Chapter 738 - 352: I Have One Friend (6k)_2

"I need an explanation."

You Su looked coldly at the anxious clan leader, his voice icy and deliberate, like frost.

He had gone through so much trouble and risked life and limb to help the clan leader defeat the guardians and reclaim the Divine Radiance Stone, but at the crucial moment of success, it was the clan leader himself who interfered with him killing Bai Ze?

This feeling of being toyed with made You Su somewhat angry, and naturally, his tone was no longer polite.

The few who had just entered realized that the young man before them possessed a coldness beyond appearances.

But the young man still withdrew the almost fatal sword, and if he had wanted, their clan leader would have already headed to the underworld with Bai Ze.

"Immortal Master You... this Bai Ze... cannot be killed!"

Chen Yi shivered, and when someone tried to help him, he refused the hand of his clansmen, struggling to rise from the ground on his own.

Upon hearing this, You Su raised an eyebrow slightly and pulled the Mo Song Sword from the ground.

"Why can’t it be killed?"

Chen Yi trembled with his hands, his eyes filled with complex emotions. He slowly spoke, with a tone of reverence and sorrow, "Immortal Master You, there’s something you don’t know. This Bai Ze is an ancient auspicious beast, legendary for understanding all things and speaking the human language. There has always been a prophecy that if anyone tries to kill Bai Ze, they will suffer endless misfortune, with storms tormenting them and the world rejecting them."

You Su was somewhat surprised by this and remembered that the stories of auspicious beasts were not unique to Bai Ze, but he never believed in such things. Having decided to take control of his own fate, why would he care about such tales?

"Are you blocking this with your life just for this rumor?"

Chen Yi gave a bitter smile, sadness and helplessness flashing in his eyes:

"Immortal Master You is our benefactor. How could I stand by and watch you take on such misfortune to help us?"

Upon hearing this, the others felt a pang of guilt. They, as inhabitants of the Beiao Continent, were slightly aware of the rumor that killing an auspicious beast would bring misfortune. Yet none of them stopped You Su from trying to kill it, because their thirty-year obsession was about to be fulfilled, and who would care about the karma You Su would bear?

You Su remained silent for a moment, his gaze deep under his sunglasses, "If it’s not killed, how will you take away the Divine Radiance Stone?"

"This is their trick... They placed the Divine Radiance Stone here, guarded by the Divine Beast Bai Ze, because they fear someone would discover the deeply hidden secret... Anyone who wants to take away the Divine Radiance Stone would be wary of Bai Ze, because of the curse, they dare not seize it by force."

The elder shook his head stiffly and then seemed older, sighing heavily:

"If to cleanse our sins we let Immortal Master You bear other sins, how can I ever atone for my sins?"

You Su looked at the elderly clan leader before him, with a complex emotion welling up in his heart.

The elder’s sense of responsibility moved You Su somewhat, as in the face of his life’s ambition, he chose to let go for You Su’s fate.

The surrounding people were likewise affected, deeply ashamed, and voiced their support.

You Su pressed his lips together, yet he focused his attention on Bai Ze shrunken in the back.

Its pure white fur was lackluster, appearing lifeless, without the grandeur a Divine Beast should have. It glared with scarlet eyes at You Su, baring its teeth, bowing, as if warning You Su not to approach.

You Su was not afraid of it; this Divine Beast had no divine nature, and its dragon sinews and tiger bones were useless.

He slowly approached the Divine Radiance Stone behind him, attempting to touch the ancient stones with his hand. As expected, Bai Ze immediately disregarded its pain and stood up, roaring deeply to drive him away. Its stance was unmistakably one of fight to the death.

"Bai Ze can speak human language, does it look like it?" You Su halted his hand, but did not fully press down, "If it’s not Bai Ze, then killing it should bring no misfortune, right?"

The clan leader and others felt slightly embarrassed upon hearing this, but Bai Ze seemed to understand what You Su was saying and bared its teeth more fiercely.

"I’m not Bai Ze, are you?!"

In the spacious cave, a tender child’s voice suddenly reverberated from the top of the cave.

Everyone was startled, looking around as if searching for the source of the child’s voice, thinking some naughty child had followed them in.

But in the end, they all exchanged glances, unable to believe as they looked at the spiked Divine Beast.

There were no outsiders here, so the voice could only seem to have come from Bai Ze...

You Su suppressed his inner surprise. He had seen the Peak Master of the Beast Taming Peak, the Eleventh Elder of the Profound Sky Sect, but even his Divine Beast Suanni, said to possess dragon blood, could not speak human language. Was Bai Ze truly a real Divine Beast?

"What are you looking at! If you keep looking, I’ll eat you!"

Such a threat spoken in a child’s voice was rather comical, followed by a fierce roar from Bai Ze’s true form, rendering it hard to say whether it was terrifying or adorable.

You Su found it amusing, a slight smirk on his lips:

"If you can speak, then let us take the Divine Radiance Stone, and I won’t kill you."

Immediately after You Su spoke, Bai Ze let out a tender, disdainful snort, as if expressing its scorn.

Its massive body trembled slightly, "You say you won’t kill and then you won’t? Who do you think you are?"

You Su chuckled softly, placing his hand on the Divine Radiance Stone, feeling the warm touch of the stone. This seemingly casual action put Bai Ze on high alert. It roared angrily, ignoring the injuries from the previous battle, and charged at You Su.