Chapter 254: The Hall Master’s Temptation

Chapter 254 -252: The Hall Master’s Temptation

Looking at the woman with her back to him, Hu Tu was a little surprised.

“So soon? How did it go?”

The woman turned around, revealing Xiao Ya’s lively face.

“Is there even a need to ask? I’ve already gotten my hands on the power!”

A smug look was on her face as a ball of green energy floated above her hand—the Vitality Power she had drained from Shen Yue.

Her face was filled with glee. ‘So this is what it feels like to have power!’

‘That woman was nothing special after all.’

Seeing the aura emanating from the power in her hand, Hu Tu breathed a sigh of relief, then asked nervously,

“You didn’t let them discover your whereabouts, did you?”

Xiao Ya plopped down on the coffin and scoffed,

“Them? They’re probably still crying over that woman’s corpse right now. How could they possibly suspect me?”

Hu Tu’s expression immediately relaxed.

He looked at Xiao Ya and said with self-satisfaction,

“With this power, I’m afraid you’ll be able to do whatever you want in the entire Beast World from now on.”

Xiao Ya toyed with the ball of green Vitality Power in her hand, looking utterly pleased with herself.

“Of course.”

‘From now on, I am the heavens and the earth.’

“From now on, if anyone dares to say no to me, I’ll kill them!”

Her eyes were venomous and her words were hard as stone as her fingertips played with the world-destroying Vitality Power.

It was as if she were already the master of this world.

As she spoke, her thoughts shifted, and she said mockingly,

“I never thought the Flood Dragon Clan would be so pathetic. A simple little trick was all it took to run them in circles. I really thought they were as powerful as the rumors claimed!”

Hu Tu listened and said,

“The Flood Dragon Clan’s strength should never be underestimated. This time, to help you get this power, I had to use up five of my lives. How else could I have deceived them!”

Xiao Ya retracted the green power at her fingertips and said with disdain,

“What ‘strength should never be underestimated’? You should have seen how ridiculously they fled the courtyard. And they were all seriously injured by my power. It was truly a pathetic sight!”

With that, she changed the subject, raising an eyebrow at Hu Tu.

“Besides, it was only five of your lives. Are you getting sentimental about it already? Don’t you forget, you owe me this!”

As if his sore spot had been poked, Hu Tu’s expression changed slightly…

The air was silent for a moment before he said,

“A zhi, what happened back then was my fault, but…”

Xiao Ya’s face darkened, and she cut him off, her voice laced with venom.

“Don’t call me A zhi! The A zhi of the past died long ago in Luoxi Town!”

Who would have thought that the usually gentle Xiao Ya, who looked as harmless as a little rabbit, could appear so volatile and fierce…?

Hu Tu immediately took a deep breath, looking as if he were in the wrong and was endlessly tolerating her…

Just then, Xiao Ya impatiently jumped off the coffin…

But as they say, pride comes before a fall…

The moment her feet touched the ground, she felt her blood churn violently, as if a ball of fire was ramming against her from inside.

She clutched her chest…

“SPURT!”

A mouthful of blood sprayed from her lips.

Hu Tu was instantly alarmed.

“A zhi, what’s wrong?”

Xiao Ya leaned on the coffin, suppressing the discomfort in her body.

“The power inside me… it feels like… like it’s surging…”

Hu Tu hurried to support her and asked the crucial question,

“Could it be the power acting up? Have you merged with the Purple Rabbit?”

Hearing this, Xiao Ya furrowed her brow in pain.

“No.”

Hu Tu was taken aback. “Why not?”

“I don’t know either. Ever since I absorbed that woman’s power, the Purple Rabbit seems to have fallen into an even deeper sleep. I can’t wake it at all.”

Hu Tu immediately sensed that something was wrong.

“Impossible! If the Purple Rabbit hasn’t merged with you, your Qi-draining ability couldn’t have awakened! And without Qi-draining, you couldn’t possibly have absorbed the power from that woman’s body!”

Xiao Ya listened, clutching her chest.

“Then what’s happening to me now?”

Hu Tu said, “Try again! Activate your Qi-draining and merge the power inside you!”

Xiao Ya heard him and was just about to try again.

But then—

A voice rang out. “There’s no need to try!”

The two of them froze in unison as a powerful and terrifying pressure instantly filled the hillside.

A man dressed in a black robe and shrouded in a black mist emerged from the shadows.

His pair of purple eyes, hidden under the brim of his hood, fixed on Xiao Ya like a predator on its prey.

Xiao Ya immediately grew tense. “Who’s there?”

Hu Tu, however, hurriedly bowed in respect.

“Lord Hall Master, what brings you here?”

Xiao Ya hadn’t expected Hu Tu to know this man with the terrifying aura.

She clutched her chest. “Who is he?”

But the black-robed man flickered and reappeared right in front of Xiao Ya.

The immense pressure and aura made Xiao Ya’s heart skip a beat, and she instinctively took a step back.

“W-what are you going to do?”

Beside her, Hu Tu was also nervous, cold sweat beading on his forehead…

The black-robed man stared at Xiao Ya.

“I’m here to save you, of course.”

Xiao Ya heard this and asked,

“Save me? What do you mean?”

The black-robed man’s purple eyes sized up Xiao Ya with satisfaction.

“You probably don’t know yet, but the power in your body is something no mortal can possibly bear or control. And yet, you can. Don’t you want to know why?”

Looking at the man completely shrouded in black mist, an instinctive desire to know her origins made her speak,

“Why?”

‘Actually, she had always wanted to know why. Why was she different from other children ever since she was young?’

‘Why had the heavens been so unfair to her!’

‘But no one could tell her, and she could never find the answer.’

‘But she knew she was no ordinary person!’

The black-robed man continued,

“Since you were a child, you’ve been different from others. You have a Companion Beast hidden in your body, you possess powers other females do not, and you can even take lives in dreams. These are all symbols of your identity…”

Hearing this, Xiao Ya’s heart jumped in shock…

‘How does this man know I can kill people in my dreams??’

‘She had never told this secret to anyone!’

Her eyes widened as she stared at the man before her.

Her voice trembled.

“How could you know that?”

Beside her, Hu Tu was also stunned.

He looked at Xiao Ya in disbelief…

‘A zhi can kill people in her dreams?’

The man continued,

“I know everything.”

“And what if I told you that the power in your body now was originally yours to begin with, only it was stolen by that woman! That’s why, even without awakening your Qi-draining, you were able to take this power so easily!”

“And that woman, she is the real thief. She took what should have been yours. The one who should have been admired by all, the one who should have been respected by the masses… that should have been you.”

Xiao Ya’s eyes widened, and she jerked her head up.

“What did you say? It was originally mine?”

“That’s right!”

Xiao Ya’s heart trembled, and rage surged within her. Her eyes turned scarlet.

“Was it that A Yue? Was she the one who took what belonged to me?”

“Why would she take my things? Who is she?”

She was so furious her face was contorted.

‘She wished she could go and confront Shen Yue right now! Kill her immediately!’

‘So, all of that was supposed to be hers. She was the one who should have been surrounded by adoring stars!’

Xiao Ya couldn’t wait to know everything.

“Tell me, who am I? And what is my relationship with that woman?”

The black-robed man stood before her, his tone laced with a faint chuckle.

“Don’t be anxious. I will tell you everything, one by one. I am here to help you!”

As he spoke, a black box appeared in his hand. He slowly opened it, revealing a crimson leaf lying inside.

“As long as you are willing to follow me and eat this leaf, I can help you take back everything that belongs to you, help you live the life you desire, and make you the most revered woman in the entire Beast World.”

Xiao Ya stared at the leaf in the box, and after hearing the man’s words, the hand hanging by her side clenched into a fist…

“What is this?”

The black-robed man spoke unhurriedly,

“It’s something that can help you suppress the power in your body. Now that you’ve just taken back your power, you probably won’t be able to adapt to it for a while. This can help you keep it under control.”

As Xiao Ya listened, she hesitated, but the surging power in her body once again slammed against her from within…

She couldn’t help but spit out another mouthful of blood…

Hu Tu cried out in alarm, “A zhi!!”

The pain left Xiao Ya no time for thought. She slowly reached out, about to take the leaf…

Standing beside them, Hu Tu grew nervous and couldn’t help but ask,

“Lord Hall Master, can this thing truly save my sister?”

The aura around the black-robed man dropped icily.

“Are you questioning me?”

Hu Tu immediately trembled with fear.

“This subordinate wouldn’t dare! Please forgive me, Lord Hall Master!”

Xiao Ya reached out and pinched the leaf, enduring the churning of her blood and qi…

‘I must take back everything that belongs to me.’

‘I need to know who I really am!’

‘I’ll make Bai Chaosi see who the real woman worthy of standing by his side is!’

‘That ugly freak, what gives her the right to have everything?’

She snatched the leaf.

“Fine, I’ll eat it!”

With that, she was about to put it in her mouth.

But then—

“If you eat that, you’ll never find your true self again!”

The clear, cold female voice was like that of a mountain goddess suddenly descending from the heavens!

As the voice fell, a figure in red appeared as well…

Her dress billowed as she strode forward, a golden bell dangling from her fingertips.

And behind her, two more figures appeared—the one as cold as a god of the dark night, Huang Ziyue, and the one as coolly ethereal as jade from a snowy mountain, Bai Chaosi.