Looking into those golden eyes, Bai Shaoheng felt a deep sadness in his heart.
Does she hate me that much...? Then why did she save me in the first place...?
Long Qianling felt a sudden pain in her head, her hand loosened, and she fell to the ground unconscious.
In his mind's eye, Bai Qingnian only had time to see the black dragon spit out a mouthful of blood before he was pulled away by the familiar force again.
Because of his forceful control over Bai Qingnian's body, which caused his soul to become unstable, Long Qianling was forced to fall into a deep sleep.
"Long, Long Qianling?" Bai Shaoheng looked at Bai Qingnian, who was unconscious beside him, with red eyes and a choked voice.
Just then, Bai Qingnian on the ground slowly opened her eyes and met Bai Shaoheng's eyes, which were glistening with tears.
"Second...Your Highness?"
Bai Shaoheng was taken aback, looking at his pupils which had returned to black, and felt somewhat disappointed.
Long Qianling, where did she go...?
Bai Qingnian felt extremely sore all over, and a strange warmth was faintly coming from his abdomen.
Looking at the giant python that was already dead not far away, he suddenly remembered the scene of the black dragon vomiting blood that he had just seen.
She... saved me.
Is she injured...?
Bai Qingnian felt a slight ache in her chest.
He never imagined that, besides his father, someone else in this world would get injured saving him. So, when he sees her again, he probably won't be so afraid anymore.
Bai Shaoheng pursed his lips as he looked at Bai Qingnian in front of him. Long Qianling had just taken control of Bai Qingnian's body, so it was actually her who had been fighting the giant python and that she had used the Soul Devouring Technique, not Bai Qingnian herself.
But why did Long Qianling suddenly take control of Bai Qingnian's body? Could it be a case of possession?
No, that's not right. If it were possession, Bai Qingnian's consciousness should have disappeared by now. It shouldn't still exist. What exactly happened...?
Bai Qingnian suddenly cried out in pain, clutching his stomach and curling up on the ground.
It's so hot... It feels like something inside his stomach is heating up.
Bai Qingnian's forehead was covered in cold sweat from the heat. Bai Shaoheng knelt beside him, not saying a word and showing no intention of helping. He just watched him quietly.
Just as Bai Qingnian was about to faint from the heat, a faint white light absorbed half of the inner core power in his abdomen and thoughtfully refined the other part of the inner core power and sent it into his limbs and bones.
Bai Qingnian suddenly felt his mind clear and his body quickly returned to normal. He opened his eyes and was pleasantly surprised to find that his cultivation level had actually increased a little. Although it was small, it was already very good for him.
Bai Shaoheng also looked at him in surprise. It shouldn't be like this. With Bai Qingnian's talent, he shouldn't be able to refine that inner core. Could it be that Long Qianling has come again? But when he saw his black eyes, he rejected the idea in his heart.
It seems he was lucky to refine the inner core unharmed.
What Bai Qingnian and Bai Shaoheng didn't know was that a new life had already taken root and sprouted in Bai Qingnian's body.
That portion of the inner alchemy's power was the nourishment that allowed her to take root and sprout.
Unfortunately, Bai Qingnian's cultivation level was too low to conceive a powerful dragon offspring. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to receive the help of the giant python's inner core, which allowed the dragon fetus to grow safely.
“Oh right, Xiao Hei… I need to go back and find Xiao Hei…” Bai Qingnian got up from the ground and started to walk out of the valley.
"Nineteen, wait a minute..." Bai Shaoheng suddenly called out to him.
Bai Qingnian stopped and turned around to look at Bai Shaoheng, who was still lying on the ground.
"Can you take me with you?" Bai Shaoheng asked, his eyes red.
Bai Qingnian remembered that he had helped him before, so she nodded in agreement and went back to help him up.
Once he takes him out of Baicao Valley, they will be even, and Bai Qingnian will no longer owe him anything.
The demon servants that Bai Shaoheng brought had long since died under Long Qianling's oppressive aura. At this moment, only he and Bai Qingnian remained in the vast valley.
Now that he is injured, he can only rely on Bai Qingnian to take him away.
After all, he didn't want to die here like this.
Because Bai Qingnian possessed the aura of a giant python, the two of them were able to leave Baicao Valley without any obstacles.
Bai Qingnian put Bai Shaoheng down by the roadside and then turned to look for the little black snake.
Bai Shaoheng stared intently at his departing figure, thinking to himself.
It seems he has no memory of what just happened. But that makes sense, since it was Long Qianling who was in control of the body just now, how could he possibly have any memory of it?
That's fine, at least he won't have to go through all that trouble to get rid of him.
His gentle and kind image cannot be ruined by such a lowly illegitimate son.
But if Long Qianling saw that disgusting side of him, wouldn't she hate him even more...?
Bai Shaoheng suddenly lowered his eyes in disappointment.
He completely forgot the fierce look on Long Qianling's face when she was about to kill him.
On the other side, Bai Qingnian had returned to the place where he had just parted ways with the little black snake.
"Little Black! Little Black, where are you?"
"Little Black!"
"Did he leave?"
Bai Qingnian looked around, even lifting up the stones to examine them, but still couldn't find Xiao Hei.
He stepped back to the stone wall and suddenly noticed some dried blood on the ground.
"This is……"
He remembered not being injured when he was sucked in, could it be Little Black...?
Bai Qingnian's face turned pale. He followed the trail of blood on the ground until he reached a large tree, where he saw Xiao Hei lying on a rock covered in blood.
The once glossy black scales on its body had become dull, and its tail drooped limply beside the stone.
"Little Black!"
Bai Qingnian hurriedly ran over, knelt beside the stone, and reached out with trembling hands to pick it up, but he dared not touch its body, fearing that if he did, Xiao Hei would be even more uncomfortable.
"Xiao Hei... what happened to you? Who hurt you like this..." Bai Qingnian's tears kept falling.
But he still didn't dare to touch the little black snake on the rock.
The little black cat on the rock slowly opened its eyes upon hearing his cries, and looked at the hand he extended in front of it, trembling uncontrollably.
Long Qianling weakly raised her tail and placed it on his fingers. After doing all this, she fainted again.
"Little Black..."
Bai Qingnian watched her movements through teary eyes. Seeing that she had fainted again, he finally made up his mind to carefully hold her in his hands and jog back to the Fox Palace.
It's all his fault for insisting on bringing her out; otherwise, she wouldn't have been injured so badly. If anything had happened to her, he would never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.
Although the big black dragon was injured, he still favored the little black dragon.
After all, he is still very afraid of the Great Black Dragon; the two of them are no match for him.
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