Soon, Xiao Yi returned, but his forehead was covered in sweat, and his breathing wasn't as steady.
Ye Hongyi and Tian Peng exchanged glances, both somewhat surprised. Xiao Yi was one of the ancient five prodigies, his talent definitely among the best. Yet, they discovered that Xiao Yi's cultivation was only at the seventh level of the Return to One Realm.
Don't underestimate the two minor levels separating the seventh level of the Return to One Realm from the peak. Tian Peng had spent eight hundred years to advance from the seventh level to the peak, temporarily catching up with Ye Hongyi.
Although Tian Peng was confident, he had fought Chu Nanxing before and was slightly inferior. Li Beifei, who had killed Chu Nanxing, had sparred with Xiao Yi and considered Xiao Yi superior to Chu Nanxing.
Now that Tian Peng had reached the peak of the Return to One Realm, Xiao Yi was still at the seventh level. They wouldn't believe that Xiao Yi had cultivation problems. As for resource disparity, Xiao Yi's sect wasn't simple either. Although he didn't have Yun Chuan's Immortal King grandfather, his grandmaster was also an Immortal King. As the most outstanding genius of the Immortal King lineage, he was naturally favored by his grandmaster, who was never stingy with resources.
Therefore, Ye Hongyi and Tian Peng were puzzled when they noticed Xiao Yi's cultivation.
Su Yao and the others didn't sense any cultivation aura, yet Xiao Yi was only at the seventh level of the Return to One Realm. Originally, Ye Hongyi thought she could find answers after visiting them, but now, they had two more questions.
"Sorry, both of you, Su Yao is tired and can't personally entertain you."
Xiao Yi led them into the house, poured tea for them, his movements skilled, as if he had done it for many years.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, although it's a bit presumptuous, I still want to ask, is there something wrong with Fellow Daoist Su's body? I didn't sense her cultivation."
Ye Hongyi thought about it and decided to get straight to the point. She didn't like beating around the bush.
"So you've all noticed," Xiao Yi said with a wry smile.
Ye Hongyi and Tian Peng looked at him intently.
Xiao Yi poured himself a cup of tea, then drank it in one gulp, saying, "Actually, it's all my fault."
"Oh?" Ye Hongyi looked curious.
"My physique, like the Solar Holy Body, is an extreme Yang physique called the Variant Yang Body. However, unlike the Solar Holy Body, my Variant Yang Body has powerful side effects. Before I attain Dao, evil fire is constantly produced within me. This evil fire can be suppressed with powerful cultivation. However, there are often times when it can't be suppressed. In such cases, only Yin-Yang union can help me expel the evil fire."
"Several months ago, the evil fire in my body reached its peak again, so Su Yao helped me expel it. However, this time the evil fire was more ferocious than all the previous times combined. In this situation, Su Yao became pregnant."
At this point, Xiao Yi looked a little embarrassed, but Ye Hongyi remained expressionless. Since her cultivation had become higher and higher, her emotions had become lower and lower.
Xiao Yi's expression eased slightly, and he continued: "The problem lies here. Su Yao's family has a very long history, and it is passed down through single lines and only through females. If they become pregnant, all the cultivation and spiritual power will be absorbed by the child in the womb. So now, Su Yao is an ordinary mortal."
"There is such a strange physique in the world?" Tian Peng said in surprise.
Ye Hongyi said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, is your cultivation also related to this?"
Xiao Yi nodded and said, "The child in Su Yao's womb needs massive amounts of spiritual power every day."
"I'm afraid it's not just spiritual power, is it?" Ye Hongyi looked at Xiao Yi. After he came out of the room, his breath was unstable, and the Dao rhythm on his body seemed to be faintly visible. Obviously, it was not just spiritual power that was needed.
"As expected of the Innate Dao Body, even if I try my best to hide it, it is still noticed." Xiao Yi smiled wryly, and then continued: "That's right, that child has completely absorbed Su Yao's entire strength at the peak of the Return to One Realm, even the Dao she comprehended. In recent months, I have been feeding it with the rhythm of the Great Dao every day, and my cultivation has also dropped by two minor levels."
No wonder he's only at the seventh level of the Return to One Realm.
Ye Hongyi and Tian Peng's inner doubts were also resolved.
However, Ye Hongyi was interested in Su Yao's physique and the child in her womb. Such a magical physique, when pregnant, all her cultivation, including the Dao rhythm she cultivated, would be absorbed by the child in her womb. But even so, she should be able to sense the energy fluctuations of the child in Su Yao's body, but she had sensed it, and the child in Su Yao's body had no cultivation at all.
Where did Su Yao's powerful cultivation go?
Did she dissipate her power?
Ye Hongyi didn't know, but it didn't stop her from being curious.
"If Su Yao gives birth to the child, what will be different?" Ye Hongyi couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Su Yao's family has few members, but there are many strong people. There is one Immortal King, three True Immortals, and seven Supremes."
Ye Hongyi understood when she heard this. The future of this child is guaranteed to be at least a Supreme.
Wouldn't this be a different kind of Innate Supreme?
At this moment, Ye Hongyi's thoughts became active.
Her junior sister and junior brother have both taken disciples, and her junior brother Li Beifei has even become a grandmaster. Should she also take a disciple?
A child who is born to be a Supreme, she wondered how far they would grow under her guidance in the future?
"Fellow Daoist Su, when is the delivery date?" Ye Hongyi couldn't help but ask.
"Uh..." Xiao Yi was stunned by Ye Hongyi's question, but he still said, "According to the time, around the seventh day of next month!"
Ye Hongyi heard this and couldn't help but pinch her fingers to calculate, but found that the days around the seventh day of next month were very suitable for accepting disciples and apprentices. This was simply telling her to accept a disciple!
Ye Hongyi didn't like beating around the bush, she said directly: "Fellow Daoist Xiao, I want to accept your daughter as my disciple, I wonder what you think?"
"Pfft!"
The tea that Tian Peng had just drunk immediately sprayed out, and the direction of the spray was Xiao Yi, who was stunned by Ye Hongyi's question and couldn't dodge it.
After all... the cultivation of the tea sprayer is slightly higher!
"Ah... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Tian Peng quickly apologized, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart, Miss, didn't you say you were here to ask about the tomb robbers? Why did you start accepting disciples?
Xiao Yi didn't care, but casually wiped his face with his hand, and then said to Ye Hongyi: "Fairy Hongyi, what do you mean by this?"
Ye Hongyi said: "I want to accept your daughter as my disciple, I think your daughter is destined for me."
Isn't she destined for her? She has been paying attention to the tomb robbers for a long time. If she had come earlier, she wouldn't have known that Su Yao was pregnant. If she had come later, Su Yao would have already given birth and might have left with the child to return to the Azure Flame Realm.
And now her arrival is just right.
And what Tian Peng was worried about, Ye Hongyi did not forget, but she had already determined that the tomb robber incident had nothing to do with Xiao Yi and Su Yao.
The two of them are a little overwhelmed now, how could they have the energy to be distracted to rob tombs?
It seems that the tomb robber incident can only be dealt with slowly, the top priority is to take down Xiao Yi's daughter.
How did the master deceive... accept me as a disciple back then, remember it carefully, maybe you can use it.
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