Chapter 215: The Year Bai Xianwu Went Missing, Loulan!
The black cat, frightened, let out a miserable cry and jumped up.
Before it could escape, a pale arm shot out reflexively from under the blanket.
Five fingers accurately grasped its neck.
Gripped by the neck, the black cat immediately fell limp.
Its head and limbs drooped motionlessly.
The person on the bed stared expressionlessly, like a corpse unable to rest in peace.
After a long time, her eyeballs suddenly moved slightly.
Her eyelids blinked rapidly.
“Mew~”
The black cat, sensing her movements, let out a whimper from its throat.
She moved her arm, lifted the cat to her face for a closer look.
Then tossed it to the foot of the bed, slowly sat up.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through her.
She reflexively furrowed her brows.
As if recalling something, she lifted the blanket to take a look.
Her face instantly flushed red.
After a moment’s adjustment, she got out of bed and placed her bare feet on the ground.
Picked up the clothes draped over the screen and began to dress.
With a soft creak,
The moment the door opened, moonlight shone on her pale face.
In the moonlit courtyard outside, two figures stood motionlessly.
Without hesitation, she walked towards them.
Kneeled down on one knee.
Seemingly tugging at a wound, she furrowed her brows again.
With respect in her voice, she said, “Greetings, Master, Mistress.”
Li Mo nodded lightly.
Fei Yan’s calm gaze assessed her.
Slowly said, “Still at the carefree realm, it seems Bai Xianwu is stronger than we estimated.”
No need to ask, just by her expression and tone, it was clear if she was Bai Xianwu or Li.
Li had won this battle.
Gradually devouring Bai Xianwu’s consciousness and taking control of this body.
This body was originally no different from ordinary people, just lacking a soul.
Now that Li’s soul had entered it, it was a rebirth.
As for why her face was still pale,
A day and a night of continuous effort, her face could only remain pale!
Even top masters in the Carefree Realm couldn’t handle this!
Bai Xianwu’s original yin energy had dissipated quite a bit.
But it still kept this body at the Carefree Realm level.
Though it was just the initial stage of the Carefree Realm, it was still a true master in this world.
The key was, with her soul in it now, the body was almost as good as normal.
Including cultivation.
Even having children!
“Get up, go back and rest well.”
Li Mo had sensed the black cat when it opened the side room’s window.
Initially, he thought Li would wake up by the next day at the earliest.
Unexpectedly, she awoke during the night.
Li slowly stood up, appearing to struggle with every step.
Li Mo stepped forward to support her.
“I’ll carry you inside.”
Li quickly stammered, “I wouldn’t dare.”
Li Mo bent down and picked her up.
What’s left to fear in this state?
Li let out a soft gasp.
Her body tensed up.
Smelling the familiar scent on Li Mo, her heart suddenly wavered.
She had firsthand experience of what happened that day and night.
Upon entering the room, Li Mo had just placed her onto the bed when she struggled to get up.
“What’s the matter? If it’s something important, it can wait until tomorrow. Let’s rest well tonight.”
Li Mo also had questions he wanted to ask her.
Having absorbed Bai Xianwu’s memories, Li should be clear about what happened during the year Bai Xianwu disappeared.
Now that things have come to this point, there’s no rush.
He thought she had something to report to him.
Unexpectedly, after sitting up, she bit her lip awkwardly.
Her eyes darted around, and she whispered, “I was thinking of taking a bath. If not, it’s too uncomfortable.”
It would be best to also change the bedding.
Otherwise, how can one sleep feeling this sticky?
Soaking in the hot water that a maid had brought, Li let out a long sigh of relief.
She felt her whole body relax.
After soaking for a while with her eyes closed, she opened them to look at her new body closely.
Her jade hand gently glided over her body under the water, the real sensation unlike anything she’d experienced in her soul state.
Her slender waist was tight enough to grasp.
There was still a faint line of abs on her abdomen.
Her legs were long and straight, her thighs smooth and white like ivory.
Her figure and appearance were exceedingly perfect.
The key aspect was her strength.
Originally only an eighth-grade expert, after inheriting this body, she became a master of the Carefree Realm overnight.
Before, Li couldn’t even dare to think about this.
Gently clenching her fist, she felt a surge of power coursing through her body, and she sighed with relief.
Everything felt like a dream.
To have reached this point, it all started from that night.
Li would always remember that night.
When Jing Ni found the place where their Eight Refinements were gathering, in the blink of an eye, a figure appeared before her.
She had no power to resist in his hands.
The seed of fear was planted at that moment.
She had never thought that someone with such immense power existed.
Able to move as if no one was there under the eyes of the Eight Refinements.
She only heard a “crack” sound before losing consciousness.
When she woke up again, she was in a soul state.
A mysterious power had tied the eight of them together, making them vassals of Xuanjian.
This forcefully elevated Xuanjian to the Carefree Realm.
Returning to Han, they encountered that person again.
Li thought she could finally avenge herself, but even Xuanjian was beaten without the strength to fight back.
That time, Li’s mindset really collapsed!
If she hadn’t hidden in the tower, she probably would have to die again.
Blessing in disguise, thinking back, if she hadn’t died at his hands, she would have remained a hidden assassin for the rest of her life.
Eight Refinements would still have been exterminated, and she might have died in some unknown corner.
The more Li thought about it, the more grateful she felt for having begged back then.
Now she not only had a new body but also the strength she could never have in a lifetime.
Following the master turned out to be the right choice.
From now on, she ought to obey and serve the master wholeheartedly.
As Li soaked in the bathtub, a faint cat’s meow suddenly came from the corner of the room.
She came back to her senses and looked towards the corner.
The black cat that had startled her was curled up in the corner, shivering as it watched her.
Li suddenly felt that this cat resembled her former self.
Wasn’t she also trembling in fear in the corner once, scared by the master?
“Come here.”
Li turned over and leaned on the edge of the bathtub, beckoning the black cat in the corner.
The cat seemed to understand her words.
It crawled towards her anxiously.
Li scooped it up.
The black cat, at a loss, stared into her eyes, its bright pupils reflecting a cold and beautiful face.
“A stray cat?”
Li carefully examined the black cat, less than a foot long, in her hands.
Its round head and jet-black fur.
Her large, rounded eyes reflected a sense of fear.
“Meow~”
The black cat softly meowed.
Then, as if to please, it licked Li’s hand.
Li’s gaze turned cold.
The black cat immediately shivered.
Li lifted it up and glanced at its belly.
“A female cat, well, that’s fine then.”
As she spoke, her expression softened again.
She raised her hand and petted the black cat’s head.
Slowly she said, “This body, only the master can touch; if you were a male cat, you would be dead by now.”
In the next room.
Li Mo suddenly chuckled for no apparent reason.
Fei Yan, lying next to him, opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him in confusion.
“Sleep.”
Li Mo put away his smile and gently held Fei Yan’s hand as he spoke.
This Li is quite particular!
Around noon the next day, Jing Ni arrived at Fei Yan’s courtyard with a food box.
As soon as she stepped into the yard, Fei Yan’s room door was opened from the inside.
Li Mo came out, stretching lazily.
“Good morning, madam.”
Jing Ni was momentarily stunned and looked up at the midday sun.
“It’s already noon, how is it still morning?”
Li Mo chuckled.
“Since I can’t see, whenever I get up is morning.”
Jing Ni entered the bedroom with the food box.
Fei Yan was sitting at the dressing table, combing her long hair.
She quickly finished with a simple updo using a long hairpin.
It was both convenient and beautiful.
Li Mo, having been busy for two days, was already famished.
Expertly, he opened the food box and brought out the dishes inside.
The food had been prepared for two people.
Jing Ni glanced at the next room.
She asked, “Did it succeed?”
While devouring the food heartily, Li Mo nodded, “It awakened last night, and the integration went pretty well, retaining the strength of the Free and Unfettered realm.”
He was actually quite satisfied in his heart for gaining another Free and Unfettered realm expert.
Experts of the Free and Unfettered realm were not easily found.
Outside, at the very least, they would be figures of sect leaders.
Even the powerful Yin-Yang School only had two Free and Unfettered realm experts.
One now belonged to his Li family.
The other was the Right Protector, the Moon God.
Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were both geniuses in swordsmanship, one a genius, and the other a prodigy.
Although they were still young now, it was only a matter of time before they entered the Free and Unfettered realm, probably within a year or two.
Purely by current standards, the experts on his side were enough to intimidate all forces.
An hour later.
Li Mo, Fei Yan, and Jing Ni all gathered in the next room.
Li Mo had a frown on his face, looking slightly dejected.
Fei Yan and Jing Ni exchanged glances and then lowered their eyes.
“Master.”
Sensing the tense atmosphere, Li cautiously called out.
“Hmm? It’s okay, it’s okay, if she can’t remember, let it be.”
Li Mo came back to his senses and gently waved his hand.
Li suddenly felt a sense of guilt.
She slowly knelt down.
“It’s my fault. Please punish me, Master.”
Li Mo wanted to know where Bai Xianwu had gone and what she had experienced during the year she disappeared, leading to her current special condition.
However, after searching through Bai Xianwu’s memories, Li found nothing.
Regarding this matter, Bai Xianwu’s memories only contained some trivial fragments.
From the moment she died more than twenty years ago.
Then there was a gap.
The next memory was of a desert.
By that time, Bai Xianwu had already come out of that mysterious place and had transformed into her current state.
She wandered in the desert for seven days and seven nights before seeing traces of human habitation.
“Get up, this isn’t your fault.”
Li Mo helped Li up.
It was Bai Xianwu’s missing memories, which had nothing to do with Li.
Fei Yan thought for a moment before speaking slowly, “It’s possible that the memory from that period was taken away by someone.”
Li Mo nodded lightly.
“It’s also possible that she was not conscious at that time, so she doesn’t remember what happened.”
The missing memories of Bai Xianwu began from the moment she died.
So, this can’t be ruled out.
After some thought, Li Mo turned to Li and asked, “It’s rumored that Bai Xianwu made a deal with the darkness. What kind of deal was it, and with whom?”
Li searched her memory and replied after a moment, “With the darkness itself.”
“Ah?”
Li Mo was momentarily dazed.
Fei Yan and Jing Ni also looked at Li with puzzled expressions.
Li explained, “In her memory, it was just a black shadow.”
“Even she couldn’t distinguish what it was.”
“Covered entirely in darkness, only two candle-like eyes were visible.”
“Bai Xianwu was suffering from a cold poison outbreak at that time and was near death.”
“The entity said that if she pawned her soul to it, she could continue to live.”
“Bai Xianwu agreed, and then the black shadow taught her some evil techniques.”
“With fresh blood, she could improve her strength while suppressing the cold poison inside her.”
The three of them remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
Undoubtedly, the black shadow should be from the place where Bai Xianwu disappeared.
Li Mo stroked his chin and pondered, “A black shadow, evil techniques, fresh blood.”
If he remembered correctly, Bai Yifei also practiced this kind of evil technique.
He could also absorb others’ blood to enhance his power.
But Bai Xianwu once said she treated Bai Yifei as a vessel.
Like an instrument for collecting dew.
When this vessel is full, it will be Bai Xianwu’s harvest time.
So is it possible that Bai Xianwu serves a similar purpose for the black shadow?
Bai Xianwu was waiting for Bai Yifei to break through the Carefree Realm and reach the Transcendent Realm to mature.
Then could the black shadow be waiting for Bai Xianwu to break through to the Transcendent Realm before collecting her?
Thinking of this, Li Mo shuddered.
If Bai Xianwu’s cultivation method relied on enough fresh blood, she might indeed break through to the Transcendent Realm.
And if that black shadow had the confidence to harvest a Transcendent Realm being, wouldn’t that mean it had already surpassed this realm?
“Fei Yan, is there a realm above the Transcendent Realm?”
Li Mo asked with a serious expression.
Fei Yan shook her head lightly.
“The highest realm known is the Transcendent Realm, like you and Dong Huang Taiyi.”
“No?”
Li Mo rubbed his fingers and murmured.
“What’s wrong? Did you think of something?”
Jing Ni noticed his troubled expression and asked.
Li Mo didn’t hide his thoughts and shared his speculation.
After listening, the others also thought it was possible.
“If it’s true… a realm above the Transcendent Realm? What kind of realm would that be?”
Fei Yan’s plump red lips parted slightly.
“The question is, where did that thing come from?”
The only good news now is that Li is temporarily safe.
That entity’s target will only come when Bai Xianwu’s body reaches the Transcendent Realm.
And Li’s current strength has not increased but decreased, still far from the “mature” requirement.
Li Mo crossed his hands behind his back, pacing inside the room.
“Yellow sand, yellow sand…”
He recalled the details Li had mentioned.
Then he asked, “From which direction did Bai Xianwu return?”
Li unhesitatingly replied, “Northwest direction.”
“Are you using the Qin State as a coordinate?” Li Mo asked.
Li shook her head.
“No matter which state you use as a coordinate, it’s the northwest direction.”
Li Mo took a deep breath and whispered, “Northwest direction, the land of yellow sand she walked out of for seven days and nights.”
Suddenly, he and Fei Yan spoke in unison.
“Luolan!”
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