Free Web NovelChapter 492: Chapter 489: Unknown Secret (Part 2)
In a daze, somewhere between dream and consciousness, Mo Qi witnessed a world-shattering battle.
He couldn’t discern the state of the battle, nor could he see who was fighting or what they looked like. He only felt the heavens collapsing and the earth sundering as all sorts of unimaginably powerful Energy fluctuations detonated wantonly.
Wails, agonized screams, and furious roars of exertion, among other sounds, mingled together and continuously assaulted Mo Qi’s ears.
RUMBLE!
Dazzling, multicolored lights flared, accompanied by the crackling of lightning.
As far as Mo Qi knew, the only thing that could compare to the battle before him was the fight between the Nether King and the mysterious giant from his previous dream.
"A conspiracy! This is a grand conspiracy that has been planned for ages!"
"A great terror is about to be born! All life will be devastated, the world will be destroyed, and we are all accomplices!"
"Retribution! This is all retribution!"
"Greed is the original sin!"
"I regret it all!"
"No, no, no, I don’t want to die... Aaargh..."
"It’s over. It’s all over. The news can’t get out, and this tragedy will happen again!"
The intermittent roars echoed in his ears, leaving Mo Qi utterly confused.
’What conspiracy?’
’What retribution?’
’And what great terror is about to be born?’
’What tragedy?!’
Just as Mo Qi was pondering this, a strange, slightly hoarse cackle rang out.
"Jyejyejye, you should feel honored to sacrifice yourselves for my master. For fools like you, death is also a form of release!"
For some reason, upon hearing these words, Mo Qi felt no panic, no fear, and certainly no anger. Instead, he felt a strange sense of pleasure and excitement.
BOOM! CRACK!
A flash of light seared Mo Qi’s eyes, and the deafening sound made him instinctively cover his ears.
WHOOSH!
The scene before him twisted and shifted, and the sensation of falling suddenly vanished.
"Mo the kid! Mo the kid? What’s wrong with you? Wake up!"
The Pig Emperor’s familiar shouts echoed in his ear.
Mo Qi shook his head. His cheek stung, and his eyes gradually focused, his vision quickly returning to normal.
It was the same lake, the same small island, the same thatched hut.
The Pig Emperor was currently slapping him hard across the side of his face, calling his name as he did so.
Meanwhile, he was still frozen in the middle of taking a step, his foot yet to fall.
Mo Qi quickly checked his condition.
’My Cultivation is still there!’
’The Chaos Scripture is also resting quietly in my Sea of Consciousness!’
’What in the world just happened?’
’Was all that just an illusion?’ freewebnovёl.ƈom
’But it felt far too real!’
"It’s over, it’s over. Mo the kid must be mesmerized by something. Looks like this emperor will have to use more force to slap him awake."
The Pig Emperor limbered up its joints, then swung its hoof in a wide arc toward Mo Qi’s face.
Mo Qi’s face darkened, and he quickly twisted his head to dodge.
The Pig Emperor’s hoof hit empty air, and it stumbled, tumbling off Mo Qi’s shoulder.
With quick eyes and faster hands, Mo Qi snatched its tail, leaving it dangling in mid-air.
"Huh? Mo the kid, you’re awake?" the Pig Emperor said, overjoyed.
Mo Qi rolled his eyes and placed the Pig Emperor back on his shoulder.
The stinging pain on his cheek was incredibly frustrating. He had no idea where the Pig Emperor had learned such a move.
’If a slap to the face could wake someone from an Illusion Realm, then that Illusion Realm would have to be pathetically low-level.’
"Mo the kid, what happened to you just now? You suddenly froze in place, like your soul had left your body. You were like the living dead."
Just as Mo Qi was about to explain what he had seen and heard, the ring on his chest suddenly reacted.
The ring broke free from its cord on its own and flew into the air, emitting a faint white light.
Specks of fluorescent light scattered from the ring, falling into the lake.
SWOOSH!
The once mirror-smooth lake began to spin rapidly, forming a massive whirlpool around the small island.
A fierce wind rose because of it.
BOOM!
The thatched hut on the island disintegrated in the wind, but no debris fell out. Instead, it transformed into a golden streak that merged with the gale. freewebnσvel.cøm
The invisible wind became visible because of this golden hue.
Before the astonished eyes of Mo Qi, the Pig Emperor, and the Scab Chicken, a white, phantom-like figure emerged from the golden gale.
It was a young, beautiful woman with an affable smile that could lift one’s spirits with a single glance.
Hidden in the shadows, Elder Ku Mu stared intently at the woman, his breathing growing heavy.
"That crazy girl."
He murmured to himself, his voice filled with obvious emotional fluctuations—helplessness, nostalgia, but most of all, affection.
"Mother!"
By the lake, Mo Qi dropped to his knees with a THUD before the woman.
In his dreams, he had seen this woman more than once. She was his mother!
But this was the first time he had faced her so realistically in person.
Even though Mo Qi knew the woman before him was still just a phantom, he couldn’t contain his excitement.
’Perhaps after today, I’ll finally find out where my mother is!’
Meanwhile, in the shadows, upon hearing what Mo Qi called the woman, Ku Mu’s eyes bulged, and he nearly coughed up a mouthful of old blood.
"M-Mother?! This kid is that crazy girl’s flesh and blood?! Impossible! She was never married! Could it be..."
A figure flashed through Elder Ku Mu’s mind.
"Could it be him?!"
Elder Ku Mu sighed, seeming to age several years in an instant.
"I should have known."
By the lake, the Pig Emperor and the Scab Chicken watched the beautiful woman approach, simultaneously swallowing hard and backing away instinctively.
Mo Qi knelt on the ground, looking at the woman. Amidst his excitement, he also felt a tinge of grievance.
No matter the reason, being abandoned by one’s parents always leaves a heavy feeling in the heart.
The beautiful woman walked on air until she was before Mo Qi. She reached out, leaned down, and cupped his face, her eyes filled with maternal love and apology.
Feeling the soft, cool touch on his cheeks, Mo Qi could no longer hold it in.
"Mother, where are you? Besides Queen Mo Yan, who else hurt you? What must your son do to be reunited with you?"
However, no matter how Mo Qi called out or questioned her, the woman’s expression remained unchanged, as if she hadn’t heard him.
Mo Qi tried to grab the woman’s hand, only to find that he couldn’t initiate contact with her at all. She could touch him, but he couldn’t touch her.
"No! Why? Mother, why won’t you speak? I’m begging you, tell your son something! Even the smallest clue will do!"
The woman’s silence made Mo Qi’s heart race with panic.
Although he had never been to the Immortal Realm, from what he had gathered, the Immortal Realm was vast and filled with countless powerful experts.
Without a definite clue, trying to find out his mother’s whereabouts would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
As if sensing Mo Qi’s pain and anxiety, the woman’s smile grew even gentler.
She gently pulled Mo Qi into her embrace.
Mo Qi’s agitation vanished in an instant, and the turmoil in his heart dissipated by more than half.
He didn’t dare move, quietly cherishing the tranquility of the moment.
But this peace did not last long. The woman soon released Mo Qi.
She extended her right hand and made a grasping motion toward the whirlpool in the lake.
The lake water rapidly contracted, finally transforming into a single drop of pale golden fluid.
