Chapter 1054: The Flower Child, Little Seventh Lady
Luo Xi exchanged a glance with her beautiful master. Since Liu Zixuan had spoken, they couldn’t disobey.
Two consecutive attacks landed, shattering the entire array instantly. Liu Zixuan was hurled backward toward the mountain wall, crashing onto the ground with a thud.
The two beauties rushed forward to help him up, asking worriedly, "Are you okay?"
"Isn’t it strange?" Liu Zixuan waved his hand and walked back beneath the suspended coffins. "Using force against force, the power of two Emperor Realms combined with the array’s power was injected into the sky, yet it didn’t budge at all. Could they really just be seventeen suspended coffins without any mechanism?"
"This doesn’t seem right either." The beautiful master murmured, "This is definitely the Seven-Star Tomb, as Elder Qiu informed me, and it matches the specifications. But now the seventeen suspended coffins are empty, with no mechanism — could someone have beaten us to it?"
"Impossible." Liu Zixuan shook his head. "I just checked; there are no signs of the area around the coffins being opened. There’s no way anyone took anything!"
As he spoke, Liu Zixuan ascended into the air again. This time, instead of hovering, he stood atop one of the suspended coffins, activating his X-ray Vision to peer inside.
As he mentioned, it was completely empty, with no signs of being opened.
His fingers explored the icy coffin surface; whether from his recent injury or the coffin’s sharp edges, a few drops of blood dripped from Liu Zixuan’s fingers onto the coffin.
Suddenly, an immense repulsive force launched Liu Zixuan downward.
Luo Xi and the beautiful master quickly leaped to protect him, landing with a shared expression of astonishment.
Before them, the seventeen coffins suddenly gathered as if forming a flower, quickly rising and converging.
Just as they approached to investigate, an unusual fragrance emanated from the seventeen coffins.
Simultaneously, their surroundings transformed.
The barren mountain wall vanished, replaced by boundless grasslands filled with dense trees and galloping horses and sheep, creating a serene scene.
They were immersed in this; unsure if it was reality or illusion!
"Look!" Luo Xi suddenly pointed ahead.
Liu Zixuan and Luo Xi looked where their beautiful master pointed, and the original seventeen coffins had disappeared, replaced by a giant, unbloomed lotus flower!
This lotus appeared incredibly realistic, even with dew drops, but its huge size was astonishing.
Gradually, as time passed, the lotus naturally blossomed, petals unfolding to reveal a figure at the center.
"A person in the flower?" Liu Zixuan muttered in shock.
Once fully bloomed, the figure was entirely visible.
A girl, about five or six years old, wearing a red bellyband and knee-length red pants.
Her skin was as delicate as dripping sheepskin, her eyes closed but her long eyelashes visible — clearly a beautiful girl with big eyes.
"It’s her!" Liu Zixuan focused, exclaiming, "The girl who died on the Offering Tower bed in the Celestial City Seven-Star Tomb!"
"Though it seems she’s much younger now." The beautiful master frowned.
"Huh?"
At that moment, the little girl suddenly opened her eyes, revealing a radiant glow, followed by eyes as clear as water.
Her eyelashes fluttered, she blinked twice, then looked toward Liu Zixuan, her lips curling into a captivating smile.
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Quite suddenly, a small foot sprinted toward Liu Zixuan, jumping into his arms, exclaiming: "Brother!"
Brother!
The word left Liu Zixuan bewildered, while Luo Xi and the beautiful master widened their eyes!
When had Liu Zixuan acquired such a beautiful little sister?
"Uh... did we know each other before?" Liu Zixuan asked bewildered.
The little girl pinched Liu Zixuan’s cheek with her delicate hand: "Brother, you’re so bad for not recognizing Qiqi."
"I... uh..."
As Liu Zixuan struggled to explain, the girl patted her forehead: "I forgot; you haven’t regained your memory yet!"
"Regained what memory?" Liu Zixuan asked.
The little girl jumped down from Liu Zixuan, counting on her fingers: "No, I shouldn’t be awake yet. How did you get in here?"
"The mountain cracked, we entered the Seven-Star Tomb, saw seventeen coffins, and then ended up here!" Liu Zixuan shrugged.
The little girl frowned: "I’m asking how you entered this array!"
"This is an array? Not an illusion?" Liu Zixuan asked curiously.
"Of course, this array..." The girl paused, "It’s pointless to explain to you now. I want to know, considering your strength, you shouldn’t be able to enter here!"
Liu Zixuan scratched his head: "Just that my blood dripped onto the coffin!"
The little girl stroked her face with her jade hand: "Guess I slept too long and forgot this detail."
She looked at Liu Zixuan: "Is your cultivation realm sealed?"
"Yes!" Liu Zixuan nodded in confusion.
"And you’ve started cultivating anew?"
"Yes!"
"Seems like everything’s ahead of schedule." The girl muttered.
Luo Xi squatted, smilingly asking: "Little sister, can you tell us who you are? And what about this brother, what is going ahead of schedule?"
The little girl glanced at Luo Xi: "Do you think you should call me little sister?"
"Then if not little sister, what should I call you?"
"People once called me Lady Qiqi!" The girl proudly replied.
"Lady Qiqi..." Liu Zixuan crouched but the girl suddenly silenced him: "Others call me Lady Qiqi; you call me Qiqi!"
With a chuckle, the beautiful master laughed; a five or six-year-old referring to herself as Lady Qiqi was odd, and now she only allows Liu Zixuan to call her Qiqi, indicating some link to Liu Zixuan’s lineage.
"So Qiqi, could you answer the questions asked earlier?" Liu Zixuan asked, smiling.
Qiqi shook her head: "Not the time yet. When the time is right, you’ll understand. And... someone has already entered the tomb chamber; we should leave..."
ps: Just to mention, starting tomorrow, updates will be three Chapters a day. Three reasons: 1. Haven’t missed a day’s update for a year, truly tired, 2. Need to stockpile for the uninterrupted updates during the Spring Festival, 3. I realized a year has passed and want to help my family with some things.
I hope for your understanding, as Ye Zi is just an ordinary person and can’t work non-stop for three hundred sixty-five days...