Chapter 2676: An Accident

That really caused you trouble, and you even put on such a show!

Liu Yunyao held the cup with both hands and offered tea to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun took it satisfiedly, took a sip, and said: 'This is about right; I'll count you as having a bit of conscience.'

But you owe me resources—you have to pay me back, not a single bit less!

Liu Yunyao laughed too: 'Greedy! Rest assured, not a bit will be missing from yours.'

I'll pay you back when I return!

Ah, I actually didn't want to go back to the Royal City.

I was about to leave outright, but I didn't expect to have to make a trip back with the Sixth Prince!

Ye Liuyun also sighed.

Watch out for the Sixth Prince—if you refuse to join him, he might get rid of you and won't let you help anyone else.

Upon hearing him mention the Sixth Prince, Liu Yunyao immediately warned Ye Liuyun.

I've already thought of that! Since I dare to go with him, I'm not worried he'll attack me.

Ye Liuyun also said.

Those black‑clothed people who chased me...

Before Liu Yunyao finished speaking, Ye Liuyun added: 'Hmm, I also guessed it was him.'

But if he doesn't move against me, I certainly won't get involved in your matter.

If he does move against me, then I won't hold back against you, and I won't spare him.

Liu Yunyao nodded, dropped the topic, and didn't want Ye Liuyun to get involved in their conflict.

She just said: 'I didn't originally plan to have you help me tame this red snake.'

My Father King will soon capture a batch of high‑level demon beasts, and then let us choose.

I was thinking of having you help me pick a demon beast, but I didn't expect the opportunity to be used on it!

We'll discuss it later; if you cover my round‑trip travel costs, I can consider coming back to help you.

Ye Liuyun didn't directly agree either, saying we'll see how things go then.

All right!

Liu Yunyao didn't press the matter.

She just played with the little red snake, asking Ye Liuyun: 'What should we do with this little thing?'

I suggest you directly refine its red pupil! Such a good resource, it'd be a waste not to use it on yourself.

Although keeping it could also help you, after all it's an external force, not your own strength.

When refining it, remember to refine this red pupil onto your soul, not into your flesh—this makes it more concealed.

Afterward, you can gradually strengthen it through battle, and its power will keep growing.

Your soul power is really too weak right now!

All right then.

Liu Yunyao, however, trusts Ye Liuyun greatly.

She immediately handed the red snake to Ye Liuyun.

The red snake didn't acknowledge her as its master; she didn't dare to act, fearing its attack, so only Ye Liuyun could act safely.

Ye Liuyun immediately released his soul, devoured the red snake's soul, then extracted its red pupil and taught Liu Yunyao how to refine it.

Refine it slowly.

I'll wait here, just in case anything unexpected happens.

Then we'll see how it works.

Ye Liuyun said.

Okay!

Liu Yunyao agreed, and immediately began to refine.

She had just closed her eyes, then immediately opened them again.

Then, feeling a bit shy with her face flushed, she said to Ye Liuyun: 'While I'm refining, could you not look at me?'

Ye Liuyun immediately turned his head away: 'I'm not looking at you! Look at your petty self—if I wanted to look, I'd have already seen it long ago; why wait till now?'

'You...' Liu Yunyao, hearing this, blushed so fiercely her face seemed about to drip blood.

'Have you actually seen it or not...'

'No, absolutely not!'

Ye Liuyun truly hadn't thought of looking at her, so he'd rather die than admit it.

'Turn around!'

Liu Yunyao said coquettishly, then closed her eyes, calmed her emotions, and prepared to refine the pair of red pupils.

She also felt that if Ye Liuyun wanted to look, she'd already been seen long ago.

She simply let go and stopped worrying about Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also cooperated, immediately turning aside, sipping tea while absorbing the red snake's core, so as not to waste resources.

But when Liu Yunyao entered a meditative state and finished refining the pair of red pupils, Ye Liuyun opened his golden pupil and stared at her soul.

He wanted to check Liu Yunyao's refinement progress, lest her soul power be too weak and something go wrong—not to take the chance to peek at her.

But Liu Yunyao's soul, having never experienced a soul attack before, was especially sensitive.

Especially under Ye Liuyun's gaze, she could feel even more clearly that Ye Liuyun had seen through her soul.

But she thought that seeing through the soul meant seeing through the body.

So her face immediately flushed red, and she became distracted, lost in wild thoughts.

Refining external objects was originally not difficult, but refining things inside the Soul, if done like Liu Yunyao's random thoughts, would be equivalent to going into qi deviation, no different from seeking death.

Moreover, her Soul Power was inherently weak, and she herself had no ability to recover.

Ye Liuyun immediately noticed that Liu Yunyao's Soul was violently fluctuating; that high-frequency tremor would soon scatter her Soul.

Ye Liuyun instantly projected a fragment of his Soul into Liu Yunyao's Sea of Consciousness, wrapping her Soul.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun's Soul shouted at her: "What nonsense are you thinking about?"

You're courting death! Focus your mind!

Liu Yunyao had only cultivated a single Soul.

Ye Liuyun's Soul alone was already more than ten times the size of hers and much more condensed.

So, in her panic, Liu Yunyao didn't even see what it was before she wrapped her Soul around it.

But she immediately felt the vibration stop, as if a strong arm had bent and was holding her whole body in its embrace.

She thought it was Ye Liuyun who had embraced her.

She rarely used her Soul, and in her shock she could no longer distinguish between Soul and Physical Body; to her it now seemed that Ye Liuyun was holding and protecting her.

This sense of safety made her relax a little, wanting to lean against Ye Liuyun's embrace all the time.

"This woman's Soul Power is truly too weak!"

Ye Liuyun also sighed inwardly.

He could only use a bit of the Soul Shock Wave's power to remind her: "Focus your mind, don't think randomly!"

Liu Yunyao's Soul was again shaken by Ye Liuyun's Soul Shock Wave, trembling all over, and only then did she regain consciousness and begin to continue refining that Red Eye.

Seeing that he had stabilized, Ye Liuyun also began to loosen his grip a little, letting her rely on her own strength to continue refining.

Although this process in the Soul World seems lengthy, in reality it takes only a few breaths.

Ye Liuyun withdrew his Soul only after seeing her stabilize.

At this point, Liu Yunyao also gradually grew accustomed to Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil's gaze, allowing her to focus on refining herself.

Only then did Ye Liuyun exhale.

"Really, anything can happen; even such a simple refinement can encounter this kind of accident!"

Gradually, that pair of Red Eyes had already merged into the eye position on Liu Yunyao's Soul.

In theory, by now it should have basically taken shape and no further accidents would occur, but given the strange incident just now, Ye Liuyun still dared not relax, keeping his Golden Pupil fixed on her until she completely finished the refinement.