Free Web NovelChapter 558: Chapter 510: Blown to Pieces
The golden light repeatedly collided and struggled within the chaos gray mist. After a moment of discovering it couldn’t break free, it calmed down, quietly suspended in mid-air, wrapped by the chaos gray mist.
Jiang Yuebai sat on the ground, swallowed a mouthful of saliva to calm herself down, could this be considered a blessing in disguise, extracting the Immortal Cultivation Panel Lu Xingyun had implanted deep in her soul?
Now, as long as she doesn’t touch it, the Immortal Cultivation Panel shouldn’t be able to know her information, right?
But how should it be handled now?
Jiang Yuebai tried to compress the golden light with the chaos gray mist from within, attempting to destroy it, but the two were evenly matched. It could only trap but not destroy and couldn’t be moved, fixed in place.
"Jiang Yuebai—"
A voice from behind called, it was Bai Jiuyou. Jiang Yuebai stood and turned around, seeing Bai Jiuyou emerging from the swirling gray mist, her face lit with surprise upon seeing Jiang Yuebai.
"Just now, Jixiang and Hongye said they were almost grabbed and eaten by you, so I knew you were about to wake up. Hmm? What’s this?"
With curiosity, Bai Jiuyou approached the golden light, prompting Jiang Yuebai to quickly stop her.
"Don’t go near it!"
Bai Jiuyou halted her forward step in mid-air, furrowed her little face, and withdrew her foot, retreating to Jiang Yuebai’s side.
Jiang Yuebai hadn’t shared the memory of the Immortal Cultivation Panel with Bai Jiuyou, so she knew nothing about it.
"Ignore that thing for now, I still don’t know how to handle it."
Bai Jiuyou saw Jiang Yuebai’s serious expression and knew she wasn’t joking. That thing must be particularly dangerous.
"Okay, I’m usually in the Pocket World, I can help you watch over it."
Jiang Yuebai turned her head in confusion, "Is this my Lotus Platform Cave Heaven?"
Bai Jiuyou’s mouth twitched, "Uh... should be."
Jiang Yuebai immediately walked towards the outside while Bai Jiuyou, with her little short legs, chased after her, "You better be mentally prepared, it might be a bit... chaotic outside."
Jiang Yuebai broke through the obstruction of the gray mist in a few strides, and when she finally saw the outside, she was thunderstruck, standing dumbfounded.
The ground was cracked and yellow sand flew.
The lake had dried up leaving only a deep pit, the entire world was barren with not a trace of greenery, even the old Rong tree was bare, only skeletal branches remaining, appearing dead.
The sky was dim, and strange bronze fragments floated around, aside from the pervasive gray mist of chaos.
Tree Dragon Hongye coiled on the old Rong tree, serving as the tree’s canopy, shielding the Little Demon Spirit Beasts below from wind and sand. The two Grass Dragon Eggs originally in the Spiritual Field were also placed under the tree.
Clearly different, Jixiang with his family surrounded the Grass Dragon Eggs, no one could tell if they were hatching the eggs or basking in Dragon Qi.
The wind and sand stung Jiang Yuebai’s eyes. With tears in her eyes, she trembled, pointing forward.
"Say again where this is? I had such a vast green landscape, splendid flowers and blossoms, eternal spring in my Pocket World!"
"Ask yourself!" Bai Jiuyou pointed to the holes left where the forest used to be, "You pulled them out and swallowed them one by one, fortunately, you had some sanity left and didn’t eat anything living, otherwise Jixiang and all of them wouldn’t have survived."
"I... I’m the one who ate them?" Jiang Yuebai pointed to herself, "Am I that gluttonous?"
Bai Jiuyou nodded vigorously, "The ’Chaos Nirvana Skill’ has a unique feature, if the cultivator reaches a life-or-death situation, just by devouring enough Chaos Qi, they can undergo a nirvana rebirth. Your spine and Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron can convert Chaos Qi, so it worked out in your favor."
Jiang Yuebai blinked, "Did the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron really swallow the Purple Sky Divine Thunder? Then where’s the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron? Wait, how do you know all this?"
Logically, Bai Jiuyou shouldn’t have any memories from her time as Zhur Jiuyou, she didn’t even know about the Nirvana rebirth, Bai Jiuyou shouldn’t know this.
Bai Jiuyou put her hands on her little hips, "First about the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, after swallowing the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, it couldn’t withstand it and exploded, converting so much Chaos Qi to save you. It’s not a waste, considering its remarkable origin, though I can’t remember specifics."
"See those bronze fragments around? They are pieces of the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron. Under the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, it merged with your Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, but since the quality of your Lotus Platform is so poor, it can’t refine these many fragments yet. You’ll need to improve your Lotus Platform; once you’ve refined them all, it could become another Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron."
Jiang Yuebai nodded honestly, that’s good. After forming her Nascent Soul, her first plan is to upgrade everything on her person.
Bai Jiuyou scratched her nose and continued, "The Dragon Suppressing Coffin probably exploded too. Without you waking up, I couldn’t get out, so I’m unaware of the situation outside. As for myself, earlier, during a fight with that group of dogs, I heard some zither sounds that felt familiar, then my part as Zhur Jiuyou..."
Bai Jiuyou suddenly looked up, revealing her sharp teeth, pulling out a sinister smile at Jiang Yuebai.
"Awakened!"
Jiang Yuebai’s scalp went numb, her pupils contracted sharply.
"Pfft ahahaha, you fell for it hahahaha, look at how scared you are hahahaha." Bai Jiuyou laughed, leaning back and forth.
Jiang Yuebai’s eyelids drooped, her face expressionless.
Forget it, she’s definitely learned this cheekiness from me, never mind.
Bai Jiuyou laughed as she explained, "Zhur Jiuyou is completely dead, you needn’t fear. During the zither sound, some of Zhur Jiuyou’s memories flashed in my mind, so now I know about the cultivation technique and, I saw clearly the one who put Zhur Jiuyou into the coffin."
"Wait a second."
Jiang Yuebai turned around and searched for a Jade Scroll, but found none, so she squatted down and used her fingers to sketch Qii Siheng’s image on the sandy ground.
Jiang Yuebai hadn’t learned drawing nor painted portraits, but she frequently drew Artifact Refining Diagrams and Puppet Sketches, with solid skills, drawing Qii Siheng quite realistically.
"Is it this person?"
Bai Jiuyou squatted beside her, tilting her head to scrutinize, "The eyes look a little similar, but it’s not a real person, I can’t confirm."
Even with Bai Jiuyou’s uncertainty, Jiang Yuebai remained convinced. She boldly speculated, such an old monster from Zhur Jiuyou’s time, if not dead, certainly wouldn’t be roaming around outside.
Even if alive, it’d be boring, might as well send different clones to roam the world. Perhaps Qii Siheng is one of that old monster’s clones. It was during her musical duel with Qii Siheng at sea when he saw Bai Jiuyou, making the old monster’s consciousness awaken, leading to the subsequent events.
But why is he doing all this? What’s the benefit for him?
Jiang Yuebai couldn’t fathom Qii Siheng’s reasoning and purpose, or perhaps he did it without needing a reason, purely for amusement?
"Bai Jiuyou, if we meet him again in the future, can you recognize him?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Bai Jiuyou nodded, "Yes, as long as he and I lock eyes once, regardless of his disguise, I’ll see through him. But still, let’s hope not to encounter him again. Though my memories are scarce, Zhur Jiuyou was clearly very afraid of him."
Jiang Yuebai stood up, taking a deep breath.
"Cough cough, ptooey ptooey, I wanted to make some bold statements, now I ate a mouthful of sand, ptooey! Bai Jiuyou, help me tally what assets I have left, then let’s go out and see where we exactly are."
"Uh... you better prepare again, you’re really quite a glutton."
"......"
