All The Female Disciples Want To Kill Me

Chapter 409 - 253 The Strange Su Bei Inside The Soul Lamp_2

Xiao Ruoching gazed at Mo Li, her eyes weaving together a tapestry of complex emotions.

It was as if her heart harbored a faint confusion. Although their previous encounter hadn’t been explicit, she had long been aware.

Perhaps—she wasn’t the only one who had been reborn.

She half-closed her eyes. All that could be heard was the soft, crackling sound of flames against the green lamp sconces. It was as if, in that moment, she was wandering between her past and present lives. In the blink of an eye, it seemed like a thousand hurried years had passed, as if looking from one shore to another.

Except this time, on the other shore, it wasn’t just her and Su Bei—there was also a silver-haired woman.

One did not blend into the other; each remained uniquely itself.

A myriad of cluttered thoughts rushed at her, the five flavors—sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty—assaulting her senses and shaking her to the core.

She didn’t understand. If Mo Li had also been reborn, why did she treat her with such an attitude? Shouldn’t they feel a sense of kinship?

And when had Mo Li started to take notice of her?

Suppressing the thoughts in her mind, Xiao Ruoching’s lips curled into a bitter smile as she looked at Mo Li and said, "Wu City, Sacred Land—do you still remember the object the Eastern Emperor gave Master that day?"

Mo Li’s eyes narrowed. She looked at Sword Maiden and replied indifferently, "The Heaven and Earth Yellow Pill."

Could it be that everything was destined?

"Perfect. We’ll go to the Soul Palace, find Master’s Soul Lamp, and ask him."

"To discuss this matter with him."

...

Xiao Ruoching’s breathing became slightly urgent. Towards Sword Maiden, this silent and frail junior sister, she felt nothing but pity. And to some extent, because of her presence, the inexplicable rift between herself and Mo Li was somewhat eased.

Sword Maiden’s eyes blinked. She was somewhat flustered, her emotions surging as if she were on a roller coaster, seeing hope once again. Her small hands nervously gripped the hem of her dress.

Mo Li glanced at Xiao Ruoching. She could feel the gentle trembling from the small hand Sword Maiden used to grip hers. Then, she said indifferently, "Transmitting messages through a Soul Lamp requires the cultivator to maintain a highly focused state."

"It’s uncertain whether Master will hear."

Her voice was cool. Then she lowered her head to look at Sword Maiden and added, "But we can try."

...

The three of them passed through seas of Soul Lamps, up layer upon layer of steps, and finally, on the third floor of the great hall, they saw nine lamps burning.

Then, Xiao Ruoching took a deep breath and sent a strand of her Divine Sense into one of them: "Hello? Hello?"

「In Wu City, within a certain courtyard.」

Ji Nanjue lay on her back, breathing heavily. Her dark hair, damp with sweat, stuck to her cheeks, and her phoenix eyes were lightly narrowed. Su Bei’s expression was very solemn as he meticulously cured the Supreme Yin Cold Poison within her body.

Nan Ji’s beautiful cheeks were flushed with an intoxicating red. She opened her mouth slightly and then forcefully pinched Su Bei at the waist. Her entire head felt dizzy, and her long eyelashes fluttered gently, shining with a detached luster.

Suddenly—from Su Bei’s storage ring, an elder’s Token lit up.

Su Bei didn’t think too much, stopped lightly, and then took out the Token. A light, as if emanating from deep within the soul, appeared on the Token.

Ji Nanjue let out a light sound (...), then she (...) herself. Su Bei held (...), ready to put the Token back into his storage ring, when suddenly voices came from it.

It seemed to be two women, though the voices were intermittent:

"Hello? Hello?"

"Is there someone on the other side?"

"I told you, it requires intense concentration of mental power to use. How could Master be doing something that requires such concentration?"

"Something’s off. I just heard a SPLASH."

"Hello? Hello? Master, are you there??"

...

Ji Nanjue instantly sobered up, her phoenix eyes opening wide in shock as she looked at Su Bei.

Only then did she realize what on earth she had been doing.

A blush rose from her neck to behind her ears, and she quickly retreated, extending her slender jade foot and kicking Su Bei away.

THUMP.

Ji Nanjue bit her lip, her eyes filled with shame and annoyance as she glanced at Su Dudu.

Su Bei’s Token buzzed again, and the white light grew even brighter. Voices came through again, and this time they were clearer. Su Bei could even hear his two disciples’ breathing from the other end, followed by all sorts of murmuring:

"Strange? Did we not reach Master?"

"The Soul Lamp is lit, isn’t it?"

...

And then came a cold, detached voice: "What was that THUMP just now?"

"Master??"

Su Bei coughed heavily. He walked up to the breathless, silent Ji Nanjue and, amidst her irritated gaze, (...).

"Disciples?"

Xiao Ruoching’s eyes instantly brightened. Looking at Mo Li and Sword Maiden, who had already gathered around the Soul Lamp, she took a deep breath and said, "Master, can you hear me??"

Soon, the Soul Lamp transmitted Su Bei’s voice: "Looking for your Master to... sss..."

"*Cough, cough.* What is it?"

...

Xiao Ruoching found it somewhat strange. Why did Master sound so absent-minded?

How could he concentrate if his mind was elsewhere?

But she had no time to think further, as her voice became somewhat urgent: "Master, have you ever heard of the ’True Word Life Pattern’?"

"You mean that so-called ’words becoming reality’? Meaning to command..."

...

Su Bei paused, his brows furrowing for a moment. True Word Life Pattern?