r18novel Chapter 34 The Return Journey
Chapter 34 The Return Journey
Chapter 34 The Return Journey
"Yuhao, try circulating the Xuan Tian Gong I taught you on your own," Ye Nanxiao said to Huo Yuhao, who was meditating cross-legged.
Huo Yuhao nodded, his expression somber, and closed his eyes as he silently circulated his soul power.
When Huo Yuhao returned home and was told that his mother had passed away and that her body had been disposed of, he almost went crazy. If Xiao Ye No. 1 hadn't gone with him, Huo Yuhao might have been consumed by hatred.
After thinking about avenging his mother, Huo Yuhao, burning with an endless fire of revenge, cultivated desperately, and his ruthlessness truly impressed Ye Nanxiao.
"What a cultivation fanatic!" Ye Nanxiao remarked.
It's no wonder Ye Nanxiao made such a remark. Huo Yuhao had almost compressed all his time to cultivate, leaving only time to drink water and rest before frantically cultivating again.
Driven by a desire for revenge, Huo Yuhao disregarded his physical exhaustion and devoted himself entirely to cultivation.
Finally, Ye Nanxiao couldn't bear to watch any longer and, under the pretext of cultivation, helped Huo Yuhao recuperate and improve his health.
After Ye Nanxiao had cleansed Huo Yuhao's body, he could cultivate a little faster than before. However, his innate foundation was weak, and even with his frantic cultivation after the body cleansing, Huo Yuhao's soul power still increased slowly.
"At this rate, we should be able to advance five levels in a year, right?" Ye Nanxiao said, counting on his fingers.
"It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering. You've never experienced the pain of cultivation." The Snow Empress manifested in her spirit form and couldn't help but mock Ye Nanxiao upon hearing this.
Ye Nanxiao scratched his head and said somewhat helplessly, "Well, this problem will probably still exist, but I don't know when it will be."
Snow Empress floated to Ye Nanxiao's side and rolled her eyes at him. Ye Nanxiao's talent was unique; his cultivation progressed almost effortlessly, and he hadn't experienced bottlenecks or obstacles in his cultivation yet.
"I must have some extraordinary talent, but it's really strange that I can cultivate with almost no resistance." Ye Nanxiao frowned slightly, pondering the answer to this question.
"It'll be soon. Once you reach the Soul King level, your cultivation speed will be suppressed. Just digesting my power will be enough for you to refine." Xue Di glanced at Ye Nanxiao, who was still focused on thinking and didn't seem to have heard her.
Xue Di ignored Ye Nanxiao and turned to look at Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's young face was covered in sweat as he gritted his teeth and began to cultivate.
Seeing this, Xue Di reached out and patted Ye Nanxiao's fox ears, waking him from his reverie, and asked, "Are you really that optimistic about this child? Although his talent isn't that great, his willpower is indeed very strong."
"He will, I always believe it," Ye Nanxiao said with a smile. The person in front of you is the chosen one of this world. Even if he himself is not capable, the world will still pour resources into him, and there is also the daughter of some old sly man.
Xue Di didn't understand why Ye Nanxiao was so confident.
"After all, being a chosen one is no joke, but as for opportunities, he might have to find other ways to compensate for it." Ye Nanxiao's eyes gleamed, like a shrewd merchant with an abacus.
"It's about time to go back. You just explained it to Jiang Nannan and left Huo Yun there. We still need your help to treat Huo Yun's body and prolong her life." Xue Di played with Ye Nanxiao's fox ears with some boredom.
"Okay, I understand. I'll teach you a few more things and then head back, but we'll have to pass through the Star Dou Great Forest on the way." Ye Nanxiao turned his head and looked in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Where are we going? What are we going to do?" Xue Di asked, puzzled. Although Xue Di was not afraid of Di Tian, the Star Dou Great Forest was Di Tian's territory after all. Moreover, her current symbiotic relationship with Ye Nanxiao made it difficult for her to unleash her full strength, and the cost would be high.
"To seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, tell me that going to Xingdou will bring me great luck," Ye Nanxiao said with a smile.
Not long ago, Ye Nanxiao suddenly sensed a strange feeling, a feeling that told him that he would encounter extremely strong good fortune in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Are you sure you'll survive to go to Star Dou?" Xue Di asked curiously, wondering where Ye Nanxiao got his confidence from. The Star Dou Great Forest was not something a lowly Soul Master could chase after.
"As long as a person doesn't die, they'll always be on the path to making a fatal mistake."
"Moreover, my gold-level passive skill is very effective; it might just take off right away." Ye Nanxiao shook his head and laughed smugly.
"Hmph, as for escaping, I'm still quite confident. I can freely transform into my demon form now. I can turn into a little dumpling and rely on you to temporarily cleave through space to escape, which shouldn't be a problem." Ye Nanxiao closed his eyes and nodded, having made up his mind to escape.
"Just a friendly reminder, I can't beat Di Tian, so running away is probably out of the question," Xue Di said irritably. Did she really think Di Tian had lived that long and was already stupid?
"Well, I've also researched my cheat ability, and I have a passive skill called 'Avoiding Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune.' If it can be called that, does that mean I'll get riddled by a flying dragon?" Ye Nanxiao's eyes gleamed with golden light. What a great skill!
Xue Di understood that Ye Nanxiao's "golden finger" referred to the giant fox inside his body, but Xue Di still advised against it, saying, "I still think it's inappropriate."
"With two golden fingers, it's alright. The road is so wide, and the stars are so vast, how could we possibly run into trouble? You're overthinking it, Xue'er." Ye Nanxiao had no idea that he had just raised a big flag.
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"Brother, what did you teach me today?" Huo Yuhao casually wiped the sweat from his face. His face was flushed from exercising.
Since Huo Yun's death, Huo Yuhao has devoted himself to cultivation, relying on Ye Nanxiao as his only support. Whatever Ye Nanxiao asks him to practice, Huo Yuhao practices to the point of exhaustion.
Ye Nanxiao pondered for a moment. It seemed he really couldn't teach anything, except for ice-attribute moves that Huo Yuhao couldn't learn right now. How about something like fighting? No, wait, my specialty is tricking people, no, negotiating!
"Yuhao, my time is running out," Ye Nanxiao said, feigning hesitation to dispel the awkwardness.
Huo Yuhao fell silent, his eyes reddening slightly. Ye Nanxiao quickly comforted him, "Brother is going to another place. I'll come to pick you up in a year. Don't be afraid."
Huo Yuhao wiped his eyes, his voice choked with emotion, and said, "No, I just got some sand in my eyes."
Ye Nanxiao patted Huo Yuhao's head and smiled gently, "Back then, I hoped you would be stronger than you are now, Yuhao."
"I definitely will!" Huo Yuhao nodded and said, his voice choked with emotion.
Ye Nanxiao extended his right hand, little finger sticking out, "This is a man's promise."
Huo Yuhao and Ye Nanxiao tugged at each other.
Ye Nanxiao took out a wooden bracelet and a small bag of gold soul coins, and said to Huo Yuhao, "This is a storage soul tool. I have embedded a storage gem into the wooden bracelet. You can use soul power to explore the space inside, although it is not very big."
Huo Yuhao didn't stand on ceremony and accepted the bracelet, putting it on his wrist. It looked like a dark wooden bracelet, completely unremarkable. This was Ye Nanxiao's intention. Huo Yuhao tried to put the bag of gold soul coins into the bracelet. He was a little clumsy at first, but after using it a few times, he got used to it.
"My mark is inside. Show it to anyone from the Tang Clan you encounter." Ye Nanxiao patted Huo Yuhao's head, then turned his back to Huo Yuhao, leaving only his back view.
"Well then, Yuhao, see you in a year."
Under Huo Yuhao's watchful gaze, Ye Nanxiao transformed into snowflakes and drifted away.
Huo Yuhao stared blankly in the direction of the swirling snowflakes. After a moment, he came to his senses, sat down cross-legged to cultivate, and said with unwavering determination, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely become stronger."
In the distant woods, snowflakes slowly gathered and then transformed back into Ye Nanxiao's body.
"What a great skill, Xue'er." As he absorbed the power of the Snow Empress, Ye Nanxiao comprehended the Snow Empress's soul skill when she was the Ice and Snow Maiden. He simulated the operation of soul power and, with his powerful mental strength and soul power control, could transform himself into snowflakes for a short time, but it was all show and no substance.
"This is similar to Itachi's crow, quite practical, especially for pretending to be a master. The special effects are top-notch, even Agul would have to admit I'm an expert." Ye Nanxiao exclaimed, then headed straight towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
"You know that Xingdou is Ditian's territory, right?" Xue Di did not come out, but stayed in the sea of consciousness, afraid of attracting Ditian's attention, after all, Xue Di and Ditian did not have a friendly relationship.
"I know, as long as I don't go into the inner circle, staying in the middle level is fine. Even if I find it in the inner circle, I can't take it. I don't do things that aren't worth it." Ye Nanxiao had a blade of grass in his mouth, looking nonchalant.
The Snow Empress released a wisp of her aura, enough to drive away soul beasts below ten thousand years old. As for those above ten thousand years old, she could run away when she saw them.
Ye Nanxiao's soul power has now reached level 37. If he were to deal with a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, well, escaping wouldn't be a difficult thing.
"Let's be on the safe side, Xiao'er," Xue Di said earnestly.
"Alright, I'll transform into my demon form." Ye Nanxiao nodded, and with a transformation, a nine-tailed fox the size of a tiger appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest. It had a slender and graceful body, nine slightly plump tails, and soft, pure white fur. The only thing that ruined the overall beauty was that the nine-tailed fox was carrying a grass root in its mouth.
As you walk in the direction you sense, release your "mind's eye" to its maximum extent.
The Star Dou Great Forest is vast, and Ye Nanxiao left many marks along the way to prevent himself from getting lost when he tried to escape.
Ye Nanxiao wandered around for a long time, then asked curiously, "Xue'er, didn't you only release a very small amount of pressure? How come I've gone so deep and haven't even seen a single ten-thousand-year-old soul beast?"
Xue Di was also a little puzzled. Logically speaking, a soul beast that is over ten thousand years old should not run away but should take the initiative to approach.
"I'll try to hide my aura," Xue Di said.
Ye Nanxiao spat out the grass root in his mouth, took a step and jumped onto the thick trunk of the big tree next to him, quickly leaping forward. He didn't see any soul beasts when he reached the middle of the Star Dou Great Forest, which was indeed a bit strange. Just as he had advanced past one or two giant trees, a somewhat cold female voice rang out, "Strange, I clearly sensed the aura of a very special soul beast just now, and felt strange fluctuations of destiny."
Upon hearing this, Ye Nanxiao immediately concealed himself, his aura completely hidden, and cautiously peeked out with his fox head to look down.
A golden, lion-like spirit beast was surveying its surroundings. Although its fur was golden, its entire body seemed to be made of translucent crystal, filled with a strange texture. Its overall shape resembled a lion, but its four claws were like those of a dragon, each claw resting on a ball of golden flame. Its mouth was also longer than that of a lion-like spirit beast, and beneath its fur appeared to be fine, dense golden scales.
In addition to its normal two eyes, it also has a third eye between its eyebrows.
The half-open third eye emanated a strong aura of destiny, giving Ye Nanxiao a sense of peace, as if he had returned home.
"What a strange feeling. What kind of soul beast is this?" Connecting with the female voice from before, Ye Nanxiao searched his memory, and an unbelievable name surfaced in his mind: "Three-Eyed Golden Lion!"
"My goodness, this isn't a lucky charm! It's like a meteorite hit me in the face!"
"What kind of soul beast?" Xue Di quickly asked Ye Nanxiao to confirm. The soul beast in front of her aroused a desire to protect it.
"This is a legendary divine beast that can control destiny, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, also known as the Imperial Auspicious Beast. There won't be a second one for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. It can dominate the fortune of a place." Ye Nanxiao looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with a headache.
"What's this ancestor doing here?"
"Let's hurry up and leave, we can't afford to mess with this ancestor." Ye Nanxiao was preparing to slip away.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion surveyed its surroundings, closed its eyes, and slowly opened the half-open eye on its forehead. A white light flashed in the eye, and an invisible wave spread from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
The next second, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly opened its eyes, its three eyes fixed on Ye Nanxiao's hiding place, and shouted, "Come out!"
"Does Di Tian know that you're using the power of fate so casually?" Ye Nanxiao had no choice but to reveal himself.
Upon seeing a spirit beast she had never seen before, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tensed up, its three eyes filled with vigilance. A cold female voice rang out, "Who are you? Why are you here? What kind of spirit beast are you?"
Looking at the nine tails behind Ye Nanxiao, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was somewhat confused.
In the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's perception, Ye Nanxiao gave her feedback that it was a soul beast, but the current situation made the Three-Eyed Golden Lion unable to understand what kind of soul beast this was.
As the darling of the Starry Sky, he hunts rare and exotic beasts every day, his bodyguards are ferocious beasts, and he receives VIP treatment wherever he goes, with all the soul beasts having to treat him with utmost respect.
The star system is only so big. In the past ten thousand years, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has traveled all over the place except for the deepest part of the center of the Lake of Life. It has also seen most of the soul beasts. Although it has seen soul beasts with many tails, it has never seen a soul beast with nine tails like the one in front of it.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion clearly sensed that Ye Nanxiao's strength was below its own, but the feedback from fate told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that the fate fluctuations on this unfamiliar soul beast were very strange.
Sometimes it exists, sometimes it disappears; even with a third eye, one cannot clearly grasp the fluctuations of its destiny.
"Are you... a dog?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked. She had seen a canine spirit beast called Samo before. It was also pure white, a bit silly, liked to laugh foolishly, and had a very simple and honest personality.
"No, no, no, I'm not a dog. I'm just an orphaned fox, wandering the world. I just arrived in Xingdou. Although foxes do belong to the canine family." Ye Nanxiao stretched out nine tails behind him. His fox eyes looked at the three-eyed golden lion, wondering whether he should use the pressure of a great demon to intimidate this ancestor and then run away quickly.
"You're a fox with nine tails, so you're a nine-tailed fox? Aren't they extinct?" The three-eyed golden lion's wariness lessened a bit, and it moved a little closer, circling around Ye Nanxiao.
"Um, let me ask you something. Who told you about the extinction?" Ye Nanxiao asked curiously. Could there really be a soul beast like the nine-tailed fox?
"That's what Uncle Xiong said," the Three-Eyed Golden Lion said in a gentler tone.
"You can't believe everything an adult says," Ye Nanxiao said, feigning helplessness.
Suddenly, the third eye on the forehead of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion emitted a beam of white light, which instantly enveloped Ye Nanxiao.
Ye Nanxiao did not make a move because the Snow Emperor had not given any warning, nor had his own senses issued any warning. This white light should be the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's detection method.
The white light quickly disappeared, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's gaze towards Ye Nanxiao softened.
Using its special power, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion conducted a fate probe on Ye Nanxiao, briefly foreseeing fragments of Ye Nanxiao's fate regarding his future without using too much of its own destiny power.
Through the blurry fragments of images, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion knew that Ye Nanxiao meant it no harm, and fate also told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that Ye Nanxiao was not an evil person.
"If there's no malice, then they must be a remnant of a race," the three-eyed golden lion thought to itself, its wariness fading considerably.
Ye Nanxiao was unaware that a part of his fate had been spied on by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for a short time; he only realized this when the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was sensing him.
"Perception, is it? Eat my passive skill!" With the passive ability of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune combined with Ye Nanxiao's bloodline talent, a faint golden light appeared on Ye Nanxiao's demon body.
Charm activated.
Without a sound or any fluctuation of soul power, Ye Nanxiao's body appeared beautiful in the eyes of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, with an elegance in the slight movement of his claws.
Under Ye Nanxiao's alluring influence, the wariness in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes finally dissipated. It walked to Ye Nanxiao's side and examined him. In the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes, Ye Nanxiao was just a soul beast whose cultivation had just reached the threshold of ten thousand years, posing little threat to it.
"Why are we suddenly clinging to this ancestor?"
Ye Nanxiao broke out in a cold sweat. He knew he had to run away quickly. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion usually had ten ferocious beast-level soul beasts as bodyguards.
Raise its paw, turn its head, and prepare to run.
"The auspicious beast seems to like you very much." A gentle voice came, and a stunningly beautiful woman with long emerald green hair and a white and green dress stood on the other side of Ye Nanxiao, smiling at him.
"Huh? Bi Ji? This woman actually became a bodyguard?" Ye Nanxiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Bi Ji. Although Bi Ji was one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, she was not strong in combat and had a very gentle personality. He was just a little fox with less than 10,000 years of cultivation and was not a threat to her.
"What? You've taken a fancy to it?" Xue Di asked teasingly.
"To be honest, I was thinking of running away," Ye Nanxiao replied.
Biji simply stood beside Ye Nanxiao and did not make any move to drive him away.
"It's all about seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, but this one is truly ominous." Ye Nanxiao looked at Bi Ji, his gaze sweeping over her broad chest. Hmm, she really is ferocious.
Upon seeing Brigitte arrive, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked its nanny, "The little fox's aura of destiny is quite peculiar; I'd like to get closer and take a look."
Biji pressed her face against the auspicious beast's face, rubbed against it, and glanced sideways at Ye Nanxiao.
Soon, Brigitte said gently, "Sure, but the auspicious beast must be careful not to hurt the little fox."
"A fluffy tail! Can I touch it?" After receiving Brigitte's reply, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion lowered its guard and locked its three eyes on Ye Nanxiao's nine tails.
Ye Nanxiao frowned slightly, not understanding what the Three-Eyed Golden Lion meant by this request.
"Eh? Sure, sure," Ye Nanxiao said before he could finish speaking. The three-eyed golden lion came up and rubbed its head against Ye Nanxiao's tail, occasionally letting out a comfortable groan.
"." Hasn't Di Tian taught this ancestor about safety precautions yet?
"Oh, by the way, the fluctuations of fate around you are quite peculiar. Is it because of your clan?" The three-eyed golden lion touched Ye Nanxiao's fox ears with its paw.
The fate of a clan leader of a soul beast clan is intertwined with that of the clan; their own destiny is linked to that of the clan, and this is sometimes quite peculiar.
A clan? The nine-tailed fox clan? Am I human?
Just as he realized he was human, Ye Nanxiao suddenly remembered the great demon bloodline within him. He paused for a moment, thinking that it was a gift from his original world, or something else entirely. So, was he human or something else?
Suddenly, the words "You are a demon" that had been transmitted through his bloodline when he helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire flashed through his mind.
Ye Nanxiao fell silent and pondered the question, his tail wagging unconsciously.
Seeing that Ye Nanxiao was silent, the three-eyed golden lion rested its head on Ye Nanxiao's tail and closed its eyes to enjoy the caress of the tail.
After a long while, Ye Nanxiao gave up thinking. "Forget it, why think so much? Let's think of a way to run away quickly."
Ye Nanxiao felt a weight on his tail, turned his head and looked, "This ancestor has fallen asleep with his head on my tail??"
"You are a nine-tailed fox, do you still have any clansmen? The nine-tailed fox has been missing from the Starry Sky for a long time." Bi Ji walked to Ye Nanxiao's side and sat down on the spot.
"Me? An orphan fox, who admires the swift wind."
"Um?"
Biji looked at the three-eyed golden lion sleeping with its head resting on Ye Nanxiao's tail, her eyes filled with tenderness like autumn water, and said, "It's been a long time since the auspicious beast has been so relaxed."
"That makes sense," Ye Nanxiao nodded in agreement. Di Tian was not a peaceful person at all, always thinking about starting a war with humanity. If the Silver Dragon King wasn't still asleep, this guy would probably be out fighting every day.
"I've never heard of you before. Where are you from? You just arrived in Xingdou, right?" Biji asked.
"I come from the far north." Ye Nanxiao did indeed come from the far north, and he even had an ancestor with him. Today, he encountered another little ancestor.
"Where's Xue'er? No wonder your aura is a bit cold, you have an extreme attribute." Bi Ji suddenly realized.
Ye Nanxiao suddenly realized that extreme ice would attract extreme fire. No wonder the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was sleeping so soundly. It was treating me like an air conditioner.
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