Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds

If it were merely pain, he could have endured it. But under this Soul Losing Incantation, he found it impossible to circulate even a shred of the Divine Soul Power within his body, as if he had become a mere mortal.

"Open the array technique," Si Lansheng ordered.

After these words were spoken, Xu Xing, who was struggling and whose Divine Soul was being tormented, indeed obediently retrieved the Array Disk from his Storage Bag and began to dismantle the multiple layers of array techniques outside his Cave Mansion.

One by one, the Killing Formations were dispelled.

One by one, the Illusion Formations were broken.

One by one, the Trapping Arrays were lifted.

In a short time, Xu Xing himself had dismantled more than half of the array techniques outside the Cave Mansion.

It seems that, just as the Black Mountain Sect's records indicated, he only managed to become a Ghost Immortal through sheer luck... A mere peasant! Si Lansheng sneered inwardly. Only a peasant wouldn't know the power of our Divine Shepherd Si Family's curse techniques, to be so easily manipulated by me.

He waited for this rabbit, Xu Xing, to personally dismantle all the array techniques and then obediently deliver himself into his jaws.

This feeling of superiority, of controlling everything, enthralled him.

However—just as Si Lansheng was contemplating what methods to use to extract Xu Xing's secrets, a baleful aura surged from the distant northwest, cutting across into this area. It was the baleful aura of a woman, approaching with extreme speed, arriving within a few breaths.

"Si Lansheng, direct scion of the Divine Shepherd Si Family, pays respects to the Divine Emissary..." Si Lansheng's brow furrowed. Upon seeing Shi Yuyan's true appearance, a respectful expression formed on his face, and he gave a slight bow to the newly arrived Shi Yuyan.

"Was it you who sought to kill my son?" Shi Yuyan arrived in the sky above Short Mountain. She looked down, and upon seeing Xu Xing's pained expression, rage instantly blazed within her. She sternly questioned Si Lansheng, who stood nearby.

"This... person is the Divine Emissary's son? I, Si, believe there might be a misunderstanding here. The Divine Emissary's son has the character 'Xing' in his name, but this man is called Chang Kun..." Si Lansheng inwardly cursed, This is terrible, and hurriedly tried to explain. Although he did not fear Shi Yuyan, she was highly regarded in the Qiming Divine Mansion; offending her rashly would not be wise. Besides, this woman, Shi Yuyan, is frenzied and merciless in her actions...

"Die!" However, Shi Yuyan paid no heed to Si Lansheng's explanation. Glancing back at Xu Xing's Yin Soul, she saw it was in the process of self-dissipating, and the fury in her chest blazed hotter.

She let out a sharp cry, her hands forming seals at lightning speed, like a Thousand-Armed Guanyin, or a many-armed demon. Half-immortal, half-demon, various illusions sprang up around her: the Dream Tapir, the Moon God, the Cold Palace...

"What? How could your strength have surged so much...?" Seeing the situation turn dire, Si Lansheng had no desire to fight this madwoman. A madwoman who has lost her son is definitely not to be trifled with.

The dark clouds around him shrieked, transforming into countless fierce ghosts that intercepted her assault, allowing him to retreat with ease.

But in that very instant, blood rained down from the sky, and the entire firmament trembled.

Shi Yuyan tore through space bare-handed, instantly appearing beside Si Lansheng, who had already retreated over a hundred zhang. A delicate white hand, like one carved from the finest jade, gently pressed down on Si Lansheng's head.

RUMBLE!

With that single palm strike, Si Lansheng was smashed directly into the mountain range below. Peaks shattered one after another, colossal boulders tumbling down like blossoming fireworks.

"You... are so ruthless... The Si Family will not let you go..." Si Lansheng stared fixedly at the ethereal figure in the sky. He died with his eyes wide open, only managing to utter this one threat before his demise.

「...」

「...」

Heaven and earth returned to tranquility.

Shi Yuyan had no inclination to inspect Si Lansheng's remains. She carefully retracted her aura, then walked to the edge of the array technique, gazing with tender affection at Xu Xing, who was seated inside, meditating and regulating his breath.

They were about two or three steps apart. Although only a few layers of the array technique remained unbroken, with her cultivation, she could shred them with a mere flick of her sleeve robe. However, she feared it would startle Xu Xing and create a rift between mother and son, so she only dared to speak from outside.

「Half a day later.」

Xu Xing, having finished meditating with his eyes closed, had calmed the agitation of his Divine Soul. He opened his eyes, looked at Shi Yuyan outside, and said with a slight sigh, "I am going to die..."

Although the Soul Losing Incantation cast by Si Lansheng was potent, Xu Xing possessed the Yan Shen Body and an Innate constitution, allowing him to withstand it. He had only pretended to be compelled to dismantle the arrays to put on an act.

Otherwise, if I had dismantled the arrays myself before Si Lansheng came to my door... that action would have been hard to explain. It was a well-intentioned lie.

"I joined the Black Mountain Sect and later betrayed it. It's only right that the Black Mountain Sect is hunting me down," Xu Xing added.

He didn't want Shi Yuyan to make an enemy of the formidable Divine Shepherd Si Family because of him. Just from their earlier conversation, he understood that the Divine Shepherd Si Family was by no means weak or easily trifled with.

Besides, one must take responsibility for their actions. To be honest, the Black Mountain Sect had treated him fairly well. It was only because he chose to betray them for the sake of his own path that he incurred their pursuit.

But that being said, on the path of cultivation, the decision to kill or not to kill wasn't based solely on right and wrong. Judging righteousness is the business of knight-errants.

If the Black Mountain Sect truly came to kill them, neither he nor Shi Yuyan would show any mercy. He brought this up now so that Shi Yuyan wouldn't vent her anger on the Black Mountain Sect because of him.

I am no moral paragon, nor am I a petty person. Right and wrong must be clearly distinguished.

"Mom understands..." Shi Yuyan removed her Conical Hat, her face streaked with tears. At this moment, she seemed like a fragile woman, a stark contrast to the formidable demoness she had been moments before. "When you were little, Mom didn't get to take care of you much. Even after you grew up, Mom still didn't get the chance. Instead, it was you who saved me..."