The daughter of the Beast Martial Great Emperor was a figure of such immense status that even numerous Emperor Realm experts had to treat her with the utmost courtesy. Yet Yang Kai had dared to reach out and wrap his arm around her. If word of this reached the Beast Martial Great Emperor's ears, even if Yang Kai fled to the ends of the earth, he'd be torn limb from limb.
Setting aside the Beast Martial Great Emperor himself, how could the Princess possibly let such an indignity from a man slide?
That kid was dead meat!
However, Xiao Chen soon found himself surprised to discover that after being embraced by Yang Kai, the Princess showed not the slightest sign of resistance. Instead, she even reached out and wrapped her own arms around Yang Kai's neck, pressing her delicate body tightly against his.
Xiao Chen's eyes practically turned red with envy and jealousy.
Could such good fortune really exist in this world?
Almost unconsciously, a broad, genial smile spread across Xiao Chen's face as he swiftly moved closer to Lan Xun, opening his thick arms to pull her into an embrace.
But he had barely drawn near to Lan Xun, before she suddenly spun around. Her pair of delicate pink fists shot out directly at him.
*Thwack!*
With a solid smack, despite having already advanced to the Emperor Realm, Xiao Chen took a fist squarely on the bridge of his nose. What made it worse was that he didn't dare use any of his power to mitigate the blow, leaving him seeing stars, his head spinning.
"What are you doing?" Lan Xun glared at him coldly, her expression displeased.
"N-nothing, nothing..." Xiao Chen stood there, utterly mortified, as two streams of blood trickled down from his nostrils.
Meanwhile, Yang Kai had created sufficient distance between Mo Xiaoqi, Lan Xun, and himself before finally registering the astonishing softness pressed against his chest.
He couldn't help but blush slightly, patting the back of Mo Xiaoqi who was still clinging to him. "Alright, alright, come down first so we can talk. Others are watching, and it's embarrassing."
Upon hearing this, Mo Xiaoqi finally realized the impropriety and hastily leaped down from Yang Kai, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. "Yang-gege, it really is you."
Yang Kai chuckled, looking her over from head to toe. "It's been a few years. You've grown quite a bit."
Mo Xiaoqi wrinkled her nose. "Pervert!"
Yang Kai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "I meant you've grown taller. Where did your mind go?"
Mo Xiaoqi then studied Yang Kai with genuine scrutiny before nodding approvingly. "Yang-gege, you've become much more formidable too."
When she had left Maple City back then, Yang Kai had only been at the first level of the Dao Source Realm. Meeting him again now, he was already at the third level. For a martial artist without any Sect backing or powerful connections, such growth was truly astonishing.
Mo Xiaoqi herself had achieved such tremendous progress precisely because her background was different from others.
With the Beast Martial Great Emperor personally guiding her, Aunt Phoenix supervising her Cultivation, and Spirit Beast Island's inexhaustible cultivation resources, it would have been strange if she *hadn't* grown stronger.
As the two were talking, Liu Yan and Zhang Ruoxi flew over from the other side.
Mo Xiaoqi smiled. "When I first entered the Shattered Star Sea, I thought I might run into Yang-gege, but after searching for over two years, I couldn't find you. It wasn't until I met Sister Liu Yan a while back that I knew you were truly in here."
Liu Yan recognized Mo Xiaoqi. The two women had met before in Maple City. Back then, Liu Yan had still been in the form of an Artifact Spirit. Though vastly different from her current form, her aura hadn't changed much. Therefore, upon meeting, Mo Xiaoqi had quickly identified her.
They had then traveled together to this Origin Sea, and after that, Yang Kai already knew what had happened.
Yang Kai discreetly glanced over towards Lan Xun. "Xiaoqi, how did you end up fighting with Princess Lan Xun?"
Mo Xiaoqi shot an annoyed glare in that direction, snorting. "An old grudge from ages ago."
Yang Kai's face darkened. "How 'ages ago' could it possibly be? How old are the two of you?"
Though both Mo Xiaoqi and Lan Xun possessed the formidable cultivation of the third level of the Dao Source Realm, in terms of age, they were really quite young. At most, they were only in their early twenties. At such an age with such cultivation, only the descendants of Great Emperors could achieve that.
"How is it not? When she and Lord Mingyue visited Spirit Beast Island as guests when we were little, she snatched a really beautiful dress of mine!"
"That's it?" Yang Kai's eyes widened.
"It was my absolute favorite! Aunt Phoenix had sewn it for me herself! I cried for days over it!" Mo Xiaoqi exclaimed, still sounding aggrieved.
Yang Kai wore a look of utter helplessness, thinking to himself that he truly did not understand the hearts of young girls.
As they spoke, Lan Xun and Xiao Chen slowly walked over from the other direction. Once they were near, Lan Xun looked at Mo Xiaoqi with a smile. "Little sister Xiaoqi, do you still want to keep fighting?"
Mo Xiaoqi glared back at her. "If you want to fight, I'll oblige. I'm not afraid of you."
A gleam flashed in Lan Xun's beautiful eyes as she smiled. "It seems like little sister is still not convinced!"
Mo Xiaoqi huffed. "You talk as if you won. What a thick skin."