Chapter 485: Ah, truly overbearing

Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, he spoke again:

"It's just the recipe for the Wu Xin Pill, right?"

Li Zhanglao first stared, then gave a dismissive sneer, "Really? Since you're so confident, go ahead and tell us!"

The Wu Xin Pill is a supreme-grade medicinal pill; who would bother memorizing a recipe that's utterly unrelated to ordinary people?

Unless one of his parents is an alchemist, and a highly skilled one at that.

Xiao Hu gave a confident smile.

He had been making pills with the Great Demons of Mo Yuan since childhood, and his mother was a formidable alchemist; to him, the mere recipe for the Wu Xin Pill was nothing.

Thus, he leisurely began, "Silver Grass, Red Hundred Spirits, Thousand-Year Black Armor Powder..."

With each ingredient he named, the crowd's shock deepened a notch.

Under the gaze of all, Xiao Hu listed the components of the Wu Xin Pill in an orderly manner.

Everyone was stunned.

The Academy's instructor discovered that Xiao Hu could recite not only the main ingredients of the Wu Xin Pill, but even the minor components exactly!

Li Zhanglao's face darkened inch by inch, as black as a pot bottom.

"How is this possible?!"

How could Mo Xiaohu possibly remember such an obscure question so clearly?

"How could it be impossible? It's just the recipe for the Wu Xin Pill, right?"

Xiao Hu wore a confident expression.

His mother had many recipes; he was naturally interested in alchemy, often browsing them in his free time, and with a photographic memory, he had memorized countless recipes.

Although many of them he currently lacks the ability to concoct...

"No, I don't believe it!" Li Zhanglao gritted his teeth.

"What, Li Zhanglao, are you going to accuse me of cheating again?"

Xiao Hu retorted sharply.

"I have another question!"

Li Zhanglao asked another.

But it was quickly answered by Xiao Chen.

He persisted, firing off questions one more obscure than the next, yet none could stump Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen.

Ye Elder still wanted to ask, but was finally stopped by the exasperated Wu Shushan.

"Enough!" Wu Shushan's face darkened. "Is there no end? You've asked dozens of questions, and they haven't gotten a single one wrong—doesn't that prove anything?"

Li Zhanglao was speechless, his face flushed with shame, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to hide.

"We've already answered?"

Xiao Chen faced the crowd and spoke loudly.

This time, no one doubted.

Ye Xiaochen and Mo Xiaohu proved their innocence with their own abilities.

Their perfect scores were earned through their own strength!

Undisputable!

"Mo Xiaohu, Ye Xiaochen!"

"We're here!"

"Congratulations on successfully entering the Heavenly Character First-Class of my Shenzhou Academy, becoming one of its members. This is an honor badge representing your status."

Wu Shushan bestowed the two special honor badges upon Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen.

The silver badge, under the sunlight, refracted a dazzling brilliance.

The obverse bears a 'Heaven' character, while the reverse is engraved with the emblem of the Shenzhou Academy.

Even within the Shenzhou Academy, such badges are among the rarest.

After all, getting into the Heaven Class is far harder than entering the Shenzhou Academy!

Students of the Heaven Class are the elite among the academy's tens of thousands of disciples, the cream of the cream.

"Thank you, Grandpa Dean!"

Having received the badges, they thanked him, then raised them toward Ye Qingran and Fu Hanxiu, flashing a mouthful of white teeth.

Ye Qingran curled her lips in a smile, genuinely happy for them.

Those present, seeing the badges in Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen's hands, felt envy and admiration welling up.

Only Ling Xueyao and her mother and child trio wore faces twisted by extreme jealousy.

To celebrate Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen's admission to the Heaven Class, Han Xing and the others bustled about preparing a tableful of dishes.

Everyone celebrated again.

After bathing the two children and lulling them to sleep, the night had grown deep.

Ye Qingran herself took a bath, put on loose sleepwear, let her long hair hang loosely, and though she faced the heavens with a plain countenance, she looked like a fairy, ethereal and graceful.

Ye Qingran was about to go to bed when a figure burst into her chambers.

Ye Qingran was merely alert for a moment, then relaxed again.

The familiar aura that went deep into her bones.

Besides that man, who else could it be?

Ye Qingran didn't even turn, rolled her eyes, and asked lightly, "What are you here for?"

She attended to her own face.

Although naturally beautiful, the necessary upkeep must not be neglected.

"Fuck you."

Ye Qingran: "......"

Hooligan!

He stepped toward her, his aura extremely overbearing.

Soon, a large hand reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

Her back instantly pressed against his body.

Stiff, cold.

She couldn't help shivering, breaking out in goosebumps.

His cold fragrance filled her nostrils.

Fresh and pleasant.

"Emperor Sovereign, you're not sleeping at midnight, barging into my boudoir—isn't that improper?"

He bent down, lowered his head, and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"The child is five—what's wrong with that?"

His low voice, like a subwoofer, extremely sexy.

Ye Qingran used a clever twist to free herself from his hold, turned gracefully, her hair brushing his cheek, a natural floral scent filling his nostrils.

He was almost intoxicated.

She lifted her head to look at him, her brows and eyes animated.

"So what if the child is five? We have nothing to do with each other. Back then, it was just an accident."

Fu Hanxiu didn't like hearing that.

"What's not related? What accident?"

He has always considered her his.

"Who do you want to be involved with?"

"Guess."

Fu Hanxiu lunged forward, again pulling her into his embrace, using a bit too much force, gripping her waist.

Their bodies pressed together.

"Besides me, you'd better not have anything to do with any other man! Ye Qingran, listen well—you can only be my woman for the rest of your life!"

Ye Qingran clicked her tongue.

"Wow, really overbearing."

"Overbearing?"

He is overbearing toward only one person in his life.

"Fu Hanxiu, aren't you going to ask if I agree?"

Fu Hanxiu furrowed his brows.

"Unless I die."

Ye Qingran rolled her eyes.

Yandere, obsessive, cold-hearted, overbearing!

But although she cursed him like that in her heart, her body was still honest.

After all, she had long understood her own feelings.

So, this is also quite good.

"Fu Hanxiu, I haven't forgiven you yet, have I?"

"Forgiven!"

"When?"

"On New Year's Eve, you gave me a gift."

"Really? I don't remember that."

"Then let me help you recall."

"Forget it. Then I'll give you a gift—where is the gift you gave me?"

"Here."

Ye Qingran followed his hand with her gaze.

He pointed to his own chest.

"Ye Qingran, this heart will henceforth be yours. I, Fu Hanxiu, swear before heaven that I will love only you in this life; if I break this vow, I willingly descend into the torment of hell, to suffer eternally the punishment of being fried in oil, never to be reborn."

Ye Qingran was greatly shocked, raising her hand to cover his mouth.

"Rest assured, I won't break my oath." He chuckled lightly.

She knew he was handsome—the best-looking man she had seen in both her lives.

Peerlessly handsome, unrivaled in elegance.

This man is favored by creation; no one can surpass his looks.

Especially now, his usually deep eyes held spring water, the corners of his mouth slightly curled, making her seem to hear the sound of flowers blooming.