"A destined person?"
"Interesting, there's actually another soul inside your body."
Xiao Mo looked around warily: "What do you want to do?!"
"Don't be nervous. I've just set up a barrier to prevent that soul from hearing our conversation." A phantom figure appeared on the other side, an old man. "This is the cave I left behind before ascending to the upper realm, given to someone destined to have it."
Who would believe that! Xiao Mo certainly didn't.
"Does your request have any conditions?"
"You brat!" The illusory old man wasn't angry. His eyes swept over Xiao Mo. "A 21-year-old Golden Core cultivator with a lightning-type Heavenly Spiritual Root, not bad talent!"
"Thank you for the compliment, senior!"
"Huh? You actually have a divine beast egg?!" The illusory old man waved his hand, and the divine beast egg flew out of the ring. "If you keep the egg in the ring, it will become a dead egg in less than two years."
"I never intended for it to hatch."
"Why?" The illusory old man asked, somewhat puzzled. "This is a divine beast. If it grows up, it will be a great help to you in the future."
“I have an older sister, and I want to make steamed egg custard for her.”
"...Using mythical beast eggs to make steamed egg custard?"
"Um."
...Is he getting old? I completely don't understand this young man's thinking...
The illusory old man waved his hand, took a drop of Xiao Mo's blood, and was about to drip it onto the divine beast egg when the drop of blood unexpectedly disappeared directly into the old man's illusory image.
The illusory old man burst into laughter: "God bless my Xiao family! God bless my Xiao family! Boy, what's your name?"
"Xiao Mo!"
"Excellent!! I am an ancestor of the Xiao family, and I have now ascended to the Upper Realm. I never expected that the destined person would be a descendant of my Xiao family! Take everything here with you later." The old man was very pleased, and then asked, "Xiao Mo, how is the Xiao family now?"
Xiao Mo said without any emotion: "All 157 members of my Xiao family are dead, leaving only me."
The old man was shocked: "!!! How could this be?! What happened?!"
"In the martial arts world, the Xiao family's sword manual was stolen. The Xiao family couldn't protect it and was wiped out. I escaped because I was young and playful."
"..."
"Six years ago, I avenged the massacre of my entire family."
"Alas... it's all about timing and fate." The old man sighed, and after thinking for a while, he took another drop of Xiao Mo's blood and dripped it onto the divine beast egg... to help him subdue the little divine beast inside.
The little mythical beast egg gradually regained its life force...
"The little divine beast has already recognized you as its master. Take good care of it, and it will hatch soon. In the future, it will be a great help to you."
The mythical beast egg hopped and skipped closer to Xiao Mo, rubbing against his feet.
Xiao Mo: "..."
"It seems to like you very much."
"senior……"
"What senior! Call me 'ancestor'."
"Ancestor, can you help me see who the soul inside my body is?"
"What's so difficult about that..." The old man waved his hand, his divine sense probing into Yun Qi's soul, but it seemed as if an invisible barrier blocked the probe...
"Huh? This soul is interesting; it's impossible to detect."
Ancestor, please don't hurt her!
"What? You care about her? Aren't you afraid she'll possess you?"
“She wouldn’t. I was seriously injured and unconscious before, and it was she who controlled my body to come here. Otherwise, I would not have been able to meet you, Ancestor. Moreover, she helped me heal my injuries, and when she saw me wake up, she returned control of my body to me.”
After a moment's thought, the old man wrapped Yun Qi's soul and pulled it out of Xiao Mo's body.
A miniature version of Yunqi was curled up and floating in the air...
Xiao Mo exclaimed in surprise: "Sister?!"
"This is your sister?! The sister who wanted to make steamed egg custard for her?"
"Um."
Old man: "...So, she's protecting you?"
"Um."
The old man looked at her intently again: "She is a living soul, how could she be in your body?"
"A living soul?"
"That means she didn't die, but her soul left her body for some reason. In principle, a living soul cannot be separated from the body for a long time... If you don't want her soul to be scattered, let her living soul stay in your body until you find her body."
What if we can't find it?
"...Hmm...You can reshape her physical body, but her original cultivation level will be gone."
"Xiao Mo thanked his ancestors for informing him."
The old man then looked at Xiao Mo: "Strange...why do you still have this girl's soul energy in your body?"
"Soul energy? What is that?"
"To put it this way, if you compare the soul to a bowl, then the water in the bowl is the soul energy. The more it contains, the stronger the soul becomes. Some of her soul energy has entered your body, probably not long ago. Because it has only been in the body for a short time, you can still tell that it is her soul energy. In time, this soul energy will completely merge into yours."
"Ancestor, can we return this soul energy to her?"
The illusory old man shook his head: "Since she didn't say anything, she probably didn't want you to feel burdened. Just pretend you don't know."
"..."
The old man returned Yunqi's soul to Xiao Mo's body: "Take good care of her soul. I'm leaving now. Let me give you one last wisp of my divine consciousness."
A beam of light shone into Xiao Mo's brow, and Xiao Mo closed his eyes to comprehend...
What a wonderful gift! Xiao Mo bowed towards the spot where the old man's illusory figure had disappeared, and then cleaned up the cave dwelling.
Yun Qi slowly woke up and asked, "How did I fall asleep? Xiao Mo, are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm fine. I received the inheritance from this immortal, and he even gave me his entire cave dwelling."
Yunqi was happy for him: "That's great!"
Xiao Mo lowered his head and said softly, "Senior, how should I address you? I can't keep calling you 'Senior,' can I?"
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