Chapter 396: The Child of Destiny’s Secret

Xiao Ran stubbornly said, "This matter... is related to my clansmen. Please forgive me, Senior. I truly cannot say anything. I only ask that Senior punish me for the crime of accidentally destroying the secret realm."

"Heh..." Seeing her act this way, Fu Young immediately guessed what Xiao Ran was planning. He let out a cold laugh.

Xiao Shou who was standing nearby heard this and asked curiously, "What are you laughing at, Young’er? But what Xiao Ran said is strange too! Aside from her brother, aren’t I the only one left among her clansmen? She can’t possibly shift the blame onto her brother. Doesn’t that mean she’s referring to me? Ah~~ Huh! But at that time, I was at a critical point in awakening my bloodline. Where would I have had the time to kill the Hell Flame Beast? Besides, I didn’t even have the ability to kill the Hell Flame Beast back then!"

"Master! You really are slow to catch on! But why am I laughing? I’m laughing because she’s digging her own grave without even realizing it. Just watch carefully! It will become more and more interesting soon." Fu Young said affectionately as he moved closer to Xiao Shou.

It was the first time since that day that Xiao Shou had been this close to Fu Young, and he felt extremely uncomfortable. After hearing his words, he silently nodded and quietly moved two steps away, putting some distance between himself and his beloved disciple.

He secretly thought that he needed to be more careful about maintaining his distance from his disciple in the future. His disciple was growing up day by day, and he was far too handsome. Staying too close to someone like him was practically a challenge to his self-control.

Fu Young attempt to get closer to his Master had been avoided. Was his Master still angry with him? But when he had just spoken to him, he did not seem angry at all.

Fu Young who had just been mocking Xiao Ran for being foolish, immediately became filled with doubts. He came up with countless possible explanations for Xiao Shou moving two steps away from him, but he did not dare settle on any of them.

As a result, he became extremely anxious. Sigh!

The Tribulation Crossing cultivator whose cultivation was three major realms higher than these cultivators from the Lower Realm was beyond the imagination of cultivators from this world.

To a Tribulation Crossing cultivator, the area covered by his divine sense was essentially his domain. Within that domain, every movement of every living being and every inanimate object could not escape his perception or control.

Therefore, the conversation between Fu Young and Xiao Shou was immediately transmitted into Tushan Shanhe’s ears the moment Xiao Ran finished speaking.

Tushan Shanhe’s heart stirred when he heard this. He immediately thought of the information he had gathered when he went to investigate a few days ago. Considering the future of this world, where all living beings were destined to suffer, it would be better for Xiao Shou’s sake to take this opportunity to bring him away from this world and send him to the Spirit Realm.

With that thought, he sent a voice transmission to Tushan Qing. "I’ll find a reason to take Xiao Shou back to the Spirit Realm later. Don’t cause trouble."

"Take my precious baby back? And let my precious baby bear a dishonorable reputation?"

As someone whose cultivation was even higher than Tushan Shanhe’s, Tushan Qing naturally knew everything happening within the domain as well. So when he heard Tushan Shanhe say this, he deliberately propped up his chin and asked, his eyes filled with eager fighting spirit.

He clearly wanted Tushan Shanhe to admit it so that he could find an excuse to fight him and stretch his muscles.

Tushan Shanhe’s mouth twitched at those words. While suppressing his anger, he said, "Would I let someone outside the clan bully a member of the Tushan Clan? Even if he belongs to the Terrestrial Fox lineage, I wouldn’t allow it. So stop causing trouble. Once I make him submit willingly, I’ll immediately take him back to the Spirit Realm. This place is about to become a battlefield where countless living beings will suffer. You don’t want your true successor to struggle to survive and cultivate here either, do you?"

"Well! If it were me, I’d find it very interesting and challenging. I don’t know what my precious baby thinks." Tushan Qing yawned and said listlessly, "Hurry up and give me something interesting to do! I’m almost bored to death."

"Don’t worry! You won’t be bored for long." Thinking of what he had personally witnessed, Tushan Shanhe’s gaze darkened. Although he had other thoughts in mind, his expression was filled with oppressive force as he stared at Xiao Ran and said coldly, "Don’t play this coy game with me. If you won’t speak, then you can die."

As soon as he finished speaking, killing intent enveloped Xiao Ran. Her face immediately turned deathly pale. The cold holy aura around her disappeared without a trace, and her entire body seemed like a flower swaying in a violent storm, ready to wither at any moment. She bit her lip, seemingly enduring everything for the sake of protecting something. Only when she could endure no longer did she speak with difficulty. "Senior... the Hell Flame Beast... was..."

Xiao Ran was about to finally reveal the words she had carefully prepared for a long time.

The satisfaction she felt at the thought that her plan was about to succeed was immediately sensed by Ting Lu, the spirit of the Heavenly Orb, through her thoughts. When he realized what she wants to do, he became furious and shouted at her, interrupting the words she was about to say.

In order to make her abandon the idea, he had no choice but to reveal more information about the Upper Realm to her. "Idiot... Are you trying to get yourself killed?"