Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 310 - 307 - Little Xi

Chapter 310: 307 Chapter Little Xi

"You can’t escape the inevitable; Young Master Hu can’t do whatever he wants just by saying so." Ye Xuan wasn’t too concerned. Young Master Hu’s power probably wasn’t much different from Yu Yi’s. Even if it were stronger than Yu Yi’s, it wouldn’t necessarily mean he could do anything to him.

If he couldn’t even handle someone like Young Master Hu, then there was no point in talking about competing for the top three in the Genius Clash.

"Little girl, what’s your name?"

Without paying much attention, Ye Xuan looked at the slave girl beside him and asked with a smile.

"I... don’t have a name."

The girl revealed a gentle and beautiful face, looking pitiful and timid.

"Not even a name?"

Ye Xuan pondered briefly, then his eyes lit up slightly, "Then I will call you Little Xi. From now on, your name will be Little Xi."

"Little Xi..."

The girl lowered her head, murmuring the name Ye Xuan had given her. In her bewildered eyes, a hint of happiness seemed to emerge.

She was merely a slave. Whether in the Black Market or the place she had stayed before, she was nothing more than a number, without a name. Now that she had her own name, it felt undoubtedly like being reborn.

At least the master who had bought her just now didn’t seem too bad.

"Can you give me your hand?"

Ye Xuan looked at the shy girl in front of him, his expression becoming more genial as he reached out his hand with a gentle smile.

Little Xi looked at Ye Xuan in surprise, then slowly extended her small hand. She didn’t know why Ye Xuan used the words "can you"; after all, she was just a slave, and a master’s order should naturally be followed without question.

In the Black Market, the slightest dissent would result in a brutal beating. Over time, she had naturally developed the habit of obeying without question.

Ye Xuan said nothing and simply held her small hand, then closed his eyes. A stream of invisible soul power immediately spread along his arm, entering Little Xi’s body like an invisible snake.

Earlier in the auction, Ye Xuan had suspected that there might be some secret about Little Xi. Now, he wanted to see if his intuition was correct.

Moments later, Ye Xuan released Little Xi’s hand.

His examination turned up nothing, but Little Xi’s soul power was considerably stronger than that of ordinary people. Apart from that, there didn’t seem to be anything special.

Was his earlier sensation just his imagination?

"It seems I was being too sensitive."

After pondering for a moment, Ye Xuan shook his head, then looked at the girl in front of him and took out her slave contract. With a "poof," a flame appeared in his palm, and in the blink of an eye, the contract was burned to ashes.

"Little Xi, you are now free. You can leave right now if you wish, to go wherever you want."

Since the girl had no special characteristics, Ye Xuan didn’t plan to scheme any further; he might as well do a good deed.

"Ye Xuan, what are you doing?"

The Honglian Envoy also looked at Ye Xuan in surprise. This girl had been bought for five hundred thousand Xuanyuan Pills. To just let her go, what was Ye Xuan thinking? Was it really just for charity?

Little Xi was also somewhat stunned; she hadn’t expected Ye Xuan to suddenly do this. She didn’t doubt Ye Xuan’s words—the slave contract, previously bearing her blood, had strong binding power. Once Ye Xuan burned it, she felt as if the bonds on her had dissipated, like liberation.

This new master, who had paid a great price for her, was actually letting her go free?

Little Xi felt her heart trembling violently. The word "freedom" was incredibly precious to her, a human slave. Her greatest wish in life was to be rid of her slave status, and now, unexpectedly, had she encountered a benevolent person?

"I... please, Master, don’t send me away."

Little Xi suddenly knelt on the ground, shaking her head vigorously. "Once I leave your side, the people from the Black Market will definitely capture me again. Then, I’ll still be a slave, never able to escape my fate."

Of course, she wanted her freedom restored, but as a human woman in Sky Demon City, she feared she wouldn’t get far before being targeted, ultimately facing an even more tragic fate.

"Yes, Ye Xuan, a beautiful slave girl from the Human Clan like her will find it hard to survive in the Demon Beast Territory once she leaves you, her master. Letting her go is not saving her but endangering her."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan also appeared contemplative, then he looked at Little Xi and said, "Since that is the case, would you like to follow me? You can be a maid by my side, but only temporarily. You will eventually gain the ability to be independent, and then you can decide for yourself whether to stay or leave."

"Thank you, Master."

Little Xi wept with joy and knelt down before Ye Xuan.

"Don’t call me master, just call me Brother Ye Xuan." Master Master, it sounds awkward to hear, even in his previous life as Martial God, he never allowed his subordinates to call him master.

"No no, then let me call you Young Master. Please, you must agree." Little Xi was immensely grateful to Ye Xuan, her beautiful eyes shimmering with tears.

"As you wish. We should be going."

Ye Xuan pulled Little Xi up from the ground. As long as she didn’t call him master, anything else didn’t really matter to him. He just didn’t understand why she was so emotional.

Unfortunately, Ye Xuan didn’t know that Little Xi had been captured by the Demon Clan’s powerful beings at a very young age and turned into a slave, having been passed through several hands, and met very few people. Those people treated her as a mere object and never really saw her, to the point that she herself had become numb.

When Ye Xuan bid a high price for her, she thought he was just a prodigal son wanting to buy her for his amusement.

However, the reality was not so. Ye Xuan had torn up the contract, intended to give her freedom, and now, he even said she could decide for herself in the future whether to stay or leave. These might seem trivial to Ye Xuan, but for Little Xi, Ye Xuan was the person who gave her a new life.

She had secretly vowed to always stay by Ye Xuan’s side and protect him with her life.

Naturally, Ye Xuan was unaware just how profound an impact his few words had caused in her. At this moment, they had already left the auction house and returned to the surface of Sky Demon City.

"The kid has finally come out."

Near the Black Market, a group in green robes emerged as Ye Xuan and his companions exited the market and caught their eye.

Zhou Ying and Bi Rou emerged from the group, watching Ye Xuan with predatory intensity.

Just after the auction ended, they had been waiting here. After all, not only they but also the likes of Young Master Hu were interested in Ye Xuan. Zhou Ying’s idea was indeed to get to Ye Xuan before Young Master Hu and seize all the wealth and treasures from him.

"Go."

Zhou Ying’s gaze was icy as he watched Ye Xuan. Since the latter had come out of the Black Market, it meant that Ye Xuan had finished paying for the Xuanyuan Pill. 2.5 million—a sum Zhou Ying didn’t even dare dream of. But to think that this kid took it out so effortlessly, once he slaughtered him, he was sure to reap a huge fortune.

"They’re here so quickly."

The moment they were targeted by Zhou Ying and his group, Ye Xuan sensed it and stopped. Ahead, Zhou Ying spread out his Green Lake Island’s people intentionally to block any escape routes, clearly not giving Ye Xuan any chances.

Many powerful Demon warriors and vendors seeing Zhou Ying and his group immediately made way. In Sky Demon City, life-and-death battles are frequent, with hundreds dying daily, which is not surprising.

Green Lake Island was indeed a Fourth Grade Demon Clan force, and Zhou Ying was its Young Master. No one would be foolish enough to provoke them.

Those from Green Lake Island in green robes enclosed Ye Xuan and the Honglian Envoy in the middle, their faces showing a mocking expression.

However, being completely surrounded, both Ye Xuan and the Honglian Envoy appeared utterly calm and collected. The Honglian Envoy glanced around and then looked at Zhou Ying, saying faintly, "Green Dragon Prince Zhou Ying, Young Master of Green Lake Island, since when did people from Green Lake Island dare to bully those from Sky Demon Mountain?"

The cold words spread and immediately made the faces of those from Green Lake Island change greatly. After the Honglian Envoy produced an Identity Token, even Zhou Ying was startled, "An inspector from Sky Demon Mountain!"

An inspector held no lowly position in Sky Demon Mountain, as those who could serve as inspectors of the peaks were generally the confidants of the various Demon Venerables.

Even he, the Young Master of Green Lake Island, dared not act rashly against an inspector.

"Inspector or not, the person I want to deal with isn’t you, but the kid next to you, move aside quickly to avoid collateral damage," Zhou Ying’s gaze rested on Ye Xuan, he said firmly.

"Ye Xuan is a talent valued by Lord Huoyou," the Honglian Envoy scoffed coldly, a mere Green Lake Island daring to have such audacious thoughts, truly wild.

"You sure know how to fabricate stories. How could this kid, just a Third Grade Demon King, be a talent valued by Huoyou Demon Venerable? I’m not easily intimidated. Since you insist on intervening, I’ll have to take care of you too."

Zhou Ying snorted coldly. Since action was inevitable, there was no reason to retreat now. Retreating before so many onlookers, he would become a laughingstock of Sky Demon City, an inspector or not. As long as he didn’t kill him, there shouldn’t be much issue, even if it’s Huoyou Demon Venerable, he wouldn’t trouble Green Lake Island over such a minor affair.