Blood

"Yes, a blood test will suffice!"

People started talking, Yi Yun's heart skipped a beat. After he came to this world, he had lost all the memories of his original body.

Later, Yi Yun didn't see Jiang Xiaorou bleed, so he really didn't know the color of Jiang Xiaorou's blood.

"Yi Yun, I really didn't expect you to encounter something like this. I truly feel sorry for you, tsk tsk..."

A gloating voice rang out, and Yi Yun looked up to see that the speaker was Yang Dingkun.

The brothers Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng also appeared in the crowd. As the younger generation of the Prince Chu's Estate, they were considered the masters of this place.

These days, since everyone is temporarily staying at the Prince Chu's Estate, the two of them have seen a significant rise in status among the prodigies of Tai'a Divine City.

Of course, they are far inferior to Yi Yun. In Tai'a Divine City, people respect the strong more. Yi Yun's status is earned through his own strength, unlike the Yang brothers.

So even after returning to the Prince Chu's Estate, Yang Yuefeng and Yang Dingkun usually avoided Yi Yun. Today, when they saw that Yi Yun's sister might be a member of the Desolate Clan, they were overjoyed. They never expected that such a thing would happen to Yi Yun.

If this is confirmed, then things will get interesting.

Given Jiang Xiaorou's identity, they can easily take advantage of Yi Yun's misfortune.

Yi Yun's eyes turned cold. These two guys, along with Yang Haoran who had lost a hand, were like venomous snakes lurking behind him, ready to bite him at any moment.

But unfortunately, in the current situation, Yi Yun couldn't do anything to them.

Just then, the crowd parted, and an invisible aura gradually approached.

Yi Yun stood up and saw Shentu Nantian slowly walk out, surrounded by a crowd.

Shentu Nantian was still dressed in blue, and he gave people the feeling of a gentle breeze. His temperament was gentle, calm and composed, and he did not show any sharpness.

However... facing Shentu Nantian, Yi Yun felt a sense of pressure for some reason.

"Is this where the spy from the Desolate Clan was discovered?" Shentu Nantian asked, looking at Jiang Xiaorou. "Is it you?"

Shentu Nantian smiled. Facing this Green-robed man, Jiang Xiaorou held her breath and hid behind Yi Yun. For some reason, Jiang Xiaorou felt immense fear in front of Shentu Nantian.

Yi Yun frowned; Shentu Nantian had arrived remarkably quickly.

Without Shentu Nantian, Yi Yun felt that, given his current status, even if there were some unclear aspects about Jiang Xiaorou's identity, protecting her shouldn't be a problem. After all, Jiang Xiaorou was a genuine mortal woman, and even if a sage used their divine eye to investigate, it would be the same.

An ordinary woman shouldn't be subjected to such excessive hardship.

But Shentu Nantian is different. Yi Yun doesn't know him. Moreover, he seems to have a deep-seated hatred with the Desolate Clan.

"Yes, it's her! We used the Desolate Reflection Stone to test her, and it Desolate Reflection Stone purple-red. She definitely has a problem, but someone is trying to protect her."

The guard was speaking, referring to Yi Yun.

Shentu Nantian chuckled softly and looked at Yi Yun, saying, "This girl seems to have a special relationship with you?"

"She's my sister!" Yi Yun said solemnly, a sentence he had said many times today.

"My own sister?" Shentu Nantian asked back.

Yi Yun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No!"

"So she was adopted by your parents?"

Upon hearing Shentu Nantian's persistent questioning, Yi Yun's heart sank. Although extremely unwilling, he still nodded, "Yes!"

"Where were you adopted?" Shentu Nantian asked again.

Yi Yun's heart grew colder and colder, "Yunhuang!"

Jiang Xiaorou's background is very detrimental to her identity verification, but Yi Yun cannot lie about this, because many people know about his family situation.

"Yunhuang is a wild and untamed land, teeming with wild beasts! Deep within Yunhuang, there are also wild tribes! You adopted a little girl of unknown origin in Yunhuang, so it's impossible for her to be a member of the wild tribe!"

As Shentu Nantian said this, Yang Dingkun and the others were all gloating, it seemed to be pretty much true!

Yi Yun clenched his fists. He knew that with his strength, he was no match for Shentu Nantian. If Shentu Nantian wanted to do something to Jiang Xiaorou, Yi Yun really didn't know what to do.

Attacking Shentu Nantian and have the opposite effect!

Seeing Yi Yun's reaction, Shentu Nantian smiled gently, "It seems you care a lot about your sister. Relax. Even if she really is from the Wilderness Clan, as long as she knows nothing about the Shepherd Boy and is just a mortal from the Wilderness Clan who was accidentally adopted by you, I might let her go this time because of you. But I'll definitely put some restrictions on her!"

Upon hearing Shentu Nantian's words, Yi Yun felt a sense of relief. He hadn't expected Shentu Nantian to actually make concessions.

Is this done out of consideration for my own feelings?

Yi Yun found it a bit unbelievable. Although he was considered a figure in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, he was probably nothing in Shentu Nantian's eyes.

"Someone, take her blood."

Shentu Nantian's smile faded, and he gave the order.

A sharp knife was presented, and the guards of the Prince Chu's Estate reached out to grab it.

"Wait, I'll do it myself!" Yi Yun stopped the eager guard. That was going to involve cutting Jiang Xiaorou; how could he entrust it to someone else? Besides, this guy didn't get along with him, and Yang Dingkun might even send a telepathic message to instruct them to do something bad.

"Let him come," Shentu Nantian said, giving Jiang Xiaorou a meaningful look, his thoughts unreadable.

Yi Yun didn't take out the knife, but instead grabbed Jiang Xiaorou's hand, "Sister Xiaorou, I'm going to do it, it won't hurt."

"Mm." Jiang Xiaorou nodded.

Yi Yun extended his index finger and gently sliced across Jiang Xiaorou's palm, using his vital energy as a blade, making it incomparably sharp.

Jiang Xiaorou felt almost no pain as a small cut appeared on her palm.

Blood slowly flowed from the cut.

At that moment, Yi Yun held his breath! He was truly terrified of seeing that deadly silver.

Everyone else was also staring at Jiang Xiaorou's palm.

"Snap!"

A drop of blood fell, landing on the bluestone slab, shattering gently, reflecting the faint light of the setting sun, like a red gemstone.

"Red blood!"

Yi Yun breathed a long sigh of relief. He had never realized that the color of blood could be so vivid and beautiful!

Jiang Xiaorou was, after all, just his older sister, not a member of the Desolate Clan!

Although her identity still seemed to have some issues, Yi Yun didn't care about those things at all. Regardless of Jiang Xiaorou's background, all he knew was that they had relied on each other to get through the most difficult days in Yunhuang. This kind of blood-is-thicker-than-water bond was something no one else could match.

Although Yi Yun has various relationships with many people now, he is a hero of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, but in Yunhuang, he is just a mortal, or rather Yi Yun, a burden.

It was Jiang Xiaorou who stayed by his side through thick and thin, relying on him for everything.

"It's red! What's going on..." The two guards from the Prince Chu's Estate couldn't believe it. They had finally found a spy from the Wilderness Clan, but the result was wrong.

"Damn, this kid's lucky to have escaped this ordeal. But it's strange, since that woman had red blood flowing from her body, why did she make the Desolate Reflection Stone?"

Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng were both frustrated. They had thought that by seizing a major problem with Yi Yun, even if they couldn't shake Yi Yun's position, they would still be happy to see his sister killed and Yi Yun grieve.

But now, it's all vanished into thin air.

"This should be fine now..."

Someone asked Shentu Nantian.

"I knew it! How could Yi Yun's sister be a member of the Desolate Clan?" Many Tai'a Divine City trial participants who admired Yi Yun spoke up for him.

Shentu Nantian gently stroked his chin, looking at Jiang Xiaorou in silence, his thoughts unknown.

"Young Master Nantian, can we leave now?" Yi Yun asked Shentu Nantian, shielding Jiang Xiaorou behind him. He remained vigilant, feeling uneasy as long as he was within this man's sight.

Shentu Nantian did not answer; he seemed to remember something and fell into deep thought.

He suddenly walked slowly towards Jiang Xiaorou, Jiang Xiaorou heart clenched and she subconsciously took a few steps back.

However, Shentu Nantian did not press forward. Instead, he stopped a short distance in front of Jiang Xiaorou, smiled, and gently squatted down, staring intently at the drop of blood on the ground.

This is Jiang Xiaorou's blood.

A few breaths later, Shentu Nantian stretched out his finger and gently touched the drop of blood.

Suddenly, a strange smile appeared on his lips. He looked up at Jiang Xiaorou and said in a low voice, "Your surname is Jiang, isn't it?"

Jiang Xiaorou's heart skipped a beat. Faced with Shentu Nantian's smile, her face turned pale in an instant. "You..."

Yi Yun was also extremely wary of Jiang Xiaorou. No one had mentioned the name "Jiang Xiaorou" in their previous conversations, but Shentu Nantian knew Jiang Xiaorou's surname!

Shentu Nantian stood up, his smile growing ever brighter, almost sinister. "I think I know who you are... I never expected to find you here!"

[Chapter 3, updated a bit late because I contacted the editor late at night to revise a previously deleted chapter.]

...(To be continued~^~)