Read Novel Full Chapter 639: Was It a Debt of Love He Owed Himself?
Chapter 639: Was It a Debt of Love He Owed Himself?
"What do you think, big brother?"
Xue Kui turned around, asking cheerfully.
"Quite good." Xiao Mo nodded with a smile. "But Xue Kui, could you practice it a few more times?"
"Sure~" the little girl answered brightly, continuing to wield her wooden saber.
Xiao Mo continued watching the little girl practice her clumsy saber technique.
At first, Xiao Mo genuinely could not identify what technique it was, having little familiarity with saber techniques himself but by the time this little girl named Xue Kui reached her second, then third repetition.
Xiao Mo was certain.
This was the Blood Demon Sword Formula.
When the system had once rewarded Xiao Mo with the Blood Demon Sword Formula, it had run through its every move within Xiao Mo's mind.
Only, Xiao Mo had focused entirely on the Grass Character Sword Formula, setting the Blood Demon Sword Formula aside, gradually forgetting it. Now, Xiao Mo remembered it clearly once more.
"But how could this little girl possibly know the Blood Demon Sword Formula?"
Xiao Mo's brow furrowed, feeling considerable surprise.
Though the system had said the Blood Demon Sword Formula was a genuine technique existing within this real world, how could it possibly be such a coincidence, that he would happen to encounter someone who knew it?
"A thousand years ago, you and I were married, and this little girl is our child. Your Majesty's past life was my own husband."
Without quite meaning to, Xiao Mo recalled what Yu Yunwei had said, during his interrogation of her.
First, Yu Yunwei surely was not his wife but even if she weren't his wife, it remained entirely possible that he truly had encountered her within the Book of a Hundred Lives.
If that were so, then this would all make sense because he had shared some connection with her within the Book of a Hundred Lives, Yu Yunwei had come to the Zhou Kingdom's palace, wanting to take him away.
"Could it be... that Yu Yunwei truly is a debt of love I owe myself?" The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Xiao Mo felt.
"Big brother, we need to go back now..."
Just as Xiao Mo fell into thought, Xue Kui walked up to him, saying in her soft, sweet voice.
"Time to go back, then... does Xue Kui know the way?" Settling his thoughts, Xiao Mo asked with a smile.
"Mm-hm." Xue Kui nodded. "Little Migu will take me back."
Xiao Mo glanced at the divine beast beside the girl.
Little Hundun proudly puffed out her small body, patting her plump belly with her wings, as though saying "leave it to me."
"Very well, then." Xiao Mo nodded, sensing no particular danger within the palace. "In the future, if Xue Kui ever feels bored, feel free to come find me to play anytime. Just tell one of the palace maids."
"Big brother, really?!" Xue Kui's eyes lit up. "I can really come find you anytime?"
In truth, in Xue Kui's own heart, she too found this big brother rather endearing, and wanted to play with him.
"Really." Xiao Mo rubbed Xue Kui's head, their relationship quietly growing closer, Xiao Mo's own self-reference shifting to the more casual "I." "Anytime at all. I'll take you to eat some delicious food next time too."
"Yay, yay!" Xue Kui bounced happily on her toes. "Thank you, big brother."
"No need to thank me. Go on home now." Xiao Mo said with a smile.
"Mm-hm, bye, big brother."
"Migu! Migu."
Having bid Xiao Mo farewell, Xue Kui ran happily out of the Dao Inquiry Platform.
Watching Xue Kui's figure grow smaller in the distance, and thinking once more of that woman from the Ten Thousand Dao Sect, Xiao Mo's heart grew ever heavier.
In the days that followed.
Xue Kui and Migu often came to play with Xiao Mo.
Facing this little girl, Xiao Mo showed endless patience and Xiao Mo found that, spending time with children, infected by their innocent playfulness, much of the worry within his own heart seemed to fade away as well.
While playing with Xue Kui, Xiao Mo also probed gently for information about Yu Yunwei.
From Xue Kui's own words, Xiao Mo learned that Yu Yunwei was, in fact, the master of the Ten Thousand Dao Sect.
After learning they came from the Ten Thousand Dao Sect, Xiao Mo had specially had people gather information, learning that the Ten Thousand Dao Sect was the foremost demonic sect of the Western Region.
Xiao Mo had already known that Yu Yunwei's status was no ordinary matter, after all, whatever else one might say, she was an Immortal realm cultivator, her standing certainly not low but Xiao Mo had genuinely never expected that she was, in fact, the master of this world's foremost demonic sect.
"Xue Kui, why did your Sister Yu want to kidnap me? Can you tell me, big brother?"
This day, at the shore of Ten Thousand Carp Lake, Xiao Mo asked Xue Kui directly.
"Well..." Xue Kui, seated beside Xiao Mo, took a big bite of the pastry in her hand, wiping her mouth with her small hand, her expression carrying a note of self-reproach.
"Big brother, I'm sorry, I actually don't know either. Sister Yu just said we were coming to steal a man, and in the end, not only did she fail to steal the man, she got herself caught instead."
"..."
"..."
Xiao Mo found himself, for a moment, at a loss for words.
In truth, had it not been for Siyao, her Sister Yu would surely have already succeeded.
"It's all right, no need to worry about it." Xiao Mo said with a smile, rubbing her small head gently, his tone tender. "But Xue Kui, once you go back, could you relay a message to your Sister Yu for me?"
"Mm-hm, go ahead, big brother." Xue Kui nodded earnestly.
"Once you get back, tell your Sister Yu..."
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Hongxiu Palace.
Yu Yunwei sat within the courtyard, biting her finger, sketching out a formation array on a diagram.
Over this past month, Yu Yunwei had been ceaselessly considering, how might she manage to spirit senior brother away but every time she thought of how this small Zhou Kingdom palace might well house three Ascension realm cultivators, Yu Yunwei's spirits could not help but deflate.
Still, Yu Yunwei had not given up.
She had thought of a rather clever plan.
She believed that, with this method of hers, she could surely lure senior brother away successfully.
Only, this method required considerable preparation, and she still needed to devise an entirely new formation array.
Yu Yunwei felt that, given her own talent for formation arrays, this would likely take a year or so.
"Sister Yu..."
Just as Yu Yunwei continued drawing out her formation array, Xue Kui, carrying Little Hundun, ran back into Hongxiu Palace.
"Xue Kui's back." Yu Yunwei raised her head, smiling at Xue Kui. "What did you play with Brother Xiao Mo today? Did you have fun?"
Over these past days, Yu Yunwei had learned that Xue Kui had received senior brother's permission to visit and play with him often.
Though Yu Yunwei had felt a flicker of jealousy at first, upon further thought, she felt it was not entirely a bad thing.
Using Xue Kui to win senior brother's trust would only make it easier for her to lure him away eventually.
"Today Brother Xiao Mo took us fishing at Ten Thousand Carp Lake, and gave us lots of delicious pastries to eat. It was so much fun."
Xue Kui said joyfully.
"Oh, right, Sister Yu, big brother asked me to relay a message to you." Xue Kui remembered the important matter.
"What does senior brother want to tell me?" Yu Yunwei asked, puzzled.
"Brother Xiao Mo said Sister Yu can now move freely throughout the palace from now on, and... and..."
Xue Kui thought carefully, trying to recall it exactly.
"And then big brother said he'd like to speak with Sister Yu privately tonight, and wondered if Sister Yu would be willing."