Chapter 350
"Yes." Bai Yu received the order and left.
Even when brewing and serving tea alone, one's mind is restless.
He is currently at the same Nascent Soul stage as Song Bai, but he is still some distance away from his master's Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcending stages.
If you want to ascend to heaven with your master, the only way is to follow the old path and sacrifice more people.
This time, the person he chose to sacrifice in the end was the man in black robes.
"As long as I sacrifice her, I will be able to catch up with my master." He held the tea tray, his steps firm.
As he stepped in with his head bowed, the hall was still filled with laughter and chatter. He focused intently on respectfully serving each teacup to the guests.
Only after holding the empty tea tray did I finally have time to look at the guests' faces.
Upon seeing this, he was surprised and suddenly became suspicious.
How did these women end up here?
He had seen their faces in his dreams, but at this moment, they only had their master in their eyes, and the affection in their eyes was almost the same as the way they looked at him in his dreams.
He stood frozen in place, feeling an invisible pressure that protected him, yet a sense of panic rose within him.
The treasure was his opportunity, and the power behind these women should also be his opportunity, but he was always either too late or too slow.
The treasure was taken by the man in black robes, and now these women appear before their master, giving him this kind of expression...
Does this mean that half of his opportunity was taken away by his master?
He stood there, stunned, his heart sinking to the bottom.
"Xiao Yu, step down."
Bai Yu snapped out of his daze and realized that everyone was staring at him. The women were no longer affectionate and tender towards him; instead, their eyes were filled with scrutiny.
He immediately withdrew the oppressive aura emanating from him, looked up to confirm that Ling Wu's expression still showed concern for him, and then reluctantly calmed himself down and said, "Disciple obeys."
Lingwu drew out a wisp of her divine sense and placed it on him.
Bai Yu, distraught and disoriented, was still gripped by panic and unaware that he was being spied on.
Back in his room, he closed the door and braced it.
I tried to suppress my own guesses, but they kept popping up like bubbles rising from boiling water.
"All the changes were due to the man in black robes and my master. The opportunity was taken away by the man in black robes, and these women were also saved by my master..."
A crimson tinge rose in his eyes, yet he still shook his head.
"If Master knew everything beforehand, why did he still save me from the man in black robes?"
"If you knew everything, why did you give me the treasure? Why did you leave me a protective mark when I entered the secret realm?"
He seemed to split into two Bai Yu, the other Bai Yu with bloodshot eyes, his gaze mocking: "Then tell me, why do you always inexplicably rush to save these women? And why do these women who are saved happen to gather in front of Master, expressing gratitude and admiration for him?"
Bai Yu bit his tongue, and seeing the red-eyed Bai Yu inexplicably calmed his emotions. He gritted his teeth and sneered, "You are a demon in your heart, so naturally you can't stand to see me do well, but I'm determined to do well."
Undeterred by being exposed, the inner demon continued to bewitch: "Don't be silly, your master already knew. She's just toying with you. After all... you're someone she could easily crush, so why would she feel so relieved?"
"You yourself said that she could be easily crushed, so why would Master waste her time?" Bai Yu scoffed, but in his heart, he was already wavering.
"Because she hates you!" the inner demon laughed loudly. "Have you forgotten what you did?"
The inner demon smiled radiantly yet with a touch of pity, recounting his actions word by word as if sentencing someone:
"You stole the fruits of her century of arduous cultivation!"
"Using her as a cultivation vessel is more disgusting to her than killing her!"
"And...you also wiped out her entire Ji family and slaughtered her entire sect!"
"Bai Yu".
"These..." The inner demon tilted its head, each word succinct: "Have you forgotten all of these?"
Bai Yu suddenly coughed up mouthfuls of blood, his vision blurred by the crimson color.
The inner demon continued to tempt her: "She wishes she could devour your flesh and blood, why should she suffer for you?"
"If you're in pain, give me your body, and I'll take your pain for you."
"I'll help you retrieve the Sumeru Ring and the dragon egg! I'll help you return to the peak! I'll help you ascend to the upper realm! I'll help you..."
Bai Yu's eyes were gradually consumed by blood, and his consciousness faded. "Help me..."
The inner demon was overjoyed: "Yes! I'll help you! Give me your body, and I'll help you take revenge. I'll take back everything you have, and I can also keep my master by my side for all eternity."
"You help me..." The bloodlust in Bai Yu's eyes quickly faded, and the dagger in his hand shot towards his inner demon. "You might as well help me die!"
The inner demon was powerless to fight back and was cut in two, with only a sliver of its life remaining.
Bai Yu had no intention of pursuing; he lowered his head, his eyes filled with panic.
Inner demons are evil thoughts that will inevitably arise in cultivators who are unwilling to accept their fate. If one resolves their unwillingness or has greater perseverance, they can be easily eliminated.
What brought him to his senses was the final thought from his inner demons: that he wanted to keep his master by his side.
When the inner demon bewitched him, he was right about one thing: treating his master as a furnace was more disgusting than killing her, and imprisonment was no different.
He swore that he would protect his master for the rest of his life and would never betray him again.
What makes him uneasy at this moment is that demon cultivators do not develop inner demons.
In the dream, he cultivated both demonic and Taoist practices, so it's normal for him to develop inner demons.
But now that he is focused on cultivating demonic arts, why is he also experiencing inner demons?
"It appeared with me, could it be..." It wasn't a dream, but something that actually happened.
His inner demons also appeared. What about his master?
"Impossible!" He gritted his teeth, trying to stabilize his declining cultivation level.
On the other side, Lingwu, who had witnessed everything, saw off a group of beauties, each saying goodbye with her own unique charm.
From that day on, wherever Lingwu went, beautiful women would appear in that area, but they would all keep their distance and dare not approach her.
Ji Shihuan and her mother, who moved to Half Moon Peak, received small gifts from the beauties every day, making Half Moon Peak lively.
The air was often filled with the sweet laughter of girls, and the fragrance of perfume was pleasant but not cloying; even when combined, it was a place one would linger in.
Five years later, another high-level cultivator's secret realm opened. Among the cultivators from Tianyi Sect who participated in the last secret realm, only Song Bai, Jing Si, Bai Yu, and three other girls remained.
In addition, Ling Wu Fuxue and the others also entered the secret realm.
Surprisingly, Lu Li also prepared to enter the secret realm.
"What? You want me to guard the sect?" Jingyi lashed out with his whip, striking the back of the man sprawled on the ground!
The man let out a groan of both pain and pleasure, which made Lu Li frown.
Jingyi kicked the man away and anxiously asked Lu Li, "Before Master ascended to immortality, he didn't tell me you were going to enter the secret realm!"
Lu Li withdrew his gaze from the person and said coldly, "Master won't tell you everything."
Jingyi: "That's true, but I want to be with my junior sister."
"I am going here because of my junior sister." Lu Li stood with his hands behind his back, and his words were inexplicably gentle.
"Because of Junior Sister?" Jingyi flicked his whip again.
Accompanied by the man's unpleasant groans, Lu Li frowned, disappeared without a reply.
Enraged, Jingyi kicked the man away: "Get out! If killing you wouldn't dirty my hands, and letting you go would only bring more harm to others, I really would want to cripple you..." She belatedly realized, "I could have just crippled you!"
The high-level secret realm requires three years to open. After three years, when the secret realm reopens, there will be accumulated heavenly tribulations.
Lingwu suppressed her impending ascension realm even further, and for some reason, the lightning tribulation obediently departed.
Bai Yu, who had been secretly watching Ling Wu, saw this scene and his eyes turned bloodshot again.
Since his master has not yet ascended, he still has a chance.
The man in black robes did not appear during this trip to the secret realm, but he gained a great deal, and the man in black robes will surely come again.
Then he waited for "her" to die.
That night, snow fell from Half Moon Peak, gently yet heavily, pattering onto the window.
Bai closed his eyes and waited for "her" to appear.
“This time, it’s time for a final reckoning,” he murmured.
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