NOVEL NEXT Chapter 659: Wow, you've been running around all night! (Please follow)
The next morning, sunlight filtered through the window, illuminating the head of the bed and setting off Huangfu Xiangling's sleepy beauty pose with her silver pigtails.
There was a foolish little smile blooming on her delicate face, her expression peaceful and serene. Her rosy lips curled upward, from which trails of glistening drool slipped down; her body was curled up in the covers, revealing a flawless, snow-white shoulder.
In her sleep, her slender hands subconsciously moved, searching beneath the covers for the boy, longing to snuggle into his embrace.
But her hands found only emptiness.
"!"
Huangfu Xiangling woke with a start.
There was a hint of panic on her little face, her beautiful eyes sweeping the room again and again.
When she realized Xiao Ye was not there, she felt a bit lost.
"Creak!"
The bedroom door opened, and in walked an exceptionally attractive pair—a handsome young man and an unrivalingly beautiful woman.
It was Xiao Ye and the Ancestral Empress.
Huangfu Xiangling stared blankly as sunlight hit Xiao Ye's strikingly handsome face. That silly little smile crept across her lips again as her mouth hung open in a dumbfounded grin.
*It was as if Xiao Ye's presence alone could give her all the security and happiness in the world.*
Xiao Ye smiled, "Awake?"
"Come on, let's get breakfast."
Whoosh.
Something soft and fair shot off the bed and latched onto Xiao Ye, crashing into his arms with all her gentle fragrance.
Huangfu Xiangling's little face pressed to his sturdy chest, and she murmured with a giddy grin,
"Xiao Ye, you're so sweet. I really, really like you."
Xiao Ye patted Bai Mao's butt, producing a few loud smacks, "Hey, there are people watching, aren't you ashamed?"
"Huh?"
Huangfu Xiangling looked around in dismay, only now realizing there was an impossibly elegant Ancestral Empress standing nearby, smiling at her with twinkling eyes.
Huangfu Xiangling's face instantly turned crimson with embarrassment as she quickly pulled away and landed on the floor, stammering,
"I'm sorry, Empress Sister! Xiao Ye kept me company all night, so today belongs to you—don't worry, I won't fight you for him."
The Ancestral Empress looked her up and down, her tender pale figure, then chuckled,
"It's fine."
"But you'd better put something on."
"Otherwise, those little perky things really are quite blinding."
Huangfu Xiangling yelped, her face burning with mortification, as she scampered into the bathroom.
Xiao Ye laughed, "Brought a Bai Mao home—she's endlessly entertaining."
He barely finished speaking when a wave of murderous intent rose up beside him.
He turned his head and just about jumped.
He saw the Ancestral Empress staring daggers at him, her eyes frosty, teeth clenched,
"Human Emperor, after you came to my room last night, weren't you with me the whole time,"
"So, after our fun, you ran off to Xiangling, then after your fun with her, you came back to me?"
"Hmph, Human Emperor, you really do have quite the luck."
Xiao Ye deadpanned, "So, what, you mean I shouldn't come to you anymore."
"I should've left you hanging all night and come to see you today."
The Ancestral Empress was dumbstruck, her anger fading, then grew bashful, "No, you'd better come to me, I can't handle those lonely, empty nights."
"But if you fool around with those other beast girls, you have to clean up before you come to me."
"If you bring other beast girls' scent to my bed, I'll just be grossed out."
Xiao Ye waved his hand.
"Bingxi already reminded me, I'll be careful."
"Our business this morning is to have Bai Mao face her fears, conquer them, and get revenge on the Imperial Clan."
The Ancestral Empress nodded.
She knew a little bit about Huangfu Xiangling's past.
Ten minutes later.
After finishing their imported buns, Xiao Ye, Huangfu Xiangling, and the Ancestral Empress made their way to the prison at Wilderness Base City.
There, in front of the enormous steel doors, Ziran and the Time Empress were already waiting.
The two women nodded, indicating everything was ready.
Huangfu Xiangling was completely bewildered—she had no idea what Xiao Ye had dragged her here for.
*Could it be that Xiao Ye liked interrogating prisoners, or maybe he had some secret kink and wanted her, Bai Mao, to pretend to be a criminal so he could break out the whip?*
*Sheesh, Xiao Ye, what a naughty boy you are.*
*Huangfu Xiangling rolled her big eyes with a shy little twist, brimming with feminine charm.*
But just then, a howl of rage rang out from inside the prison.
"What are you doing, get that thing away from me, I'm Huangfu Dun, Young Master of the Huangfu Clan!"
"Aaaah!"
"Who are you people! My Huangfu Clan will wipe out your entire bloodline!"
"Aaaargh!"
"Damn you, you're all dead meat!"
Anguished howls echoed, full of fury and pain.
Huangfu Xiangling's body shuddered, panic and hatred flashing in her beautiful eyes. Her small hand clung tightly to Xiao Ye's sleeve.
Xiao Ye said,
"Let's go in."
Boom! The prison door opened, and everyone walked in together.
Here, one after another, were criminals of unspeakable evil.
Xiao Ye even spotted Tang San.
At that moment, Tang San lay on the straw floor of his cell, face ashen, body convulsing and twitching. Foam bubbled at his lips, his pupils were unfocused, his life barely hanging by a thread.
*He probably wouldn't last much longer before he kicked the bucket.*
Xiao Ye withdrew his gaze and ignored him; *Tang San deserved a fate worse than death—Xiao Ye couldn't be bothered to care.*
They headed to the deepest part of the prison.
This special cell, crafted with Emperor Realm prohibitions, could seal away any cultivator's realm, energy, divine sense, and soul below Emperor Realm Perfection—and even weaken the very body itself.
As long as the prisoner's realm didn't surpass Emperor Realm Perfection, once inside—no matter whether they were Emperor or Saint Realm—they instantly became regular people.
Even their body would be as weak as an ordinary person.
In the dark dungeon, restrictive chains bound both Huangfu Tian and Huangfu Dun hand and foot, while a jailer brandished a red-hot branding iron, pressing it into Huangfu Dun's flesh.
Huangfu Dun's weakened body was left bruised blue and purple by the branding, his whole musculature twisting, veins bulging and pulsing hideously beneath his skin.
His face, his features were contorted in pain, so twisted they were almost monstrous.
The jailer saw the group enter and cackled,
"Young Master, Young Madam, I've given this criminal some special attention, just as you requested."
Xiao Ye tossed him a Venerable Realm Crystal Core and gestured.
The jailer was ecstatic, caught the crystal core, thanked them profusely, then hurriedly left the Emperor Realm prohibition cell.
*Hmph, for that bastard Tang San daring to impersonate the Young Master, I'll be sure to 'take care' of him!*
Inside the special cell.
Xiao Ye pushed Huangfu Xiangling a step forward and said gravely,
"Xiangling, whatever they did to you, you do to them."
"There's Patriarch Huangfu, too. He was the one who abandoned you, kicked you out of the family."
"You're not the helpless little girl you were before, unable to fight back while they controlled your fate. You're a Sovereign Realm Great Power now. You have to conquer what you fear, and wipe out the shadows of your childhood for good."
Huangfu Xiangling's delicate body shook, her eyes locked with deadly focus on Huangfu Dun and Huangfu Tian.
Huangfu Dun saw them arrive and his eyes lit up,
"Little sister, it's me—your brother."
"Come on, let us out. Don't believe anything these people say. The things we did to you as kids, we were just playing around—we were only joking. Don't take it so seriously."