Chapter 267: Away Again

Chapter 267: Away Again

Hui crossed over the barriers boundary and stepped onto the familiar grounds of his Masters peak. He paused, searching for Xixing and Sis Mei.

A friendly hiss caught his ear. Hui turned and found Zhubi curled around Xixings body in his large form, his scales shimmering in the sunlight. At the sight of Hui, he let go of Xixing and rushed toward Hui. Midair, he returned to his small form and wrapped around Huis neck. In Huis smaller size, Zhubi draped down his chest like an oversized scarf.

Hui pet him distractedly. Wheres Sis Mei?

Zhubi turned. Hui followed his gaze.

Sis Mei laid by the trailside, undisturbed. Hui breathed out, relieved. Thank goodness. I was afraid she might have been injured in the clash earlier. Luckily, me cutting it short kept her safe.

Heavy footfalls caught Huis ear. He whipped around again, eyes wide.

A huge wolf towered over him. It huffed out, lolling its tongue from its jaws, and stared at him. Lifting its lip, it bared its teeth at him.

Llanglang? Hui asked, backing away slowly.

The wolf hesitated. It stepped forward, huge weight shifting, its fur rolling in waves. It sniffed the air around Hui, closing its eyes.

Its eyes opened. It stepped forward and nudged Hui, a happy grin on his jaws. Langlang lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Huis chest.

Hui stood on his tiptoes and reached out as far as he could. Even then, he barely managed to scratch Langlangs ears.

Langlang flicked his ears and stepped back, regarding Hui.

How did you survive? Hui asked, looking at Langlang. That extermination spell was supposed to wipe out the entire sect. Chen Wuya said it was at what, seventh stage? Then, doesnt that imply that Senior Wolf is

Langlang looked at Hui. He tilted his head.

Gold life qi flowed steadily into his body. Hui circulated it, gathering it into his dantian. His lotus body incorporated the life qi readily, absorbing it without the slightest hesitation. He condensed a few songbirds, but there was little point. The same way his ordinary body used qi, and his soul ran on death qi, his lotus body natively processed life qi.

Zhubi crawled out from around his neck and curled at his feet instead, basking in the thick qi and life qi of the peak. Qi circulated through his body. As he laid there, a few flickering pulses of lightning appeared in the distant sky, threatening a tribulation to come.

As he sat there, a thought came to Hui. He gestured, drawing his shattered body out of his storage ring. It hovered over his hand, the pieces held in place by his qi. He guided the life qi into the shattered pieces.

Sparks flew. Hui flinched back, startled. What kind of reaction is

With his hand further from the pieces, fewer sparks flew. Hui frowned, then slowed the flow of qi further. No sparks flew. Instead, the life qi seeped into the crystalized pieces and ever-so-slowly began to bind them back together.

Piece by piece, his body reformed. Hui watched, wide-eyed, then rubbed his eyes with his free hand, breaking himself from his reverie. If I sit here and watch this til the end, Ill have lost months of my precious decade. He waved his hand, sending his body over to the hut. Mount Mus ambient life qi soaked into the pieces, and they continued to slowly bind together.

This much life qi I wonder

Hui closed his eyes and gathered his life qi, sending it toward his hands. He shaped it into an orb, then closed his hands around it and allowed it to merge with his flesh. His hands grew rapidly, and a lotus sprouted out of them. As with Bai Jingwens lotus form, the lotus rapidly matured, then died, giving a single lotus seed.

Huis eyes lit up. Lotus seed clones! If I bury them here, Mount Mu will grow them more quickly than theyd grow anywhere else. Once a few clones grow here, and can create clones growing new bodies, Ill have a near-limitless supply of clones!

Well, that depends on how many seeds Mount Mu can support growing at once, but even so its not a bad idea!

Hui buried the seed under Mount Mu and returned to cultivation. This time, rather than simply draw qi from the mountain, he contemplated it at the same time. Hui sent a qi probe back along the path he used to draw qi from the giant tree, searching into its passages.

A tendril of Mount Mus qi lashed out at him. Hui braced himself, expecting an attack or backlash, but instead, it treated him warmly, wrapping him in life qi. His lotus body trembled, resonating with Mount Mus qi. In return, Mount Mu began to hum, a low, comforting sound. The life qi poured faster into Hui. Knowledge flowed into Huis mind, concepts and ideas he had never thought of, nor considered. He put his hands on his temples and grit his teeth, bearing the pain as Mount Mu forcibly imprinted its knowledge upon him.

Is this an inheritance? But why me? It hates me

But wait, I have the lotus body now. Is this because were both plants, so it likes me, now?

Huis eyes lit up. How wonderful! What a technique! I should keep my eyes open for more ways to trick Seniorsahem, I mean, to get Seniors blessings! Ah, I am still but a disciple on the path of cultivation. I have so much to learn!