Chapter 39

"Let me call my wife first and ask her to transfer me some money."

Gu Hai quickly called his wife, Lu Wanwan, but when she heard that he had spent several thousand yuan on a meal, she exploded on the spot!

"What? Several thousand yuan? Did you go for a meal or a foot massage? Did you go to Hong Langman again?"

"Hey! Wife, I really didn't go to Hong Langman. I had a meal with Ye Xiao."

"What kind of meal costs several thousand yuan? Do you think I'm a fool?"

"Really! Don't you believe me? Should I turn on the video call?"

...

One minute later.

"Gu Hai, you heartless jerk, I've always wanted to go to that seafood buffet, but you went with Ye Xiao and didn't take me. You even want me to pay for you? Go to hell!"

With that, Lu Wanwan hung up the phone.

Gu Hai: "..."

The waitress beside him was trying hard not to laugh, her face turning purple.

Gu Hai said irritably:

"Are you making fun of me? Be careful, I'll complain about you!"

The waitress tried to suppress her laughter and said seriously:

"Sir, we are trained to maintain our composure, no matter how funny it is."

As she finished speaking, the corners of her mouth curved up again.

"You laughed!"

"That's a smile, a polite smile. And, sir, don't change the subject. Please pay the bill."

Gu Hai looked at Ye Xiao, who turned his head away, clearly not intending to help.

He was helpless; he couldn't rely on a cat like Huan Liuli, could he?

With no choice, he opened his phone case and took out a few hundred yuan, then took off his shoes and pulled out a thousand yuan from the insoles, and a few hundred more from his socks and sleeves... When he was about to unbutton his belt, the waitress's face turned green.

Fortunately, the money was in the belt's lining, not in that position, or she might have really thrown up.

Even so, the money from the insoles had a sour smell, making the waitress pinch it with two fingers and throw it to the front desk with disgust.

"Hey! Remember to give me a receipt."

"Got it!"

Ye Xiao said with a mischievous smile:

"Didn't expect you to be like a little treasury, hiding so much money."

"Isn't that right? Married men have to learn how to hide money. But you really got me this time. When I run out of money, I'll come to you for help, and you can't hide it from me."

Ye Xiao nodded.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. Wanwan is definitely angry, and I'll have a hard time when I get home."

"Can you handle it?"

"Of course! I still have two hundred yuan left, enough to buy her some snacks and calm her down in no time."

"Less snacks, they're not good for the baby."

"Got it."

The two exchanged a few more words and parted at the restaurant entrance.

Ye Xiao walked back, deep in thought.

He wasn't thinking about King El.

King El's situation was a complete mystery, and thinking about it would just waste brain cells.

What he was thinking about was the ability of the star beast to continuously divide its mental power and corrupt souls.

Could this ability be applied to his sword or knife techniques?

Thinking about it, his sword and knife techniques were all linear attacks.

They were powerful, but they couldn't curve, and their range was limited. It was impossible to attack from a hundred or a thousand miles away!

The star beast's mental power could infect souls with just a touch, and once locked on, there was no escape.

Now that he had cultivated the mental power technique, Tai Xuan Tian Gang, could he compress the power of his sword or knife techniques and control them with mental power for tracking and targeted explosions?

Or could he use other methods to transport them over long distances and still control them with mental power for detection and detonation?

If so, could he achieve the goal of taking someone's head from a thousand miles away?

Ye Xiao was always a man of action!

He took Huan Liuli to the outskirts of Jiangcheng and gently stroked her head.

"Huan Liuli, I've had you for a while now. How have I treated you?"

Huan Liuli's heart skipped a beat.

"Master... um... you've been good to me! What's up?"

"I want you to help me test a new technique I just thought of."

Huan Liuli shivered.

"Master, are you joking? Your attacks are so strong, one move and I'll be done for. How can I help you test it?"

"Don't worry, I'll control the power. I'll only release a tiny bit, enough to not hurt you."

"Can I refuse?"

"Of course, I'm a considerate master and I respect my star pet."

As he said this, his hand on Huan Liuli's head pressed harder.

Huan Liuli trembled.

"Master, stop touching me, you're pulling out my fur! I'll help you test it."

"Good girl, just run as fast as you can. Run wherever you want, at full speed, no holding back."

"Is it that simple?"

"Yes."

"Then don't blame me."

With that, Huan Liuli turned into a black lightning bolt and darted away.

"Ha ha... Do you really think I'm a fool? You want me to be your practice dummy? You're dreaming! I'll run a hundred or eighty kilometers and go to the next city for a few days before coming back."

Behind him, Ye Xiao exhaled and watched Huan Liuli disappear into the distance, a slight smile on his face.

The next second, he slowly extended his right hand and performed the Heaven-Cleaving Sword.

In an instant, a brilliant and dazzling sword beam formed, then compressed into a tiny, thumb-sized light particle.

He then infused it with his mental power, setting it to detonate as soon as it saw Huan Liuli.

Once set, the sword beam flew in the direction Huan Liuli had gone.

The speed was terrifying, like a meteor, disappearing into the night and catching up to the rapidly running Huan Liuli.

Huan Liuli, still running and feeling smug, was suddenly hit by a sword beam that exploded on the grass in front of her.

"Boom—!"

A deafening explosion, flames shooting up, the shockwave instantly sent Huan Liuli flying.

Landing, she opened her mouth wide and stared back into the darkness, swallowing hard, her entire body trembling in fear!

Behind her, in the endless darkness, it seemed as if an invisible, terrifyingly powerful ancient beast was lurking, ready to swallow her at any moment.