For some reason, Chen Hao always felt that the Ye Yuqiao in front of him was somewhat unfamiliar, not quite the same as the Ye Yuqiao he had been with in the Dust Realm the past few days.

In fact, ever since he woke up from a nearly two-month coma half a month ago, he had felt this way.

It was only after comparing this feeling with the experiences in the Dust Realm that it became more pronounced.

"Chen Hao, do you think I've become cuter or more serious?" Ye Yuqiao asked with a smile, her eyes narrowing. Through the Nether King's Heart, she had already learned of Chen Hao's thoughts.

Although her face showed a bewitched smile, her heart was filled with sorrow.

Chen Hao had begun to doubt her, and then gradually, little by little, he had discovered that she was not his Yang Spirit.

She despised the Dust King! She resented the Dust King for bringing Chen Hao to the Netherworld; she detested the Dust King for the life-and-death trials imposed on Chen Hao, which had elevated his emotions through separation and reunion with her Yang Spirit.

Now, it seemed an even taller order for her to become the Ye Yuqiao that Chen Hao remembered.

"It's really strange!" Chen Hao exclaimed.

He sat up and wrapped his arms around Ye Yuqiao, who was sitting by the bed, then continued, "Why does the Yuqiao in the Netherworld feel so different from the Yuqiao in the Dust Realm?"

"I guess here, I have to be more like a Nether King; whereas by your side, I just need to be a carefree girl who is pampered by you," Ye Yuqiao explained.

Having said this, she raised her head and looked earnestly at Chen Hao, asking, "Didn't you say you would like any kind of Yuqiao? Were you just saying that to make a young girl happy?"

"Yes, of course, a young girl needs to be coaxed," Chen Hao laughed. "Actually, I'm just worried you're too fragmented, which would make life too exhausting for you."

Ye Yuqiao was touched by Chen Hao's words and nodded reluctantly, internally sighing at how exhausting it was to try to become the Yang Spirit.

"What's wrong? Feeling wronged?" Chen Hao asked hastily, thinking that Ye Yuqiao was influenced by his previous words, "Silly girl, of course I wasn't just coaxing you. I genuinely feel that I would like any kind of Yuqiao."

"Hmph, jerk!" Ye Yuqiao raised her hand and lightly punched Chen Hao's chest.

After a bout of intimate play-fighting, Chen Hao suddenly thought of something and asked Ye Yuqiao in his arms, "By the way, Yuqiao, why did I faint again?"

"It's probably still the effect of using the Nether Million Cave yesterday; you used too much Spiritual Power, so you fainted," Ye Yuqiao made up an excuse on the spot.

"Is that so?" Chen Hao's eyebrows and eyes conveyed his skepticism; he remembered feeling quite full of Yin Qi Spiritual Power and in good spirits before leaving the Dust Realm yesterday.

"It might also be because of you," Ye Yuqiao hesitated, then bowed her head slightly, her cheeks coloring a little.

"What about me?"

"It's because you have practiced too much these past few days," Ye Yuqiao's voice became softer and softer, like the hum of a fly. At this moment, her heart was filled with anger and jealousy, after all, the person who had been intimate with Chen Hao was her Yang Spirit, not her.

She bowed her head, not wanting Chen Hao to see the anger in her eyes.

"Hehe!" Chen Hao laughed out loud, his laughter somewhat strange, as his thoughts had already been led astray by Ye Yuqiao's words.

"From what you've said, it sounds like you're a ghost that could lead me to my demise!"

Ye Yuqiao snorted coldly and said, "Have you ever seen a ghost as beautiful as me?"

Chen Hao reached out to gently pinch Ye Yuqiao's chin, lifting it slowly, and said, "Let me have a look, there indeed are no ghosts this beautiful in this world!"

"Naughty!"

Time passed.

"By the way, Yuqiao, where are Huashan and Yi Ning?" Chen Hao suddenly asked.

Ye Yuqiao's gaze hurriedly avoided Chen Hao, her face showing panic.

"What happened to them?" Chen Hao pressed, Ye Yuqiao's reaction giving him a bad feeling.

At that moment, a cough came from outside the tent.

Chen Hao looked towards the sound, only to see a shadow cast on the tent by the campfire outside.

It was Zhao Chong's silhouette.

"Zhao Chong!" Chen Hao was taken aback. He thought of Zhao Chong knowing that mysterious woman who turned into a firebird, as well as the time Zhao Chong had deceived both him and Ye Yuqiao about Lin Huashan.

"May I come in?" Zhao Chong asked.

"Come in!" Ye Yuqiao responded.

Chen Hao made a very puzzled expression at Ye Yuqiao. He had told Ye Yuqiao of his suspicions about Zhao Chong, and he couldn't understand why Ye Yuqiao would let Zhao Chong in and still trust him so much.

After Zhao Chong came in, Ye Yuqiao looked at Chen Hao and said, "Actually, I trust Huashan even less!"

"Yuqiao, what are you talking about?" Chen Hao exclaimed incredulously!

Ye Yuqiao looked at Zhao Chong and said, "Let Zhao Chong explain it to you."

Chen Hao felt a twinge of displeasure. He was unhappy that Ye Yuqiao trusted Zhao Chong so much, even more than him.

"Chen Hao, you are the most important person to me, of course I trust you the most. Why can't you trust me and listen to Zhao Chong's explanation?" Ye Yuqiao sent him a secret signal.

Chen Hao looked at Zhao Chong, his eyes filled with hostility.

"Don't be like this!" Ye Yuqiao sent another secret message.

"Are you speaking up for him? Or is it that you don't want to be caught in the middle and have a hard time, so you want me to make concessions?"

"I..." Ye Yuqiao didn't know how to respond for a moment. After pausing, she said, "I just hope you can listen to his explanation properly. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you misunderstood him?"

Chen Hao's gaze turned even sharper, as if he was about to devour Zhao Chong.

"Do you have to provoke me to be happy?"

"Why would I get angry when you glare at him?"

"You're being completely unreasonable," Ye Yuqiao said, her complexion turning pale and then flush with anger.

Chen Hao hung his head in despair, his face looking exceptionally awful. He had known about Zhao Chong's feelings for Ye Yuqiao and had once thought that he and Ye Yuqiao would not argue because of Zhao Chong.

He felt strange and uncomfortable, as if something had changed.

Hearing Chen Hao's words, an agitated Ye Yuqiao was shaken. She wondered if she would have had the same discord with Chen Hao if she had been in her Yang Soul's body. Suddenly, she felt fearful and weary, realizing her personality was becoming less like her Yang Soul's, and sooner or later, Chen Hao would notice.

"I lied to you before!" Zhao Chong spoke up at this time, "Before you and Yuqiao arrived at the Netherworld, Huashan actually left Netherworld City with me. It was a decision made under pressing circumstances. When it was decided that you and Yuqiao would go down to the Netherworld, I had someone take Huashan away."

"Why did you take her away, but later lied to me saying you had relocated Huashan to a safe place a month ago?"

"I had her taken away because I didn't want her to know about you and Yuqiao coming to the Netherworld; I lied to you later because I was afraid you would ask too many questions. At that time, I had already begun to suspect her, but I had no solid evidence."

"Why couldn't you let her know, and what did you suspect her of?" Chen Hao continued to interrogate.

(Dear readers, I really want to know what you think of Zhao Chong, let's discuss)

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