Looking at the sky, Ye Xuan decided not to continue with his alchemy. Inside the Demon Subduing Scripture, Blood Princess was already crying from hunger. He hadn’t let her drink any blood for seven days.
With a mere thought, Ye Xuan let Blood Princess out.
"Master... WAAAAH, you finally remembered me!"
Ye Xuan coughed dryly. He really had forgotten. He had been so obsessed with alchemy these past few days that she completely slipped his mind. Furthermore, to avoid being disturbed while refining elixirs, he had blocked all connection between the Demon Subduing Scripture and the outside world. That was exactly why Blood Princess had been reduced to tears of hunger.
Without another word, Ye Xuan offered his arm. However, rather than biting his arm, Blood Princess leaped onto him like an octopus and sank her teeth directly into his neck.
Her teeth were like divine weapons, effortlessly piercing his skin.
GLUG GLUG GLUG.
Fresh blood rapidly flowed into her stomach. Blood Princess’s expression shifted from her initial lethargy to pure excitement and joy. Drinking blood was truly a delightful experience. In her life, there was simply nothing happier than this.
After she sucked for quite a while, Ye Xuan’s face turned ghastly pale. His body visibly thinned out until he was essentially skin and bones. Only then did Blood Princess voluntarily pull her mouth away.
"Master, I felt so good that I forgot myself... but why didn’t you tell me to stop?" Blood Princess jumped in fright when she saw Ye Xuan’s malnourished state.
If she accidentally sucked him dry and killed him, it would break her heart. After all, she would end up starving to death! Having tasted Ye Xuan’s blood, everyone else’s blood smelled as awful as excrement to her.
Despite his weakness, Ye Xuan offered a faint smile. "I was the one who forgot you in the Demon Subduing Scripture for seven days. Treat this as my punishment, letting you drink a little more."
"Master... WAAAAH... You are too good to me! Master, why don’t you drink my blood too? Suck right here, the blood in the neck tastes the best." As she spoke, Blood Princess tilted her head back, exposing her fair, swan-like neck.
Ye Xuan was somewhat speechless. He wasn’t a spirit corpse; he had absolutely no interest in drinking blood. "Alright, there’s no need to blame yourself. I’ll be fine after taking an elixir."
After consuming a Blood Generating Pill, Ye Xuan’s complexion quickly regained its rosy hue, and his physique returned to its full, robust state.
"Ah! Master, you’re better?" Blood Princess bounced around, overjoyed. Then, she spoke up again. "Master, then let me have one more sip, okay? I’m still hungry."
She had only said it casually. Having drunk so much today, she was already quite satisfied. To her surprise, Ye Xuan tilted his head and said, "Come on."
"Master... really?"
"Really. I have more alchemy to do next, so I might end up neglecting you again. It’s better if I just let you drink your fill this time, which might last you a bit longer. Plus, I’m curious to know exactly how much blood it takes to make you full."
"Master, can you handle it?"
"I’ll be fine. I still have Blood Generating Pills."
"Okay, Master! Here I come!"
Blood Princess wrapped herself around Ye Xuan like an octopus once more and resumed gulping down large mouthfuls of blood from the same puncture wound.
Whenever Ye Xuan could no longer bear the drain, he would pop another Blood Generating Pill.
One pill, two pills...
Three pills, four pills...
Even after he had consumed ten Blood Generating Pills, Blood Princess was actually still drinking!
Damn it, during this time, he must have lost at least three hundred pounds of blood, if not five hundred!
Draining a normal person completely would only yield about ten pounds of blood. However, sustained by the Blood Generating Pills, Ye Xuan’s body rapidly produced new blood. Once a single pill’s energy was fully depleted, it could generate an estimated thirty pounds of blood.
Did this mean Blood Princess could drink over three hundred pounds in a single meal? That would fill an absolutely massive vat!
Ye Xuan lowered his head as much as possible to glance at her. Due to their posture, he couldn’t see her face. The first thing he noticed was her arm. Her normally deathly pale arm seemed a bit flushed.
Hm? Wait!
What was this?
Why was her stomach so huge?!
Was Blood Princess pregnant?
Blood Princess’s figure was ordinarily flawless. But right now, her stomach looked like she was ten months pregnant and ready to go into labor.
Ye Xuan’s face twitched. That stomach had to be filled entirely with his blood. Just how much had she drunk? Yet, even with her belly swollen to such proportions, she was still sucking away, completely unafraid of bursting.
"Enough, stop!" Ye Xuan immediately called for a halt.
Only then did Blood Princess release her bite. However, seemingly exhausted from overeating, she slumped her head onto his shoulder.
It was then that Ye Xuan finally got a clear view of her face. Her usually well-defined facial features had actually puffed up like a balloon. She didn’t look beautiful at all right now, though she wasn’t ugly either. Instead, she looked rather adorkable and somewhat hilarious.
Unable to hold back any longer, Ye Xuan said, "You’re swollen to this extent, and you still didn’t think to stop on your own?"
"BURP." Blood Princess tried to speak, but couldn’t suppress a burp. "Master... you were the one who said... BURP... to let me eat my fill... I was just afraid... BURP... that I would end up starving... BURP... again later..."
She belched several times just trying to get one sentence out. Ye Xuan was genuinely worried that if she wasn’t careful, the blood in her stomach would shoot right back up her throat and spray all over his face!
"Never mind, never mind. Go back and get some rest."
With a thought, Ye Xuan sent Blood Princess straight back into the Demon Subduing Scripture.
Inside the pitch-black room, Blood Princess lay stiffly on the floor, looking like a perfectly round rubber ball. Before long, she rolled onto her side, using a scroll as a pillow, and began to snore soundly.
Spirit corpses slept when they were full. They also slept when they were hungry. Their days were truly free of worries.
Ye Xuan shook his head and changed his clothes. Instead of continuing his alchemy, he left the inn.
It had been seven days, and Hua still hadn’t returned. He couldn’t help but feel a little worried.
Just as he stepped out of the inn’s doors, violent explosion sounds rang out from the distance. It seemed someone was fighting. The terrifying power caused the ground to tremble. Up ahead, clouds of smoke and dust billowed into the air. The dust cloud was rapidly approaching Ye Xuan; it seemed the combatants were surging in his direction.
Suddenly, Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed.
Hua’s figure emerged from the dust. No less than a hundred people were trailing behind her. From a distance, they were madly bombarding Hua with attacks.
However, Hua moved like a phantom. After dodging everything, she struck back with a backhand palm. As her palm shot out, the surrounding air grew thin. Powerful Spiritual Qi formed into a violent gale, sweeping toward her rear. Her pursuers were immediately thrown off their feet, and those with weaker cultivation bases died on the spot.
"This bitch is actually this strong!"
"Let’s stop chasing her! We should just wait for the Village Chief to arrive!"
The pursuers in the back no longer dared to advance.
Hua turned around and quickly arrived at the inn’s entrance. Seeing Ye Xuan, she looked a bit surprised and signed, "Young Master, why did you come out?"
Ye Xuan didn’t answer, instead asking, "Hua, what is going on here?"
Hua gestured, "Young Master, it’s a minor issue. Wait for me. I’ll go settle the bill, and then we’ll leave."
Hua nonchalantly paid the bill, then led the beast vehicle out through the side door.
"Young Master, let’s go," she signed, urging Ye Xuan to get in the vehicle.
Ye Xuan furrowed his brows. Glancing at the cultivators surrounding him, he said, "I haven’t gathered enough resources yet. Besides, will they even let us leave?"