Chapter 532 A Thousand Years Later (II)

What the snake monster wanted was simple. It helped her achieve her goal and she had to collect twelve jade plates for it after leaving the secret land.

Bai Zhi was skeptical so she didn’t say yes immediately. However, the snake monster intercepted Ye Zhao’s message. It then took Bai Zhi to ambush. White fairy fell into the ambush and lost her life before realizing it.

White Fairy took a treasure of Misty Peak with her. Thanks to the treasure, she narrowly escaped from the snake monster.

The snake monster gave Bai Zhi a strange spirit fruit, telling her that she could realize her dream after swallowing it. Looking at her sister’s intact body, Bai Zhi was shocked. She suddenly realized that she had put her thoughts into action. What the snake monster meant was possession.

If she wanted to replace her senior sister, the most convenient and safe way was to live as “Bai Qingxue”. Bai Zhi had spent time with her day and night. She almost knew everything about her, including her living habits and behaviors.

However, it meant she had to give up the name “Bai Zhi” and spend her whole life playing the role of “Bai Qingxue” from now on. After the whim, she hesitated.

The snake monster looked at her with a weird smile. It felt that human beings were really strange. After all the hard work was done, she hesitated at this moment. It could not find the primordial spirit of the female Qi-trainer now. Besides, going back on your word when making a deal with monsters? Ridiculous!

Bai Zhi had enhanced her personal ability for hundreds of years, and she was not a naive girl. She also knew that she had no chance to regret. Bai Zhi took the fruit and her primordial spirit trembled. It seemed to soar to the sky. When she woke up, she had already possessed on Bai Qingxue’s vitality.

Bai Zhi’s original body withered quickly. That fruit made her fit perfectly with her senior sister’s vitality. However, the price was taking away her flesh and blood in a domineering way.

She could never turn back in this life!

After all, Bai Zhi was only in the early stage of Gathering Vitality. It was difficult for her to control the strength of the late Gathering Vitality period. Possession was against rules of personal ability. Although Bai Zhi’s primordial spirit fit her new body perfectly, there was still a gap of strength. White Fairy’s vitality in the later period couldn’t be kept, and her power even dropped below the Gathering Vitality period.

Ye Zhao heard the news and rushed here. “White Fairy” told him the bad news with a grieving looking—her young school sister Bai Zhi and her strayed into a big monster’s territory. She was injured and lost some power. In order to create a chance for her to escape, Bai Zhi died on the spot. She couldn’t even bring her body out.

Ye Zhao had almost never seen “White Fairy” so fragile. He had despised Bai Zhi but now he was even a little grateful to her. He felt pity that “trespa.s.sing” couldn’t work now, but he still took “White Fairy” out of secret land.

“White Fairy” had lost a lot of power, and the plan of trespa.s.sing to Upper Land naturally couldn’t work.

Bai Zhi imitated White Fairy’s every movements perfectly, but the unique feeling between lovers disappeared. Mr. Wuye was a very thoughtful man. He always felt that White Fairy became very strange after getting injured. He had tried to test her several times, but Bai Zhi still played her role perfectly.

Ye Zhao then forgot about it. He searched healing medicine for Bai Zhi’s wound all over.

At that time, Zu Mountain was very powerful. It got five of the twelve jade plates in control. The rest seven jades were scattered among various schools. Misty Peaks was not powerful enough to collect all of them. Bai Zhi occupied others’ body and snake monster had a perfect plan about her possession. For a cultivator, one hundred years pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye. The next time when secret land appeared, she must collect twelve jade plates and give them to the snake monster.

Fortunately, as Bai Zhi’s personal ability gradually recovered, Ye Zhao considered to Upper Land by “trespa.s.sing” again. He didn’t want anything unexpected to happen this time, so he collected twelve jade plates by all means, hoping Zu Mountain could have the opportunity to make secret land appear. If cultivators of Zu Mountain didn’t work collaboratively, they couldn’t reach the center zone. Whether his plan would be successful or not, the cultivators might learn something.

Because of Bai Zhi’s possession, “White Fairy” had lost great power. Ye Zhao had delayed his Divinization for another one hundred years. Besides, Heaven’s Doom had always been unpredictable. This time, he had no choice but to trespa.s.s by s.p.a.ce nodes.

The twelve jade plates had been gathered together after Zu Mountain made some concessions to compensate others.

As Bermuda is going to appear, Ye Zhao suddenly proposed to hold a wedding with Bai Zhi.

Ye Zhao had been indifferent to everything. He even had not been too close to Bai Zhi over the past century. At this moment, he suddenly proposed to have a wedding… Bai Zhi was a little uneasy, but she readily agreed after hearing that the wedding would invite all decent cultivators and famous individual cultivators in the cultivation world.

On a sunny spring day, the wedding was held in beautiful and lively Zu Mountain.

When Ye Zhao inserted “Bright Snow” hairpin in her hair, he swore in Devil Inside—as long as he had his primordial spirit, he would love Bai Qingxue forever.

Bai Zhi had been “White Fairy” for so many years. At that moment, she was so happy and dizzy that she firmly believed she was Bai Qingxue.

The wedding banquet had lasted for three days in Zu Mountain.

In the personal ability world, there was news that cultivators of the Gathering Vitality period kept disappearing one after another. Ye Zhao wanted to investigate it. However, Bermuda secret land was about to appear, and he probably couldn’t wait for another one hundred year.

On the night of the wedding, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in Zu Mountain. Ye Zhao finally arrived in white.

In the tradition of Huaxia for thousands of years, white had never been the color for marriage. Bai Zhi didn’t feel shy anymore because she sensed something unusual. Ye Zhao stared at her for a long time. The next moment, Bai Zhi saw Ye Zhao’s smile for the first time.

Mr. Wuye said coldly. He had a poker face and he was famous for his indifference in the world of cultivation. She had seen his smile but the faint smile only belonged to her senior sister. Since she occupied her body, it was the first time for her to see Ye Zhao smiling.

This smile was so sincere. Ye Zhao was like an immortal having the ability make Bai Zhi feel dizzy.

However, the smile suddenly disappeared.

“Bai Zhi.” Ye Zhao might have some evidence. He stared at her and said, “Where did you hide your senior sister?”

Spring was still blooming earlier, a basin of cold water poured Bai Zhi’s heart the next moment.

“Senior Sister? I have no…”

Of course, Bai Qingxue had no senior sister, but Bai Zhi did.

Ye Zhao caught her facial expressions in an instant, and he became surer of his guessing, “Bai Zhi, tell me what you did to your senior sister.”

Bai Zhi wanted to refute, but Ye Zhao never changed his mind about what he believed.

After thinking it over, she still couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Ye Zhao said a name gently. It was the daughter of the elder from Zu Mountain, Bai Zhi’s close friend.

After Bai Zhi took possession of White Fairy, she didn’t want Ye Zhao to see her real body. The daughter of the elder from Zu Mountain regarded Bai Zhi as a real friend, and she was heartbroken for her “death”. Bai Zhi was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so she would not interact with her former friend again.

However, she shuttled between Zu Mountain and Misty Peak. She had been acting cautiously in front of Ye Zhao for a long time and it was inevitable that she would relax on other occasions. Her friends saw some of her actions several times, and she looked so similar to “Bai Zhi” who was said to be dead in the lost land.

Bai Zhi felt guilty about occupying others’ body, and few people at Misty Peak had mentioned “Bai Zhi”. It had been well-known that White Fairy was very nice to her school sister. However, since “Bai Zhi” died for saving her, she had not been very sad.

The daughter of the elder never thought that it was the situation of possession. She simply believed that the death of “Bai Zhi had something to do with “White Fairy”. “White Fairy” must cover the truth with her absolute power. She thought the only one who could find out the truth to make her friend rest in peace was herself.

She kept an eye on “White Fairy” and Ye Zhao also wanted to find out the secret.

However, when they met each other, how could Ye Zhao still not understand the truth?

The woman he brought back from the Lost Land one hundred years ago was not her soulmate and Taoist partner, but Bai Zhi who had an evil intention!

Losing power? The death of Bai Zhi? The person who pa.s.sed away was actually Qingxue… Ye Zhao was powerful, but he also couldn’t bear it at that moment. In order to send injured “Bai Qingxue” to the upper land safely, he stayed in the human world for more than one hundred years, which became extremely ridiculous at this moment.

The anger of being deceived and the pain of losing his lover made Ye Zhao decide to hold this wedding.

A cold-hearted person had no bottom line. Bai Zhi wanted to be “Bai Qingxue” and Mr. Wuye’s Taoist partner, and he would fulfill her dream.

The wedding of the head of Zu Mountain school had invited guests from all over the world. Ye Zhao regarded this wedding as a gift to true Bai Qingxue, so he prepared it very thoughtfully.

The world of cultivation only thought this couple finally had a happy ending… and he also regarded the person next to him as Qingxue.

After the wedding, Ye Zhao took off the bright red dress and took up an unlucky white suit to face Bai Zhi. The daytime was Bai Zhi’s happiest moment. The vanity of congratulation from everyone had pushed Bai Zhi to the highest point in her life.

He just wanted to push her down from the highest point and make her fall into the quagmire!

Ye Zhao talked about the story calmly, but Bai Zhi felt cold all over after listening it.

Bai Zhi had seen the strong contrast of how indifferent Ye Zhao treated others and how gentle he treated White Fairy. When she was one of “others”, she hated his indifference; when she took over the ident.i.ty of White Fairy, his indifference to others made her feel proud.

However, she had no idea that besides indifference, Mr. Wuye could also be cruel. He could kill with a single blow without making his sword stained by blood. He could defeat a person completely!

Yes, Ye Zhao was not only a genius of self-cultivation, but a man who had the strength to be selected as the new head of Zu Mountain school. If he had no daring and resolution, how could he manage a huge Zu Mountain school?

Ye Zhao’s daring and resolution was that he could easily give up the opportunity of becoming immortal and take Bai Qingxue to trespa.s.s to Upper Land. His daring and resolution supported him to stop for his Taoist partner for a hundred years, because he was powerful.

This man had an indifferent appearance and a strong heart. Wasn’t he someone she couldn’t even dream of?

But why could Bai Qingxue get him?

Bai Zhi couldn’t control her crazy smile, “School sister? She has been dead for a hundred years. Ye Zhao, what is the point by inviting everyone in the world of cultivation to the wedding? Sister can’t come back, and your bride is me, Bai Zhi!”

A response as he expected.

Ye Zhao didn’t get angry but smiled. His smile was cold, “Bai Zhi, don’t you understand? I married Bai Qingxue, and the whole world of cultivation was my witness… Qingxue has pa.s.sed away, and you will be buried with her. The only thing I don’t understand is how can you succeed in possession with your personal ability of early Gathering Vitality period. I will find out the answer by myself.”

Ye Zhao had been reluctant to become immortal. For Heaven’s Doom, it was dangerous. But in terms of personal ability, he was actually the top person in the world of cultivation. He wanted to deal with Bai Zhi by extracting her soul, which made Bai Zhi totally change her look.

The pain of primordial spirit being torn was a thousand times sharper than the pain on the flesh. Bai Zhi was so overwhelmed with pain that she hardly wished to live. With the state of mind of the Gathering Vitality period, she also even wanted to destroy her own primordial spirit.

Ye Zhao pulled her primordial spirit out and trapped it in a ball of Strange Fire.

Bai Qingxue’s current situation was very strange. She had heartbeat and pulse, and her blood was flowing as usual. However, she had no soul, and she was totally a dead-alive person.

Ye Zhao wanted to find out the truth and he was also expecting Bai Qingxue’s one in ten thousand chance of surviving. He personally went to the far north to get a crystal warm ice jade which could protect her flesh forever. He made it into a crystal coffin and kept Bai Qingxue’s body in it.

Recently, Gathering Vitality cultivators of the world of cultivation disappeared one after another. It did not affect Zu Mountain school, but Ye Zhao didn’t know what would happen after he went to the secret land. In order to leave Zu Mountain with a leeway, he embroidered Weapon Introduction on Bai Qingxue’s dustproof precious dress.

Within a month, the world of cultivation heard the news that the new First Lady of Zu Mountain school, Palace Lord of Misty Peak Palace, White Fairy had an accident when she cultivated. Her serious injury was hard to heal. Ye took the elites of the school to Secret Land himself to seek medicine for White Fairy.

All Zu Mountain swordsmen left and flew on the swords to the waters of Bermuda. Ye Zhao held twelve jade plates to open the secret land and place the coffin with the body of the White Fairy in the underwater palace.

He planted all kinds of famous lotuses for her, hoping that the fragrance of the lotuses would be with her every day. One day, she might wake up and see the best scenery in her first sight.

Ye Zhao surrounded Bai Zhi’s primordial spirit with Strange Fire. He also placed it in the underground mausoleum.

He would never let Bai Zhi go easily, and he also wanted to figure out the force behind Bai Zhi. Only in this way, could he have a chance to retrieve Bai Qingxue’s primordial spirit.

Ye Zhao’s arrangement was perfect. Except Bai Qingxue and people from Zu Mountain school, no one could enter the underground palace. He placed two woodcarving Pixius there as the guardians of mausoleum.

Twelve jade plates had gathered together. The snake monster could always feel it. Not only it, many big monsters of secret land had noticed it. However, all powerful men of Zu Mountain school had been here. All monsters were in a downturn and they could only avoid their sharp edges. It was almost impossible to get jade plates from Ye Zhao.

The snake monster had a lot of plans. It also guessed that these human race Qi-trainers must be here in large groups for the primordial spirit dispersed by it a hundred years ago, which greatly annoyed the snake monster. It’s just a human race female cultivator. If it had knew that she was so important, it would had caught her at that time. It must be much more efficient than playing games with Bai Zhi.

However, no one could turn back time. The guardian monsters in the underground mausoleum where White Fairy’s body was placed were something of Heaven Taoism and they were the big nemesis of the monster race. It couldn’t get in, so it could only secretly stalked Zu Mountain people as other big monsters to travel most of the Lost Land in order to find a chance.

One month pa.s.sed quickly. Ye Zhao felt frightened because of all the monsters behind him. He couldn’t figure out who murdered Bai Qingxue. Time waits for no man. He could only hope that Bai Qingxue’s primordial spirit would be able to find her own body one day.

Something unexpected happened in an afternoon. Swordsmen felt it one after another. They felt that a huge power was affecting them, and they couldn’t even fly their swords well.

The power was huge, soft, but unquestionable. It would draw them into the sky.

Ye Zhao was shocked, thinking of the disappearance of Gathering Vitality cultivators in the personal ability world. He didn’t know if there was a relations.h.i.+p between the two things.

A colorful halo appeared in the sky, and a s.p.a.ce crack suddenly appeared. Even the monsters who followed far away were shocked. Zu Mountain immortal swordsmen resisted this huge force one after another. However, their flying sword gradually broke, and they were sucked into the crack in front of Ye Zhao.

They disappeared.

Ye Zhao had the highest personal ability. He was barely able to contend with the power. He only had the time to grab the nearest Zu Mountain apprentice beside him.

Before he could carry out any rescue operation, Ye Zhao’s face turned pale.

Contending with the power revealed his true strength. He had delayed the Divinization for a long time, but it arrived at this moment without warning!

He tried his best to remain calm. All monsters were afraid of Heaven’s Doom so they didn’t s.n.a.t.c.h the jade plates. He handed all the twelve jade plates to a surviving Zu Mountain apprentice. He only got the time to say “underwater mausoleum”, and he kicked him out of secret land immediately.

Zu Mountain apprentice took the jade plates and left. Mr. Wuye became the first cultivator been through the doom of the Divinization in secret land. Everything was messy and all the monsters were dumbfounded.

“Did he succeed…?”

Bai Zhi’s primordial spirit was trapped in the underground palace, suffering from the burning. She did not know what happened to Ye Zhao and his men in secret land. She told the whole story based on what the snake monster told her.

This amazing story has lasted for a thousand years. Even Lin Luoran was mesmerized. In the most critical moment, the snake monster stopped. White Fairy was moved, and asked the question unconsciously.

Time can always cover the truth. The whole story is complicated and it can be regarded as a thousand-year puzzle in the world of cultivation. If the two persons involved hadn’t told her the story, White Fairy would never have believed the truth. She once suspected that her Taoist partner had betrayed her. However, seeing the sword tomb, she suddenly worried that something bad had happened to Ye Zhao. After hearing Ye Zhao was about to go through Divinization doom, White Fairy even felt hopeful.

The desire for Ye Zhao’s whereabouts even makes her temporarily forget that the enemy who killed her is right in front of her.

What she wants to know most is whether Ye Zhao succeeded in going through the doom that day.

The snake monster laughs triumphantly. Obviously, it does not want to tell White Fairy what happened next.

Bai Zhi says bitterly, “Ye Zhao was a considerate person, but he actually put Zu Mountain swordsmen in danger. As for himself, he also couldn’t be sure if he could survive from the Divinization doom. It was ridiculous that he still bothered to build this invincible crystal coffin which had an entrance but no exit. Your primordial spirit was finally here… But today, you cannot leave this mausoleum.”

“You got in touch with the double-headed snake again… the time should be more than three hundred years ago, when Wen Guanjing and I opened the tomb on our own, right?”

Lin Luoran sighs, but Bai Zhi bursts into laugh, “Birds of a feather flock together. Bai Qingxue also asked you to seal the woodcarver Pixius temporarily. I have to be grateful. Thanks to you guys, I can escape from the crystal coffin. Bai Qingxue, woodcarving Pixius were placed there for me, but they were for stopping me. Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness. You finally taste failure… No, maybe you have tasted it more than a thousand years ago! ”

White Fairy falters with anger. She tries her best to control her emotions and shouts, “Bai Zhi, I call you school sister the last time. Tell me, did Ye Zhao succeed in the doom?”

Bai Zhi just laughs. Lin Luoran feels that she has been insane since more than a thousand years ago. So Lin Ruoran doesn’t expect to get any useful information from her. Instead, she looked at the snake monster.

“You have waited so long just to tell us the truth?”

The snake monster laughs mysteriously.

“Shhh, don’t worry. It should be here soon.”

As the snake monster stops, the whole mausoleum suddenly shakes for no reason, as if something is. .h.i.tting on the surface of the water violently.