Yun Sheng was at a loss for words for a moment, as others would naturally harbor the same suspicions as Ye Beiming.
"That is a unique needle technique of my mother," Yun Sheng quickly thought on her feet and used Hu Jiusheng as a shield.
Hu Jiusheng was indeed adept in medical skills, a fact known from the medical book left behind by the Yun Family.
Ye Beiming was half-believing, half-doubting, but he did not pursue the question further.
He knew that Yun Sheng had been motherless since childhood, and compared with himself, she hadn’t even seen her own mother’s face.
It was rare to see her being so open-minded.
Ye Beiming’s heart softened slightly, he raised his hand to stroke Yun Sheng’s hair, which was very soft and felt good to touch. Ye Beiming said half-jokingly: "Little Wildcat, don’t be too stubborn in the future, you have me for everything."
Yun Sheng’s hair was immediately tousled into a bird’s nest by him. She slapped away Ye Beiming’s hand like a wildcat with fluffed fur, "As if I have you, why would someone get hurt out of the blue? And how did the Dark Crown Prince manage to injure General Yun?"
When she entered the Imperial Palace earlier, she was in a rush to treat General Yun and had not yet inquired about what the contest was all about.
Yun Sheng had noticed when examining Yun Bahe’s wound that it was lethal.
Ye Beiming’s eyes held a deep light and this time, he himself had miscalculated, his memory drifting back to the catastrophic bloodshed of the day before.
The Young City Lord of Dihong City, Xuan Wuji, had disappeared, leading to a rare Martial Saint competition ending abruptly in ten years.
The Dark Crown Prince deeply regretted this matter, but according to the agreement, with the disappearance of Tian Quezi, he could no longer entangle with the previous Purple Gold Vein, so he went to the Imperial Palace in person to carry out his duties.
As a prestigious Crown Prince of a nation and with the formidable armies of Hou Qin still looming at the country’s borders, Emperor Zhou naturally had to pay him courtesy.
He personally held a banquet to wash the dust off the Dark Crown Prince and even invited Yun Bahe to attend.
At the banquet, after some singing and dancing, Xuan Wuji, the Young City Lord of Dihong City, suddenly spoke up, suggesting that the merriment was dull. Since both Great Zhou and Hou Qin were martially inclined nations, it would be better to have a martial bout to add some color to the day’s ceremonies.
Emperor Zhou had not expected such a development, and while hesitating, the Dark Crown Prince suddenly stepped out. For origınal chapters go to 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⚫𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⚫𝔫𝔢𝔱
"The Dark Crown Prince claimed that since he was young, he greatly admired the Great Zhou Martial Saint Yun Bahe. He himself was also taught by Tian Quezi, considering himself a half-disciple. Since Tian Quezi could not battle Yun Bahe this time, he wishes to ask Yun Bahe for a few pointers in the name of a disciple," Ye Beiming, as Prince Beiming, also attended the banquet.
"The Dark Crown Prince is a prince from another country and also a junior, why would General Yun fight with him?" Yun Sheng knew the old man’s character very well. To put it nicely, he was reluctant to take advantage of his seniority; to put it bluntly, it was so-called vanity. He absolutely wouldn’t take action against a junior.
Had it not been for Yun Residence being pushed to urgency at the tavern back then, he would have never taken action.
However, even when he did take action, he was still holding back a bit of his strength.
"Indeed, General Yun did not agree. Given Dugu Xiu’s status, if something went wrong, it would give other nations a pretext. The armies of Hou Qin and Tang Yuan are currently at the borders of Great Zhou," Ye Beiming had his suspicions towards Dugu Xiu’s request as well.
The reputation of the Wuji Five Treasures was impressive, but it was undoubtedly foolish to challenge the well-established Yun Bahe.
Yet, the Dark Crown Prince was insistent, using both soft and hard tactics. With no other choice, General Yun reluctantly agreed to his challenge.
Still, Yun Bahe was cautious. He didn’t actually fight the Dark Crown Prince, just sparred with him with three moves.
The Dark Crown Prince also agreed happily.
"Just three moves?" Yun Sheng found it even harder to believe.
Just three moves had inflicted such serious injuries on Yun Bahe.
"Because during the last move, the Dark Crown Prince went into a Beast Blood Frenzy," Ye Beiming’s gaze turned solemn.
He remembered clearly the scene at the time.
After blocking the first two moves, Yun Bahe thought the Dark Crown Prince would stop, but during the third, the Dark Crown Prince suddenly underwent Beast Blood Fusion, landing a punch right in Yun Bahe’s chest.
Yun Bahe was struck to the point of spitting continuous blood, his chest hollowed out by the Dark Crown Prince’s fist.
"One punch to pierce through the body of a Martial Saint? And the sudden Beast Blood Berserk? What kind of beast blood did the Dark Crown Prince fuse with?" Yun Sheng was speechless; despite not having seen the situation herself, just from seeing Yun Bahe’s battered organs, she could guess the terrifying momentum of the Dark Crown Prince’s punch.
"You must have some guesses. The problem lies in the Dark Crown Prince’s Beast Blood Fusion," Ye Beiming paused, "If I’m not mistaken, the Dark Crown Prince must have fused with Magical Beast Blood of a Divine Beast Level."
A buzzing noise echoed through Yun Sheng’s mind.
The Dark Crown Prince Dugu Xiu’s Beast Blood Frenzy was a partial and extremely brief transformation, unexpected and difficult to guard against.
In an instant, his right arm swelled out with scales akin to Dragon Scale pieces of Black Armor, and a heavy punch carried the force of ten thousand catties.
Caught off guard, Yun Bahe endured a heavy blow, his fighting spirit was torn apart instantly, and he was hit squarely in the chest.
The Demon Beast Amniotic Fluid Poison within him also erupted suddenly, causing the continuous blood loss and nearly resulting in his death.
When it came to Divine Beasts, Yun Sheng’s first thought was of Suan Ni.
In the Earth Core Melt Cave, she encountered that Divine Beast Suanni.
On the Wuji Continent, it had been so many years since a Divine Beast had appeared.
From First-tier Demon Beast to Ninth Rank, Lord Level beasts were referred to as Holy Beasts, and above that were Commander-level Divine Beasts. All Divine Beasts possessed their own territory.
As for the level above, there were the so-called Super Divine Beasts, which were more of a legendary existence.
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