Chapter 1948: Azure Dragon Seeks Peace

Xiao Feng fainted for a long time this time.

Actually, a simple battle wouldn't have caused him such fatigue; after all, he had kept a bit of spiritual strength then, not exerting himself fully.

But reconstructing Xun Shuang's Nascent Soul was truly agonizing, a very complex undertaking whose difficulty was no less than when he had forged his own Innate Dao Body.

To avoid mistakes and to quickly free Xun Shuang from the cold torment, he exerted his full effort, largely overdrawing his Divine Sense will and squeezing out his potential.

Thus, after relaxing, he suffered a backlash from his bodily condition and instantly lost consciousness.

Xun Shuang, being introverted, didn't think to call others for help; she silently stood by, restoring her own strength while using immortal primordial power to transform the source qi of all things, soothing Xiao Feng's weary body.

At that moment, a chill suddenly appeared in the room!

It was the power expelled from her collapsed old Nascent Soul, now gathering into a mass and condensing into a tiny shadow.

"Azure Dragon!"

Seeing that shadow, Xiao Feng's innate Supreme Treasure immediately surfaced; the Heaven-Shaking Arrow, Myriad Transformations Spirit Pearl, and Tian Tian Bao Nang all possess the ability to automatically protect their master.

Xun Shuang furrowed her brows, her immortal power flowing, ready to strike at any moment; her Taiji Diagram also emerged, taking on a defensive stance.

That shadow was the Azure Dragon, though not its true form, merely an illusory little dragon half a meter long.

It circled in the air once, emitting a laugh: "Not bad, you actually dissolved the ice seed I planted so quickly; it seems you really have some skill."

"What do you want?" Xun Shuang said coldly.

Her hatred for the Azure Dragon was no less than Xiao Feng's, even

even more resentful!

Had the Azure Dragon not seized her and imprisoned her in the Qi Luck Ice Casket, the child in her womb would not have fallen into stillness, becoming a stillborn.

Now seeing the Azure Dragon appear, she wished to chop it to pieces, to shred its corpse into countless fragments!

"Nothing much, just taking a look." the Azure Dragon said lightly.

Xun Shuang said coldly: "You're not welcome here!"

"I know, so I didn't come in person; merely a strand of my Divine Sense has reached here." the Azure Dragon replied.

"What exactly do you want!"

Every time he spoke a word to her, Xun Shuang's mood worsened a notch; her right hand clenched, the Slay Dao Sword appeared, ready to strike at any moment.

Yet hearing the Azure Dragon laugh and say: "Oh, you're angry? Don't rush, don't rush; actually I've come to seek peace."

"Seek peace? On what basis!"

Xun Shuang snorted coldly, not even asking for the reason, and immediately refused.

This old mother dragon, relying on her great strength, bullies her weak mother and child, causing the child in her womb to fall into a state of deathly stillness; now she talks about seeking peace—it's nothing short of a joke!

Moreover, before speaking of peace, she had already used vile means to trigger the ice seed, attempting to completely freeze Xun Shuang!

The Azure Dragon said: "I just heard your man slew the Kirin and Nine-Tailed venerables, those being primeval beings born together with me. Even the Dragon God fears me in my heart; although I have the Ice Casket and can live eternally, it's said better to have one more friend than one more enemy. If you agree to peace, I can present a few generous gifts as an apology."

Xun Shuang heard this and snorted coldly: "Saying you're afraid now—don't you think it's too late?"

"Not late, not late." the Azure Dragon chuckled, its illusion in the air taking on a humanoid form, with a pair of small horns on its head, looking somewhat like an Ice Deer.

She said: "I haven't even told you the contents of the generous gifts yet; you two are merely at the God King Realm, so I can..."

"Enough! I'm not interested; please leave at once!" Xun Shuang twisted her wrist, sending a thread of sword light from the Slay Dao Sword.

The sword light brushed past the Azure Dragon's illusion, passing completely through, yet causing no substantive harm.

This is merely a thought projection of the Azure Dragon; there is fundamentally no possibility of injury.

Seeing Xun Shuang so hard to reason with, the Azure Dragon helplessly said: "Forget it, women are petty; I won't speak with you. When your man awakens, I'll bring the generous gifts again and come to discuss with him."

Xun Shuang's gaze carried a hint of contempt as she replied: "No need for the generous gifts; you only need to come in person, and that will be what he most desires. By then we will strip your skin, pull out your tendons, grind your divine soul to extinction, and let you taste the pain as well!"

"Hmph, your tone is not small."

After Xun Shuang made several successive unfriendly remarks, the Azure Dragon also lost its patience, no longer putting on a smiling face.

The Azure Dragon said to Xun Shuang: "Do you really think I'm afraid of you? It's merely a matter of settling affairs and avoiding trouble; I'm just too lazy to make more enemies. Back when I let you go free without striking hard, it was because I am merciful; otherwise you wouldn't have the chance to spout off here. Little miss, don't think that having a backer and finding a strong man makes you impressive. Those strengths belong to others; you yourself are nothing but a feeble ant, unable even to protect yourself—laughable yet pitiable. Moreover... you are truly ugly; I really don't understand why he would take a liking to you—did you cover your face and go in?"

Having spoken, the Azure Dragon's illusion flickered and vanished directly from the spot.

"You!"

Xun Shuang gripped her sword hilt, stimulated by those words, her emotions unable to calm.

Though her mental cultivation was originally quite good, facing the Azure Dragon, this enemy, she simply could not maintain a tranquil heart.

"Mercy..."

"Weak..."

"Ugly..."

Echoes of those words lingered in her mind, refusing to fade.

Xun Shuang gritted her teeth, anger and sorrow intertwining.

Her anger was at the Azure Dragon's shamelessness.

Her sorrow was that she truly is weak, not even a ten-thousandth of Xiao Feng's strength—he could already slay primeval Kirin, while she struggles greatly even against ordinary venerables.

With several emotions entwined in her heart, plus recent experiences, she only felt extremely anguished, with no one around; she directly set down the Slay Dao Sword, flung herself onto the bedside, and began to sob softly.

"Senior Sister... I... I really am useless..."

"You didn't say I would become very strong in the future? Why now..."

"Ugh... the Dao Ancestor bullies me, the Senior Sister abandons me, the Azure Dragon humiliates me—how am I supposed to continue existing?"

Xun Shuang murmured to herself, a few drops of clear tears falling onto the bedside.

She originally shouldn't be this fragile, but the events of the past year or more have dealt her a blow truly too great.

The three thousand years of her cultivation had always been carefree; altogether they don't amount to the grievance she has suffered in the past year or more.

Emotions accumulated until they all burst forth now; she became as fragile as an ordinary person, delicate and helpless.

Xiao Feng was unconscious, unable to comfort her.

Sniff, sniff…

At that moment, a faint footstep sound came.

A figure walked in from outside the door—a tall woman with a pair of dark green eyes, very beautiful.

Seeing her, Xun Shuang quickly turned her head, rapidly using magic power.

to evaporate the tears in her eyes completely.

Then she turned back and said to her: "Fellow Daoist Xiao Feng, he is too exhausted… he has fallen into a deep sleep."

Only Jiang Ning went upstairs; the others were outside keeping watch, still unaware that Xiao Feng had finished treating Xun Shuang.

Jiang Ning also sensed no movement inside, so under the sisters' urging she came in to check. She had only wanted to see if Xiao Feng was better, but she didn't expect Xiao Feng to have fainted, while Xun Shuang was lying beside the bed crying.

She couldn't help but feel puzzled, walked over lightly, gently patted Xun Shuang's shoulder in a comforting manner, and asked: "Why are you crying? Did something happen to Elder Brother Xiao Feng, or is it the child…"

Her tone carried sincere concern.