Chapter 33: Xiao Xianfeng's Transformation

  A dozen or so people rushed over, attacking Ye Chen from all directions. Ye Chen swung his large knife in a wide arc, sweeping across the eight directions with a series of clanging sounds. As their weapons clashed, the dozen or so people felt a surge of overwhelming force and their own weapons flew out of their hands, shooting off in all directions with a whooshing sound.

  "Die!"

  The weapon flew out of his hand, and before he could even react, a cold voice sounded in his ear. Ye Chen swung his arm and threw the big knife out, cutting through the air flow with a whooshing sound, and with several "pu" sounds, it directly killed four people in front of him. At the same time, his two fists quickly rotated.

  "Hooray!!"

  A loud and fierce roar shook the surroundings, several punches of air exploded, and the fist prints were like mountains.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!!

  Again several people flew out like straw, dozens of meters away, heavily hitting the big trees and rocks on the side of the road, bursting into a puff of blood mist.

  The rest of the people turned pale, their bodies trembling, where could they still muster a bit of will to fight, and immediately ran away, including that seven-segment peak strongman, who fled in panic at the first time.

  "Can you escape?"

  Ye Chen sneered, his palm flipped over, and five black arrow feathers appeared in his hand, which he immediately threw out.

  "Hiss...!"

  Five sharp whistling sounds tore through the silent night sky, lightning-like piercing the bodies of the five people, bringing forth a rain of blood. The bodies of the five still maintained their fleeing posture, after being pierced by the arrow feathers, under the effect of inertia they continued to charge forward for a good distance before crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

  Ye Chen searched the two seven-stage peak experts' bodies, found the storage bag, opened it and took a look, confirmed that there were spiritual medicines purchased this time inside, kicked the corpses into the woods on both sides, then picked up the arrows and big knife, wiped off the blood on them, put them in the storage bag, and quickly rushed to Wuming Town without looking back.

  Today just happens to be the end of this month, which is also the one night when Xiaoxian Shuang suffers from unbearable pain every month. Ye Chen almost unfolded his speed to the extreme, running with a big sweat, and returned to Wuming Town at the fastest speed, sneaking into Wuming Inn, and concealing his own breath.

  After a moment of searching, Ye Chen finally confirmed the location of the Ye family's residence in the small courtyard of the inn. He quietly snuck in, his entire body as light and agile as a leaf, without making a single sound with his footsteps. He took out the anesthetic and poured it into a bamboo tube, then carefully pierced the window paper and blew the powder inside.

  There were three rooms in the small courtyard, and all the Ye family members were inside. In the middle of the courtyard was a horse cart loaded with goods, while three fiery horses dozed off, completely unaware that someone had entered.

  Ye Chen slipped in like a ghost, blowing powder into each of the three rooms. Soon, snores echoed from inside. After waiting for a few more minutes, Ye Chen pushed open the door and searched each person's body. Everyone was sleeping like a dead pig, limp and powerless, like a shrimp without bones.

  Ye Chen finally found the storage bag of spiritual medicine purchased by the Ye family in the middle room. Upon opening it, he was surprised to find five low-grade top-quality spiritual medicines inside. No wonder the elder of the family agreed to let Ye Xun take out one low-grade top-quality spiritual medicine as a reward for winning the year-end clan competition.

  Ye Chen's face showed a hint of a smile, this time there was one last target, the Duanmu family, but he had changed his mind and didn't plan to rob the Duanmu family. If the Duanmu family remained intact, what would the several major families in Lincheng and the City Lord's Manor think? Was it finally time for the Duanmu family to take a fall?!

  Soon, Ye Chen quietly left the Nameless Inn and rushed to the dilapidated courtyard where Xiaoxian Shuang was located. On the night of the month's end, a crescent moon hung in the sky, casting a dim glow over the ancient town.

  Before long, Ye Chen arrived at the old and dilapidated courtyard. This courtyard was far away from the town center, located in the most remote corner of the small town, where no one would normally come.

  Ye Chen had not yet entered the small courtyard when he felt a sudden shock in his heart. He sensed a dark and destructive aura, which was coming from one corner of the broken house in the courtyard. The aura was so thick that it made Ye Chen's whole body tremble uncontrollably.

  To be precise, it wasn't Ye Chen who sensed it, but the mark on his chest that responded. As he approached the small courtyard, the mark on his chest flashed with a faint light, and through the mark, Ye Chen felt this aura.

  "Xiao Xian Shuang!"

  Ye Chen was shocked in his heart, he could be certain that ordinary people would not be able to sense this aura at all. If it weren't for the mysterious mark on his chest, he wouldn't have been able to sense it either. This aura was cold and cruel, with a hint of madness.

  Every month at the end of the month, Xiaoxian would go through a life-and-death torture. Was this aura coming from her own body? Ye Chen suppressed his racing heart and walked step by step towards the small house in the courtyard.

  The hut was small, but it had two rooms. The woman slept in the left room, and this breath came from the right room.

  As he approached, Ye Chen's footsteps became lighter and more cautious, his heart filled with inexplicable worry and tension. Finally, he arrived at the window, where the dim moonlight cast an eerie glow over everything. Through the broken windowpane, Ye Chen saw an unbelievable scene unfold before him.

  His pupils suddenly contracted into two dots.

  In the broken house, Xiao Xue was rolling around constantly, her delicate and pretty face almost twisted into a ball, her features no longer clear, looking terrifying and ferocious. Her body was shrouded in a layer of nearly transparent airflow, every pore on her body oozing out blood beads.

  The most terrifying thing about her was her eyes and lips, her eyes were crimson like blood, with two streaks of blood flowing out from the eye sockets, streaming down her cheeks, while her lips were pale and dry, revealing two sharp fangs that gleamed with a sinister light.

  Ye Chen's mind buzzed with a loud noise, as if there were insects chirping, he couldn't imagine why Xiaoxian Shuang would become like this, was this still the girl who used to be pure and innocent, naive and harmless, with a pair of big eyes that had no impurities?

  The night wind was blowing gently, and Ye Chen felt a chill in his bones, but he didn't leave because a pair of crimson eyes like snow were staring at him. At this moment, Ye Chen's slightly trembling body stood still, as if time had frozen. The four eyes stared at each other.

  "Big brother..."

  Xiao Xian's voice was barely audible as she whispered something, but Ye Chen still managed to hear it clearly.

  "Xiao Xian Shuang!"

  Ye Chen felt a pang in his heart, Xiao Xianfeng was awake and calling out to him, indicating that her consciousness was clear.

  Without thinking, Ye Chen swiftly approached the small hut and swept Xiaoxian into his arms. Her body was convulsing violently, her entire being drenched in blood, with every pore oozing out beads of blood. Yet, her eyes never left Ye Chen's face, those eyes that were streaming with fresh blood now flowed with two lines of tears, which were a faint reddish hue, making it hard to distinguish whether they were blood or tears.

  "Big... brother..." Little Xianfeng endured the pain with great effort, her voice trembling, tears streaming from her eyes, "Was little Xianer scary to you?"

  "No, Xian'er is the most lovely and beautiful girl in the world, how could she scare big brother?" Ye Chen shook his head, feeling like something was stuck in his throat, and his eyes were a bit blurry. The sight of Little Fairy Frost made him heartache.

  "Big brother, Xian'er is in so much pain, it hurts so much..." Little Xian Shuang buried her face in Ye Chen's chest, her two small hands grasping tightly onto his arm, her fingernails almost digging into his flesh.

  Her lips parted, revealing two pearly white fangs, and her slender body trembled continuously.

  "Xian'er, bite down on my arm, it will help alleviate the pain!" Ye Chen held her tightly and extended one of his arms to her mouth.

  "Big brother..." Xiaoxian's tears flowed freely, and she bit down on Ye Chen's arm, causing two streams of fresh blood to gush out instantly.

  Ye Chen gritted his teeth, he could clearly feel that Xiaoxian Shuang's teeth had completely sunk into his arm, and there was a faint scent of blood entering her sharp teeth. Gradually, Ye Chen found that the trembling of her body became smaller, and she was no longer so **.

  "Could it be that my unique blood pressure suppressed the abnormal energy within Xiao Xuefeng's body?"

  Ye Chen's heart was filled with shock and uncertainty as he looked at Xiao Xianfeng's face, which slowly relaxed from its twisted state, the dry, cracked lips becoming moist again, but covered in his own blood.

  Xiao Xianfeng's eyes, a comfortable color rose in her eyes, as if she was savoring the taste of Ye Chen's fresh blood. Through the chest mark, Ye Chen also clearly felt that the cold and gloomy aura she emitted had weakened a lot.

  "My blood, is really my blood!"

  Ye Chen's heart suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if he had put down a massive boulder. When he saw Xiaoxian Shuang's painful expression, his heart was filled with unbearable sympathy and an inexplicable pang. Now that he discovered his blood could suppress her abnormal transformation, it meant that as long as he stayed by her side, she would no longer have to endure such agony in the future.

  Xiao Xianfeng bit down on Ye Chen's arm. As if she had forgotten everything, she greedily sucked in Ye Chen's blood energy. The blood energy entered her body and her physical pain was instantly alleviated by a lot, to the point where she forgot about herself and forgot about Ye Chen's existence, only indulging in sucking.

  After a moment, her body gradually calmed down, and Ye Chen's face was slightly pale. The amount of blood energy absorbed by Xiao Xianfeng was almost comparable to the amount he would use when launching a Blood Energy Arrow Feather. If not for the fact that he had already entered the sixth segment and awakened eight cell particles again, his blood energy would have been sufficient, and the amount of blood energy absorbed by Xiao Xianfeng would have made him weak in a short period of time.

  At this time, another strange thing happened. Xiaoxian's body slightly trembled and made a crackling sound of bones bursting. The blood beads that overflowed from her pores instantly turned into sparkling raindrops and disappeared in an instant. Her body also became clean and spotless, with all the bloodstains on her clothes and skin vanishing without a trace.

  Ye Chen was stunned and tongue-tied. The things that happened to Xiao Xianfeng filled him with confusion and incomprehension, and at the same time, Xiao Xianfeng became even more mysterious in his heart.

  "What kind of origin does this little girl have..." Ye Chen muttered to himself.

  "Big brother." Little Xianfeng raised her small face, tear stains still on it. She gently stroked the wound on Ye Chen's arm, where she had bitten him, two deep blood holes, but now no longer bleeding, the wound turned a ghastly white, as if all the blood had been drained out.