Divine Wood City, an abandoned house.
Li Shuidao and Xia Ruoxue left the abandoned house together.
There was no need to clean up the flesh and blood scattered inside. Snakes, insects, rats, and ants would naturally devour it all.
They returned to the small courtyard where the Li and Xia families lived.
Li Shuidao took a pitch-black bundle from his Storage Bag and tossed it onto the ground. Bones clacked together with a crisp sound.
Xia Ruoxue looked at the bundle. With a thought, it slowly bulged, and a White Bone Skeleton rose from within.
"Master!" The White Bone Skeleton bowed in greeting.
It appeared utterly submissive. This was the White Bone Blood Slave.
Extremes gave rise to their opposites.
Vast pain had twisted into vast satisfaction, utterly awakening his servility. His slave nature ran deep; even reduced to bones, he remained a Blood Slave at anyone's beck and call.
Looking at the White Bone Blood Slave, an unusual light gleamed in Xia Ruoxue's eyes.
Li Shuidao watched in silence. He knew he had lost a mortal wife forever.
"Xue'er..." he murmured.
"Husband." Xia Ruoxue was still caught up in the excitement of gaining power. Her voice was sweet and gentle.
"In a little over a month, I'll be leaving for the sect. You'll be staying here alone. From now on, you don't need to help out at the family school. Stay home and cultivate the Blood Demon White Bone Technique. You're a cultivator now. Cultivators care only about power, not anything else."
"Mm!" Hearing her husband say this, Xia Ruoxue nodded obediently.
"You're still weak. Don't provoke powerful people recklessly. Stay calm when something happens, and don't act on impulse," Li Shuidao cautioned.
"Okay!" Xia Ruoxue nodded obediently.
"One last thing. It's also the most important." Li Shuidao's expression