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Chapter 540 Not as cute as you, insatiable greed

The stone shell on other parts of the stone body was gradually peeling away, revealing skin that was slightly grayish-white but already very similar to human skin.

Jiang Hanying glanced at it twice and couldn't help but reach out her somewhat restless hand.

I really want to help uncover it!
Just thinking about it is so relaxing!
Before she could even put her hand on it, her cheap owner, who had anticipated her intentions, grabbed her wrist.

"Let it do itself."

"Good!"

The creature that coveted his body was suppressed, and the original spirit of the stone fetus, which had been expelled earlier, was attracted by his body and gradually drifted back. The little guy's expression finally changed again.

Jiang Hanying looked at it with a mixture of curiosity and seriousness. "Is it trying to laugh?"

"Ah."

"Quite cute."

Li Chengxiao glanced at it, then looked up at the smiling face in front of him, "Not as cute as you."

Jiang Hanying replied without hesitation, "Of course."

She is the cutest person in the world, at least in the eyes of her cheap owner!

Duanmu Sen couldn't stand it anymore and coughed lightly, trying to get their attention.

He's still here, and he's just being ignored like this?
Jiang Hanying did notice him, and turned around to look at him. "I almost forgot about you, you old lunatic!" she said, then looked at her cheap owner. "What should we do with this old lunatic?"

Thinking of this, Old Deng had just seen many of her secrets with her cheap master, and Jiang Hanying immediately suggested, "Why don't we just kill them?"

Duanmu Sen, who had gone from an old man to an old man and was now listening to Jiang Hanying say to his face that she would silence him: "..."

He almost blurted out "lawless", but when he met Jiang Hanying's eyes, which didn't seem to be joking, he immediately realized that he was at a disadvantage and began to silently reflect on his actions.

Why did he have to make a sound? He should have left quietly without disturbing anyone!

"I promise I won't say anything after I get out. No, I'm getting old and forgetful, I didn't see anything!"

Jiang Hanying recalled a line from one of her dramas that was perfectly suited to the present moment: "Only the dead can keep a secret."

“Ouch, that hurts!”

"I haven't even made a move yet," Jiang Hanying said, looking down at the sound of the voice. She saw the body on the ground, covered in cracks, suddenly twitch, and almost instinctively stabbed it again.

Fortunately, the other person opened their eyes in time, narrowly saving their life from being completely ruined.

Jiang Hanying met those eyes, which, though different in shape and color, still seemed very familiar. "Oh, you're back. Should I call you Song Ciyuan or Yuan Qingzhuo now?"

After a frantic mental search, I thought, "Well, just call me Song Ciyuan in private, and Yuan Qingzhuo in public."

For the great demon king in front of him, calling him Song Ciyuan is definitely more familiar.

Moreover, Yuan Qingzhuo's identity has been exploited for so long that even he himself feels a bit repulsed by the name.

Otherwise, this identity involves too many things, and changing his name would be too troublesome. He would rather just change it to Song Ciyuan's name.

"also."

Lying on the ground to observe people was rather inconvenient, so Song Ciyuan tried to sit up, but as soon as he moved, he couldn't help but yell, "Ouch!"

"Don't move," Jiang Hanying said, seeing that his movement caused even more blood to seep out. "Your body is almost broken from all this."

Having just returned to his body and before he could even feel happy, Song Ciyuan heard this devastating truth: "Then, what should I do? Will I ever get better?"

"Just do it as it comes." Song Ciyuan: "..."

Could this answer be any more perfunctory?

Duanmu Sen looked at the person on the ground who had been dead but suddenly came back to life, his hands trembling. He felt as if his worldview had been rewritten at lightning speed.

"This this……"

"Still can't figure it out? Then I'll let you be the one who knows perfectly well. This is Yuan Qingzhuo, the one you worked with before, the one you just saw. Do you understand now?"

Duanmu Sen had actually guessed it before, but he thought it was too absurd. Now that Jiang Hanying had spoken so bluntly, he nodded mechanically.

Li Chengxiao walked up to Song Ciyuan, who was still sensing his physical condition.

As a shadow fell overhead, Song Ciyuan subconsciously looked up and met a familiar gaze.

He instinctively called out, "Big..."

Stopped by a look from Li Chengxiao, he quickly shut his mouth again.

As Li Chengxiao passed by him, he casually tossed a small piece of stone shell that had broken off from the stone body onto his chest.

When Song Ciyuan watched as the crack in his heart slowly healed after being covered by the stone shell, his eyes lit up.

"Do you know what to do?"

"I know."

"Just protect the important parts and the areas that aren't covered by clothes. Don't be greedy."

Song Ciyuan nodded obediently.

Li Chengxiao continued walking to Duanmu Sen and stood beside Jiang Hanying.

Duanmu Sen saw him as a lifeline and quickly played the emotional card, "Chengxiao, back then Yuan Qingzhuo—no, the guy who cooperated with me—originally planned to kill you at Queshan and end it all, but I couldn't bear to. Although I had some intention of using you, I haven't intentionally harmed you over the years. We still have feelings for each other, right?"

"Blood Soul Wood."

These three short words caused Duanmu Sen's expression to change again.

Li Chengxiao looked at his familiar yet unfamiliar face: "You initially cooperated with Him perhaps just to alleviate your pain, but your greed will only grow stronger, from alleviating to healing, and then to prolonging your life. Who do you intend to use the Corpse Worms on? Me, or the other members of the Skywalker Squad, or do you even want to research and modify them for your own use? You should look in the mirror; you're almost being transformed into a monster by your own greed."

“He is right, the stone embryo can indeed heal the body and even make one younger,” Li Chengxiao said, turning slightly to show Song Ciyuan carefully picking up stone fragments and attaching them to his body. The cracks on the areas where the fragments were attached disappeared. “The stone fragments contain residual nutrients from the growth of the stone embryo, which can be absorbed by the human body…”

Seeing the burning passion in Duanmu Sen's eyes, Li Chengxiao didn't say anything more. He simply reached out and grabbed Jiang Hanying's wrist, turning her around. "Don't worry about him."

Jiang Hanying obediently followed him toward the cave entrance, but she couldn't suppress the inquisitive look in her eyes. "How did you know about the stone fragments that fell off the stone core..."

"Guess."

really?
She doesn't believe it!
Song Ciyuan removed the stone shard covering the back of his hand, checked that there were no other wounds, and looked up to see two figures that were about to disappear from sight. He quickly staggered to his feet and chased after them, saying, "Why didn't you say you were leaving? Wait for me!"

Duanmu Sen shifted his feet.

Reason told him to follow and leave, but looking at the stone embryo that was about to be born not far in front of him, and the stone fragments that had fallen off but were not yet used, he gritted his teeth and turned around to walk towards the stone embryo.

He'll just take a little bit, just a tiny bit!
But when you get close to it and see the skin of the stone body exposed after the outer stone shell falls off, you can't help but think: if the stone slabs alone have such great effects, what about the stone body itself?
Moreover, now there is only one gray-robed man left in the cave, who has been motionless since the blue light disappeared, as if he has been turned off. No one will see him.

He reached out to his plump, stone-like wrist.

The moment he made contact, a tremendous force slammed into him from the side. Before he could dodge, he crashed into the stone wall and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The hem of the gray robe stopped right in front of him. He looked up in terror and met a pair of emotionless eyes. "Help..."