Chapter 32

"I didn't eat it. Which eye of yours saw me eat it? Even if you are the master, you need evidence when you speak."

Ye Xiao was not angry; he just spoke calmly.

"I need to remind you that while the purple-scaled fish is highly nourishing, it is actually poisonous. If you eat it without professional processing, even if you are a Master-level Star Beast, you will experience temporary cramps."

Huan Liuli's body trembled a few times, her small head involuntarily twitching, but she tried to remain calm.

"I'm fine! Look, I'm not cramping!"

"You will also experience rolling eyes and confusion."

Huan Liuli's eyes were already rolling, her body alternating between human and cat form.

"I'm fine, my consciousness is very clear."

"You will also foam at the mouth, and in severe cases, it could lead to death."

Huan Liuli collapsed on the ground, convulsing and foaming at the mouth, unable to control the transformation between her beast and human forms, her little hooves twitching uncontrollably, but she still tried to be stubborn.

"I'm not foaming at the mouth, who is foaming at the mouth?"

Ye Xiao: "..."

After a moment, he sighed helplessly and finally squatted down, inputting spiritual energy to treat Huan Liuli.

With Huan Liuli's lineage, she wouldn't be poisoned to death.

But if Qin Yuyan saw Huan Liuli in this state, it would be a small matter if she got angry, but if she recognized her as a Master-level Star Beast, it would be a big problem.

At that time, his identity would definitely be exposed, and he would never have a peaceful life again.

Outside, Qin Yuyan had already changed into a new set of clothes, her smooth little feet stepping on cute cartoon slippers as she walked downstairs.

"Grandpa, why did you suddenly come back? Isn't it working hours?"

"Isn't it because of that Park Jeong-sang's mess?"

"What happened to Park Jeong-sang?"

"I heard that Hanzhou is very angry. Park Jeong-sang's master, the Sword Saint of Hanzhou, Liu Chengxun, will personally come to challenge the sword expert in our Jiangcheng after his seclusion, and then take Park Jeong-sang back.

The higher-ups have asked me to take good care of Park Jeong-sang, to prevent anything from happening to him, so as not to affect the relations between the two countries or provoke Liu Chengxun's revenge.

At the same time, they asked me to cooperate with the defense team, your Uncle Nangong Ling, to quickly find out who that expert is."

Qin Yuyan couldn't help but be surprised.

"Is Liu Chengxun that strong? We have many experts in our Nine Provinces, right? How dare he come alone?"

"You don't understand. Liu Chengxun is a rare sword expert! His cultivation has already exceeded our imagination.

Experts like him are national treasures and are not easily mobilized.

Once mobilized, our Nine Provinces will also have to mobilize experts of the same level, otherwise, we can't win.

So he's not afraid of coming alone to our Nine Provinces.

But even if a national treasure-level expert can defeat Liu Chengxun, they will still be injured.

For their level of existence, even a slight injury is a huge loss to the country!

Not to mention, with his strength, while fighting a national treasure-level expert, he could easily kill me, your grandpa, as easily as splashing water."

Qin Yuyan's face turned serious.

"I wonder if the Sword Expert can defeat him. If we can't find the Sword Expert, finding the Blade Expert would also be fine."

"Who says it isn't?"

Qin Shenglong sighed deeply and rubbed his temples hard.

"By the way, when I passed by the courtyard just now, why did I feel like my purple-scaled fish were missing a few? Did you eat them? That thing is highly nourishing but poisonous. You can't eat it casually. If not processed, even a Master-level expert will quickly be poisoned and have a severe reaction."

Qin Yuyan shook her head.

"I didn't eat them. How could they be missing? Maybe you're under too much pressure, Grandpa, and you saw it wrong?"

Qin Yuyan wouldn't associate it with Huan Liuli.

Because adult purple-scaled fish can reach the Sub-Transcendent level, comparable to a 4th or 5th-grade martial artist, and they are good at group attacks.

During group attacks, their power increases several times.

For a Shadow Cat to hunt its companions among a large group of purple-scaled fish, its cultivation would have to be at least in the mid to late Transcendent level, equivalent to a 7th or 8th-grade human martial artist.

But how could that be possible?

Ye Xiao hasn't even opened his divine soul, and his cultivation hasn't reached the 3rd-grade martial artist level. If Huan Liuli were a Transcendent-level Star Beast, that would be incredible.

Wouldn't it have eaten Ye Xiao by now? How could it be his Star Pet?

So that's absolutely impossible!

"I guess I must have seen it wrong. There are too many things happening lately, I'm really getting old!"

Qin Shenglong sighed, then tidied up his documents.

"Alright, stay at home. I'll go to the defense team headquarters first and discuss it with your Uncle Nangong."

"Okay! Take care, Grandpa."

Qin Yuyan watched Qin Shenglong leave, then let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Grandpa didn't activate the Master-level perception ability. Otherwise, if he sensed Ye Xiao, it would be a big problem.

In fact, she didn't know that Qin Shenglong had already activated his perception ability when he first noticed his purple-scaled fish were missing.

But both Ye Xiao and Huan Liuli were experts above the Master level. When the master and pet both fully concealed their auras, his perception ability became blind, completely unable to sense their presence.

Then, Qin Yuyan hurried back, and as she passed by the pond, she noticed a few purple fish scales on the edge of the pond, which still looked moist.

This made her pupils constrict, and her heart skipped a beat.

Could it be... someone really ate the purple-scaled fish, and it was... Ye Xiao's pet?

Her heart started to beat violently.

After taking a deep breath, she immediately ran upstairs.

However, when she reached her room, she found Ye Xiao holding Huan Liuli, sitting by her bed, gently stroking Huan Liuli's fur.

And Huan Liuli was lying obediently in his arms.

"What's wrong?"

Ye Xiao spoke calmly, and Qin Yuyan's heartbeat gradually calmed down.

"Nothing... nothing."

If Huan Liuli had eaten the purple-scaled fish, it should be poisoned by now.

The poison of the purple-scaled fish is not easily resisted even by a Master.

Seeing that Huan Liuli was fine, she concluded it wasn't poisoned.

So it definitely didn't eat the purple-scaled fish.

How could she have such a thought?

If Huan Liuli could really eat the purple-scaled fish, how strong would Ye Xiao be?

To have a Star Pet with Master-level strength, Ye Xiao would have to be a Great Master-level martial artist or a Master-level Beast Tamer.

If that were the case, he wouldn't be working as a librarian.

And... how old is he?

In front of her, he's still a younger brother. Even if he started cultivating from the womb, he couldn't be that monstrous.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.