After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 93 - You cant escape

Chapter 93: You can’t escape

When he woke up, the rain outside the cave was sporadic, and the wind was gusty.

Jiang Huai slowly sat up, and Bai Li was staring blankly at the extinguished bonfire. The blanket was now covering him. He looked back at Bai Li.

“Aren’t you cold?”

“A little.”

So Jiang Huai took out the firewood he had picked up earlier and rekindled the bonfire. Bai Li moved closer, spreading her hands to warm them, and soon she was smiling again. Jiang Huai patted his leg.

“Do you want to sleep for a while?”

Bai Li shook her head, “I’m not sleepy.”

The bonfire illuminated the girl’s face, and the sound of rain outside the window was loud, but it was inexplicably comforting.

“Tell me about your master? I’ve heard many people mention your master’s name.” Bai Li looked at Jiang Huai curiously.

After thinking for a moment, he replied, “I was taken up the mountain to cultivate by my master when I was six years old. She treated me very well. My master is Chu Xianning, and I am her only direct disciple. She is the most famous female sword cultivator in the Eastern Region, with a cultivation at the eighth realm, and she is excessively beautiful.”

“Excessively beautiful? How beautiful is she?”

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“Very beautiful, the kind that makes it hard to keep walking when you see her.”

Jiang Huai couldn’t quite describe Chu Xianning’s beauty. He had been by her side for so many years, seeing her every day, but every time he glanced at her face inadvertently, he couldn’t help but feel amazed, as if his heartbeat skipped a beat.

“I’m so envious of you,” Bai Li murmured softly.

“What about you?” Jiang Huai looked into Bai Li’s eyes.

The two rarely talked about each other’s past, but the chaotic sound of the rain in the deep of the night seemed to make it okay to chat.

“People in the Serpent Clan always said my mother was beautiful, but I can hardly remember her. I only saw her when I was very young. She gave birth to me when she was over five hundred years old, but when I was six, she suddenly disappeared from the Serpent Clan.”

“Disappeared?” Jiang Huai was taken aback.

Bai Li’s eyelids drooped slightly, “No one in the Serpent Clan knew where she went. She just left overnight without saying goodbye, and since then, there has been no news of her in the Western Region.”

“What about your father?”

“I don’t have a father. When my mother gave birth to me, she never told anyone in the Serpent Clan who my father was, so I grew up in the homes of the Serpent Clan elders. After I turned fourteen, I was given my own house and lived alone. When I was sixteen, they said that after raising me for so many years, it was time for me to repay the Serpent Clan. They wanted me to marry into the Dragon Clan, serve the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan, and, after obtaining the Dragon Clan’s bloodline, give birth to a few babies for the Serpent Clan to raise. With those babies carrying a trace of the Serpent Clan’s bloodline, they hoped to revitalize the Serpent Clan.”

“But the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. During that time, I thought a lot, and I think I was afraid of having to give my children to those old women of the Serpent Clan to raise. I grew up alone in the Serpent Clan, and those old women never showed any affection, so I set a big fire and took advantage of the chaos to escape from the Western Region to the Eastern Region.”

Jiang Huai gently embraced Bai Li, whose eyes had been slightly dim before, but now she suddenly raised her head.

“What’s the big deal? I was just talking. I don’t care about it anymore. Don’t hug me like you’re comforting a child. I don’t need any comforting.”

Jiang Huai smiled helplessly, “No, I’m just afraid you’re cold, so I’m holding you.”

“Hmph, I’m much colder than the average woman,” she said, burrowing into Jiang Huai’s embrace and muttering.

“Freeze, I’ll freeze you.”

Jiang Huai hugged her even tighter, and the two playfully tussled for a while.

“Jiang Huai,” Bai Li seemed to suddenly think of something and looked at him earnestly.

“What is it?”

“We’re good friends, right?”

“Of course.”

“Then promise me one thing.”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“If I die, don’t be sad.”

“What are you talking about? Why would you suddenly say that?”

Jiang Huai reached out and gently pinched her earlobe, his fingertips lightly caressing her tender ears. Bai Li felt a ticklish sensation and shivered slightly before speaking seriously.

“Because if I die in the secret realm, I won’t feel sad. It’s the ending I chose for myself, and even if it’s a bad ending, I’m willing to accept it. Since I won’t be sad, you can’t be sad either.”

“What kind of logic is that?”

“It’s my logic,” Bai Li said, looking at him earnestly.

“So you must promise me, otherwise we can’t be good friends anymore.”

“It’s not like… I won’t be sad just because I promise,” Jiang Huai said, looking into her eyes seriously.

“Just tell yourself you’re not sad and you won’t be. That’s how I’ve gotten through all these years,” Bai Li huffed, then snuggled up again, pushing Jiang Huai down onto the blanket. Her face pressed against his chest.

“Okay, I’m a bit sleepy now, I want to sleep.”

“Sleep then, I’ll hold you.”

Jiang Huai gently embraced the girl lying on top of him. Her body was soft and warm. Suddenly, he felt like a big kangaroo, and the Bai Li nestled in his arms was the little joey.

A sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart, inexplicable and unclear.

……

In the middle of the night, the rain outside the cave continued to patter, and Jiang Huai’s breathing had become steady. Bai Li carefully got up from him, and he remained motionless. She quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The campfire in the cave was still burning. She took out paper and pen from the storage ring Jiang Huai had given her. She had worked hard to learn to write because she had heard that Jiang Huai of the Tianxuan Sect had been injured by an evil cultivator. But because of her identity, she couldn’t go to the Tianxuan Sect. After practicing writing for a long time, her handwriting was still crooked, and she couldn’t find anyone to send a letter, so she could only wait silently for the day they had agreed to meet again.

She took out a piece of white paper and pursed her lips slightly, writing a line of small characters.

“Today, when I went to the first area, the origin of my bloodline led me to sense the aura of a dragon crystal. I want to check it out. If I haven’t returned by noon, you should explore on your own.”

“If I don’t come back, don’t be sad. Take care of yourself, and I hope you find the Dragon Blood Spirit Flower you’re looking for.”

On this piece of paper, Bai Li accidentally made several mistakes again. She tried to correct them, and after recalling for a long time, she finally finished writing, satisfied. She placed the paper under a piece of green stone, then her body transformed into her true form, and she slithered out of the cave.

The rain outside was pouring down.

In fact, Bai Li wasn’t very afraid of the cold. In her true form, she could move much faster than in human form. Today, when she came from the second area to the first area, her primordial bloodline was faintly stirred, sensing the aura of the dragon crystal from a certain direction. But when she looked at Jiang Huai’s profile, she hesitated for a while and didn’t speak up.

A spiritual object like the dragon crystal, now appearing outside of a dragon corpse, surely meant it had been obtained by some fierce beast.

Jiang Huai was already so depleted in spirit; to call him to help would be a great risk for him. She had the ability to become ethereal and save her own life, but for him, it would be extremely dangerous. So she thought of going alone quietly to find that dragon crystal.

For many years in the Serpent Clan, she had lived alone. With the bloodline of the ancient Serpent Clan, she didn’t know why, but she always felt a strange sense of alienation from her Serpent Clan peers. It was as if they were as insignificant as ants in her eyes, a bizarre feeling that left her without friends, growing up alone.

So she always disliked troubling others.

Jiang Huai was a decent person. Every time they found good things in the secret realm, as long as she wanted them, he was never stingy. His only flaw was being too motherly and indecisive. That’s why Bai Li didn’t tell Jiang Huai she was going to find the dragon crystal. If she had, he would definitely not be at ease with her going alone and would insist on accompanying her.

Raindrops fell on the leaves of the trees.

Closer and closer.

Bai Li could feel the longing from her Serpent Clan bloodline, the desire to transform from a snake into a dragon, which was almost the lifelong wish of every Serpent Clan member. But under the rules of the heavenly way, transforming into a dragon had become an illusory dream, which is why the Serpent Clan was so obsessed. So… she had to come.

It was a call from the bloodline.

An hour later, she arrived at the lakeside of the first area.

The lake was filled with rain, rippling throughout. Bai Li had already sensed the presence of the dragon crystal right there at the bottom of the lake. She transformed into her human form, holding a spirit sword. This sword was also a gift from Jiang Huai last time, an Earth-grade spirit sword that many cultivators in the fifth realm were not qualified to wield. She treasured it, keeping it by her side at all times, even holding the scabbard tightly while sleeping, reluctant to let go.

The dragon crystal was now in front of her. She narrowed her eyes slightly, and the water in the lake began to churn. Almost instantly, the water parted, and a giant ink-colored serpent, tens of meters tall, rose from the lake. Its gaping maw opened wide, and its blood-colored vertical pupils locked onto Bai Li.

In front of this giant serpent, Bai Li’s figure seemed incredibly small. Her heartstrings suddenly tightened, and in an instant, she realized something.

The moment she sensed the aura of the dragon crystal, the giant serpent had also locked onto her because her body carried the blood of the Serpent Ancestor. The Serpent Ancestor was only one step away from transforming into a true dragon. If this giant serpent could devour her, it would greatly benefit its cultivation.

“You finally came,” the black serpent actually spoke human language.

“You knew I would come?”

“No Serpent Clan can resist the temptation of a dragon crystal, so I knew you would come. Devouring you, I will be one step closer to transforming into a dragon,” the serpent’s body trembled, and suddenly the entire lake froze over, turning into solid ice.

The serpent’s body lunged towards Bai Li. She seemed insignificant as dust in front of it, and almost instantly, she activated her bloodline ability to become ethereal, dodging the cold stream spat out by the serpent. She tried to strike the serpent with her sword, but the blade only sparked against the serpent’s scales.

Divine Transformation seventh level.

Bai Li clearly sensed that the dragon crystal was inside the serpent, a complete dragon crystal. However, the serpent was unable to refine it and could only keep it inside its body, using the overflowing dragon qi for cultivation. Even so, it had reached the seventh level of Divine Transformation, already transforming into a flood dragon. If it could use her Serpent Clan bloodline, it might not be impossible to transform into a true dragon.

Therefore, the serpent’s eyes were filled with greed; it would not let Bai Li go.

Bai Li immediately pushed her ethereal ability to the extreme, trying to escape into the void. She had escaped from a cultivator at the fifth level of Divine Transformation using this method before.

But when the serpent’s roar sounded, emitting a strange syllable that appeared on the lake surface, Bai Li’s face turned pale. Her ethereal form ended, and she turned her head, her body trembling uncontrollably.

The serpent’s eyes held a ferocious smile.

“It’s too late. You can’t escape.”