Chapter 17: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Dark, the Psychotic Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [17]

Chapter 17: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Dark, and the Crazy Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [17]

"Hm?"

Bai Yan raised his eyes slightly, his tone trailing upward.

717 gritted its teeth: [The male lead has gone down the mountain!]

"Oh."

Bai Yan lowered his gaze again, wiping clean the jade token that could pass through the demon realm's barrier.

717: [???]

So calm? Now that's a real Big Shot for you!

"The protagonist's plot armor is quite impressive. With the dosage I used, he should have been unconscious for at least a few more days. I didn't expect him to wake up so soon."

Bai Yan said lazily. He raised a hand to put the item away, then took out medicinal powder and sprinkled it over the two demon corpses, watching them turn to ashes.

In no time at all, even the lingering trace of demonic aura in the air dissipated completely.

With that done, Bai Yan prepared to head to the demon realm.

So what if Ye Beiyu was awake now? The item was already in hand, so it wouldn't affect his trip to the demon realm at all.

But when he reached the edge of the demon realm, he looked at the abyss that separated it from the outside world, then at Yu Beiyan, who was wearing a veil.

Bai Yan was silent for a moment. He stared at Yu Beiyan coldly, then asked 717 in his mind,

[717, you'd better have a good explanation for this.]

Ye Beiyu going down the mountain was one thing—after all, Bai Yan had been suppressing him all this time, and now that he was gone, it made sense for the male lead to go seek his own fortune.

But why was Yu Beiyan, who was supposed to be a guest at the Spirit Mountain Sect, showing up here?

Especially since Yu Beiyan had planted a gu worm inside him.

If Yu Beiyan activated the gu worm now, this wouldn't be so easy to deal with.

At that thought, Bai Yan's expression darkened, and his gaze grew several degrees colder.

He'd originally planned to deal with the gu worm once he got back to the demon realm—no need to create a feud between the Spirit Mountain Sect and the Divine Sword Sect over something so trivial.

But he hadn't expected Yu Beiyan to come straight to him.

And judging by his demeanor, it seemed he'd known Bai Yan would show up here, which was why he'd deliberately waited.

Before 717 could explain, Yu Beiyan had already walked up to him with light, quick steps.

Yu Beiyan chuckled softly: "Senior Brother, you really made me look everywhere... Do you dislike me that much?"

His voice was gentle but tinged with grievance, as if accusing Bai Yan of trying to leave him.

As he spoke, he raised a hand to Bai Yan's face, his fingertips tracing over Bai Yan's brows and eyes before finally resting at the corner of his eye.

Bai Yan furrowed his brow and dodged Yu Beiyan's next attempt.

If Yu Beiyan were just a girl with a crush on him, he might have shown some consideration.

But he was a man—a man who had planted the Twin Gu Worm in him—so Bai Yan naturally didn't care much.

Bai Yan gripped the jade token in his hand, ready to cast a spell to trap Yu Beiyan and get out of there.

Just as he was about to make his move, 717's trembling voice suddenly rang out.

[Um, Big Shot, I just ran the data. If I'm not mistaken, this Yu Beiyan... he might be the male lead, Ye Beiyu.]

717's voice trailed off as it spoke, since this had never happened in the original plot.

And it had never even considered that the two might be the same person.

It was only because it knew Ye Beiyu had gone down the mountain and was heading here, and Yu Beiyan had suddenly shown up, that it had figured it out.

Bai Yan's expression shifted slightly, but his body moved faster than his mind.

He raised his hand and cast a spell, freezing the person on the spot!

Thinking of Ye Beiyu's identity as the male lead, Bai Yan didn't hesitate to place another restriction on him, completely sealing him off.

Only after doing all this did Bai Yan narrow his eyes and take a good look at the person in front of him.

He reached out and removed the veil. Without the artifact's obstruction, the person's true face was revealed.

Bai Yan raised an eyebrow—the face in front of him was unmistakably Ye Beiyu's.

717 thought Bai Yan would be furious and curled up trembling in a corner of the system space.

But instead, it only saw a glint of amusement flash through Bai Yan's eyes as he pinched Ye Beiyu's chin and examined him closely.

"So it wasn't the Little Blind Boy after all. Tsk... Junior Brother, you've really kept Senior Brother in the dark."

Bai Yan's fingertips traced lightly, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

Though he'd already guessed over the past few days that Ye Beiyu had been faking it.

But he hadn't expected Ye Beiyu to be faking his blindness as well.

And to be the sect master of the Divine Sword Sect—he really had hidden himself well. Truly worthy of being the male lead.

But the stronger the protagonist's luck, the easier it would be for him to strike.

Bai Yan thought to himself, the smile in his eyes growing deeper.

He suddenly felt he couldn't wait to confront Ye Beiyu until he became the Demon Sovereign.

Ye Beiyu was far more interesting than he'd imagined—not the pitiful fool others could bully, nor as obedient as he seemed on the surface.

This was a little madman—a madman who could fool even him!

He wanted to drag Ye Beiyu back to the demon realm right now!

Though it deviated from the plot, Ye Beiyu had come to him on his own—he couldn't be blamed for that.

Just as Bai Yan was thinking of an excuse to fool 717 and bring Ye Beiyu back to the demon realm with him.

Ye Beiyu was already secretly circulating his spiritual energy, trying to break the restriction Bai Yan had put on him.

For him now, this wasn't difficult—but then he met Bai Yan's eyes, which were filled with a hint of excitement and brimming with delight.

Ye Beiyu obediently stayed put, not budging an inch. He lowered his eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly, and his slightly long eyelashes veiled the murkiness in his gaze.

Even though he had already secretly broken through the restriction, Ye Beiyu played along obediently with Bai Yan's movements.

Yet despite this, his heart was a raging storm he could barely contain!

So his senior brother had finally figured out he wasn't the Little Blind Boy...

And he also knew that the things he'd done in front of him before—like bathing in his presence—he could see all of it now.

Ye Beiyu couldn't stop himself from wondering how Bai Yan felt about him now.

Was it an urge to kill him, to bury those past events for good?

Or would he hold back because of the ties between the Divine Sword Sect and the Spirit Mountain Sect, and just threaten him...

Probably the former—his senior brother was never as gentle and refined as he seemed, and he'd never cave to threats like that.

Maybe he was already plotting in his head how to get rid of him.

Ye Beiyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, the thrill and anticipation in his eyes almost too much to hold back.

Even the hand at his side, hidden under his wide sleeve, clenched tight without a sound.

But whatever Bai Yan was thinking, it wouldn't change what he was about to do.

Ye Beiyu's fingertips twitched slightly, and a faint smile curved at the corner of his lips.

His gaze landed on the pale wrist Bai Yan had bared, and a flicker of crimson shot through his dark eyes.

His Soul-locking Chain... was already forged and ready.