Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 12 A sincere lie
Looking quietly at the illusory old man standing in the air in a trance, Hun Ruoruo breathed a sigh of relief.

As the continent's number one alchemist, Yao Lao's strength and knowledge are definitely second to none in Zhongzhou. Because of this, it is indeed too difficult to cling to the protagonist while hiding it from the other party.

It's impossible to tell him that Xiao Yan is the child of destiny, and that I'm here to build relationships in advance to avoid being implicated, right?

That's a bit too absurd.
Therefore, since her identity was sensitive, she simply revealed her identity; since her motives were unclear, she simply shifted the blame elsewhere.

Anyway, Emperor Hun Tian will sacrifice himself and the Hun Clan in the finale, so why isn't she allowed to fight back in advance?

There is no such good thing.

"Senior Yao Chen." Hun Ruoruo reminded.

Hearing this, Yao Lao finally came to his senses, as if waking from a dream. He smiled bitterly and said, "Little girl, don't blame me for not trusting you. But how can the Soul Clan leader be related to you?"

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure it out. Even though the girl in front of him was extremely talented, who was the other party? She was the leader of one of the eight ancient clans, and the Soul Clan was a super clan second only to the Ancient Clan. The gap in strength and status between the two was almost greater than that between heaven and earth. How could there be hatred between them?
"He is my biological father."

"What?!" Yao Lao stared at Hun Ruoruo in astonishment. He felt that the number of shocks he had experienced today was even more than in the past ten years combined.

"You are the daughter of the Soul Clan leader? Impossible. The Soul Emperor is a Nine-Star Dou Sheng. His daughter must have extremely strong Dou Emperor bloodline. Even if you use secret methods to cover it up, you can't hide it from me."

As a former member of the Medicine Clan, Yao Lao's understanding of the Dou Emperor's bloodline is far beyond that of ordinary people, and his doubts grew even more for a while.

The Dou Emperor's bloodline is related to the lifeblood of the eight clans. That kind of special fluctuation cannot be concealed by any ordinary secret method. Even if it exists, the richer the bloodline, the more difficult it is to cover it up with a secret method, not to mention the biological flesh and blood of the clan leader.

"Little girl, although I am just a lonely ghost now, I am not someone who can be easily fooled. This clumsy lie alone obviously cannot fool an old man like me."

Obviously, the girl's words alone have no credibility in front of Yao Lao.

"Senior, you will know whether it is true or false at a glance."

Hun Ruoruo had anticipated this, so she simply lifted the sleeve of her right arm, revealing a small part of her smooth arm.

"This, this is?!"

What was incompatible with the girl's delicate skin was that there were several hideous wounds crisscrossing the middle and upper part of her fair forearms. The extremely weird contrast made Yao Lao tremble with fear and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Your bloodline power has been drained?"

A ray of soul power swept across the scar on the girl's skin, and the originally dark scar suddenly burst out with purple light, looking extremely strange.

"...Such a cruel method, could it be the Soul Clan leader who did it?"

After a long silence, Yao Lao's voice was filled with pity. He had already believed most of what the other party said. Such a wound that had been inflicted over the years could obviously not have been caused by a sudden impulse.

"Although I did it myself, it's not wrong to say that it was done by Emperor Hun Tian. He also wants to seize the bloodline of the entire clan anyway." Hun Ruoruo thought to herself.

Nodding gently, the girl quickly pulled up her sleeves and smiled faintly: "Senior Yao Chen, if I were a member of the Soul Palace, the price I would pay would be too high. So, do you believe it now?"

Yao Lao had a complicated expression. Even though the Dou Di bloodline had been stripped away, the girl now possessed a powerful strength close to that of a high-level Dou Wang. It was conceivable what an amazing talent this was. With just Yao Chen's soul body, whose life or death was unknown, it was impossible for the Soul Clan to pay such a huge price.

In other words, the girl's seemingly rebellious, weird and cunning character was probably caused by her father, the clan leader.
After much deliberation, despite being misled by Hun Ruoruo, Yao Lao unexpectedly arrived at the correct answer. He sighed, his expression no longer hostile. "Child, you and I are both hurt by those closest to us. You're very similar. However, with my strength, even at the peak of my powers, I'm like an ant in front of the Hun Clan leader. I'm afraid I can't help you much."

"As for that brat Xiao Yan, although he's still young, how far he can go is still unknown. If you want to train him to grow into someone who can help you fight against a powerful being like Emperor Hun Tian, ​​I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult!"

After saying two difficulties in a row, Yao Lao shook his head slightly.

Even if Yao Lao wanted to take Xiao Yan as his disciple, his purpose was only to help him rebuild his body and pass on his legacy. As for his cultivation...

Not to mention the Nine Star Dou Sheng, even the promotion to Dou Sheng was already a luxury. After all, with Yao Chen's talent back then, he had only just reached the peak of Dou Zun, and was still a long way from becoming a Half Saint.
Is it really possible to become a Dou Sheng, or even a Nine-Star Dou Sheng?

Maybe there is, but the chance is so slim that it makes one doubt whether it really exists.

“If you don’t try, you’ll never know.”

"Also, I'm sure you saw what happened today. Xiao Yan, without any background or trump cards, still had the courage to face the authority of the Yunlan Sect's Young Master. Isn't the gap between the two of them like an insurmountable chasm?"

The girl's eyes were so bright that even Yao Lao couldn't help but stare at her in a trance.

After a while, he laughed a few times, and his mind became clearer.
"Perhaps the setbacks I suffered in the past have worn away the drive within me. I don't know when it started, but I've come to accept my fate. You're right. As cultivators, we shouldn't dwell on our own faults."

"Okay! It's rare for a lonely ghost like me to fight this time. The Soul Palace almost made me lose my soul. If I want revenge, it will sooner or later affect the interests of the Soul Clan. In this case, I might as well cooperate with you girl in advance and place the bet on you two." Yao Lao's soul body suddenly brightened a little, and he actually directly agreed to the girl's dreamlike conditions.

Laughing secretly in her heart, Hun Ruoruo pouted and sighed with a sense of sadness, saying, "Senior Yaochen, why does it seem like Ruoruo has to be the one to enlighten you?"

"This"

Seeing himself being scolded by a little girl, Yao Lao's expression froze slightly, and his previous heroic look suddenly disappeared like a collapse.

With a rare touch of embarrassment, he cleared his throat and said, "Haha, when you get old, you tend to lament. Girl, don't make fun of an old man like me."

He paused, as if remembering something, his expression becoming somewhat puzzled. "When I observed you earlier through the ring, I simply thought you were lacking in sophistication. But after our conversation just now, I've discovered something's amiss. Since you're so optimistic about Xiao Yan, why do you leave him with the feeling that... uh, you're using him?"

"With your skills, you shouldn't make such a mistake."

Hun Ruoruo's previous actions seemed mysterious and difficult to understand to the young and inexplicable Xiao Yan, but with Yao Lao's keen eyesight, he could naturally see through the strangeness at a glance.

Since it is actually a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship, why should we make the other party feel fearful?
"What about this hobby?" The girl's expression froze, she blinked, and made up something.

Hun Ruoruo knew very well that after being forced to disguise herself for such a long time in the Soul Realm, it was impossible to change her weird personality. If she didn't make Xiao Yan a little afraid and hate her, what would she do if he pursued her in the future?
It's not narcissism, but the conclusion she came to after devouring the souls of countless people who coveted her in the Soul Realm over the years.

You know, she doesn't like men, she just likes the feeling of playing with them.
After secretly glancing at the girl's stiff smile, Yao Lao shook his head helplessly and stopped talking about the matter.

It was obvious that this girl was not going to tell the truth.

But it's also true that even though she is extremely cunning, she is inevitably limited by her age and cannot completely hide her emotions.

"After all, she's still a little girl." Yao Lao stroked his beard and laughed secretly, turning into the image of a frivolous deputy old man.

(End of this chapter)