Chapter 337 : Bloodline Awakening
An adult White Tiger's form was enormous, standing as tall as a person even when lying down, making it difficult to apply medicine to her wounds.
After a while, Jiang Mo controlled her spiritual energy to reduce her size, transforming from a White Tiger as tall as a small building back to a cub small enough to hold in one's arms. However, this caused the wounds that had been spread across her massive body to converge, making them appear even more alarming—a wounded large tiger already looked pitiful, but as a cub, she seemed even more deserving of sympathy.
Especially since Jiang Mo had never experienced hardship and feared pain, when Yun Qingyue treated her wounds with a heart full of concern, her eyes welled up with tears. Unable to bear the pain, she secretly grabbed a corner of Yun Qingyue's robe and bit it, looking utterly miserable.
The only oversight was that when the White Tiger bit down, she damaged the formation array, causing another of her Senior Sister's robes to be ruined.
Jiang Mo only saw a flash of spiritual light before her eyes as the spiritual energy in her Senior Sister's robe dissipated. She was momentarily stunned, and when she looked up, half a piece of fabric was still hanging from her sharp teeth, making her look utterly small, pitiful, and innocent—completely different from the majestic White Tiger she had been moments ago.
Yun Qingyue naturally noticed immediately and, looking down at this silly appearance, couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry.
"I'm, I'm sorry," Jiang Mo quickly removed the evidence from her teeth and apologized, then added, "I'll compensate you."
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Yun Qingyue couldn't help but laugh, casually rubbing her head: "It's fine, it's just a robe. I can simply replace it." Then she asked, "How are your injuries? Do your wounds still hurt?"
Being struck by a whip carrying fire poison, which had even turned an old monk into a stone statue, how could it not hurt... Wait, it actually didn't hurt anymore? Had her Senior Sister applied medicine so quickly?!
Jiang Mo curiously raised her paw, feeling no pain, then moved her body, still feeling no pain, and was immediately delighted. Her bright eyes looked at her Senior Sister joyfully: "The wound is healed, it doesn't hurt anymore."
Despite her words, the White Tiger, lying on her Senior Sister's lap, showed no intention of getting down.
Since learning of Jiang Mo's feelings, Yun Qingyue could no longer view her as the tiger cub of before, and there was now some restraint in her actions. But now that Jiang Mo was injured, even though her wounds had improved after using spiritual medicine, seeing those scorched patches of fur, she still couldn't bring herself to push her away. She raised her hand, carefully stroking the uninjured parts of her fur: "Then tell me, what exactly happened earlier?"
While her Senior Sister was taking the opportunity to stroke her fur, Jiang Mo wasn't idle either, secretly hooking one of Yun Qingyue's snow-white strands of hair with her paw. She was both curious and intrigued, eager to know what her Senior Sister's original form actually was, but she couldn't ignore Yun Qingyue's question.
Jiang Mo immediately recounted what had happened earlier, especially detailing Third Elder's techniques to ensure her Senior Sister would be prepared if they encountered her again. However, as she spoke, she finally remembered the system's virus alert and wanted to ask the system where the virus had come from, but after calling out a couple of times, there was no response. Perhaps it was in hibernation mode due to the virus elimination. She quietly opened the system panel and found it was indeed still in the process of eliminating the virus.
Given this situation, Jiang Mo temporarily set aside concerns about the system and cautioned her Senior Sister: "Third Elder must carry numerous magical treasures, especially that small black flag she brought out. I sensed something ominous about it. Senior Sister, you should be careful if you encounter her in the future."
Yun Qingyue nodded in agreement, also very wary of Third Elder, who was far more troublesome than the Grand Elder they had encountered before.
Beyond this, Yun Qingyue felt a bit dejected—Jiang Mo and Third Elder had fought for almost half a day, and calculating the time, they had probably missed the exit they had previously found. This meant they had wasted another day and didn't know if they could reach the next exit in time.
While Yun Qingyue was preoccupied with worry, Jiang Mo had been secretly playing with her hair for quite a while before finally venturing to ask: "Senior Sister, now that your bloodline has awakened, what is your original form?" Can you transform back to show me?
Jiang Mo was curious, desperately curious. Her Senior Sister had been stroking her for so long, and she really wanted to reciprocate!
Hearing this, Yun Qingyue returned to her senses, lightly pressing her thin lips together before responding: "I don't know. Perhaps my bloodline awakening isn't complete yet."
Jiang Mo felt slightly disappointed upon hearing this, then asked: "Then, Senior Sister, how did your bloodline suddenly awaken? You were fine before I left..." Her words trailed off as she caught sight of the massive dragon bones occupying a large space nearby, forming a guess in her mind.
Sure enough, Yun Qingyue didn't conceal anything and told her everything she had done earlier. Finally, she raised her hand to look at it—her slender, fair hand was as delicate as ever, but she could feel that beneath the thin muscles and blue veins, an immense power was concealed—as if a seal had been broken, restrictions removed, and the power that originally belonged to her was gradually returning.
Her cultivation realm hadn't changed for now, but she knew she would become very powerful!
The White Tiger's tail swept back and forth, her gaze falling on the enormous dragon bones not far away. After thinking for a moment, she took out a jade box and handed it to Yun Qingyue. When the latter opened it, she saw a familiar spiritual herb lying quietly inside.
Jiang Mo's voice followed: "This is the ninth-grade Dragon's Blood Grass from years ago. It's mature now. Would you like to try using it, Senior Sister?"
The ninth-grade Dragon's Blood Grass, formed from dragon blood, had the effect of purifying one's bloodline—as a divine beast born from heaven and earth, this item was naturally useless to the White Tiger, but when she preserved the dragon bones years ago, she had somehow kept this herb as well. Perhaps subconsciously, she had been saving it for her Senior Sister all along. Now that her Senior Sister's bloodline had awakened, it could indeed be useful.
The premise was that Yun Qingyue had fully accepted her demonic beast bloodline and was prepared to eliminate the last bit of her human bloodline. But evidently, she wasn't ready for this yet, so she remained silent as she gazed at the ninth-grade Dragon's Blood Grass in the jade box.
Seeing this, Jiang Mo guessed her thoughts and, without waiting for her to speak, directly raised her paw to close the jade box: "Senior Sister, your bloodline has just awakened, and you don't even know your original form yet, so there's no need to rush."
She had said everything that needed to be said, but Yun Qingyue indeed felt her goodwill and thoughtfulness.
Yun Qingyue's furrowed brows unconsciously relaxed, and her lips were about to move to speak when the White Tiger raised her paw, pushed the jade box toward her own chest, and said first: "This item is of little use to me except for replenishing some spiritual energy, which ordinary spiritual pills can do just as well. Senior Sister, please keep it—it will be more useful to you."
She didn't even give her a chance to refuse. Though forceful, the little tiger's serious manner of pushing the jade box was truly adorable.
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Jiang Mo's desire to stroke fluffy fur remained temporarily unfulfilled. But she wasn't anxious at all, because the process of bloodline awakening was almost irreversible—sooner or later, her Senior Sister would be able to transform into her original form. She only needed to wait with anticipation.
However, before that, their most urgent task was to leave this underground world and return to the surface.
Third Elder's flame whip was quite venomous, carrying not only its inherent magical power but also fire poison attached to it. Fortunately, Yun Qingyue possessed various medicinal pills, and having subdued the Ice Flame, she controlled it to devour the fire poison before applying medicine, allowing the wounds to heal quickly. After recuperating for less than half a day, Jiang Mo's injuries were almost completely healed.
As soon as her injuries recovered, Jiang Mo resumed her human form and planned not to transform back to her original form for a short period—there was no choice; although the wounds to her skin and flesh healed quickly, the scorched fur wouldn't grow back immediately, even with hair-growth powder. She certainly didn't want her Senior Sister to see her in such an unsightly state!
Once everything had recovered, it was time to leave without delay. Jiang Mo asked Yun Qingyue: "Senior Sister, lend me your compass, and I'll go outside to search for the exit again. Your bloodline awakening is at a critical moment, so you should continue to stay in the space."
However, Yun Qingyue didn't agree immediately, her furrowed brows expressing concern: "Third Elder appears and disappears mysteriously, and we don't know where she's hiding now..."
Jiang Mo also frowned at the thought of the troublesome Third Elder, but they couldn't avoid leaving just because of her presence. After all, the young monk was still waiting outside to suppress the seal. Even though she and Yun Qingyue didn't know about the seven-day agreement, with their intelligence, they could easily guess and understand the preciousness of time.
"I'll be careful," Jiang Mo could only say, and for safety's sake, she also planned to check the system mall for any useful items.
Speak of the devil—just as Jiang Mo thought of the system, a system notification immediately sounded in her mind—
"Ding, virus elimination complete, system restart successful."
Hearing this, Jiang Mo thought, perfect timing, and hastily asked the system: "System, you're awake? What happened earlier? Why did you suddenly start eliminating a virus? This is the cultivation world, there shouldn't be any computer viruses here. Is there a problem with your main system?"
The system, having just restarted, was displeased to hear this: "It's not the main system's problem, it's clearly your fault." It then explained the situation with the soul-devouring insect, adding: "The cultivation world is truly too dangerous, even having things that can directly harm the soul, and to a degree that the system determined would harm the host's soul. Host, please be more careful."
Hearing this, Jiang Mo also felt a chill of fear and became even more wary of Third Elder's existence.