The improved female villains regained their memories.

"That's the downside of being a villain, hahaha, so arrogant and confident that their perspective is correct, which creates an information gap that you can exploit..."

Yang Pingsheng moved slightly closer, placing his hand on her shoulder, but he didn't wipe away her tears. He just looked into her eyes for a long time before saying, "Xiao Mo, promise me that no matter what you see, you won't tell anyone."

"But that's assuming I didn't know you were planning this!" Li Chumo angrily slapped his hand away. "You promised me a reward, do you expect me to ask the so-called cornerstone for one?!"

"I don't want to! I ...!!!"

The enraged little beast bared its teeth at him.

At this moment, she resembled that wolf girl again.

Yang Pingsheng watched her scream wildly, and waited until she calmed down a bit before continuing, "Xiao Mo, things aren't as bad as you think..."

"Not that bad? Is it really not that bad?!" Li Chumo shouted again, tears streaming down her face even more profusely.

despair......

It was the same despair as back then.

Just like in that square, when she was trampled under Xiao Qitian's feet, she looked up and saw her master's corpse.

But unlike that time, this time, Yang Pingsheng did not die.

Instead, it transforms into something more terrifying than death.

What meaning would it have for Li Chumo to live in the new world?

Yang Pingsheng tried to reassure her: "The process of merging with the Dao is not what you think, nor is it as terrifying as Yu the Great described. It is simply..."

He paused, then said, "That's just carrying."

"Bear?" Li Chumo repeated blankly.

She grimaced in despair, unsure whether to laugh or cry, but tears streamed down her face. Suddenly realizing something, she grabbed Yang Pingsheng's hand.

“Bear, bear what?” She seemed to be crying and laughing at the same time. “Bear the Way of Heaven, bear the world, bear the sum of time and space, then what are you? Yang Pingsheng, what are you?”

"Li Chumo." Yang Pingsheng didn't struggle, nor did he look at Li Chumo. Instead, he looked into the depths of the dark space. "Calm down."

"No matter what I am, no matter what I become after I attain enlightenment, I will always be your master. That is the only thing that will never change."

"But I also hope that this won't hinder your own path."

"Li Chumo, you don't need me to be happy."

"I believe that in a wonderful new world, you can find your own happiness."

Li Chumo looked up in despair at her master's face and heard him utter words that filled her with despair once again.

"Go find your own happiness, okay?"

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"I do not want!"

She completely erupted.

Completely transformed into a demon, she revealed her true fox form. Her surging demonic energy, combined with her spatial abilities, nearly tore the darkness of this place apart.

She gripped Yang Pingsheng's arm tightly, gritting her teeth as she looked at him.

Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me?!

What's the difference between making her forget Yang Pingsheng and everything she's been through, and making her die?

She remembers everything, and there's absolutely no way she could forget it, nor does she want to forget it.

"Yang Pingsheng!!"

Her scream pierced the darkness.

"So this is your real plan!! I will absolutely not let you succeed. Everyone else has been fooled by you. I'm going to tell them right now, you..."

Yang Pingsheng made his move with lightning speed.

He suddenly raised his free hand and touched Li Chumo's forehead.

She paused, her voice trailing off.

Yang Pingsheng casually made a slash, and the True Mark, pulling at her consciousness, was about to be pulled out.

"Ah!!" Li Chumo's eyes widened in terror. He was about to raise his hands to retaliate, but they were restrained by the True Mark of the Great Dao.

"No, no, Master, please don't!"

She understood perfectly well what Yang Pingsheng wanted to do: he wanted to alter her memory and make her forget this part of it.

No, absolutely not. If she did that, she would be fooled like everyone else and miss the chance to save Yang Pingsheng.

How could she possibly allow the so-called "merging with the Tao" to happen!

"Master, Master!" Li Chumo's tears fell onto Yang Pingsheng's arm, her voice almost pleading as she cried, "Please don't do this, I beg you, I'll be obedient, I'll cooperate with you, please, don't make me forget..."

"Xiao Mo, I know you won't." Yang Pingsheng said calmly, his hands still moving. "You've forgotten, I'm a villain now too. I understand the villain's obsession all too well."

"Master! I really can, I really can, I will cooperate with you, I swear, I will never stop you again, please don't let me lose my memory!"

“Xiao Mo, oaths are useless against villains because their obsessions are too deep, making the oaths empty. Besides, if you really want to cooperate with me, then the Xiao Mo of the past was fine.”

"There's no such thing as living for anyone else, Xiao Mo. I won't live for you, and you don't need to live for me. I think this is fine."

Yang Pingsheng inserted his fingers into Li Chumo's consciousness, searching for this memory, and said with a helpless smile, "Look, Xiaomo, now I can understand you a little bit."

To go to extremes in order to achieve one's own goals—that's what makes a villain.

Yang Pingsheng selected the memory and, like a skilled physician, performed the despair-inducing surgery on the villain named Li Chumo.

Everything was ready, and his gaze fell on her face, his tone finally softening.

"Get a good night's sleep, and then we'll go back to how things were before, without Yu the Great, without the self-merging with the Dao. When we get back, Master will give Xiao Mo the reward that belongs to him."

Yang Pingsheng had no regrets about doing this.

He was swift and ruthless, precisely erasing this memory with the True Mark of the Great Dao, completely disregarding the soul-wrenching pain this would cause Li Chumo.

Li Chumo's tears fell into the air.

"Master..."

"fraud......."

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Li Chumo collapsed into Yang Pingsheng's arms.

"It seems you're truly prepared," Da Yu finally spoke.

He watched for a long time, thinking he was about to witness a wonderful teacher-student confession scene, but Yang Pingsheng's decisive action brought it all to an end.

“I’ve already answered that question for you.” Yang Pingsheng stood up, holding Li Chumo. “I thought your test for me was to fight, but I didn’t expect it to be this kind of test. It’s a bit vulgar.”

“It’s vulgar, but it’s useful,” said Yu the Great. “But whether you can reach the end of that road depends on yourself.”

Yu the Great stretched out his hand, and blue energy gathered, transforming into a ball of light.

"These are some insights into the application of human secret techniques, which I created myself. Please accept them."

The blue orb merged into Yang Pingsheng's body.

Yu's figure began to slowly disappear.

"Those who come after, is there anything you would like me to convey to them in the new world?"

“They are all outstanding people, and they don’t need me to influence them.”

Yang Pingsheng replied softly.

Chapter 746 Love is a synonym for baseness

The rain in the south fell on the ground, turning it into a muddy mess.

Li Chumo slightly opened his eyes.

She saw the rolling mountains turn into mudslides rolling down, and there was a roar everywhere. Her master was carrying her on his back, standing on a high place.

"woke up?"

The girl blinked in confusion, a pleasant scent filling her nostrils. She inhaled instinctively, her slender arms tightly wrapped around him. "Master, why did I faint?"

Yang Pingsheng turned his head slightly, their breaths mingling. He smiled and said, "I activated the last of the earth's veins and the great fortune of humanity, and you were knocked unconscious right in the middle. It scared me to death. Luckily, you're alright."

"Huh, is that so?"

Li Chumo thought for a moment, and her last memory seemed to be walking into the cave with Yang Pingsheng.

But now the mountains have collapsed because of Yang Pingsheng's actions, and the tunnels must have been buried as well, so it's impossible for her to go back to the places she remembers.

Let's just leave it at that.

Yang Pingsheng noticed her hesitation and said, "Xiao Mo, remember to keep this a secret for me."

Li Chumo was indeed drawn to the attention. She chuckled and hummed a few times, clearly able to get down, but choosing not to.

"Of course, no problem, but Master, please remember to reward Xiao Mo after the incident is over."

A flash of black light appeared in his eyes, and he nodded with a smile: "Okay."

With the affairs of the Baiyue region settled and all the earth veins collected by Yang Pingsheng, he now only needs to go back and deal with the villains before heading to the Netherworld to wage the final battle.

He wanted to go back, but Li Chumo refused to leave.

Yang Pingsheng patted her hand with a helpless expression: "Your appointment with Song Panning is almost here, isn't it?"

"Hmm," Li Chumo responded softly, "Yes, we're almost there."

Time flies.

Suppressing her disappointment, she tried to appear cheerful: "Although it's quick, I'm still very happy."

Yang Pingsheng said, "Xiao Mo is happy, and I'm happy too. Let's find some time to go out and play alone sometime later."

"Okay~"

Li Chumo got off his back, and Yang Pingsheng took her hand.