She had thought he would fly into a rage, but unexpectedly, it seemed he had discovered something. His blood-red eyes stared at her for a moment before he suddenly hissed, “I’ve just realized that you’re actually rather interesting.”
Mu Guili: “…”
She did not know that, just moments ago, Helou Yan had seen a strange chain tightly binding her soul, as though it were sealing something away.
He could sense that this thing did not belong to the Xuan Yun Continent.
This ant had secrets.
Almost instantly, his interest was piqued, so naturally, he was no longer in a hurry.
Yet the next moment, the Demon Head’s expression suddenly darkened.
Mu Guili thought he was acting up again.
Then she saw him stare at her unhappily. “You’ve offended my eyes with your ugliness.”
Mu Guili, her face covered in blood and grime: “…”
Expressionless, she cursed under her breath with great restraint.
With the Demon Head by her side, no demon beasts dared come looking for death.
Mu Guili found a river, drove the Demon Head away, and washed the filth from her body, revealing a face as fair and smooth as snow.
Her brows and eyes were as delicate as a painting, her nose pert and her lips rosy. Beneath her wing-like lashes, a pair of catlike eyes shimmered with clear radiance, making her look like an exquisite porcelain doll.
Once, she had been the beloved eldest daughter of the Mu Family, with a gentle and kind temperament.
But now, who could have known that beneath such an otherworldly beauty lay a heart filled with rotten hatred?
Mu Guili closed her eyes briefly, then took a clean dress from her spatial ring and changed.
When she turned around, she met the eyes of the Demon Head, who was squatting by the river and playing with the water out of boredom.
Mu Guili: “?”
Helou Yan: “?”
Mu Guili: “You’ve been squatting there this whole time?”
Helou Yan: “Yeah. What about it?”
Mu Guili was stunned. “I was bathing!”
“So?”
He frowned darkly. Then, as if he had suddenly figured something out, his expression became one of sudden realization.
With disdain in his voice, he said, “Don’t tell me you think that placing a forbidden spell on this venerable one means you can order this venerable one around and make me serve you. A mere ant actually wants this venerable one to bathe and dress you?”
With a single slap, he shattered the enormous stone beside the river, leaving behind the shape of a thumbprint. “I admire the courage it takes to daydream in broad daylight!”
“…”
Was he sick?
But looking at those cold, deathly blood-red eyes, Mu Guili suddenly understood.
It was probably because they belonged to different species. In the Demon Head’s eyes, she seemed to have no gender at all.
That trace of awkwardness vanished instantly.
Just then, a burst of noisy voices approached.
Mu Guili immediately hid behind the mountain wall.
“Senior Brother Ye really cares about Junior Sister Chi. The moment he heard there was news of a demon beast egg here, he rushed over immediately, all so he could give it to Junior Sister Chi and help her get a good ranking in the Academy Grand Tournament.”
“Exactly. Senior Brother Ye and Junior Sister Chi are a perfect match. Everyone in Sacred Heaven Academy knows it. We can only envy them.”
A group of people approached. The handsome man leading them looked exceedingly familiar.
Mu Guili’s eyes turned icy. It was actually the fiancé she hated to the bone—Ye Chen!
Ye Chen said indifferently, “Roushu and I are merely fellow disciples. Don’t make up nonsense.”
Jiang Ze, who was standing beside him, said in a carefree tone, “I say, Ye Chen, you treat Junior Sister Chi so well. Aren’t you afraid your fiancée will make trouble for you?”
Everyone in Sacred Heaven Academy knew that the waste beauty from Ding Class was Ye Chen’s fiancée, and that she had come here solely to follow him.
Ye Chen sneered disdainfully. “A waste like her doesn’t deserve to have a contracted beast.”
The others burst out laughing. “Exactly. Senior Brother Ye is going to enter one of the Four Great Sects and join the Sacred Palace in the future. He can play around with Mu Guili, that waste beauty, but her wanting to become Senior Brother Ye’s dao partner is nothing more than wishful thinking!”
Ye Chen did not deny it.
Mu Guili concealed her hatred.
She had been physically weak since childhood, spending her days soaking in the library. She had been lax in her cultivation, and since her family doted on her, they simply let her be.
If she had not lost contact with her parents and elder brothers, and if she had not wanted to help search for her younger sister, she probably would never have secretly left Wuxuan Mountain to enter Sacred Heaven Academy.
Besides, before going to Sacred Heaven Academy, she had never even met Ye Chen. Where had this supposed entanglement come from?
In her previous life, when she had believed that Ye Chen and Chi Roushu were in love with each other, she had even intended to break off the engagement. Who could have known that she would be possessed instead?
That treacherous couple had used the engagement as an excuse to openly carry on their affair, ultimately bringing disaster upon her entire family!
Her fingertip swiftly traced a talisman. With a flick of her finger, she sent it flying.
“Smack—!”
Ye Chen was viciously slapped across the face from a distance. His expression changed drastically. “Who’s there? Come out!”
“Smack, smack, smack—!”
Several more slaps followed in rapid succession. He could not find their source at all. In the blink of an eye, his face had swollen, and he roared furiously with his mouth full of blood, “You despicable coward! Get out here!”
The attack was not very powerful, but the humiliation was immense.
Ye Chen had lost face and was determined to find the culprit.
Mu Guili snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Suddenly, the Demon Head’s curious voice came from beside her. “You seem to harbor an intense hatred for that male ant.”
He seemed to have sensed something, and his interest in watching a spectacle was piqued. “Looking for demon beasts is so boring. How about this venerable one sends you all somewhere more interesting?”
Mu Guili’s eyelid twitched. For some reason, she had a bad feeling.
Before she could stop him, the next moment, the Demon Head excitedly hoisted her up. As his sleeves fluttered, he suddenly snapped his fingers.
With a boom, the earth trembled, and the air twisted into a vortex. Ye Chen and the others all fell into it.
She was thrown in as well.
When the sensation of weightlessness disappeared, Mu Guili opened her eyes.
Where was this?
“Boom—!”
Spiritual light billowed across the sky.
Everyone looked up, unable to hide their delight. “That’s the spiritual radiance of a Soul Beast Egg about to hatch!”
Demon beasts were merely ferocious creatures without intelligence, whereas soul beasts were born with intelligence. Once they cultivated to a certain level, they could even transform into human form and become the legendary divine beasts!
Unfortunately, soul beasts all lived in extremely dangerous secret realms and perilous lands, making even a single one extraordinarily difficult to find.
Although no one knew what had happened just now, a soul beast was emerging here—and it was even a young beast that was about to hatch and could be contracted without needing to be tamed. Who would not want it?!
They hurried over. Mu Guili narrowed her eyes, took out a cloak, draped it over herself, and secretly followed them.
There, a gigantic white soul beast skeleton stood between heaven and earth. Although it had been dead for a long time, the lingering might it radiated still inspired faint fear.
Beneath the skeleton, among the jagged boulders, was a dark and gloomy cave protected by a powerful soul beast barrier.
Greed flashed through Ye Chen’s eyes. As long as he obtained this soul beast, he would certainly take first place in the upcoming Academy Grand Tournament!
As for these fellow disciples, they were nothing more than stepping stones on his path to obtaining the soul beast.
Mu Guili’s attention, however, landed on the enormous soul beast skeleton. She suddenly noticed a flower growing from within the bones, dazzlingly red and strange—it was actually the high-grade spirit plant, the Mind-Clearing Flower.
This was a real treasure!
Seeing that Ye Chen and the others had already taken up positions around the soul beast barrier and were waiting for their opportunity, Mu Guili flashed toward the skeleton.
She had not expected that, just as she reached out to touch the Mind-Clearing Flower, powerful pressure would rush toward her, preventing her from drawing near.
A contemptuous chuckle sounded.
Helou Yan approached her ear silently, like a demon whispering into it. “Compared with this useless flower, you should know that even those sanctimonious old geezers would fight madly over the soul beast egg here if they came. If this group of ants gets their hands on it, that won’t be very interesting, will it?”
The Demon Head continued to maliciously goad her. “After all, this beast egg was born in accordance with the natural order. The moment it hatches, it will be a divine beast. With such a treasure, surely you don’t want it?”