Zhuque's eyes widened, and she immediately turned to look at Bai Ran.
Right... even if they all stood on their master's side, the scene in the Leaf of Heavenly Revelation would still happen...
If the master knew the truth, she would still hurt herself... Nothing had changed...
However, no one knew... Bai Ran, with her eyes tightly shut, heard everything they had discussed...
Half an hour earlier, Bai Ran had been trapped in utter darkness. Her consciousness was clear, but she couldn't wake up no matter how hard she tried.
The surroundings were pitch black, so dark she couldn't see her hand in front of her face...
Bai Ran walked alone in the darkness, and after an unknown amount of time, she still couldn't find an end...
The outside was very noisy, with chirping and chattering. Bai Ran chuckled and decided to sit down and listen to their conversation.
"Bai Ran is the King of the Demonic Transformation Humans."
At this moment, Bai Ran's face turned deathly pale, and her heart seemed to stop.
All the blood in her body instantly turned ice cold.
She... was the King of the Demonic Transformation Humans...?
The scene from the Leaf of Heavenly Revelation involuntarily flashed in Bai Ran's mind—
She would kill Grandpa... She would kill Dean Xuanyuan... She would kill everyone...?
No... impossible...
A sticky sensation. Bai Ran trembling raised her hand and saw...
At this moment, Bai Ran clearly saw her hands covered in blood, the warm sensation...
Dark red blood dripped down, falling onto the ground...
Bai Ran's lips trembled. Those most important people, the people she cherished most... would all die by her own hands...
Her breathing gradually became rapid, beads of sweat appeared on Bai Ran's forehead, and a sense of panic spread uncontrollably.
In a daze, she seemed to see herself holding a brocade box.
A brocade box filled with heads...
A brocade box from which blood was constantly flowing...
Bai Ran's pupils trembled, and her soul shivered from the depths.
However, at this moment, a voice in her mind sounded.
"Stop struggling. You will kill them in the end—"
The voice was soft and seductive, like the blooming shores of hell, soul-stirring and bewitching.
"It's all your fault— You clearly know you're a jinx, that you bring disaster and death to others—"
"But you are still the same, showing no remorse—"
"Do you know what your mistake is— Your mistake is that you are alive—"
"As long as you are alive, those around you will die because of you—"
The voice giggled, "First, it was your mother—"
Suddenly, a woman with disheveled hair, resembling a vengeful spirit, crawled over and grabbed Bai Ran's ankle.
"Why were you born! You jinx! You're the one who caused my miserable death!"
The woman lunged and clawed, blood continuously flowing from her heart.
"You're the one who caused him to pierce my heart with an arrow!"
"It's all your fault!!!"
It... was her fault...
Bai Ran's eyes glazed over. She looked at the woman before her, her body trembling terribly.
One-third of her soul changed color, and black mist began to entwine around it...
"Next, it's your beloved Grandpa—"
Bai Zhantian's head rolled to Bai Ran's side with a thud.
His face, streaming bloody tears, roared and cursed at her...
"Ungrateful wretch! It's all you! You personally chopped off my head!"
Grandpa...
"I loved you and took care of you my entire life! And you treated me like this!"
Don't say anymore... Don't say anymore...
"If there is a next life! I will never be soft-hearted for a moment! And take in that infant!"
Bai Ran cowered, covering her ears, shaking her head like a madwoman, unable to move an inch.
Endless despair, an endless abyss, continuously pulled her downward.
Gradually, two-thirds of her soul changed color, and black mist began to entwine...
"And of course, Dean Xuanyuan, who trusted you the most—"
"Hahahaha—!" The voice laughed wildly. So close!
So close to possessing this body!!!
But after a long time, Dean Xuanyuan's voice did not sound.
Another brocade box was placed quietly in front of Bai Ran.
At this moment, Bai Ran's eyes were already hollow, like a soulless zombie.
But this brocade box looked somewhat familiar...
"Click—" The brocade box opened, and a warm embrace enveloped her.
A gentle orange dress, a gaze filled with tender affection, a beautiful face without a trace of blood.
The warm embrace tightened, and a pleasant fragrance filled the air, the scent of sunshine...
Bai Ran's eyes cleared, her vision sharpened. She looked at the person before her and a tear fell.
"Mother—"
Her voice choked with emotion, sorrowful. She couldn't say anything else.
Huan Yan smiled at her, gently patting Bai Ran's back, again and again...
Her gentle, reassuring voice slowly sounded.
"Our Ranran is the kindest."
"Definitely not a jinx."
Tears blurred her vision again. Bai Ran hugged the person before her tightly.
It was as if she had returned to before everything happened—
"Mother... Everyone says I'm a jinx... that I bring disaster to others..."
Bai Ran lowered her head, her small hands forlornly rubbing the hem of her clothes.
What followed was a warm embrace and a hand gently patting her back, again and again...
"Our Ranran is the kindest."
"Definitely not a jinx."
Bai Ran smiled with joy and nodded vigorously: "En! Ranran is not a jinx!"
"Ranran remembers—!"
...
Returning to reality, Bai Ran trembled uncontrollably, her voice choked with extreme emotion: "Mother..."
Her back was gently patted; her mother's embrace was still so warm...
She was not the illusion of a disheveled, clawing spirit, but her true mother, who would always love her child.
The black mist dissipated, and her soul returned to its original appearance.
"Damn it... Suppressed again..." The voice of the inner demon gradually weakened and finally disappeared.
This brocade box was personally handed to Bai Ran by Sect Master Xiong. Inside, it didn't contain heads or anyone's life.
Inside, it contained the only wisp of soul Huan Yan had left behind...
"Ranran will always be Mommy's deeply loved treasure, Mommy's greatest lucky star."
Huan Yan smiled, allowing the child in her arms to cry freely.
The orange color gradually disintegrated, scattering into specks of fluorescent light. Bai Ran's arms fell empty.
"Mother! I will definitely avenge you!!!"
Her eyes swollen, she watched the smiling face...
Slowly disintegrate and vanish...
The darkness disappeared, and Bai Ran found herself deep within a sea of flowers. Before her stood the third monument.
Bai Ran wiped the tears from her face and stood up shakily.
She closed the brocade box again, carefully putting it into her spatial artifact. Her gaze was fixed firmly on the third monument.
"Do you wish to break the third layer of the seal—"
Bai Ran looked up, hope hidden in her eyes.
A gentle breeze blew, lifting her skirt, and she transformed back into that confident and flamboyant woman in red.
"Yes."
Memories surged like a tide, drowning her in the deep sea of recollection.
...
Meanwhile, Jing Feng was brought before Long Jinhan, half-coerced.
"Your... Your Exalted One..." Jing Feng trembled, glancing at Long Jinhan's face, as black as the bottom of a pot.
Xiao Zi stared intently at the person on the main seat, showing no fear: "My name is Xiao Zi, the Emperor of the Demon Race."
Long Jinhan rubbed his temples and opened his thin lips slightly: "Emperor of the Demon Race, why have you come to my Demon Realm?"
This voice... he seemed to have heard it somewhere before...
"Then I will be direct," Xiao Zi's ears twitched.
"I am the person closest to Xiao Gui. I have come this time to inform you that Xiao Gui is the King of the Demonic Transformation Humans."
After speaking, Xiao Zi tensed up, staring at his expression without moving.
Alright, Long Jinhan... how will you react...?
Long Jinhan's expression turned ice cold, and his voice deepened considerably: "You say... you are the person closest to Xiao Yatou?"
Xiao Zi blinked, somewhat confused: "No? I said Xiao Gui is the King of the Demonic Transformation Humans!"
Long Jinhan slowly stood up, his imposing aura spreading out: "Answer my question first. You say you are the person closest to Xiao Yatou?"