Chapter 265 - 243: Remember It Well, It Is Your Mother, Never Forget
"Little lambs baa, little lambs play, the stars in the sky have fallen asleep..."
"Stop singing."
"Why, Young Master? Do you not find my singing pleasant?"
"I don’t."
"Hmph! I think my singing is lovely! Little lambs baa, little lambs play, the stars in the sky have fallen asleep, the stars on the ground follow and race..."
Si Li, held firmly at Xiao Mo’s waist, continued to sing.
But as she sang, she kept a close eye on Xiao Mo’s expression.
Seeing that he was no longer paying her any mind, she sang louder and with more confidence.
After spending this time with him, Si Li felt she was starting to get a handle on Xiao Mo’s temperament.
As long as she didn’t make him repeat himself, he wasn’t truly angry.
"A little child fusses and fusses, a little dog runs and runs~~~"
Si Li sang the nursery rhyme again and again, her dangling little feet swinging back and forth.
Although this was the first time a man had ever held her by the waist, Si Li found the feeling was better than she had imagined.
Besides, Xiao Mo’s large hands were like iron, giving her an incredible sense of security.
Through the light gauze of her clothes, Si Li could even feel the faint roughness of calluses on his palm.
This made Si Li’s heart ache for him, and she glanced at his profile.
Despite Xiao Mo’s astounding talent, these calluses were a testament to how diligently he must practice his blade work.
It was that very diligence that allowed him to realize his talent to its fullest potential.
"How’s your ankle?" Xiao Mo asked.
"Huh?" Xiao Mo’s voice cut through Si Li’s nursery rhyme.
She wiggled her ankle. "It feels just about healed."
"Good."
The moment he spoke, he let go without any warning. Si Li cried out, "Ah!" as she dropped to the ground.
"If your ankle’s healed, you can walk on your own," Xiao Mo said coldly, without even a glance back.
"So unromantic. What a waste of such good looks," Si Li muttered with a pout. Still, she quickly got to her feet, dusted herself off, and hurried after him. "Young Master, slow down! Wait for me..."
Before they knew it, another sixty hours had passed.
Just as most people had predicted, the unexplored Chaos Secret Realm was indeed filled with countless Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.
Xiao Mo and Si Li frequently encountered Cultivators fighting over treasures and saw more than a few corpses as a result.
As for Wangxin’s safety, Xiao Mo wasn’t particularly worried.
Although Wangxin usually seemed as docile and submissive as a little lamb, she was no fool. Her Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart allowed her to see the good and evil in people’s hearts.
Besides, from Xiao Mo’s perspective, Wangxin’s strength was not to be underestimated.
She had no desire to harm others, but it would be very difficult for others to harm her.
After Xiao Mo and Si Li had spent a hundred hours in the Chaos Secret Realm, a strange phenomenon appeared in the blood-red firmament above.
Almost simultaneously, every Cultivator within the Chaos Secret Realm looked up at the sky.
Streams of dark, cyan energy were continuously converging on a single point.
"Young Master, what is that?" Si Li asked, looking uneasily at Xiao Mo.
"Chaos Qi..." Xiao Mo’s eyes narrowed. "Let’s move. Faster."
"Yes, Young Master!"
Si Li scrambled to keep up with Xiao Mo, no longer daring to tease him.
Two hours later, Xiao Mo arrived at the place where the Chaos Qi was converging.
Cultivators from other Sects also began to arrive one after another.
"Oh, heavens..."
Gazing at the plain before them, Si Li covered her mouth in astonishment and subconsciously drew closer to Xiao Mo.
Across the plain, the skeletons of one giant creature after another lay strewn across the blood-red soil.
From the skeletal structures, Si Li recognized the remains of a True Dragon, a Phoenix, and a Qilin.
There was another that resembled the skeleton of a whale with wings.
It was possibly a Kun Peng, a species long thought to be extinct.
The other Cultivators were also stunned by the scene before them.
A few Cultivators stepped forward, hoping to collect some of the Exotic Beasts’ skeletal remains in their Storage Pouches.
After all, the bones of these Divine Beasts were prime materials for crafting Magical Treasure and Elixir Pills.
But as these Cultivators struck the Kun Peng’s bone, a terrifying pressure erupted and radiated outward.
A sweet taste rose in the throats of many Cultivators as they spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
As for the Cultivators who had tried to take the bones, they all disintegrated into dust, their bodies and souls annihilated.
Instantly, no one dared to make another rash move.
Besides the skeletons of the various Divine Beasts, Xiao Mo also saw countless weapons plunged into the red earth.
The weapons were all rusted and mostly broken. Even if they once held Artifact Spirits, those spirits had likely long since dissipated.
But as Xiao Mo approached a longsword, he could feel the killing intent that lingered on the blade, even after so many years.
Looking out over the entire plain, it was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying battle had taken place here.
Every Cultivator moved cautiously through this boneyard, fearful of triggering a hidden restriction and wary of sneak attacks from their peers.
Before long, Xiao Mo spotted a deep crater.
The crater was the size of a lake.
Scorching hot lava flowed within it.
At the edge of the crater stood a young woman, staring blankly at the roiling lava.
"What are you looking at?"
Xiao Mo said as he walked up to her.
Wangxin cried out, "Ah!" startled. When she turned and saw it was Xiao Mo, a flicker of joy lit up her eyes. "Xiao Mo, are you okay?"
"I’m fine. What about you? Have you run into any trouble these past few days?" Xiao Mo asked, standing beside Wangxin.
"Not really," Wangxin said, shaking her head. "A few people tried to capture me, but I just knocked them out."
"Do you remember what they looked like?" Xiao Mo asked.
Terrified, Wangxin quickly grabbed his sleeve. "Xiao Mo, I’m really okay..."
Even though she couldn’t read his thoughts, Wangxin knew that Xiao Mo wanted to kill them.
