Chapter 579: It

Yuan Yao hugged his waist, smiled and replied, "Fine."

Xie Yan suddenly flushed, and couldn't help loosening his grip a bit.

Her body was too supple.

Xie Yan coughed uneasily, "Let me first check the wound on your neck."

"Just a small wound," Yuan Yao laughed.

Xie Yan's gaze fixed on her wound, his expression solemn, "This isn't a minor wound; if it were deeper, it could be fatal."

As he spoke, he produced a treasured high‑quality healing medicine and gently applied it to the wound.

Quickly, the wound healed in an instant, scabbed, and returned to its original state.

"Do you really want to leave the Abyss?" Xie Yan asked.

Yuan Yao nodded.

Xie Yan said, "In two more years we'll have the confidence to deal with the Abyss Beast Lord. Right now our cultivation strength is still too low; if we faced the Beast Lord now, we might not be able to protect ourselves."

He looked at her furrowed brows and couldn't help raising his hand to smooth them.

Over the past year he knew deep down that Ah Yao was worried about events outside, and vaguely suspected Ah Yao was hiding something from him.

If she didn't speak, he wouldn't ask.

During this year staying in the Abyss it was the happiest time for him, because he saw her every day and could talk with her.

He could even fight side by side with her.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Yuan Yao reached out and touched his forehead.

Xie Yan snapped back, smiling, "Nothing."

Yuan Yao touched his cheek again; it felt cold, unlike his body which was hot, and she said, "Xie Yan, you look so handsome when you smile."

Xie Yan replied, "You look even prettier when you smile, with two little dimples."

The two stared at each other, both a little at a loss.

Then Xie Yan suddenly leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Ah Yao."

The boy's voice was low and slightly hoarse.

His soft thin lips immediately landed on her brow, kissing repeatedly, and even flicked his tongue to lick her thin eyelid.

"Are you a dog?" Yuan Yao's body tensed sharply, and she instantly raised her hand, grabbing his neck and pushing him back.

Xie Yan let out a muffled laugh.

"Yes, I'm your dog."

Yuan Yao heard that, her face flushed hot, the lingering feeling of his kiss unsettling her heart a bit.

She couldn't let him be so arrogant.

"Turn around."

Xie Yan's lips curled slightly as he turned away.

Xie Yan originally thought she would kick him as before, but in the next instant a crisp "snap!" sounded loudly.

Xie Yan's whole body stiffened, and his narrow phoenix eyes showed an incredulous expression.

He turned and saw Yuan Yao had fled.

"Yuan—Yao!" Xie Yan gritted his teeth, his cheeks flushing pink, his ears turning bright red.

That spot now burned hot, showing how much force she had used.

She no longer moved her feet, but instead began using her hands.

Where did she learn that?!

Who taught her?

Has she ever treated others like this?

…

Time flew by, and another year passed in the blink of an eye.

The Three‑Clan Celestial Pride has been staying in the Abyss for over two years.

And in these two years many Celestial Pride have fallen.

Of the Abyss Squad's thirty‑nine members, only thirty‑seven remain now.

Those two were killed while battling high‑level Abyss Beasts.

Ying Wuji's Celestial Pride team now has only thirty‑three members, and they often clash with the Celestial Pride of the Demon and Monster clans.

The Demon and Monster clans also lost some Celestial Pride.

Among them, the Demon clan's Young Prince Xie Ang also died in the jaws of an Abyss Beast. With Xie Ang's death, the Demon clan's Celestial Pride, split into two squads, were consolidated by Xie Xu.

Now, Xie Xu has become the head of the Demon clan Celestial Pride, holding absolute authority.

As for Quan Li, Quan Xiu, and Quan Fan, they are all doing fine.

Quan Fan is a demon who likes to pick on the weak; he often provokes Ying Wuji's Celestial Pride team and then humiliates them.

The Celestial Pride members are extremely aggrieved.

At this moment.

The Three‑Clan Celestial Pride gathered at a location.

Xie Xu raised his hand and pointed, "Look, these plants are all covered with a thin gray frost. Something's wrong! Moreover, the temperature keeps dropping; I suspect the Abyss may be entering a cold wave."

Yuan Yao's expression tightened slightly, "Have any of you heard of this phenomenon in the Abyss?"

"No," the Demon and Monster clan Celestial Pride members shook their heads.

Ying Wuji said, "No one has stayed in the Abyss this long before, so we don't understand its environmental changes."

Xie Yan said: "Then let's ask the high-level abyssal beasts here."

"We do need to ask." Quan Li sprang to her feet, her eyes narrowing slightly, "This concerns how we will survive in the Abyss Realm from now on."

"Yuan team, could you unleash your spiritual power to scout for any high-level abyssal beasts nearby?" Xie Xu looked at Yuan Yao, smiling faintly, "That way we can precisely lock onto our target."

"Sure." Yuan Yao raised an eyebrow.

She instantly released her spiritual power; in a heartbeat, all the prodigies felt an extreme pressure, almost making them unable to breathe.

The prodigies' expressions varied.

I never expected Yuan Yao's spiritual power to have grown even stronger…

This spiritual power aura is truly too terrifying, causing both the demon and monster clans to be wary.

In just a moment, Yuan Yao spoke: "Northwest direction, ten li, a seventh-level peak abyssal beast."

"Let's go!"

The prodigies of the three clans shot off together toward the northwest.

Their speed was extremely fast.

At the front of the group, Yuan Yao sent a mental transmission to Quan Li, asking: "If you were to someday ascend to the throne of Demon Emperor, would you want peace among the three realms, or would you want the Demon Realm to attack the Immortal Cultivation Realm and the Monster Realm?"

Quan Li suddenly heard this mental transmission, her brows slightly furrowed: "Yuan Yao, are you planning to act against the Demon Realm?"

"No."

"Then why are you asking me this?"

"Don't you want to become the Demon Emperor?"

"Naturally I do." Quan Li furrowed her brows, always feeling that Yuan Yao was digging a pit ahead for her to jump into.

Yuan Yao's tone turned solemn: "Quan Li, I only ask you one thing: if you were to become Demon Emperor in the future, would you act against the Immortal Cultivation Realm?"

"What do you think?" Quan Li's lips curled into a smile, then she licked her lips, her eyes flashing with bloodthirst and greed.

Yuan Yao: "Answer me."

"I, Quan Li, won't feed you lies; before forming an alliance with you, if I knew I could someday become Demon Emperor, given my nature I would certainly reach out to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, because your realm's resources are far too abundant, and moreover you human cultivators are the finest fodder for our lowly demon tribes." Quan Li said coldly.

"But these past two years, I've come to see that you humans aren't that stupid or weak; if I were to face you in the future, I might not win, and could even doom the entire Demon Realm with my own hands."

"However, if you were dead, I would have no scruples. Yuan Yao, once I become Demon Emperor, you'd better not die too soon; if you die, I will immediately send the demon armies to level your Immortal Cultivation Realm, loot all its resources, and reduce you humans to slaves and fodder worse than swine and dogs."