"How should I know?!"
"What the sky screen showed was clearly a scene from the future!"
Ye Xiao tilted his head back and looked up at Ye Guyi, at a loss for words.
But... speaking of the Snow Empress, it seemed he could go to the Far North with Ye Guyi~
As he understood it, the Snow Empress's character as a beast was fairly good. If he told her about the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow...
He wondered if he could ask for her protection?
As Ye Xiao thought, he watched the sky screen continue.
["As expected of the Snow Empress, you're much more polite than a certain little scorpion!"
Ye Xiao pushed the Ice Empress aside and gave the Snow Empress an approving thumbs-up.
"I'll bite you to death!"
The Ice Empress stared wide-eyed at Ye Xiao, indignant.
Unfortunately for her, with Ye Xiao's current strength, she was completely outmatched by him!
Or rather, ever since Ye Xiao became a Soul Saint, she had been unable to get the better of him!
Yet just as everyone was talking, that familiar voice unexpectedly came from the sky once again!
[One month has passed since this universe's level was reset to zero. The first assessment is beginning!] [After the assessment is passed, rewards will be distributed according to the individual contributions of all living beings in the universe] [The enemy you will face is a True Sting (adjusted to the universe's level, currently level 50)] [Please note that this enemy has landed at a random location in the universe]
Thud!
The Ice Empress landed on her backside. Rubbing it, she looked at Ye Xiao, who had suddenly stood up.
Ye Xiao's expression was grave!
"What's wrong? A level-50 bug shouldn't be a problem for you, should it?"
The Snow Empress knitted her pretty brows and looked at Ye Xiao in puzzlement, seeing that something was wrong with his expression.
"One really wouldn't be a problem..."
Ye Xiao felt a headache coming on, but when it came to True Stings...
There was no longer any difference between one, a swarm, and an infinite number of them!
"Forget it, there's no time to lose. Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Sister Guyi, let's go. The war has already begun."
Ye Xiao sighed softly. He had only been fooling around for a few days, and he was already being punished for it?
"Where are we going?"
Ye Guyi, who wore a golden glazed-silk palace dress and looked somewhat mature, asked in confusion.
"Establish a faction and spread the Dao."
Ye Xiao spoke softly.
"First, we'll go find Ji Juechen and see how things are on his end..."
"After that, we'll use the Sword Cloud Guard as our foundation and conquer a city."
"If that bug goes undiscovered for a long time, this city might become the continent's last barrier."
Ye Xiao looked gravely in the direction of Mingdu.]
"Ji Juechen, the Sword Cloud Guard?"
Jing Ziyan looked suspiciously at Ji Juechen beside her. He used a sword too. Surely the Ji Juechen mentioned on the sky screen couldn't be this blockhead, could it?
"If we meet in the future, then I'll definitely fight him..."
A fierce passion lit up Ji Juechen's eyes, and his whole presence surged!
Ye Xiao on the sky screen also cultivated only the Sword Dao. To Ji Juechen, he was no different from the sun to all living beings!
"Can you even beat him?"
Jing Ziyan retorted, speechless.
"This bug seems formidable?"
In the Divine Realm's command center, Ji Dong narrowed his eyes.
Ye Xiao's expression on the sky screen had already made everything clear.
"There's no point in guessing. We only need to wait for the sky screen to release that bug," Destruction said in a deep voice. Since he had decided to remain in the Douluo Universe with Life, he naturally wanted to learn more about the assessment.
[Several days later, in Mingdu.
Ye Xiao and Ye Guyi walked into a courtyard. As for the Ice and Snow Emperors, they had returned to Ye Xiao's Martial Soul.
"Things have already descended into chaos," Ye Guyi said with emotion. On their way here, they had seen quite a few Evil Soul Masters and unruly troublemakers causing chaos.
Of course, all of them had already become nourishment for her.
Although the Evil Soul Masters' reduced levels meant they didn't increase her Soul Power by much, and she still had to spend time converting it into sword Qi...
It was at least faster than her own painstaking cultivation.
Of course, it would be different if Ye Xiao cultivated for her. With Ye Xiao doing it for her, her strength would shoot right up~]
Ye Guyi fell silent. Wasn't this narration a little too lewd?
[As the two entered the courtyard, they saw the Sword Cloud Guard standing in several rows at its center, practicing their swordsmanship.
Right in front of the Sword Cloud Guard stood a plainly dressed man and woman.
"Well, well, if it isn't our Brother Chen and Sister Yan~"
"Why are you dressed like that?"
Grinning, Ye Xiao walked over and slapped Ji Juechen on the shoulder.
The members of the Sword Cloud Guard were all still wearing matching training clothes, so why were their two leaders dressed so plainly?
"Believe it or not, if I went out in a dress, people would be blocking my door within minutes."
Jing Ziyan turned around, speechless. As soon as she heard that flippant voice, she had guessed who had come.
She was speechless. Before the world's level reset to zero, she had to put on makeup to go out, and now that it had reset, she still had to put on makeup!
"True. That's what you get for being a heavenly fragrance and a kingdom-toppling beauty, Sister Yan~"
Ye Xiao sighed with emotion.
"All right, enough about us. Why did you two suddenly come here?"
"And... did you come here dressed like that?"
Jing Ziyan glanced hesitantly at Ye Xiao and Ye Guyi.
Ye Xiao was still wearing his signature white robes for showing off, while Ye Guyi wore a long purple-and-gold dress.
"Yeah, we did. Everyone in Mingdu was pretty nice, and I didn't run into anything like people blocking my door, the way you said."
Ye Xiao casually brought out a few chairs, and everyone sat down to chat.
They paid no attention to the Sword Cloud Guard training nearby.
"Do you think I'd believe that?"
Jing Ziyan was speechless. Even if everything Ye Xiao said was true, he must have used some kind of trick!
"You've grown stronger again."
Ji Juechen's eyes burned as he looked at Ye Xiao, his gaze full of passion!
If Ye Xiao had been a treasured sword poised to strike before, then now he was a sharp blade that had already left its sheath!
It was as though nothing under heaven could stand in his way!
Before Ji Juechen knew it, the imposing presence around Ye Xiao had him staring in a daze!
"Brother Chen, let's be proper. Sister-in-law's still here~"
Ye Xiao shuddered and shrank back against Ye Guyi.
Although he had long been used to Ji Juechen's personality, being stared at like that by a grown man still made him very uncomfortable!
"Heh heh heh~"
"He wants to give you a hard one~"
"But I don't mind. Wash him off and he's still good to use~"
Jing Ziyan chuckled wickedly, her gaze turning teasing.
"Ahem~"
Ye Xiao and Ji Juechen exchanged a glance and each coughed twice.
Only an older sister who had tasted meat would dare say that!
"Speaking of which, Sister Guyi, your relationship with Ye Xiao..."
After the joke, Jing Ziyan looked curiously at Ye Guyi. They had been fairly familiar with each other before, so she had immediately noticed that the way Ye Guyi looked at Ye Xiao was different.
"...We're together."
Ye Guyi scratched her head in embarrassment, then took Ye Xiao's hand.]