Waving away the young disciple who had brought them to the warehouse, An Yiqing felt that the fewer people knew about this, the better.
"Stand behind ." She pulled Yin Xilin behind her and walked step by step toward the corner.
An Yiqing’s footsteps were very light, even an Ancient Martial Artist would find it hard to hear. However, in this warehouse filled with the sound of fans, Xiao Hong heard her footsteps and raised its head warily.
In that instant, An Yiqing felt as though ice needles were piercing her heart and lungs.
Cold, an intense cold that penetrated the heart and lungs.
Even Yin Xilin, who was following behind An Yiqing, felt the piercing cold. It seed that the heat radiating from Xiao Hong was, in reality, bone-chilling cold.
However, this feeling only lasted for a mont. With An Yiqing’s level of skill, adjusting her state was just a matter of blinking.
She continued to move toward Xiao Hong, step by step. The originally wary and ready-to-spring Xiao Hong seed to relax slightly upon seeing An Yiqing and Yin Xilin, its body no longer as rigid as before.
"Xiao Hong, can you recognize ?" An Yiqing took two more steps, now only two feet away from Xiao Hong.
"Hiss—Roar—"
Xiao Hong nodded humanely, letting out a weak cry, then its body twitched, turning into a low growl.
"I need to see what’s going on with your body, Xiao Hong. You need to relax and let get closer right now."
After An Yiqing finished speaking, Xiao Hong weakly nodded, trying to control the twitching of its body and the beastly growl, forcing its consciousness to stay clear.
An Yiqing sighed in relief and took a step forward, only to be pulled back by Yin Xilin from behind.
"Master, be careful!" Yin Xilin’s little face was full of worry; though she cared about Xiao Hong, she was more concerned about An Yiqing’s safety.
An Yiqing nodded, gently touched Yin Xilin’s little face, removed her hand from her clothing, and walked straight over.
In a short second, Xiao Hong’s eyes repeatedly changed, from wary and hostile to weak and exhausted.
An Yiqing squatted down beside Xiao Hong, getting close to this little creature. She could clearly feel the heat emanating continuously from its body. Even though she could regulate her internal temperature, she couldn’t ignore that Xiao Hong’s current temperature was extrely high.
Suddenly, she quickly reached out and grasped Xiao Hong’s vital point. Simultaneously, Xiao Hong’s eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent, its throat emitted a chilling low growl, and its whole body tensed like a straight line but was rendered helpless by the grip on its vital point.
"Don’t be afraid, I need to give you a thorough check-up. I won’t harm you." An Yiqing ignored the murderous intent Xiao Hong released, or one could say, such a small degree of murderous intent posed no threat to her.
Amidst its murderous intent, Xiao Hong seed to regain a trace of rationality, its body softened a bit, but the occasional twitching and low growl made An Yiqing realize it was still quite abnormal.
The mont she grasped Xiao Hong’s body, An Yiqing felt puzzled, and shocked, because Xiao Hong’s body was still icy cold as before, with no temperature at all.
However, the scalding heat clearly ca from its body. What exactly was going on?
Activating the Clairvoyant Eye, An Yiqing carefully examined Xiao Hong’s body from the inside out. When she saw the changes inside Xiao Hong, her pupils contracted and her breath suddenly hitched.
Xiao Hong’s internal structure had actually changed! Simply put, it was no longer completely a snake!
What was growing beneath its skin? Why was its blood no longer red? What exactly had happened to Xiao Hong’s body?
A host of questions instantly sprang into An Yiqing’s mind, related to Xiao Hong, related to Xiao Hei, and even related to the tuft of red hair on Fatty Mao Er’s forehead.
Could this all be just a coincidence? Why were all the Spirit Beasts around her starting to change?!
What on earth was going on?!
When An Yiqing and Yin Xilin returned to the hall, Ye Chenghong was already there waiting for them.
"How is Xiao Hong?"
"I fed it a thousand-year-old ice lotus, and its body temperature has temporarily stabilized. Master, Xiao Hong’s condition is sowhat abnormal, beyond my expectations." An Yiqing frowned, and recounted her discoveries truthfully.
The hall was very quiet; Ye Chenghong didn’t speak after hearing An Yiqing’s words, keeping his eyes down, seemingly contemplating sothing.
An Yiqing also remained silent; from her experience, understanding all this indeed presented so difficulty. Yin Xilin, seeing both her Master and Grandmaster speechless, also decided to keep her mouth shut.
"Ah!..."
Long after, Ye Chenghong let out a long sigh, filled with lancholy and helplessness, echoing throughout the hall.
"Master, do you know sothing?" An Yiqing asked, a strange unease welling up within her.
Ye Chenghong still had his eyes lowered. After a while, he suddenly looked up at An Yiqing, his gaze more complex than she had ever seen.
"Master, you..."
"Girl, I thought about this for decades, and never did I expect you would be the destined one!" Ye Chenghong’s words caused even the air and ti to almost freeze.
An Yiqing stared fixedly at Ye Chenghong, the phrase "destined one" echoed in her mind. She didn’t understand what it ant, but intuition told her that anything linked to destiny was not a good thing.
"When I first beca your Grandmaster’s direct disciple, he told sothing. Within a century, Xuanjin, and even the whole world, would fall into chaos!"
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