Chapter 945: Capture the Blood Parasite
Sensing that the blood parasite is targeting them, the Immortal Sun Emperor immediately stood in front of the Moon Goddess. Such a disgusting thing, his Yue Xuexia should never look at it. However, they were all waiting for it to attack and detached itself from the host so they could do something about it. Yue Xuexia pinches Shen Jueyang from the back.
She whispered, "Weaken your aura and let it hear the sound of your blood flow. Once it found you as someone with stronger blood it would definitely jump on you."
"Xue’er, how can you make me the bait~?" Shen Jueyang said with a playful voice.
The Moon Goddess said, "I will make a whole pot of hotspot for you alone."
"Deal~" said the Immortal Sun Emperor, as he can already imagine a whole pot of hotpot for him to eat alone. That way he can eat as much as he wants.
The Wu Brothers who were listening behind them were dumbfounded. They had never expected that the famous Immortal Sun Emperor is a foodie. They watch as the tyrant in their memories restrained his aura as if it never existed and controlled his blood flow to become more powerful at least in the eyes of the blood parasite. They saw the baby head of the parasite looking at the Immortal Sun Emperor drooling at him.
"Did this thing just drool at me?" Shen Jueyang complained.
Yue Xuexia chuckled and said, "In its eyes, you now look like an unlimited buffet of premium goods. The moment it jumps at you, capture it alive. I need to study it."
"Alright~" said Shen Jueyang.
The group waited while baiting the blood parasite to move into another host. It keeps observing them as if it was thinking if this new host would be better than the old man. The old host seems to have gone broken somewhere. It can feel the flow of blood but it doesn’t allow him to absorb it. Its skin turned as hard as steel and its mouth cannot be stabbed through it. It was already starving.
Wu Zhou and Wu Yao also noticed the reaction of the blood parasite and was quite surprised by its reactions. It was too smart.
"This thing... Can it think?" Wu Zhou asked in surprise.
Wu Yao said, "Not only it can think. It is vigilant as well. But its intelligence is only that of a baby."
"Are all blood parasites like this?" The Moon Goddess asked.
The Immortal Sun Emperor thought for a while and said, "No. This parasite is different from the one attached to that old thing. The first one only moves by instinct, something is wrong with this one. It’s the right choice to capture it."
This time Shen Jueyang chose to openly bait the blood parasite. He used his sword to slash his palm and let his blood flow fresh and raw. Behind him, Yue Xuexia frowned. She didn’t like that Shen Jueyang had wounded himself. This made the blood parasite drool even more and finally jumped towards Shen Jueyang. Before the blood parasite touched the Immortal Sun Emperor, a bottle gourd appeared out of nowhere and absorbed the blood parasite inside.
"Alright. It’s caught," said Shen Jueyang as he poured some of his blood into the gourd to calm the little one inside.
Delighted that he had completed what Yue Xuexia wanted him to do. "Xue’er, I did it."
But welcoming him was the cold face of Yue Xuexia staring at him with anger in her eyes. Upon seeing this expression, Shen Jueyang panicked. He didn’t understand why Yue Xuexia was angry.
"Xue’er?"
Shen Jueyang called but he was ignored. Wu Yao and Wu Zhou noticed the tension between the two and even though they knew the reason, they didn’t dare to speak up. The Moon Goddess ignored Shen Jueyang and waved her hands to remove the acupuncture on the vice-principal who had restored its normal blood flow the moment the needles were removed. Except for the hole on his chest his whole body was alright and even his heart was unharmed even after the blood parasite had left him.
Seeing his chest devoid of that eerie thing from before, he ignored the pain on his chest and cried in happiness. Covering his face as he cried while laughing, the vice-principal knew that he had survived this time. After taking back the needles, Yue Xuexia walks back the mansion and ignores Shen Jueyang who is holding the gourd that held the blood parasite.
Shen Jueyang looked confused and murmured, "What did I do this time?"
Seeing him lose himself in confusion, Wu Yao sighed and hit the back of Shen Jueyang’s head.
"You fool! Who told you to wound yourself!? Xue’er didn’t ask you to use real blood!" Wu Yao scolded the Immortal Sun Emperor.
The Immortal Sun Emperor now looked at his cut palm which he didn’t know had stopped bleeding. He can feel the traces of light energy on it and clearly, someone had healed it for him. The person who did it was Yue Xuexia. It was only now that he understood why he was being ignored. He had angered Yue Xuexia for hurting himself for something that isn’t that important. Shen Jueyang realized that Yue Xuexia cared for him more than he expected.
Wu Yao clicked his tongue, "Chase after her and apologize or you can say goodbye to that hotpot of yours."
Upon hearing this Shen Jueyang immediately chased after Yue Xuexia and went towards the mansion under the gaze of Wu Yao. Only when the youngsters were gone did he turn his head and look at the vice-principal.
His face was stern and his eyes were completely serious. Wu Yao crouch down and met the same eye level as the vice-principal who had calmed down after crying out for a while.
"Now that your life is saved, you must tell us everything you know. I am warning you now. If you dare to hide something or try to demand something else, I will kill you on the spot," said Wu Yao.
The interrogation had only lasted for a few minutes as the vice-principal upon seeing the serious gaze of the former principal made him recall what kind of person Wu Yao is. He is the most authoritative person in the Black Cloud Academy and those who offended him didn’t end up. At the very least, the moment they were kicked out of the academy aside from the demonic sect no one dares to accept a person that the academy deemed as failure. His standing as a scholar and a cultivator is still quite high in the Inner Haven.
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Inside the mansion, Shen Jueyang was ignored by Yue Xuexia for a while before she had finally forgiven him only when he had promised that he would not wound himself for such simple things or he could get lost. Shen Jueyang agreed while smiling when he was forgiven. After a while, he was punished with bringing over the food to the dining hall alone and had to make a few trips to the kitchen and the dining hall multiple times.
He had even bumped into Wu Yao and Wu Zhou who had just finished the interrogation on his way back to the kitchen.
Shen Jueyang said, "Work is finished, old man. Go to the hall Xue’er had been looking for you two. Dinner had been served." He ran back to the kitchen to get the last batch of food and join the dinner.
The Moon Goddess smiled when she saw her master and escorted them to the main table. The main table is just a separate round table with two hotpot pots at the center and countless dishes surrounding it. The ingredients for the hotpot had been laid on the table in circles as well. Moreover, there is a rotating part of the table where people can just move it to get the ingredients or dishes they want. The reason why there are two pots is simple. The one pot is for Shen Jueyang alone as she promised to give it to him.
The moment Shen Jueyang had served the final dish, the feast had begun after Wu Yao had finished his speech. This feast was no different from a welcoming party for Wu Yao’s complete recovery and a feast for their faction winning the faction war.
Wu Yao said, "Everyone has done well. Now that the enemies have been all defeated and I am back to full health, our Black Cloud Academy can be restored to how it was supposed to be. All the resources the other factions had hoarded can be split to everyone as rewards. This old man doesn’t need it. This is a reward for protecting our academy with your own hands. Everyone had done a good job. Congratulations!"
"A happy toast for Lord Wu Yao’s complete recovery!"
"Cheers!"
The dinner feast was enjoyed by everyone. The fatigue from fighting all day had now had time to rest. Moreover, the disciple of Lord Wu Yao had treated all their wounds and even those who were badly injured had returned to normal with just one area heal from the Goddess of the Moon. This is also one of the reasons why everyone is happy. No one died and they got back everything the other faction had stolen from them. This is definitely a celebration everyone of them had enjoyed.