Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

"But you actually told me?"

At this, Xu Lei looked at Zhao Xin, meeting the girl’s beautiful, limpid eyes. Before she could say anything, he raised his hand and declared, "I hereby swear..."

It was a solemn oath, declaring that he would never covet her Array, nor would he ever willingly reveal its existence. If he broke this promise, his body would crumble and his Dao would vanish.

"Uncle Hui Chi, you don’t have to do this."

Zhao Xin quickly said, "Xin’er trusts you, of course."

"Trust is one thing," Xu Lei said. "But an oath is another. Besides, this oath isn’t just for you to hear.

It’s also for me.

To stop me in case I ever lose my head and can’t resist the temptation of a Treasure.

What if I ended up hurting you?

This way, there won’t be any problems.

Speaking of which, Xin’er, you really are my lucky star.

Let’s go.

We’ll hunt Demons together!"

"Okay!"

Zhao Xin nodded. "But I might not be much help.

My Magical Power is still far weaker than yours, Uncle Hui Chi."

"Don’t worry about it."

Xu Lei said, "Contributing this Array is more than enough. Leave the rest to me."

"Mhm. Okay."

Zhao Xin nodded. "Then I’ll take you up on that!

Let’s go!

Wait, I need to go tell my martial aunt!

Don’t worry, I won’t tell her we’re going to hunt Demons.

I’ll come up with a better excuse!"

With that, she turned and jogged away.

She returned a few minutes later.

She said she had everything packed and ready.

Then, she happily descended the mountain with Xu Lei.

「Several hours later.」

Xu Lei and Zhao Xin had arrived at their destination.

It was a mountain villa belonging to Xu Lei.

They didn’t enter immediately.

Instead, they observed it for a full several hours.

Once they were certain there were no problems, Xu Lei, wearing a Human Skin Mask, and Zhao Xin, wearing a Jade Pendant, finally entered the villa together, their faces now slightly altered.

"This old servant greets the Living Buddha!"

The master of the villa was a fat, middle-aged man with a limp and a round face.

He was extremely respectful toward Xu Lei, even kneeling directly as he spoke. "It’s been several years, Living Buddha. You haven’t come in person."

His tone was even a little emotional.

Years ago, he had been a hot-blooded youth persecuted by the rich and powerful.

After slaying more than a dozen people, he had fled for his life.

He was nearly captured and beheaded.

But Xu Lei had saved him.

Xu Lei then arranged for him to become fat and adopt a new identity, making him a trusted subordinate tasked with finding Enchantresses.

Xu Lei had saved his life, given him money, taught him how to do business, and he even knew that Xu Lei possessed Extraordinary Magical Power.

Therefore, he naturally held Xu Lei in the utmost awe and reverence.

"The information you provided earlier was very timely."

Xu Lei patted his shoulder. "I suspect it won’t be long now.

The beings I’m looking for might follow the clues and trace them back to you!

But as the master of this villa, you definitely can’t leave.

If you leave, they might realize something is wrong when they come looking.

I only ask you this: the wife you married and the children you’ve had over the years—have you secretly settled them elsewhere?"

"In answer, Living Buddha," the middle-aged man replied, "my children have been secretly settled elsewhere, just as you instructed.

I can never repay the immense kindness you’ve shown this old servant over the years.

Even if this old servant perishes here this time,

I will have no regrets.

If you hadn’t saved me back then,

this old servant’s head would have been separated from my body long ago.

In short, I will follow all of your arrangements."

"Very good."

Xu Lei nodded. "Rest assured, I only said there might be danger.

It doesn’t mean you’ll definitely die."

「Three days later.」

During these three days, Xu Lei had, of course, set up the Array Zhao Xin had given him in the villa.

This Array had certain Magical Power requirements for the one setting it up.

One had to be at least in the Bodhisattva Tree Realm to truly deploy it.

This meant that Zhao Xin herself couldn’t actually use it yet.

’Xu Lei guessed that this Array was probably one Hui Ming used himself.

When he was undergoing Nirvana, he must have thought he wouldn’t need it anymore.

So he left it to his only daughter who could cultivate.

That was also why he hadn’t dared to let too many people know Zhao Xin was his daughter before.

He was worried people would come to steal it.’

However, three days passed,

and no Enchantress appeared.

Not a single one came.

This made Xu Lei begin to doubt his earlier judgment.

He wondered if he had been wrong.

He had expended a fair amount of Magical Power to set up this Array.

If not a single Enchantress showed up this time,

it would be a bit of a waste.

Of course, the Magical Power consumed wasn’t that great.

The main thing was that it was a little embarrassing in front of Zhao Xin.

After all, it had always been Zhao Xin who discovered a Spirit Monster first, and then she would call Xu Lei to go catch it.

This was the first time Xu Lei had claimed to have found a Demon and brought her along to catch it.

He had even been planning to let her share in the Demon Core from the Spirit Monster he’d found.

But after three days, they hadn’t seen so much as the shadow of a Spirit Monster.

"It’s okay, Uncle Hui Chi."

But Zhao Xin didn’t blame Xu Lei. Instead, she gently comforted him, "Spirit Monsters are naturally cunning and cautious.

Not every scheme is going to succeed.

If they did, all the Spirit Monsters would have been wiped out long ago.

Don’t be sad!

How about... Xin’er makes you happy for a bit?

You must have been feeling awful after my martial aunt interrupted us earlier, right?"

"Silly girl."

Xu Lei reached out and stroked her hair. "I’ve already told you, it’s impossible between us.

Why are you still so good to me?"

"It’s just what I like to do."

But Zhao Xin stuck out her tongue playfully. "In that year we spent together, I came to like this feeling. Is that not allowed?

Don’t overthink it. You have to find your own Dao Companion anyway.

For now, all I can do is... help you feel good like this."