"Little Master, do you know the mission of the chosen one!" Jiang Ye's eyes sparkled as he stared intently at Bai Ran.
Zhu Que crossed her arms and looked at Jiang Ye with undisguised disdain.
Bai Ran frowned, "Mission?"
Jiang Ye nodded and looked at Long Yu, who was not far behind him. "Your Excellency told a legend."
Then, Jiang Ye recounted the legend Long Yu had spoken of. Bai Ran listened quietly but said something no one expected.
"Can someone else be the chosen one?"
She looked very serious, with no hint of joking.
Xiao Zi froze, then covered her face and burst into laughter. This little imp! She actually wanted to push an identity that others couldn't even get close to onto someone else!
Even Long Yu, who heard from afar, was taken aback for a moment, disbelieving his ears. He then looked at Bai Ran, who was behind others.
"Bai... who are you?" Long Yu looked at the woman before him. Her features were distinct and extremely similar to Bai Yatou's, but upon closer inspection, they were much more refined.
A smile spread across Jiang Ye's lips, and a mischievous thought arose in his heart.
He cleared his throat and, with utmost seriousness, spoke nonsense to Long Yu: "She, she is Miss Bai's twin sister!"
Twin sisters? Long Yu looked at Bai Ran, scrutinizing her with suspicion. "Girl... are you really Bai Yatou's twin sister?"
Bai Ran sighed helplessly. "Jiang Ye, that's rude. Uncle Long, please don't listen to him. I am Bai Ran."
"But your appearance...?"
After a series of explanations, Long Yu finally understood the reason for Bai Ran's changed appearance.
"Bai Yatou, why don't you want to be the chosen one?"
Xiao Zi also stopped smiling and looked at Bai Ran. He was very curious why the little imp didn't care for this identity.
Bai Ran lowered her gaze, her long eyelashes hiding complex emotions that no one could decipher.
"I am not that great. My lifelong wish is only to protect those by my side."
To make her a so-called righteous person, a chosen one, for the development and progress of four realms, she refused.
Let someone more suitable be this glorious, righteous figure revered by the world.
For the rest of her life, Bai Ran only wished for the joy and peace of the one she loved.
Upon hearing this, Long Yu was silent for a long time before finally speaking slowly, "Girl, the mission that heaven has entrusted to you... no one can change it..."
If possible, Long Yu would not want a child to bear the so-called destiny, but the heavenly way was irreversible, and fate could not be defied...
Bai Ran did not reply to this, only gazing quietly at the sky, her eyes flickering with an indistinct light.
"In three days, I will depart for the Ghost Tribe..."
The Ghost Tribe, a place all living beings avoided, was filled with a chilling aura, and the traces of lost souls were scattered throughout its streets and alleys.
The Ghost Tribe was vengeful and ruthless. Although it had long since declined, even its remaining lost souls made the other three major powers wary.
"So soon?" Zhu Que looked at Bai Ran, worried.
Whether it was to resurrect their master's mother, refine the Three-Patterned Pure Spirit Pill for the male master, or seek revenge against the Divine Realm, their master needed to increase her strength as quickly as possible.
"Yes. None of you are allowed to follow."
Jing Feng blinked. "Why?"
Bai Ran lowered her gaze without answering. In reality, with Jing Feng, Jiang Ye, and others accompanying her, she lived very safely every day, even habitually relying on them.
But if it continued like this, even if her strength improved rapidly, it would be difficult to lay a solid foundation, leaving her with a powerful shell but no substance.
What Bai Ran needed was an environment where she could cast her life aside, struggling between death and survival, not this current state of comfort.
"I will be in the Ghost Tribe for five months. During this time, no one is allowed to look for me."
Xiao Zi pursed his lips and asked weakly, "Not a person... is that okay?"
The result was a sharp glare from Bai Ran, and he promptly shut his mouth. Fine, it wasn't okay.
"But what if you encounter danger!" Jing Feng asked frantically, but as soon as he spoke, he realized he had said the wrong thing...
This was why Miss Bai was leaving...
As subordinates, they put their master's safety first every day, treating her like a flower in a greenhouse, overprotecting her...
"Jing Feng, I will explain things clearly to Long Jinhan. There's no need to worry about punishment."
Bai Ran's voice gradually faded into the distance. Long after Bai Ran's figure disappeared from sight, Jiang Ye and the others still did not leave.
Jiang Ye turned his head and looked at Zhu Que. "What do you say? Shall we go on a honeymoon?"
"Honeymoon what! Master is working so hard, and you're always thinking about slacking off!"
Unsurprisingly, Jiang Ye's head met a fist.
"Sigh—" Long Yu sighed deeply and shook his head as he left. "It's time for an old man like me to get moving—"
Three days later, Bai Ran set off for the Ghost Tribe, and the others chose their respective directions.
Xiao Zi chose to stay in the Demon Tribe to accompany that fool Lin Ze. The little sable also stayed in the Demon Tribe.
This little creature had already broken the protective barrier of the tribe twice. If she was left unsupervised, Lin Ze would truly be driven mad.
Jing Feng returned to the Demon Realm with Long Yu and was teased by Tang Yi for a long time, asking if he had been chased back by his wife.
As for Jiang Ye and Zhu Que, they chose to infiltrate the Divine Realm.
After all, Jiang Ye was a former resident of the Divine Realm and had some understanding of it.
...
"Tsk... cough cough..." In a dilapidated house, in a dark corner, a woman's curses could faintly be heard.
"Damn bitch! Cough cough..." Xin Mo clutched her injured abdomen. Her face was already pale, and now it was even more terrifying.
"One day... I will personally flay you alive—!!!"
The door of the room creaked open, and a figure stood against the light, his face obscured, making him only vaguely recognizable as a man.
Xin Mo was startled and curled herself up, trying to suppress her aura to prevent the man from detecting her.
"Tap—tap—tap—" As the footsteps gradually approached, Xin Mo prepared to strike at any moment.
"How long will you continue to hide, not coming out?"
She had been discovered! Xin Mo gritted her teeth, dragging her body, wracked with pain, and lunged forward, intending to attack the man.
But the man smiled and easily blocked her attack. "In your current state, you can't harm me in the slightest."
Xin Mo leaped back, creating distance between them. "You are!"
Only then did she clearly see the man's face. It turned out to be someone she knew...
"How about we join forces?"
A deep laugh echoed. Although he was laughing, the strange expression on his face made Xin Mo's scalp tingle.