Chapter 398: The Truth About the Hell Flame Beast

At the same time, after sensing how the situation had developed and noticing Xiao Ran’s change on the Nine Dragons Platform, Xiao Shou breathed a sigh of relief. "So she wasn’t trying to push the blame onto me! She really scared me. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to explain myself clearly!"

"She originally wanted to push the blame onto you. She even wanted to ruin your reputation in front of all the important figures in the Heaven Origin Realm. However, it seems there is another strategist beside her. That strategist changed her decision and stopped her from getting herself killed."

Fu Young said sympathetically, "I really pity that strategist. Having such a brainless master... Heh..."

"Young’er, you’re making me break out in a cold sweat." Ruin his reputation throughout the Heaven Origin Realm? Him? Hearing Fu Young’s words, Xiao Shou felt completely overwhelmed.

With his intelligence, he could not understand how much hatred Xiao Ran had toward him or what Xiao Ran could possibly do to put him in such a situation. Besides, neither he nor his original body had ever offended the female protagonist, had they?

The incident at Wailing Ghost Valley had only been a misunderstanding. In the end, Fu Young had even obtained the treasure, while Xiao Shou himself had escaped without suffering any real loss.

Why was the female protagonist targeting him again now?

Xiao Shou had no idea that his beloved disciple had already taken back an important part of the female protagonist’s golden finger, so he truly could not understand it.

On the competition stage, Xiao Ran obediently answered this time. "She is my senior sister from the same peak, Yu Lin. She was also in the secret realm at the time. You should have seen her personally."

"What? Yu Lin? It was actually her?"

"Senior Sister Yu hasn’t returned to the sect for quite some time, has she?"

"Senior Brother Chi went with her too!"

"I heard the two of them disappeared after accepting the mission to investigate Senior Brother Xiang Yu’s death."

"However, their soul lamps have not gone out, so they should still be alive."

"I really didn’t expect this!"

Upon hearing this, Tushan Shanhe’s expression turned cold. He sneered and said, "How could someone with such weak cultivation possibly kill the Hell Flame Beast? Do you think I’m a child who can be fooled at will?"

"Senior Sister Yu’s cultivation was indeed not high at the time, but she had once obtained an ancient talisman cultivator’s inheritance. There were many strange and mysterious talismans within that inheritance. Their abilities were powerful and bizarre, far beyond what ordinary cultivators could imagine. If Senior does not believe me, you can ask Xiao Shou’s disciple, Fu Young. He was there at the time."

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, she became extremely nervous. These words were highly advantageous to those Master and disciple. That fellow Fu Young would not be foolish enough to expose himself and admit that he was the one who killed the Hell Flame Beast, would he? But what if he simply did not care?

If Xiao Shou truly possessed the bloodline of the Tushan Clan, then even if Fu Young really admitted it, considering Xiao Shou and that Upper Realm cultivator who doted on him so much, there should be no danger to his life.

So even if he admitted it, nothing would happen to him. Under such circumstances, if he admitted it just to deal with her, then that would truly be... Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Ran became so nervous that even her breathing seemed to stop. She did not dare move at all.

Just then, everyone present heard Fu Young’s voice transmission. "At that time, Master was at a critical point in awakening his bloodline and he was suddenly attacked by this woman. She and her senior sister attacked him together. I fought with all my strength to protect Master. We fought back and forth until the time limit for entering the secret realm expired and we were automatically transported out. As for the Hell Flame Beast... The battle was too intense at the time, and there were also many blood beasts formed from the essence blood of Hell Flame Beasts at the Soul Transformation stage attacking us. I simply had no energy to pay attention to what happened to it."

"Young’er, why didn’t you tell me that you went through something so dangerous back then? How are you? Were you injured? Does anything hurt?" When Xiao Shou heard Fu Young mention what had happened on the day he awakened his bloodline, he realize that such a dangerous situation had occurred back then. Facing the combined attacks of the female protagonist and female supporting character, he could imagine how dangerous the situation had been for his beloved disciple. He immediately pulled Fu Young over and carefully examined him from head to toe, completely forgetting the slight confusion in his heart.

Feeling his Master’s soft hands holding his own, Fu Young was extremely happy. Hearing his Master’s concerned words made him feel happier than ever. However, he could not bear to make his Master worry, so he immediately winked at Xiao Shou. A mischievous expression that was familiar to Xiao Shou appeared on his face as he said, "The two of them teamed up against just me! I’m so weak. How could I possibly have won?"

"Beautiful guy, he was definitely lying when he said that," Yao Ming wanted to say this, but ever since Tushan Shanhe had appeared, he did not dare speak. As a member of a naturally delicate race, he understood the way of survival very well... For now, he could only cover his little mouth, force himself to suppress the urge to speak, and silently watch from the sidelines.

"Oh!" Seeing the familiar expression Fu Young always wore when fooling people, Xiao Shou knew that he was lying again. He immediately gave a dry response and then had no idea what else to say.

High in the sky, Tushan Qing saw this and unhappily muttered, "Damn brat."