The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

After successfully striking, the dark figure did not continue the pursuit, but instead revealed itself ten feet away.

It was a tall man, dressed in a black robe, with long, flowing hair and a handsome face, but his eyes were scarlet, which looked particularly eerie in the sunlight.

He stood in mid-air, looking down at Shen Yifei. "You're Shen Yifei?"

Shen Yifei clutched his chest wound, grimacing as he stood up. "And who are you?"

"I am Blood Shadow." The man in black stood with his hands behind his back. "I am here on Lu Ya's orders to take your life."

"Lu Ya?" Shen Yifei frowned. "That old bastard doesn't dare come himself, so he sends a nobody like you to die?"

"A nobody?" Blood Shadow laughed, his smile full of contempt. "A Nascent Soul stage brat, hmm... late-stage Mahayana..."

Blood Shadow hadn't expected Shen Yifei to be at the late Mahayana stage; he figured Lu Ya's intelligence must be wrong. But it didn't matter; Shen Yifei was far inferior to him.

"Are you a demon?" Shen Yifei asked tentatively.

A hint of surprise flashed in Blood Shadow's eyes. "You do have some insight, being able to discern my origins."

"Hehe, as expected, they are demons. I didn't expect that old bastard Lu Ya to actually be colluding with demons." Shen Yifei patted his chest. Xinghe's healing effect was good, and the wound had begun to heal.

"Hey Old Blood, you're supposed to be a demon in the Tribulation Transcending stage, how can you work for a human? Aren't you ashamed of your demon race?"

"Old Blood?" This was the first time Blood Shadow had heard someone address him like that. His expression changed. "Boy, what do you know? I am only temporarily under his control."

"Heh, Lu Ya only knows how to use such despicable methods!" Shen Yifei recalled the poison that Leng Rushuang had been poisoned. "Old Xue, were you poisoned or were you placed under a restriction?"

"Kid, what's it to you? You're a dead man, why are you so nosy?" Blood Shadow was getting impatient. However, although this kid looked quite annoying, for some reason, he felt a little bit of closeness to him!

"You're not poisoned, are you? Looking at how cold you are, Lu Ya must have poisoned you!" Shen Yifei guessed wildly.

"A restriction! Lu Ya placed a restriction on me. He can activate it at any time and kill me! Kid, stop wasting time!" With that, Blood Shadow was about to make his move.

"Wait," Shen Yifei hurriedly waved his hand.

Blood Shadow stopped his hand. He was puzzled. This kid told him to wait, and he actually stopped. Why did he listen to this guy?

"Old Blood, did Lu Ya promise you that he would lift the restriction on you if you killed him?"

"Hmm!" Blood Shadow didn't want to say another word; he found this kid to be a chatterbox.

Shen Yifei chuckled, "That old bastard Lu Ya is cunning; he'd only fool a fool like you! He lifted the restrictions on you, how could he possibly let a demon in the Tribulation Transcending stage escape his control? Unless you're dead!"

Xueying's expression changed; what Shen Yifei said seemed to make a lot of sense!

Shen Yifei continued to embellish the story, "Old Xue, you're a dignified demon expert, being treated like a dog by Lu Ya, don't you feel aggrieved?"

"Shut up!" Blood Shadow roared, his figure flashed, and he slashed out with another claw.

This time, Shen Yifei was on guard and dodged to the side, barely avoiding the attack. But the Blood Shadow was too fast, and the claw wind still grazed his shoulder, tearing off a strip of cloth.

"Hey Lao Xue, you need to change your habit of resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement." Can we sit down and have a proper talk?

While attracting Xueying's attention, Shen Yifei also woke up the little monster, ready to give it a bite at any moment.

The little monster whimpered, somewhat hesitant to come out. Despite being at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, it was still a little timid.

"You coward! Weren't you pretty fierce when you were eating my balls?"

The little monster responded with a loud "Aww," its voice full of grievance.

Blood Shadow gave Shen Yifei no time to breathe, immediately transforming into a black shadow and pouncing towards Shen Yifei.

This claw strike was nearly twice as fast as the previous one, and Shen Yifei couldn't dodge it at all.

He made up his mind and decided not to hide anymore. If he was really caught and turned into a pulp, he still had Xinghe!

The small vortex in his dantian began to spin wildly, and all the spiritual power in his body was poured into his arms to take the blow head-on.

Just as their attacks were about to collide, Shen Yifei felt that extremely dark aura surge out from the depths of his dantian once again, rushing along his meridians to his palms.

Blood Shadow's claw strikes collided with Shen Yifei's palm strike.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, Shen Yifei was thrown back dozens of feet, his clothes on his upper body torn to shreds, his skin and flesh torn open as if he had been slashed countless times.

Xinghe was risking her life inside the cauldron to heal Shen Yifei, while Liu Mengli inside was anxiously calling out, "Xinghe, take it easy, your face is all pale..."

After the Blood Shadow's attack, there was surprisingly no pursuit.

He stood there, motionless, watching Shen Yifei's injuries gradually heal.

He wasn't shocked by Shen Yifei's self-healing ability; all sorts of incredible techniques exist in the cultivation world, and he was used to them.

His bloodshot eyes gradually filled with horror, and his body trembled slightly.

The moment he came into contact with Shen Yifei, a surge of energy entered his body.

That aura... it's so familiar!

That was the aura of the purest and most authentic demon royal bloodline!

That's Princess Youlan's scent!

"You...how could you have...?" Blood Shadow's voice trembled. "This is Princess Youlan's aura...you are...you are..."

Shen Yifei also sensed the change in the Blood Shadow. After the black energy in his dantian circulated within his body, it shrank back into the depths of the small vortex.

At this moment, Shen Yifei was shirtless, and the chapped wounds on his body gradually began to flatten, the bleeding had stopped, and the deeper wounds began to grow new skin and flesh.

He noticed the change in Xueying; the fierce killing intent emanating from him had vanished, and his eyes held a mixture of excitement and awe.

However, Shen Yifei dared not admit it, for who knew if the guy on the other end was trying to trick him into revealing information.

"What did you say? Who is Youlan? Which princess is she?"

Blood Shadow's lips trembled a few times. He was now certain that the young man before him was a descendant of Princess Youlan!

That aura was unmistakable; only Princess Youlan and her child with a human could possess it!

He suddenly knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

"Your subordinate, Blood Shadow, greets Young Master!"

Shen Yifei was stunned on the spot.

This turn of events was even more unexpected than Hua Qianmei removing her makeup.

"Wait...wait, wait..." Shen Yifei scrambled to Xue Ying's side, reaching out to help him up. "Old Xue...no, Senior Xue Ying, please get up. What are you up to?"

Blood Shadow raised his head, and tears welled up in his scarlet eyes. "Young Master, although the demonic energy on you is faint, I will never mistake the pure aura of your bloodline. You are Princess Youlan's son!"