Thud... thud...
Inside the dim bedchamber.
Under the shocked gazes of Xiaobai and Danxia, Ye Shu struggled to prop himself up. With his hands pressing against the ground, he continuously fell and stood back up, over and over again.
Specks of starlight began to illuminate across his body.
Ye Shu forcefully circulated the Cosmic Star rotation, desperately absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to feed the Green Lotus Heavenly Flame, all to maintain his current state.
Now was not the time to refine the spiritual flame.
It was not safe here.
Although it was unclear whether the Medusa in the underground cavern had died along with her main body's accident, the other Soul Formation experts were still here. Bingxuanzi's unsealing could only last for an hour. Once he could no longer hold off the others...
Let alone Wu Tianxing.
Mu Yunxi alone could take his life.
He could not stay here for long.
Gritting his teeth, Ye Shu endured the abyssal, overwhelming agony. He tried to stand up step by step. The moment sweat beaded on his forehead, it was evaporated by the scorching flames.
Finally, he stood up.
Although he staggered and could barely keep his balance, looking even more unsteady than a toddler just learning to walk, he had indeed stood up.
"Shu'er..."
Danxia's beautiful eyes trembled, filled with heartache.
She had also refined a spiritual flame before and knew exactly what kind of torment it was. But back then, she was fully prepared and had the cultivation of the Void Refinement realm to barely pull through.
But right now, her Shu'er...
Had nothing.
All he had was his willpower and a heart full of hot blood.
He was in countless times more pain than she had been, yet he still dragged this battered body forward. Just what kind of willpower was this?
Besides the shocked Danxia.
The Medusa hiding in Ye Shu's trousers was also astounded.
Being so close, she could clearly hear the boy muttering under his breath, "I cannot fall," "I still have unfulfilled promises," "Someone is still waiting for me."
Wait, was he acting out a stage play?
Did he think that by shouting about friendship and bonds, he could erupt with incredible power?
Impossible, the dose must not be enough.
Her eyes filled with disbelief, Medusa opened her mouth wide and took another bite at the root of Ye Shu's thigh.
Venom was injected once more.
"Hanmo..."
Ye Shu's eyes were both dazed and resolute. He softly murmured this name, yet his movements became even sharper.
?
A giant question mark popped up over Medusa's head.
The dose definitely wasn't large enough.
Let's try another bite.
Venom injected!
"Hanmo... wait for me..."
Let's try another bite.
Venom injected!
"I still cannot fall..."
Let's try another bite.
Venom injected...
It wasn't until the fluids inside Medusa's body were completely drained that Ye Shu still hadn't fallen. She stared in disbelief at the staggering Ye Shu. Although his movements were still shaky, he was actually a bit more agile than when he first started.
Medusa was utterly dumbfounded.
What a joke!
The deadly venom of the Nine Nether Profound Snake could fell even a Void Refinement expert. This kid was only at the Foundation Establishment realm. After being bitten over a dozen times, how was he walking even more steadily?
Refusing to believe it, she opened her mouth and bit down again.
Nothing happened.
Her venom was completely empty.
On the other hand, because he was in so much agonizing pain, Medusa's fangs felt like a mere tickle to Ye Shu, so he hadn't noticed them at all.
He pushed open the doors of the bedchamber. Ahead lay an open-air corridor leading to the main hall. Ye Shu staggered forward, swaying every three steps and falling every ten.
As long as... as long as he could reach that place...
The sky was already nearing dusk.
The setting sun spilled from the horizon, draping him in a thin veil of gold, like a wandering son returning home from afar.
Finally, Ye Shu reached the main hall.
He pushed the doors open.
Inside, Qingli looked up upon hearing the sound.
"Big brother is back!" She was about to run toward him when she suddenly realized the young man before her was in tatters, bathed in blood, and emitting green flames all over. He looked utterly wretched, completely different from the dashing, ethereal youth in white from before.
"Big brother, what happened to you?"
Qingli was a little scared, but she immediately rushed forward anyway.
"Don't come near me..." Ye Shu raised his head, stopping her in her tracks with a forced smile. "This fire will hurt you. We need to leave right now..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his vision suddenly went black.
His entire body collapsed heavily onto the ground.
"I-idiot! What's wrong with you?!"
Xiaobai, who had been following beside Ye Shu, rushed forward in a panic, pushing his face. "Wake up right now! If we don't leave, those Soul Formation experts are going to kill their way over here!!!"
Ye Shu did not respond, looking as if he had fallen asleep.
How could he be fine just a moment ago and suddenly end up like this?
Danxia, where was Danxia?
Why did Danxia suddenly disappear?
Xiaobai suddenly realized that Danxia was gone. She carefully examined Ye Shu's condition and discovered that his sea of consciousness was in complete chaos. A massive golden snake was running rampant inside, virtually turning it upside down.
D-damn it!
It was Queen Medusa's doing!
She actually wasn't dead!
Xiaobai gritted her teeth, her small face flushed red; she was going crazy with anxiety. Right now, Ye Shu was unconscious, Danxia was restraining Medusa inside his sea of consciousness, and outside, a group of Soul Formation experts could attack at any moment.
Now, it was only her.
What to do?
What to do?
What in the world should she do?
Xiaobai paced around in a frenzy, her little brain working harder than it ever had before.
She suddenly remembered something.
Ye Shu had said before.
The Azure Profound Sect would come to snatch the Green Lotus Heavenly Flame.
Sure enough, Mu Yunxi had appeared, along with Su Xiao and his junior sisters. Did that mean... Lin Qingxue was actually in the Snake People City right now too?
That's right! That's right!
The more Xiaobai thought about it, the more it made sense.
But the problem was, she couldn't possibly take Ye Shu to find Lin Qingxue all by herself, and these dancer girls couldn't see her.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind.
Xiaobai's eyes lit up, and she raised her hands.
In an instant, three hundred and sixty-one white dots lit up on Ye Shu's body. Silvery-white fragments flew out from within him, pointing in a certain direction in midair while emitting a humming sound.
The Male Yuan Sword and the Female Yang Sword were originally a pair.
Naturally, they could sense each other's existence.
This way, she could guide this group of dancers to take Ye Shu to find Lin Qingxue!
Sure enough.
The somewhat panicked little Qingli saw those glowing fragments. Seeing them line up, continuously shining and humming toward a specific direction, she tentatively asked, "Do you want us to follow you?"
Hum!
The Male Yuan Sword let out a trembling cry.
Having received an affirmative answer, the dancers now faced a dilemma regarding Ye Shu on the ground.
Clusters of green flames were still dancing across his body. A dancer reached out her hand, but before she even got close, she jerked it back, scorched by the terrifying temperature.
"It's so hot..."
The dancers looked at each other in dismay, none daring to try again.
"The hour is almost up, hurry..." Xiaobai gritted her teeth, tears of anxiety swirling in her eyes.
It's over... it's truly over...
Ordinary people simply couldn't withstand the burning of the Green Lotus Heavenly Flame.
Even if they could, it was impossible for them to endure that near-ultimate agony. After all, wasn't someone as fierce as Ye Shu once driven to the brink of seeking death?
However, just as Xiaobai fell into despair.
A petite figure resolutely hoisted Ye Shu from the ground onto her back. Azure flames spread rapidly, dancing wildly as they ravaged her flesh.
The intense agony instantly contorted Little Qingli's face.
Is this the pain Big Brother has been enduring?
It hurts so much, ten thousand times worse than the director's whip.
But it doesn't matter!
Carrying Ye Shu on her back, Little Qingli staggered step by step toward the exit of the grand hall. "Big Brother saved Qingli, so Qingli can save Big Brother too. Qingli never wants to just sit and wait for death again, and she never wants to watch the people important to her fall ever again."
"Big Brother, I, Qingli, will be the one to protect you!!!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
