Read Novel Full Chapter 669 - A worthy battle! (03)
Chapter 669: 669 - A worthy battle! (03)
Bai Hu Lie completely ignored the source of that scream, just as he had ignored the source of that drink.
Opening the barrel of liquor with his claws, he raised it above his head and opened his bloodied jaws wide, letting the liquid drip directly onto his porous tongue.
Qingyi merely smiled upon seeing the gleam in Bai Hu Lie’s eyes.
He hadn’t skimped on that liquor, since it was for someone he hoped to have as a friend in the future.
’System... what is the cost of a pill capable of awakening his bloodline?’ Qingyi asked, already well aware of Bai Hu Lie’s true intention.
The tiger wanted a treasure to awaken his bloodline, but he wouldn’t find anything like that here, only in the second stage of the secret realm, which could take months or years.
If the secret realm took too long to open, he would have to fight in the tournament without his bloodline active, which would put him at a terrible disadvantage.
[Name: Eternal-Grade Bloodline Awakening Pill
Description: A pill capable of awakening the power of eternal-grade bloodlines. There is a chance the bloodline’s grade may increase during awakening.
Purity: 97%
Price: 50 g lust points]
Qingyi was satisfied with the price, far lower than the value that a friendship and a family bond with that tiger would bring.
But before he could even hand it over, the owner of the earlier shout finally arrived.
It was Longwei, exhausted and clearly driven mad by rage.
"This is unacceptable! I ordered you to kill Qingyi, that was our agreement! I didn’t ask you to befriend him; I demand an explanation immediately, you filthy beast!
Longwei’s fury overpowered his reason and his own cowardice as he screamed in Bai Hu Lie’s face.
The tiger paid him no attention whatsoever.
Without warning, it placed its claws over Longwei’s head, large enough to almost completely encase it.
At that moment, for a brief second, Longwei realized the shit he had done.
The claws snapped shut.
His head burst like a balloon with a wet, grotesque pop, brain matter and skull fragments scattering across the tiger’s claws.
Xue Hua closed her eyes while Rou’er hid her face against Qingyi’s chest.
"Serves him right!" Rou’er declared, though she didn’t want to look at the headless corpse that had once been Longwei.
The cultivation world was a cruel place for men like Qingyi and Bai Hu Lie, both accustomed to the carnage of battle.
But neither Rou’er nor Xue Hua were accustomed to it.
They were noble girls, raised with a silver spoon, who, at most, had witnessed deaths in clean executions for crimes within the sect, never anything so brutal.
"What are you doing there? Now that big brother Bai Hu Lie has killed that pathetic cuckold, you’re free to have big brother Qingyi!" Rou’er declared, turning and pulling Xue Hua toward him.
The beauty couldn’t resist, her body colliding against Qingyi’s. Her face flushed the moment she felt his hand rest on her waist.
He said nothing, just hugged her.
She clenched her teeth, blushing even more.
On the one hand, she was grateful that Longwei was dead and that she was free from that marriage. On the other, why the hell did she always end up in that bastard’s hands?
"Go harvest the soul essence of the ice phoenix; your man still has things to take care of," Qingyi smiled confidently, giving Xue Hua’s butt a gentle slap.
"You’re not mine... I mean... I’m not..." Xue Hua fell silent, pushing Qingyi away, as red as a tomato.
Realizing how pathetic the face she must be making must be, she simply walked away in quick, trembling steps, running toward the phoenix’s corpse.
To cope with her own shame and her inability to resist that man’s touch, she would focus on becoming stronger!
"Wait, big sis Xue Hua, I’m coming with you!" Rou’er ran excitedly after her.
Soon, only the tiger and the young dragon remained.
Qingyi reversed his transformation. His wings, well, his wing, since one had been torn off by Bai Hu Lie, disappeared. His black horns shrank in size, and his beastly features gradually faded away.
In a few moments, he looked like nothing more than a mortally handsome human with long black horns.
"Do you plan to accompany us, or will you go your own way?" Qingyi asked.
Bai Hu Lie shook his head.
"I’ll go my own way, brother-in-law. I have to find something to awaken my bloodline; only then can we have a good fight!" The tiger laughed, setting the now-empty barrel on the ground.
Qingyi nodded and handed him a pill.
"It’s a bloodline awakening pill, the only one I have, and a gift from a master alchemist of the past to me," Qingyi explained as Bai Hu Lie studied the pill carefully.
"The purity is ninety-eight percent, so don’t be afraid to use it, but only once you leave the Secret Realm. I recommend doing it as soon as possible."
The moment he heard that, Bai Hu Lie’s eyes shone brightly.
Yes, that was wonderful!
A man worthy of being his brother-in-law and of having his seed in his beautiful sister!
"HAHAHAHA, I really chose a good brother-in-law, hahaha! Know that I am my father’s heir, and he will certainly be very happy to hear of your help! I’ll tell him that you gave me this pill as a wedding dowry!
I’ll leave the secret realm early; my father will arrange the marriage with the leader of your sect, don’t worry!" Bai Hu Lie roared with laughter as he put the pill away.
As for Longwei’s death, he couldn’t care less.
Longwei knew the risks of choosing Bai Hu Lie, and no one would offend the most powerful stellar sovereign in combat in all of the northern celestial heavens just because of him.
Before Qingyi could even say a word, the tiger had already left, leaving him behind with a strange and slightly regretful look.
That damn tiger really wanted to marry him off to his sister at all costs, didn’t he?
Well, it would be problematic if she had bad traits, but Qingyi wasn’t in the mood to think about that.
In the worst-case scenario, he would pretend nothing had ever happened and delay everything until he was strong enough to simply flee to the central regions.
Little did he know that both Bai Hu Lie and Rou’er had very different ideas from his own on the matter.