Purple Imperial Bamboo Bloodline Damaged! [Please Read On! Please Bookmark!]

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"Chen Xing, tell me—are you willing to stay by my side?"

"When the time comes, I will provide you with an exceptionally favorable environment for growth."

"With your talent, I believe it will not be long before your name resounds across the continent."

As he spoke, there was even a faint tremor in his voice.

Though he still appeared warm and gentle on the surface, Chen Xing could hear the excitement he could barely conceal.

Qian Renxue really was acting up again!

She could not move on whenever she saw a genius.

Though Chen Xing grumbled inwardly, he acted without hesitation.

He immediately bowed in salute.

"Your Highness!"

"I, Chen Xing, have drifted for years, regretting only that I had never met a wise master."

"If you would not abandon me..."

Before he could finish, Xue Qinghe directly helped him up.

"Xiaoxing, how about I call you that from now on?"

"From this day forward, you will be my personal guard, responsible for all of my safety."

Just now, he had barely managed to hide the smile in his eyes. Now, he did not even bother trying.

As he helped Chen Xing up, he laughed heartily.

When Ye Lanyi saw this, her expression was as ugly as if she had swallowed a fly.

Yet she still had to utter some flattering words.

"This concubine truly congratulates Your Highness!"

"No, no, it was simply fate. Simply fate."

"If I had not happened to pass by this place today and chanced upon Senior Sword Douluo, how could I have met little brother Chen Xing?"

"Clan Head Ye, I should be the one thanking you."

Ye Lanyi could not say another word. She merely stared at Chen Xing with a venomous gaze.

At last, the crisis on Ye Lanyi's side had been temporarily resolved.

As for Qian Renxue, she could not possibly keep him by her side at every moment, could she? When the time came, he could just find an opportunity to escape her control, or Disguise his death as an accident. Either way would work.

As long as he was alive, there would always be opportunities.

He had never expected his first crisis after entering the human world to end so dramatically.

Chen Xing secretly let out a breath, and his tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Only then did he feel a faint soreness and swelling in the meridians throughout his body.

He had only activated his Second Soul Skill for such a short time, yet the total Soul Power consumption was clearly wrong.

He hurriedly dismissed his Martial Soul and examined himself internally.

At a glance, he discovered that cracks had actually appeared in his meridians!

"What is going on?"

"Could it have been Sword Douluo's strike?"

He remembered the enormous sword light slashing toward him. He had raised the Purple Imperial Bamboo to block it!

Could his Martial Soul have shattered?

But his Martial Soul was bamboo!

Like Blue Silver Grass, it could undergo Wild Growth. If it shattered, he could simply condense it again, so why had his meridians been damaged?

Ye Lanyi?

A terrifying thought took root in his mind. Could that woman have done this?

But her Martial Soul was clearly the Nine Heart Begonia, which possessed no offensive ability at all. How could she have damaged his meridians?

With that thought, he looked toward Ye Lanyi at the door.

Her eyes were gloomy, yet a smile still lingered at the corners of her lips.

It really was her!

But why had she done this? Was it merely because she suspected his identity?

No! My Martial Soul!

The Purple Imperial Bamboo emerged again, and Chen Xing carefully examined the Martial Soul in his hand.

The situation had been urgent just now, so he had not noticed. But as he focused and sensed it carefully, he finally detected the anomaly.

Bloodline Power!

The Bloodline Power Ah Yin had given him had actually been affected!

Though it was incredibly slight, it could not escape his own inspection!

Damn it. No wonder that woman had acted so abnormally and shown hostility toward a six-year-old child like him.

When had she done it? He had not noticed at all.

Seeing Chen Xing's tense expression, Xue Qinghe could not help frowning as he asked.

"What is it? Are you feeling unwell?"

His thoughts interrupted, Chen Xing considered it again and again but did not choose to reveal the truth.

"Yes. Perhaps my injuries have not fully recovered yet. My chest still hurts a little."

"Oh? Clan Head Ye is right here. Why not let her treat you once more?"

At those words, Chen Xing hurriedly refused.

"No, no! I'll be fine after adjusting myself a little. There is no need to trouble Clan Head Ye."

Nine Heart Begonia!

He had no information about this woman in his memories, but no matter how he looked at it, these methods did not resemble those of a proper healing-type Soul Master!

She could even affect another person's Bloodline Power. How exactly had she done it?

Was it because of a curse?

In order to break the curse that had persisted for centuries, she would stop at nothing!

Fortunately!

He could sense that the Bloodline Power was slowly repairing itself. It should not take long to recover completely.

In that case, she probably did not yet possess the ability to truly steal another person's bloodline.

Though Xue Qinghe found it strange that Chen Xing resisted Ye Lanyi, he did not ask further. He merely assumed that Chen Xing had just awakened and was not fully clear-headed yet.

Now that he had gained a genius, he was in an excellent mood. All he wanted was to return to the imperial palace and settle Chen Xing in properly.

He was recruiting Chen Xing under the identity of Xue Qinghe, but that identity would inevitably be discarded in the future. Therefore, he needed to give Chen Xing a "vaccination" in advance.

"Everyone, I have disturbed you."

"Now that the matter has been satisfactorily resolved and little brother Chen Xing is no longer in serious condition, I shall not remain any longer."

"Clan Head Ye, another day I will personally visit to express my gratitude for sending such a genius to me."

"For today, I shall take my leave first."

As he spoke, Xue Qinghe directly took Chen Xing's hand and headed toward the door.

This sudden action left him somewhat stunned.

Before he could react, he was simply led out the door by the other man, his eyes blank with confusion.

A smooth, delicate sensation entered his palm. He realized that Qian Renxue had clearly only changed her appearance. What man's hand could be this soft and this fair, like creamy white jade?

Before the carriage, Xue Qinghe even deliberately supported Chen Xing and let him board first before entering himself.

"Clan Head Ye! There is no need to see us off. Hurry back inside!"

Chen Xing sat blankly inside the carriage as Xue Qinghe bid Ye Lanyi farewell through the window.

Before long, the carriage began to jolt slightly, proving that it had started moving.

Inside the carriage.

Xue Qinghe looked at Chen Xing with a smile, but his eyes were no longer as clear as before.

A bad feeling rose in Chen Xing's heart once more.

No way!

Had he just escaped the wolf's jaws only to enter the tiger's den?

Why was this person smiling at him so creepily?

As his imagination ran wild, his Adam's apple bobbed and he unconsciously swallowed.

"Your Highness! You've been staring at me... is there something you need?"

Yet the response he received was an even more brazen gaze, as Xue Qinghe simply scrutinized and assessed him.

The atmosphere within the carriage became extremely awkward for a time.

After a long while, Xue Qinghe finally spoke faintly.

"Why? You are only six years old, yet you have already cultivated to the rank of Soul Elder?"

As he spoke, Xue Qinghe grabbed Chen Xing's hand again and rubbed it thoroughly.

It made him ticklish...

"Your bone age truly is six!"

"But your height says otherwise. Who exactly are you? Why did you encounter Sword Douluo? And why are you so resistant to Clan Head Ye?"

Chen Xing was speechless. He had known it—how could this shrewd person possibly be as simple as he appeared?

So that was why Xue Qinghe had held his hand earlier!

And here he had willingly let Xue Qinghe hold it for so long. What a complete waste of feeling.