Chapter 1088: Bonds of Flesh and Blood

"Susu, it's not wrong to build ties with other races and develop our own, but your safety is more important. You now bear the heavy responsibility of the Green Fox Clan. Your mother is already like this; you absolutely must not encounter any trouble." The young woman in green looked at Ye Susu and sighed softly.

"No, that won't happen. Mother, you will definitely get better!" Ye Susu suddenly said excitedly.

"I will definitely get better, don't worry." The young woman in green regretted her momentary slip, which had revealed her underlying pessimism, and quickly added.

Ye Susu lowered her head slightly, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes. Her hands suddenly shot out like lightning, tapping the young woman in green on the forehead, the tips of her fingers glowing with bright white light.

"You..." The young woman in green's eyes widened abruptly, but then her pupils rapidly became unfocused as she fell into a deep sleep.

"Young Mistress, what are you doing!" The woman in white beside her exclaimed in surprise at the sight.

Ye Susu did not speak. She took out a blood-red talisman brush and began to carve array patterns on the ground around the jade bed, while also taking out various array materials and placing them in position.

The woman in white opened her mouth to ask something else, but seeing Ye Susu's utterly focused expression, she held back.

Time passed bit by bit, and half a day went by in the blink of an eye. Outside, the sky began to show a hint of pale dawn.

Ye Susu finally stopped. A complex blood-colored array had been set up around the white jade bed.

"Young Mistress, what kind of array is this?" The woman in white seemed unfamiliar with arrays and asked.

"The Blood Transformation and Origin Return Array!" Ye Susu said slowly.

"What! The Blood Transformation and Origin Return Array is a heaven-defying array that strips bloodline power and transfers it into another's body. Do you intend to inject your own Green Fox bloodline power into the Clan Leader to help her resist the invasion of the cold? Absolutely not! The Blood Transformation and Origin Return Array is too harmful to the body, and once the bloodline power is stripped, there is no possibility of recovery. You will lose all your cultivation, or even revert to your original form." The woman in white said solemnly.

"As long as I can save Mother, I don't care." Ye Susu said indifferently, her expression perfectly calm, with even a serene smile at the corners of her mouth.

In the shadows nearby, Han Li saw Ye Susu's expression at that moment and frowned slightly, clearly moved.

"In that case, let me do it. My cultivation is far higher than yours, so the chances of success are greater." The woman in white shook her head and said.

"No, Elder Qiu, although your cultivation is higher than mine, my Green Fox bloodline is purer. Moreover, Elder Qiu may not know that when using the Blood Transformation and Origin Return Array to fuse bloodlines, the closer the blood relationship between the two, the greater the chance of success." Ye Susu said firmly.

"This..." The woman in white was at a loss for words.

"The cold poison Mother has contracted is extremely terrible. Even using this technique, the chance of saving her is only fifty percent. If heaven does not favor us, both of us performing the spell will die here. Elder Qiu, you are the only intact Golden Immortal of the Green Fox Clan now. Mother just said that my safety is important, but in truth, your safety is even more crucial. With you here, even if Mother and I unfortunately fall, the Green Fox Clan still has a glimmer of hope. If something happens to you, the Green Fox Clan might truly be finished." Ye Susu then continued.

The woman in white stood there in silence, not saying a word, lost in thought.

"So, leave matters here to me. If Mother and I unfortunately perish, I entrust the Green Fox Clan to Elder Qiu." Ye Susu nodded solemnly to the woman in white.

With these words, she stepped into the blood-colored array.

But at that moment, her wrist was grasped firmly by the woman in white.

"Elder Qiu..." Ye Susu looked over.

"Young Mistress, you just said that as leaders of the Green Fox Clan, we should set aside personal feelings and consider everything from the clan's perspective. Your talent is extremely high, and the awakened Green Fox bloodline within you is even stronger, surpassing both me and the Clan Leader. Your future achievements are limitless. The Clan Leader is already in this state; even if you use the Blood Transformation and Origin Return Array, you may not be able to save her. I know this sounds cruel, but for the sake of the Green Fox Clan, it's better not to take the risk. Moreover, I believe the Clan Leader would feel the same way." The woman in white showed a trace of pain between her brows, but still spoke.

"No, what I am doing now is not out of personal feelings; it is precisely for the sake of our Green Fox Clan. Although I have some talent, I am only at the mid-True Immortal stage now. Whether I can achieve Golden Immortal in the future is still unknown. Exchanging a True Immortal like me for a Golden Immortal, even with only a fifty percent chance, is a good deal." Ye Susu slowly pulled away the woman in white's hand and said calmly.

The woman in white was anxious, but could not think of any other argument to persuade Ye Susu.

"Moreover, back then, it was to save me that Mother was injured by the scoundrels of the Heavenly Water Sect, and even Elder Qiu was nearly implicated. If I do nothing for her, I will live in guilt for the rest of my life. With this shadow in my heart, let alone advancing to Golden Immortal, even breaking through to the late True Immortal stage would be a luxury." Ye Susu looked at the woman in white and said softly, but with a tone of unwavering resolve.

Knowing that her mind was made up and would not change, the woman in white could only sigh and step aside.

"I entrust everything to Elder Qiu from now on!" Ye Susu gave the woman in white a faint smile, then stepped into the array and sat cross-legged in front of the young woman in green's head.

She held her palms upright in front of her, forming a strange hand seal, and began to chant a mysterious incantation under her breath.

Suddenly, a whistling sound echoed through the stone chamber. The blood-colored array on the ground burst into brilliant light and, as if alive, began to flow rapidly within the array.

Intense fluctuations of spiritual power erupted from the array, spreading in all directions.

Seeing this, the woman in white's expression changed slightly. She quickly formed hand seals and pointed at the stone chamber walls.

The restrictions on the stone chamber immediately accelerated, and countless starlight points emerged to block the array's fluctuations from leaking out.

But the fluctuations from the blood-colored array were too violent; the surrounding restrictions could only block most of them, and a small amount still leaked out.

The woman in white could not attend to that; she stared intently at the two within the blood array.

At that moment, the blood-colored array changed.

After a series of sharp hisses, countless blood-red threads of light rose from various parts of the array, wrapped around Ye Susu, and penetrated into her body.

In the distant shadows, Han Li saw this and raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his heart.

Ye Susu's body emitted waves of bright green light. Her brows furrowed slightly, showing pain, but she quickly suppressed it and continued chanting the incantation.

The light of the blood array around her intensified, and more blood-red threads emerged, entering Ye Susu's body.

The green light on Ye Susu grew brighter and brighter. With a flash of green light on her skin, green patterns appeared all over her body like meridians, shining brilliantly and giving a strong sense of bloodline aura.

At the same time, a green fox phantom appeared in the green light behind her, exuding a sense of nobility and majesty, but it only had two tails.

Ye Susu suddenly extended one palm and pressed it against the center of the young woman in green's brow on the bed.

Countless blood-red threads shot out from her palm and entered the young woman's brow.

Within those blood-red threads, faint green patterns could be seen, which were injected into the young woman in green's body.

A flash of green light appeared on the young woman in green's skin, and green patterns emerged, slightly dimmer in color than those on Ye Susu's body.

But as the blood-red threads from Ye Susu's palm poured in, the green patterns on the young woman in green's body gradually brightened.

The green patterns on Ye Susu's body, however, slowly dimmed, her complexion rapidly turned pale, and the green fox phantom behind her also became faint.

Yet a hint of joy appeared in her eyes. With her other hand, she formed a hand seal and pointed.

A beam of green light shot from her fingertip and entered the young woman in green's lower abdomen, at her dantian.

With a "boom," the young woman suddenly emitted dazzling green light, as bright as the sun.

This green light then all converged and contracted, and with a "crackle," transformed into a layer of green flame that enveloped her upper body, spreading toward her frozen lower half.

When the blue ice crystals and the green flame met, they immediately produced a "hissing" sound. After a moment of stalemate, the ice slowly melted and disappeared.

Seeing this, the woman in white's tense expression also relaxed slightly.

In the distant shadows, a purple light flickered in Han Li's eyes as he looked deep into the blue ice crystals, but he slowly shook his head.

The green flame pressed forward step by step, and the blue ice crystals melted rapidly, receding from her waist and soon down to her calves.

Below the young woman in green's calves, it had now turned a deep blue, looking like two pieces of blue crystal, with a blue light moving and flickering inside.

But at this point, the melting speed of the blue ice crystals greatly decreased, beginning to resist the impact of the green flame.

By now, the green patterns on Ye Susu's body had dimmed considerably, almost invisible, and the green fox phantom behind her had nearly disappeared.

She looked at the young woman's blue calves, narrowed her eyes, and let out a low shout. The blood-colored array beneath her lit up again, and countless blood lights surged into her body, instantly sweeping through every part.

The green bloodline within Ye Susu flashed once and then completely disappeared, transforming into a mass of green light that gathered at her palm and merged into the young woman in green's body.

The green flame on the young woman in green's body blazed up again, fiercely striking the blue ice crystals, pushing them down a bit further, but ultimately failing to completely expel them.

Not only that, but the blue light within the young woman's calves suddenly burst forth with great intensity, launching a massive counterattack, and the green flame was forced back step by step.

An extreme cold suddenly erupted, and the blue ice crystals rapidly condensed again, refreezing the young woman in green's body.

The cold in the stone chamber increased sharply, even more than before. The walls made a "cracking" sound as a layer of ice formed on them.

The blood-colored array on the ground was also frozen by the blue ice crystals, and Ye Susu's body was frozen inside as well.

Her face was now pale beyond compare, and she was swaying unsteadily. Seeing this, panic appeared on her face, but she was helpless.

Seeing this, the woman in white's expression changed drastically. She released the hand seals controlling the stone chamber's restrictions and was about to rush over.

Ye Susu turned her head and looked at her. Their eyes met.

The woman in white's face instantly turned deathly pale, and she stopped in her tracks.

Stimulated by the cold, the young woman in green on the bed moved her eyes and woke up.

Seeing the situation around her, she immediately understood what had happened. With a sharp cry, the green flame on her body flared up slightly, temporarily resisting the invasion of the blue light.

"Elder Qiu, quickly take Susu away..." the young woman in green called out.

But before she could finish, the invading blue light blazed up again. Countless blue runes appeared within the light, coalescing into a ball of blue flame that shattered the green flame on the young woman in green's body like a force of destruction.

The blue ice crystals spread rapidly, in the blink of an eye reaching the young woman's high chest, and it seemed she would soon be completely frozen.

The blue ice crystals on Ye Susu's body also spread quickly, freezing nearly half of her body.

Seeing this, the woman in white struggled in her eyes, then gritted her teeth. Green light blazed from her body, and she was about to rush forward regardless of the consequences.

At that moment, a black figure appeared in front of her out of nowhere.

It was none other than Han Li.