Chapter 94: Hu Yuebai (First Update)

Xu Cheng saw the wolf demon with perfect clarity, his heart certain that the monster meant to devour humans. Black light gathered in his palm, yet Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo—those two “people”—barred his path.

“Ghost envoy, spare him! That is my mother’s most beloved little ‘son’!” Hu Xiangchen declared at once.

“Little son? Your mother is a wolf demon?”

Xu Cheng asked in surprise.

The pair exchanged wry smiles. Hu Xiangchen continued at once, “It is not so. Mother simply raised him as her own.”

“Early on, I knew! I thought your mother was a wolf demon!”

Xu Cheng shot them a glare.

At that moment the little wolf demon writhed in the arms of Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo’s mother, doing God knows what. Curiosity drove Xu Cheng closer. Yet the creature’s face was hostile, baring two sharp teeth, its body marred by many wounds from which tiny droplets of blood fell.

No wonder it had not attacked last night. This little wolf demon had been nurtured by Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo’s mother and therefore possessed human nature.

Xu Cheng’s smile dispelled its enmity.

“Yuebai, how did you come to be so badly injured!”

It turned out the little wolf demon had a humanized name—Yuebai. The old woman remained unaware of Xu Cheng’s arrival, methodically wiping blood from the small one’s body. Pain flickered in its eyes, but it endured in silence.

“Roar! Little wolf pup, still daring to bring a wolf pack against me? Wanting to live too long, are you!”

A tiger’s roar suddenly rolled in from afar. Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo’s mother froze; the little wolf demon rose in alarm, pressing its head against the old woman as if urging her to flee. But she gave no sign.

The little wolf demon stood straight, eyes burning with resolve, gazing at the striped giant tiger that slowly emerged from the distance. Nearly ten meters long, it was a monstrous beast.

“Yuebai, run! Mother will shield you!”

The old woman cradled its neck.

The tiger’s roar swept across the entire village. Seeing the colossal creature, every villager shrank back, trembling inside their homes.

Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo looked pleadingly at Xu Cheng, hoping he would act.

Xu Cheng’s own instinct had been to strike. Just as the tiger demon could no longer hold back and charged forward, the Netherflame Chain materialized out of thin air, binding the beast in a perfect cocoon.

Transforming into the nether realm, he appeared beside the tiger demon in the next instant. The creature roared defiantly. The little wolf demon and the old woman stood stunned, as if nailed to the spot.

Murderous qi rolled off the tiger demon in waves; this monster had clearly devoured many humans.

“Since you have eaten humans, I cannot spare you!”

Xu Cheng slapped the demon’s forehead. Black light blazed around it, then he dragged it into reincarnation without offering sacrifice.

The Law Seal Realm tiger demon’s reincarnation through Huangquan bestowed Xu Cheng nearly a thousand units of merit golden light—more than sacrificing a Nascent Soul expert. He still had not fully mastered Huangquan’s rules.

When he finished, Xu Cheng turned to the little wolf demon and the old woman. The boy’s power was now spent; he could scarcely stand and finally collapsed into the old woman’s arms.

“Immortal… Immortal! This woman Liu Qiuyue begs you—do not harm my son!”

Kneeling, the old woman wept bitterly.

Xu Cheng used the Small Five Elements Creation Art to lift her, then studied the little wolf demon, who was injured badly. “Since he is your son,” he said softly, “then he shall forever be your son.”

Golden threads appeared in Xu Cheng’s hand and settled on the limp, powerless little one.

The boy’s cultivation surged rapidly—from Law Talisman Realm to Law Seal Realm—transforming him into a lad of about seven or eight years.

“From now on, she is your mother. You must cherish her well, understand?”

Xu Cheng held the boy and pointed at Liu Qiuyue. The young lad nodded obediently and placed the child in the old woman’s arms.

“You… you are Yuebai!”

The old woman stared in disbelief. The suddenness left Liu Qiuyue stunned as well.

Xu Cheng remembered a magic treasure in his spatial sleeve that could alter memories. After searching, he found it—a jade pendant bearing a fish on each side.

Infusing it with spiritual energy, misty light spread over the village, embedding the memory of Liu Qiuyue’s seven- or eight-year-old son into every mind, while erasing any trace of the tiger demon’s presence.

Even the little wolf demon forgot he had once been a wolf; now he was a man.

With that done, Xu Cheng turned to Hu Xiangchen and Hu Yangbo. “Time to depart.”

The two “persons” nodded. Having fulfilled their final wish, their forms grew faint. The Netherflame Chain manifested at once, drawing them into reincarnation.

Merging into the black light, Xu Cheng vanished and joined Ya Mengdie and Ju Hua. The three set out on their journey to find others.

“Right envoy, you truly have it! I suspected you knew this would happen all along!”

Ju Hua chattered as they walked.

“Don’t think of me as so godlike. It’s simply that when the road reaches the mountain, there is always a way.”

Xu Cheng spoke plainly.

“Time passes so quickly! Another heavy snow is coming!”

Ya Mengdie opened her palm; snowflakes drifted onto it and melted into water.

If Xu Cheng and Ju Hua had gone to fetch the snow, it would never melt and would only pile higher, for they possessed no body heat.

“You wonder where the other half of Tianguai Zhenren has been reincarnated?”

Xu Cheng sighed.

“Who knows? The world is vast; even cultivators nearing ascension may not sense everything, let alone us.”

Ya Mengdie waved it off.

The three trudged onward, snow growing heavier.

Unnoticed, snow blanketed Xu Cheng and Ju Hua, who after a full day became two walking snowmen.

They met each other’s gaze. Xu Cheng quipped, “If cultivators saw Ju Hua like this, might they mistake him for a snow spirit?”

“I am a snow spirit, and so are you, Right Envoy!”

Ju Hua snorted.

A moment later Xu Cheng sensed a faint ghostly qi ahead. The trio fell silent, preparing for action.

He drew the Huangquan Token. Pale yellow light spread out, awakening every ghost and monster in the town.

Soon a dozen ghostly apparitions appeared, but the monster resisted the token’s lure, suggesting cultivation far beyond Xu Cheng’s current reach.

“Describe your situation—what kept you trapped in the mortal realm?”

Xu Cheng began, but Ju Hua spoke first.