this joke is not funny at all. Whose bones are divine dragon metal?”
“Do you think I am joking?” Old Madman stared at Ye Chu. “A Sovereign’s entire body of refined bones has long since attained the Dao. What is strange about transforming into divine dragon metal? Even transforming into a forbidden land would be normal.”
“You do not mean to say that the Ancient Nightmare Forbidden Land was transformed by a Sovereign, do you?” Ye Chu’s gaze fell on Ou Yi. This fellow had been far too miraculous in the Ancient Nightmare Forbidden Land back then. If the forbidden land was transformed by a Sovereign, and he was also a descendant of that Sovereign, then that would explain the marvel of that day.
“No, the Ancient Nightmare Forbidden Land has a separate legend!” Ou Yi shook his head. “However, Sovereigns are invincible across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Their marvel is beyond our imagination.”
Ye Chu shrugged. “It is just that I still do not believe this is the Blood Butcher Sovereign’s bone. If it truly were the Blood Butcher Sovereign’s bone, why does it not emit the slightest trace of aura? Oh, right, back then it pricked me once and sucked a drop of blood from my body.”
Old Madman glanced at Ye Chu and said, “So you are lucky. If not for Bai Xuan, you would have long since died.”
“What?” Ye Chu did not understand. Bai Xuan also looked at Old Madman in puzzlement, thinking what did this have to do with her. “What does Sister Bai Xuan have to do with it?”
“You carry Bai Xuan’s aura on your body!” Old Madman said. “There is no need for me to explain this too thoroughly, is there?”
At these words, Bai Xuan’s face instantly turned bright red, incomparably beautiful. What Old Madman’s words meant was that the two of them had done that deed, so they carried each other’s auras.
“Old man, you are of such advanced age. Yet you are still so disrespectful at this time. No wonder you have been single your whole life.” Ye Chu cursed a few times. This fellow was too shameless, actually saying such a thing in front of everyone.
Old Madman did not mind being cursed by Ye Chu. He handed the dragon-shaped metal to Bai Xuan and said, “Hold it. Feel it with your heart!”
Bai Xuan took the dragon-shaped metal in puzzlement, closing her eyes. Ye Chu stared straight at Bai Xuan.
Not long after, Bai Xuan opened her eyes, an astonished expression on her face.
“What did you feel?” Old Madman asked.
“Very intimate!” Bai Xuan was stunned. Her hand involuntarily gripped Ye Chu’s tightly. That sense of intimacy was like the mingling of bloodlines, which made her heart carry a few points of fear.
“Then there is no mistake. Because you are a descendant of the Blood Butcher Sovereign!” Shuigu suddenly said.
“What?” This sentence was like thunder exploding in Ye Chu and Bai Xuan’s ears. Ye Chu jumped up abruptly, staring at Shuigu and shouting, “That is impossible!”
“Why is it impossible?” Shuigu stared at Ye Chu and said, “Do you think Bai Xuan is an ordinary person? Back then, Bai Xuan’s blood was far more effective on Xixi than yours was. Is that not sufficient proof? In fact, from the first glance, we knew, because Bai Xuan’s blood contains the Dao of the Blood Butcher Sovereign. You cannot see it, but we can clearly discover it.”
Ye Chu stared blankly at Bai Xuan. The shock in his heart can be imagined. Bai Xuan also gripped Ye Chu’s hand tightly, her body trembling. She could not accept this fact.
“You can live thanks to Bai Xuan. If you had not carried Bai Xuan’s aura, causing the Sovereign bone to mistake you for its descendant, you would have long since been sucked dry by the blood and died. The altar set up there was for blood sacrifice to him. You think no one discovered that place, that no one reached out to take it? It is just that everyone who touched that thing there has already died.” Old Madman said, “So you brat had good luck, thanks to Bai Xuan’s blessing.”