Chapter 641 - 640: The Person in the Dream, I Want to Be Alone

Time flew by in a blink of an eye.

The next morning arrived.

In the room at the top of the Ascension Pavilion, which belonged to the Floating Fairy.

Li Jing, settled down in front of the window, found himself admiring Ye Mengyao to some degree.

When he brought her back.

She was seriously unconscious.

However, soon after, she was sleeping soundly.

The seamless transition without even opening her eyes once was somewhat surreal.

While admiring her, Li Jing also felt a tinge of envy.

Ye Mengyao’s baby-like sleep quality was truly top-notch.

Most importantly.

Li Jing, at some point, had forgotten what it felt like to sleep.

Having reached his level of cultivation.

He no longer needed sleep, and at the same time, he was unable to truly fall asleep, at most he just closed his eyes and rested.

This was nothing like abstaining from food after reaching a certain cultivation level, where he could still eat if he wanted to.

Approximately when he reached the Tenth Realm.

The Spiritual Qi within a cultivator reaches a sort of threshold.

Once this limit is crossed.

The internal Spiritual Qi ensures the body functions optimally all year round, reaching a near perpetual state, with no need for rest or sleep.

Even if this limit has not yet been reached.

During the Fifth Realm when one abstains from food, cultivators no longer need to specifically sleep.

But unlike the abundant spiritual Qi in the Tenth Realm that automatically adjusts the body to optimal conditions, cultivators who’ve reached the Fifth Realm need to adjust themselves when necessary, so they don’t feel tired.

But back then.

At least he could still sleep if he wanted to.

Seeing the sun already high in the sky outside the window, Li Jing pulled out his Taoist Snow Sound instrument, gently stroked its strings, used its ice and snow rule to create a cold drop of water, then flicked it lightly.

With a quick "BIU."

The drop of water hit Ye Mengyao’s neck and slipped into her collar.

Ye Mengyao, who was sleeping soundly a second ago, jolted awake and shouted.

"Oh my gosh!"

After fumbling to lift her collar, Ye Mengyao, now fully awake, turned her head to find a drop of water exuding sheer coldness, her beautiful eyes widened.

"Which evil creature dares to sneak attack your..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she turned her head to see Li Jing, sitting by the window with a smirk on his face.

Seeing him, she was speechless.

Seeing her reaction, Li Jing gave a charming smile.

"Do you want to continue fighting for justice? It’s only you and me here, no one will interrupt. You have your chance now."

"..."

Ye Mengyao.

Her bold call to fight for justice last night was neither impulsive nor driven by a moment of hot-headedness.

With her meager cultivation level just entering the Three Realms, she was sober-minded.

In the Immortal Realm, she was a nobody.

Not even worth calling an ant, let alone someone who has only been cultivating for such a short time.

People like her.

They are referred to as mortals.

You’d say, could someone like her challenge a master capable of controlling demons?

Ye Mengyao dared to jump out last night.

It was because there were many powerful cultivators in the Ascending Pavilion last night. She thought that as long as she could wake them up to understand the situation, there should be a way to deal with Li Jing this witch.

Having woken up from a sound sleep to find Li Jing unaffected and sitting there.

Being alone with her in the same room, how could Ye Mengyao dare to challenge her again?

If she wanted to kill her, she wouldn’t even need to lift a finger.

Possibly, she could just blow a gentle breath from her cherry lips, and Ye Mengyao would be gone...

At this moment, looking at Li Jing, Ye Mengyao managed to squeeze out a wry smile, worse than a crying face, then suddenly knelt down with a thump.

"Spare me, heroine!"

Seeing this, Li Jing’s lips curled up slightly.

This girl gave in quite simply.

Looking at Ye Mengyao’s posture, Li Jing understood.

Last night, she wasn’t simply hot-headed, she just couldn’t stand him manipulating the demons to squeeze the people. It was indeed well thought out that she stepped out to interrupt him.

Not bad.

At least she’s not a hot-headed fool.

Gazing at Ye Mengyao who knelt down properly, Li Jing spoke up.

"No no no, you are the heroine, I am the monster."

As he spoke, he rested his cheek on his hand, looking interested.

"Weren’t you so capable last night? Don’t chicken out now! Let’s continue where we left off last night. How much time do you need to prepare a way to kill the monster? I’ll give you time."

Facing his teasing and mocking tone, Ye Mengyao almost cried with shame, then she clenched her teeth and stood up abruptly.

"Monster, don’t be smug! I am the closed-door disciple of Empress Jiu Li! If you dare to touch a single hair on my head, Empress Jiu Li will never let you go!"

Having heard this, Li Jing was briefly startled.

The rest doesn’t matter.

What stunned him was that Ye Mengyao mentioned his alias.

Looking at Ye Mengyao, who was trying to appear calm and making her words more persuasive, Li Jing feigned a surprised expression.

"You are the disciple of Empress Jiu Li!?"

"..."

Ye Mengyao.

She wanted to say "Are you scared now?", but Li Jing’s surprise was far too fake.

He seemed surprised well, but he still sat leisurely by the window, obviously not scared at all.

With a "thump."

Without any hesitation, Ye Mengyao decided to kneel down again.

"Miss Swordsman... No, Fairy sister! I beg you to please show mercy and spare me. I would do anything for you, be a cow or a horse, just don’t kill me..."

Watching her drop to her knees again, Li Jing couldn’t help but laugh. He waved his hand and forced her to get up with a wave of Chaos Qi.

"Alright, stop it, I have no intention to harm you."

Ye Mengyao’s face lit up at his words.

"Really!?"

"Do I need to play tricks with a Third Realm cultivator like you?"

Li Jing tilted his head.

Having heard this, Ye Mengyao felt somewhat reassured, yet she was still uncertain.

"Did I... ruin your good deed last night, Fairy Sister?"

"Who told you that was my good deed?"

Li Jing rolled his eyes.

"Instead, you just claimed you’re the disciple of the Empress Jiu Li. I don’t think you’re foolish enough to believe that anyone would simply believe you’re a Third Realm cultivator who has such a high-ranking mentor. Did someone instruct you to say that?"

At these words, Ye Mengyao hesitated and didn’t respond.

Seeing this, Li Jing took out a piece of high-quality metal spiritual material.

He held the spiritual material in his delicate hand in front of Ye Mengyao, and suddenly, his palm lit up with black Demon Fire.

In an instant.

The metal spiritual material was burnt to ashes, not even a speck left behind.

Seeing this, Ye Mengyao was taken aback and quickly spoke up.

"I have just turned eighteen. For these eighteen years, I have had the same dream every night, that Empress Jiu Li would be my mentor. For eighteen years, I have been trying to find her, and I came to Haoran City this time because I got news of her."

Li Jing frowned at this.

He originally thought.

Ye Mengyao had met Xiaoyao Zi and was instructed by him.

But the real reason was so mystical.

Eighteen years, the same dream?

This...

Sounds unreasonable.

Ye Mengyao is likely fated to face this tribulation.

Making sense as she was born to face this tribulation.

But there’s no reason she would dream about herself.

And this dream.

It lasted for eighteen years.

Started since her birth.

Even if it is destined.

It wouldn’t involve dreaming about Jiu Li, an alias of his.

Not to mention, Li Jing had confirmed with Xiaoyao Zi beforehand.

It wasn’t Li Jing who was destined to meet Ye Mengyao, but Kong Zhi who was looking for him in Haoran City.

Could it be an unexpected variable Xiaoyao Zi couldn’t foresee?

With a slight frown, Li Jing shook his head, pushing this confusion to the back of his mind, and turned to ask.

"How long have you been in Haoran City?"

"Just two days..."

Ye Mengyao answered dutifully.

Li Jing nodded and used Chaos Qi to conjure an image of Xiaoyao Zi’s face.

"Have you ever seen this old man?"

Seeing Xiaoyao Zi, Ye Mengyao was stunned, then responded.

"Yes, when I first entered the city. This old man stopped me out of nowhere, saying that he wanted to give me some advice. He acted so convincingly that I thought he wanted to con me out of my money. So, I gave him a kick in the crotch and ran."

"..."

Li Jing.

This lady... she’s got something.

That kick... must have been painful?

Xiaoyao Zi’s cultivation method is different from those of ordinary people.

When he isn’t using his life force, there’s no difference between him and ordinary people.

Being suddenly kicked in the crotch, he must have been sent straight to heaven with pleasure.

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Li Jing couldn’t help wondering.

Looking at Ye Mengyao, it seemed Xiaoyao Zi hadn’t attempted to contact her since then.

He couldn’t have been really kicked into heaven, could he?

If he hadn’t ascended to heaven.

Xiaoyao Zi should at least have found a way to let Ye Mengyao understand the purpose of her existence.

The ones who are fated to face the tribulation usually don’t know their mission.

Unless pointed out by a wise man.

Otherwise, only when everything really happens would they become aware of their own mission.

Unable to figure it out, Li Jing pushed all of this to the back of his mind.

No matter what.

He has found the one destined to face the tribulation.

Xiaoyao Zi had tried to contact Ye Mengyao, which could not have been wrong.

Since he didn’t show up again, it mustn’t be because of the kick, but rather he had calculated that he would meet Ye Mengyao and felt there was no need to do anything more.

Looking carefully at Ye Mengyao, Li Jing stood up.

"Come here."

Seeing this, how could Ye Mengyao be pleased?

However, due to the situation, she had to obediently come over.

Just as she was standing up, Li Jing transformed into a different appearance.

First his chest enlarged.

Then his beautiful face...

The Empress.

Jiu Li.

Like most people, Ye Mengyao had not actually seen Empress Jiu Li.

But she had been having the same dream for eighteen years.

Right now, the person in front of her eyes...

Li Jing’s appearance was identical to the one in her dream, wasn’t it!?

Ye Mengyao was taken aback and astonished at the same time.

"Fairy sister, you..."

"One question, how can you detect the presence of the Sky Demon?"

Li Jing smiled.

Perhaps due to having the same dream from a young age, Ye Mengyao, who was clearly unguarded towards Li Jing’s Master Jiu persona, blurted out subconsciously.

"I have been sensitive to the existence of certain ’Alien Species’ that people normally can’t detect since I was little, and once I detect them, I will know what kind of existence they are. It seems like some knowledge was intrinsically planted in my mind."

Receiving such a response, Li Jing’s eyes brightened.

Ye Mengyao, as the person destined to handle the Tribulation, was special from the start.

This was not an isolated case.

Among the people recorded in the Immortal Realm who are destined to handle the Tribulation, some were indeed different from normal people since birth and had some special abilities.

And they all had one thing in common.

The special abilities they were born with often related to the challenges they would have to face in the Tribulation.

Ye Mengyao was born with the ability to sense ’Alien Species’ that others can’t detect, and once she did, she would immediately understand what kind of existence they are.

This.

It implies that the future Apocalypse would involve ’Alien Species’ that are difficult to detect.

So intriguing!

’Alien Species’ with the capability to end the world...

They must be very powerful, and have lots of Essence Source, right?

With a gleam in his eyes, Li Jing mentally activated his realm, pulling Ye Mengyao into it.

Suddenly thrown into the Little Universe, Ye Mengyao jumped, hastily clung onto someone’s arm and looked around nervously.

This sudden closeness surprised Li Jing a bit.

But this incident

Made him fully realize that what Ye Mengyao said was not false.

Over the past eighteen years, she has always been dreaming of him...

This spontaneous intimacy born out of an unexpected situation was not something that would occur simply because one was startled.

"Don’t worry, this is my Little Universe, no one can hurt you here."

After reassuring her, Li Jing raised his hand and pointed at her.

Seeing this, Ye Mengyao just stared, and did not evade, allowing his green and exquisite finger to touch her forehead.

In the next instant,

A massive amount of information poured into her mind.

Strictly speaking, Ye Mengyao was only a beginner in Cultivation.

The massive amount of information overloaded her brain, and she fainted on the spot.

Li Jing caught her with one hand, waved the other hand to make a bed out of the branches and leaves of the Life Tree on the island in the lake, then gently laid her down.

Then he sat down next to her and waited patiently.

What he poured into Ye Mengyao’s mind wasn’t anything else, but everything he knew about the Heavenly Tribulation.

This included the fact that she was the one destined to handle the Tribulation, as well as the information related to Xiaoyao Zi.

Li Jing always had a straightforward way of doing things.

Unlike Xiaoyao Zi, who lured him step by step, hiding and tucking things around corners.

To him, that was too much trouble.

Whether it is appropriate to offer proper guidance to Ye Mengyao, isn’t it also necessary to see whether a person has the heart to take on their own mission?

Li Jing thinks that it is better to let her understand early and confirm her attitude.

In this way,

There is still room for her to turn around if she doesn’t want to face it.

If you make her realize everything she has to bear when things come to a head, and if she doesn’t want to face it, then everything will be in vain.

...

Time, minute by minute, quietly passed.

Due to the amazing amount of memory that Li Jing poured into her, Ye Mengyao, who was unconscious, turned pale and unconsciously gripped the bedding below her tightly.

Li Jing silently watched, reaching out to touch her forehead.

Amazingly,

With his touch,

To be exact,

With the touch of the Empress Jiu Li, Ye Mengyao, who was tense all over, relaxed.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn’t help but think,

This girl...

Could she have been a severe teacher lover since she was young?

While he was thinking, Ye Mengyao woke up slowly with a groan.

After all, with the branches and leaves of the Life Tree making the bed for her to rest,

Her, with her inferior cultivation, recovered extremely fast under the nourishment of endless vitality.

Seeing Li Jing standing at the head of the bed, she forced a smile.

"Everything you showed me is true, isn’t it? So... you’ve been waiting for me from the start?"

Li Jing smiled and nodded, joking,

"Still calling me ’fairy sister’, shouldn’t you call me master like in your dreams?"

In the form of Jiu Li, he was originally a charming fox demon.

Her smile was ridiculously contagious.

Ye Mengyao was easily infected and showed a playful smile.

"I don’t think I ever said I called you master in my dreams?"

Li Jing was speechless.

He wasn’t really sure how she addressed him in her dreams.

Helping Ye Mengyao to sit up, Li Jing swung his hand and took out a cup of almost emptied Clear-Heart Tea.

"Drink this tea, it will help you stabilize your mind."

"Okay."

Ye Mengyao obediently responded, took the cup of tea, and took a small sip.

Once the Clear-Heart Tea entered her stomach,

It was extremely effective.

After obtaining a large amount of information, her chaotic thoughts were immediately settled, and her pale cheeks gradually reddened.

Li Jing observed her facial change and went and sat down beside her.

"I’ve explained everything that you need to know. How do you see the Heavenly Tribulation that you will face in the future?"

"I don’t have any opinions."

Ye Mengyao shook her head, holding her teacup, and said.

"I always feel... that all of this is unreal. I’m just an ordinary low-level cultivator. Having such a huge responsibility fall on me, I really don’t understand."

Saying this, she looked at him curiously.

"Why me?"

"I’m sorry, I can’t answer your question."

Li Jing shook his head helplessly, and then asked.

"Are you willing to face all of this?"

"If I don’t face it, does the Immortal Realm have a future?"

Ye Mengyao retorted.

Before Li Jing could reply, Ye Mengyao bit her lip and said.

"More importantly, if I say I don’t want to face it, you’ll definitely leave, Fairy Sister."

"..."

Li Jing.

Good job.

This little girl is really a serious teacher lover!

Choosing to face her own destiny for the person in her dreams, she’s definitely the first in history.

But more importantly.

This person she is fond of and relies on is his disguised self.

Strictly speaking.

There is not a character like the Empress Jiu Li in this world at all.

After a short silence, Li Jing felt it was necessary to make Ye Mengyao aware of her situation, otherwise it’s uncertain whether the future shock would cause some accidents.

"There’s something you probably need to know, Meng Yao."

"?"

Ye Mengyao typed out a question mark.

"I’m a man."

Li Jing whispered.

"???"

Ye Mengyao.

Before she knew what was going on, Li Jing showed his true face.

"This is my true face, Empress Jiu Li is just a disguise."

The moment Li Jing showed his true self, Ye Mengyao was shocked and let go of his hand.

After hearing his words, Ye Mengyao remained stunned.

"So... you’re not Fairy Sister?"

"My words should not be hard to understand, right?"

Li Jing tilted his head, and said.

"The Empress Jiu Li that everyone knows about is just a disguise I use for convenience."

"..."

Ye Mengyao.

Seeing her with a stunned face looking at him, almost petrified, Li Jing smirked.

"Seems a bit hard for you to accept?"

Ye Mengyao didn’t make a sound.

After a while, she finally spoke up.

"Fairy sister, you must be joking with me, you are the ever-changing Thousand-faced fox demon, it’s quite easy for you to change into a man."

Li Jing was speechless.

After all that, she still doesn’t want to accept the reality.

Shaking his head, Li Jing said.

"You should know that I am not joking with you, I suggest that you don’t deceive yourself."

Ye Mengyao fell silent, then spoke in a low voice.

"Can you let me be alone for a while?"

"Sure."

Li Jing nodded.

Just as he was about to leave and allow Ye Mengyao some space to herself, his body suddenly froze and he turned his head abruptly.

At the same time.

On the Life Tree with the best vitality on the Lake Heart Island, with a "bang", a palm-sized figure wrapped in a golden light raised one fist to the sky and the other bent upwards like a giant made of light, rising into the sky.

Seeing this, Li Jing was both amused and exasperated, but a soft smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

On the other side.

The little figure ascended into the sky, goofed off in mid-air, then made a curve, sending a stream of golden light streaking toward him, and landed on his shoulder.

As a result.

The golden light receded, and Ling Ling, swinging her two little feet, revealed her form.

"Did you miss me?"

"Yes."

Li Jing nodded.

"Oh my! That’s so straightforward?"

Ling Ling giggled.

"Why wouldn’t it be?"

Li Jing responded with a smile, and took out a Longevity Fruit and handed it over.

"Longevity Fruit, it’s delicious."

Upon hearing that, Ling Ling’s eyes lit up instantly and she grabbed the Longevity Fruit and took a huge bite.

With the sweet and juicy pulp in her mouth, she gave a satisfied "mmm" and gave a thumbs up, then began to devour it energetically.

After all, she had been hungry for hundreds of years...