Free Web NovelChapter 1374: Chapter 434: Mutant Fire, The Awakening Little Princess
As the words "fiancé" were roared out, the demonic power in Chi Chi’s body erupted like a dormant volcano suddenly exploding.
That demonic power was like flames, unbearably hot.
Queen Xiyuan was seared by the fire, and staggered back several steps. When she looked at her hand again, a few blisters had appeared on her smooth, pale fingers.
Flames billowed, engulfing Chi Chi and Little Jiu Nian; the two of them were like a blazing Fireball.
With the appearance of the flames, not only was Little Jiu Nian not burned, the wounds on his body caused by Xiyuan’s Demon Vines began to change—his wounds scabbed over rapidly, and the grime peeled off his face.
And while the fire was healing Little Jiu Nian, Chi Chi’s own form was rapidly shedding its old skin.
The soft, dense fur on its body fell off piece by piece, and where the fur dropped, beautiful fiery-red hair grew out. Its body stretched and unfolded like a tender sprout breaking through the soil.
Under the gaze of Demon Emperor Chi Ye and Queen Xiyuan, Chi Chi turned into a little girl of four or five.
She wore a tiny fiery-red cloak, her hair cut to ear length, and beneath a pair of large, liquid, fire-red eyes big enough to reflect a human shadow, was a cherry-like little mouth—an adorable, rosy little girl.
"Chi Chi, you’ve successfully taken human form!"
Demon Emperor Chi Ye was overwhelmed with joy when he saw his younger sister transform into human form.
When Chi Chi was born, Demon Emperor Chi Ye was already over four hundred years old; it really could be called "a late-born little sister."
So throughout the entire Chi Palace, this precious Little Princess was loved to the extreme.
Especially Chi Ye. Because the Empress Dowager had a difficult labor when she gave birth to Chi Chi, during her month of confinement they could only find a wet nurse to look after Little Chichi.
But Little Chichi just kept crying and fussing. Only when her elder brother Chi Ye came would she stop crying.
Later on, the Empress Dowager’s health recovered, but Little Chichi became especially clingy toward Chi Ye.
In the end, for a period of time, Chi Ye even had to bring Chi Chi with him to court.
Tragically, unlike ordinary Demon Clan Nobles who could take human form at sixteen, Little Princess Chi Chi had never been able to transform; she lived to be a hundred and still looked like the little tiger she had been at birth.
This made everyone in Chi Palace frantic.
Because being unable to take human form meant Chi Chi couldn’t study Ancient Demon Technique.
A noble who couldn’t even comprehend Ancient Demon Technique simply had no way to gain a foothold in the Demon World.
As her elder brother, Chi Ye had racked his brains, but still couldn’t get Chi Chi to successfully transform.
Little Princess Chi Chi had been depressed and frustrated because of this.
Until one day, Chi Chi suddenly overheard a Priest in the palace telling Chi Ye that Little Princess Chi Chi’s destined benefactor was in the north, and only by finding the one fated to her could she take human form.
Of course Chi Ye was unwilling to let his little sister go out and take risks, but who knew that Chi Chi took those words to heart. She took advantage of the time when Chi Ye was being forced by the Empress Dowager to flee the palace to escape a marriage, and secretly slipped out.
As a result, with one careless moment, she was actually abducted to the Human Realm, and almost sold off as a Beast Pet.
But none of that mattered anymore; what mattered was that Chi Chi had finally transformed successfully.
He reached out, wanting to pick Chi Chi up, even forgetting that just a moment ago he’d been arguing with her.
"Smack." What greeted Chi Ye instead was Chi Chi’s flying kick, landing right on the handsome face of the Chi Yan Demon Emperor. "I hate Brother the most."
The fiery-red little cloak slapped onto Chi Yan’s forehead like a Red Cloud, while Chi Chi squatted by Little Jiu Nian’s side with a worried face.
"Chi Chi..." Chi Ye’s face was full of ingratiation.
"This is Sacred Fire?"
Queen Xiyuan looked from Chi Chi to Little Jiu Nian, whose wounds had already fully healed, her face full of shock.
She hadn’t expected that the Little Princess of Beiyu Palace would actually possess the legendary treasure of the Demon Clan—the Sacred Fire?
Rumor had it that this kind of fire existed between heaven and earth, and only one whose Xin Ling was the purest could possess it. It could purify and heal all injuries, even damage to the soul.
Not only did it have purifying power, Sacred Fire could also be used to attack; its might was comparable to the Lifebound Purple Fire of Advanced Alchemists among the Human Clan.
The Demon World hadn’t seen such Demon Fire in many years.
Queen Xiyuan furrowed her brows tightly. For Beiyu Palace to produce a Little Princess who possessed purifying Sacred Fire was no good thing.
"Chi Chi, don’t be unreasonable. You’re a Princess of Beiyu Palace—how can you let a demon-human hybrid be your fiancé?"
Chi Ye coughed a few times and finally processed what a terrifying thing Chi Chi had just said.
Right now, he only wanted to know which suicidal idiot had taught Chi Chi the word "fiancé."
"If it’s not Jiunian, I don’t want anyone. If you don’t save Jiunian, I’ll cut off our brother-sister relationship!" Chi Chi clutched Little Jiu Nian tightly; from her posture, anyone who tried to separate them would have to chop off her hands first.
Cut off their brother-sister relationship?
Demon Emperor Chi Ye was mentally in shambles; who had stuffed Chi Chi’s head with all this messy nonsense!
"Demon Emperor Chi Ye, in my opinion..."
Xiyuan still wanted to speak.
"Shut up. If it weren’t for you, how would Chi Chi be ignoring me? I don’t care where this brat came from—he ran into Beiyu Palace, and according to Beiyu Palace’s national policy, anyone who enters Beiyu Palace, whether it flies in the sky, crawls on the ground, or swims in the river, belongs to Beiyu Palace."
Chi Ye immediately changed his tune, his face switching faster than a child’s.
Xiyuan nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces when she heard this.
"Demon Emperor Chi Ye, I don’t recall ever hearing that Beiyu Palace had such a national policy."
"Well, now you’ve heard it. It’s a policy I just issued. How could you not have heard of it?"
Chi Ye’s face didn’t redden and his breath didn’t hitch as he glared sideways at Xiyuan, even muttering under his breath, women meddling in politics—Zhan Hen, that useless wretch, maybe his brain really was kicked by a mule.
"You!"
Queen Xiyuan choked on a mouthful of anger, nearly fainting from rage.
"Queen Xiyuan, don’t forget, before long South Nether and Beiyu will be joining forces to scheme a great undertaking. You wouldn’t want to wreck diplomatic relations between our two nations over a little slave and become the eternal sinner of the Demon World, would you?"
Chi Chi was still sulking, turning the back of her head to Chi Ye, and Chi Ye’s expression grew darker and darker.
"I wouldn’t dare. I still have important matters to attend to and will not linger in Beiyu Palace’s territory. Demon Emperor Chi Ye, we’ll meet again."
Xiyuan flung her sleeve, and her body turned into a streak of light and shadow, disappearing into the sky.
"Little Jiu Nian, don’t scare me, you mustn’t let anything happen to you."
Though Chi Chi was pretending to be angry, the instant that Old Witch Xiyuan left, her little face blossomed with delight. She pinched Little Jiu Nian’s cheek, and seeing that he was still unconscious, grew anxious again.
"He won’t die. This brat has Sky Demon blood in his veins. Hmph, I really didn’t expect that Yan Jiu, once one of the awe-inspiring Demon God Guard, would actually have a mongrel demon-human hybrid for a son."
After Demon Emperor Chi Ye spoke, his long, slanted demon eyes fell on the nearby silent stone stele.
"Right back at you. I also didn’t expect that a dignified Demon Emperor would be a ’Sister Control.’"
From within the stele, Yan Jiu’s voice drifted out, gloating.
