Chapter 412: This is a Malleable Talent

Ha ha, are you kidding me, boy?

Shou Ye was so angry that his beard flew up. This was the first time he had seen such an arrogant young man spouting nonsense.

Even someone like Fu Xing, a young hero, would be extremely cautious when mentioning Gui Shou.

You tell me you've fought, battled, and even sealed Gui Shou?

You're just fooling around!

"It's true."

Xu Xiaoshou's expression became strange: "Senior, is this your way of saying you don't believe me?"

Shou Ye glared with wide eyes: "Do you think I'm a fool?!"

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Xu Xiaoshou shrugged indifferently, "But you wouldn't mistake me and my friend for Gui Shou hosts, would you!"

"This isn't just a misconception about things; it's even affecting your subjective consciousness."

Fu Xing was stunned like a wooden chicken.

He took a while to react and understand that Xu Xiaoshou was indirectly calling Shou Ye a fool...

This courage...

Brother Shou, you are my brother!

"Received admiration, passive value, 1."

Shou Ye reacted even more slowly, as he had spent so much time on fighting and killing that he had grown unaccustomed to things requiring mental twists and turns.

But even so, he could see that the boy in front of him had quite the temper.

What nerve!

Daring to talk back to me?

Shou Ye sneered: "You say you've battled Gui Shou? What did it look like, what level of cultivation did it have, and how exactly did you fight it?"

"With your mind?" he mocked.

Xin Gugu listened from the side, his heart filled with endless worry.

Xu Xiaoshou...

This time you've overdone it!

The old man in front of you isn't some ordinary guy—he's not someone you can bluff so easily.

You don't even know what my abilities are, yet you're spouting this nonsense. Have you gotten addicted to lying?

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes glanced over at Xin Gugu, remaining completely calm, as if it had a soothing effect.

He spoke slowly: "Gray fog figure, sealing power."

Xin Gugu: ???

His eyes nearly bulged out.

"Received suspicion, passive value, 1."

You kid, if you're going to make things up, at least base it on something real from me!

At the very least, back at Zhang Manor that day, when I fought that old man, you saw some of my abilities.

If you just improvise a bit, maybe you could pull it off...

Now, it's all over!

Xin Gugu desperately shifted his gaze to Shou Ye, only to be surprised to find that the old man's shock was no less than his own.

What does that mean?

Did your bluff actually work?

"Received suspicion, passive value, 1."

Shou Ye was indeed stunned.

These two words from Xu Xiaoshou might not mean much to others.

But to their group of Bai Ku guardians, they signified Gui Shou!

And not just any one—the most terrifying one!

Shou Ye had wandered through other-dimensional spaces his whole life without ever failing, yet he had suffered a crushing defeat at Bai Ku a few years ago.

The thing that emerged from there was too bizarre!

That mass of completely intangible gray fog, with its dreadful ability to seal an entire dimensional space...

Nightmare-like scenes surged back into his mind after all this time.

Shou Ye didn't want to dwell on the process.

But the result...

He vaguely remembered that it took three waves of reinforcements and over half a month of fierce battle, leaving only about twenty Red Yi lying like limp shrimp at the entrance of Bai Ku.

That sealing power was too terrifying!

Unless you could kill it in one strike, as the fight dragged on, Tai Xu would be worn down to Zhan Dao, and Wang Zuo would be sealed down to Zong Shi.

If it weren't for the rules of the new small world restricting it, and if they hadn't called upon Wu Yue Jian Xian's sword in the end...

Shou Ye might not have the right to set foot in the human world again.

Such an existence was a secret even within the entire Sheng Shen Hall.

Even though they had mobilized a large number of Red Yi this time, not a single rumor about the Gui Shou in Bai Ku had leaked out.

So how did this boy know all this?

Could he have really fought that sealed Gui Shou?

Xin Gugu and Fu Xing, watching Shou Ye's shocked face, had already guessed what was happening.

Xu Xiaoshou smiled brightly and said nothing, just waiting for the old man to ask more.

He, Xu Xiaoshou, never lied.

If he said he fought it, then he fought it.

If he said he sealed it, then he sealed it!

After all, in the final moment, didn't he use the "sealing stone" to refine it into a bracelet and put it on Mo Mo?

"How did you find out about this?" Shou Ye steadied himself.

"Still don't believe me?"

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled, "I really sealed it. Unbelievable, right?"

"But no matter how unbelievable, the Gui Shou aura you smell on me is probably from that."

Shou Ye fell silent.

Indeed, anyone who had fought Gui Shou would inevitably carry some of their aura.

Ordinary people couldn't detect it.

But Red Yi could.

This was a special spiritual technique achieved through rigorous training, and Shou Ye knew Xu Xiaoshou wasn't joking.

He couldn't have smelled his own aura.

Yet the scent on this guy was undeniably real.

It wasn't strong enough to indicate a Gui Shou host, but it was so pungent—could it be that this fellow had been telling the truth all along?

"You boy, tell me all the details." Shou Ye suddenly perked up.

He found himself liking the boy in front of him more and more. So young, yet with such accomplishments, and still so composed in the face of his irritable Red Yi self.

This was a talent worth molding!

If what he said was true, with a little training, he could be an excellent successor!

The world didn't lack geniuses; it was just that their rarity made them hard to find.

Especially for someone like Shou Ye in his line of work.

Tonight, the old man felt like he had discovered a promising seedling.

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at Fu Xing and waved his hand: "If I start telling the story now, we'd be here until dawn. Is the banquet still happening?"

Seeing that the old man's temper had improved, Xu Xiaoshou appropriately toned down the respect in his words.

For guys like him, fear only created distance and not trust.

But shared roughness and a drink could.

"You boy... then make it short!"

Sure enough, Shou Ye burst out laughing. He slapped Xu Xiaoshou on the shoulder, only to feel a surge of force in return.

"Hmm?"

Even Fu Xing's lips curved into a smile.

"A Zong Shi body?"

Shock washed over Shou Ye's face again.

How could such a genius emerge from a small place like Tian Sang County?

A Zong Shi body, rare across the entire continent, hidden here?

And so young?

This slap sealed Shou Ye's decision.

Perhaps this guy really had sealed the gray fog figure.

Xu Xiaoshou tugged at the corner of his mouth, struggling to pry the old man's hand away.

The guy was testing him, gradually increasing the pressure, as if he might crush his shoulder any second.

He, Xu Xiaoshou, was just a Zong Shi body, not a Wang Zuo physique!

What was this about?

"Don't touch me—I'm not interested in men!"

As the pain intensified, Xu Xiaoshou finally blurted out a cheeky remark.

The atmosphere stiffened once more.

"Received questioning, passive value, 3."