Chapter 7
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Chapter 7: The Lord of Reincarnation
(Bu Qingxiao’s first appearance in the "Night Returners in Volume 8)
Two months ago.
The savage green light from the Boundless Sea illuminated most of the sky over the East Divine Land.
Bu Qingxiao, who was meditating in Thousand Sword City, immediately noticed something unusual.
Without hesitation, she went out to pursue the source of that terrible power.
However, the result was not good.
The power came and went quickly.
Like a squirt gun, it disappeared with a squirt.
Bu Qingxiao wandered on the vast sea for nearly half a month, but in the end, she could only return in silence.
However, she didn’t feel disappointed.
Over the years, she had experienced countless similar things.
Habit is a dreadful existence.
She has grown accustomed to disappointment, so she will no longer feel disappointed.
On the contrary, this time Bu Qingxiao was very excited.
She thought she couldn’t be wrong, but when she saw the green light, she felt her blood tremble.
That was a connection that transcended time and space, one that could not be erased despite countless hardships.
This was the first time she had ever felt this way.
Bu Qingxiao knew that she was really, really close to her goal this time.
She gave up her position as an Immortal Emperor and went through endless cycles in the mortal realm, all in pursuit of such a piece of sky.
The fact proved that she hadn’t guessed wrong.
December.
Before the news of the eldest princess taking over the throne of Heluo Country spread, she felt the familiar aura from Tianyi City once again.
Unlike the previous brutality and greed.
This time, the breath she sensed contained more of an unstoppable fighting spirit.
[Even if the death bridge formed by the combination of gods and demons from all heavens stands in front of me, I will still charge through.]
That is the kind of momentum.
Bu Qingxiao had heard these words a long time ago, and she didn’t want to miss out again.
Therefore, she set off again.
Unlike before, at the moment of leaving Thousand Sword City, she was suddenly struck with a whim.
It was an unspeakable and peculiar premonition ability, perhaps closely related to the Dao.
Bu Qingxiao held her chest.
Bang, bang, bang…
In the snow-filled night, she could no longer hear any other sounds, completely immersed in her heartbeat.
"Does that mean I finally get to see him?"
Bu Qingxiao took a deep breath.
She suppressed the excitement in her heart.
She knew it was not the time yet, and the future is the easiest to be "dressed up".
If there are people who can glimpse into the future, then there must be people who can change it.
Although she was once an Immortal Emperor, the world of the East Divine Land cannot be judged by common standards.
There is a more mysterious Immortal Emperor named Bai Lian on the surface, and sects such as the Taixuan Taoist Sect and Thousand Sword City are not as simple as they seem.
At nine o’clock in the middle of the night.
Bu Qingxiao finally arrived at the Tianyi City.
It was snowing heavily on the street that night, and there were few people on the road.
She stood at the end of Chang’an Road for a long time.
Before, she felt that the world was vast, and she was like a driftweed in the sea, never having a home.
But now her mindset has completely changed.
She didn’t feel that the snow would make people feel lonely at all.
She concealed her breath and went all the way to the palace without encountering any obstacles.
She stopped in the rear garden.
The backyard is always mysterious, no matter when!
After hesitating for a moment, Bu Qingxiao slipped inside and her gaze fell upon the tall buildings in the garden.
The scent she was looking for came from there.
Therefore,
She approached the buildings.
Carefully approached.
Afraid of disrupting the flower path with any big movements.
Fearful of causing a loud noise with any hasty moves.
However, the subsequent development of the matter completely exceeded Bu Qingxiao’s expectations.
To describe it, it was like a person who was originally slowly walking with her tricycle suddenly discovered that the tricycle had taken off at the speed of a sports car, with the wheels spinning off!
"This place won’t do…"
"Go to my room…"
"It’s too hot…"
"???"
Bu Qingxiao, who had originally planned to push open the door and charge in, stood frozen.
Her hand was pressed against the door frame, but she hesitated to push.
The cold wind outside was like a razor, making her face ache.
Inside the house, lilies bloomed slowly, emitting an astonishing heat from their delicate bodies.
Bu Qingxiao seemed to have seen two slippery pieces of "snow" sticking together.
And then…
The hibiscus curtain warmed the spring night!
Bah bah bah!
She quickly shook her head, unable to continue her imagination of the following scene, otherwise it would lead to a great disaster!
Bu Qingxiao reached out and rubbed her chest.
When the surging waves inside her body finally subsided, she once again placed her hand on the door.
There is a magic array inside the palace, even she cannot rely on her Divine Sense to explore around.
Should I go in or not?
That is a question.
Bu Qingxiao was not very keen on seeing the scene inside.
It’s not that she hates it, she just can’t stand this kind of thing and doesn’t want to disturb other people’s good times.
"Then let’s wait a little longer."
Anyway, she is not in a hurry.
Even if those two inside are skilled, can they stick together all night without feeling bored?
Leaning on the horizontal bar, Bu Qingxiao rested her hands on it through the wooden wall.
She estimated that she would wait for half an hour, but she guessed wrong. It had only been a few breaths when it became completely silent.
"?"
Bu Qingxiao delicately scratched the ground with her toes.
After struggling for a while, she still pressed her ear against the wall.
Still, there was no sound.
Bu Qingxiao was confused.
Can’t be true, can’t be true, it ended so soon?
At that moment, with a creaking sound, the nearby window was suddenly pushed open and a face she was extremely familiar with appeared.
"White Emperor Bai Lian?!"
Bu Qingxiao gazed at Bai Lian in shock.
Was the lead actress of that drama in the room the eldest princess and White Emperor Bai Lian?
Bai Lian was also a little confused.
Why was there a person pasted on the outside?
Was it a servant girl from the palace?
Incorrect.
This person seems somewhat familiar.
"It’s you, Bu Qingxiao!"
Bai Lian remembered, they had met near Gucheng City.
At that time, when Bu Qingxiao was traveling with the people of Thousand Sword City, she suddenly rushed forward and threw a punch towards Bai Lian without a word. Just as Bai Lian was about to be hit, Bu Qingxiao suddenly withdrew her fist and sighed.
"You are truly remarkable, and I am not worthy."
Then she threw a pile of refining materials to her.
After that, they met again and Bu Qingxiao continued to speak incomprehensible words as usual.
She could be said as the most enigmatic person Bai Lian has ever seen.
So, here comes the question.
"How come you are here?"
Bai Lian immediately became guarded.
The system has not yet released the task, but she should not let her guard down.
Bu Qingxiao had no intention of concealing and said, "I came to find…"
Hold on a moment!
As Bu Qingxiao spoke, her pupils suddenly contracted.
She followed the scent and just now suddenly realized it was emitted by Bai Lian.
This…
Bu Qingxiao was confused.
"You are, you are…"
This cannot be.
She kept retreating, as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
"?"
This move left Bai Lian completely bewildered.
What happened?
Am I very scary?
Bai Lian rubbed her cheeks. I didn’t suddenly mutate, did I?
She looked at the fourth Martial Sister and Qing Luan hanging from her waist again, it was the fourth Martial Sister who had just made trouble and stabbed the eldest princess a few times.
But now they both remained stationary, while the eldest princess, wearing a perplexed expression, approached them.
"What’s the matter?"
As soon as she saw Bu Qingxiao, the eldest princess’s face, which still retained a hint of coyness, suddenly changed.
"Who are you?"
Hush!
A gleaming silver light burst forth from her body, and several tens-of-meters-high peculiar runic pillars suddenly appeared at the four corners of the building.
The atmosphere in the already dead silent clearing became even more oppressive.
Although the eldest princess perceived that Bai Lian didn’t take immediate action, in trust, she refrained from launching a direct assault.
"Are you okay?"
Bai Lian kindly asked, not sensing any hostility from Bu Qingxiao.
Bu Qingxiao kept retreating until she reached a dead end.
Her chest continued to rise and fall irregularly.
She couldn’t help but be shocked.
She pointed at Bai Lian and trembled as she said, "I don’t believe… I can’t believe you’re my father!"
"What?"
"What?"
Bai Lian and the eldest princess were gape-mouthed.
Father?
The eldest princess mechanically twisted her neck and then stared at Bai Lian fixedly.
No.
Bai Lian quickly waved her hand.
Damn!
She gave a hard stare at the eldest princess.
Don’t look at me with such a strange expression.
I am only just over twenty years old. Even if I were pregnant from the moment I was born, it would not be possible to have such a large daughter. And the gender is also incorrect – if I were to become a parent, it would be as a mother, not a father.
With her current appearance, there is no way she can let others conceive without resorting to special means.
Please be more sensible!
After staring at the eldest princess for a while, Bai Lian turned her head and stared at Bu Qingxiao.
Excuse me, young lady, are you out of your mind?
So, you also want to play role-play with me, huh?
"Calm down."
Bai Lian quickly jumped out of the window.
She slowly approached Bu Qingxiao, but this move didn’t calm her down.
The woman in the black robe’s reaction became even more intense.
"I don’t believe it!"
I didn’t ask you to believe it!
Bai Lian was about to cry, as Bu Qingxiao couldn’t communicate properly in this state.
If things continue like this, she bet the fourth Martial Sister and Qing Luan will also do something…
If these words get to Master’s ears…
Even if it’s fake, her butt will also be beaten swell first.
[Who allowed you to go out every day to fool around with other women and now you’ve caused trouble?]
Get lost.
Bai Lian thought her butt was already perky enough, she didn’t want it to get any bigger.
Fortunately, the system task emerged in a timely manner.
[Task 1: Patiently persuade Bu Qingxiao, "I am not your father." (Reward: Soft Skill +4)]
[Task 2: Grabbing her collar, slapping Bu Qingxiao’s face hard, "Idiot, why are you talking gibberish!?" (Reward: Hard Skill +1)]
Bai Lian gritted her teeth and decisively chose Task 2.
Pia～
She slapped Bu Qingxiao so hard that she spun around.
The eldest princess couldn’t help but feel heartbroken at the sight.
The strength was too much, it hurts your hand, please be gentle.
This slap was quite effective, after stopping spinning, Bu Qingxiao finally calmed down.
Half an hour later.
Three people sat around the round table, Bu Qingxiao held a steaming hot teacup in both hands, her embarrassed look completely concealing her former identity as an Immortal Emperor.
"Say it. What’s the situation?"
Bai Lian’s face was cold.
"Hmm."
Bu Qingxiao took a sip of tea.
"I sense a very familiar scent on you."
Another scent?
Bai Lian was startled; not long ago, Martial Sister Tong Yao had mentioned this and nearly turned the Qiongming Peak into a battlefield.
Bu Qingxiao revealed some groundbreaking news, "This scent belongs exclusively to my father!"
"Are you kidding me?"
Bai Lian was a bit confused, while the eldest princess was nodding beside her words.
Bu Qingxiao shook her head, "There can’t be any mistake, because this is a unique taste produced by the fusion of multiple ways of the Great Tao."
Bai Lian exclaimed, "Is your father a Heavenly Lord?"
Bu Qingxiao nodded.
"…"
With a slightly open mouth, Bai Lian wondered if Bu Qingxiao was talking about her master.
Bu Qingxiao’s words quickly dispelled her thoughts, "He was once the renowned Lord of Reincarnation in the Immortal World. I can’t remember how long ago it was, as I have gradually lost my sense of time throughout my countless reincarnations. All I know is that it was many epochs ago…"
The Immortal World consists of three thousand domains.
At that time, the Lord of Reincarnation controlled nearly three hundred domains with his extremely powerful strength.
He was accustomed to life and death, making unilateral decisions on reincarnation, thus he was cold and indifferent.
However, people are unaware that in fact, the Lord of Reincarnation is an extremely family-oriented individual.
He only loved one woman throughout his entire life.
He only had one offspring with that woman whom he loved.
It was painful that even though he played with reincarnation and toyed with life and death repeatedly, he could only watch his wife’s face grow increasingly haggard.
When old age befell his wife, he was powerless to help.
The way of the Great Tao, which he had been proud of, was useless.
Even if he leaped into the netherworld and killed the gatekeeper of the netherworld, Candle Dragon, it would have been in vain.
He could only watch helplessly as his wife’s face grew increasingly haggard.
Over the erosion of time, the once plump body gradually withered away.
"My father has contemplated evasion."
Bu Qingxiao delicately tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.
The Heavenly Lord of Reincarnation swam upstream, intending to hide in the river of time and live with his wife in the past.
However, this ultimately proves to be futile.
Decline originates from the present, circulates through the past and future.
Wherever he goes, regardless of the age of the wife he meets, decay will gradually take away his wife’s beauty and life.
Is this what despair feels like?
Despair didn’t break the Lord of Reincarnation.
Bu Qingxiao said, "That night, my father came to me with a worried expression and told me he needed to go out. He said he had found a way to save my mother."
"How old were you at that time?"
"Thirteen."
"Oh."
Bu Qingxiao continued, "I feel like something is off. My father didn’t smile even though he found a way to save my mom. Why didn’t he smile?"
Her father said.
He wanted to take a risk.
He entrusted Mom to me and then he left us.
"I didn’t know where he went or what he was looking for."
"I waited at the Palace of Reincarnation for a year, five years, ten years, a hundred years…"
Until my mother passed away, my father still didn’t come back.
"When the news of the Lord of Reincarnation’s downfall spread, my father still had not returned."
"When I was expelled from the Palace of Reincarnation, my father still had not returned."
"Waiting until…"
Bu Qingxiao tightened her grip on the teacup.
Would you save the person you love the most?
Bai Lian thought of her master.
Until now, she could not confirm whether she really had the courage to face Red Dust Heavenly Lord.
He’s not an ordinary person, she’s a true god!
She is now boasting that she is not afraid of Red Dust Heavenly Lord, because she has never seen what a real Heavenly Lord is like.
If Red Dust Heavenly Lord suddenly appeared in front of her at this moment, she might betray immediately.
Bai Lian also lowered her head and silently listened to Bu Qingxiao continue speaking.
"I don’t believe my father is already dead, the Card of Reincarnation he left for me has never been broken."
It was due to such persistence that after advancing to the Immortal Emperor level by borrowing the Card of Reincarnation and learning the way of the Great Tao inside it, Bu Qingxiao willingly gave up her Immortal Emperor position to search for her father who had been missing for tens of thousands of years in this boundless world.
Others may have crossed a thousand mountains and rivers, but she crossed countless realms.
Day by day.
Year after year.
She didn’t find her father, but she knew she was getting closer to her goal.
"Right here."
Bu Qingxiao stared excitedly at Bai Lian.
Bai Lian frowned slightly.
When Bu Qingxiao was telling the story of the Lord of Reincarnation, there was a word that sounded very familiar to her–
Candle Dragon!
She took out the fourth Martial Sister and placed it flat on the table.
"Does this sword also have the same smell?"
Bu Qingxiao stared at it for a while before nodding.
Indeed.
Bai Lian took back the fourth Martial Sister.
That green shadow was indeed the remnant soul of a Heavenly Lord, and what surprised her, even more, was that he turned out to be Bu Qingxiao’s father.
This connection…
Bai Lian always felt that the situation was somewhat delicate.
Now she understood what Martial Sister Tong Yao had smelled.
It was the mark left by the green shadow in secret during his battle with her and her fourth Martial Sister.
No wonder green shadow said that he would definitely return.
Luckily, it was discovered early.
As Bai Lian nodded slightly, the clever Yu Ying also grew irritated.
What are you doing!
Because of this, she almost exposed her secret!
She was so annoyed.
Bu Qingxiao looked at Bai Lian nervously, "White Emperor Bai Lian, do you have any news?"
Bai Lian nodded, "Two months ago, I had a skirmish with a green shadow on the boundless sea…"
Bu Qingxiao quickly asked for the date and when she learned that it was the same day she saw the green light, she became lost in thought.
What was she thinking about?
Bai Lian didn’t speculate.
After a long time.
Bu Qingxiao suddenly lowered her head and apologized, "White Emperor Bai Lian, my father did something excessive, and I apologize to you on behalf of my father."
"Hmm."
Bai Lian didn’t say much more.
She suddenly thought of the word reincarnation.
With the power of the Heavenly Lord, should it be possible to save the grandfather of the fifth Martial Sister?
Her eyes gradually brightened.
At this moment, the eldest princess who had been silent for a long time spoke, "So you followed the smell and came here looking for Bai Lian?"
Bu Qingxiao shook her head.
She was emotionally stirred, not knowing where to put her hands.
"No, a few days ago, I felt my father’s aura again. I searched for several days and finally confirmed that the place is the Tianyi City Palace."
A few days ago?
The eldest princess was stunned.
"At that time, Bai Lian was not here."
Could it be that the Lord of Reincarnation was hiding in the palace?
So…
The eldest princess suddenly stood up.
It’s too dangerous.
"We must quickly find him," she took out the Heavenly Secrets Magic Plate.
"Wait."
Suddenly, Bu Qingxiao exclaimed.
"What’s wrong?"
The eldest princess turned around and noticed that Bu Qingxiao was staring at the Heavenly Secrets Magic Plate.
Bu Qingxiao said, "There is also a trace of my father’s aura on this jade plate."
"What nonsense are you talking about? This was handed over to me by my imperial brother…"
The eldest princess paused.
She recalled another possibility.
"Is my imperial brother with your father now?"
Bu Qingxiao said, "I’m not sure about this either."
Too dangerous.
No wonder Xu Pan was so confident that day.
The eldest princess suddenly became anxious.
