Chapter 1372: Chapter 1351: Feelings Only Slow Down Brother Huan’s Blade!
"But he’s gone into the Endless Deep Mountains. Aren’t you worried he’ll become ridiculously powerful in there, or... not worried his enemies might kill him in the mountains?" The blonde woman furrowed her brows, turned around, leaned her butt against the lab bench, pulled a slim lady’s cigarette from the pocket at the waist of her white coat, touched it to the cigar in the Master of Sequence’s mouth to borrow a light, then took a deep drag.
Her voice was filled with concern.
"Father, you know this. To get where I am today, to develop the B-max potion that can make people lose consciousness within three minutes, turn into brutal, bloodthirsty but ’ally-recognizing’ killing machines, massively boost their strength, have a controllable ’incubation period,’ and become the Sequence’s most loyal murder weapons—I burned through endless effort."
"I don’t want us to lose everything at the last moment because you relaxed your guard."
The blonde woman’s words were already very harsh.
"Relax. There won’t be any accidents."
"Ye Huan in the deep mountains indeed might gain a huge boost in strength. But so what? We’re not far from finishing the layout. Even if he levels up again, so what?"
"And you know very well, even if Ye Huan defies the heavens and becomes an Extreme Divine King within half a year, he still won’t pose the slightest threat to our plan."
"Not only that—if he really becomes an Extreme Divine King, that would actually be a good thing for us!"
The Master of Sequence’s words sounded a bit contradictory, but the blonde woman slowly exhaled a thin trail of smoke as she listened, knowing that nothing he said was wrong.
When the Sequence’s layout is fully completed, the stronger Ye Huan is, the better it is for the Sequence!
"I’ve got another concern. Can you put it to rest for me? What if Ye Huan gets killed early—then what?" The sexy blonde frowned and asked.
The Master of Sequence gave her a faint glance and said, "No one can possibly kill Ye Huan. You and I both know how terrifying the fate he carries is. Under those circumstances, no one can kill him. His fate and his strength will help him escape with his life. Even if he wants to commit suicide, heaven itself won’t let him succeed that easily!"
"Why do I say Ye Huan’s fate is so powerful? Because I lost to him last time!"
"Ye Huan’s IQ has reached the human ceiling. Even I was schemed against by him so badly I was left in shambles. But no matter what, as an Extreme Divine King, my strength is enough to crush Ye Huan. Yet in the end, I could only flee in disgrace. Under normal circumstances, that’s impossible."
"The only explanation is that the Huaxia fate Ye Huan carries is still too strong. I was suppressed by that fate, fell into Ye Huan’s counter-encirclement, and ultimately escaped in humiliation!"
"I lost to Ye Huan’s fate, not to Ye Huan himself!"
"My defeat last time must have already burned up a good chunk of the fate on him."
"Now we have his enemies, along with the powerhouses in the Endless Deep Mountains, hunting him down. He will definitely escape alive. And that will absolutely burn through a massive amount of his fate. No matter how much fate you have, it’ll run out one day."
"So him being hunted is nothing but good for our plan, not a single downside."
"Ye Huan is terrifyingly strong in every regard. It’s just a pity that by the time he sensed our plan, it was already too late. We’ve been developing in the shadows for far, far too long."
"At this point, if he wants to beat us and destroy our plan, there is only one way."
The Master of Sequence deliberately paused at the end, the corner of his mouth lifting in a playful arc.
The blonde woman was very curious. She tapped off her ash. "What way?"
"Become the leader of the Hundred Clans, lead the Hundred Clans out of the mountains, and sweep the Sequence away!"
As soon as the Master of Sequence said this, the blonde couldn’t hold it in and let out a "pfft" of laughter. "Dad, your imagination is wild. Leaving aside whether the hundred great clans even want to walk out of the Endless Deep Mountains, just becoming the leader of the Hundred Clans alone—the prerequisite to becoming leader of Huaxia’s hundred ancient great families is to be the Ling Family’s Dragon Son and also to reawaken part of the Yanhuang bloodline. Ye Huan doesn’t meet any of that. There’s no way he’s that badass. Probably in his next life he still won’t be that badass!"
"Exactly. That’s why I believe Ye Huan’s defeat is already set in stone. No matter how he struggles, in the end there’s only one outcome: he’ll become the ’sacrificial offering’ that opens the new era of Blue Star, and become your mother’s ’nutrient supply’!"
"To us, Ye Huan is at best a complete and utter tool."
"Now, for the final step of the plan, you’ve already sent someone to handle it. And that person did it very well, very great, perfectly. The ironclad gates of Huaxia that had slammed shut to the West because of my last failure have been opened again thanks to that person."
"All we have to do now is wait. When the time comes, the plan and the layout will be completely finished!"
"This time, no matter how strong the fate on Ye Huan is, he won’t survive the century-long grand game I’ve laid out with the Sequence! I will definitely execute him, bury him in Hell, and use that to vent the resentment in my heart!"
"By then, the ultimate weapon will be built, Ye Huan will die, the old world will come to an end, our new era will arrive, my personal strength will also skyrocket to that vague, unfathomably powerful level above the Divine King—and your mother will be able to live well again."
"Our family will truly be reunited, live together for all eternity, and forever rule this world!"
The Master of Sequence’s bold, grand words made the blonde woman’s delicate body tremble.
Most importantly, the part where the Master of Sequence said: "Your mother will be able to live well."
Hearing this, the blonde woman’s body trembled again. The fingers holding her lady’s cigarette shook hard. She felt that all the effort she’d poured out over the years had been worth it!
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They passed an uneventful night.
At dawn, Ye Huan and the Empress were lying in the hay mattress, staring into each other’s eyes, both of their faces bright red.
Their hearts were beating very fast.
They both now viscerally understood one thing: what happened last night was completely different from that night in the hotel!
Having protection on versus having no protection at all are two totally different concepts!
The altitude here was very high, and the difference between day and night temperatures was huge—once it reached late night, it dropped to more than twenty degrees below zero.
Even with a fire next to them, even with a thick layer of hay covering them, they could still feel the cold wind slipping through the gaps in the hay, and the chill rising from the ground.
Ye Huan wasn’t afraid of the cold.
The Empress’s strength was a bit weaker; she had shivered nonstop from the cold last night.
Add to that the human-shaped furnace lying next to her, and she simply couldn’t stop herself from spreading her arms, clinging tightly to Ye Huan, using the warmth from the bulging muscles of his body to keep herself warm.
Because there was no protection between them, their skin was directly touching. That brought on an enormous amount of "psychological pressure" for both of them!
Especially for Ye Huan!
The Empress had such a great figure, and her skin was as fair, tender, and bouncy as a baby’s. He honestly didn’t feel sleepy the whole night; if his mental defenses hadn’t been solid, he might really have gotten carried away and done something irreparable.
"It’s getting late, let’s get up. We need to hit the road." Ye Huan cleared his throat and forced himself to sound calm.
"Mm... mm, okay."
The Empress’s face was flushed, her eyelids drooping slightly, her expression shy and bashful, not daring to meet Ye Huan’s eyes at all.
Ye Huan gently pried off the Empress’s hand that was wrapped around him, left the hay mattress, and went to check the clothes baking over the fire.
The cotton jacket and cotton pants were still very damp and couldn’t be worn yet.
But the thinner sports jacket and shirt were already half-dry and could be put on.
Ye Huan changed into a plain-looking jacket, then took down from the wooden rack the black stockings the Empress liked, along with a set of gray sports jacket + shirt and track pants, and handed them to her.
Then he left the cave, giving the Empress space to get up and change.
When he came back, he brought a few mountain pheasants and set them on the fire to roast.
The Empress had also finished changing.
The two of them tacitly avoided bringing up what had happened the previous night.
After eating the roast pheasant, they set off toward the southeast, heading for Wuya Town!
On the way, the shy Empress took the initiative to hold Ye Huan’s hand.
Ye Huan didn’t pull away, but he sighed inwardly.
He wasn’t some rookie in love anymore; having already gone through a marriage, he could clearly feel the Empress’s affection for him.
Besides, he was sure that even if his mental defenses had collapsed last night and he had actually done something he shouldn’t have with the Empress, she wouldn’t have blamed him.
Ye Huan genuinely had a bit of a headache over this; he didn’t know how to handle the Empress’s feelings.
However, he didn’t dwell on it.
The jianghu is about fighting and killing, not about romance and love!
Now was not the time to be thinking about relationship problems; romance and that kind of thing would only slow Brother Huan’s draw of the blade!
Improving his strength was the most urgent matter at the moment.
As for feelings, he would wait until they left the Endless Deep Mountains, then sit down and have a proper talk with the Empress!
Ye Huan’s plan sounded great, but reality has a way of not quite lining up with one’s plans.
Right now, he wanted to focus his mind on getting stronger and temporarily not talk about love.
Little did he know that before long, under certain circumstances, he and the Empress would end up doing some "unimaginable" things, forcing him to confront this relationship head-on!
