Chapter 314: With the Throne Inherited, You Are the Hegemon of the Sea_1
Back in the room, the old woman asked who the man outside was, Ye Xingguang seemed particularly proud.
“It’s the one I told you about when I was a child, the brother who loves me, little Jiushu is not without people who care for her. You didn’t believe me, so I brought him here to show you. But I haven’t recognized him yet. Let’s leave that aside. Little Jiushu came to ask you a question.”
The old woman rolled her deeply creviced eyelids: “I knew it, you never visit without a reason.”
“This is my house, you know,” she retorted.
Ye Xingguang flopped down onto the chair, sinking into it as if she were boneless and crossed her legs. On the wooden wall hung a fishbone whistle she loved to blow as a child.
The old woman was more or less satisfied with her words. Leaning on her crutch and hunched over, she moved slowly to sit on another chair. She fixated on Ye Xingguang, looking insatiable, and after a long while asked, “What brings you here to risk all?”
Returning to the point, Ye Xingguang said, “Old woman, my foster father contracted a disease that makes him crave blood. How can I cure his illness?”
Frowning deeply, the old woman asked, “Your foster father, how did he contract this disease? Have they found you?”
“No, it’s a long story. I remember Bai Xiao had this disease. Wasn’t his disease cured? How did he heal? Tell me quickly, old woman. I have to hurry back to save my father.”
“It’s actually quite simple,” said the old woman, her expression complex.
Ye Xingguang sighed in relief, “Then, how do you cure it?”
“You just need to ascend to the throne,” she replied.
Ye Xingguang stuck out her tongue, “Old woman, can you stop joking with me? You know I don’t have the slightest interest in, and are even reluctant to ascend the throne. I’m here to talk serious business, a matter of life and death.”
But the old woman’s aged voice echoed, “This is the only way.”
Ye Xingguang was furious. “Why is this the only way? I just want a permanent cure. All you have to do is find a way to get the prescription. What does this have to do with whether I ascend to the throne or not? You know that if I ascend to the throne, they will force me to marry the heir of the vampire clan. Little Jiushu has no interest in the throne or the heir of the vampire clan!”
The old woman sighed, “Others fight tooth and nail for the throne, Jiushu, what are you thinking about? Ascend the throne, and you will be the overlord of the seas.”
“I couldn’t care less!”
She had no interest in becoming a power obtained at the expense of a young life!
She just wanted to live a normal yet happy life like other ordinary girls, with parents to serve, a happy marriage, and in the future, a couple of babies, to be a lamp among the thousands of families.
Also, she already has an official spouse!
“Old woman, just tell me how to cure this disease? Didn’t Bai Xiao get cured?”
The old woman coughed a few times and sighed, “Bai Xiao was never really cured. He relied on Yen’an’s blood bead. But it’s your father who is sick, Jiushu. You mustn’t use the blood bead to save your father. The only method I can think of is for you to ascend to the throne and then marry the heir of the vampire clan. That’s how you can get the prescription from them since only the heir of the vampire clan knows the cure.”
She inhaled deeply and forced herself to calm down. “Who is this heir to the vampire clan? I will hunt him down and see if he gives me the prescription!”