Black Cloud Marsh

On the outskirts of Black Cloud Marsh, amid the spreading black mist.

Xiluo, who had taken the form of a red leopard, was staring warily into the depths of the black mist.

"What the hell is that damned Ox-Head doing?"

"Why hasn't he taken that evil ghost away after all this time? He's even let this poisonous black mist spread outward!"

Licking her paw with some anxiety, Xiluo couldn't help but let a cold gleam and a trace of murderous intent flash through her eyes.

The next second, a half-rotten wolf charged out of the black mist, only to meet Xiluo's head-on blow.

Fwoosh!

Her sharp claws, combined with surging flames, set the wolf ablaze in an instant.

Immediately afterward, Xiluo twisted her body and swung her tail, kicking the wolf viciously away.

"Whimper..."

In the final moments of its life, the wolf let out a whimper that sounded almost like relief.

Its rotten body was consumed by the flames...

In the end, all that remained of the wolf was a skeleton that was still burning.

"Just an ordinary wolf?"

Looking at the still-burning skeleton, Xiluo's brow furrowed even more tightly.

As the black mist continued to spread outward, Xiluo had already encountered many corrupted animals like it.

Compared to this ordinary wolf, the corrupted spirits were the truly troublesome ones.

They had lost their reason and had no fear of death...

After some of the more powerful spirits were corrupted, even Xiluo, a mountain god, found them extremely difficult to deal with.

"This isn't an ability an evil ghost should have at all. What on earth happened in there?"

Frowning deeply, she gazed into the depths of the black mist from afar.

Xiluo paced anxiously in place, and her emotions seemed to be gradually slipping out of control.

Evil ghosts were physical entities formed from resentment and Yin Qi, a wisp of a living being's soul that had forcibly lingered in the mortal world after death.

After spending a long time in an evil ghost's domain, a person's character and emotions would grow extreme, until they ultimately became a vessel for the evil ghost to possess.

Clearly, in the presence of this evil ghost, powerful enough to be almost a ghost king,

Even a mountain god as powerful as Xiluo had inevitably been affected.

Fortunately, Xiluo quickly noticed that something was wrong with her and immediately chose to leave the black mist.

"Phew!"

Once her emotions had completely settled, Xiluo let out a long breath.

Yet looking at the mist that was still spreading outward, Xiluo could hardly feel any better.

Black Cloud Marsh was not very far from Flying Peak.

At the current rate the black mist was spreading, it would take at most a few months to completely cover Flying Peak.

When that happened, Xiluo would have to either abandon Flying Peak and flee or fall and become an Ominous Deity. There was no third choice.

[Found you!]

Not long after Xiluo left the black mist, Li Boyang picked up her trail.

But looking at the somewhat bedraggled red leopard, Li Boyang couldn't help frowning.

There were dozens of kilometers between them.

Never mind asking Xiluo what had happened-

Li Boyang didn't even know how to contact her.

After all, Li Boyang didn't know any Divine Ability like Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission. In the past, Xiluo had always been the one to seek him out to chat and complain.

"Huh?"

Just then, Xiluo transformed back into her civet cat form and met Li Boyang's gaze in puzzlement.

Though they were nearly a hundred kilometers apart, Li Boyang felt as though they were standing face-to-face, staring at each other.

And what Xiluo did next told Li Boyang that the feeling was no illusion.

"Is that... the Li family's baby?"

Xiluo hesitated briefly, then ran in the direction of the village.

She had suddenly remembered that, in terms of offensive power alone, the baby in the village was much stronger than her.

Especially that little Sword Pill, which had even been able to slay an Ominous Deity like Ruifu.

If she had the baby's help, perhaps she wouldn't have to worry about the evil ghost in the mist.

Besides, the evil ghost was most likely the strange old man who had been slain by the Sword Pill.

Xiluo felt that she definitely shouldn't be the only one worrying about this.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

Driven by that thought, Xiluo spent nearly two shichen crossing the wooded mountains before finally reaching the vicinity of Li Household Village.

"Phew!"

First, she carefully avoided the dogs guarding each household.

Then, with a nimble flip, she deftly jumped onto the courtyard wall.

Only after making sure that Li Yu and Chen Yun were fast asleep and that no one had noticed her movements

Did Xiluo quietly slip into the house and see Li Boyang wrapped in a thick cotton quilt.

By this point, three or four shichen had passed since Li Boyang had first begun searching for Xiluo.

Only by the moonlight from the window could Xiluo make out Li Boyang, whose two eyes were tightly shut, while the vertical eye between his brows had quietly opened.

"Whoosh!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiluo opened her mouth and blew.

Two Sleepy Bugs flew straight into the ears of Li Yu and his wife, sending them into an even deeper sleep.

Then Xiluo sprang onto Li Boyang's very own cradle and studied the baby, who seemed to be pretending to sleep, with great interest.

"Stop pretending. You're not asleep yet, are you?"

"You may have Thousand-Mile Eyes, but you haven't learned how to hide your gaze yet."

"Especially for a mountain god like me, being stared at all the time feels like having thorns in my back."

At this point, Xiluo paused briefly.

"Besides, ever since you killed Ruifu, there's been a trace of Ominous Baleful Intent in your gaze."

"The next time you want to peek at me, remember to rein in your gaze. Don't stare at me so directly."

Hearing Xiluo say this, Li Boyang immediately gave up pretending to sleep and opened all three eyes at once to look at her.

"Ah!"

Li Boyang carefully gave his cradle a light pat, thinking about how to communicate with her more easily.

"You still can't talk?"

"Human babies are such a hassle!"

Seeing this, Xiluo immediately understood what he meant. She frowned and fell into thought.

Before today, Xiluo had only found Li Boyang's babbling rather amusing.

But when she actually wanted to communicate with Li Boyang further, she realized the awkward situation they were in.

After all, Xiluo didn't share the understanding that Big Girl and Li Boyang had.

There was simply no way she could guess what he wanted to say from his words and actions.

Fortunately, Xiluo was indeed a mountain god who had lived for nearly a thousand years, and she quickly thought of a solution.

"Hmm, you did inherit some of Ruifu's abilities, even if it was through a Curse..."

"But you should be able to bear using this thing for a little while, right?"

After muttering indistinctly, Xiluo opened her mouth and spat out a small, delicate rhinoceros horn.

"Try this. You should be able to communicate with me now..."

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