That bite really hurt

Li Yichen was no fool. The moment he saw how Black and White Impermanence were acting, he understood everything. Looks like that great-grandfather I got out of nowhere really is someone formidable.

With that thought, Li Yichen immediately felt reassured.

"Lord Seven, Lord Eight, what are you doing?" He hurriedly helped Black and White Impermanence up, then said earnestly, "I respect you both from the bottom of my heart. My great-grandfather is my great-grandfather, and I'm me. Let's keep those relationships separate. If you keep doing this, I really will get angry."

Black and White Impermanence were so touched they nearly cried. Black Impermanence even sighed in admiration. "Young Master Yichen is such a good person. He doesn't put on any airs at all."

"Please don't call me young master. I can't possibly accept that, and it makes us sound like strangers. Just call me by my name." Li Yichen hurriedly waved his hands.

"Hmm..." White Impermanence nodded approvingly, then said, "In that case, how about we call you Brother Yichen?"

Li Yichen was about to speak when White Impermanence cut him off. "Even calling you our younger brother is presumptuous of us. Please don't turn us down."

"Well..." Li Yichen hesitated before nodding helplessly in agreement.

Only then did White Impermanence smile. He pointed at Ouyang Xuanxuan and asked in puzzlement, "Brother Yichen, what happened here?"

He really was curious. Li Yichen was a descendant of a Ghost Emperor, after all. How had he ended up dead?

"Well..." Li Yichen scratched his head sheepishly and gave them a brief account of what had happened.

Black Impermanence flew into a rage when he heard this and shouted, "How dare she! She actually ran over my younger brother? I'll seize her soul right now and throw her into the eighteen levels of hell, so she can never be reincarnated!"

As he spoke, he shook the chain in his hand, making it clatter, and moved to loop it around Ouyang Xuanxuan's neck.

Ouyang Xuanxuan had no idea disaster was about to strike. She was still working desperately to give Li Yichen mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

"Don't!" Li Yichen and White Impermanence called out at the same time.

Black Impermanence immediately stopped and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you stopping me?"

"Well... um... I don't think she did it on purpose. Just let her go." Looking at Ouyang Xuanxuan with her lips pressed against his, Li Yichen blushed a little as he came up with an excuse.

"Big brother, are we taking her or not?" Black Impermanence asked White Impermanence through a telepathic message.

"Taking her, my ass! They're already kissing. She might become our sister-in-law someday. Do you have a brain at all?" White Impermanence scolded him in exasperation.

"Oh!" Black Impermanence finally understood, then asked, "So what do we do now? Go back to the Underworld and fetch the Ghost Emperor Haoran?"

"Why is your head made of wood?" White Impermanence said helplessly. "If we bring the Ghost Emperor Haoran here, what chance will we have to show what we can do?"

Black Impermanence's eyes lit up. "That's right! Big brother, you really have thought of everything. What do we do next?"

"We'll return his soul to his body and bring him back to life," White Impermanence said smugly. "When the Ghost Emperor Haoran learns that we saved his only descendant, how could he not appreciate us?"

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant." Black Impermanence's eyes were filled with admiration, and he couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up.

White Impermanence then moved closer to Li Yichen and asked tentatively, "Brother Yichen, dawn is almost here. Would you like to return to life, or should we take you to the Underworld to see the Ghost Emperor Haoran?"

"Return to life, of course," Li Yichen said without hesitation. He had no desire to go somewhere like the Underworld.

Besides, can't you see there's a pretty girl here 'saving' me with mouth-to-mouth? You could go eight lifetimes without getting this lucky. You want me to leave? No way! Li Yichen kept chuckling to himself as he thought.

Black and White Impermanence could only grimace as they watched him, utterly baffled as to why this young master was laughing so lecherously.

White Impermanence had no choice but to give him a tug. "Brother Yichen... can we begin now?"

"Yes, yes. Go ahead." Li Yichen hurriedly composed himself.

"All right, here I go." White Impermanence reached out and gave him a shove, shouting, "Li Yichen, return to your body! What are you waiting for?"

Immediately, Li Yichen felt himself grow weightless. A pulling force came from his body, drawing him toward it against his will.

"Please, wake up!" By now, Ouyang Xuanxuan was almost in despair. No matter how hard she tried, Li Yichen showed no sign of waking.

If she hadn't been able to feel Li Yichen's body slowly growing colder, she would have suspected he was playing dead.

"Just wake up... I'll agree to anything you want..." Ouyang Xuanxuan sobbed as she pressed down hard on Li Yichen's chest with both hands.

After another dozen or so compressions, Ouyang Xuanxuan stopped again. She took a deep breath, bent down, sealed her mouth over Li Yichen's, and slowly breathed air into him.

By then, Li Yichen's soul had begun merging with his body. The instant they fully aligned, he distinctly felt the softness of the girl's lips and the faint sweetness of her mouth, making him suck on her lips despite himself.

"Uh..." Still sobbing, Ouyang Xuanxuan was making one final effort when she suddenly felt something sucking at her lips. Then something seemed to be trying to enter her mouth.

Her mind went blank with a boom. Her swollen, red eyes opened wide, and for a moment, she had no idea what to do.

Only when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist did she come to her senses. Oh my god, my first kiss is gone...

Instinctively, she bit down, clamping onto Li Yichen's lower lip and refusing to let go.

Li Yichen let out a piercing "Ow!" His closed eyes flew open, and their gazes instantly met.

"Bastard! How dare you take advantage of me?" Ouyang Xuanxuan said indistinctly through her clenched mouth.

"Let go." Thankfully, the Netherworld Dark Jade had transformed his body. Although it hurt like hell, she hadn't bitten through his lip.

"No..." Ouyang Xuanxuan bared her teeth. "I... I'll bite you to death, you filthy creep!"

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Li Yichen could only grimace and say, "Pretty lady, you were the one who hit me with your car first, all right? Let's be reasonable."

At the mention of this, Ouyang Xuanxuan seemed to remember something. With an "Ah!" she released Li Yichen and ran toward her car.

"Damn, that girl's bite really hurt. Good thing there's no blood." Li Yichen rubbed his lip and only breathed a sigh of relief after finding that the skin hadn't broken.

Just then, Black and White Impermanence flew over to him and said, "Brother Yichen, it's getting late. If there's nothing else, we'll head back first."

"Thank you both for your help, Lord Seven, Lord Eight." Li Yichen immediately grew serious. "When I get the chance, I'll be sure to tell my great-grandfather all about this."

Li Yichen was no fool, either. Nobody treated you well for no reason. Hadn't Black and White Impermanence helped him because of his great-grandfather?

"Heh heh... it was nothing. Not worth mentioning." Although White Impermanence brushed it off, he couldn't hide the delight in his eyes.

The two of them were prominent figures in the Underworld, after all, members of the Ten Yin Marshals. Hadn't they come here specifically to earn this favor? They hadn't expected Li Yichen to catch on so readily.