"Asshole, are my words not commands to you?" Chen Yuxin gathered her Inner Strength in her hand and forcefully released it, sending Chen Ruoya flying out, heavily smashing into the wall. Chen Yuxin glared angrily; from a little girl, she had climbed step by step to the position of Family Head, above tens of thousands, relying on her own tough methods and the loyalty of her subordinates. What Chen Yuxin hated most was those who disobeyed her. She remembered a cousin of hers who, because he did not obey and even tried to resist, ended up dead in an "accidental car crash."
Chen Ruoya could be said to be the most loyal confidant. As a member of the Chen family’s collateral line, her birth could be described as tragic. Although she was born into the powerful Chen family, she was destined to be cannon fodder in the fight for the position of Family Head among the direct lineage. Her life was not controlled by her own hands; her mother had instilled in her the concept of absolute loyalty from an early age. Thus, Chen Ruoya was always unwaveringly faithful to Chen Yuxin. She got up from the ground, already vomiting blood after just one move.
"Get the hell out of here, roll away!" Chen Yuxin cursed loudly, her loss of Essence Blood coupled with rage made her face suddenly turn pale, her vision swayed, and her body trembled.
"Family Head." Chen Ruoya quickly stepped forward and supported Chen Yuxin.
"Family Head, let me help you rest." Chen Ruoya channeled her own Inner Strength into Chen Yuxin’s body, protecting her heart channels. For cultivators, Essence Blood is extremely important; loss of Essence Blood not only significantly damages one’s cultivation level but also weakens the body tremendously.
"Family Head, you shouldn’t continue to feed the Single Love Poisonous Insect anymore, the old ancestor had long warned that the Worm harms both others and oneself." As Chen Yuxin’s trusted confidant, Chen Ruoya knew her extremely well. Even if some things had not been disclosed to her, she could still speculate. After the last return from Old Mountain in Jiangnan, Chen Yuxin brought back a pair of Single Love Poisonous Insects. Chen Ruoya knew clearly what they were for, but out of respect for their master-servant relationship, she did not interfere much. However, now that the feeding of the Worm was damaging the body, she absolutely could not stand by and watch.
"I’ve already planted the male Single Love Poisonous Insect in him. As long as I feed mine a bit more, his pain will lessen." Chen Yuxin’s lips turned pale, her cheeks increasingly gaunt, as if she suffered a heavy injury. Chen Ruoya quickly brought her some medicinal pills, which helped her recover some Inner Strength.
"Family Head, the Worm needs seventy-seven days to mature, do you mean to say..."
"I will feed it every day for these forty-nine days." Before Chen Ruoya could finish, Chen Yuxin said resolutely.
"Unacceptable. As the Worm grows, its demand for Essence Blood will also increase day by day. Never mind forty-nine days, even twenty days could be life-threatening." Chen Ruoya immediately said. She had also heard about the Single Love Poisonous Insect from her mother when she was young. These Worms come in pairs, divided into male and female. If one of them is planted into someone else’s body, the Poisonous Insect Planting Person must feed the other Worm Essence Blood every day. After forty-nine days, the Worm matures within the host’s body, and from then on, the host will unconditionally fall deeply in love with the Poisonous Insect Planting Person, having no one else in their heart and even capable of laying down their life. Moreover, once the Worm matures within the body, unless the host dies, it is impossible to kill or expel the Worm.
In Western mythology, there is the story of Cupid, whose Love Divine Arrow can make two people fall in love at first sight. The Single Love Poisonous Insect is much like that, but due to Huaxia’s traditional ethics, such Worms have always been considered an "aberration," viewed with contempt, so apart from the Worm Sect, they scarcely exist.
Besides, if the Poisonous Insect Planting Person fails to provide enough Essence Blood, they may suffer backlash from the Worm, mildly resulting in grave injury, severely resulting in death. Therefore, Chen Ruoya had always been against Chen Yuxin using the Single Love Poisonous Insect.
"I have my ways to deal with the essence blood issue, so you don’t need to worry," Chen Yuxin said after recovering some Inner Strength with the help of elixirs, and thanks to the Chen family’s foundation. Just the elixirs alone were worth more than the total wealth of an ordinary cultivator. Under the guidance of Chen Yaogzu, despite her young age, Chen Yuxin had cultivated to a very profound level. Yet, now she was taking such a big risk, all for one person—Ye Shikai.
"Family Head, is it really worth it for you to do this?" Chen Ruoya sighed. It was a question from the bottom of her heart. After all, she was also Chen Yuxin’s elder cousin, but within such a large family, blood relations were merely references for factional alignment...
"Of course, for him, anything I do is worth it." Chen Yuxin’s lips revealed a wan smile.
"Family Head, let me heal you," Chen Ruoya said as she placed both palms on Chen Yuxin’s back, continuously pouring her Inner Strength into Chen’s body. Currently, Chen Yuxin’s cultivation was at the mid-Soul Emergence Stage. As she delved deeper into cultivation, she was on the verge of breaking through to the late Soul Emergence Stage. However, because of the loss of essence blood, she could only maintain her cultivation at the mid-Soul Emergence Stage. Chen Ruoya, only at the late Nascent Soul Stage, was still a step behind Chen Yuxin in terms of Inner Strength cultivation. Therefore, to preserve the Family Head’s cultivation, Chen Ruoya could only inject most of her Inner Strength into Chen Yuxin’s body.
"Pfft." Suddenly, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from Chen Ruoya’s mouth, staining Chen Yuxin’s back red...
"Stop." Chen Yuxin ceased her absorption of Inner Strength, putting an end to the transfer. If this continued, Chen Ruoya coughed up another mouthful of blood, a clear sign of excessive consumption of Inner Strength.
"Go back and rest well," Chen Yuxin said, her complexion rosier and her cultivation much restored. She did not wish to subject Chen Ruoya to such pain, but she had no other choice.
Ye Shikai and Su Qingyu spent a very joyous week in France. During this time, he almost spent every day with Su Qingyu, playing around. A week of madness seemed to have brightened up Su Qingyu a lot. She even took the initiative to try many things she normally wouldn’t dare to, like skydiving, paragliding, and even wanting to learn how to fly a helicopter from Martin. However, this "dangerous" decision was unanimously opposed by both Ye Shikai and Martin. Not to mention anything else—who would dare to get into a helicopter piloted by Su Qingyu...
"Qingyu, was it exciting just now?" On the grass, Ye Shikai packed up his parachute, having just experienced another skydive. For some reason, Su Qingyu seemed particularly fond of this extreme sport.
"Mm." Su Qingyu took off her mask and suddenly grabbed Ye Shikai’s hand, "Husband, can you pack up the parachute for me?"
"You really are hopeless," Ye Shikai said with a smile, folding up the parachute on the ground. Suddenly, a sharp pain in his abdomen caused his head to spin, and his vision darkened before collapsing to the ground.
"Husband, what’s wrong with you?" Su Qingyu was startled by this turn of events. Ye Shikai’s complexion was ashen, and in her panic, she started to cry. Nearby, several Hidden Guards saw what happened and immediately rushed over, carrying Ye Shikai down on a stretcher.