I’ve never liked things too simple, but this matter was becoming complicated and headache-inducing. If Huahua returns to three years ago, everything that started because of her would change. However, I had a vague unease. I needed to return to Liyuan and ask Jian Chen for clarity.
After comforting Huahua and getting her to sleep, I went to find Qingxuan.
I didn’t know if it was ghost energy or an innate cold aura, but before even getting close to him, I felt a chill. I shivered and stepped back outside the pavilion, saying, “Can you take care of Huahua for three days? I’m returning to Liyuan.”
Qingxuan turned around, looking at me with a gaze that almost made frost form on my body, and said coldly, “The ghost realm and divine realm do not interact.”
I looked at him with interest: “How do you know I’m an immortal?”
“In a place surrounded by ghost energy, detecting a trace of immortal energy is not difficult. It only takes a moment.”
I laughed and asked, “So what do you plan to do? Report to the Ghost King and then seek an explanation from the divine realm?”
Qingxuan gave a cold laugh: “Why don’t you tell me your purpose for being by her side?”
“Rebirth,” I dropped my smile. “Huahua wants to return to three years ago, the day you were captured in Liyuan. And I am the one executing this task, the Rebirth Lord of the divine realm.”
“I’m afraid I cannot let you complete this task.”
“Why?” I frowned at him. Jian Chen refused, and now he refuses.
Qingxuan said, “It wasn’t Bai Yu who captured me back then, but I who voluntarily went with her.”
I helplessly asked, “Why?”
“You should know that all cultivators must experience numerous tribulations. That day, a couple was sending wandering souls to the ghost realm for reincarnation. On the Wangchuan River, we happened to share a boat. I heard the woman say her tribulation was approaching. If she passed safely, she would become an immortal; if not, she would die.
At that moment, I thought that if I could obtain her spiritual energy, my cultivation would greatly increase. So I followed them back, pretending to be captured, waiting to take advantage when her tribulation arrived.
