Chapter 38: Yuexiang and Xiuwei

  "Yue Chan, so you want to make this place your home? No problem!" After understanding, Xiao Chen laughed, indeed there is no dead end in the world! This way, Yue Chan finally doesn't have to be scattered and lost.

  "But master, let me remind you that the spiritual object contains rich spiritual energy, which is extremely beneficial for your cultivation. You should think carefully about it!" After a complex mental struggle, Yuè Chán felt it was necessary to remind Xiāo Chén once again.

  "Yue Chan, I've told you how many times not to call me Master!" Xiao Chen also burst out laughing. "As for which is more important, the improvement of my cultivation or preserving your soul, I can still tell them apart. Don't be polite, this thing is a gift to you!"

  "Thank you, Master!" Yuexiang's voice was trembling.

  "Wait!" Lü Lan suddenly shouted.

  "Liu Lan, is there anything else you want to say?" asked Xiao Chen Qi.

  Liu Lan no longer replied, she only saw her grab Xiao Chen's right hand finger, and with a fierce bite, "What are you doing? Do you know that this is very painful?" The piercing pain made Xiao Chen inhale a breath of cool air, after all, the ten fingers were connected to the heart!

  Liu Lan still didn't explain, she just grasped Xiao Chen's hand and brought it closer to the Lingzhu, letting the scarlet blood drip down. A strange thing happened. As soon as Yin Hong's blood came into contact with the surface of the Lingzhu, it immediately disappeared without a trace, as if it had been absorbed.

  The Lingzhu hummed in response, as if cheering and jumping for joy. At the same time, Xiao Chen suddenly felt that this Lingzhu looked so familiar, as if he had a close connection with it by blood.

  "Recognize the master with blood?" Yuexiang's face changed. Xiao Chen didn't understand, but this didn't mean she didn't know either. This spirit pearl would recognize Xiao Chen as its master due to his fresh blood. If one day Xiao Chen was unwilling, he could make it disappear into thin air at any time.

  "No way, absolutely not!" Xiang Yu's little maid also became anxious. Although entering the Lingzhu would avoid soul scattering, the vessel spirit was not that easy to deal with. Once inside a spiritual object, it would be extremely difficult to escape. Moreover, once a vessel spirit had a master, it meant becoming the slave of the spiritual object's owner. Life and death were at the mercy of the owner's whim.

  Liu Lan is doing this, clearly putting her sister's life and death in Xiao Chen's hands!

  "So that's how it is!" Xiao Chen was even more stunned after hearing the explanation, this was also too unbelievable. No way, Xiao Chen who had just arrived in this world, compared to Liu Lan, Yue Chuan and Xi Yu, these native inhabitants of this world, still seemed too innocent.

  "Yu Xuan, you're worrying too much. Xiao Chen is a kind-hearted person, he won't do anything to harm his sister." Yue Xian comforted Yu Xuan. Although she said so with her mouth, her heart was even more apprehensive. Generally speaking, a normal person would never put their life and death in someone else's hands, no matter how kind that person seemed.

  "That's right!" Hearing this, Xiao Chen comfortingly smiled, at this moment, he finally had his own decision.

  "Sister, this kid may look okay at first glance, but you have to know that the phrase 'wolf in sheep's clothing' was made for people like him! Don't be deceived!", Xiangyu urged anxiously. Seeing her sister not listening to her advice, Xiangyu panicked. With a "pu" sound, Xiao Chen spat out fresh blood again.

  "Little girl, is it also my fault that you look pretty?" Xiao Xiao's face was filled with sorrow and anger as he stepped closer to Xuan Yu.

  "What do you want to do?" The little girl was flustered.

  "You don't know what I want to do?" Xiao Chen said with a cold smile. He was determined to give this little girl a good scare.

  "I want to rob you of your wealth. I'm penniless!" Xiang Yu's little maid cried with a sad face, "Wait, don't think about robbing me of my chastity! You can't force me, even though I'm as beautiful as a national treasure and can topple cities. But I really don't like you, you can't use violence! Sister, save me, Xiao Chen wants to rob me of my chastity!"

  "You stinky little brat, what nonsense are you spouting?" Xiao Chen was about to be driven mad by this imaginative little brat. He gently curled up his two fingers and tapped the little brat's head with a light pop.

  "How rude! How rude!" The little girl was still shouting.

  "You stinky little brat, who do you think you are?" Xiao Chen could no longer control his anger. "You're just a small, immature kid, and you dare to try to seduce me? Ha! You should take a good look at yourself, Liu Lan is far superior to you in every way - she has a great figure, beautiful looks, and is gentle and considerate. If I were to seduce someone, it would only be her. You're just a little brat who hasn't even developed yet, so don't even dream about it!"

  "This makes me feel at ease!" The little girl rubbed her own chest, finally feeling relieved.

  "Xiao Chen, what are you talking nonsense?" As soon as she heard this, Liu Lan's face suddenly turned red, and her voice became barely audible.

  "Sorry, Liu Lan!" Xiao Chen's face turned even redder as he realized his mistake. Xiao Chen, what nonsense are you talking about?

  "I hate it." Liu Lan couldn't bear it anymore, she covered her face and ran out.

  "Little scoundrel!" Looking at the culprit who had caused him to lose face, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth. "This is for you." Xiao Chen stretched out his hand, and in his palm was that spirit pearl.

  "What does it mean?" The little girl was stunned.

  "Hand this thing over to you, and you won't have to think wildly anymore!" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

  "Xiao Chen, how can this be?" Liu Lan, who had just rushed to the door, was anxious. If she gave the Lingzhu to that little girl, she would no longer be able to control that soul. Although Liu Lan was a weak and gentle woman, she knew that the woman in front of her, Yue Lian, although only a soul, could linger in the Huang Liang fantasy for so long without disappearing, which absolutely required an extremely strong spiritual power. And someone with such strong spiritual power would not be an ordinary person. What if this woman wanted to harm Xiao Chen...

  "What's the big deal?" Xiao Chen smiled suddenly, "I, Xiao Chen, may not be a good person. But as a human being, I also have principles. In dealing with people and things, I act according to my nature, without seeking to shake heaven and earth, but only to have no regrets in my heart. I will not let anyone become my slave. Besides, although our acquaintance is not long, we exchange hearts, and I believe you won't harm me!"

  Xiao Chen... looked at Xiao Chen's sincere smile. Yuexuan was slightly moved.

  "Wait, who are you two exactly?" At this time, Liu Lan still had a deep-seated guard against the sisters. Xiao Chen was too kind-hearted, he would never know that his kindness and carelessness might bring unnecessary trouble or disaster to himself in the future.

  "We're just a pair of poor sisters!" Yuexuan smiled faintly, but the flash of panic between her eyebrows was still caught by the extremely keen-eyed Liu Lan.

  "Poor sister? Then I ask you, where are you from? Where is your home? Who are your family members?" Out of deep concern and hatred for Xiao Chen, Liu Lan did not give an inch.

  "Ah...this..." Yuexia's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and her smile slowly disappeared from her face. She couldn't help but look straight at the woman in front of her.

  "Sorry, Liu girl, I know that if I don't tell the truth, you will always be suspicious of me. But if I lie to you, I would be wronging you and also wronging Xiao Chen. So, all I can say is, sorry, these things I cannot tell you!" Yu Huan finally said after hesitating for a moment.

  "Can't tell people? Should be afraid to tell people, right?" Liu Lan sneered, "Xiao Chen, you also saw it, those two are suspicious, just in case, you absolutely cannot give that Lingzhu to them!"

  "Liu Lan, sister, you're too suspicious. I can swear to you that my sister and I are good people, we absolutely won't harm Xiao Chen." Xiang Yu couldn't help but interrupt.

  "Good person? Would a good person still keep secrets from their benefactor who saved their life?"

  "Liu Lan, please believe me, it's not that we intentionally hid Xiao Chen from you, but there are indeed reasons that cannot be said. You're a very beautiful woman and also a very kind-hearted one, I understand your deep concern for Xiao Chen very well. But I hope you can understand this: right now, you're just an ordinary person. And in this world, some things can only be known when you have the matching power to qualify. If you don't have enough power, knowing such things prematurely will only harm yourself..."

  "Nonsense!" Lü Lan glared at Yuè Yī with anger. A person living in the world should be upright and transparent. What else is there that cannot be seen in the light?

  ……

  "Alright, alright, both of you calm down!" Xiao Chen waved his hand to stop the two of them. "I know that in everyone's heart, there are secrets they don't want others to know, and also grievances they can't express to others. Yuexian, I believe you, Liu Lan, I hope you can also trust her."

  "My eyes were filled with deep gratitude and emotion."

  "Alright, Yuexuan, now what? You should understand by now!" Xiao Chen used his eyes to stop Liu Lan from continuing to pester him, her heart still not resigned.

  "Then I won't be polite!" Xiu Yu, who had been eager for a long time, took the pearl from Xiao Chen's hand without hesitation. "Sister, let's begin!"

  "Ah!" Yuexiang nodded slightly, her body transformed into a wisp of green smoke, drifting towards the crystal orb. After a moment, the originally warm and delicate spiritual pearl became even more soft, beautiful and radiant, emitting a faintly dazzling light.

  "Thank you, from now on, Xiao Chen, you are my master. I, Yuexia, swear to heaven that no matter what happens in the future, I will be loyal to Master Xiao Chen for this life, and never change!" The Spirit Pearl transmitted Yuexia's unyielding voice.

  "Yuexiang, I've told you before that I'm not your master and you're not my servant. We are just friends!"

  "No matter what you think in your heart, you are my undisputed master!"

  "Xiao Chen, my sister calls you Master, haven't you been humiliated enough?" Xiang Yu's little head glared. Her heart had already made up its mind, not only could the Lingzhu not be handed over, but she also wanted to turn the master-slave relationship between her sister and Xiao Chen into a mere pretence for outsiders.

  "Smelly little brat, I've had enough!" Xiao Chen, who couldn't bear it any longer, rushed over and pinched Little Brat's buttocks with his right hand while holding her in place with his left. If he didn't spank you, you'd turn the world upside down!

  "Oh no!" The little girl's wailing voice rose again.

  "Xiao Chen, stop messing around, look quickly!" Liu Lan's words were filled with a terrified tone. Outside the door, Lan Zhiyuan, Lan Yun and Lingyun three people were anxiously looking inside, and behind them stood a dense crowd of villagers holding various sticks and ropes.