Chapter 48: The Cute Baby Strikes (1)

Xuanye's face was completely expressionless as he strode directly into the ice chamber.

Ming Xi watched this tall, cold man walk straight in, and for some reason, she was so intimidated by his overwhelming presence that she gasped in sharp, sudden breath!

Ming Xi could not help but take a few steps back, but the more she retreated, the more aggressively Xuanye advanced.

"Tell me honestly, who is the one who infused profound Qi into your body?" he asked straight to the point, leaving Ming Xi no room for evasion.

"..."

"I am not joking with you! Answer me honestly, who exactly is that person!" A murderous intent flashed in Xuanye's eyes, and his sharp words pressed her hard.

Naturally, Ming Xi knew... wasn't the person he was asking about the father of her child?

Yet even a fool could tell that his tone carried an absolute, deep-seated hatred for Shi Zhiyan!

What kind of grievance could possibly make him emit such a bloodthirsty gaze? Stealing a wife? Stealing a husband? A vendetta for killing a father? None of that fit!

Father of my child, just what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into?

"Are you going to talk or not?!" Xuanye abruptly pulled a straight steel blade from his waist, pressing it directly against Ming Xi's neck.

N... No way, right?

Ming Xi broke out in a cold sweat, looking up at this supreme evildoer. Her mind was spinning wildly; if she told the truth, this guy would undoubtedly head down the mountain without the slightest hesitation to duel with Shi Zhiyan!

Though Ming Xi trusted the strength of the child's father, this fellow's power looked to be well beyond the Celestial Profound realm. The child's father was certainly not one of those fierce female protagonists in 21st-century time-travel romance novels who could challenge opponents of higher levels and remain invincible across the world. If the two of them were to fight to the death...

No, no, she had to stop letting her imagination run wild! In short, this evildoer would never be able to pry the whereabouts of Shi Zhiyan out of her mouth!

Seeing that Ming Xi still refused to speak, Xuanye grew even more irritated. He stepped closer, gripping her chin tightly, his tone laced with threat: "Are you going to talk or not?!"

Ming Xi still kept her mouth shut, as if she had her own calculations in mind... This evildoer would not kill her at all!

For some reason, she had this intuition, and her intuition also told her—she and this Xuanye seemed remarkably familiar!

What was going on? Could it be that the original owner, Ming Xi, knew him?

Noticing that Ming Xi still stubbornly refused to answer even at this point, Xuanye hooked the corners of his lips in a smile that was not quite a smile. He actually put the blade away, remained in a squatting position, and stared intently at Ming Xi.

"Forget it... I have already guessed what kind of relationship you have with him," Xuanye said coldly, offering a mocking chuckle. "If I push any further, you'll probably start making things up out of thin air, won't you?"

Heh... the snake actually hit the nail on the head. She was indeed currently brainstorming the lines she would fabricate to fool him next...

Yet this evildoer was actually quite open-minded. Whether it was her imagination or not, she felt he was much more rational than Jiyan!

"Then... let's change the subject. Do you know how the current emperor is doing?"

"How would I know that! I'm begging you, could you please stop making things difficult for me? Have you ever seen a fox that could be this erudite and versatile? Aside from fine wine, roasted chicken, and silver, I am utterly completely clueless about everything else. Even if you decapitate me, I wouldn't know."

"..."

Indeed completely clueless; she had actually admitted it so readily. Xuanye seemed to give up as well, realizing nothing could be squeezed out of this fox anyway.

"Fine, I won't trouble you little fox any further." Xuanye finally relented. He nimbly put away his blade, stood up, left the ice chamber, and retrieved a flask of wine from the table.

Ming Xi had always been fond of wine. The moment she saw him open the flask, her mouth couldn't help but water.

"What? Want a drink?"

"Yes!" Ming Xi nodded vigorously. Seeing her expression, Xuanye couldn't help but smile. He couldn't help marveling: just how long could a fox like this live, even if she managed to be lucky enough to be reborn as a human?

Consider her lucky this time, for Xuanye had other plans and knew well that keeping this fox alive would eventually prove useful.

Ming Xi cared nothing for all of that. It wouldn't matter if the heavens and earth collapsed outside; after all, besides money, she only recognized three things—fine wine, roasted chicken, and Xuanyuan Feng!

The moment Xuanye handed the flask to her, she completely forgot everything happening outside, even when a shouting voice from Jiyan suddenly echoed from the cave entrance: "Xuanye! Something's happened! Something's happened!"

"What are you yelling blindly about?"

"I'm not yelling blindly! Didn't you sense a very strong smell of realgar outside the cave... Someone is burning realgar!!"

Realgar was the greatest bane of snakes, a fact that even Ming Xi, a fox, knew quite well.

She only found it strange: who would be so provocative as to openly burn realgar right outside a snake cave?

Yet what did that have to do with her? She was currently deep inside the millennium ice chamber. Even if the entire snake cave burned down, the fire wouldn't reach her. Besides, it would be best if both of those cheap snakes kicked the bucket; she could simply take the inner core and leave.

"Does a trivial matter like this require you to report to me? Are you crippled yourself?!" Xuanye rebuked Jiyan without a second thought. Only then did Ming Xi fully believe what Xuanye had said earlier.

Looking closely, Jiyan didn't look like his wife at all; she looked much more like his lapdog!

"Then... then what on earth should we do?"

"Go out and solve it yourself!"