Chapter 166 – Master, do you choose to die or to perish? (7)
In the blink of an eye, two or three years had passed. During this time, Yan Luo’s life had been unusually peaceful. Her eldest disciple, Yun Ze, constantly hovered around her, being adorable and obedient, while her youngest disciple showed exceptional talent and worked hard to make progress.
Moreover, she hadn’t seen any of those weird things, making Yan Luo sigh in relief and marvel at how wonderful life could be!
The only downside was that no matter how well she treated Yun Ze, no matter how obedient and cute he was, his blackening value remained unchanged.
“Little Pink, you must’ve made a mistake again. How can such an adorable and soft child, aside from being a bit sensitive, have a blackening value of one hundred? The plot that should truly blacken him hasn’t even started yet!”
Yan Luo sat cross-legged on the bed, channeling the spiritual energy within her. A pale blue glow surrounded her, accentuating her unapproachable aura.
[Mistake? Impossible. I’ve checked it countless times.]
Little Pink was also puzzled. How could this harmless and cute Yun Ze be labeled as a highly dangerous character with one hundred points blackening value?
However… Yan Luo narrowed her eyes slightly. “Little Pink, could your system be hiding some significant, undisclosed information again?”
[Maybe…] Little Pink replied, somewhat unsure.
“I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but despite Yun Ze’s soft demeanor, he always gives me a subtle feeling. Sometimes, it seems like he’s testing me. Do you think he might know what’s going to happen?”
Piecing it all together, it seemed he might know the original owner’s actions. He asked if he should address the other disciple as senior or junior because he knew the original owner, to give face to Lin Qing, would rank Yun Ze below Gu Sicun. He asked which element he should focus on because he knew the original owner would eventually kill him to take his spiritual roots.
“Little Pink,” Yan Luo suddenly had an epiphany, her eyes snapping open with a flash of pale blue light. “Do you think Yun Ze could have been… reborn?”
That would explain everything, including his blackening value!
Little Pink was also stunned. [The system can’t directly detect that…]
Just as they were about to analyze further, Yan Luo’s expression froze and then turned peculiar.
“Little Pink… I think I’m about to break through.” The original owner had been stuck at this level for decades, and now, a crack had finally appeared.
However, it was just a crack. To truly break through, she would need to go into seclusion for a few years.
If it had been before, Yan Luo might have hesitated about going into seclusion, but now, if Yun Ze was truly as she suspected, she couldn’t follow her original plan.
If Yun Ze had indeed died once and been reborn, that would indeed be troublesome. He might interpret her kindness as a ploy to lower his guard before striking.
To eliminate the corruption value, she needed to show Yun Ze that the original owner’s actions were not her true intentions.
Moreover, if he had been reborn, his cultivation speed would not be that of a typical dual-spirit root cultivator.
So, this seclusion was necessary.
With this in mind, Yan Luo slowly retracted her spiritual energy, exhaled softly, and upon reopening her eyes, they briefly shimmered with a radiant glow.