Invincible Soul Emperor

"Xiao Xiao, I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time."

Ye Qingchen looked at Xiao Xiao with a smile on his face.

Looking at Ye Qingchen’s reassuring smile, Xiao Xiao suddenly remembered the purpose of her visit.

"Young master, how did you come to be in this secret realm? I remember only I and Xue Feng came in. Since you’re here too, let’s not waste time here and quickly find the Buddha’s Relic!"

Xiao Xiao thought about how her young master was still injured and couldn’t bother to enjoy the scenery anymore.

Ye Qingchen then grabbed her hand: "Xiao Xiao, we don’t need to search for the Buddha’s Relic anymore. I’ve already found it."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao’s eyes widened with delight.

"Young master! You’ve already found the Buddha’s Relic! That’s great! Young master, has your internal injury healed now? Do you need to continue closed-door cultivation? I can stay here and be your protector!"

Xiao Xiao had been worried about what if they couldn’t find the Buddha’s Relic, but now she didn’t have to worry about this matter at all.

As long as her young master was well, the hardships she’d endured before were worth it!

Ye Qingchen smiled and patted Xiao Xiao’s head: "Silly girl, doesn’t the fact that I’m standing right here perfectly fine say something? My internal injuries have long since healed. Alright, enough with this talk, I’ve been waiting here for you."

Hearing that her young master’s internal injuries were healed, Xiao Xiao felt a heavy weight lifted from her chest.

"Young master, are you waiting for me? Are we going out together? But..."

"No, Xiao Xiao, look at the beautiful scenery around you, what do you think?" Ye Qingchen asked.

Xiao Xiao quickly replied: "Young master, the scenery here is so beautiful, it’s exactly how I imagined it would grow!"

As she gazed at the beautiful surroundings, Xiao Xiao felt an immense tranquility.

Ye Qingchen smiled and nodded: "Xiao Xiao, do you know why I’ve been waiting here for you?"

Xiao Xiao said: "The young master is surely concerned about me, not wanting to leave me behind in the secret realm!"

Though she didn’t understand why Ye Qingchen asked this, Xiao Xiao still answered honestly.

Ye Qingchen, seeing this, held Xiao Xiao’s hand and seriously stared into her eyes: "Xiao Xiao, it’s actually not for that reason."

Xiao Xiao looked puzzled: "Young master, what do you mean by that?"

"Xiao Xiao, look at this magnificent scenery. The courtyard behind us is so cozy. Wouldn’t you want to stay here with me forever?" Ye Qingchen asked.

Xiao Xiao glanced around and then at the courtyard behind him.

"Haha, young master, of course, I want to stay here with you forever. But, young master, aren’t you..."

"Xiao Xiao, since you wish to stay here with me, let’s not think about going out anymore. This place is specially found for you!" Ye Qingchen said with a smile.

Xiao Xiao, however, started feeling more and more uneasy.

The person before her was not her young master!

Her young master would never say such words!

Her young master would never be like the person before her — staying here for a lifetime!

Her young master was extremely ambitious. How could he ever be confined here for a lifetime?!

Thinking this, Xiao Xiao’s eyes instantly turned sharp.

"Who exactly are you? You are definitely not my young master!"

Xiao Xiao sternly questioned.

Ye Qingchen looked utterly surprised and said: "Xiao Xiao, what are you talking about? If I’m not your young master, then who am I?"

"Who knows what you are! My young master would never be like you! Tell me quickly, where is my young master now!"

Xiao Xiao resolutely shook off his hand, her expression serious as she questioned.

Ye Qingchen was amused by her words.

"Xiao Xiao, at times like these, stop creating drama before me. You can’t even recognize your young master; Xiao Xiao, you’ve truly disappointed me!"

The tone of the person before her sounded very much like Ye Qingchen.

But Xiao Xiao knew, this person before her was absolutely not her young master!

"Xiao Xiao, isn’t this what you’ve always dreamed of? Why, when it’s about to come true before your eyes, would you refuse?" Ye Qingchen looked at Xiao Xiao with a frown.

Xiao Xiao snorted coldly: "Stop pretending, you can never be my young master! Firstly, my young master doesn’t even know what I want. Secondly, my young master is not the kind to be content with the current state! Thirdly, my desires have never been about having my young master accompany me, but rather my young master being able to find what he truly wants!"

As Ye Qingchen listened to her words, his expression gradually twisted.

"Hahaha, truly admirable! You’re really sacrificing your own desires for your young master; you’re truly great!"

Ye Qingchen’s expression became more and more hideous.

Xiao Xiao looked at him and stepped back slightly; she saw Ye Qingchen’s face slip off like a mask.

Next, something dark and obscure was exposed from within.

Everything around suddenly underwent a drastic change.

The once beautiful valley instantly turned into a desolate desert, littered with bones, and the Ye Qingchen before her quickly transformed into a mound of dark shadow, with indistinct things densely packed upon it.

Yet, she could faintly distinguish Ye Qingchen’s face among them.

Xiao Xiao stepped back in shock.

"What the hell is this? It’s truly disgusting!"

Fortunately, she’d sensed something wrong earlier, or else she shuddered at the thought of what it would mean to live with such a thing!

"Xiao Xiao, since you don’t want those beautiful scenes and your young master, then plan on staying here forever!" Black Ye Qingchen’s hoarse voice coldly said.

Xiao Xiao involuntarily stepped back a few more paces.

If the dark shadow before her didn’t have her young master’s face, Xiao Xiao could easily have confronted it.

But the shadow faintly bore her young master’s face, and looking at that face, Xiao Xiao felt unable to act.

"Can you take my young master’s face off your body!" Xiao Xiao said angrily.

"Hahaha, you’re too naive! Do you wonder why I have your young master’s face?" Black Ye Qingchen sneered coldly.

Xiao Xiao felt a sudden alarm and became intensely anxious:

"What do you mean by this? What have you done to my young master! No, you’re lying to me! My young master is still in the Xue Family, you can’t have done anything to him!"

However, Black Ye Qingchen laughed loudly:

"Xiao Xiao, I already mentioned, don’t be too naive! Do you really think Ye Qingchen is safely staying with the Xue Family? Did you see it with your own eyes? You’re too foolish, hahaha..."

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