Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

He could also artificially age the so-called paper. That would be perfectly doable.

After all, Xu Lei knew how to paint.

The craft of painting included techniques for aging materials.

But he hadn’t had the time to do it yet.

If he went straight back to his home in the mortal world now, Xu Lei’s cover would be blown.

Of course, he could have just secretly written it at night in the inn.

But Bai Ling could control Creepy Spirits, and Creepy Spirits were invisible and intangible. Xu Lei couldn’t see them at all and had no idea if Bai Ling was using one to watch him!

So, even after they got to the inn at night, Xu Lei didn’t dare to write recklessly.

「Three days later.」

The three of them continued their journey.

The bad news was that Xu Lei still hadn’t found an opportunity to create the Last Words.

The good news was that they still hadn’t reached the home from Xu Lei’s current life.

Just as Xu Lei was wondering how he could evade the Creepy Spirits and forge the Last Words, Bai Ling suddenly announced that she had detected the aura of a Spirit Monster!

Then, she led Xu Lei and Qing Lian to go catch the Demon!

Since Bai Ling had Creepy Spirits to scout for her, her ability to detect Spirit Monsters was far superior to Xu Lei’s or Qing Lian’s.

Of course, the Creepy Spirits weren’t omniscient.

They had to search around, just like a person would.

Their advantage was that others couldn’t see them, and they could pass through walls and other physical objects.

Afterward, the three of them rushed over immediately.

But they came up empty.

The Spirit Monster was extremely wary.

This particular Spirit Monster seemed to be a semi-material entity.

It was possibly a type of Demon.

Bai Ling had originally said that a Creepy Spirit discovered the Spirit Monster possessing a mortal woman, seducing men everywhere to devour their Essence Qi.

But by the time the three of them arrived, the woman had returned to normal.

The Demon that had been possessing her was gone.

Afterward, Bai Ling could only command her Creepy Spirits to continue searching for its tracks everywhere.

She said the Demon probably hadn’t gone too far.

That evening, in his room at the inn, Xu Lei finally wrote out the so-called Last Words he had mentioned before.

He wrote a final message in the handwriting of his past life and then artificially aged the paper.

As for the specific contents, Xu Lei didn’t just list his own demands.

He also included some obligations he would undertake.

It roughly stated that Bai Ling should become his Dao Companion and allow him to perform Charitable Giving freely, while he, in turn, would protect her Dao and help her achieve enlightenment.

After all, only when rights and obligations were balanced would it seem more believable.

’Am I being a little despicable?’ Xu Lei couldn’t help but wonder as he looked at the aged paper.

’It feels like I’m deceiving Bai Ling, and trying to trick her into bed, no less.’

But Xu Lei didn’t want to reveal the whole truth about his reincarnation.

Admittedly, revealing his identity wouldn’t cause an immediate, fatal crisis.

But every bit of information he revealed could create another potential crisis in the future.

Many secrets begin to unravel from a single moment of carelessness.

Yet Xu Lei also didn’t want to watch Bai Ling pursue a lonely path of Cultivation just to save his past self.

To let her youth, as beautiful as a flower, wither away in bitter hardship.

For such a beautiful young woman to grow old alone would be a terrible waste.

’But what if I just try to change her mind and get her to start accepting male Cultivators?’

’What if she falls for another man?’

The thought of that still made Xu Lei’s heart ache.

It was like a daughter he had raised with great difficulty was suddenly being married off to another man.

If she were his actual daughter, it would be one thing; the blood bond couldn’t be surpassed.

But Bai Ling wasn’t his daughter, just his disciple.

And a lifetime already stood between them.

At that moment, Xu Lei couldn’t help but stare blankly at the paper.

The day he had said what he did, it had been on a whim, not meticulously planned in advance.

He never expected Bai Ling to actually agree.

Just then, a sudden knock came from his door.

Xu Lei thought it was Qing Lian, coming to have him treat the wound on her chest and soothe the injury.

But when he opened the door, he saw Bai Ling standing there. Her thick, lustrous white hair fell smoothly, and her beautiful face was frozen with an endless frost.

With a push of her slender hand, she shoved Xu Lei aside, strode into his room, and walked right up to his desk.

The paper on the desk hadn’t been put away yet.

Seeing this, Xu Lei instantly understood that he had miscalculated.

Bai Ling was even more clever and cautious than he had imagined.

Perhaps it was because of the schemes she had suffered at the hands of her previous female master.

She was no longer the innocent, naive little girl from his past life.

The so-called discovery of a Spirit Monster earlier was likely all a lie from Bai Ling.

Her goal was to make Xu Lei lower his guard.

In reality, Bai Ling’s Creepy Spirit had probably been by Xu Lei’s side from the very beginning.

Creepy Spirits could read human writing.

So it understood what Xu Lei had written.

And after it relayed the information, Bai Ling, of course, understood everything.

At that moment, Bai Ling stared at the contents of the paper. Although the rights and obligations seemed relatively balanced, it was, in the end, nothing but a deception!

Bai Ling glared at Xu Lei with hatred, her beautiful eyes shimmering with unshed tears.

Just then, Qing Lian noticed the commotion and ran over, stopping at the doorway.

Seeing the strange expressions on Xu Lei and Bai Ling’s faces, she froze.

"I thought I had found a friend! A friend I could trust!"

Bai Ling said coldly, "To think that you would scheme against me, too!

You really did receive Master’s inheritance, didn’t you?

But these so-called Last Words don’t exist at all!"