Chapter 170: Return
"What? This girl is someone you specially found for me to inherit my Rakshasa cultivation method?" Liu Wuxie asked in surprise.
"Otherwise? I thought after you left, your inheritance should still be within this Jidao Imperial Court, but I didn’t expect your inheritance to be sealed away and become a forbidden area of the Jidao Imperial Court because no one could be found to inherit it.
It wasn’t easy to get in, and I never expected you to have gotten involved with the Demon Race," Wang Yufan said impolitely.
Listening to Wang Yufan’s words, Liu Wuxie’s face was flushed with embarrassment.
"Um, I’ve already taken a portion of this girl’s lifeforce. You can take it from me now," Liu Wuxie said.
Hearing Liu Wuxie say this, Wang Yufan glanced at him and said, "I see it. You don’t need to tell me. However, since you’ve taken this girl’s lifeforce, she’s now entrusted to you. You of the Jidao Imperial Court should nurture her well. It’s not bad that you now have a descendant in the God King Realm. The two of you can teach her together; it can be considered your compensation to her.
As for her lifeforce, don’t worry, I have a pill here specifically for nourishing lifeforces." After Wang Yufan finished speaking, Liu Wuxie took a deep breath.
"Thank you, Brother Changsheng. You’re not going to punish me for colluding with the Demon Race?" Liu Wuxie asked.
Wang Yufan shook his head and said, "If you had believed that Soul Demon’s words just now and harmed her, then you wouldn’t be here talking to me. At that point, you wouldn’t be the person I once knew, and I would have acted without hesitation. Fortunately, you still have some conscience."
Hearing Wang Yufan speak of him in such a way, Liu Wuxie still felt a bit fortunate that his rationality had overcome his desires.
"I still have one question I want to ask you, if that’s alright," Liu Wuxie said to Wang Yufan.
Wang Yufan looked at Liu Wuxie and said, "Alright, old man, don’t ask anymore. I know what you want to ask, but I won’t say. Some things need to be explored by oneself. Simply knowing is useless. There are too many powerful people in this world, and countless people possess talent. The vastness of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms is incomparable to what people of the Dao Realm can comprehend.
Moreover, tens of thousands of years have passed. I don’t know what it’s like now."
Liu Wuxie also nodded, feeling that what Wang Yufan said was very reasonable.
Subsequently, the two of them, carrying Li Meng’er, emerged from the stone coffin, though Li Meng’er was still unconscious. Originally, Wang Yufan wanted Liu Wuxie to carry her, but seeing that he was an old man, he could only carry her out himself.
Upon touching Li Meng’er’s body, Wang Yufan still felt a strange sensation in his heart.
When the two arrived outside, they saw a massive array.
Wang Yufan said, "Old man, this massive array couldn’t possibly be something you got from the Demon Race, could it? It clearly looks evil, designed specifically to steal life force."
Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Liu Wuxie admitted that this was indeed what the Soul Demon had given him back then, but he didn’t know why the Soul Demon was willing to stay with him for so long. He also knew that once the Soul Demon attached itself to his divine soul, it wouldn’t die as long as he didn’t die, which was terrifying to think about, but its biggest mistake was entering Wang Yufan’s sea of consciousness.
The two continued to walk outwards, all the way to the central altar of the outermost small world.
Wang Yufan didn’t say anything. Liu Wuxie waved his hand, and the altar instantly turned into dust and disappeared.
"Old man, I’m curious, where did you get this small world? It can even transform into two physical Demonic Apes to attack based on others’ cultivation realms," Wang Yufan said.
Hearing what Wang Yufan said, Liu Wuxie replied, "This was a bead I accidentally encountered in an abyss after you left that year. When my divine sense entered it, I discovered that it claimed to be a world within itself. I felt that such a thing was similar in nature to a spatial ring, but it was far more advanced than a spatial ring.
Moreover, when I first entered, I slowly explored it and only then learned that this small world could also conjure Demonic Apes with strength equal to one’s own, and these Demonic Apes only attacked oneself. So I kept it until today."
Wang Yufan nodded after hearing this. Wang Yufan was now curious about the abyss Liu Wuxie mentioned. Logically, this item shouldn’t exist within the Dao Realm, so if it did exist, there must be secrets he didn’t know. It seemed he would have to explore it himself.
Afterward, the two headed towards where Changtian and Li Qiye were.
At this moment, Changtian had been battling the Demonic Ape for four or five hundred rounds. Changtian already felt his physical exhaustion continuously increasing. If he didn’t deal with the Demonic Ape in front of him in time, then he would definitely be the one to fail in the end.
"Imperial Lord, why don’t we leave first? This Demonic Ape is too powerful; you can’t afford the exhaustion," Grand Uncle kept saying. He had been closely watching Changtian and the Demonic Ape’s battle. With the perception of a True Immortal, he could clearly distinguish the situation. Several times he had made a move, but each time his attack simply passed through the Demonic Ape’s body, causing no damage whatsoever.
Hearing Grand Uncle’s words, Changtian replied, "Not yet. That young master has gone deep into this small world. I must wait for that young master to return."
Grand Uncle knew who Changtian was referring to, but he still worried incessantly.
However, at this moment, a voice entered their ears.
"This old man is not wrong. The Imperial Lord can go back first; there’s no need to wait for me. Fighting this Demonic Ape is a thankless task, and ultimately, you’ll be the one to fail."
Not far from Li Qiye, three figures gradually materialized from blurry to clear.
"Master, you’re back! Wait, you’re holding Li Meng’er? Are you two...?" Li Qiye was initially excited to see Wang Yufan return, but when he saw Wang Yufan holding Li Meng’er in his arms, his eyes darted up and down.
Wang Yufan took one look at Li Qiye’s expression and knew he had misunderstood. What kind of strange things was this newly taken disciple thinking now?
"Come here and take Li Meng’er. She’s heavy. I found her unconscious by chance, so I carried her back. Don’t think too much." Wang Yufan finished speaking and looked at Li Qiye. Li Qiye also pretended as if nothing was wrong and helped Li Meng’er lie down on the ground. He certainly didn’t go and carry her like his master; if Li Meng’er woke up, he would be in trouble.
"This Li Qiye is so cunning, I give up," Wang Yufan complained inwardly. He had originally wanted to teach Li Qiye a lesson, but in the end, he decided against it. After all, this was his second disciple.
When all eyes shifted from Wang Yufan, they noticed Liu Wuxie beside him.
"Master, who is this white-bearded old man next to you?" Li Qiye asked.