Bai Zhixi watched Ye Yunyi, her eyes narrowing.
’Just how many wives does this guy plan to marry?’
’He’s such a lecher!’
’Scoundrel!’
In an instant, Bai Zhixi had mentally slapped several labels on Ye Yunyi, but of course, she didn’t say any of them out loud.
After all, she needed to discuss something important with him soon.
A short while later, she led Ye Yunyi to the council hall.
"So, what did you want to see me about? Spit it out."
Ye Yunyi looked at Bai Zhixi, his attitude far from friendly. After all, this little vixen had almost ruined his grand plan just now.
He leaned back in his chair, crossing one leg over the other.
Seeing his posture, Bai Zhixi gritted her teeth. "Follow me."
She then led Ye Yunyi through a small, adjacent door.
They went inside.
The moment he stepped in, Ye Yunyi felt a biting chill.
The temperature in here was much colder than outside.
Then, he saw the little girl lying there.
With every breath the little girl took, puffs of frigid air escaped her lips.
Instantly, Ye Yunyi remembered how Bai Zhixi had offered a huge reward at the trading center for any medicine or information related to "heat-natured" items.
’It seems it was all for this little girl.’
Ye Yunyi moved closer to take a look. Her breathing was faint.
It looked like she only had a few days left to live.
After observing her, the two of them went back outside.
Ye Yunyi looked at Bai Zhixi. "Why did you bring me here?"
"This is my sister," Bai Zhixi said, then began to explain how her sister had ended up in this state.
She also spoke of all the efforts she had made over the years.
Ye Yunyi listened, feeling exasperated.
Ye Yunyi: "..." ’What the hell does this have to do with me?!’
’Are you trying to move yourself with your own sob story?’
’I came here to talk business. Are you going to get to it or not?!’
’If you’re not going to talk, I’m in a hurry to go back and get married!’
At that moment, Ye Yunyi felt the urge to just fly over and kick her.
But he held back and asked patiently, "You’ve said so much, but what exactly did you bring me here for? If there’s nothing, I’m leaving."
His words left Bai Zhixi stunned.
She immediately handed the documents she had obtained to Ye Yunyi.
Ye Yunyi took them and looked, then paused in surprise.
’This is... a Mutated Fire Dragon Fruit?!’
’And an Early-Golden Stage Crimson Flame Tiger!’
For a moment, as Ye Yunyi looked at the information about the Crimson Flame Tiger, his hands started to itch for a fight.
After all, he had also just reached the Early-Golden Stage. With his Nine Nether Qi and Divine-level Body Technique, dealing with another Early-Golden Stage Crimson Flame Tiger shouldn’t be too difficult.
"So, you’re saying you want me to go with you to kill that Crimson Flame Tiger and seize this Mutated Fire Dragon Fruit?"
Ye Yunyi said, guessing at Bai Zhixi’s intentions.
Then he looked at her.
Bai Zhixi: "..."
’Kill the Crimson Flame Tiger?!’
His words made Bai Zhixi’s face darken.
That Crimson Flame Tiger was a powerful Early-Golden Stage Exotic Beast!
Forget about the two of them, a couple of Late-Silver Stage Mutants. Even if ten or eight more of them showed up, they might not even be a match for that Crimson Flame Tiger!
Let alone kill it!
"My intention is for the two of us to go over there and just bring back the Mutated Fire Dragon Fruit. That Crimson Flame Tiger isn’t something two Late-Silver Stage Mutants like us can kill," Bai Zhixi said, clarifying her objective.
’Two Late-Silver Stage Mutants like us?’
Hearing this, Ye Yunyi chuckled softly. ’Don’t lump me in with you!’
’However,’ he thought, ’since that’s what Bai Zhixi believes...’
’...this makes things easier.’
Ye Yunyi leaned back in his chair again, propping his legs up on the round table in front of him.
"So what’s the deal? For a Late-Silver Stage Mutant like me, taking on this mission is like snatching food from a tiger’s mouth!
The difficulty is anything but ordinary!
My dear City Lord, you’re not expecting me to risk my life for you with just a few words, are you?"
Ye Yunyi said, a playful and provocative look in his eyes as he watched Bai Zhixi.
"Name your price! As long as we can get that Mutated Fire Dragon Fruit and save my sister!"
"Straight to the point! I like your style!" Ye Yunyi stood up and stared at Bai Zhixi. "I want you to be with me. Be my wife."
BOOM!
One sentence! It was like a thunderclap that could shatter the heavens, exploding throughout the entire room!
Bai Zhixi stared at Ye Yunyi, her eyes wide with disbelief!
She couldn’t believe what she had just heard!
’He... what did he just say?’
’Told her to be his wife and bear his children?!’
’Huh?!’
In that instant, Bai Zhixi bared her small, sharp canines!
She raised her hand and slammed it down on the table!
BAM!
A muffled crack!
The next moment!
The solid wood table in front of them instantly shattered!
Splinters flew across the room!
"What did you say?!" Bai Zhixi’s eyes were wide with fury as she glared at Ye Yunyi. "You... you’re trying to marry... me?!"
Ye Yunyi watched her.
’This crazy girl!’
’She’s not actually going to start a fight right here, is she?!’
But Ye Yunyi wasn’t afraid. As an Early-Golden Stage, dealing with Bai Zhixi was more than easy for him.
He could even "bring her to justice" right here on the spot!
’But there’s no need!’
’After all, if she killed herself later...’
’...I wouldn’t get the Super God Level reward for having a child!’
That was something Ye Yunyi had been coveting for a long time!
He looked at Bai Zhixi and let out a long sigh.
"I do not wish to take a wife, but I pray for the Human Race to thrive!"
"My marrying and having children is all for the prosperity of humanity!"
"I am willing to give my all! To pass on my own faint spark of light!"
"So that humanity may once again take the dominant position on Blue Star!"
...
Ye Yunyi tilted his head up at a forty-five-degree angle, slowly uttering these words.
Bai Zhixi: "..."
’I’d have to be an idiot to believe your bullshit!’
’Damn it!’
’"I do not wish to take a wife, but I pray for the Human Race to thrive?!"’
’If I wasn’t so worldly, I might have actually been fooled by your high-sounding excuses!’
’Then why do you only marry pretty ones?!’
’Why don’t you marry anyone else?!’
But Bai Zhixi also knew there was no point in saying any of this now.
After all, she was the one asking for a favor.
She also knew that as the pinnacle of combat power in Nebula Barrier, her only chance of completing the mission was to cooperate with Ye Yunyi—one of them would hold off the Crimson Flame Tiger while the other stole the Fire Dragon Fruit.
As for cooperating with anyone else, it would be a near-certain suicide mission.
When facing an Early-Golden Stage Exotic Beast, there was absolutely no room for carelessness!
Besides, if she died, her sister would have no hope of survival.
She suppressed her rage. "Name another condition. I cannot agree to this one!"
’Can’t agree?’
Hearing this, Ye Yunyi’s expression turned cold and severe.
He walked toward Bai Zhixi until he was right in front of her. "By my estimate, if your sister continues like this without a new, potent heat-natured medicine to dispel the cold poison, not only will she suffer, but she also only has a few days left to live."
"The condition is the condition."
"City Lord, you don’t want your sister to suffer, do you?"
Ye Yunyi said this, then turned and headed for the door.
He gave a wave of his hand. "I’ll head back first. Think it over. You can come find me anytime once you’ve made up your mind."
"I’m off."
Watching Ye Yunyi’s retreating back, Bai Zhixi nearly shattered her teeth from gritting them so hard.
Her fists were clenched so tightly they audibly cracked!