Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 264 'Sniffing Love'

At this time, Hun Ruoruo had completely shed the disguise of "youthful extinction".

This demon woman who was feared like a ghost by the elders of Yunlan Sect had a skin as pale as paper, with a haggard and fragile look between her brows, and even the corners of her mouth were slightly blue.

That's a sign of excessive blood loss.

She sat diagonally on the broken stone slab, blood silently flowing from her wrist, leaving little spots of scarlet, which was shocking.

"Ruoruo."

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yan's heart suddenly tightened. He hurriedly wanted to take out the healing pills from the ring, but because of overdraft, he could no longer gather a trace of Dou Qi.

The severe pain in his veins and dantian made Xiao Yan's eyes go black, his body shook, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Chi, why are you still showing off when you know you have no fighting spirit?"

Hun Ruoruo raised the corner of her mouth in a teasing manner. She had already experienced the loss of her fighting spirit several times, so she naturally would not be so foolish as to choose to aggravate her injuries at this moment.

She tore off a piece of tattered cloth from her moon-white robe and wrapped it around her wrist. She glanced at Xiao Yan and then said casually:

"Go ahead, what do you want to ask?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan took a breath and managed to straighten his shaky body.
"Ever since I started practicing physical training, my perception of the human body's Qi and blood has become much sharper."

After he finished speaking, he paused, looked at the girl's pale skin, and said softly: "The flaws in Ruoruo's skills and her current appearance should be related to the deficiency of Qi and blood, right?"

"you"

Slightly stunned, Hun Ruoruo never expected that the other party would choose to care about her first.

In her opinion, the reason why Xiao Yan fought so hard was simply because he wanted to know the cause and effect of his father's disappearance. It was with anger brewing to the extreme that he had the previous series of life-threatening outbursts.

It can be said that his initial concealment definitely played a catalytic role in Xiao Yan's anger and sadness to a certain extent.

Although she did not do it on purpose, as the person in charge in the fog, it was normal for Xiao Yan to complain and be angry with her.

After all, even if it were her, she probably wouldn't be able to stay rational under the circumstances.

She could understand the feeling.

This is also the reason why Hun Ruoruo did not feel angry at the other party's emotional outburst when they met in the imperial capital.
"I took advantage of you, aren't you angry?"

The girl pursed her lips, her eyes filled with confusion: "Why do you care about me first?"

"Uh, angry?"

Xiao Yan coughed lightly, as if he didn't expect the other party to ask such a direct question.
"Maybe there was a little bit when I first saw you in the imperial capital."

"After all, I was really excited when I went home. I stayed at the door for a long time, thinking about what I would say to my dad when we met. I was thinking, maybe this is just homesickness? I was excited but hesitant at the same time. It was really a very contradictory emotion."

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan's eyes became dark and long.
"In the end, I didn't even get to see him. My Xiao family was almost completely destroyed. The only clue was the Yunlan Sect you were in."

Xiao Yan is an introverted person. Hun Ruoruo rarely hears him venting his emotions in such a rambling way. It is just like herself when she is alone.

She felt a little curious for a moment and tilted her head to look at him: "Then how did you change your mind?"

In fact, Hun Ruoruo had originally planned to break up with Xiao Yan.

But she never expected that the other party not only did not get angry in the end, but instead acted like a crying child, grabbing her hand and saying strange words like "Don't hide it from me anymore", "I miss my dad", etc., which made her lose her temper.

Logically speaking, Xiao Yan is not the kind of person who would speak like this.
"Three years have passed since the three-year agreement, and we have known each other for three years."

Xiao Yan laughed at himself, "If I don't even understand the situation, I will just treat you as an enemy and throw away our previous friendship. Isn't that a bit too cruel?"

"Some hurtful things, once done, are hard to take back, aren't they?"

".Well, the Third Young Master has really made great progress. He's even started to reason with others."

Hun Ruoruo was amused by Xiao Yan's serious look and burst out laughing.

This guy is really very proud. Even though his body is shaking so much that he can hardly stand, he still keeps talking about big principles without feeling ashamed.

Hun Ruoruo knew the situation at that time very well. She came to the Soul Palace's base specifically to wait for her. When they met, she was cold and had a sour face, and in the end, her face turned red and her neck was angry. How could she be as relaxed and open-minded as Xiao Yan said?

I'm afraid he must be so anxious that he would do such a thing.

The girl's laughter, as sweet as a clear spring, made Xiao Yan's cheeks feel a little hot. He instinctively wanted to laugh along, but then he thought of Xiao Zhan's disappearance and could not let it go no matter what.

Yun Leng's sarcasm and Wu Hufa's curse were like a mountain pressing down on his heart. Even though he had killed his enemies, his father's whereabouts were still unknown, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

The only thing that could prove that his father was still alive was the piece of jade entrusted to him by the Great Elder.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan took out the jade piece from his arms and looked at the light spot above, his eyes becoming a little absent-minded.

Compared to when I first saw it, the light on the jade piece seemed brighter, no longer flickering, which was quite mysterious. "Ruoruo should have also infiltrated the Soul Palace, right?"

Xiao Yan didn't pay too much attention to the meaning of the light above him, but whispered in a distracted voice:

"Is the reason they targeted my father really just to avenge the Mo family?"

"With the disguises you two had at the time, it was impossible for the Mohist soldiers to detect your identities."

Hearing this, Hun Ruoruo put away her smile and her expression turned serious: "The Mo family is indeed affiliated with the Soul Palace. To be more precise, they are affiliated with Yun Leng's men who you killed."

"You accidentally destroyed his lair, leaving him without the resources to submit to the Soul Exchange Hall. So, he took a desperate risk, disregarding Yunshan's orders, and accepted the mission of capturing your father as a substitute."

At this point, Hun Ruoruo sighed softly and said helplessly, "So, the grudge between you two may sound like a coincidence, but there is indeed some causal relationship involved."

"But my Xiao family is just a second-rate family in the empire. We shouldn't even have heard of someone like him."

Xiao Yan's face was bitter, and he couldn't accept this result at all.

"Father is only a Grand Dou Shi. How could he be favored by a Dou Zong-level figure?"

Hun Ruoruo stared at the jade piece in Xiao Yan's hand, and then looked away after a brief moment. She did not show any greed, but rather an inexplicable resistance.

"Maybe what they are targeting is not your father himself, but some things passed down from generation to generation." Hun Ruoruo said softly.

The girl's almost explicit words made Xiao Yan's palm tremble violently, and the jade piece he was holding was almost difficult to hold steady. He almost forced himself to remain calm, with a look of disbelief between his brows.
"Ruoruo means this piece of jade?"

"You only know how to arrest people, but you don't know why. Come to think of it, it's somewhat similar to the conflict between you and Yun Leng."

Hun Ruoruo sneered, "Logically speaking, if they knew they were looking for this jade stone, your father might not be in any trouble at all. After all, he was so weak that no one would even want to kill him to silence him."

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His chest felt badly blocked, but at this moment Xiao Yan was not angry at the other party's rather sharp words. He only felt an indescribable bitterness and powerlessness surging in his heart.

He did not continue to ask the other party why he knew these secrets, but just stared at the jade piece in his hand in a daze, his eyes red and hatred hidden.

"father"

Gently lifting up her drooping hair, Hun Ruoruo had an indifferent expression, but her starry eyes looked at Xiao Yan, who seemed to have lost his soul, without leaving any trace, and a trace of pity emerged in her heart.

She is not very good at comforting people.

But Xiao Yan's experience made her struggle to empathize with him.

Hun Ruoruo had no doubt that if the Soul Palace used Xiao Zhan to trade for the ancient jade, Xiao Yan would not even have the slightest hesitation.
It was as if she was willing to exhaust all her divine bloodline just to give herself a chance to find her mother and avenge her.

"Hey."

Hun Ruoruo spoke somewhat stiffly.

The girl's awkward tone made Xiao Yan's dead face move slightly. He raised his head and looked at her blankly.
".Ruoruo?"

Taking a deep breath, Hun Ruoruo's eyes were a little evasive. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away.

"Don't be so sullen. Am I really so cold-blooded and heartless that I just enjoy watching people die without helping them?"

After hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes seemed to have a few more gleams of spirit, staring blankly at the pale but still beautiful girl in front of him.
"you"

"Your father is fine, he's doing very well now. When this is over, you can find a safe place to settle your Xiao family. After all, you are a well-known person, but you can't even take care of your own family. Hey, what are you doing?!"

Before Hun Ruoruo could finish her words of disgust, the young man rushed up and hugged her tightly, burying her head in his hot chest.

"Woo-ho."

The girl's eyes were dull, and her body instantly became stiff as if it had been pierced by an electric current. She could only make bursts of gasping sounds like a dying animal.

She subconsciously hammered Xiao Yan's back, but the sticky blood-soaked substance kept reminding Hun Ruoruo how fragile the frighteningly strong guy in front of her was at the moment.

Is he crying?
Sensing the throbbing in the boy's chest, Hun Ruoruo's starry eyes widened, and thoughts kept swirling in her mind.

It's like hugging a pillow when I sleep. Only that firm touch can resist the emptiness in my heart. Even if I cry until midnight, it's okay. When I wake up in the morning, the tears will turn into dried marks, wipe them away, and no one will be able to see them.
He is a lonely person just like me.

"Ruoruo. Thank you."

The sobs mixed with the ecstatic muttering made Hun Ruoruo unable to hear the other person's words clearly.

"congratulations."

The girl's pupils narrowed slightly, her body softened, and she patted his back gently, not knowing whether she was sending a blessing to Xiao Yan or herself.

(End of this chapter)