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CBGC - ch138.2
🕑 Added 2023-11-09 07:14:12 +0000 UTC2/4
Bai Su has been imprisoned in the restricted area, but due to Little Lan recognizing him as the master, the Bai family hasn't dared to torture him. In fact, they've even treated his injuries. When he was struck by divine punishment, he was left with just a breath of life, but now his life has been saved, and his injuries have mostly healed.
Of course, he lacks personal freedom. He is confined in the restricted area with shackles made of the heaviest Firestone in the Realm, restraining his feet. Additionally, the spiritual energy inside his body is sealed with Soul Shock Stones, making it extremely difficult for him to take even a single step, rendering him essentially powerless.
If it weren't for Little Lan residing in his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness, his primordial spirit would probably have been sealed off as well.
His feet are restrained, but his hands remain free. Bai Su sits in a pitch-black room, where he asked his third uncle, the one who saved him, to bring him some flexible grass leaves. Every day, he calmly weaves spirit beasts from these leaves. Now, a neat pile of them sits on the cold stone bed. When the clan members who guard him saw this, they thought he was attempting to create a powerful formation to break through the barrier. They were quite anxious at the time. However, they later realized that he had no spiritual energy left, so any formation could be shattered with a single stomp. Additionally, he would occasionally bring out the Orchid Tongue Grass as a silent threat, so they just let him be.
He just continues weaving, perhaps his brain is broken.
Of course, having them neatly arranged can't work. Bai Su, with his high cultivation and intelligence, has always liked to tinker with all sorts of odds and ends. In the past, he used those various devices to steal the Orchid Tongue Grass, so everyone had to be cautious. Once he sets up what looks like a formation, someone would immediately come and mess it up, creating a chaotic scene. In the end, Bai Su stopped arranging them neatly. Now, both the bed and the floor are covered with various chaotic-looking whip grass spirit beasts. However, if one looks more closely, one can notice that the though they're a mess, the heads of most spirit beasts are pointing in one direction.
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are truly delicate.
On this day, he's weaving a figure. When the guard enters, he activates the brightening formation in the restricted area's secret chamber, turning the originally pitch-black room into one as bright as daylight.
"Hey, no spirit beasts today?" the guard glances around. "You made an old lady this time? Is she carrying a lantern in her hand?" This guard isn't bad in dealing with Bai Su and occasionally strikes up a conversation.
What she's carrying isn't a lantern at all; it's a Big Bai, or rather, it's the Word Spirit. However, the Word Spirit is the guardian spirit of the Bai family, and they all hold it in great reverence. They can't imagine it becoming so small that it could be held in someone's hand, so they can't make the connection to the Word Spirit at all.
Bai Su doesn't say a word. He smiles and shields his own eyes with a hand, saying, "Is there something you need?"
He's been stuck in darkness for a while now and can't use spiritual energy. Suddenly, being exposed to such bright light, his eyes keep blinking, and even with his hand shielding them, it's still not enough. Tears are welling up in his eyes.
"What are you still dawdling about? Bai Su, the Clan Leader has summoned you to the Word Spirit Pagoda. It's urgent; hurry up," a voice from outside urgently calls out.
The guard's expression subtly changes. He walks over to Bai Su and lowers his voice, saying, "The Ninth Elder wants to see you. Be careful."
Neither his foot shackles nor the Soul Shock Stones could be removed, it's a struggle for Bai Su to stand up. The guard assists him and shares some of the load of the foot shackles, allowing him to move forward more easily.
As soon as they pass the room's door, they are greeted by a green-robed cultivator who impatiently grabs Bai Su's collar, saying, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
Bai Su reaches out and slaps the man's hand. Without spiritual energy, he can't inflict any damage, but he remains unfazed and says, "Remove the foot shackles for me, and I'll naturally be quicker."
The green-robed cultivator grabs Bai Su's collar again and tries to drag him away, but to his surprise, despite his best efforts and even pushing his spiritual energy to the limit, he can't lift him. It's as if Bai Su has become rooted to the ground. Even with the green-robed cultivator's best efforts, he won't budge him.
The foot shackles are immovable unless one has the cultivation level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, so no matter how hard the green-robed cultivator tries, he can't move Bai Su. He stares hatefully at the seemingly unremarkable guard and the effortless-looking Bai Su, feeling somewhat stunned.
He snorts coldly and then points at the guard. With a disgruntled tone, "Hold him up and keep up!"
Others are not allowed to enter the top floor of the Word Spirit Pagoda, so when he reaches the 80th floor, Bai Su has to climb on his own. He ascends the stone steps slowly, taking a breath after each step. The foot shackles produce a heavy clanging sound as they drag on the ground, causing the tall tower to shake slightly. Just then, someone grabs him and drags him directly into the top-floor room, throwing him in front of the Mirror Tablet.
Bai Changge points to the line of text and says, "See for yourself what that is? You have the companion Orchid Tongue Grass with you, but where is the Word Spirit? Have you found Word Spirit and tamed it?"
His face has lost its previous gentleness, and he looks somewhat deranged. "Where have you hidden Word Spirit?"
The real companion Orchid Tongue Grass is in Bai Su's possession. Although the Word Spirit that the Hei Clan stole and cultivated is quite powerful, without the true companion, it can't speak at all. Despite trying numerous methods and using countless secret techniques to nurture Orchid Tongue Grasses, which allowed the Word Spirit to speak for brief moments, it still lacks the significant power of a true Word Spirit, and its words can't appear on the Mirror Tablet.
But now, there's an extra line of text on the Mirror Tablet! And it's such a peculiar oracle!
Bai Su looks at the words on the Mirror, and for a moment, he's astonished. Then, he smiles.
"Granny, he shall not die."
Who is it talking about? It couldn't be him, could it…
Bai Su wonders to himself, could it be that they were worried he might die? The situation at that time was quite frightening, and he did recover remarkably fast. Could it be because of the Word Spirit? As he ponders this, he feels touched but at the same time, he thinks it's a bit wasteful.
He doesn't realize that he's overthinking.
"This sentence just appeared out of nowhere; it wasn't there yesterday. Do you know anything about it?" Bai Changge angrily asks.
Bai Su: "..."
It's not him; it's not about him! If the sentence just appeared yesterday, it means that it was said yesterday. It's not about worrying for him!
Autumn wind stirs, and one's heart feels as cool as water.
"This is of great importance and concerns the safety of the entire clan. Bai Su, Please don't hide anything anymore," Bai Changge's face turns ashen. "If you have truly tamed Word Spirit, then you will be the new Bai family leader."
Despite his unwillingness, everything is secondary to the Word Spirit.
Bai Su is dragged over and thrown to the ground like a mischievous child. He kicks his legs a bit and then, with an expressionless face, glances at the Ninth Elder.
Though Bai Changge is still pale with anger, he still takes out the key and unlocks Bai Su's foot shackles. He even bends down to help him up.
"The Word Spirit has acknowledged its master." As the words are spoken, the hand that's gripping his arm tightens, indicating how shaken and tormented its owner feels.
