779: Leaving Skull Forest and Encountering the Gong Clan

"Master, why are you looking at me like that?"

"You're not going to abandon Ye'er, are you?"

Li Ye scratched his head.

Xiao Xian'er stared straight at him and said irritably, "You've hidden yourself well, you rascal."

Li Ye looked innocent. "Your disciple never hid anything. I thought you'd already seen through me back then."

Xiao Xian'er was puzzled too. When she'd taken the rascal as her disciple, she had clearly examined him in the Heavenly Palace of the Celestial Dynasty.

At the time, she'd only felt that Li Ye had abundant blood and qi and an extraordinary body.

He also had many inheritances.

How had she failed to see that this rascal possessed an Innate Divine Body?

"I did suspect it, but I thought I must have been mistaken."

"I didn't give it much thought."

Xiao Xian'er's gaze wavered slightly as she spoke calmly.

In truth, Li Ye had asked the Myriad Laws Heavenly Maiden to conceal the Dao Fruit within him back then, so Xiao Xian'er hadn't seen anything at all.

She'd only vaguely sensed that he had practiced all sorts of strange Cultivation Methods.

Li Ye chuckled. "I knew nothing could escape your discerning eyes, Master."

"In my heart, you're invincible and all-capable. You're sure to have a place among the emperors of the future."

Xiao Xian'er couldn't help showing a faint smile, clearly pleased. "You certainly know what to say."

Gradually, she came to terms with Li Ye's identity as an Innate Divine Body. Then she suddenly remembered something.

The Heavenly Emperor's Treasure!

"After Ancient Times, the Xiao Family declined. Some of our clansmen died, and the rest scattered. If the treasure is ever opened, perhaps... Li Ye can help me."

Xiao Xian'er thought.

There had once been a rumor that the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure commanded