Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

"...She has already told me about you and Shentu Wushe."

Ji Tingxue said.

——Shentu Wushe is the name of the ancestor Shentu.

As an ancient being from eight thousand years ago, his existence had long since vanished in the intervening years. Even many members of the Shentu clan didn't know his name. However, Bai Yuan, who had also "lived" from that period until the present day, knew this information and shared it with Ji Lingyun in the fifteenth generation.

Then Ji Lingyun told Ji Tingxue.

now.

The latter looked at Bai Yuan steadily and said solemnly, "Although I did not personally participate in the battle a thousand years ago, and I have no idea what you have experienced in the thousands of years before that, but... I will fight alongside you and her until the end of this life."

“…it would be my pleasure.”

Bai Yuan's expression changed, and he responded in the same serious tone.

Chapter 270: Inside the Wheel of Life and Death

Theoretically, even if Ji Tingxue didn't want to join this battle, it wouldn't work. This was because she and Ji Lingyun were two souls, and the dominant part was Ji Lingyun's. As long as Ji Lingyun wanted to join the battle, she could take this body and head to the Great Wilderness at any time.

but……

Ji Tingxue was, after all, an independent personality. Coming from her own mouth, these words held a completely different meaning. Bai Yuan couldn't help but feel warmed.

After a brief silence.

Bai Yuan and Ji Tingxue smiled at each other, and the atmosphere around them became cheerful again: "Well, given the relationship between you and me, there's no need to talk about this."

"Let's start refining the pills while it's still early. According to the plan, we still have twenty furnaces of pills to refine today..."

"Ah."

Ji Tingxue nodded.

The two of them then stepped into the alchemy room, raised their hands and pointed, and the flame under the alchemy furnace began to burn fiercely.

Then, one by one, medicinal herbs were pulled up from the side by the spiritual power and thrown into the furnace.

After a moment, a faint medicinal fragrance spread in the air, smelling refreshing.

Although the person who had previously refined the elixir with Bai Yuan was Ji Lingyun.

However, due to their shared memories and magical powers, Ji Tingxue, now in charge of the furnace, felt completely at ease. Working together, and with Bai Yuan's time-accelerating [Age Domain], they completed the entire elixir, which would normally take several days, in just about three hours.

This level of alchemy efficiency is probably unique in the entire cultivation world. If other sects or families want to replicate it, they can only do so by gathering three or five Return to Void Realm experts who are skilled in alchemy.

Do it all.

Bai Yuan stretched out his body and noticed that the sky outside the window had become dark.

"It's night again."

There was no such thing as a "night watchman" within the Ji Family's secret realm. Furthermore, because Bai Yuan had completely covered the tea garden with the [Time Domain], the concept of time there was different from that in other areas. However, there was no noticeable difference in physical perception, and even a cultivator at the Spiritual Transformation Realm was capable of determining the exact time.

and so……

"It's time to go back and rest."

"Wait for Rao'er by the way..."

Bai Yuan was not sure whether Jiang Rao would come to her tonight to "give her guidance on cultivation", but since she had made a promise, she naturally had to abide by it and had to go back early to prepare.

However, this topic definitely cannot be discussed with Ji Tingxue - after all, I can't tell her that I'm going back to have a party with my apprentice.

Fortunately, Ji Tingxue's curiosity and desire for control are not that strong.

Bai Yuan made up an excuse, waved goodbye to her at the door of the alchemy room, and then they each returned to their rooms.

after that.

Bai Yuan first set up a barrier in the room, then filled a bucket of hot water, took off her clothes and stepped in, then stretched her body, ready to take a comfortable bath.

Well...don't get me wrong.

This bath wasn't for the purpose of making love with Jiang Rao later... maybe that was a little bit of the reason. But more importantly, Bai Yuan was using this method to relieve himself from fatigue.

After all, her feud with her ancestor Shentu had lasted for over a decade, and now she was facing him again in this life, so it was hard to say she felt no pressure at all. In front of Ji Tingxue, Qingluo, Jiang Rao, and the others, she had always maintained a confident facade, but privately, she felt a certain amount of anxiety that needed to be relieved in some way.

Taking a bath is one of these ways.

With Bai Yuan's current cultivation level—more precisely, as long as she reached the Nascent Soul stage or above—she could achieve a pure body. Not to mention Bai Yuan, who was already in the Return to Void stage. So, she was simply doing this to relieve stress.

Accompanied by a light heat floating on the surface of the skin.

Bai Yuan closed his eyes slightly and began to rest.

Time passed by minute by minute.

In a trance, Bai Yuan's consciousness was confused, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

……

Cold, shaking.

Bai Yuan slowly opened her eyes, and the pitch-black space reappeared in her sight. The cold waters of the Styx flowed past her, and the stone bridge swayed slightly on the water, causing the "starlight" in the sky to sway slightly as well, making her feel as if the world was spinning.

——【Wheel of Life and Death】

Suddenly returning here, Bai Yuan was slightly stunned for a moment, then a calm expression appeared on his face, and he cast his eyes around: "I didn't expect to be back here under such circumstances... As expected, everything is no different from before.

"Where's Lao Yuan?"

Not here?

Like Ji Lingyun, Bai Yuan hadn't seen Gui Yuan for some time.

This is normal.

After all, Gui Yuan's spirit was bound to the Wheel of Life and Death, and Bai Yuan rarely appeared here except when she was killed or waiting for her resurrection. Therefore, the chances of their meeting were naturally few and far between. Given her ferocious and murderous nature, Bai Yuan would not discuss matters outside with her.

But now...

After gaining the memories of over a dozen previous lives, Bai Yuan finally understood her relationship with Gui Yuan. They were essentially not much different from Ji Lingyun and Ji Tingxue, simply two similar "projections" of the same soul formed by chance during reincarnation.

Since they share the same origin, they are naturally allies.

Now that the war is about to begin, Bai Yuan is thinking about trying to persuade Gui Yuan to fight the enemy together with her.

Well... if words don't work, she can also try to "persuade" the other party with her own cultivation in the Return to Void Realm. She believes that the other party will definitely approve of what she has learned.

However, this method should not be used.

because……

"You should have realized the existence of this matter earlier than I did, right, Lao Yuan? Are you sure you don't want to come out and talk?"

Bai Yuan stood on the stone bridge, looking at the calm surface of the ancient well in front of him, and spoke softly.

As she finished speaking.

There was no movement on the water.

But soon, ripples began to appear on the dark, originally calm water surface.

These ripples quickly expanded and turned into a vortex with a diameter of more than 100 meters.

Bai Yuan watched as a towering, bright red tree slowly rose from the River Styx. Its trunk seemed woven from tangled intestines, its crown laden with heart-shaped fruits, throbbing with life and emitting silent yet ferocious roars.

“…It was quite a big deal.”

Bai Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his sight locked on the trunk of the tree. He saw a slender body wrapped in intestinal vines, hanging in the air. It was the long-lost Gui Yuan.

Chapter 271: Ghost Kite's "Tentacle Book"

The last time Bai Yuan saw Gui Yuan was about the same time he saw Ji Tingxue.

It was all before and after the battle against the Blood God Son.

It's been several months since then.

Compared with that meeting, Gui Yuan's condition has obviously changed a lot.

First of all, the solidity of the soul body——

Gui Yuan's entry into the Wheel of Life and Death came from her battle with Qing Luo several months prior. Back then, she'd been savaged by Qing Luo's "Burning Heaven and Boiling Sea" attack, incinerating not only her body but also nearly evaporating her soul. Even Bai Yuan briefly believed her dead. Escaping the Wheel of Life and Death was a stroke of luck, not a routine occurrence.

During the period that followed, she relied on the soul-fixing effect of the Styx water to keep her residual soul from disappearing, but she was unable to recover to her state before her death.

But now.

Gui Yuan's spirit had become noticeably more solid. No longer that translucent, fading-away appearance, it was now lifelike, like a real person.

Moreover, the intensity of its aura has also increased a lot.

There is something to say about this aspect.

It is estimated that this guy may have stayed in the [Wheel of Life and Death] for a long time and figured out some tricks, so he can practice here, so he can improve his cultivation and almost recover to 80% of the level before the battle with Qingluo.

That is the appearance of the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

now.

Bai Yuan looked up and saw Gui Yuan open his eyes amidst a hazy blood mist. He exuded a powerful, awe-inspiring presence, like an empress conceived from blood. Before he could even make a move, the surrounding Styx waters began to churn and boil, stirring up a torrent of bloody murderous energy that rushed towards Bai Yuan!

This scene should have been terrifying.

If an ordinary person saw this, it would be possible that he would be scared to death.

but……

After all, Bai Yuan's cultivation level was there, and she had already seen Gui Yuan in his prime, so when she saw this scene, instead of feeling scared, another idea came to her mind -

It is known that the ghost kite in the [Wheel of Life and Death] is in the form of a naked soul.

At this moment, she was entangled by countless intestine-shaped vines and hanging on the towering blood-red tree.

Moreover, these vines still have a certain "vitality" and can wriggle on their own.

Bai Yuan saw this image, which even looked a bit bitter, and subconsciously recalled some tentacles she had seen on Earth in her previous life... The two could not be said to be exactly the same, but they were at least 70% similar, which made people unconsciously imagine the subsequent scenes.

Gui Yuan: "...?"

Because the souls of both parties originally came from the same origin, unless Bai Yuan deliberately concealed it, Gui Yuan could feel her thoughts to a certain extent.

The reverse is also true.

Therefore, Gui Yuan was obviously stunned, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times imperceptibly, and then he pushed away the vines around him.

As the vines spread out and dissipated into nothingness.

The image of "Tentacle Book" in Bai Yuan's mind disappeared.

And Gui Yuan's fair and slender body also appeared completely in her sight. Her white and naked feet stepped on the dark water surface. She moved lightly with lotus steps, and took a few steps forward like Feng Xu riding the wind. She stopped dozens of meters away from Bai Yuan, as if they were separated by a mirror.

“You’re here.”

she says.

"I am coming."

Bai Yuan nodded slightly.

"Huh, have you reached the Return to Void Realm so quickly?"

Gui Yuan stared at Bai Yuan, sizing her up and down, then nodded slightly. "That's true. To deal with that fellow Qi, a cultivation level below Return to Void isn't enough. If it were you before, you wouldn't even be qualified to fight Shen Tu Hong, let alone someone who has reached the Heavenly Man Realm from ancient times."

“…You expected this a long time ago, right?”

Bai Yuan looked at Gui Yuan, trying to find some clues from the latter's expression.

It is not surprising that Gui Yuan got the information earlier than her.

After all, until Bai Yuan put on the [Ashura Ghost Mask], her cultivation and attainments in the [Way of Time] were lower than Gui Yuan's.

If her memory had not been revived, Bai Yuan herself would not have imagined that she had come to this world eight thousand years ago and had stayed in this world for fifteen lifetimes.

On the contrary, Gui Yuan had stayed in Cangwu County for twenty years and had plenty of time to investigate and understand the secrets in this regard.

just.

Bai Yuan was a little unsure——

When did Gui Yuan find out?

Was it during those twenty years in Cangwu County?

Or did you discover it after you left?