After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 169 - You’re too kind

Chapter 169: You’re too kind

Mu Lanyan’s expression changed unpredictably.

Her eyes were on Chu Xianning and Jiang Huai in the distance. Although there was still a trace of unwillingness in her heart, Chu Xianning’s previous sword momentum was too oppressive. She was very clear that if she drew her sword against Chu Xianning, her chances of winning would not exceed thirty percent.

Mainly, she was indeed in the wrong in this matter. If she won, it would be fine, but if she lost, she would be laughed at by many, and the Mu family’s reputation would also suffer. Although most cultivators knew that Petal Fairy Chu Xianning was particularly stubborn, they also knew that Chu Xianning was particularly reasonable and would never draw her sword without cause. Almost every time, when she drew her sword, she represented absolute justice.

“We’re going back to Linglong Continent,” Mu Lanyan gritted her teeth and finally suppressed the unwillingness in her heart.

But a moment later, everyone present was taken aback.

On the wasteland, a surge of Daoist energy emerged, and a crack appeared out of nowhere in the void. From that crack, an especially terrifying aura spilled out. The moment the aura was released, everyone present felt a momentary palpitation.

Everyone instinctively looked toward the source of the aura, feeling somewhat uneasy, until a pair of clean and slender legs stepped out from it.

The spatial rift disappeared, and a tall woman in a Western Region dark-colored dress appeared. Her tall figure, with long white hair draped behind her head and simply tied with a strand of hair, the dress clinging to her body, with a slit at the hem revealing a section of smooth thigh skin. This dress was between proper and seductive, astonishing everyone. What was even more surprising was the pair of silver coral dragon horns on the edge of her forehead.

The moment the woman appeared, Bai Li suddenly stiffened in place, her body involuntarily trembling, an indescribable agitation quietly rising in her heart. She struggled to lift her head to see the woman’s face clearly.

When the woman’s eyes shifted to her face, the originally cold ink-colored pupils softened.

The two women stared at each other for several seconds until the tall woman in the dark dress approached Bai Li, her voice very gentle,

“You’ve grown so big?”

“Who are you...” Bai Li’s throat tightened.

“Your mother.”

The white-haired woman reached out, her palm gently touching her forehead, her voice soft.

“In the past few years, I’ve been traveling the five regions, seeking the opportunity to transform into a dragon, and entrusted you to the elders of the Serpent Clan. Half a month ago, I returned to the Western Region and heard that you had fled. I spent a lot of money to get information from Ziyun Pavilion, learned that you went to the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm, located your position, and then tore through the spatial rift to come here.”

Bai Li’s eyes did not show any joy, and she stepped back uneasily, “Are you... here to take me back?”

“Take?”

The white-haired woman looked at her with some confusion, then helplessly touched her head, “I’m here to take you back to the Western Region. With me in the Serpent Clan, no one will ever force you to do anything you don’t want to do again. From now on, you will be the princess of the demon race, the heir to the throne of the Demon Emperor.”

“I... don’t understand...” Bai Li’s voice was still trembling.

The white-haired woman gently raised her hand, and in an instant, the originally slightly dark sky turned into a night sky filled with stars. The sun was completely obscured, and the aura she released made everyone present shiver with cold. Luo Yueguan looked at the white-haired woman in amazement and murmured softly,

“Ninth realm...”

“Do you understand now?”

The white-haired woman gently pinched Bai Li’s cheek, “When you were six years old, I left the Serpent Clan. Do you still remember my name?”

“I... don’t remember.” Bai Li turned her face away, but her voice seemed a bit petulant.

Jiang Huai remembered. Bai Li had told him about her past. Her mother was also a particularly powerful presence in the Serpent Clan but left when she was six, disappearing as if evaporated from the world. No one knew where she went, not even the Serpent Clan, despite exhausting all their resources, could find a trace of her. But now she had returned... and had become a ninth realm cultivator.

The entire Serpent Clan did not have a single eighth realm cultivator, but she had already become a ninth realm Supreme Sacred.

“Mother’s name is Bai Jin.”

Bai Jin’s voice was slightly helpless, but still very gentle, “If you’re not used to calling me mother, you can also call me Bai Jin.”

Her voice was extremely soft, and the doting in her eyes was genuinely revealed, but Bai Li took another step back, replying softly,

“I’m doing well in the Eastern Region, I don’t want to... go back to the Western Region.”

“Is it because you can’t bear to leave your friends here?”

Perhaps because her voice was too soft, Bai Li’s expression also unconsciously softened a bit, “Mhm...”

“I can give you a month to say goodbye to your friends in the Eastern Region, but you have to come back to the demon race with me eventually. That’s our homeland. The Demon Emperor’s inheritance will begin soon, and I hope to help you obtain that inheritance... If you want freedom, you still have to endure a little price. After obtaining the Demon Emperor’s inheritance, if you don’t want to stay in the Western Region as the heir to the Demon Emperor, I can send you back to the Eastern Region.”

“I... why should I believe you...”

Even though Bai Li’s voice was timid, her expression was still stubborn.

You left me behind at the age of six and now suddenly return, expecting me to follow you?

How could that be reasonable...?

Even though Bai Li’s words were unpleasant, Bai Jin did not show any impatience. She just bent down slightly and gently grabbed Bai Li’s hand,

“Because you are my own daughter, we are connected by blood, and the same blood flows in our bodies.”

“When you were six years old, I had to leave the Serpent Clan temporarily for a short time. That was the only opportunity to seize that chance. I have always been concerned about you. After returning to the Serpent Clan and not seeing you, I immediately started looking for you. Mother won’t lie to you. If I really wanted to take you away by force, no one here could stop me.”

“You can take your time to think about it. If you have any questions, Mother will answer them for you,” Bai Jin said gently.

But at this moment, an untimely female voice rang out.

“This holy person of the demon race, you probably don’t know that your daughter has been captured as a spirit pet in the Eastern Region, right?” Mu Lanyan’s voice suddenly sounded at this moment.

Almost instantly, an overwhelming pressure enveloped the entire wasteland.

Bai Jin bent down, standing in front of Bai Li,

“What did she just say?”

“Don’t listen to her. My best friend in the Eastern Region, to protect me, let me tell everyone that I am his spirit pet, using his reputation to protect me. But unfortunately, in the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm, even saying such things... there were still people who wanted to brand me with a slave imprint, to make me their pet...”

“Who?” Bai Jin gently pinched Bai Li’s face.

Although she was very gentle with Bai Li, her voice was already full of murderous intent.

Bai Li pointed at the cultivator behind Mu Lanyan in the distance, Mu Jiaoyang’s brother, Mu Linxing. The moment Bai Li pointed at him, Mu Linxing’s face turned pale, and he trembled all over. Bai Jin’s pressure had already fallen on him, and with his cultivation, he naturally could not bear it. He immediately went weak at the knees and knelt down.

“It’s just that he couldn’t beat me. But just now, he called his mother to seek revenge for him. But his brother was also beaten up by my good friend. Just now, he wanted to bully the senior who protected me. Luckily, my good friend’s master also came... She’s too bullying...” Bai Li added at this moment.

Bai Jin, seeing that Bai Li was unharmed and had not really been branded with a slave imprint, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked tenderly into Bai Li’s eyes, her voice very soft,

“Then... should we kill them all?”

Bai Li was taken aback, “Kill them?”

“Yes, if you want, mother will kill them all for you.”

At this moment, Mu Lanyan suddenly froze, a dangerous aura enveloping her heart. She shouldn’t have spoken those words, regret instantly flooding her mind. She quickly formed a spell, trying to take her two children and leave the place, but Bai Jin merely extended her hand, and dark spiritual energy chains appeared almost instantly in mid-air, binding the three of them together.

“Let’s do as Little Li wishes. Whatever you want to do, mother will do. From now on... no one will be able to make you suffer the slightest grievance.”

Clearly, Bai Jin was especially eager to show off in front of Bai Li, trying to make up for the affection she lacked as a mother over the years. Bai Li was stunned for quite a while before turning to Jiang Huai,

“Jiang Huai, what do you decide...?”

Cold sweat was about to break out on Jiang Huai’s forehead. Naturally, he couldn’t decide to kill them.

Was this going to provoke a war between humans and demons?

After all, the person in question was an early-stage cultivator of the Eighth Realm, and the Bai Jin who had suddenly appeared was a demon from the Western Region.

“If you still hold any resentment, let your mother punish them on your behalf... but better not kill them.”

Intuition told Jiang Huai that this terrifying white-haired woman who had suddenly appeared was not joking.

“I don’t really hold any grudges anymore, especially since his brother was already beaten just now,” Bai Li thought for a moment.

“Let them go.”

After Bai Li spoke these words, Bai Jin raised her hand, and the dark chains binding Mu Lanyan and her children shattered in an instant. Mu Lanyan didn’t dare say another word, quickly forming a spell and taking her children away, while the cultivators who had been watching the excitement scattered like birds and beasts.

A Supreme Sacred of the Ninth Realm, there were not even a hundred of them in the entire world, and they had just encountered one today.

Bai Li looked up, the stubbornness on her face fading a bit. She hesitated for a while, “It was Aunt Luo who saved me just now. If Aunt Luo hadn’t been here, that woman might have really taken me away to be her child’s spirit pet. And the spot to return to the Immortal Spirit Secret Realm was also given to me by Aunt Luo. Aunt Luo has been very good to me.”

Bai Jin immediately turned her gaze to Luo Yueguan, who was somewhat dazed at the moment. Bai Jin had already put away the murderous look in her eyes, her voice softening,

“I owe you a favor. If there’s anything you need in the future, just tell me, and I’ll do one thing for you, as long as it’s within my power, anything is possible.”

Luo Yueguan came back to her senses, a smile appearing on her cheeks, “You’re too polite.”