As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1679 - 440: If Dad Were Xi Xi, What Would He Do? The Temple God of Yun E and Zhou Peng’s Reincarnation [Monthly Ticket Request]_2
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A scarlet barrier surged toward the heavens, resembling a sudden burst of red fog exploding within a clear glass orb, swelling outward swiftly like a massive wave.
The once totally dark night lit up in an instant.
The heavens over the whole city shifted to a bloody hue!
Illumination poured down on the dark-covered urban sprawl, but it carried destruction in its wake.
From her hiding spot in the narrow lane, Xi Xi cautiously glanced out and spotted the wicked followers of the Corpse God Cult lining the city walls, surrounded by swirling Corpse Qi and Death Qi, as they set up a dreadful killing array resembling a grinding wheel, with every resident and cultivator inside becoming mere grains caught in it, ready to be crushed to dust.
From the heart of that grinding wheel, a terrifying intent arose, like a grotesque and warped visage stretching out from it, howling and bellowing over the entire urban area.
That was... the Corpse God Will!
The Corpse God Will, on par with the Absolute Peak!
Witnessing this sight, Xi Xi realized that the Corpse God Cult and King Ping Luan Ji Mo Li had fully allied at last.
King Ping Luan held no mystery for Xi Xi; back in her childhood, Ji Mo Li's youngest boy, Ji Hai Hui, had clashed with her in competition, sparking a deep grudge ever since.
The grudge between Xi Xi and Ji Mo Li's clan kept growing fiercer.
"Xi Xi! Go!"
While Xi Xi drifted in her thoughts, a sharp whisper rang suddenly in her ears.
It yanked her mind back at once.
Next, Xi Xi noticed the four concealed in the lane starting to glow softly...
Roar—!!!
High in the sky, inside the vast array, the half-wrestling shape of the Corpse God Will whipped its hideous and contorted face sharply toward the lane's location.
"Exposed!"
"We’ve been discovered!"
Xi Xi's heart dropped a bit.
Still, she stayed mostly calm; she wasn't that naive girl anymore who had just departed the Qian Yuan Divine Sect. Traveling from Guangling Dao clear to Jiangnan Dao, she had faced countless fights and perils.
Xi Xi gripped the Thunder Chess Piece tightly in her small hand, planning to whisk herself right out of the city via the Thunder Chess Piece.
Yet, to Xi Xi's astonishment.
The dim red glow settling over them appeared to awaken.
"This is..."
Xi Xi's face paled a touch.
But the moment had passed.
Buzz—
The Thunder Chess Piece was meant to shield Yun E, Jin Taixui, and Zhou Peng, letting them escape as a group.
Yet, beneath this red radiance's cover, once Xi Xi's shift concluded, she found herself shifted from Luoyun City by herself.
Materializing at the chess piece she had placed beyond the walls before.
Blustery winds mingled with freezing sleet; Xi Xi held fast to the Thunder Chess Piece, her cheeks drained of color.
"Sister Yun E, Fatty Zhou, and Jin Taixui!"
Xi Xi whispered.
In the instant that followed, she whipped her head back toward Luoyun City's way, her expression overcome with alarm and concern.
"I left them... stranded in Luoyun City."
"Stranded in that place... facing imminent slaughter!"
Suddenly, Xi Xi's gaze brimmed with unease; her chest felt like it froze over.
She hadn't planted a spare Thunder Chess Piece inside Luoyun City, blocking any return shift.
Now, at just seven years old, only a single path lay ahead for her.
Run away?
Or... return to rescue her companions?
Against the Absolute Peak-tier Corpse God Will, the seven-year-old Xi Xi stood no chance at all.
Even if Xi Xi had slain the Martial Saint Gu Chuan from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect.
But that Gu Chuan was merely a First Level Martial Saint, nowhere near the Absolute Peak-tier Corpse God Will!
"If it were Dad... what would he do?"
Xi Xi calmed her spirit, her young belly trembled faintly, and she began pondering.
What would Dad do?
Xi Xi's eyes snapped wide.
If it were Dad, he surely wouldn't forsake his companions, would he!
With zero delay, Xi Xi dashed a step and charged back toward Luoyun City.
At seven years old, despite beholding the foul darkness of humanity.
She clung to the innocence deep within her soul.
She might tremble, but surrender was never an option!
This, maybe.
Represents the true essence of training.
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The soaring sword sliced across the Cloud Dome, trailing a streak of silvery gleam.
After directing Lv Taibai toward Wenling Prefecture in Jiangnan Dao and Luoyun City, Lv Taibai ramped up his sword flight's pace right away; he had planned a more relaxed journey before.
Still, since Lv Taibai hadn't laid eyes on Xi Xi in ages, excitement stirred inside him, mostly eager to flaunt his breakthrough to the Divine Tribulation Realm before her.
Li Che perched in a meditative pose atop the flying sword.
His split awareness locked onto the vision mirrored by the Heaven and Earth chessboard.
It showed the unfolding of Xi Xi's training.
Watching the young girl clasp the Thunder Chess Piece, aiming to shift away alongside Yun E and the rest, only to shift solo, Li Che's forehead creased faintly.
"Xi Xi’s Primordial Spirit lacks sufficient power; the incoming Corpse God Will ramped up the strain on the Thunder Chess Piece for carrying others."
"Worst of all... Xi Xi and her group were all marked by Death Qi."
As bearer of the Chess Saint’s Dao Fruit, Li Che instantly deduced the core cause behind Xi Xi's failed group shift via the Thunder Chess Move.
It wasn't an issue with the Thunder Chess Piece itself; the fault rested with Xi Xi and the companions.
The array enveloped all of Luoyun City, with crimson light blooming to bathe the urban expanse, and that crimson light bathing Xi Xi and the others marked the onset of Death Qi's corruption.