The night was cold.
Two figures sneaked out of Baili Family territory, and then...
Whoosh—
They shot into the sky.
"The Baili Family is... way too welcoming!"
As he flew, Su Ye shook his head, still a little shaken.
He wouldn't go back to the Baili Family if someone paid him!
The way the Baili elders looked at him made him feel like a little cake they couldn't wait to devour.
Pretty girls from the Baili Family kept sidling up to him too, testing his resolve!
Was he, Su Ye, the kind of man who couldn't withstand a little temptation?
Either way, he was getting out of there.
"That's because you're too much of a Monster Prodigy, Young Master Su. Even if the Baili Family hadn't just gone through such upheaval, the First-Rate Families of Dong Huang would still want to get close to you."
He had slain the Raven of Curse while only at the Transcendent Sixth Heaven.
He had lasted twenty hours during the Baili Family's Stone Statue Inheritance and comprehended all of it.
Either feat alone would make Su Ye an honored guest of the great Aristocratic Families. Every one of them would be eager to arrange a Marriage Alliance with him.
As for the favors Su Ye had done for those families, or the fact that he had a King following him around, those were minor details.
"Is it my fault I'm a genius?"
Su Ye sounded aggrieved.
"Forget it. Let's hurry back. I've been away so long this time; I need to spend a while resting at home."
He could enjoy some family time and go to school while he was at it.
Come to think of it...
Winter was deepening, and the New Year was almost here.
It would be Su Ye's first New