Talk!
When the Cosmic Spirit spoke those words, Hongchen froze on the spot!
After so many years, had this Cosmic Spirit actually become this agreeable?
Something was definitely off!
Ye Xuan gave a slight smile. “Senior, you are much more reasonable than I expected!”
The Cosmic Spirit said gravely, “What do you want to discuss?”
Ye Xuan replied, “I need to fight the gods. I need resources. I need money!”
The Cosmic Spirit asked, “So you just rob me?”
Ye Xuan said earnestly, “It’s not robbery. It’s borrowing!”
The Cosmic Spirit’s brows creased. “Borrowing?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Exactly!”
The Cosmic Spirit’s face remained expressionless. “The kind of borrowing where you never return it?”
Ye Xuan laughed. “I’m not that sort of person!”
The Cosmic Spirit instantly relaxed inside, but then Ye Xuan added, “My son will pay it back!”
The Cosmic Spirit’s expression froze.
Ye Xuan said seriously, “I can write an IOU!”
The Cosmic Spirit sighed softly. “You might as well just rob me outright!”
Ye Xuan replied earnestly, “I’m really not that kind of person! We Yangs always repay what we borrow. Senior, my son will definitely return all those treasures in the future!”
The Cosmic Spirit fell silent!
If not for the sake of your sister, it might have exploded in rage right then!
Ye Xuan smiled. “Senior, will you lend them?”
The Cosmic Spirit remained silent.
Lend them?
You already took everything. Now you ask me?
This was too humiliating!
It had never felt so humiliated!
Ye Xuan suddenly said, “Senior?”
The Cosmic Spirit nodded slightly. “Fine, lend. But you can write an IOU, right?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Of course!”
With that, he spread his palm. A brush appeared in his hand. With bold strokes he wrote, “Today I borrow countless treasures. My son shall repay!”
Once finished, he spread his palm again. The paper slowly drifted towards the Cosmic Spirit!
The Cosmic Spirit looked at the note, then asked, “Where is your son now?”
Ye Xuan answered, “Hasn’t been born yet!”
The Cosmic Spirit stared at Ye Xuan and said nothing.
Bloody hell!
This was even worse than outright robbery!
It really wanted to lose its temper!
But after a second thought, it decided to endure.
It did not want to meet that woman again!
As if remembering something, the Cosmic Spirit suddenly spread its palm. Countless streams of energy instantly appeared between heaven and earth.
Ye Xuan frowned, looking puzzled. “What is it doing?”
Hongchen said gravely, “It is deducing your son!”
Deducing my son?
Ye Xuan was instantly stunned.
The Cosmic Spirit’s right hand opened wide. Suddenly, a timeline appeared in its palm!
Seeing this, Hongchen’s face turned extremely serious. “A future timeline! It has located the timeline belonging to your son!”
Ye Xuan grew curious too. He wanted to see what his future son would be like!
With a father as outstanding as himself, his son surely would not be mediocre!
Of course, he was even more curious about who the mother would be!
Just as the Cosmic Spirit was about to peer into that future timeline, something unexpected happened. An icy voice suddenly rang out from within the timeline. “Scram!”
Boom!
In an instant, the Cosmic Spirit was struck as if by lightning and hurled back hundreds of thousands of zhang!
In the field, the entire world shattered and annihilated, turning into pitch blackness!
Even Hongchen was instantly blasted tens of thousands of zhang away by the terrifying force of that voice. The moment she stopped, a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Hongchen’s face was filled with disbelief!
Ye Xuan was unharmed, but he was completely stunned at that moment!
That voice just now had been Qing’er’s!
Qing’er’s voice had come from the future timeline?
What the hell?
Far away, the Cosmic Spirit cried out in shock, “What the hell? My heavens!”
Ye Xuan looked at the Cosmic Spirit. “What happened?”
The Cosmic Spirit stayed silent.
Ye Xuan was utterly confused!
What was going on?
Just as Ye Xuan was about to speak again, the Cosmic Spirit suddenly said, “Didn’t you say your son will repay? Fine!”
With that, it spread its palm. The IOU slowly floated back to Ye Xuan. “Press your bloody thumbprint. No problem with that, right?”
Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “I suppose not!”
He pressed his thumb down, leaving a clear print on the note.
The Cosmic Spirit nodded. It spread its palm again, and the IOU flew back into its hand. It glanced at Ye Xuan, then said, “All settled!”
A father repays his son’s debts. Perfectly justified!
Ye Xuan grew curious. “Senior, why did my sister’s voice come from that future timeline just now?”
The Cosmic Spirit said nothing.
Ye Xuan was about to ask more when the Cosmic Spirit suddenly said, “Shouldn’t you be leaving now?”
Ye Xuan’s face darkened. Why was this thing chasing him away?
Ye Xuan said, “Senior, I have a few questions!”
The Cosmic Spirit remained silent.
Ye Xuan asked directly, “Senior, what do you think of those gods?”
The Cosmic Spirit shook its head. “Can I refuse to answer?”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
The Cosmic Spirit continued, “There is nothing wrong with wanting to save the beings of this universe, but they are also fighting to survive, and so am I. Though I devour universes, I do it to survive. In this vast cosmos, if you are not strong, others will destroy you! That is the law of cosmic survival!”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Fine, different question. Senior, what did you see in that future timeline just now? Can you tell me?”
The Cosmic Spirit looked at Ye Xuan and said nothing.
Ye Xuan frowned. “Well?”
The Cosmic Spirit shook its head. “I cannot say! Besides, I didn’t see much.”
Ye Xuan asked, “Who is my son?”
The Cosmic Spirit stayed silent.
Ye Xuan said calmly, “Senior, give me some face!”
The Cosmic Spirit felt bitter inside.
Bloody hell!
If I don’t speak, this bastard will threaten me!
If I do speak, this bastard’s son’s guardian will come for me!
Damn it!
Are you lot ganging up to bully me?
Just as Ye Xuan was about to press further, the Cosmic Spirit sighed softly. “I only saw a young man. Nothing else!”
Ye Xuan asked, “My son?”
The Cosmic Spirit nodded. “Yes!”
Ye Xuan asked again, “Is he impressive?”
The Cosmic Spirit glanced at Ye Xuan. “He seems… a little more impressive than you!”
Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, then murmured, “As expected of my son. Not bad!”
The Cosmic Spirit was speechless. It looked at Ye Xuan, then said, “You’re planning to defy the gods, right?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Yes! How did you know, Senior?”
The Cosmic Spirit thought for a second, then said, “You could clearly lie flat and coast. Why struggle so hard?”
With that, it turned and vanished on the spot!
Ye Xuan frowned. What did it mean by that?
At that moment, Hongchen walked over. She said gravely, “That voice just now was your sister’s?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Yes!”
Hongchen said softly, “So strong!”
Ye Xuan laughed. “Let’s go to your homeland!”
Hongchen nodded. She flicked her sleeve, and the space before them tore open. In the next moment, she and Ye Xuan stepped inside and disappeared from the area!
Not long after they left, the Cosmic Spirit reappeared. After a long silence, it murmured, “Will I ever get this debt repaid? Damn it… your family really knows how to play!”
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