199: Chapter 199 Taking it home?

Xiao Caiyue knew that this wasn't entirely the effect of the Thousand Silk Love-Binding Gu.

The Gu insect was indeed playing its part.

It could quietly influence the mind of the one afflicted,

slowly turning original hostility into goodwill, and gradually changing rejection into intimacy.

But this Gu insect didn't create feelings out of thin air.

It merely planted a seed in soil that was previously empty.

As for whether this seed could take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree, it depended on whether the soil itself was suitable.

And Ye Changge...

Xiao Caiyue looked at his handsome and otherworldly face, sighing softly in her heart once more.

If he were plain-looking or even hideous, even with the Thousand Silk Love-Binding Gu, Nangong Zili might not have spared him a second glance.

But it just so happened that he was born so good-looking.

Refined as jade, handsome and otherworldly, and his smile was like a refreshing spring breeze.

In this world, how many women could resist such looks?

Even she herself...

Xiao Caiyue remembered that day in the Formation shop, the moment Ye Changge took off his disguise mask and revealed his true face.

She didn't show it on her face then, but her heart skipped a violent beat.

Such a handsome and otherworldly man, who was also proficient in the Dao of Alchemy and the Talisman Dao, possessed deep foundations, and yet treated her with such gentleness, consideration, and propriety...

She thought then that if this person truly meant what he said about marrying her as his wife...

She feared... she wouldn't be able to refuse.

Therefore, when Ye Changge brought out that Spiritual Contract, she had almost no hesitation.

She told herself it was for survival, for the secret technique.

But deep down, she knew better than anyone.

If Ye Changge had been a hideous, crude man, she would rather have died than agreed.

She would have used every means possible to trade for that secret technique, no matter how high the price.

Beside her, Ye Changge noticed Xiao Caiyue's gaze.

Those gentle eyes were staring at him blankly, who knew what she was thinking, and a faint blush colored her cheeks.

His heart stirred slightly as he spoke to Xiao Caiyue.

"Caiyue, what are you looking at?"

He then stepped forward and gently pulled her into his arms.

Caught off guard, Xiao Caiyue let out a soft "ah" as her whole body leaned against that warm chest.

As Ye Changge held her, remembering the way she had looked at him just now, a trace of tenderness welled up in his heart. He subconsciously sent a strand of Divine Sense into her body to see how her recovery had been these past few days.

After all, although the Origin of the Dragon Yang Body had been balanced, it still required constant attention to prevent a relapse.

"Husband..." Xiao Caiyue felt that familiar Divine Sense slowly wandering through her body; her cheeks flushed deeper, but she didn't stop him.

In truth, she really liked Ye Changge caring for her body in this way.

Ever since the Dragon Yang Body flared up, she had lived in fear every single moment. That feeling of watching oneself wither day by day, of one's life force draining away bit by bit, was something no one who hadn't experienced it could ever understand.

Though she was saved now, that string deep in her heart was always taut, always fearing that one day that damned Yang Qi would make a comeback.

And Ye Changge checking her body every few days was exactly the reassurance she needed most.

Every time she felt that gentle spiritual power traveling through her Meridians, she could truly be certain.

She had really survived; she really wouldn't be burned alive by that Yang fire anymore.

So, she was very willing.

She was even... a bit addicted to it.

Ye Changge finished his check, confirming everything inside her was stable, then withdrew his Divine Sense and looked down at her.

Xiao Caiyue was looking up at him with bright, beautiful eyes, a shallow smile on her lips, her face the very picture of happiness.

He couldn't help but chuckle. "I see Caiyue is the same; I can't get enough of looking at you either."

Hearing this, Xiao Caiyue's cheeks turned crimson, but she didn't dodge. Instead, she buried her face in his chest, her voice muffled and tinged with a hint of coquettishness.

"Husband, why are you so glib... This concubine just feels that Husband is truly good-looking, so much so that I can never look at you enough."

Ye Changge chuckled and held her a bit tighter.

However, his mind wasn't entirely immersed in the tenderness.

When that strand of Divine Sense was wandering through Xiao Caiyue's body just now, he had actually split off a tiny sliver and quietly probed another place.

In that brief instant, he had gained confirmation.

It wasn't Caiyue.

As expected...

Ye Changge sighed inwardly.

It seemed this child was indeed conceived by Nangong Zili.

He subconsciously looked up toward Nangong Zili on the other side of the Grand Array.

The benefits were naturally obvious.

The other party was a Core Formation True Person.

Although her cultivation was currently sealed and her aura was withered, her foundation was still there.

Offspring nurtured by a Core Formation Cultivator would surely have Spiritual Root Aptitude far exceeding the ordinary.

Perhaps they would be born with a Grade Four or even a higher High Grade Spiritual Root.

Moreover, mother and child are connected. If Nangong Zili was willing to keep this child, then her connection with the Ye Family could never be severed.

But the downsides were equally obvious.

She was someone from the Demonic Path.

It wasn't that Ye Changge had any prejudice against the Demonic Path.

Never mind a Demonic Path Woman, even if it were someone from the Yao Race, as long as they were carrying his child, he, Ye Changge, would treat them all equally and want to bring them home!

This was his Bloodline, the flesh and blood of his Ye Family.

He couldn't pretend he didn't know, and even less could he just leave it alone.

But the problem was...

Would Nangong Zili be willing to keep this child?

She was a Core Formation True Person, the Spider Gu Envoy of the Five Gu Sect, a renowned figure even within the Demonic Path.

Though she was currently being hunted by the Qingshui Sword Sect, with her cultivation sealed and in a wretched state, Ye Changge had seen the pride in her bones.

Would such a woman willingly bear a child for a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

He feared that the moment she recovered her strength, the first thing she would do was...

Kill this "scoundrel" who had "defiled" her purity.

At this thought, the corners of Ye Changge's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Furthermore, even if she were willing to keep the child, how should he settle her?

Bring her home?

She was currently a wanted criminal of the Qingshui Sword Sect. If someone discovered the Ye Family was harboring a demonic Cultivator, especially one with such a sensitive identity as Nangong Zili...

Although Ye Changge was confident because he had the Fourth-Tier True Spirit Willow Tree from the System, and wouldn't fear an ordinary Core Formation Cultivator,

once that thing was exposed, the crime would likely be even greater than harboring a demonic Cultivator.

A Fourth-Tier True Spirit—that was an existence equivalent to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

If those Nascent Soul old monsters found out that a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator like him held such a supreme treasure...

He feared that before the demonic Cultivators could attack, his own home would be razed by his "righteous fellow Daoists."

Moreover, he had a large family behind him.

There were over a hundred people in the Ye Family of Longmai Mountain, and over at Biluo Lake, there were his parents, clansmen, wives, concubines, and children...

He couldn't risk their lives.

But if he didn't bring her home...

Ye Changge looked toward Nangong Zili, his brow furrowing slightly.

Was he supposed to let her nurture the pregnancy outside all by herself?

With her cultivation sealed and enemies everywhere, if some accident were to happen...

He shook his head, suppressing the thought.