Chapter 15: I Finally Found You! [3]

Feeling that Yu Chen's lips pressed back against his, Baihu was stunned. And for the first time in centuries, Baihu smiled.

Even if it was a slight smile, it was still bright on his already strikingly handsome face.

'He is still the same,' Baihu thought as he gazed down at Yu Chen's face, outlining every detail and engraving it in his mind to add to his centuries of memories.

"Ahhhh! P..Please...I beg of you...Just..Just Kill me!" San Ge screamed in agony as he lay on the ground, unable to move.

"How dare you interrupt me!" Baihu said menacingly. His gaze swept at the pathetic human being, who felt the need to disturb his and Yu Chen's bonding time.

His previous soft and loving expression vanished instantly, replacing it with a cruel expression.

His eyes glared fiercely, wanting to crush the pathetic trash like an ant. But before he could move, he heard an almost inaudible sound.

"Ge...Gege," a soft and subtle voice said. Ordinary cultivators or even the peak of level seven cultivators would not be able to hear such a subtle voice from that distance.

But Baihu was no such cultivator. Hearing the word gege, he peered at Yu Chen before scooping him up, bridal style, in his strong arms.

He walked over to where he heard the sound and saw a little boy no more than three years old.

"OH? What is this child doing here?" Baihu asked, looking at Xiao Feng. He was about to turn around when Yu Chen's melodious voice reached his ears.

"Xiao...Xiao Feng, Ge…Gege will save you; please don't leave me!" Yu Chen whispered as he shivered and kept turning in Baihu's hands as if he were having a nightmare.

'Who is Xiao Feng!?' Baihu thought angrily, his overwhelming energy threatening to escape his body. His eyes are blazing with lightning and thunder.

"Who dares to get the attention of my beloved!? He is mine!" Baihu said possessively. He placed two fingers on Yu Chen's forehead, sending spiritual energy to soothe his chaotic mind.

Baihu suddenly went silent as he remembered something from the distant past.

.....

"Love, sometimes you must think before you act. I don't like a man with only brawn and no brains. Hmph!" Yu Chen said, harrumphed, as he gently brushed Baihu's hair.

His beautiful, svelte figure was well defined and adorned in a thin, sky-blue inner robe as his long, silky hair illuminated with the bit of light present in the room, giving it a white-gray color.

He looks stunning without even making an effort to.

"OK, OK. I'll think before I act," Baihu said as he chuckled softly. He was looking at his beloved pouting lips.

'So cute,' he thought as he sat obediently while Yu Chen brushed his long black hair.

....

"Hah, let me calm down and think," Baihu said as he took a deep breath and let it out.

Baihu's equation begins.

'So, there is no way a little child could pass through Xi'an's demonic forest alone. Therefore, he must be traveling with Someone,'

'He looks about three years old or less and has the star power of late-stage level two; to say the least, he is a genius! And most importantly, he keeps on saying Gege,'

'There is no way the nauseating trash over there could be the big brother of this child. It just doesn't fit.'

'Yu Chen said Gege, and this little child was also calling Gege. Could it be that-' Before Baihu could continue his equations, voices cut through his thoughts like a knife slicing fish.

"Your Highness!? Your Highness!?" Hua Yuan called out as he ran through the almost decimated forest.

"Hua Yuan, you cannot call him Your Highness when we are outside?" said Lu Sheng for the fiftieth time.

"But how are we going to find him!? What if Your Highness is in danger or Someone tried to kill him!?" Hua Yuan asserted as buzzing scenarios flooded his mind.

In Hua Yuan's mind

Scenario #1

"DIE! Die!" Hua Yuan's imagination man shouted as he tortured Baihu with earthly fire magic.

"Ahhhh! Ahhhh!" Hua Yuan's imagination Baihu screamed in agony as the fire burned and tore his skin until he was burnt to ashes, leaving nothing but an unrecognizable Baihu.

"Hahaha!" the man who burned Baihu to nothingness laughed maniacally.

Scenario #2

"Let's break all the bones in his body, destroy his meridians, crush his dantian.... let's make him want to die but can't. We'll try every different torture we can find! Hahaha!!" Huan Yuan's imagination man #2 told his companions darkly as their psychotic laugh echoed in a damp, dark room.

Scenario #3

"Ahhhh! Please help me!! Help me!!" Hua Yuan's imaginary Baihu screamed as he ran from demonic beasts, with the highest being level five.

"Haha!"

"Haha!"

"Look at him go!"

Clamorous laughter from onlookers resonated through the entire forest as Baihu ran from the demonic beasts out to get his life.

As Hua Yuan's imagination ran wild, his expression turned livid, with color draining from his face.

"Pftt!" Lu Sheng tried stifling his laugh because he could guess what scenarios were playing in Hua Yuan's head.

'He must be scaring himself now,' Lu Sheng thought as he chuckled softly and shook his head.

Never in Lu Sheng's life would he have thought that he could smile and know what it is to understand the feeling of love and affection.

Even though his flame is clueless in almost every situation and quite foolish, he is still pure and adorable.

"Hah! Love, if something were wrong with His Highness, I would have felt it. Did you forget that we signed a contract?" Lu Sheng said as a matter of fact.

"Huh? A contract? What contract?" Hua Yuan asked as he tilted his head to the side, looking adorably clueless.

"Hah! This contract-" Before Lu Sheng could even start talking, Hua Yuan cut him off.

"No! We have to find His Highness, what if, what if! No, I must immediately send a message back to the capital!" Hua Yuan asserted with a solemn expression on his face.

Before Lu Sheng could react, Hua Yuan held his right hand up in the air with his index and middle fingers pointing to the sky.

"We Call Upon The Dragonites," Hua Yuan chanted. Suddenly, his eyes lit up with a light blue color.

A light blue light shot out from the tip of his two fingers into the sky. It was illuminating the entire area.

"Hua Yuan! Wait-" As Lu Sheng was about to stop Hua Yuan from transmitting the message, an overwhelming energy caused their bodies to become stagnant.

"Kuahh! What's happening?" Hua Yuan forced through gritted teeth. His body glued to the ground, he could not budge.

"This...is-" Lu Sheng stuttered as he felt the familiar energy.

"Why are you making so much noise?" A familiar husky voice asked.

"Your...Your Highness," Lu Sheng forced himself to say upon recognizing the voice.

Looking at the familiar person who took off through the roof of the carriage a while back, treading towards them, Hua Yuan could not help but sigh in relief.

"Your Highness! Are you alright!?" Hua Yuan blurted out with an incredulous expression on his face. Lu Sheng could only sigh helplessly.

"Pathetic," Baihu responded as he withdrew his star energy.

"Hah!"

"Hah! What overwhelming coercion," Hua Yuan exclaimed as he tried to regulate his breathing.

'That's His Highness for you. It is so powerful,' Lu Sheng said inwardly, excited about Baihu's power.

Even though a minute ago, he was immobile and could barely speak.

"You are here right on time. There's a kid couple li's back there. Get him and bring him here. And treat his injuries," Baihu informed Lu Sheng, but there was no response.

Since Baihu was standing there, his eyes never left unconscious Yu Chen in his arms, even when relating his orders to Lu Sheng.

He paid no heed to his subordinates.

"Your....Your Highness? WHERE DID YOU STEAL SOMEONE!? Hua Yuan exclaimed in horror, his face comical.

Hearing Hua Yuan's outburst, Lu Sheng snapped out of his stupor.

But he could not reprimand Hua Yuan this time because Baihu was holding Someone in his arms, a living, breathing person!

'Wait, he hurried here for his beloved.....Could this person be His Highness's beloved!?' Lu Sheng thought, the shock evident on his face.

"OMG! Is...Is this a person!? He...He is so...Beautiful!" Hua Yuan said with a stutter. His eyes sparking like the night stars.

'He is a peerless beauty! But that's not the question. IS THIS MAN EVEN CAPABLE OF LOVE!?' Lu Sheng thought inwardly, not wanting to believe such a change of events.

'I think this is a dream, and I need to wake up from this dream!' Lu Sheng said as he patted his cheeks and rubbed his eyes to confirm this was reality.

"Stop looking at him," Baihu said possessively, turning Yu Chen's head into his sturdy chest.

Unconsciously, Yu Chen snuggled in like it was a big warm blanket and not a living person. Everyone present even thought they heard him purred like a cat.

"Aww so cute!" Hua Yuan squealed as he looked at Yu Chen snuggling Baihu. Hua Yuan might not find anything wrong with the situation, but Lu Sheng might.

Lu Sheng peered at Baihi as if he had grown two horns on his head. But peering at Baihu, Lu Sheng received the shock of his life.

Baihu's ears were as red as tomatoes. His expression now makes him look all fuzzy, like a tiger!

'IS HE BLUSHING!?' Lu Sheng thought in utter disbelief. Lu Sheng could not believe his eyes. Is this the ruthless fifth prince?

"Lu Sheng, stop wasting time," Baihu called out. Understanding Baihu's meaning, Lu Sheng quickly composed himself.

"Your Highness, I'll go get the kid now," Lu Sheng responded.

"Hua Yuan, stay by His Highness's side. Alright?" Lu Sheng said as he caressed Hua Yuan's face.

"Hmm," Hua Yuan responded, and Lu Sheng took off. Even though he looked composed, his mind was in chaos.

"Your Highness, do you want me to take him? You have been holding him for quite some time now," Hua Yuan asked clearly with good intentions, but Baihu was not having that.

"No, stay far from him if you can," Bahiu responded, his eyes not leaving Yu Chen even for a millisecond.

"Huh?" Hua Yuan was struck dumb by Baihu's response.

'What did I do?' Hua Yuan thought, as clueless as the day he was born. He could only stand there cluelessly pondering what Baihu's words meant.