Chapter 25 Xiao Wu Awakens
[ Ding! Tang San believes your lie — — that the Blue Silver Emperor will acknowledge you as master upon taking human form. Trust level is 90%, manifestation level is 100%. Successfully manifested nine-tenths submission of the Blue Silver Emperor! ]
Nine-tenths is enough, one-tenth is interesting, and besides... Simple, it was far too simple!
Mo Bai sighed inwardly as he looked at the completely unguarded Tang San. It seemed that the level of trust Tang San had in him was quite high, even though he hadn't spent much time laying out the plan.
At this moment, he could be said to be as strong as Tang San could imagine him to be, perhaps even stronger than expected.
However, this was limited by Tang San's narrow perspective. To break through such common knowledge, more miraculous and shocking encounters were needed.
And if he wanted to truly revive the ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, he could not rely on Tang San. Tang San had no concept of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast; not just Tang San, but Master didn't either. It could be said that the vast majority of Soul Masters had no concept of it.
Only Xiao Wu, who was truly a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, did.
Mo Bai glanced backward out of the corner of his eye.
Tang San keenly noticed this situation. He happened to be unable to "echo" anymore, so he smiled at the right moment: "Then, Brother Mo Bai, please notify me if there is any news about the purple pole grass later. I will come again next time."
Facing his farewell, Mo Bai did not try to keep him, instead encouraging and comforting him: "Rest assured, Little San. If there is any in the future, I will inform you immediately."
He still needed to leave the impression he intended to leave, reaping Tang San's grateful gaze.
Mo Bai watched Tang San's departing back, then turned around to close the door, his gaze falling on the face of Xiao Wu, who was sitting cross-legged and obediently absorbing the medicinal liquid of the purple pole grass.
"It has been a while, Xiao Wu."
Mo Bai's voice carried a strange nuance, "Or rather, Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, Soft Bones Rabbit."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with a bit of confusion. After a long while, recalling the events of the past half-year, she gradually focused her gaze on the face of the human before her.
"Mo Bai, you don't want to kill me, right?"
Xiao Wu's eyes held a pleading expression.
In the memories just now, developing the Meditation Technique together, the day and night companionship, the gentle whispers in their daily interactions, the smiles when he accompanied her to play... she couldn't tell what was real and what was fake.
Nor could she reconcile them with that cold figure from before who had told her to sacrifice.
"Sacrifice is certain, but Xiao Wu, it seems you have some misunderstandings." Mo Bai placed his hand on Xiao Wu's head. With just a gentle stroke, a blush appeared on Xiao Wu's face.
"It seems your body has already adapted to me..."
Memories—he did not yet have the ability to erase them out of thin air, only to seal all those unpleasant memories deep within her mind.
He could summon them whenever he needed, which was very practical.
Xiao Wu suppressed the agitation rising within her heart and looked at Mo Bai with hopeful eyes. Just now, Mo Bai had mentioned a misunderstanding, right?
At this moment, how she wished to hear from Mo Bai the answer she had always wanted — that Mo Bai did not truly want to kill her.
"Who decreed that a Soul Beast must die after sacrifice?"
"But..."
Mo Bai interrupted Xiao Wu, his finger pointing to the potted Blue Silver Grass on the windowsill that was faintly emitting a soft glow, "If that were truly the case, then what about this Blue Silver Emperor?"
"Blue Silver Emperor?"
"That's right. Having lived as a Soul Beast for so many years, you should have known or heard of each other, right? The ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor took human form and entered the human World. Seven years ago, she was surrounded and hunted by Spirit Hall and sacrificed. And Xiao Wu, do you think she died?"
Xiao Wu's gaze fell on that seemingly ordinary Blue Silver Grass. Even if it seemed to only have the instincts of a plant now, that was only temporary. As long as it received sufficient energy replenishment, the Blue Silver Grass before her would still be that Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor.
But that was the Blue Silver Emperor! The plant-type Soul Beast with the most enduring and resilient vitality! And she was a beast-type, fundamentally different!
However, throughout tens of thousands of years, it wasn't as if there hadn't been animal or plant-type Soul Beasts with more tenacious vitality than the Blue Silver Emperor... but only the Blue Silver Emperor was this exception.
Contradictory, Xiao Wu also fell into self-doubt, saying, "That is because she is the Blue Silver Emperor, one of the races with the most vigorous and enduring vitality on the entire continent, so that is why this possibility exists... right?"
Mo Bai stated calmly, "But... weren't we just discussing the topic of'sacrifice must lead to death'? Now, do you still believe in that conclusion?"
Xiao Wu's expression froze slightly. Sacrifice leading to death was something known among all Soul Beasts, but an exception had appeared before her eyes. Why was this? Could it be...
In Xiao Wu's mind, the "Soft Bone Rabbit Visualization Method" they developed together flashed by. Could it be that humans had developed a method that allowed Soul Beasts to sacrifice without causing death?
Or perhaps the Blue Silver Emperor had awakened or developed an ability?
Mo Bai gently stroked Xiao Wu's head as she was lost in thought. He had already given the lead; how she would fantasize from here on out depended entirely on her imagination.
But under his education over these many days, it should develop in the direction he expected.
He only needed to ask one question when Xiao Wu was in doubt: 'Xiao Wu, do you believe it?' That would be enough.
Xiao Wu sensed the hand stroking her head and gradually came back to her senses. Her gaze turned to Mo Bai. If it was Mo Bai, who could develop a Meditation Technique, and with his ability to look back at the past and observe the future... perhaps such a method really could exist.
But, even if her sacrifice wouldn't endanger her life, she would only return to her original, initial form. Then how would she take her revenge?
A trace of hesitation flashed in Xiao Wu's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination. She stared intently, with a hint of pleading, into Mo Bai's eyes, which seemed to carry expectation.
"Mo Bai, if there really is a way for me not to die, I... I can sacrifice to you. But before that, can you let me finish my revenge? Please... I beg you."
Hearing these words, the air went quiet for a few seconds before Mo Bai let out a long sigh. Trust was already a certainty; although, obtaining Xiao Wu's trust had required this series of operations.
But why must trust awaken the real "you"?
A method for a sacrifice that doesn't result in death? It deviated from his expectations.
He would have to steer it back himself.
Mo Bai's gaze looked at Xiao Wu, gradually becoming indifferent.
Under this calm yet scrutinizing gaze, Xiao Wu's body couldn't help but tremble, and she finally realized. She seemed to have no qualifications to plead, whether physically or mentally.
She had long since been controlled by the man before her.
Whether she sacrificed or not was entirely up to Mo Bai's whim.
And just as Xiao Wu trembled in fear, Mo Bai's words, accompanied by a heavy sigh, came: "Xiao Wu, I am a pacifist. Things like revenge and killing are too much trouble. Compared to revenge, don't you want your mother to be resurrected?"
These words exploded in Xiao Wu's mind like a thunderclap! Revenge was merely a mourning for the deceased, but resurrection could bring the loved one she missed back to her side. But how could such a thing be possible? Reversing life and death?
But if it were Mo Bai...
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