Chapter 666 - 210: Absolute Evil
"I shall heed Master’s teachings."
"Master’s Psychology," "The Dining Tree," and "Temptations of the Sect Leader," these topics.
As the first disciple and the initial member of the "Sect Leader’s Observation Diary" research group,
naturally, she had a precise grasp.
Forcing Master Zi Yuan to only observe the battle without participating was indeed asking a bit too much.
When the Cyan Cloud Sect was first established, Master had a tendency to be hyperactive.
To put it simply, she couldn’t sit still. Normally, she was either exercising or sparring; she’d stand if she could avoid sitting, and move if she could avoid staying still.
Yet during this battle, Zi Yuan stayed in the upper city, truly not moving an inch.
Until the very end, when Bai Mei could barely stop that one strike, Zi Yuan did not intervene.
Even Bai Mei herself was somewhat surprised. Aside from fully opening the map at the start, Master truly refrained from interfering and observed the battle from start to finish.
Not the slightest hint of magic power leaked.
After all, if she acted, Erin wouldn’t stand a chance.
And Bai Mei’s sword heart might have been flawed.
Now that Zi Yuan did not interfere at all, she blocked every move of the pseudo-emperor openly and magnificently defeated him.
With a perfected sword heart, her future path would be without flaws or hidden dangers.
All this was thanks to Master’s nurturing and assistance, for which she was sincerely grateful.
The two of them walked over the ruins.
Although the Golden Disaster Dragon King driven by the Emperor had gone to retrieve the Dream Marrow, Zi Yuan was still quite interested in this world.
The world, soaked with white remnants, was riddled with pollution, equivalent to an avatar of the Curse Realm.
Yet, the living planet of the Curse Realm had died, and this world had thereby lost its entity.
Gradually, it developed an independent consciousness.
Indeed, this curse-soaked world had come back to life.
Remnants signify death, with no miracles or future, devoid of hope.
Curses represent despair, but despair is not synonymous with death.
Despair itself continues to be a symbol of life.
For it is being alive that makes despair possible.
The curse awakened the already dead world, bestowing it with despair...
"Miss Zi Yuan."
Yet, as they were walking, someone blocked their way.
Zi Yuan looked up to find a young girl.
About fourteen or fifteen years old, with twin-tails of pink hair.
But her brows and eyes seemed incredibly old and weary, a stark contrast to her appearance.
Immediately, Zi Yuan recognized her identity from the magic power and features of the other.
The Jade Fox, who should have perished and disappeared with Erin’s transformation,
was now standing before them, holding the Miracle Seed Erin had used.
Bai Mei instinctively stepped forward, intending to shield Zi Yuan.
Only to be casually pulled back by Zi Yuan.
Bai Mei hadn’t reacted yet and intended to break free.
But upon seeing the icy expression on her Master’s handsome face,
she instinctively relaxed and was pulled to sit on the ground by Zi Yuan.
Zi Yuan snorted coldly, brushed her sleeves, and walked to Bai Mei’s front.
Not a word was spoken, yet everything was said.
The earlier trial was already counted for.
Looking to fight, considering you’ve just broken through, I don’t take advantage of you.
A big fish came again with great difficulty, and yet it’s being contested?
Just knowing to pay lip service to respecting teachers, huh?
No intention of stopping those subtle movements of yours.
Isn’t it over yet?
Seeing her Master’s elegant and beautiful brows knit together, Bai Mei realized she had overstepped a bit.
How could she not understand her own Master’s thoughts, whose stature was akin to her heart’s size?
Somewhat embarrassed, she laughed, stood up, brushed the dirt off, and stepped back, "Sorry, Master, a reflex, sometimes this body acts on its own."
"More practice is needed."
"As Master says."
The young Jade Fox took another look at Bai Mei by Zi Yuan’s side, with boundless envy and sighs stirring in her heart.
Stepping forward, her form blurred slightly.
It didn’t seem to be a physical body.
Her true form had been destroyed; now, she was likely composed of a personal reality illusion.
Zi Yuan, with a moment of thought, understood what had happened.
These two had originally not reached the Nascent Soul stage, yet by merging personal reality with Dream Marrow, they made a meteoric rise, their divine souls reappearing, pseudo-holding the Nascent Soul.
After Erin’s failure and losing control of the Nascent Soul, she transformed into a disaster beast and dissipated.
Yet, the defeated Jade Fox, once devoured, regained control of the Nascent Soul; her appearance now should be her Nascent Soul form.
As is well known, the Nascent Soul represents both a newborn state of the divine soul and the original infant body of the cultivator.
No matter what Jade Fox’s original form was, the Nascent Soul must appear youthful.
If she cultivates a bit longer, this Nascent Soul could resurrect as her second corporeal form.
Without truly reaching Full Bloom, lacking Rule Power, and unable to find anyone related to her power, she couldn’t parasitize like the Great Emperor Mu Jin.
Moreover, her personal reality had merged with Erin’s, likely making it impossible to merge with another personal reality.
"No need to be tense, Miss Zi Yuan; after Erin’s defeat, this seed is now useless. I just wish, before perishing, to seek a few answers from you."
Jade Fox knelt on the ground, showing no malice.
With a somewhat dazed expression, her voice veiled, she inquired, "Ultimately, what does it mean to be a Magical Girl, Miss Zi Yuan?"
"Although all from the Old World regard you as the greatest foe, and I feared you for the sake of the Black Mountain Realm, at life’s end, reflecting on my Magical Girl journey, I felt uncertainty. This uncertainty could only find resolution from you."