Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 429 - Two Hundred and Ninety-One: Superpowers

Chapter 429: Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety-One: Superpowers

In the crackling sound of the burning specialty oil, Xu Yuan slept peacefully, as the dancing flames cast long shadows of the three people on the dark inner walls of the corridor.

A night without words.

The cave dwelling knew no distinction between day and night; waking up was the beginning of the day.

Silently propping up his body, Xu Yuan got up to wash up on his own.

Without water, he used the expensively precious Spiritual Liquid instead.

Washing his face, rinsing his mouth, tidying up his disheveled clothes.

Life needs a sense of ritual.

After everything was done, Xu Yuan glanced at the two women who were still sitting beside the fire.

Bai Muxi sat obediently with a straight back next to the fire, but her beautiful eyes stared intently at the Spiritual Liquid he used to wash up with, seemingly distressed that he was wasting such a valuable resource.

The woman in the red robe, Li Qingyan, was wiping her Scarlet Blade beside the fire with a cold expression, as if feeling his gaze:

"Busy morning, shall we go?"

Stretching lazily, Xu Yuan glanced at the deep darkness of the corridor leading back:

"Of course we can."

Having said that, Xu Yuan turned to Bai Muxi and asked:

"By the way, did you take care of the matter I entrusted to you last night?"

Bai Muxi’s eyes curved into a smile as she responded:

"If it’s the master’s instructions, Mu Xi dares not neglect them."

"Very good."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan casually threw the Sumeru Ring which contained the Formation Patterns crossbow at Bai Muxi:

"The crossbow is in this Sumeru Ring. Don’t forget the instructions I gave you before going to sleep."

Bai Muxi quickly caught it, looking at the treasure in her palm—never seen in the Underground Palace—with some surprise:

"Master, this Sumeru Ring..."

"I’m lending it to you, what’s there to be excited about?"

Xu Yuan patted his brocade robe and looked at her with slightly upturned lips, "Remember, once we get out, you’ll have to return the Sumeru Ring to me."

Bai Muxi blinked her beautiful eyes, lowered her gaze, and seemed a bit disappointed:

"Oh... okay."

"Heh..."

Xu Yuan chuckled ambiguously and no longer paid attention to the cutely naive Xiao Bai.

He believed that Bai Muxi would offer her loyalty for the Underground City, but having money didn’t mean one was foolish.

The Sumeru Ring was a strategic resource that couldn’t be bought on the market; even Big Ice Lump didn’t have it at the beginning.

Even if it were to be bestowed by a superior, it should be done in a gradual process.

If such a valuable thing were to be bestowed right at the start, what would be left to offer later?

He extinguished the fire with a casual wave of his hand, not saying another word, and dashed away like a shadow in the spacious and dark corridor.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the spot where the corpse of the cat demon ghost lay.

Several hours had passed, and there had been notable changes on the ground where the blood and flesh had been.

The flesh paste that had been scorched black by Li Qingyan’s Dao Charm was sprouting new growths, with vile flesh tendrils crisscrossing the scarlet flesh and writhing on the ground as if trying to coalesce.

If one looked closely, they would notice that the blood and flesh, which were nearly dissipated, weren’t isolated and drifting.

The Black Death Mycelial Mat that spread across the entire corridor was continuously supplying material to the hairless cat demon, and one could vaguely hear the "gurgling" noises.

Staring intently at the scene before him, Xu Yuan stroked his chin in thought and smiled:

"The immortality of ghosts is indeed well-deserved, but it seems that even this immortality must obey the law of conservation of energy."

"Conservation of energy?"

Li Qingyan asked with light doubt but quickly grasped the concept and laughed, "That term is indeed intriguing."

Xu Yuan glanced at her with slight surprise:

"You understand what it means?"

"Do you take me for a three-year-old child?"

Li Qingyan’s eyes held a touch of helplessness as she spoke clearly, "Mortals must eat to function, after Integration Body one doesn’t need food but must breathe in Origin Qi. All are equivalent exchanges; why wouldn’t I know?"

"....."

Xu Yuan laughed awkwardly.

Well, we’re all intelligent people; it’s not likely that a single term would cause a shock.

Li Qingyan crouched down to inspect the remnants of the cat ghost demon she had reduced to ashes, sensing slightly before suddenly saying:

"Changtian, have you heard the saying, ’When one reaches the Primordial, enter through martial paths and a drop of blood can regenerate the body, enter through Qi and the soul becomes solid to exit the body and capture souls’?"

"Hmm?"

Xu Yuan moved next to her, "Of course I know, cultivators are most famous for these two paths, besides there seem to be others like Soul Path, military formations and some other minor paths."

"Right."

Li Qingyan nodded slightly and then looked up at him, "Don’t you think, ghosts might be one of those paths as well?"

Xu Yuan frowned slightly:

"What?"

Li Qingyan stood up from the ground:

"After reaching Primordial, regardless of the path taken, cultivators gain some degree of ’immortality.’ The paths chosen by the Tartar People in the Great Desert are such that high-level cultivators can reform their physical bodies in a mere instant if dispersed."

Xu Yuan recalled the Tartar prince he had slain in the Imperial Capital and pondered before asking:

"Are you suggesting that the path of the ghosts is one among them, a path that has taken the notion of immortality to its extreme?"

Li Qingyan exhaled, her slender finger tapping the cat demon ghost on the ground:

"Right, martial path cultivators who have reached Primordial need to preserve their origin to regenerate from a drop of blood, but these ghosts don’t need that. I can’t sense its presence at all right now, yet it is indeed still alive."

Xu Yuan roughly understood Li Qingyan’s point and laughed:

"Princess, these matters have been researched by those predecessors tens of thousands of years ago, and there are even many ghost cultivation techniques that have been passed down."

Li Qingyan shook her head, the scarlet light in her eyes flickering momentarily:

"No, my point is, if we follow the plan you suggested last night, can I retain some of the immortality during the ghostification process?"