đź“– Chapter 1270 - The Truth!
“Are you the little tiger?” Staring at the old man in front of him, Wang Baole slowly spoke.
“Yes and no.” The Moon Star Sect ancestor replied in a hoarse voice.
“I’ve been with my lord for many years. Once, I was a devil, and then a sword spirit. I’ve experienced countless epochs and traveled through the infinite expanse of stars. In the end, I voluntarily died and gathered a trace of imperishable divine will in order to enter this world and become the young lady’s Dao Protector.
“Come to think of it, I saw you once on your planet, many years ago. Back then, I granted enlightenment to one of your magical puppets and turned it extraordinary. Hehe, it must have helped you a little bit over the years, right?”
“Many years ago?” A thoughtful look appeared on Wang Baole’s face. After a while, he waved his right hand, and a puppet suddenly flew out of his storage pouch. This puppet… was the first one Wang Baole had ever made. Although he hadn’t used it for many years, he remembered that certain strange matters had always cropped up around it.
“Indeed, it was precisely this puppet.” The Moon Star Sect ancestor grinned.
Wang Baole looked at the puppet, then at the Moon Star Sect ancestor. A strange expression appeared on his face, because this puppet… had an indescribable perverseness to it. Back then, whenever it entangled an opponent, they would be left wailing in misery.
But the Moon Star Sect ancestor in front of him could be said to have divine poise and sagelike features. He didn’t seem like such a pervert at all.
Wang Baole innocently took a few steps backward. His expression as he looked at the Moon Star Sect ancestor was more wary than before.
“Fellow Daoist, there’s no need to worry. Before I died, I could have fought you. But now that I’ve reincarnated, even though I’ve reached the third step, I’m not your match.” The Moon Star Sect ancestor calmly waved a hand, and two prayer mats appeared in front of Wang Baole’s.
“Please, take a seat.”
Wang Baole inspected the prayer mats very carefully. After scanning them with his divine will to make sure everything was okay, he grabbed one and sat down cross-legged. Various thoughts ran through his mind, and he finally understood the cause and effect of this meeting.
Sixty-eight years ago, an appointment had been made. And today, they met atop the cliff. When he arrived, Wang Baole had thought that he’d guessed the other party’s identity, but he now understood that his guess was both right and wrong.
He had guessed the Moon Star Sect ancestor was the little tiger from back then.
But he hadn’t expected that aside from his identity as the little tiger, the Moon Star Sect ancestor actually had another identity! Looking at things now… the sixty-eight year appointment wasn’t so much to meet with him, but to meet with Wang Yiyi…
Wang Baole could already guess who the Moon Star Sect ancestor’s lord was – Wang Yiyi’s father. And naturally, this made the so-called “young lady” Wang Yiyi. At that moment, Wang Yiyi appeared from the mask, confirming Wang Baole’s suspicions.
“Uncle Xu…” Wang Yiyi’s voice was soft as she bowed toward the Moon Star Sect ancestor.
The Moon Star Sect ancestor smiled. As he looked at Wang Yiyi, the smile on his face became gentler and gentler. He looked at her for a long time before speaking softly.
"Yiyi, it's time."
Wang Yiyi opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she stayed silent.
Seeing this, Wang Baole’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. At the same time, the Moon Star Sect ancestor moved his gaze away from Wang Yiyi and turned to look at Wang Baole. Rising to his feet, the elderly figure cupped his fists and bowed.
“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist, for guarding my young lady.”
“There’s no need to thank me.” Wang Baole replied softly. He looked over at Wang Yiyi, and his gaze was extremely gentle. She… was someone who had been at his side all his life.
From their first encounter until now, they had always been together.
“Senior, what was the reason for asking to meet me today?” Wang Baole took a deep breath and turned to speak to the Moon Star Sect ancestor. He had been waiting to ask this question for sixty-eight years.
The Moon Star Sect ancestor kept his bowing posture and spoke in a solemn voice.
“Fellow Daoist, this Xu has invited you here today for three matters.
“The first is to welcome back my young lady, complete my young lady’s divine soul, and prepare… for the last step in her resurrection process.” With a wave of the Moon Star Sect ancestor’s hand, numerous fragments emerged from the void. The sky seemed to suddenly light up, and brilliance spread in all directions, turning this place into a sea of light.
The source of this light was none other than those fragments. Shining brightly, the fragments rapidly gathered together. In the end, before Wang Baole’s eyes, they turned into… half of a mask!
Upon seeing this half-mask, Wang Baole’s breathing hastened and he hurriedly took out the broken mask he had on him. As soon as the broken mask appeared, it lit up brilliantly as well. An invisible force snatched it out of his hands, and it rushed over to the half-mask floating out in the air. Slowly, the two incomplete masks merged together, forming…
… a full, intact mask!
It was no longer broken, and an astonishing aura emanated from it. This aura seemed sacred and inviolable, and if it were allowed to spread, it would certainly shake the entire Unorthodox Holy Region.
“This mask was personally crafted by my lord, and it was split into fragments from the very beginning. Even now, although it looks complete, the fragments haven’t fully fused. There are seventeen fragments in total, and each one protects and nourishes a portion of the young lady’s remnant soul. Once the mask is truly complete, without any cracks or fragments, then at that time… the young lady’s fragmented souls will fuse. She… will be perfectly resurrected!
“But completing the mask requires a certain ritual. The main ingredient for this ritual is… an Immortal’s Bone!
“Only the true Immortal can form the Immortal’s Bone in their body.
“This is the second matter I asked you to come here fore. Fellow Daoist, I hope that you can obtain the complete inheritance of the Immortal as soon as possible so you can become the true Immortal.
“Until then, the young lady will stay by my side, and I will keep the mask stable with my divine will while we wait for your success.”
As he listened to the other party’s words, Wang Baole’s expression seemed normal. However, complicated feelings flashed through the depths of his eyes.
Wang Baole wasn’t stupid. After experiencing so many things, his mind had become razor-sharp, and he could tell that there was something being hidden.
He didn’t know what the Moon Star Sect ancestor was hiding, nor did he ask. Instead, he just lowered his head slightly to hide the complexity in his eyes. The Moon Star Sect ancestor, who was himself a sharp-minded person, didn’t notice Wang Baole’s actions and continued talking.
“The third matter is the reward…” The Moon Star Sect ancestor had only just spoken when Wang Yiyi suddenly interrupted.
"Uncle Xu, don't hide it from him."
The Moon Star Sect ancestor paused and looked at Wang Yiyi.
“I don’t want to hide it from him. Uncle Xu… tell him the truth.” Wang Yiyi’s voice was soft, and there was a quavering to her words. She didn’t dare to look in Wang Baole’s direction. Lowering her head, she silently walked over to the mask still floating in midair and entered it in a flash.
Her back showed hesitance and loneliness, and it gave off the feeling of running away. As she fused into the mask, she disappeared from sight…
It seemed that Wang Yiyi didn’t want to be there to see what was about to happen.
Wang Baole tilted his head back up, looked at the mask, and sighed softly.
“The Immortal’s Bone can’t heal the cracks in the mask all by itself, right?”
No sound came from the mask, and the Moon Star Sect ancestor also fell silent. He looked at the mask, then at Wang Baole, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to deepen in an instant.
After a while, he spoke up in a low voice.
“I… will still need your fate.”