Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 1071 - 670: The Excitement of the Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit

Chapter 1071: Chapter 670: The Excitement of the Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit

[Listen carefully to my next words, and I ask that neither of you show any reaction, if you still wish for your offspring to survive.]

[This isn’t a threat, nor is it cooperation. It’s simply a notification.]

[The Saints accompanying the Dayan Sect on this expedition are far stronger than I anticipated. Even with our combined strength, we are no match for them. Hence, I need to harness Mu Nuo’s power.]

[Do not be alarmed. Your child indeed possesses such power, power that can rival the Jiantian Pavilion Master and the Lord of the Ancient Abyss.]

[Therefore, as payment for you two heading out to hunt down the Qin Family Saint, if I cannot singlehandedly stop the Jiantian Pavilion Master, I will offer you an opportunity—a chance to awaken Mu Nuo at the cost of Lady Wan’s life.]

This was the message transmitted by Xu Changtian, the reason the couple abandoned their standoff and chose to join the hunt for Qin Ke.

Thus, Wan had already prepared herself for death.

The human named Xu Changtian had not gone back on his word; as stated in his transmission, he returned her child to her.

Holding the familiar body of the child, Wan’s already semi-ethereal form began rapidly dissipating. The leakage of Yin Source rendered her face, already pallid, almost transparent. Yet her eyes were calm, devoid of the madness typical of Yin Ghosts facing imminent dissipation.

Since she could remember, Wan had been an oddity among Yin Ghosts.

Compared to other Yin Ghosts, Wan was intelligent. Though her intelligence was only relative, it was more than sufficient among her frenzied, mindless kin who cared only for destruction.

Relying on this intelligence, she’d learned to scavenge leftovers whenever her stronger kin fought. She learned to lure even weaker kin toward her for devouring. She learned how to fight over corpses and living beings that appeared periodically within the Holy Mist.

And by this intelligence, during her continual strengthening through devouring, she discovered the existence of a race called the Human Race outside the Holy Mist where her clan dwelled.

This race was rearing them.

The humans would regularly provide them with ample "provisions" to aid their growth, only to slaughter the strongest among their clan on a regular basis.

It was then Wan first felt fear—a fear unbefitting a Yin Ghost.

She feared the humans beyond the mist’s edge, and she feared that one day she would meet the same end as the strongest in her clan. From that point on, relying on her intelligence, she learned how to hide herself.

To continue existing, she began observing the humans who entered the Holy Mist, learning everything from their postures and gestures to their clothing and speech.

But alas, as a Yin Ghost, she could never comprehend the rich emotions of the Human Race.

And before she knew it, Wan discovered that frail humans would regularly enter the Holy Mist to hunt down her weaker kin.

They called this activity "trials."

It seemed to be a competition to see who could kill more.

She gained a deeper understanding of the Human Race.

They were a terrifying clan.

This understanding persisted until Wan one day realized that those once regularly slain by humans—the strongest of her clan—were no longer a match for her.

Thus she cautiously tested ways to escape and venture outside. In pursuit of this goal, she evolved Soul Power capable of influencing human minds.

She began gradually accumulating power, until the day she suddenly found herself facing numerous strong individuals within the Holy Mist. Most of these humans had already fallen under her control.

A great battle erupted.

After enduring countless years, the humans who once seemed so elevated in her eyes now appeared utterly vulnerable.

All but one human woman.

Fortunately, she eventually devoured her.

Then,

Wan discovered her form uncontrollably starting to transform into that woman’s appearance, her thought patterns shifting in a human-like direction.

This must have been something the woman did before her death, but Wan didn’t feel anything amiss.

In any case, that day, she felt happy.

Perhaps because she had escaped the humans’ rearing, or perhaps because she finally had her own name.

Wan.

Scenes flash before her eyes like a galloping lantern. Wan tightly clutches the child in her embrace, its cold touch suppressing the fear of her own dissipation.

Within the Dao Domain, flames burned endlessly as if inexhaustible, but their scalding heat was gradually shielded by a dense layer of Sacred Origin.

Feeling this, Wan instinctively glanced at the one beside her—the strange Yin Ghost’s husband in this lifetime.

She didn’t understand why she had chosen him as her husband. From the moment she first saw him, she felt an inexplicable desire to be close to him.

An odd emotion.

Even now, at this moment, this emotion—one unbefitting a Yin Ghost—had yet to dissipate.

But as Wan’s gaze fell upon him, the grotesque Insect Person instinctively lowered his eyelids. Wrapped in Sacred Origin, he could clearly feel everything occurring within.

He could feel her frailty, could feel her being gradually fading from the world.

Wan could discern the thoughts in her husband’s heart. She bit her lip and instinctively wanted to move forward to embrace him, yet her unsteady Soul Form passed straight through his corporeal body.

"...."

Surprised, Wan’s elegant eyes widened slightly, freezing for a moment, before her lids lowered gently. Her crisp, pleasant voice carried a hint of resignation:

"Humans truly are the most terrifying beings. So this isn’t your fault."

"...."

The Insect Person clenched his fists tightly, yet in the fiery Dao Domain surrounding him, this anger seemed utterly powerless.

Wan gazed at him, her eyes soft.

His breathing trembled as he lifted his gaze.

Their eyes met in the air.

Her long, graceful eyes curved slightly.

The raging flames around them—

Like that day beneath the setting sun of the Great Desert when the young man first encountered the woman.

Then,

She lowered her gaze, looking tenderly at the child in her embrace. Red lips moved, but no voice emerged.

Watching her attempt to speak, Mu Xingyi’s insect-like body quivered slightly...

"Nuonuo, I leave this to you."

The cold voice of the robed human callously and mockingly echoed Wan’s lip movements.

Looking at the Yin Ghost Saint, now nearly transparent within the spherical Sacred Origin, Xu Yuan smiled mercilessly:

"She really trusts you, doesn’t she? But given the current situation, rather than entrusting your weakling of a father, it would be better to entrust her uncle, don’t you agree, Xingyi?"

"...."

Countless compound eyes simultaneously turned to Xu Yuan, densely packed eyes filled with blood threads.

If stares could kill, Xu Yuan would have been torn to shreds, but unfortunately Mu Xingyi’s skill did not extend to such spellcraft.

Xu Yuan’s bizarrely flickering form stepped forward, casually entering the spherical Sacred Origin conjured by the Insect Person. He approached the mother and child saying their final goodbye.

Staring at the child whose trembling eyelashes seemed moments away from opening, and the mother whose body was on the verge of collapse, Xu Yuan reached out, grinning:

"If you’d known this, why bother in the first place? Since you’re dying anyway, don’t bother leaving behind a Soul Origin to watch it grow."

As he finished speaking,

His hand tightened slightly.

Under Mu Xingyi’s furious gaze,

Wan’s Soul Form instantly shattered into countless specks of starlight!

After finishing,

Xu Yuan grabbed the awakening child with one hand and held the Dragon Transformation Essence with the other. He looked back at Mu Xingyi’s gaze:

"Nonetheless, I truly must thank you, Xingyi. Without your involvement, this battle might have ended in defeat."

Saying so,

The Dragon Transformation Essence activated, and a dragon’s roar emerged from within Mu Nuo!

Xu Yuan raised his gaze to the skies beyond the Blazing Flame Domain, and as he flung Mu Nuo’s body outward, his voice spread:

"Emperor Bai, your clan’s Dead Corpse Dragon Spirit resides within this little brat, immune from external influences. If this brat falls into the hands of any faction in Dayan, your Ancient Abyss will hold no secrets from Dayan.

"So now,

"You can prepare yourself and descend to wager everything against it!"