The improved female villains regained their memories.

Mu Xiaobai was speaking when he suddenly stopped.

When their lives will get better, Mu Xiaobai doesn't know either.

The world is in such chaos that ordinary people can only protect themselves. The lords of the towns each raise their own private armies and guard their own small plots of land. The immortals are high above and do not concern themselves with the affairs of the mortal world. Ordinary people living in towns can at least make a living, but those of them living in the wild are like drifting, helpless grass, always at risk of dying.

Perhaps life would get better once she got married? Mu Xiaobai thought. A few days ago, she went to Shixi City to sell herbs and was noticed by Zhang the butcher, who was a bachelor. Zhang came to her house to ask Mu Xiaobai's father to arrange a marriage, saying that he would give ten strings of cash if Mu Xiaobai would marry him. Ten strings of cash was a huge sum of money. Mu Xiaobai had never seen so much money in her life. But her father did not agree and kicked Zhang out with a mix of cursing and beatings.

Ten strings of cash could buy clothes for his younger siblings, many tonics for his father, and a lot of useful tools. Most importantly, it could allow them to eat meat—not just the pitiful little roasted chicken we had today, but lots and lots of meat. After careful consideration, Mu Xiaobai went to his father and told him about these things, but was scolded by his father.

Her mother told her that her father used to be a wandering knight-errant, but he offended someone and got beaten up, injuring his meridians. So, from then on, he stopped wandering. However, although he had been quiet for many years, the passion in his heart remained.

“Xiaobai, your father has seen a lot and witnessed many tragedies. Although he is down on his luck, he is unwilling to become a part of creating tragedies. Therefore, he will not use you as a bargaining chip. Ultimately, you will choose your own husband. Our task is to ensure your safety until then. If one day you can leave here and live a better life, then you must leave, because this place is really too poor.”

Her mother stroked her head and spoke to her softly.

She nodded as if she understood, sensing that her mother meant she shouldn't worry about them and that she could go out and develop her own career if given the opportunity.

But how could she abandon her parents? Although they weren't her biological parents, they raised her, nurtured her, and had these younger siblings. What would happen to them if she left?

"We will definitely have a good life in the future, and my sister will find a way."

The younger sister looked up at her and nodded vigorously: "I believe you, elder sister!"

Mu Xiaobai had a dream in which she seemed to be in a void space surrounded by many people who were looking at her, commenting on her, and saying many things to her.

They told her that the world needs her, everyone needs her, and that Mu Xiaobai should be prepared to soar to great heights in the future.

After having this dream for so long, Mu Xiaobai also believed that one day he would rise up.

Although she was poor, she was very lucky. She met her adoptive parents and her younger siblings. Her parents raised her without ever pressuring her, and her younger siblings were very sensible and never caused her any trouble. Even when she went to the city to sell herbs every day, they were always sold out without fail.

That's why, even though Mu Xiaobai lived in poverty, she had a good attitude and always maintained an optimistic outlook. She firmly believed that anything is possible with effort, and that one day she would be able to lead her parents and younger siblings to a better life.

As night deepened, Mu Xiaobai carried her sleeping little sister and placed her among her younger siblings, covering her with a blanket. Then she lay down on the outermost side, looking at the eaves of the house.

"Sister, here you go."

"Sister, we'll help you."

"Sister..."

The children nearby were talking in their sleep. One of them kicked off his blanket. Mu Xiaobai smiled helplessly, got up, and went to cover them with the blanket.

"If one day I could become an immortal..."

If I were to become an immortal one day, I wouldn't strive to cultivate like those people. Instead, I would take my parents, my younger siblings, and find a good place to live. I would let them study, wear new clothes, eat lots of delicious food, and grow up happily.

The promises of the past surfaced before his eyes, and Mu Xiaobai suddenly shouted.

Under Su Murong's astonished gaze, her aura changed instantly, and the previously riotous spirit orbs froze, finally bowing their heads to her.

Seeing this scene, Tian Bulian's eyes gleamed, and he murmured to himself, "Talent..."

Similar talent to Wen Shihan.

Wen Shihan's talent lies in her ability to accelerate her cultivation speed. The principle behind this is her domineering absorption of spiritual energy. Unlike Song Panning, who is unable to absorb as much spiritual energy due to her own limitations, Wen Shihan is different. Although her spiritual sea is relatively shallow, her affinity for spiritual energy is much higher. This is why her cultivation speed is so incredibly fast.

Under duress, Mu Xiaobai also unleashed a similar talent.

Countless spiritual energies were fixed in mid-air, as if they had been joined by their king. Although the Great Dao Mark could still materialize some spiritual energy, the materialized spiritual energy was unwilling to oppose their king.

"A great opportunity!"

With a loud shout, Tian Bulian unleashed the Great Dao's traces, which immediately crushed the remaining spiritual storms and brought them under complete control.

pat.

With Tian Bulian's final step, the entire spiritual storm completely dissipated, and they finally made it through.

Su Murong, panting heavily, leaned against the stone wall to rest. Mu Xiaobai sat in meditation to consolidate her understanding. Tian Bulian remained silent, quietly absorbing some of the Dao traces she had refined for her own use.

She thought to herself that the trip had been worthwhile.

Mu Xiaobai was forced to unleash her talent. Although she lost a lot of her Dao Mark, she was replenished by the Dao Mark from the spiritual energy storm, so the loss was not too great. More importantly, her control over the spiritual energy in her body became even better.

Tian Bulian looked up, gazing into the depths of the mist ahead, his eyes deep and unfathomable: "We're not far from the array's core."

Having already revealed his strength, Tian Bulian no longer intends to hold back from the road ahead.

The person who set up the formation was indeed skillful, managing to suppress this True Immortal to the level of Earth Immortal by using the secret realm of heaven and earth. But the reason why a True Immortal is a True Immortal is not simply because of the spiritual energy reserves of a True Immortal.

Even if one's physical strength is reduced to the level of a terrestrial immortal, a true immortal is still a true immortal.

"Ms. Su, if you want to cooperate with us sincerely, then please stay put and don't move around."

Tian Bulian raised a finger, and spiritual energy swirled around it, while white flames slowly burned.

Su Murong snorted coldly and didn't speak. Mu Xiaobai opened her eyes, looked at Tian Bulian, and said worriedly, "Sister Bulian, are you trying to force the formation to break?"

Tian Bulian shook his head: "The person who set up the formation is highly skilled. Even I can't see through it. If we can't find the core of the formation, we won't be able to break it."

"So, what do you want?"

Mu Xiaobai didn't understand. If you're not going to break the formation, what are you trying to do by gathering spiritual energy?

“There are many kinds of immortal killing moves, and even veteran true immortals cannot fully explain the reasons behind them,” Tian Bulian said with a smile. “The immortal killing move I am about to use is called ‘Misguided Path,’ which is a forbidden killing move. Its purpose is to open a path through the void and break through the current predicament.”

Mu Xiaobai, being exceptionally intelligent, immediately understood the meaning behind Tian Bulian's words and became even more worried: "In that case, then you..."

"No need to worry, I've mastered this move. Even if it's a forbidden killing technique, it'll be foolproof." Tian Bulian smiled slightly. "This is one of my many trump cards, and using it now is perfect!"

A dark space appeared from Tian Bulian's fingertip and expanded, engulfing the three people in an instant.

At the mountaintop, Song Panning, who was waiting for the birth of the Sword Soul Heart, trembled and slowly uttered a few words.

"That's a brilliant tactic."

Chapter 285 Brother, where are you?

"here it is?"

Mu Xiaobai looked around, a look of surprise on her face.

Su Murong covered his head, clearly still reeling from the spatial disorientation. Tian Bulian, on the other hand, activated his spiritual energy for protection and replied calmly, "We've already emerged from the Misty Array."

The three were standing in front of a dilapidated temple, with the steps leading up the mountain behind them. Looking down the steps, they could see a large forest.

Mu Xiaobai sensed the spiritual energy and realized that he could only use the strength of a terrestrial immortal. He asked uncertainly, "There are also formations?"

"Yes, we took advantage of the misdirection to escape the fog formation, but the person who set up the formation was very skilled. Not only did they set up a formation within a formation, but this second formation also utilized the secret realm of heaven and earth."

Such mastery of array formations would be extremely difficult even for Heaven to match.

Mu Xiaobai asked, "So what do we do next?"

"Explore the second formation directly, fight your way out, and find the person who set it up."

Heaven showed no mercy and became ruthless.

The formations here, aided by the secret realm of heaven and earth, completely restricted her strength, leaving her unable to exert it at all. Now, she no longer intends to follow the usual path.

However, to her surprise, a powerful aura descended from the sky as soon as she finished speaking.

boom!

An immense pressure descended, and the dilapidated temple before them immediately collapsed.

"This is..." Su Murong's expression changed drastically.

"The Celestial Realm." Mu Xiaobai's expression was solemn.

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A dreamlike fairy array from a past life.

Yang Pingsheng's dream.

At this moment, he was already cultivating repeatedly in his second life's dream, constantly stabilizing his earth spiritual root.

He stood in an open space on the back mountain of Evil Valley, deep in thought.

"I have already reached the Earth Immortal realm, but how can I awaken my immortal artifact?"

Immortal artifacts are born from the soul and will be given unique abilities based on each person's characteristics. Immortals can use their immortal artifacts to create new immortal killing moves.

It can be said that immortal artifacts are the entry-level manual for immortals. Without this entry-level manual, one is destined to only use other people's killing moves and will not be able to create one's own. This way, one cannot go far.

"Unless we avoid the path of killing, but my understanding of immortal cultivation methods is limited, what other path can we take? If we take another path, can I really stop Luo Benmo?"

The light sphere formed by the system hovered in the air, watching Yang Pingsheng deep in thought, and suddenly spoke: "Generally speaking, awakening a celestial artifact requires going to a special secret realm of heaven and earth. If you don't do that, you either need to rely on celestial pills or have extraordinary talent, otherwise ordinary people will basically only reach this stage."

"You can't find the secret realm of heaven and earth, nor do you have any immortal pills. Although you are skilled in cultivation, your talent is ultimately not as extraordinary as Wen Shihan's. So if you want to awaken an immortal artifact on your own, you can only rely on your comprehension."

"Comprehension?" Yang Pingsheng looked at the system.

“That’s right, comprehension. So-called comprehension is actually the understanding of the Dao. The deeper the understanding of the Dao, the better the cultivation will be. This is different from Wen Shihan’s talent. I think you are more inclined towards this, rather than Wen Shihan’s unreasonable plundering of spiritual energy.”

Comprehension?

The system's words were rather cryptic; at least Yang Pingsheng didn't understand them yet.

Seeing Yang Pingsheng deep in thought, the system couldn't help but say a little more: "Actually, you can start with the spiritual root attribute. You have an earth spiritual root, which means that when you were a mortal, the earth element was the strongest in your body, which is why you were able to cultivate an earth spiritual root. Earth is your energy, but it can also represent your personality. Perhaps you can start from there."

"In short, as long as you can find your own portrait, your own immortal artifact will be born."

Yang Pingsheng fell into deep thought.

There are many kinds of soil, large soil and small soil, which can form the earth, deserts, mountains, and city walls. Although they are all soil, they are affected by other elements and thus different kinds of soil will appear.

And what about myself? What am I?

What is a portrait of oneself?

In the following days, Yang Pingsheng abandoned pure cultivation and instead calmed down, wandering around the mountains and fields again and again to look at all kinds of soil.

This was an extremely difficult question, and it was the first time Yang Pingsheng, as a test taker, had ever answered such a question.

The so-called image of the earth, placed in his past life, is actually asking, "Who are you?"

Or, to put it another way, [What kind of person are you?]

To find the answer, he wandered around the mountains and forests during the day, looking at the soil everywhere, and at night he read various books he had borrowed from Tie Niu to learn about the properties of the soil.

"There are two types of earth: Yang earth and Yin earth. Yang earth is represented by Wu (戊), and Yin earth is represented by Ji (己).

"Earth (戊土) receives the chaotic energy of heaven and earth, embracing oneness and guarding the center. Since the beginning of time, the earth has borne all things, gathering in the center and dispersing in the four directions. Its similar image in the sky is fog, and on the ground it is mountains, so it is called Yang Earth (阳土)."