Xiao Yuhan didn't think about it carefully until Bai Yao got tired of playing and he carried the little girl back to the mountain gate.
On the way back to the mountain, Bai Yao fell asleep on Xiao Yuhan's back, her face exceptionally peaceful.
Xiao Yuhan did not choose to fly on his sword, as he was afraid of waking the girl. He thought that traveling slowly was a nice feeling sometimes. The wind was biting cold on the path outside Lingsu City. Lingsu City was like spring all year round, but for some reason, it started to snow after the beginning of spring this year.
Walking along the main road back to the mountain, Xiao Yuhan channeled her spiritual energy to protect the girl behind her, afraid she would catch a cold. However, when they reached the mountain gate, the heavy snow covered the stone steps leading up the mountain, and Xiao Yuhan walked slower and slower, saying with a wry smile, "This year, the Lingsu Snow has fallen, and it's also springtime cold; the main road is difficult to travel..."
He carried Bai Yao up the mountain step by step, but for some reason, his steps became heavier and heavier, and every step was extremely difficult, as if a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders.
It wasn't until Xiao Yuhan started breathing heavily that he sensed something was wrong. He turned his head and saw that Bai Yao had woken up at some point and was already staring at him with her head tilted to the side. Her expression was cold, her eyes were lifeless, and there seemed to be endless sorrow and loneliness in them.
She didn't speak, but Xiao Yuhan clearly heard her say, "You and she are somewhat different."
Upon hearing this, another terrifying pressure fell on his shoulders, and Xiao Yuhan knelt down. He realized that the person on his back was no longer his familiar disciple Bai Yao. If he wasn't mistaken, it must be the white-clad fairy that Bai Yao had seen when she broke through to the Golden Core stage.
"Who are you...and who is she?"
The woman behind him murmured softly, "You terrify me..."
Xiao Yuhan smiled bitterly, feeling the pressure on him growing more and more terrifying. He was about to give up. A dignified cultivator in the Void Returning Realm was being forced to this point by a woman, and the woman behind him said that she made him feel scared. Where could he find the reason for this?
"Now I feel terrified of you. Who are you?"
The woman stopped speaking, but the pressure on Xiao Yuhan did not lessen. The next second, he was kneeling on the stone steps, supported only by his hands, and could not move an inch.
Xiao Yuhan used all his strength to resist the woman behind him, but under such absolute power suppression, he gradually became unable to withstand it.
After a long silence, she spoke again: "If you die, I can rest in peace..."
A fierce glint flashed in Xiao Yuhan's eyes, "What if I don't want to!"
The woman behind him snorted softly, slightly angry, and said, "If I want you dead, you won't live!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yuhan suddenly felt the pressure on his body become stronger and stronger. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and his expression became extremely painful. Gradually, blood began to flow from Xiao Yuhan's mouth, nose, eyes and ears.
"Now that you understand the difficulty of the path, let go now, and there will be no more pain." Her voice rang out again, devoid of any emotion.
Xiao Yuhan gritted his teeth. He recalled Bai Yao's innocent smile from earlier that day and felt a pang of pity. He murmured, "Yes... if we stop resisting now, we won't have to worry anymore. But I wonder what will happen to Yao'er if I leave..."
"So, you terrify me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pressure from behind him grew even more terrifying. Xiao Yuhan instinctively felt his mind go blank, knowing that the woman behind him intended to kill him. This was the closest he had ever come to death since he came into this world. Until the very last moment when he could no longer hold on, he called out "Yao'er".
Upon hearing this, the invisible pressure suddenly vanished, and Xiao Yuhan began coughing up blood incessantly, finally awakening the real Bai Yao.
The girl behind him touched the blood seeping from his ear and suddenly asked in a panic, "Master...Master! What happened to you?"
Xiao Yuhan's expression softened considerably. He raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and face with his sleeve. He didn't want Bai Yao to see him like this, so he still didn't put her down and said, "It's nothing... I saw you sleeping just now and suddenly had the idea to study the method of spiritual energy circulation. However, this innovative technique is bound to have some problems. You'll be fine after you go back to the mountain and adjust your breathing!"
"Really?" Bai Yao asked, still somewhat skeptical.
"You don't trust your teacher anymore?"
The girl seemed thoughtful, and although she was still a little worried, she immediately said, "No! Yao'er will always believe in Master!"
Xiao Yuhan smiled wryly, feeling helpless. He couldn't help but sigh at how terrifying the woman inside Bai Yao's body was. He felt helpless and increasingly doubtful. Was that still his naive and innocent disciple?
The scariest thing is that this is out of control. Fortunately, Bai Yao won't come out when she's sober, but what if she does come out again next time? She tried to kill me both times we met. What grudge does she hold against me?
This is the first time someone has said that they are just as repulsive as "her." Who is "her"?
This time, he said that he made her feel scared, which is really puzzling. However, Bai Yao should not know this, since she is unaware of it either.
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan's heart was heavy. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he asked the system in his mind, "System, you felt it just now, didn't you? Who is the woman inside Bai Yao? Is it Su Li, the one you mentioned?"
"The system does not know what the host is saying."
"Didn't you see? It almost killed me!"
"System detection indicates the host is severely injured, but no enemies have been detected nearby!"
Xiao Yuhan was stunned, only then realizing that the system had completely malfunctioned when the woman inside Bai Yao's body came out? What was going on?
However, since he couldn't get any information out of him, he had no choice but to give up for now.
He walked slowly on the way back to the mountain, looking preoccupied.
“Master, look how beautiful this snow is. I only remember seeing it once when I was six years old on the mountain. If my junior uncle hadn’t told me that this is called falling snow, I wouldn’t have known that such a beautiful sight is a common occurrence.”
Xiao Yuhan's breathing became a little erratic. "Silly girl, it's just snowing, what's so interesting about that?"
"Junior Uncle said that when it snows, it is a quiet time in the human world, so Yao'er likes it very much."
"You can't stop talking about your junior uncle, it seems she has quite an influence on you..."
Bai Yao overheard this and, as if thinking of something, immediately said, "No, Yao'er mentions you the most, Master. It's just that Junior Uncle used to be with me all the time. If Master could spend more time with Yao'er like that, that would be wonderful!"
"Do I rarely spend time with you?"
"Yes, Master is always very busy. Yao'er has known about you since she can remember, but it was only two years ago when you came out of the back mountain that Yao'er truly met you. Yet you are still very busy, as if you have endless things to do every day."
Xiao Yuhan thought to himself that he had spent a long time these past two years slacking off, playing chess and drinking tea, so he couldn't really be called busy. It was just that his initial fear of the original plot's ending made him subconsciously resistant to this girl. But now that he thought about it, Bai Yao was just a little girl.
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