Evil Monarch Wields Nine Yangs 14: A Change Within

“If it really is the bead, could it be that the healing power changed my potentials as well?” Li Xing thinks about this possibility. Whenever he is wounded, the nameless bead always sends a mysterious energy into his body.

Li Xing gets excited. If the bead really possesses the power to raise his potentials, maybe he can continue practicing blood, or even breath power!

So far, everything is still just his speculation. He cannot prove the bead has that power, and he must do that.

“It only gives me energy when I’m wounded. I must give it a try and make sure of it!”

Li Xing makes up his mind and leaves the backyard. He says goodbye to the owner and leaves the Fortune Restaurant for Purple Bamboo Community.

When Li Xing returns, he finds Xiaoxiu waiting for him agitatedly. The moment she sees him the girl stomps her foot and demands, “Young Master! Where have you been? I couldn’t find you anywhere…”

Li Xing looks at this girl apologetically. This budding, lovely girl is only thirteen, and already she has to face the hardships of this world and labor in servitude.

She notices Li Xing’s stare and blushes. “Young Master… what are you looking at?” she stammers.

Li Xing smiles, holds her wrist and tells her, “Xiaoxiu, I will take care of you.” He means to say he will repay Xiaoxiu for what she has done.

However, Xiaoxiu misunderstands him and her heart starts pounding. “Since when did the Young Master become so bold?” A thousand thoughts race through her mind, “Am I going to marry him? Can I marry him? I’m just a lowly maiden.”

Xiaoxiu turns away her eyes and takes back her hands. “Young Master, I… I need to do the laundry.” She says quickly and runs away as if she’s hunted by some monster.

Then Li Xing realizes that she might have misunderstood. “She couldn’t think that…”

He lets out a dry laugh and wonders how his word could have been misunderstood. But then he remembers his girlfriend from the previous life. Sighing, he stares blankly straight ahead.

The sun is going down. Li Xing’s training is delayed because Xiaoxiu has told him, in a shocking voice, that Li Ziran isn’t drinking on that day.

Is he still the same person if he doesn’t drink?

Li Xing cannot believe her, but they sneak into the bamboo forest and peek from afar. There amongst the bamboos, Li Ziran stands straight with hands behind his back.

Li Xing cannot see Li Ziran’s face, only his back. He thinks for a moment then leads Xiaoxiu away from the forest. “Did he run out of alcohol?” he asks quietly.

Xiaoxiu shakes her head. “No,” she says, “the wine gourd is full, you know, because the Family supplies alcohol to Purple Bamboo Community.”

“Supply?” Li Xing sneers. “And since when did they become so generous? Surely they want my father to stay inebriated forever!” Still, something’s different. “Li Ziran stopped drinking? Is he sober already?”

Li Ziran has been an alcohol addict for over a decade. Drinking is his life –he doesn’t just quit like that.

Li Xing decides not to bother Li Ziran. Maybe the drunkard can be sober for a few days, but not for long.

As it gets dark, Li Xing locks himself inside the stone cottage and begins Level 2 Blood Practicing.

Chapter end