192: Chapter 192 Bai Ji Wakes Up

"Gurgle..."

In the gloomy underground, inside a huge excavated cavern, there was a pool of blood bubbling up.

Unlike ordinary blood pools, this one was not filled with the smell of blood and stickiness; instead, it exuded a fragrance that made one feel relaxed and happy upon smelling it.

Two figures stood side by side in front of a stone tablet before the blood pool.

The characters "Longevity Pool" were carved on the tablet.

Soaking in a blood pool formed by the blood of a Longevity Body could not grant eternal life, but it could allow Cultivators who had suffered serious injuries affecting their Lifespan to return to their Peak and live until the end of their natural life.

Even just this effect was enough to drive people crazy!

How many Cultivators, who appeared to have long Lifespans, could truly avoid injury while venturing in the Cultivation World? And injuries could potentially affect their Lifespan.

Was this not the exact case for Luo Yunkai one year ago, when his Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment failed and his Lifespan was damaged? He was not an isolated case!

At that time, Luo Yunkai could only spend a huge price to search for a longevity elixir, yet a longevity elixir actually only extended one's Lifespan by a few years, and even then, it was a lingering, barely-surviving extension.

From this, one could see the preciousness of the Longevity Pool!

"Changsheng, this blood pool, only those who have made outstanding contributions to the Li Family have the right to use it!"

Patriarch Li turned his head to look at the young man beside him and said earnestly, "Do you know why you were able to come?"

Luo Changsheng's expression was complex.

"It was your father!" Patriarch Li looked steadily at the junior who concerned the future of the Li Family, "It was he who paid a great price to get the elders of the clan to relent and allow you to enter this Longevity Pool."

For the sake of the Li Family, Patriarch Li had also exhausted all his efforts.

Not only did he need to let Luo Yunkai see how the Li Family raised the two children, but he also had to help the two children get close to their father.

Luo Changsheng nodded silently, "I understand, Clan Chief."

Patriarch Li smiled and patted his shoulder heavily, "Soak well. Your father said you need to soak for eighty-one days!"

After Patriarch Li left, Luo Changsheng stood quietly by the Longevity Pool for a long time, then suddenly smiled and leaped into the "gurgling" Longevity Pool.

A familiar power surged into his body.

Luo Changsheng closed his eyes in the Longevity Pool and attempted to circulate the Everlasting Immortal Spirit Art.

"Dad! After Changsheng comes out, will he be able to Cultivate the Cultivation Technique that wasn't given to him?"

The trees in the courtyard seemed to be brushed by the wind, making a "rustling" sound.

Luo Yunkai was glad that he had anticipated this and used Qi to protect his ears; otherwise, he feared he would have been temporarily deafened by this sound.

He gave a faint "Mn."

Luo Hao's face was full of both joy and worry.

"Dad, can you change my Cultivation Technique? That taotie heart thing, I've scoured the Li Family's library and haven't heard of where it might be."

Luo Yunkai was very calm, "What's the rush? Just because it's not on the Southern Wasteland Continent doesn't mean it's not outside the Southern Wasteland Continent."

Luo Hao frowned, "It could be outside the Southern Wasteland?"

Luo Yunkai raised an eyebrow; he seemed to have not yet told Changsheng and Hao'er about things outside the Southern Wasteland Continent.

He had thought that the Li Family, as a Hidden Family, would have the foundation to know something, but he had miscalculated.

"In the eyes of Cultivators outside, the Southern Wasteland Continent is just a small island with barren resources. Do you think it's possible that it exists outside?"

Luo Hao widened his copper-bell-like eyes in shock, "A small island?"

His voice nearly cracked, vibrating so hard that a crane flying overhead suffered a ruptured heart and fell straight down.

With a "splat," it fell not far away, becoming a puddle of flesh, its snowy white feathers stained with blood and mud.

"Damn!"

Luo Yunkai's pupils shrank suddenly, and his figure disappeared and reappeared inside the room, right by the three talents soul condensing lamp that he had protected layer by layer with a Formation Plate.

He saw that in the center of the three talents soul condensing lamp, the Soul that had never opened its eyes before was clutching its ears in pain.

Luo Hao ran into the room, realizing belatedly what had happened, and was immediately so frightened that his heart pounded wildly.

He opened his mouth, wanting to express concern, but for a long time, no sound came out. It was because he tried to lower his voice so much that he made no sound at all.

Luo Yunkai didn't pay attention to his Good Eldest Son at the door, who was struggling and scratching his head in distress; he carefully used Qi to erect a soundproof protective barrier around the three talents soul condensing lamp.

"You, are awake?" Luo Yunkai had thousands of words to say, but in the end, they only turned into this one sentence.

It was as if Bai Ji had just been sleeping normally and had now just woken up.

Bai Ji lowered his hands from his ears and slowly lifted his eyes. Luo Yunkai's face, both strange and familiar, came into view.

Father and son, separated by the transparent protective lamp cover of the three talents soul condensing lamp, looked at each other, speechless.

Luo Yunkai did not know what to say, and Bai Ji's heart was as dead as ash; he had nothing to say.

For a child, if their mother wanted them to die, what motivation did they have to live?

However, this life now seemed to still not be his own.

Once, he was left behind by his mother who had given everything, and he had to spend his life repaying her for giving birth to and raising him.

Now, he was saved by his father who had given everything, so did he also have to spend his life repaying his father for the grace of his rebirth?

Then he would repay the debt. When his father abandoned him again, that would be the time for him to return to the end.

On Bai Ji's face, an elegant and graceful expression like that of a Young Master from a great family appeared, "Dad, I've woken up, sorry to have troubled you."

Luo Yunkai was silent. Bai Ji was the first child to put on a mask in front of him without hesitation.

"Little Tenth Brother, you're awake, I am your eldest brother." Luo Hao finally snuck up to the three talents soul condensing lamp, speaking in a hushed voice as if he were a thief.

Bai Ji seemed a bit surprised, but his face still held that gentle and refined Young Master demeanor, "Eldest Brother."

The aura of alienation about him grew even heavier.

Luo Hao had the illusion that this Little Tenth Brother, who was nothing but a Soul, would suddenly dissipate.

He became even more cautious, not daring to raise his voice, "Little Tenth Brother, we all know about your situation. Don't worry, Dad, Little Sixth Brother, and Little Eleventh Brother went to avenge you. The Bai Family, from top to bottom, not a single one was left!"

"And that mother of yours, Dad didn't let her go either!"

Bai Ji's Soul body became faintly unstable.

Luo Hao was terrified, "Little Tenth Brother, don't, don't get excited."

Luo Yunkai was suspicious. Could this son be so foolishly filial that even though Xu Xiu wanted to put him to death, he would just go die, and he wasn't even happy that his father had avenged him?

If that were the case, he could only say that this son was a lost cause.

Bai Ji slowly lifted his eyes, looking steadily at Luo Yunkai, wanting to see a trace of guilt, shortness of breath, remorse, or repentance on his face. But... there was none!

Luo Yunkai's face was calm, so deep that it was incomprehensible to him.

Bai Ji closed his eyes; the elegance and grace that had already seeped into his bones prevented him from losing his composure.

He just looked at Luo Yunkai calmly and asked quietly, "Dad, even if my mother was wrong in a thousand ways, were you not wrong yourself?"

"She loved me, and she hated me; I understand. It was just death, a way to repay her for giving birth to and raising me, so why did you have to..."

Bai Ji could not bear the blow of his mother dying because of him!

Luo Yunkai put away all his kindness, his face expressionless, radiating the dangerous aura belonging to the Marauding Cultivator, Old Freak Luo.

"Are you blaming me?"

In his eyes, a cold, chilling light flashed, "Let me ask you, what did I do wrong?"