novelraw Chapter 952 - 952 The Mysterious Curse
Chapter 952 - 952 The Mysterious Curse
Many of the prodigies gathered in the square were seeing Jun Xiaoyao for the first time.
They all held their breath in unison.
It felt as though a true immortal had descended into the mortal world,walking among men!
"We pay our respects to the quasi War God!"
Across the entire square,countless prodigies clasped their hands together toward Jun Xiaoyao,their voices rising like a tidal wave.
The title of War God was the supreme honor pursued by all the young generation of the Otherworld.
And the quasi War God stood only a single step away from that supreme honor.
This alone showed that Jun Xiaoyao's prestige and standing in the Otherworld surpassed even that of some imperial sons and celestial daughters.
Not to mention that he was the one-in-eternity Chaos Physique,and countless people sought to curry favor with him.
Even a single drop of Jun Xiaoyao's blood would be a priceless treasure!
"Yu Xiaoyao……"
Li Jiuming and the others felt a flicker of awkwardness cross their faces when they saw Jun Xiaoyao arrive.
What irritated them even more was that Jun Xiaoyao acted as though he hadn't seen them at all,not even sparing them a glance.
What did that mean?
To Jun Xiaoyao,these defeated foes were no longer worthy of even a moment of his attention.
"My lord,I come from the Curse Demon Clan and possess the Curse Spirit Physique. I hope to become your follower!"
A man covered head to toe in curse markings bowed toward Jun Xiaoyao,his expression tense and anxious.
"My lord,I come from the Ghost Eye Royal Clan. I am willing to become your follower!"
"My lord,I come from the Purple Feather Clan. My name is Zi Lin. As long as my lord will take me in,I would gladly serve as a servant without a single complaint!"
"My lord……"
The surroundings instantly erupted into noise as countless prodigies scrambled over one another to introduce themselves,each hoping to catch Jun Xiaoyao's favor.
Even simply staying by the side of a Chaos Physique was an extraordinary stroke of fortune.
Jun Xiaoyao frowned faintly,raised his palm,and pressed it downward.
In an instant.
The entire square fell completely silent.
That kind of presence and command over the crowd made Li Jiuming furrow his brows deeply.
Had Jun Xiaoyao already built this level of prestige among the younger generation?
Even the imperial sons and celestial daughters commanded no more than this.
And in the midst of that total silence.
Fairy Yuedai stepped forward,swaying her slender waist,a bewitching and confident smile playing on her stunning face as she spoke softly.
"My lord,I come from the quasi-imperial clan,the Blue Moon Clan. My name is Yuedai."
"I have long admired my lord's bearing and wish to become your follower. I wonder if my lord might grant Yuedai this opportunity?"
As she spoke,Fairy Yuedai bowed gracefully toward Jun Xiaoyao.
As she leaned forward,that glimpse of snowy white drew every eye in the vicinity.
However,what made Fairy Yuedai's expression freeze was this:
Jun Xiaoyao's gaze swept over her only briefly before settling on the filthy red-clad girl standing nearby.
The two women were worlds apart.
Fairy Yuedai's expression shifted,assuming that Jun Xiaoyao was bothered by the dirty girl.
She turned and snapped coldly,"Why are you still here? Yuedai has no wish to make a move in front of my lord,for fear of dirtying his eyes!"
Su Hongyi endured the pain.
Those eyes hidden beneath her disheveled bangs looked toward Jun Xiaoyao.
In them was a figure like that of an immortal.
So beautiful.
So beautiful that it felt almost unreal to Su Hongyi.
"Su Hongyi,pays……pays her respects to my lord. I'll leave now……"
Su Hongyi kowtowed to Jun Xiaoyao and turned to leave.
She despised herself,and had no wish to taint that peerless and transcendent young lord.
"Wait……"
A calm voice rang out.
Su Hongyi froze.
Fairy Yuedai froze.
Every prodigy in the entire square froze.
Jun Xiaoyao walked up to Su Hongyi and looked her over.
Then,he simply reached out and brushed aside her disheveled bangs.
In that instant.
A pair of crimson eyes,red as blood,met Jun Xiaoyao's gaze.
Those scarlet pupils looked as though they had been formed from condensed blood,laced with fine black curse markings within.
They appeared eerie yet hauntingly beautiful.
Yet the girl's face was covered entirely in grotesque,twisted scars that resembled centipedes,as though they were still writhing.
It was a sight that was unsettling and nauseating.
It somewhat undermined that sense of dark,bewitching beauty.
"My……my lord,please don't look at Hongyi. Hongyi is ugly……"
Su Hongyi was on the verge of tears,wanting to cover her face with her hands.
"My lord,that girl is filthy……" Fairy Yuedai said,biting her lip.
Su Hongyi's body was dirty and disheveled,filth,blood,and dust all mingled together,enough to turn anyone's stomach at a glance.
Yet Jun Xiaoyao's expression remained utterly calm.
He was not,of course,acting out of a sudden surge of compassion or pity for a beggar.
Rather,he had sensed an unusual fluctuation.
"This girl carries an extraordinarily dense curse power within her,and her meridians are twisted while her bones are fractured. The fact that she has survived until now is nothing short of a miracle."
Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
If the curse power within Su Hongyi were placed upon Fairy Yuedai instead,
its intensity would be enough to kill Fairy Yuedai outright!
Yet Su Hongyi had endured it,and was still alive.
Wasn't it obvious what that meant?
Compared to Su Hongyi,what did Fairy Yuedai amount to?
What did a Saint King lineage matter?
Jun Xiaoyao was actually somewhat intrigued by these unusual individuals of mysterious origin.
His previous followers — Yi Yu,Yan Qingying,Wangchuan,the Eternal Calamity Celestial — each one of them had their own distinct and remarkable qualities.
Jun Xiaoyao's followers had never been ordinary people.
Originally,Jun Xiaoyao had come to attend this Heavenly Selection Grand Assembly solely for the sake of the Prince of the Other Shore and Xuanyue.
He had never intended to take on any followers at all.
But now,it seemed he had stumbled upon a windfall and encountered someone who genuinely piqued his interest.
"My……my lord……"
Su Hongyi trembled like a quail.
Catching the smell of herself,she felt utterly mortified.
She felt that simply standing beside Jun Xiaoyao was a kind of defilement toward him.
"What is your name?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
"Su……Su Hongyi." Su Hongyi felt a deep sense of overwhelming gratitude in her heart.
Her wish before had been nothing more than to catch a distant glimpse of Jun Xiaoyao.
Who could have imagined she would actually exchange words with him.
And that Jun Xiaoyao would gently brush aside her bangs and look into her eyes.
Jun Xiaoyao was not the cold,aloof,and unapproachable figure Su Hongyi had imagined him to be.
"Su Hongyi……"
Jun Xiaoyao murmured. She truly lived up to her name — clad in red,though her clothes were somewhat dirty and worn.
Then,Jun Xiaoyao suddenly pressed a finger to the center of Su Hongyi's brow.
A surge of power flowed into Su Hongyi's body.
He intended to temporarily suppress the curse power within her.
Su Hongyi felt a vast and boundless energy pour into her.
That agonizing pain receded like a retreating tide.
The grotesque scars on her body also faded somewhat.
Though they were still there,of course.
"Thank you,my lord!"
Su Hongyi's scarlet eyes trembled with profound gratitude.
Everyone had looked down on her!
Everyone had treated her like a filthy vermin from the gutter!
Only Jun Xiaoyao.
This person whose status and standing were so far beyond her that she had never dared to dream of it.
Had helped her.
In that moment,Jun Xiaoyao's figure was forever etched into Su Hongyi's heart.
The rarest kindness is not adding flowers to brocade.
It is delivering coal in the midst of a snowstorm.
"My lord……she is nothing but a wild girl with no background,lower even than the slave clans. What virtue or ability does she have to deserve my lord's attention?"
Fairy Yuedai was somewhat dumbfounded.
She,the proud daughter of a quasi-imperial clan,had less appeal than some lowly wild girl.
Jun Xiaoyao paid no attention to Fairy Yuedai. Instead,he looked toward Su Hongyi and slowly extended a finger.
A drop of Chaos blood was forced out from his fingertip.
"This young master gives you two choices. First,accept this drop of blood,kill her,and you may become my follower."
"Second,leave now,and this young master will ensure no one troubles you."