"Master, can you give me this Scroll then? If I hold it while in the dark room, I might not feel so lonely."
Blood Princess’s voice rang out again.
"Uh... sure."
Ye Xuan thought for a moment before agreeing. He didn’t know what it was anyway, and it couldn’t be broken, so he might as well give it to Blood Princess.
"Yay, Master is the best!"
Blood Princess held the Scroll high and ran around the wilderness like a little girl. With her blood-red hair dancing in the wind, she looked like a stunningly breathtaking elf. It was just a pity that the ominous aura around her was too heavy.
A few minutes later, perhaps tired from running, Blood Princess returned to Ye Xuan hugging the Scroll and acted coquettishly.
"Master, I’m hungry..."
"Hungry again? Didn’t I just feed you this morning?"
"Maybe it’s because I fought just now, and I’m too tired."
"Tired? You only threw a single punch, alright! Forget it, seeing as you helped me today, I’ll give you one more bite. But just one!"
"Thank you, Master. I love you, Master."
He wondered where this girl had learned to say those three words. For some reason, however, being told he was loved by Blood Princess always made his body turn cold and gave him the creeps. After all, Blood Princess was a corpse.
A corpse saying she loved him... AHEM. Even if Ye Xuan didn’t like women and merely treated them as tools to relieve his desires, he couldn’t possibly have such twisted tastes. Unless Blood Princess’s body regained its warmth and her evil aura vanished, then he might actually consider it.
Shaking his head, Ye Xuan extended his arm, allowing Blood Princess to take a huge gulp of blood. This gulp was indeed massive; Ye Xuan’s face quickly turned pale.
"Alright, alright, I’m feeling a bit dizzy. Just play on the side for a while. I’m going to refine a batch of Elixirs."
With that, Ye Xuan began the Alchemy process. What he wanted to refine was exactly the Blood Generating Pill. Among the low-grade items he had bought at the auction was the Spirit Medicine needed to refine Blood Generating Pills. These Spirit Medicines had all been sold in a bundle.
The Blood Generating Pill was a level-four Elixir. It wasn’t too difficult for Ye Xuan to refine it. Half an hour later, a batch of Elixirs was successfully completed.
Ye Xuan consumed one and immediately felt the speed of his body’s blood regeneration increase. The blood in his veins surged as if it were about to burst.
"Blood Princess, how about you take another bite?" Not wanting to waste the energy in his body, Ye Xuan extended his arm again.
"Ah? Really? Master, can you handle it?"
"How can a man say he can’t handle it!"
"Okay!"
Overjoyed, Blood Princess took a bite.
GLUG GLUG.
Ye Xuan’s blood continuously flowed into Blood Princess’s stomach. It wasn’t until the energy of the entire Blood Generating Pill was exhausted that Ye Xuan made Blood Princess pull her mouth away.
BURP.
Rarely, Blood Princess actually let out a burp of satisfaction.
"Master, I feel so comfortable, so happy! I’ve never been this happy before. Even though I’m not completely full, this feeling of not having an empty stomach is really nice."
Blood Princess’s words left Ye Xuan somewhat speechless. He wondered if he had been abusing her all these days by never letting her eat her fill.
"Alright, I’ll let you eat like this from now on."
"Really?"
"Of course."
"Master... Blood Princess loves you to death."
Blood Princess threw herself straight into Ye Xuan’s arms. Her body was ice-cold, and the aura around her was incredibly evil! This sensation was absolutely not pleasant.
"Alright, alright. Go play on the side, I need to practice my Swordsmanship."
Ye Xuan took out the Changkong Sword. This Ghost-tier mid-grade weapon was exactly what he needed to use right now. His Earth-tier weapon was his trump card; he would avoid using it casually if possible. At this moment, Ye Xuan was trying to comprehend the third sword of the Sixteen Sword Poem Techniques.
"Raising wine and sword to question the cold night."
However, Ye Xuan was still unable to comprehend the artistic conception within it.
About twenty minutes later, Hua returned. She gave a bow before gesturing, "Young Master, the vehicle is parked on the road outside."
"Mhm, let’s go. This is the map of the Hunting Beast Mountain Range, head straight to the small village nearby."
Ye Xuan had no intention of entering the Hunting Beast Mountain Range. Although he was very curious about the "path to the Underworld" inside the Hunting Beast Mountain Range, Ye Xuan didn’t think he would definitely be able to make it out if he went in. Even the experts of the Mou Family couldn’t make it out and ultimately died inside. Ye Xuan wouldn’t dare blindly go in just to throw his life away. He wasn’t arrogant enough to think he would always be lucky and could never die.
He had previously entered the Gongsun Family’s Forbidden Area because he had no other choice. He had to carve out a bloody path of survival for himself, his sister, and the Ye Family. He had been gambling with his life, betting that he would win. Although he won that gamble, he knew his good luck wouldn’t last forever. Even if he were to explore it in the future, it would have to be after his strength far surpassed that of the Mou Family. Therefore, he decided to go to the small village. He wanted to see if there were any resources he needed there. The Hunting Beast Mountain Range was vast; there were still people who could find Spirit Medicines capable of improving their cultivation.
"Young Master, when I left, the Mou Family seemed to have made a move. The streets were full of patrolling guards. They must know their people are dead. I was interrogated for a long time when I left the city," Hua gestured as they walked.
Ye Xuan said calmly, "Their reaction speed is quite fast."
"Young Master, will they trace it back to you? Even though you silenced them by killing them, anyone with eyes can see that the Mou Family died because they were looking for trouble with you. They will definitely investigate you."
"Let them investigate. They probably won’t expect that I come from a One-Star Main Town. Even if they eventually trace it back to me, who knows how much time would have passed by then."
"Young Master, you really aren’t worried at all."
"There is no need to worry." Ye Xuan smiled, seemingly not putting the Mou Family in his eyes at all. As long as he was given more time, what would a Three-Star Main Town amount to?
The two talked as they boarded the Beast Vehicle.
At the same time, at the Mou Family.
Mou Sanjie, the Town Mayor of Mou Family Town, looked at Mou Dahai’s corpse with an extremely grim expression.
"Town Mayor, all the Qiankun Bags are missing. Someone must have murdered them for their valuables and snatched the Qiankun Bags," the Hall Master of the Cyan Heaven Hall knelt on the ground, speaking in a low voice. He was the first to discover this place.
Mou Sanjie’s face was chillingly dark. "To think someone actually dared to kill people of my Mou Family—how audacious. But why would they be on this route? Mou Dahai and the others had no need to pass through here to return to the Mou Family."
"Lord Town Mayor, the Eighth Elder appeared here because he wanted to deal with a brat."
"Hm? A brat?"
"Yes. During the auction, this brat opposed the Eighth Elder at every turn, snatching the items the Eighth Elder had his eyes on. You know the Eighth Elder’s temper; it was impossible for him to swallow this grievance. Originally, a few of us planned to take action, but the Eighth Elder said he wanted to kill this brat with his own hands. So, we didn’t follow him, but we never expected..."
"Are you saying that it was that brat who killed Mou Dahai? Well then, how old is that brat?"
"He looks about twenty-five years old."
"Twenty-five years old? And he could kill Mou Dahai?! As well as the fifty people present?" Mou Sanjie was instantly furious.
The Hall Master of the Cyan Heaven Hall felt unable to breathe and hurriedly said, "Perhaps there is an expert backing that person."
Only then did Mou Sanjie withdraw his aura. He asked again, "What does that brat look like?"
"I-I will draw him for you right away."
The Hall Master of the Cyan Heaven Hall released his Spiritual Qi and directly drew in the air. Soon, a portrait of Ye Xuan appeared in the air. Even the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon on his chest was vividly lifelike.