One or two silver coins, a quarter-hour of time - are you trying to irritate people? Are you just showing off verbally?
"How is it that you're not affected?" At this moment, Hei Xue was very curious about why Xiaoyao wasn't influenced by her singing. She had practiced this for over ten years. No one in the world could resist it, at least that's what she believed. Even absolute experts, if they hadn't prepared defenses in advance, couldn't possibly resist.
And Xiaoyao had obviously not anticipated this beforehand and hadn't made any defenses. Why could he remain clear-headed? Others, even those Emperor-level martial artists, were all deeply entrapped. Could it be that he was even stronger?
Impossible!! This was impossible!!
"You mean your Heavenly Demon Sound? I've studied it, it has no effect on me!" Xiaoyao replied casually.
"What?! Heavenly Demon Sound?"
After hearing Xiaoyao's words, many people including Ning Zhiyuan were very surprised. They had all heard of Heavenly Demon Sound, it was a special martial technique from legend that used sound to bewitch people's hearts. It had no killing power, but it had extremely heaven-defying effects.
However, the conditions required for Heavenly Demon Sound were extremely harsh, and cultivation was extremely difficult. Someone who could use Heavenly Demon Sound wouldn't appear even once in several hundred years, let alone someone who could master it.
...
Someone who could create such effects wouldn't appear even once in several thousand years. This Hei Xue before them was a genius of unparalleled talent, at least in terms of Heavenly Demon Sound.
"You're very interesting. You actually know about Heavenly Demon Sound. Who exactly are you?" Hei Xue looked at Xiaoyao. She was becoming more and more curious about him. Never mind that Xiaoyao was sitting near Ning Zhiyuan, just being able to recognize Heavenly Demon Sound already showed his extraordinariness.
"I'm called Xiaoyao, just a little servant!" Xiaoyao waved his hand in response.
"A little servant? Are you joking with me?" Hei Xue smiled softly and asked gently. She didn't seem angry, and her tone didn't seem appropriate for this situation, rather like talking with a familiar friend.
He's not joking with you. He really is a little servant, just this little servant is a bit special!! Ning Zhiyuan and the others all wanted to tell Hei Xue this, but of course they had no time now since they were fighting against the Qilin Smoke.
"No, I'm an honest person. I really am a little servant. Even though you've failed this time, don't trouble me. If there's anything, find His Majesty, or otherwise find my Young Miss!" Xiaoyao said very irresponsibly, pushing all his affairs away first.
This kid is really asking for a beating!
If Ning Zhiyuan could move right now, he would definitely kick Xiaoyao's butt!
"Who is your Young Miss?" Hei Xue asked curiously.
At this moment, the Young Miss, who was in intense battle, actually took a little time to shout: "Me! That's right, if there's anything, come find me. If you want revenge, come get revenge on me, I'll handle it!"
"..."
"Mo Yu, focus! The opponents we're facing now are much stronger than us. The current situation might require us to handle everything, everyone else has weakened!" Nangong Suxin said irritably.
Damn, who did you say weakened? We're still resisting and holding strong!
Wait, damn, how did I forget! Ning Zhiyuan was cursing himself in his heart for being too stupid. What was he resisting against? Since the Young Miss and Nangong Suxin were still fighting, that meant the detoxification pills were useful, he could just ask Xiaoyao for them.
Even if there were no pills, with Xiaoyao's medical skills, helping to temporarily resist the toxicity would be completely possible. He actually wasn't using such a good resource, so stupid!!
"Xiaoyao, do you have any more detoxification pills?"
"Yes, here's a bottle!" Xiaoyao threw a bottle of medicine to Ning Zhiyuan. He only carried one bottle of detoxification pills.
This wasn't because Xiaoyao carried few. Consider this, for something like detoxification pills, ordinary people would carry one or two pills and that would be enough. Who would carry so many? Xiaoyao carrying a whole bottle was already quite a lot.
Soon, Ning Zhiyuan took the medicine, then gave the pills to the Empress beside him. This was normal, after all, his wife was important. Next, the Empress gave the medicine to the princes and princesses nearby.
"Le Youran, come here!" Xiaoyao called to Le Youran.
"Mm!"
Before the Qilin Smoke, Le Youran had wanted to get close to Xiaoyao. Just now she was only delayed because she was resisting the Qilin Smoke. Although coming to Xiaoyao's side would still require resistance and she might still inhale some, it was much better than sitting in meditation over there. But since Xiaoyao had spoken, she came over.
"Huh, why is there no smoke around you?" When Le Youran reached Xiaoyao's side, she discovered something very surprising, there was no Qilin Smoke at all near Xiaoyao.
In the smoke, everyone naturally couldn't see this. Only by getting close could one discover it!
Soon, Le Youran also discovered why there was no smoke around Xiaoyao. She saw Chi Chi above Xiaoyao's head, swallowing these smoke clouds in big gulps.
"This little glutton of mine eats everything, including this smoke!" Xiaoyao smiled.
"..."
Le Youran fell silent, looking at Chi Chi and wondering what exactly this thing was!!
Since Le Youran's voice wasn't loud and was somewhat covered by the Young Miss and others' fighting, no one had heard their conversation yet. If they had, there would be many people around Xiaoyao.
"Their progress is very fast, and their coordination is perfect. Even facing enemies considerably stronger than them, they can still handle it easily," Le Youran looked at the battle on the Young Miss's side and said with some emotion. She felt that if she faced the Young Miss now, she might not necessarily win.
"Mm, indeed unexpected. If they used formations, even my boss would have difficulty defeating them," Xiaoyao nodded. Even he was somewhat surprised by the speed of their progress.
Although he understood that battlefields and life-and-death situations were easy places to break through and the best places to temper oneself, he hadn't expected these two to progress so quickly.
"Your Majesty, are your people assembled?" At this moment, Xiaoyao asked Ning Zhiyuan.
"Outside should be ready. Once this smoke clears, then it'll be fine," Ning Zhiyuan replied.
"What outside people? I mean right now, Who did you give the detoxification pills I gave you? Have them establish defenses immediately," Xiaoyao said.
"Establish defenses..." Ning Zhiyuan suddenly went silent because he knew what Xiaoyao was going to say. But just now with the pills, he discovered there weren't many left, most had been consumed by the princes and princesses.
These people releasing the smoke couldn't possibly just wait around, they would definitely make more moves. Waiting for outside people to arrive might be too late.
Originally, Ning Zhiyuan giving pills to the Empress was normal. Next, the Empress giving medicine to the princes and princesses was also normal, this was human nature. The Empress cared about her children. Then the princes and princesses gave medicine to people they were familiar with. Passed around like this, with some people even taking two pills, the medicine was quickly mostly gone.
The reason for this situation was also partly Xiaoyao's responsibility because he hadn't explained clearly beforehand. But Xiaoyao felt that as an emperor, you should know how to allocate properly, giving to the important people first. After all, this Qilin Smoke wouldn't kill anyone.
"Everyone who took the medicine, come to the front and establish defenses," Ning Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said to those behind.
"Ah, Father Emperor, I'm only General-level, not enough!"
"I'm a girl and don't know martial arts..."
"..."
Among this group of princes and princesses, most were people who didn't dare take responsibility. In normal times, they might still display a righteous appearance, but in this situation, resisting the people in front could very well mean death, which made them retreat.
Let others die, it would also reduce competition. This was the princes and princesses' thinking.
Of course, there were exceptions, such as Ning Xin'er and Princess Ning Ying...
"Father Emperor, I'll go!"
Both Ning Xin'er and Princess Ning Ying stepped forward. At this moment, the opponents also began to move. From these people's movements, none were ordinary.
The reason the opponents moved so late was also because of the Qilin Smoke. The antidote couldn't be taken in advance, it had to be taken afterward. After taking it, they still needed some adjustment to display their strongest abilities, unless they were mid-to-late Emperor-level, in which case they didn't need adjustment and could just take the antidote.
This was why the Young Miss's battle had been continuing.
"Kill that kid first. If I had known he would cause trouble, I should have killed him earlier," Sister Hong's voice came from within the smoke. Soon, her fiery red figure appeared before Xiaoyao. From her skills, she seemed to be another deeply hidden Emperor-level martial artist.
A strange thought suddenly jumped into Xiaoyao's mind. He felt that Emperor-level martial artists now seemed like cabbages, how come there were so many when you grabbed a handful.
Could it be that my level is too high, so these are all I see?
Moreover, this Sister Hong seems to be coming for me. Damn, I have no grudges with you people!
"If you want to touch him, you'll have to get past me first!" Le Youran blocked Sister Hong with one punch, then quickly struck another punch toward Sister Hong's face. Women fighting women really didn't need to show mercy.
"?!" Sister Hong was startled. She seemed not to have expected that there would be an Emperor-level martial artist protecting Xiaoyao. Even Ning Zhiyuan didn't have this treatment. What she thought would be an easy task now required wasting time.
"You quickly finish off those two girls, leave this one to me!" Sister Hong shouted, then began to burst forth with terrifying strength. If not seen with their own eyes, no one would believe that this Sister Hong from Yihong Courtyard actually possessed terrifying strength approaching Saint-level.
(End of Chapter)