Chapter 161 Xie Sixing! Who exactly are you?!

Ye Li felt a pang of guilt when she saw Huo Huo and A Jin looking so guilty.

However, not wanting to make things difficult for the two pets, she said coldly, "Where is Xie Sixing?"

Huo Huo immediately replied, "Your Majesty..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Ah Jin interrupted her, blinking his eyes, "Mother, do you need something from Master?"

The thought that they had been lying to her all along chilled Ye Li to the bone, and her tone became stiff.

"Don't you all know the truth?"

Ajin's laughter immediately turned awkward, and he touched his nose with his paw, "Hehehe."

Huo Huo asked innocently, "My stomach is rumbling? How does Mother know that Huo Huo is hungry?"

She stood there bouncing around, saying, "Huohuo wants to eat chicken legs."

"Fire."

Ah Jin stopped her and said cautiously, "Mother, Master is not available right now. Why don't you come back in three days? Master will definitely explain things clearly then."

Ye Li sneered, "Are you going to explain yourself clearly, or are you planning how to fool me again? Mother? You two are truly excellent actors!"

She no longer believed what they were saying, and felt an indescribable anger.

She was angry that she had died once and still couldn't judge people well, and even angrier that she actually thought Xie Sixing was different and treated him as a friend and confided in him after just a few words.

Seeing Ye Li's cold and stern expression, A Jin's eyes showed a hint of panic. "No, Mother! We really love you. Sha Luoru was abused terribly by his master a thousand years ago. We can't believe his words."

However, Ye Li was no longer listening to reason and did not believe Ah Jin's three-day deadline. She drew her sword and rushed into the Golden Pagoda.

Seeing this, Ajin panicked even more and shouted a warning, "Your master is in danger right now, you must not go near him!"

...

On the first floor, Ye Li looked around, but Xie Sixing was not there.

Not only was Xie Sixing absent, but Dahei was also missing.

Big Black!

Ye Li's first thought was that something had happened to Da Hei. She was now abandoned by everyone, and her only concern was Da Hei.

Could it be that Xie Sixing knows the truth has come out and is afraid she won't be the vessel for his revival, so he's using Dahei to threaten her?

Thinking of this, her anger flared, her eyes reddened, and she shouted sharply, "Xie Sixing! You come out here!"

The only response she received was the angry echo of her own voice.

His gaze swept around and landed on the spiral staircase leading upwards.

With a frown, Ye Li stepped forward without hesitation.

When she reached the sixth floor, Xie Sixing was still nowhere to be seen. She remembered that she had been blinded by the murals on the seventh floor and had seen the battlefield between the Daoist cultivators and the Wuqi Clan. Xie Sixing was not only in the middle of it, but also used his heterochromatic eyes to bewitch her mind. If she hadn't been interrupted, she would have already committed suicide.

Therefore, Ye Li was extra careful this time.

As Ye Li stepped onto the stairs leading to the seventh floor, she suddenly felt an extremely terrifying and powerful spiritual force, a spiritual power unlike any she was familiar with in Daoist cultivation techniques.

It makes people's souls tremble and kneel down in worship.

With each step Ye Li took, she could feel the throbbing pain of her spiritual veins being compressed, but thinking of Da Hei, whose fate was uncertain, she resolutely continued upwards.

Finally, she arrived at the seventh floor.

To avoid being misled by the illusion of the mural again, she closed her eyes and proceeded solely on instinct.

During this time, she heard the whistling of the wind in her ears.

The sounds of clashing weapons surrounded her, forcing her to open her eyes.

She suppressed the urge to open her eyes and continued upwards, following the direction of the stairs in her memory.

Suddenly, the sound of an arrow piercing the wind rang out.

The spiritual cultivation allowed Ye Li to sense that the arrow was heading straight for her brow.

Driven by her survival instinct, she instinctively wanted to check on the perilous situation.

Her eyelids twitched slightly, and just before the light was about to shine in, she suddenly became alert.

No, she's on the stairs. There's no battlefield or arrows there. The mural must have been there on purpose to trick her into opening her eyes.

Thinking of this, she didn't open her eyes or even move, gritting her teeth as she walked upwards.

The air was torn apart by the sound of the arrow, and Ye Li's scalp tightened. The sound passed through her body without causing her any harm.

Before she could even catch her breath, a sharp burning sensation came from her feet.

It felt like walking on flames; every step was excruciating.

Is this also an illusion?

Ye Li was no longer able to tell the difference; her only belief was that she had to go up and find Da Hei!

Perhaps it was because her belief was too firm, or perhaps the mural had run out of ideas, but all the noise finally faded away from her.

At the same time, she stood on the stairs leading to the eighth floor.

This was a place she had never set foot in before. Ye Li slowly opened her eyes, and the next second, her pupils dilated instantly.

This is……

She was in complete darkness.

That intense blackness wasn't just a lack of light; it was like an endless abyss, where she felt everything had stopped.

There is no time, no space.

It was as if this place was the end of all things.

In the darkness, the only person Ye Li could see was Xie Sixing.

His body emanated a hazy glow, and his eyes, one gold and one black, stood out in the darkness like two completely different suns and moons.

His dark eyes were like a vortex, spreading an oppressive force silently.

Golden eyes radiate a terrifying light; a single glance is enough to make one feel as if their soul is being sucked in.

Xie Sixing also saw her.

He was clearly different from his usual lazy self at this moment. The way he slowly curled his lips was exactly the same as the person she saw in the mural illusion that day.

Wicked and unpredictable.

He turned his head and smiled at her, "Little Taoist priest, you've come. Did you come to see me?"

His unobstructed heterochromatic eyes fell upon her, clearly visible to him.

He really does have heterochromatic eyes, one gold and one black!

So what she saw in the mural that day was Xie Sixing!

His appearance on the battlefield of the Wuqi Clan is no sign of kindness!

She pointed her sword at Xie Sixing, "Tell me, who are you? Where did you hide Big Black?"

"Big Black..."

Xie Sixing tilted his head and thought for a moment, then looked as if he had just realized something. "You mean that fat bird? It's here."

As he spoke, he pointed to the area opposite him.

Ye Li had great difficulty identifying the large black creature that had blended into the darkness.

"Big Black!"

She immediately went to Big Black and was about to pick it up when she heard Xie Sixing say slowly, "Little Taoist priest, I advise you not to move it now, otherwise it will never wake up again."

Ye Li said sternly, "You want to threaten me with Big Black? You really are an evil spirit! I actually believed your nonsense before!"

Xie Sixing chuckled lightly, "I was afraid you'd be sad, so I kindly saved your big fat bird. How could you scold me? This is so heartless, it's going to hurt me."

He said this, but his face was full of an inscrutable, amused expression.

You think I'd still believe you?!

Although Ye Li said this, she was hesitant to act rashly because she feared the consequences.

Seeing this, Xie Sixing spread his hands and said, "I can't move right now. If you don't believe me, you can come and kill me now."