Dragon Blood Saint Emperor

A moment after the chilling soundwave spread, the terrified disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect were branded with the Soul Slave Seal, submitting to Ye Wushuang.

’These are just pawns, but they’ll certainly be very useful in the future.’

’Ten disciples from the Celestial Sword Sect in total have been implanted with the Soul Slave Seal. Counting Ao Wuchang and the others from before, dealing with the Celestial Sword Sect should be much easier from now on.’

"Master!"

The ten disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect knelt in unison.

"Get up. You know what to say when you get back."

Ye Wushuang said faintly.

Hearing this, the ten of them nodded. They naturally had a story prepared. After all, if the Celestial Sword Sect found out they had been branded with the Soul Slave Seal, they would surely be killed.

"Go on back!" Ye Wushuang called out.

"Yes, Master!" The ten of them cupped their fists, rose to their feet, and headed in the direction Liuu Tianlan had disappeared.

But Ye Wushuang didn’t move. Instead, he said coldly, "You’ve been hiding for quite some time. You must be tired by now. Isn’t it time to come out?"

"I never would have thought... So this is how you controlled Yuh Yuzhen, Ao Wuchang, and the others."

A voice filled with cold intent suddenly rang out from the side.

A woman in a turquoise dress stood poised in the void, her elegant feet resting upon a silk ribbon. A scarf concealed her face, hiding her true appearance.

A captivating fragrance permeated the air.

Who else could this woman be but Mengg Yiren?

This woman possessed the Celestial Fragrance Divine Consort Body. Even though she concealed her natural scent exceptionally well, Ye Wushuang had still been able to detect it.

She had arrived just as Ye Wushuang was implanting the Soul Slave Seals.

At this thought, Ye Wushuang’s eyes narrowed, flashing with a cold light.

"What? You want to kill me to keep me quiet? Perhaps I was wrong before. You don’t want to kill me—you want to control me, just like you did with Yuh Yuzhen and the others."

The more Mengg Yiren spoke, the angrier she became. Back in the Mystical Forest, she likely would have been enslaved by Ye Wushuang if she hadn’t escaped so quickly. That man truly had no qualms about harming a woman.

"So what if you know? Are you going to tell anyone?"

Ye Wushuang said calmly, not worried in the slightest that Mengg Yiren would spread the word.

"You think I wouldn’t dare!" Mengg Yiren cursed inwardly. ’This bastard! I have dirt on him, yet he’s acting like he’s already won. Does he really think I’m too scared to do anything?!’

"You don’t dare. Because if I make a move, I can kill you in under three strokes."

Ye Wushuang stated faintly.

Mengg Yiren’s beautiful eyes narrowed. She hadn’t expected Ye Wushuang to be so ruthless as to want to kill her.

"You could kill me, it’s true. But if I shout before you do, the Yin Yang Realm experts nearby will rush here immediately."

Mengg Yiren shot back angrily.

"Perhaps. But the method for awakening and cultivating the Celestial Fragrance Divine Consort Body, which I possess, would perish along with me."

Glancing at the furious and flustered Mengg Yiren, Ye Wushuang suddenly spoke. To be honest, it would be child’s play for him to kill her right now.

But.

’Special physiques are far too rare. It must be brought under my control. It will be useful one day.’

So, Ye Wushuang held back from killing her.

The moment she heard "awakening method," the emotions in Mengg Yiren’s eyes fluctuated wildly.

The awakening method was simply too tempting for her to refuse.

After a moment’s silence, Mengg Yiren suppressed the turmoil in her heart, took a quiet breath, and said, "If you give me the awakening and cultivation methods, how about I pretend today never happened?"

’My only option right now is to negotiate.’

’But for this bastard to be so open about it, he must be plotting something.’

"Fine."

But Ye Wushuang surprisingly agreed with a nod. With a wave of his hand, a golden light shot toward Mengg Yiren.

Mengg Yiren probed it with her Divine Sense. Seeing no danger, she accepted it.

A joyous light immediately burst forth from her eyes. The golden light did indeed contain the method for awakening the Celestial Fragrance Divine Consort Body.

’Wait, why is it only half? And where’s the cultivation method?!’

Mengg Yiren looked up at Ye Wushuang.

Ye Wushuang said, "This is an advance. It will allow you to awaken fifty percent of your Celestial Fragrance Divine Consort Body. When you decide to submit to me, I’ll give you the rest."

With that, Ye Wushuang stepped into the air and departed.

"Pervert! Bastard! Bastard!"

Mengg Yiren’s curses echoed behind him.

’Submit to Ye Wushuang? Impossible! How dare that bastard even say such a thing!’

The more Mengg Yiren thought, the angrier she became. Her temper had been mild since birth, and almost no one had ever managed to make her this furious. But whenever she encountered Ye Wushuang, she was filled with a hatred so intense it made her teeth ache.

She wanted nothing more than to kill him, but she couldn’t!

"Bastard! I’ll take everything you have!"

After one last curse, Mengg Yiren departed through the air, impatient to awaken her Celestial Fragrance Divine Consort Body.

As for this display of a Fairy turning into a common shrew, there was no one to witness it.

No one, that is, except for a barefoot woman hovering at the top of an ancient tree.

Two small bells on her elegant ankles chimed softly in the wind.

"Charming words, a flower of three lives."

The woman gazed at Ye Wushuang’s retreating figure and suddenly smiled—a smile that made the world itself seem pale in comparison.

...

「At sunset, outside Black Stone City.」

The sky had yet to darken, but a long line of people snaked from the city gate, all anxious to get inside.

"Hurry up, you lot at the front!"

Shouts of impatience rose and fell through the crowd.

Standing at the back of the crowd, Ye Wushuang tapped a burly man in front of him. "Excuse me, friend," he asked, "what’s going on? Why is everyone in such a hurry to get into the city?"

Hearing his voice, the burly man turned, his expression grave. "You must be new here, young man. It’s about to get dark, and that’s when the Demon King comes to eat people. If you’re too slow and they shut the gates, you’ll end up as its dinner."

"A Demon King?"

Ye Wushuang’s brow furrowed. ’A Demon King is a powerhouse comparable to the Yin Yang Realm. They usually reside deep within the Endless Wilderness. Why would one appear near Black Stone City?’

"Sigh... what a crime. I worked my tail off all day for a single Spirit Stone, and now I have to give it up."

"Yeah, we never had to pay to get back in before. They only started charging after the Demon King showed up. The City Lord’s Mansion is just looting a burning house!"

"Exactly! They’re probably in cahoots with the Demon King!"

"Shh! Keep it down! Do you want someone to overhear you?!"

...

Amidst the rising clamor of conversation, Ye Wushuang pieced together the general situation.

Apparently, a month ago, a Demon King had appeared at Black Stone City, preparing to invade.

But just then.

The City Lord, an expert at the Spiritual Spring Eighth Layer, appeared. He joined forces with the other masters of the City Lord’s Mansion and, after a bloody battle that lasted three days and three nights, they finally managed to repel the Demon King and protect Black Stone City.

However, the Demon King didn’t give up so easily. It now lurks outside the city walls, emerging every night to devour people.

And the City Lord’s Mansion, under the pretext of protecting the citizenry, began extorting Spirit Stones from everyone!

’Someone at the Spiritual Spring Eighth Layer defeated a Demon King comparable to the Yin Yang Realm?’ A smile touched Ye Wushuang’s lips. ’How interesting.’